Rules for participation

Submission requirements

Authors can submit original stories, poems, and other writings. The maximum length is 7,000 characters including spaces. Stories can be of any genre (e.g. fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, etc). 

Author information

Authors shall submit their work using a Short Édition account that they will need to create. The author should clearly indicate how they would like to be credited for their work. This name will appear next to the title of their story.

Rights, Guarantees, and Responsibilities

Guarantees and responsibilities

The author declares that they are the sole author of any text they submit, and that this same text is an original creation. The author declares that they control the copyright of the submitted text, meaning that they have never transferred these rights to a third person/entity.

The author agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Eugene Public Library from and against all claims by third parties resulting from the author’s breach or alleged breach of any representations and warranties contained herein.

If submitting work on behalf of a minor, the submitter agrees with the following statement:

I represent and warrant that I am the parent/legal guardian of the minor named above. I grant a non-exclusive right to Eugene Public Library to reproduce, correct and publish this submission along with the minor’s first name and age via Short Édition dispensers owned by Eugene Public Library, as well as via websites owned by Eugene Public Library, and/or in print publications produced by Eugene Public Library. The copyright of the work shall remain with the minor. I represent and warrant that the minor owns the right to license this work in connection with the submission. I agree and acknowledge that in this specific case, publication and distribution of the minor’s work shall not result in the payment of royalties from neither Short Édition nor Eugene Public Library. I agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Eugene Public Library from and against all claims by third parties resulting from my or the minor’s breach or alleged breach of any representations and warranties contained herein.

Copying and distribution

The author grants a non-exclusive right to Eugene Public Library to reproduce, correct and publish their stories via Short Édition dispensers owned by Eugene Public Library, as well as on the websites of Eugene Public Library, and in any formal or informal print publications produced by Eugene Public Library.

The copyright of the work shall remain with the author. The author agrees and acknowledges that in the specific case of submissions sent via this submission portal, publication and distribution of their work shall not result in the payment of royalties from either Short Édition or Eugene Public Library.

Selection and publication

Representatives of Eugene Public Library have sole discretion in selecting works for distribution via Short Édition dispensers owned by Eugene Public Library. They may also reject or remove works from the dispenser without giving any prior notice or justification to the author. The author can also ask for their work to be removed by notifying Eugene Public Library in writing at libraryaskus@ci.eugene.or.us.

Contact

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