- Winners may select to publish an extract, or they may choose not to publish. If you choose not to publish an extract, then none of the T&Cs below which apply to the extract apply to you. Please reach us at mail@letterreview.com with any questions.
- Editing after submission, and refunds, will not be possible. All references in this T&C to The Letter Review (TLR) are inclusive of any employees of TLR. At the time of submission copyright must reside solely with the Entrant (unless the Entrant is an authorized agent), the work must be entirely original (not based on other works) except where acknowledged otherwise, and the Entrant must be the sole author. Communications between the Entrant and TLR are private, confidential, and intended for the recipient only. Entrants give consent to receive email communications from TLR.
- Extract: If the Entrant selects to publish an extract (they may choose not to publish an extract), the Entrant warrants that publication by TLR will not be unlawful or infringe upon the personal rights of or give rise to any claim by any third party including without limitation claims in defamation, privacy, copyright, or trademark. The Entrant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless TLR for any rights violations, or damage, including copyright, resulting from submission of the Entry or publication of an extract. If Entrants elect to publish an extract they grant TLR the non exclusive perpetual right to publish and reproduce the extract in TLR’s media (including non exclusive electronic, online, and archival publication rights), including any images, interviews, and comments submitted, along with the winning Entrant’s name and biography. Before publication of any extract, TLR reserves the right, without altering substantive content, to make minor edits to the spelling, tense, grammar, and syntax as required. TLR will seek Entrants’ permission before submitting extracts to third party anthologies e.g. The Pushcart Prize.
- Entrants grant TLR the perpetual right to publish and reproduce the names and entry titles of shortlisted & longlisted entrants.
- If any of T&Cs are breached, including unprofessional behavior, we reserve the right not to publish, and to revoke the Prize including money. TLR reserves the right to not publish, or to cease publishing, any writing. TLR reserves the right to remove references to any entrant from our media. TLR is not resourced to issue personalized invoices for entry fees. TLR reserves the right to extend the deadline of a submission opportunity. TLR reserves the right to refuse service. Prize money includes all publication fees (online, anthology etc.). Entrants must invoice TLR and collect payment within three months of request of invoice, or the Prize money is forfeit (this has never occurred). The special category ‘The Literary Award’ is paid at our standard publication rate of $50. Entrants must respond to emails, and supply requested information, within 72 hours. In the unlikely event that an element of the Prize is canceled, postponed or not available, that element of the prize will be considered forfeit (this has never occurred). These T&Cs supersede all previous agreements, written or verbal. Please acknowledge TLR, if you publish a winning work elsewhere. TLR will always seek Entrant’s permission before submitting a published extract to the Pushcart Prize, or other anthologies such as the Best of the Net.
- Translations: Entrants may submit translations of their own writing, but not translations of the writing of others. Translations are permitted as long as both the translation and the original are not previously published (previous publication on personal media is acceptable). AI may be used to assist in direct translations. If the submission is a translation, the original author must be the one to submit the work (or the original author’s agent), must own the copyright to the original work and the translation, and must acknowledge the translator in the cover letter. If a Winner elects to publish an extract which is a translation, they must have the ability to grant TLR the publication rights outlined in this T&C.
