ENTRY DIVISIONS:
Great, you want to post your sport stacking story for people from all over the world to read! "Stacker Stories" is a Speed Stacks feature devoted to stories about you and sport stacking. We'd like to hear from you.

Our contests are for all and are judged by dividing entries into four categories by age:

Through age 9: An Entry needs be about 100 of your own words. Only one entry per person per contest is allowed.

Age 10-12: An Entry needs be between 100 to 300 of your own words. Only one entry per person per contest is allowed.

Age 13-17: An Entry needs be between 100 to 300 of your own words. Only one entry per person per contest is allowed.

Over 18: An Entry needs be between 100 to 1000 of your own words. Only one entry per person per contest is allowed.

Kids "9 and under"
Kids "10-12" years old
Kids "13-17" years old
Adults "18 and over" (teachers, parents, Stackers)

At the end of each contest, one grand prize and four runner-up prizes will be awarded for the best submission.

GUIDELINES for kids submitting stories:
We want you to send us those stories, photos, captions and poems! Do ask your parents' permission before you send anything to us. PLEASE, one entry that you wrote yourself per person. . . based upon the contest theme, choose your best stacking words and send it in!

Entries, with between 100-300 words, can be either in the form of a story or poem and may only be about you and the sport of stacking. Stories must be in the writer's own words and should relay personal experiences. Although we supply the photograph in a Caption Contest, the words should be originally yours.

Entries are judged on:

	Originality/creativity.
	Overall writing quality. (It pays to pay attention to grammar and spelling! Parents and teachers are encouraged help their child/student revise and edit work.)
	Readability.
	How well your composition relates to the contest theme.

Consideration is given also to the age of the writer. . . the same piece that is considered "prize worthy" from a 7-year old, would not necessarily be considered "prize-worthy" if submitted by an 11-year old.

PARENTAL Release:
A parent or legal guardian of the child writing the story must check the release/approval form field on the Submission Form in order for the child's story to be used on the web site.

Please note: The child's first name, age, school and city/state are published on the web site alongside the child's story.

GUIDELINES for submitting a story or poem written by an adult:
You may only submit stories, captions and poems written by you. Only one entry per person per contest.

Stories between 100-1000 words in length. Entries are judged on:

	Originality/creativity.
	Overall writing quality.
	Readability.
	How well the composition relates to the contest theme.

If your work is accepted for publication on the web site, you give non-exclusive electronic publishing rights to Speed Stacks, Inc. If you would like a link to your web site, include the URL at the end of your story. Stories may be edited for spelling and grammar before publication.

HOW do you send your stories and poems to us? Easy!! Write your story or poem on your computer. Next, come to the Speed Stacks web site and fill out the "Send in your story" form and copy & paste your writing into the text box provided for your story entry. Click on the "Send It In" button and your story will come to us.

Our submission form asks for your first and last name, your age, your school (if applicable), your address, phone number and e-mail.

Only your First Name, School, City and Age will be published. Other contact information will not be published and is used only by Speed Stacks, Inc. in contacting you or awarding a prize.

Please, one entry per person and be sure to send original works only.

DEADLINES:
The deadline is through 12:00 midnight on the date the contest closes. A deadline is the time in which we will accept your story and NO LATER. Submitting work ahead of the deadline will give the Speed Stacks' selection committee more time to review the selections.

Remember: The prizes will be announced on the date listed alongside each contest. So... Get writing........!

HOW is the winner selected?
Speed Stacks, Inc. will select stories and poems for publication at its sole discretion. We will choose which stories and drawings to publish. Prizes are in the form of stacking products provided by Speed Stacks, Inc. The winning stories and poems will be published in the "Stacker Stories" collection of stories on this web site.

Submitting a story does not guarantee winning or that it will be released on the web site. A story can remain on the web site for an indefinite period of time and be re-used at a later date.

Speed Stacks reserves the right not to award a prize in any category(*), if there are insufficient entries in any category, or if the quality of submissions in any category is judged to be unacceptable.

Unless otherwise noted as acceptable on an individual contest, Speed Stacks accepts one entry per person, per contest. Multiple duplicate entries per person per contest are not in the spirit of the contests and may result in disqualification of that entrant.

Speed Stacks also reserves the right to edit the work submitted in the contest and to present it on this web site in a form and manner that it deems appropriate, without consultation with the author(s).

Copyright to the works remains with the authors, but Speed Stacks reserves the right to publish the works on the Speed Stacks.com web site or in any other publication or web site without payment of royalty to the authors, and without further permission from them.

School-level Prizes Awarded
Entrants are awarded individual prizes that belong to that winner.

Prizes awarded to a class or school as part of a Writing Contest are the property of the winning school and are not the property of the entrant.

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