OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

Official Rules, Part II

Eligibility: The Writing Contest is open worldwide to residents who have reached the age of 16 in their country, state, province or territory of residence at the time of entry. Entrants are required to have Internet access and an active e-mail account in order to participate. Void where prohibited by any law, regulation, rule or authority. The following individuals are not eligible to participate in the Writing Contest: (i) Professionals (as defined below); (ii) employees of the Sponsor and their respective parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries; (iii) employees of Kensington Publishing and its parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries; (iv) all agencies, entities and persons engaged in the marketing and/or administration of the Writing Contest; and (v) Immediate Family members (as defined below) of any of the foregoing.

For the purpose of these Official Rules, the term “Immediate Family” shall mean husband, wife, spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son and/or daughter, whether or not they reside in the same household. Furthermore, the term “Professional” shall mean any person who has had a literary work, in any format (i.e., print or digital), acquired or published by ___Kensington Publishing_____ or any of its affiliates (e.g., _____their distributor, Penguin Random House________) in the Territory, regardless of whether such person has received any financial compensation in relation to such literary work.

The Sponsor reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to immediately disqualify, without notice, any and all Manuscripts that do not comply with the Submission Requirements set out above, as determined in the Sponsor’ sole discretion. Manuscripts shall not be returned to the entrant for any reason. No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with the entrants selected for a prize.

Manuscripts shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the Entry (i.e., the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet service provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address). A potential winner may be required to provide the Sponsor with proof that she/he is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the potential winning Manuscript.

Prizes: One (1) grand prize will be awarded consisting of: (i) publication of the Manuscript under the Imprint in the publication format (i.e., digital or print) of such imprint as of the time of publication, subject to the entrant entering into a publishing agreement with ______Kensington Publishing_______ in its standard form for the Imprint; and (ii) access to the services of an editor for the duration of _____April 2015 onwards______ standard editorial assessment period (the length of which period will vary depending on the quality of the Manuscript Submission), including an editorial evaluation of the Manuscript (by telephone, e-mail, or in person, as determined by____Kensington Publishing_____ in its sole discretion), advice and guidance with respect to the strengths and weaknesses of the Manuscript, and suggested revisions to the Manuscript, as applicable (collectively, a “Prize”). The Prize must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, assigned, substituted or redeemed for cash, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. The Winning entrant shall be solely responsible for any and all costs associated with claiming a prize including, without limitation, any taxes associated with any remuneration earned by the winner on account of publication of the winning Manuscript.

The outcome of the Writing Contest is dependent on the total number of eligible entries received, the quality of each Manuscript, the entrant’s skill and the Judges’ application of the Judging Criteria (as described below).___Kensington Publishing_______ and/or its affiliates may, but are under no obligation to, contact entrants for the purpose of discussing the possible publication of Manuscripts that were not selected as a winning Manuscript.

Winner Selection: The winner will be determined through the following process:

i. Manuscript Submission Phase: During the Manuscript Submission Phase, entrants will be required to upload (as directed on the Contest Website) their eligible Manuscript to the Contest Website for public viewing and comment. ii. Manuscript Voting Phase: During the Manuscript Voting Phase, individuals who have reached the age of majority in their country, state, province or territory of residence in any country throughout the world, excluding entrants and those individuals set forth in (i) to (iv) of the Eligibility section, and who have created a Wattpad account (each, a “Voter”) will be invited to vote online for their favorite Manuscript made available on the Contest Website. Only the votes on the first chapters of all stories submitted will be counted. Subject to each entrant’s compliance with these Official Rules and the Submission Requirements, the top 10 (10) Manuscripts receiving the highest percentages of votes (each a “Top 10 Manuscript” and collectively, the “Top 10 Manuscripts”) will advance to the Top 10 Manuscripts Judging Phase (as described below). In the event where two or more Manuscripts receive an equal number of votes and these Manuscripts span the last places in the Top 10 Manuscripts, the Sponsor, in their sole and professional judgment, will select the Manuscript(s) that best adhere to the writing guidelines of the Imprint to determine which Manuscript(s) become a Top 10 Manuscript. iii. Top 10 Manuscript Judging Phase: During the Top 10 Manuscripts Judging Phase, the Top 10 Manuscripts will be reviewed and assessed by a panel of qualified judges chosen by the Sponsor in their sole discretion (which will include at least two (2) judges who are from __Kensington Publishing____) (the “Judges”) based on the following judging criteria (the “Judging Criteria”): Voice (33%) (the “Voice Category”); Content/Originality (33%); and Writing Skills (34%). Subject to each entrant’s compliance with these Official Rules and the Submission Requirements, the Manuscript receiving the highest score will be selected as the winning manuscript and which shall be awarded a Prize. In the event two or more Top 10 Manuscripts receive the same overall score, the Top 10 Manuscript receiving the highest score for the Voice Category, as determined by the Judges, will be deemed to be the winning manuscript. In the event the tied Top 10 Manuscripts received equal scores in the Voice Category, the Sponsor, in their sole and professional judgment, will select the winner. Decisions of the Judges are final and binding in all respects. The identity of the Judges shall be made available upon request. The Sponsor reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to select alternate winners at any of the public voting phases, based on the next highest percentage of votes, should the voting appear to have been tampered with or manipulated in any way. In the event the winning manuscript is disqualified as a result of, in the Sponsor’ sole discretion, voting having been tampered with or manipulated, the Sponsor shall award the Prize to the Top 10 Manuscript receiving the next highest score as determined by Judges. Voting Limit: Each Voter may enter one (1) vote (as directed on the Contest Website) for each of their favorite Manuscripts during the Manuscript Voting Phase. Votes received from any Voter or Voter’s e-mail address in excess of the stated number of votes will be void. The Sponsor will not accept Votes that are in their sole opinion intended to subvert the voting process or those generated by script, macro, or other automated means. Entrants are prohibited from manipulating or tampering with votes or otherwise obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public. Any entrant found to have done or attempted to do any of the foregoing shall be immediately disqualified from the Writing Contest.