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Competition Rules

1. The A.Vogel Dormeasan ‘Write a Short Story for Bedtime’ competition 2011 will run from 28th March to 28th October 2011. Entries can be submitted any time during this period, but must be received no later than 28th October 2011.

2. Four prizes will be awarded – 1st: £500, 2nd: £300, 2 x 3rd: £100 each

3. Competition winners will be announced in the magazine Your Healthy Living (YHL) and will be published online on both YHL and A.Vogel websites in early 2012.

4. Entry is free and is open to UK residents only, over the age of 18. Submitted entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been previously published. Entrants should use a one-word pseudonym to prevent judges being aware of your identity and use their real name on only on the entry form.

5. Each month a story will be selected as a Pick of the Month and featured online on both websites with a brief extract published in Your Healthy Living magazine. The author will receive £50. These stories will appear under the pseudonym and so will remain eligible for consideration for the main prizes.

6. The competition is not open to members of A.Vogel or Your Healthy Living staff or their immediate families.

7. Entries should be in English with a minimum length of 1500 words; maximum 3000 words. Apart from erotica and children's stories, there is no restriction on subject matter. However, due consideration will be given by the judges on the appropriateness of the short story for bedtime.

8. Entries should be submitted by email to editor@yourhealthyliving.co.uk using Microsoft Word or as a pdf. Postal entries can also be accepted and should be addressed to:

   The A.Vogel Dormeasan Short Story competition
   Your Healthy Living 
   JHN Productions Ltd
   Unit2, Three Hills Farm
   Ashdon Road
   Bartlow
   Cambridgeshire
   CB21 4SD

9. Entries must double spaced on one side of the paper, with page footers showing title, pseudonym and page number only, and accompanied by a completed entry form available from participating retailers or online at www.avogel.co.uk/story or www.yourhealthyliving.co.uk. Postal entries will not be returned so please keep a copy. No corrections can be made after receipt.

10. Email entries will be acknowledged electronically. If you require acknowledgement of receipt of a postal entry please enclose a stamped addressed postcard marked ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

11. Worldwide copyright of each entry remains with the author, but A.Vogel and Your Healthy Living will have the unrestricted right to publish any story, either in full or as an excerpt, on websites and in any subsequent anthology. Entrants must be prepared to take part in publicity.

12. No competitor may win more than one overall prize. The judges' decision is final and no individual correspondence can be entered into.

13. Submission of an entry to the A.Vogel Dormeasan ’ Write a Short Story for Bedtime’ competition implies acceptance of all the rules of the competition.