Rules and Terms

RULES

Stories must be submitted by a current BYU student.

Your story must highlight a specific Ballard Center class, program, or internship. For details, contact Alicia Gettys (gettys@byu.edu) or Michaela Proctor (ballardnews@byu.edu).

Stories should be 300-500 words. We suggest pointed, conscious, and careful editing to encompass your main message.

If you are selected as one of the top five submissions, you must share your story on social media according to instructions at the authors workshop.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By submitting your story, you give the Ballard Story Competition and the BYU Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance the rights to edit and publish your story on their website and social media. In addition, the Ballard Center may use you story and personal image as part of the Ballard Story Competition and the Ballard Center promotional efforts.

You acknowledge that your story must be your original work and must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity, or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. If the story contains any material or elements that are not owned by you and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, you shall be responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the story, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit use of the story by the Ballard Center. The Ballard Center may, in its sole discretion, disqualify story submissions for privacy or intellectual property infringements. The Ballard Center reserves the right to use or not use submissions.

You warrant that you have not entered into any agreement which will adversely affect the Ballard Center’s rights under this agreement, and that Ballard Center’s use of the story will not infringe upon or otherwise violate anyone else’s rights, and that the author shall have no obligations of any kind to any other person(s) except as stated herein. You further agree to abide by all appropriate federal, state and local laws and regulations in writing the story.

You assume all risk of participation and acknowledge and agree that neither BYU nor the Ballard Center shall be liable for any damages, injuries, claims, causes of actions, or losses of any kind or nature resulting from participation in this story competition.   

The Ballard Center reserves the right to interpret these official rules and administer the competition as appropriate and its decisions are final. This agreement will supersede any and all other agreements, oral or written, or any other understanding.