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Official Rules and Guidelines

Many Voice book project Contest"Official Rules and Guidelines"

Introduction

Welcome to One Story Road and the Many Voices Book Project, offering a free form essay contest for anyone and everyone. Aiming to produce a book of a select few true stories we all can identify with and relate to, it will be composed of your non-fiction stories submitted by you and others to the project. The crowd-sourced final book will be of the stories selected by you and the world's votes, bringing forth the universal threads that will bind the book. One Story Road is about listening to everyone's voice loud and soft, anonymous or not, and creating equal space for them all to be heard.

By amplifying them all to the same frequency in order to discover the stories that reveal our global roots and in finding those stories that cross-over lines on the map intertwining us all, we will shape the final book together. Seeking to hear the common string that resonates with in us all, the Many Voices book project is a way to explore the spaces and unseen matter intertwining all of us. You're invited to share your stories in your own creative way using words, images and sound, with the option for anonymity or not. In the end the only goal being to share our timeless stories for others to connect with.

In order to unearth this book hopefully forged by the world's voices, One Story Road announces an international story contest. With your help the Many Voices book project will be the first collaborative book of its kind, shaped on a global scale. One comprised of many voices and perspectives all together in one thought, travelling down One Story Road. The contest invites stories of any subject or background that follow the basic theme which is, stories that people from all corners of the world can identify with and relate to. There will be up to 30 finalist entries chosen in total, voted on by the global public, equalling 1 finalist chosen per round, that will make it to the final Review and Selection Process. An independent panel will make the selections of the best and most potentially consequential 20 submissions, based on criteria defined on Page 8. All 30 finalists will receive $100 each. The 20 finalists chosen by the review panel will be published in the ebook and print copy of the Many Voices book project. Select winning stories may be promoted by One Story Road and the MV book project. The competition is open in all languages but translations are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate and One Story Road, the MV book project and its partners are not liable for any issues resulting from translation. Entrants can enter multiple stories in any or all 30 contest rounds see schedule Page 6 and 7 for details. The first round starts November 1, 2015 and submissions can be added anytime throughout the contest. The last preliminary round starts October 2, 2018 0000HRS [GMT] and the closing date for all submissions is October 15, 2018. Note: Entering early in the beginning rounds, and thus entering multiple rounds, increases your chances of winning.

Description of the Theme and Topics

The theme for story submissions is simple and listed below. The question invites positive answers-for example, a story about human will power and resourcefulness triumphing over incredible odd or how stubbing your toe turns out not to be a fun experience. Make it a deeper story about life's passions and emotions we all experience because in the end we are searching for stories of universal unity. However, contrarian submissions are acceptable too. Although the questions are broad, a strong entry might respond narrowly, for example individual experiences and truths.The theme is open to interpretation, but set guidelines will be used for the final independent selection panel.What non-fiction stories can people from all corners of the world identify with and relate to?What experiences are universal no matter what your background, culture, or beliefs?Are there basic elements of being human we all share that are a strong enough to bond our stories with tolerance and compassion on a multicultural scale? What are these bonds and what stories reveal these resonating common strings?What is human quality and what are its values that are equally ubiquitous of us all?