Rules and Regulations
Original, unpublished poems (no more than 5) and short stories of up to 5,000 words by Canadian citizens or residents are eligible.
There will be 2 prizes awarded, one for each category, poetry and fiction. Each individual prize is non-transferrable and non-deferrable and consists of roundtrip airfare to Montreal (as close to the 1-5 October, 2008 as airline schedules permit), a VIP pass to the Pop Montreal festival, accommodation at a bed and breakfast, and publication in the fall issue of Matrix with a 100$ honourarium (to be paid by October 31st, 2008) and presentation of the award at a special Matrix Litpop event during the Pop Montreal festival.
Entry fees: $25 for one short story or five poems. Entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Matrix Magazine (current subscribers will
have an additional year added to their subscription term). Entry fees must be paid by personal cheque or money order payable to Matrix
Publications. Entries should include an self-addressed stamped envelope. Multiple entries are welcome. All entries will be judged by a group of selected Matrix editors and Pop Montreal staff, who will create shortlists which will be given to the judge of the respective genre. The judges will then determine one winner and one runner-up in each category.
Entrant's name MUST NOT appear on the manuscript itself. All entries must be in physical form and must be accompanied by a separate cover sheet with entrant's fullname, address, postal code, telephone number, email addresssubmission title(s) and category.
Entrants agree to be bound by the contest rules. Judges' decisions are final.
Entries must be postmarked no later than July 15th, 2008 and the winnerswill
be notified by 11:59pm on August 1st, 2008, through an
announcement on
both the Pop Montreal and Matrix Magazine websites, and via telephone
and email. Prizes must be claimed by 11:59 pm August 15th, 2008 by
email or telephone.
Any employee of Pop Montreal and/or Matrix Publications, spouse, family
member, cohabitant, agent, representative of the aforementioned, or the
contest judge, cannot participate in this contest.
A disagreement/challenge to the methods
and procedures of the contest may be submitted to the Régie des
alcools, des courses, et des jeux du Québec, in order for it to be resolved. A
disagreement regarding the attribution of a prize may only be submitted
to the Régie to request an intervention in order to solve the
disagreement.
Full contest rules and regulations can be found at the websites:
www.popmontreal.com and www.matrixmagazine.org.
Send entries to:
Matrix Magazine
LitPop Awards
1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West LB 658
Montreal, QC
H3G 1M8
Matrix Publications (514) 848-2424 extension 2357 info@matrixpublications.com
Pop Montreal International Music Festival (514) 842-1919 patricia@popmontreal.com
