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SPECIAL DEADLINE EXTENSION:
ALL SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED AFTER  13 JUNE WILL STILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ONLINE COLLECTION BUT WILL NOT BE SCORED FOR RECOGNITION AT THE ISAAC CONFERENCE

How do I send in my story?

Please read the submission rules and Permission to Publish paragraph below.

Include the following in your application:

Your story and any pictures or extra material that go with your story

Submission Form (please download this FORM, fill out all information, re save it, and attach to the email.)

Send all material by email to: contest@aacawareness.org

2008 Submission Rules and Guidelines

1. Open to all people who use AAC - any age, any skill level, any country - and you do NOT need to be a member of ISAAC.
2. All submissions must be original, and may not have been previously published, accepted for publication, or have been a winner in another contest prior to 13 June 2008.
3. A short story, poem or essay with a maximum 500 words.
4. FILL OUT SUBMISSION FORM, including the author’s name, address, email address, phone number, age, entry title, and word count
5. Entries are only accepted by email. Please follow the submission guidelines as noted above.
6. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: All entries must be received at the email address above by midnight on 13th June 2008
7. Only work which conforms to all the guidelines can be considered. Due to the volume of entries, we are unable to contact writers whose entries are incomplete. Check that yours meets every requirement before submitting it.
8. The judges and conference/contest organizers cannot comment on individual entries.
9. Stories will be recognized and announced at the ISAAC ’08 Biennial Conference, Montreal, August 2008.
10. Winners will be listed on the conference website at www.isaac-online.org, shortly after the conference.
11. Submission implies the author is granting first right of publication to ISAAC. The submitted story will be published as part of an online collection book to be read aloud by AAC users around the world during this year’s International AAC Awareness Month, October 2008. Entering the contest also grants ISAAC the right to publish the entrant’s name in the ISAAC website.
12. Material may include cartoons, songs, stories between 300 and 500 words, photographs, or artwork.
13. Items should be carefully prepared and proofread. .

Permission to Publish

By submitting your entry, you give permission for your story to be included in the online publication, Many Stories, One Voice work to be published on the ISAAC and affiliates websites. You hereby release ISAAC and its affiliates from any and all liability and legal or equitable claims of any kind related to such work being published on this Web site.