A booklet containing rules, hints and judging criteria can be downloaded here
1.1) The Write-a-Book-in-a-Day competition is managed by the Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation Inc. Book-in-a-Day Committee ("KSPFBC"). Interpretation of the rules will be at the absolute discretion of KSPFBC.
1.2) Participants will compete in teams of a minimum of 5 and no more than 10 people. Teams may enter in the following categories:
2.3. The competition can take place at any site.
2.4. Entry fee is a minimum of $300 per team. Members of the competition committee, the KSPF Management Committee, judges and judges' families are not allowed to enter. Entry fee to be paid to The Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation Inc. Write-a-Book-in-a-Day, 11 Old York Road, Greenmount, 6056 in full before writing commences. Each team must nominate a Children's Hospital to be the hospital beneficiary.
2.5. Independent judge(s) will be appointed by KSPFBC. Judging will be conducted in accordance with prepared judging guidelines.
2.6. Teams may continue raising sponsorship funds after competing and until the 31st of August 2008. Only funds paid to KSPFBC in full by that date will be considered for the highest sponsorship prize.
2.7. There will be an award for each category, and an award for the team with the most sponsorship (who must also have written a book). The judges or sponsors may give other awards.
2.8. KSPFBC must be informed in advance of the date on which the team will be writing its book.
2.9. Schools and Open teams will compete between the 1st April 2008 and 31st August 2008. Entrants may prefer to compete during Book Week (August 20th-26th).
2.10. Teams must meet the following word counts in their story
2.11. Submissions not meeting these word counts will not be eligible for awards.
2.12. The story must be appropriate for the age group of the readership, 10-14 year olds. Imaginary worlds are permitted but the story must be set in Australia or be identifiably Australian.
2.13. The story must include, and be written around the three main characters, one male, one female and one non-human (animal, bird, or other), issue and any other parameters that will be given to the team by the competition organisers. These parameters will be given to teams at 8.00am on the day of competing. The same number of parameters will be given to all participating teams but the value of the parameters will be different, e.g., random words to be included, setting, period, etc. Teams can add any number of additional minor characters of their own.
2.14. The story must be original and not previously written and be in English. No stories written in other authors' worlds, e.g. Tolkien, are permitted. The judging panel reserves the right to reject any story that it feels is not sufficiently original. No discussion will be entered into.
2.15. Teams can compete from any locality.
2.16. Writing is to commence no earlier than 8 am, and one finished book is to be printed and bound, and burnt to a CD or DVD, by 8 pm that evening. A responsible person must sign that no work was carried out on the book after 8.00pm that evening. Teams must post the completed book and the CD or the DVD in the next available mail.
2.17. Only work completed by 8 pm on the day of the writing will be admissible for awards.
2.18. Teams are to clean up their work areas and kitchen areas afterwards.
2.19. School teams are required to have one adult (parent or teacher) present at all times for supervision purposes only.
2.20. Teams will be supplied with a manual describing the process that was followed by many successful teams in 2003-5. It is not mandatory to follow this process.
2.21. Any team that brings written material to the work area apart from the manual, or obtains information from persons outside of the team, or conducts itself in such a way that could suggest that its book may not have been written solely by the team in twelve hours, will not be eligible for awards. This, however, does not prevent teams from making any preparations they wish beforehand and bringing such information into the event in their heads.
2.22. Teams must provide their own food and drinks and bring these with them at the start of the day - no alcohol or drugs are permitted on any premise associated with this competition.
2.23. Each book must have:
2.24. The book:
2.25. KSPFBC will have a non-exclusive right to publish copies of the book from each team for a period of two years. Should any of the books in the competition be published in any form or by any person (whether KSPFBC or otherwise), 50% of the royalties of that publication for a period of 2 years to October 1st 2008 shall be paid to the KSPFBC fund and 50% to the copyright owner(s). In the absence of any other written agreement, all members of the team that wrote, illustrated, or otherwise contributed to the book will own copyright equally. If the publisher is KSPFBC then the royalty will be 10% of the retail price.
2.26. No use of copyright material from any other source (words, photographs, graphics, artwork) is permitted. KSPFBC will be indemnified by the team for any use by them of any copyright material.
2.27. All money received in connection with this competition will be paid to the KSPFBC fund and will be disbursed as follows:
2.28. All decisions by the judging panel are final and no discussion will be entered into.
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