1. No harassment of judges, myself, or other participants will be tolerated.  This includes attempts at bribery, blackmail, insults, or any other unscrupulous behavior.

2. You may only enter your own work(s).

3. You may enter up to three works into the contest, but only one per category.  There is one exception to this rule, exclusively available to judges, see 'Judging.'

4. Judges (all three types of judges) may not judge any categories into which they have submitted entries.  Similarly, judges may not judge works by his or her close friends or people for whom they have a strong dislike (see 'Judging' chapter for details).

5. All works entered must have at least five chapters available for review by the judges, by the time their category is closed for entries, excluding brief author's notes.  The judges are expected to read a minimum of three.

6. The password ('last thing') is 'Jellyfish.'  Any entry forms without the password will be declined until rectified.

7. Each category (see next chapter) will remain open until the designated number of entries has been received, or the final deadline for entries (9/30/17) passes, whichever is sooner.

8.  Yes, 'Mature' and LGBTQA+ stories are welcomed.

9.  Stories that contain the following may NOT enter the contest: (1) any sexual activity between an underage character and an adult, (2) any blood relative incest, (3) sensationalized rape, abuse, or mental health problems.  There shall be no exceptions to this rule.  If this is still unclear to you, please read the chapter titled, 'The banned topics.'

10. It is fine if you don't wish to follow this account or put this into your Wattpad library.  However, every participant is responsible for keeping track of any updates or changes regardless.  Consider entering this into a public reading list of yours, so as to spread word of the contest (the more popular it gets, the more prestigious it will be to win, and the more acclaim that will follow!).  These are not compulsory, but merely strongly suggested.

11. You must follow all of your category's PRJs (see 'Judging spots available' chapter), at a minimum, for the duration of the contest.  Keep in mind that this includes PRJs that are announced during the contest (so you will need to pay attention to updates).  No prizes will be awarded to contestants not following their PRJs.  It would be courteous to follow your category's RcuJs as well, but it is not required.

12.  I apologize for the requirement, but all stories must be in English.

13.  This is a contest for writing. Multimedia works may not compete.

Note that, if circumstances demand, I reserve the right to change the rules, though that's not anticipated.