Please read these eligibility and entry rules (collectively the “Terms and Conditions”) carefully before submitting your entry to be considered for the 2023-24 Battersea Anthology (the “Anthology”). 

By submitting an entry for the Anthology, you accept the Terms and Conditions. 

For any queries not covered below, please email batterseaanthology@gmail.com.

Eligibility 

1. Anyone from an under-represented background associated with the Battersea and Nine Elms area is eligible to submit an entry for the Anthology if they are a resident of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, whether they have previously been published or not.

2. We have deliberately refrained from setting any parameters as to what constitutes an under-represented background. You are welcome to submit your work if you identify as being under-represented and to define your own connection to these terms through the online form.

3. Unfortunately, due to legal constraints, we can only consider submissions from writers with settled status / leave to remain in the UK. 

4. Unfortunately, due to legal constraints, we can only consider submissions from writers who are over 18 years old.

5. We welcome both agented and un-agented submissions.

6. The submission must be for one of the following categories: narrative non-fiction, fiction (short story) and poetry, centred around theme of grow and flourish, with a specific focus on connections and community. We welcome eclectic and expansive interpretations of the theme. We are especially interested in writers who reflect on their experience in the local area in the hope that the Anthology will document the changing landscape of the Battersea and Nine Elms area.

7. The submission itself (or any abridged or extended version of it) must not have been published before, whether that was by a publisher or by the writer themselves or have been published by anyone else anywhere in the world, including online on the Internet.

8. The decision of the Battersea Anthology as to whether a submission is eligible shall be final. 

Rules of entry and conditions of the prize 

1. The winner will be offered:

   1. a reasonable compensation;

   2. a copy of the printed 2023 Battersea Anthology.

2. Shortlisted writers will also be invited to a live event in Mid-November 2023 (venue to be designed). All writers will read an excerpt (or for poetry the full work) from the Anthology. By submitting their entry for the Anthology, entrants are committing to participating in this event if they are invited to do so. The decision of the Battersea Anthology as to the list of confirmed invitees is final.

3. Submissions must be submitted by 5pm GMT on 10 September, 2023, unless the deadline is extended.

4. Submissions must be written originally in the English language.

5. Submissions must be submitted directly by the person who has written them and that person must be a living person at the date the Anthology is published unless the Battersea Anthology decides otherwise in their sole discretion.

6. Each entrant may only submit one entry for the Anthology to one of the three categories only.

7. Entries written by more than one person will not be accepted.

8. Submissions must not have been previously published/self-published or otherwise made publicly available by anyone in any manner, format or country anywhere in the world including online on the Internet.

9. Any submissions which at any time during the running of the Anthology are found to be in the process of being considered for publication by another publisher or which are subject to an offer by or are under contract to another publisher shall be immediately disqualified. The decision of the Battersea Anthology in this matter is final and no correspondence shall be entered into in this regard.

10. The Submission must be the entrant’s own original creation, must not be copied from anywhere else and must not infringe any right, including copyright, of any person or entity nor breach any duty of confidentiality or any other right of any person, including libel, and must not breach the law in any way including being considered an obscene publication.

11. It is a strict condition of admitting to the Anthology that the proposed writer enters into a contract with Battersea Anthology on its customary author agreement terms to grant the Battersea Anthology exclusive print volume, audio, eBook, translation and serial rights throughout the world in all languages together with all other rights detailed in the contract. The admission cannot be awarded to anyone who does not enter into a contract with the Battersea Anthology.

12. The Battersea Anthology will have the exclusive right to publish the selected entry once it has been completed, but it shall be under no obligation to do so.

13. It is a strict condition of entry to the Anthology that all entrants grant the Battersea Anthology the right of first refusal to publish their submissions for the Anthology, and the Battersea Anthology’s right of first refusal continues until the shortlist is announced.

14. If after entering into a contract with the Battersea Anthology the admitted entries of the Anthology wishes to withdraw from the contract, they will be required to repay all sums received by them before their withdrawal and no further sums will be paid to them and in such case they will be considered to have rejected admission to the Anthology and all elements of it.

15. The shortlist of the Anthology will be notified by Mid-October 2023. By submitting an entry for the Anthology, all entrants agree that, except where prohibited by law, the Battersea Anthology and the other partners or stakeholders involved in the running of the Anthology shall have the right to use the winning entrant’s name, likeness, biographical information, and any proposed title of the published work for advertising, promotion and publicity purposes without needing further permission from the entrant and without needing to make any further payment to the entrant or anyone else.

16. If entrants have not received a response from the Battersea Anthology by Mid-October 2023, unfortunately they have not been shortlisted for the Anthology. The Battersea Anthology Fwill keep all information securely until this date at which point all personal information of entrants will be deleted and destroyed from all relevant systems. All entrants give the right to the Battersea Anthology to hold, store and process the personal information they have provided purely for the purposes of administering the Anthology. All entrants authorise the Battersea Anthology to contact them in respect of the Anthology and its administration.

17. Entrants will always retain ownership of the copyright to their submission and proposal, but by submitting an entry to the Anthology, each shortlisted entrant allows the Battersea Anthology at no extra cost to publicly use their submission and/or proposal or any parts of them in any way which is related to the Anthology including for publicity or other materials without the need for the Battesrea Anthology to obtain any further permission, consent or approval from the entrant or anyone else.

18. Any personal information given will be used solely for reviewing entrants’ submissions and will not be passed on to any party not involved in the running or administration of the Anthology without the entrant’s consent. The Battesrea Anthology’s privacy policy can be found here. 

19. By entering a submission for the Anthology, all entrants agree that the Anthology is non-transferable and no alternatives are available.

20. The Battersea Anthology reserve the right to actively invite anyone it chooses to submit an entry for the Anthology.

21. The Battersea Anthology reserve the right to not award entrance to the Anthology or to withdraw the entrance to the Anthology at any time for any reason without any liability.

22. Entries that are incomplete, or for which their electronic files are corrupt, or entries which are submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

23. The decision of the judges of the Anthology is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the judging or submission process.

24. Only submissions which meet all Terms and Conditions will be considered.

25. By submitting an entry to the Anthology, each entrant agrees to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

26. Unless required by law, the Battersea Anthology will not be responsible for any loss, costs, expenses or any other liability of any nature which may be suffered by entrants in connection with the Anthology or any change to the Terms and Conditions or the holding or cancelling of any announcements related to the Anthology. The Battersea Anthology reserve the right to cancel the Anthology or to alter the Terms and Conditions at any time and for any reason.

27. The Prize, the administration of it, the assessment criteria, these Terms and Conditions and all other matters of whatever nature relating to the Anthology and any disputes relating to the same shall be governed by English law and all entrants agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.