Submission Details
To qualify for the Rising Stars of Prose: The
Dreaming competition, all entries must meet the following specifications.
Note: this is not a replacement for the Official Rules. To avoid possible
disqualification, please read and abide by the Official Rules available at http://assets.tokyopop.com/contestrules/RSOP/OfficialRules.htm
1. Your submission must be a self-contained story of not less
than 20 or more than 40 pages in length. The judging panel will consider all
submissions as stand-alone narratives and those narratives should not exceed 40
pages.
2. Your entry must be typed or printed in a 12 point font, such as Arial, Times, or Times New Roman, in black ink and double spaced on 8½" x 11" white paper stock. Use a margin of not less than 1/2" and not more than 1" on top, bottom, right, and left. Do not use A4, legal, or other paper sizes. Do not type on both sides of any page.
3. Your submission must be in English.
4.
Your entry will be disqualified if it describes blatant or explicit
sexual content or grotesque carnage. This means that the judging panel will
disqualify your submission if it contains explicit descriptions of nudity,
disemboweling, decapitations, dismemberment, or other shockingly repellent
behavior or scenes. Insinuations of sexual situations and slaughter are
allowed; however, the judges will be extremely critical of gratuitous
descriptions and dialogue.
5. Your entry must depict the
characters, concept, and the world of Queenie Chan’s The Dreaming. Your story
should stay true to the canon as set out in The
Dreaming manga, without revising or contradicting the existing manga story
and/or characterizations. ‘Canon’
is all the information that can be gleaned from the original three volumes of The
Dreaming manga; in other words, anything Queenie Chan has established about
her characters and world in print.
6. Plagiarized work will be disqualified.
7. Previously published or exploited work, in whole or in
part, will be disqualified.
8. Although we would love the case to be
otherwise, our editorial panel is simply unable to provide individual feedback
such as constructive criticism or suggestions to every entrant.
Technical Guidelines for Submissions
1. Your submission must be received in printed form via
regular mail. While you can download an Entry Form here, we do not accept
actual story submissions in digital formats, such as computer disks, CDs, or
e-mail attachments.
2. We will not accept any artwork with or as part of your
submission.
3. Submissions must be in black-and-white type.
4. Submissions must be on white, 8 ½″ x 11″
paper, typed in a 12-point font and double spaced.
General Competition Details
1. All winning entries are eligible for: (i) publication in
the TOKYOPOP 2008 Pop Fiction Sample book(s) presently scheduled for release in July of 2008,
(ii) consideration for commission as a
full-length prose adaptation of The
Dreaming manga, and (ii) use by TOKYOPOP in its business activities
including, but not limited to, marketing and publishing.
2. The prizes will be as the following:
1) The first place entry will receive a cash prize of $500.
2) The second place entry will receive a cash prize of $100.
3) The third place
entry will receive a cash prize of $100.
3. Submissions will be accepted from February 1, 2008,
through April 15, 2008.
4. Please mail your submission to TOKYOPOP at:
TOKYOPOP Inc.
Rising Stars of Prose: The Dreaming
5900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2000
Los Angeles, CA 90036
5. Along with your story submission, you must complete and
sign an Entry Form. The Entry Form requires information about you and your story submission, and also
contains a statement of agreement to the Official Rules and other legal
releases.
6. TOKYOPOP will not return any submissions. Do not mail your
original copy of your submission to us. Just mail us a legible photocopy of
your story. Again, no submission will be returned.
7. We require a title page (in addition to the 20 to 40 pages
of text) that contains the title of your work and your name printed or typed
clearly. The title page must also include the total number of pages in your
submission. Do not submit any artwork with your story.
8. You must also include the following information in the
header or footer of EACH page of your story submission:
Your name, phone number,
title of your story, and page number.
9. Your entry must be single-sided only; there should NOT be
text/type on both the front and back of any single piece of paper.
10. So, to be valid, each submission must include:
-Completed and signed entry form
-20to 40 pages of typed text, no more and no less, in black ink on 8 ½" x
11" white paper with 1/2" to 1" margins
-Your name, phone number, story title, and page number printed in the header or
footer of each page of the story
-A title page that includes your name, title of the story, and total number
pages in your story
-All pages affixed by one paper clip – no staples
-Submission postmarked on or before
April 15, 2008