Plus new writers award — bring maths to life

Rules of entry

• Who can enter?
• Your article
• Rules for submission of your article
• Rules for Plus handling of your
  submission and article
• The final rule
• Back to competition home page

Who can enter?

The Plus new writers award is open to anyone except professional writers. There are three categories, one for those at secondary school or sixth form college, one for university students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) and one for everyone else.

Your article

Entries must be typed in English. School entries must be no longer than 1000 words and others no longer than 1500 words.

If submitting by email, your article should consist of a single Word or PDF file, with all images included in the appropriate place.

Your entry must contain a list of the main sources you have used.

By entering the competition you warrant that the entry is original work and not a copy or substantial copy of anyone else's work.

By entering the competition you warrant that all images you use in your article are either created by you, are in the public domain, or that you have obtained written permission for their use from the copyright holder.

Your name must not appear anywhere in your article. It must only appear on the entry form and the copyright form. This is because your article will be judged anonymously.

Rules for submission of your article

The closing date for entries is March 31st, 2009.

Electronic entries must be emailed to pluswriters@maths.cam.ac.uk with "Plus new writers award" as the subject header. Your entry must consist of:

• Your article (as a single Word or PDF file including all images and the bibliography);
• The completed entry form (download as a Word document or a PDF file). If you fill the form in by hand, please write clearly and then scan it;
• A scanned copy of the completed and signed copyright form (download as a PDF file). If you are under 18, then the copyright form must be co-signed by a parent or guardian.

You can also download the entry and copyright forms as part of the entry pack (Word or PDF format), which also includes the guidelines and rules.

Postal entries must be posted to

Plus new writers award
Millennium Mathematics Project
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Wilberforce Road
Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK

Your entry must consist of:

• Your article;
• The completed entry form (download as Word document or as a PDF file). If you fill the form in by hand, please write clearly;
• The completed and signed copyright form (download and print as a PDF). If you are under 18, then the copyright form must be co-signed by a parent or guardian.

You can also download the entry and copyright forms as part of the entry pack (Word or PDF format), which also includes the guidelines and rules.

Rules for Plus handling of your submission and your article

• Entries will not be returned.
• Your entry will be acknowledged by an email.
• By entering the competition you agree that an edited version of your article may be published in Plus.
• The judges' decision is final and no correspondence relating to the nature of their assessment will be entered into.
• Plus reserves the right to vary or amend the competition at any time.

The final rule

By entering the competition you agree to abide by these rules. If you don't abide by them, your entry will be disqualified.

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