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Please read all the rules. Your entry will lose standing or even be disqualified if certain guidelines are not followed. Thanks.

1) Legal Information:
Entry must be unpublished. All entries must be original and the sole work of the entrant and the sole property of the entrant. Fantasist Enterprises purchases the following rights to winning and honorable mention stories: First world publication rights in the English language. Payment will be made after receipt of signed contracts and the acceptance of a final draft-we may require some editing work before a draft is considered final.

All federal, state, and local taxes are the responsibility of the winners. Entrants under the age of 18 will need a parent or legal guardian's signature for publication contract.

2) Theme:
Stories must be of a fantastical nature. This is a broad description, but basically keep the nature of the stories magical and not technological. A successful entry could be high fantasy with elves and powerful wizards, a supernatural thriller set in the modern day, a tale of magic in ancient Egypt, or any other form of fantasy.

Make sure the "fantasy" plays a large part in the tale. An allegorical story in which some mundane aspect of our world is different (such as the reversal of gender roles) is not quite fantasy enough.

While the Fantastical Visions series is directed toward adults, it should still be suitable for a mature young adult reader-so please keep content somewhere between the movie ratings of PG-13 and R. The editors reserve the right to disqualify stories that contain content that does not fit this criteria.

3) Format:
The contest is open to stories of up to 10,000 words.

Manuscripts must be typed or machine printed, double-spaced, on one side of 8½ x 11 white paper. (No other colors, please! Be kind to our eyes.) The author's name, address, and e-mail address (if available) must appear in the upper-left-hand corner of the first page of the entry. If the author is under the age of 18, please note that here as well. The word count should appear in the upper-right-hand corner of the first page. The name of the author, the name of the story and the page number must appear on every page after the first, in the upper hand right corner.

Include a #10 SASE (Self-Addressed-STAMPED-Envelope) for correspondence.

4) Entry Fees:
There is no entry fee for one manuscript. If you are submitting more than one manuscript, please remit $5.00 for two and add $3.00 for each manuscript thereafter. Example: if you send in four manuscripts, the cost would be $11.00. Make checks and money orders payable to Fantasist Enterprises or send a PayPal payment to "payments@fantasistent.com." Entry fees are non-refundable. Manuscripts mailed separately will be considered multiple submissions and fees will apply (if a check is not included with the subsequent manuscripts, we will only read the first entry).

5) Mailing:
Mail all entries to Fantasist Enterprises, Fantastical Visions V, PO Box 9381, Wilmington, DE 19809. Submit each entry only once. You may submit more than one story, but only one of your entries can win (see section "3" on fees for multiple entries). Entries must be postmarked by October 15th, 2006. Fantasist Enterprises is not responsible for lost, late, stolen, postage due, or misdirected mail.

7) Prizes:
Fantasist Enterprises reserves the right to not award prizes if no suitable entries are received.

One First Prize Winner will receive $150.00 and pro rata share of 25% of the net revenue from sales of the book.

One Second Prize Winner will receive $100.00 and pro rata share of 25% of the net revenue from sales of the book.

One Third Prize Winner will receive $50.00 and pro rata share of 25% of the net revenue from sales of the book.

All Honorable Mention winners will receive 3 cents per word, as an advance on pro rata share of 25% of the net revenue from sales of the book.

All winning and honorably mentioned stories will be published in Fantastical Visions V. Authors of winning and honorably mentioned stories will receive one free copy of the book and the right to purchase additional copies of the book while it is sill in print at a 50% discount.

8) Notification and Publication:
All winners will be notified by mail by December 31st, 2006. Prizes and payments will be mailed upon receipt of signed contract and final draft of story, as accepted by the editors. If contracts are not returned by February 1st, 2007, entry will be assumed to be withdrawn.

9) Where to get the book:
The book will become available in Spring of 2007. Copies of the book will be available through the Fantasist Enterprises website, your local bookstore, or your favorite online bookseller.

Please check back at FE's main page at www.fantasistent.com for updates on availability of the new book.