Short Tale/Story
https://www.littletokyohs.org/
“The Little Tokyo Historical Society has organized this free short story contest in two categories: English and Japanese.
“These short stories should be set in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles and reflect the neighborhood’s culture.
Word count: 2,500
Prizes: 2 prizes of $500
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 29 February 2024
“Guidelines:
• “The story must be original, fictional, written in either Japanese or English by the submitting author and never been published (even online).The use of generative artificial intelligence and plagiarism in the creation of submitted stories is prohibited. Please contact the organizers at imaginelittletokyo@gmail.comfor any clarifications.
• “The same story submitted in a previous year cannot be resubmitted.
• “The setting of the story should be in Little Tokyo – either past, present or future.
• “Submitted manuscript should be 2,500 words or less for English or 5,000 ji or less for Japanese and have a title.
• “File should be a Microsoft Word doc, docx or rtf.
• “For English-language entries, please use 12 point font, preferably Times Roman or Courier type and double space.
• “Please remove any mention of your name from your short story, including headers.
• “The short story manuscript must be submitted digitally as an e-mail attachment to Imaginelittletokyo@gmail.com (include SHORT STORY in the subject line). In the e-mail message, please include your name,phone number and age if 18 or under.
• “The submissions should include a signed agreement, which can be found on the Little Tokyo Historical Society website. The agreement can be either e-mailed or sent via US Postal Service.
• “Submissions need to be e-mailed by February 29, 2024, 12 midnight PST. NO EXCEPTIONS.
•“Immediate family members of judges (first-round or final) are ineligible.”
N.B:
“Little Tokyo Historical Society Short Story Contest Agreement
Author: ________________________
Name of Work: ________________________
• “If your submitted short story wins first place for the Youth, English Language or Japanese Language categories, you will receive a monetary prize of $500 after providing an e-mail of acceptance and biographical information for publication purposes.
• “For this prize, the Little Tokyo Historical Society will receive the non-exclusive right to use for our promotional purposes, including the publication in The Rafu Shimpo newspaper, the Discover Nikkei website, and the Little Tokyo Historical Society website. All other rights will remain with you.
• “Contest winners will be invited and encouraged to attend an awards ceremony in Little Tokyo to be held in summer 2024.
• “If you have incorporated in the Work any copyrightable material, please provide written permission to reprint or use the materials with this form.
“Your signature signifies that you agree to all the terms outlined on this form. Your signature warrants and represents that you are the sole creator of the above mentioned work and that you own all rights to it, that it is an original creation that has never been published (even online), that it does not infringe any other person’s copyrights, nor to your knowledge does it violate the rights or privacy of, or libel, other persons. You also did not usegenerative AI in the creation of this story.
“If you are 18 or younger, please give us your birthdate __/__/__, and have your parent/guardian sign for you.
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SignatureDate
Name: __________________________
Address: __________________________
Telephone number: __________________________
E-mail: __________________
“Please tell us how you heard about this contest:__________________________________
“Your short story submission will not be accepted unless accompanied with this completed Agreement Form.”
—25th January, 2024, -Monday.