Terms and Conditions of Use and Contributor Assignment of Rights

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CONTRIBUTOR ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS Young Writers Project Inc.

We are pleased that you are contributing work to the Young Writers Project as a writer, visual artist, photographer, musician, filmmaker or dramatist.

Since we are an independent, non-profit organization, we must establish clear legal ownership to ensure we have the right to publish the works being submitted and to authorize publication of the works in other publications in any format. Our aim, after all, is to have as many people as possible see the work submitted to the Young Writers Project.

While the legal language might be off-putting, it is important for you to read this entire agreement and understand that by the act of submitting you are agreeing to its terms which, in essence, grant to the Young Writers Project Inc. the copyrights to the material submitted.

HOWEVER, while Young Writers Project Inc. retains the copyright to the work being submitted, authors of the work automatically retain ALL COMMERCIAL rights to the work and can republish or reuse their works in any way without any acknowledgment to, recompense to or need for permission from Young Writers Project Inc. This means, in essence, the author can do anything he or she pleases with the work in perpetuity. Please feel free to contact Geoffrey Gevalt, by clicking here, or by writing him at Young Writers Project Inc, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Suite #4, Winooski, VT 05404 if you need written documentation that you retain these commercial rights which allow you to do anything with your material. Response will be prompt.

By submitting this work to Young Writers Project Inc. you are hereby granting your consent and agreement to the following:

The Young Writers Project irrevocably owns all rights, title and interest to the work submitted to the Young Writers Project in perpetuity and throughout the world;

These rights include, but are not limited to: the right to publish or license others to publish the work in full, in part, in summarized, altered, or excerpted versions, and with updates, at any time in hard copy, on the Internet, via television broadcast, in hard-copy or electronic reprints, in hard-copy or electronic bulletins or anthologies, or in a computer-accessed databases, information retrieval systems or other archives, including on CD or DVD, or in or using any other media existing now or to be devised hereafter, all with no payment to the author;

The Young Writers may edit the work to conform with its size, format, style, or other requirements. You also agree to cooperate with the Young Writers Project in verifying the work, responding to questions about the work and in responding to any complaints, claims or litigation that may arise regarding the work;

You are not an employee of the Young Writers Project.

Further, you warrant that, to the best of your knowledge:

• That to the best of your knowledge the author/creator of the work being submitted is the sole creator of the work, that the work is original, free of plagiarism and not previously published elsewhere in whole or in part;
• The rights to the work have not previously assigned, transferred, encumbered or conveyed such rights; and
• Reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the work does not defame, libel, slander, violate rights of privacy or infringe the copyright, proprietary rights or any other rights of any third party.

Again, authors retain all commercial rights to the material which means you can republish, sell or do anything you want with the material with no need for consent from or recompense to Young Writers Project.

If you have any questions about this agreement, do not hesitate to contact Geoffrey Gevalt, editor of Young Writers Project, Inc.

Agree to the terms and are ready to submit? CLICK HERE.