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1.	Entrants must be Saskatchewan residents as of 31 December 2004.
2.	Submissions must be in the SWG office by 4:30 p.m. Thursday 30 June 2005. Late submissions will not be accepted.
3.	A $25 entry fee must accompany the entry. Make cheques and money orders payable to the Saskatchewan Writers Guild.
4.	All entries must be original work.
5.	No more than 50% of the manuscript may be previously published in magazines and anthologies or by broadcast media.
6.	The manuscript may not be published before the announcement of the competition winners in October 2005, although it may have been accepted for publication.
7.	Only one entry per person is allowed in the manuscript awards.
8.	The manuscript must be a minimum of 35,000 words in length.
9.	The writer’s name and contact information should appear only on the cover letter. All entries will be numbered upon receipt so that they may be judged anonymously. If the writer’s name appears on any page of the manuscript, it will not be accepted for the competition. The name of the manuscript may appear on both the cover page and subsequent pages.
10.	There is no entry form; instead, a cover letter is required that includes the following: the writer’s name and complete contact information (address, home and work phone, E-mail if available) confirmation of the following: that the writer was a resident of Saskatchewan as of 31 December 2004 that the work is original to the writer that it will not have been published before the announcement of the awards in October (although it may have been accepted for publication) that no more than 50% of the MS has been previously published or broadcast the number of words in the MS
11.	The following criteria must be followed or the entries will not be accepted: submissions must be in English the entries must be on 8 ½ x 11-inch white bond paper of standard weight (e.g. 20-pound) entries must be single-sided entries must be double-spaced a one inch margin on all sides pages should be numbered sequentially entries must be typed (black ink) font size should be 12 point fonts used should be plain text (e.g. Times New Roman, Arial, Courier) and not italics or display fonts (such as Algerian) to fasten submissions, use paper clips (including fold-back clips) or rubber bands—avoid any fastener which goes through the paper (including binders, presentation covers, or coil binding) good-quality photocopies are acceptable we will not accept entries on disk or those sent by fax or E-mail
12.	Manuscripts will not be returned.
13.	Judges may decide not to award a particular prize if they believe no submission merits it.
14.	The decisions of the jury will be final.