Submission Agreement

We must receive a signed copy of this submission agreement before we can share your stories.

Submission Agreement (printable version)

We are delighted that you are interested in submitting your story to “Share a Pair of Stories.” As you will see, you will retain copyright ownership of your story. However, you are granting “Share a Pair of Stories” the license to duplicate, display, transmit, etc., your story, story-writing reflections, and your photograph (if submitted), in all media. We are requesting these rights so that your thoughtful words can inspire as many people as possible.



For safety purposes, participants will be identified only by first names, ages, and relation to one another (e.g., "Jade, 9, and her grandmother Betty, 62, write about their first day of school").
 

By submitting a story to “Share a Pair of Stories” and agreeing to the terms of this Submission Agreement, you affirm that this story and photograph (if submitted) is true (to the best of your knowledge), original to you, that you own all necessary rights to this work, and that the story does not defame or otherwise violate the rights, copyrights, trademarks, privacy, or reputation of any third party.

You grant “Share a Pair of Stories” a non-exclusive, assignable, royalty-free, perpetual world-wide permanent license to duplicate, display, distribute, excerpt, or transmit the story, story-writing reflections, and your photograph (if submitted) in any format or media known or hereafter known. “Share a Pair of Stories” shall have the right to own or register copyrights to any works or compilations created by “Share a Pair of Stories” that contain the story, story-writing reflections, and/or your photograph (if submitted), in whole or in part.

You agree to indemnify and hold “Share a Pair of Stories” harmless against any claims asserted by any third parties that allege the story violates their rights, or from any breach by you of your promises in this Agreement. You shall be responsible for any costs incurred by “Share a Pair of Stories” for defense or settlement of third- party claims, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees of “Share a Pair of Stories.”

You understand that submitting a story does not guarantee that your work will be used, displayed, or otherwise reproduced. stories, story-writing reflections, and photographs may be archived for public use, or reproduced in audio form, published in print or online, or in any other way. The decision of which and how stories, and story-writing reflections, will be used will be at the sole discretion of “Share a Pair of Stories.”

You affirm that you are at least 18 years of age and possess the legal right and ability to enter into this Agreement, or that you are the parent or legal guardian of the minor who is submitting the story.

If you have read, acknowledge, and agree to be bound by each of the terms and conditions in this agreement, check the line next to “I have read and accept the terms of the Submission Agreement” and sign the signature line.

If you do not agree to be bound by each of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, your work will not be allowed publicly displayed or reproduced.

____  I have read and accept the terms of the Submission Agreement.

____  I have read and do NOT accept the terms of the Submission Agreement.




Print name:  ___________________________________________   Age:  ___________

Phone # or email address:  _________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
(signature of first story author)

_____________________________________________________________________

(signature of parent of legal guardian if first story author is a minor)




____  I have read and accept the terms of the Submission Agreement.

____  I have read and do NOT accept the terms of the Submission Agreement.



Print name:  ___________________________________________   Age:  ___________

Phone # or email address:  _________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
(signature of second story author)

Relation to one another:  __________________________________________________

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