The Proposal;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE;
FWD: YA AUTHORS;
DATED: NOVEMBER 12TH 2008

The YouTube group FiveAwesomeYAFans brings you their first charity project, a YA anthology book that is currently unnamed. The content of the book will be ten short stories provided by an array of authors.

Eight stories will be written by published authors, one storie will be chosen from a pool of unpublished authors, and the FiveAwesomeYAFans will contribute one short story written as a team. Each story will have an estimated word count of five thousand, bringing the book to a total of fifty thousand words.

The theme of the anthology will be 'Life Lessons'--we urge everyone to take the theme in different directions and to think outside of the box. We are looking to work with a publisher that will provide an estimated 15% of sales to the charity Kidd's Kids*, as well as an estimated 5-10% to the FiveAwesomeYAFans to assure a book event for all five members.

Once all eight published authors have been announced, an estimated time of three to five months will be provided to finish the final story. The book has not been signed to any publishing at this time.

If you have any questions or comments you may contact the team directly by sending an e-mail to fiveawesomeyafans@yahoo.com


We hope to hear from all of you soon!
The FiveAwesomeYAFans

*Not yet confirmed.
**Please note, authors will not make any income on the selling of this book or their story, all revenue will go to those stated in the proposal.

Short Story Contest;

Five Fans Charity would like to give you the chance to have your short story published in our first ever chairty book! Be sure to read the few quick rules below*!

Rules;

1) All participants must be ages 13-21 and reside in the United States.

2) All entries must be fresh works of art (Nothing that has previously been
published will be accepted!), created only by the person entering the contest.

3) Your story must meet the 'estimated amount' of Five Thousand words, Must be written in ENGLISH, and don't write anything you would not want your teacher to read! ;-)

4) Submitted entries must include FULL NAME, HOME PHONE, ADDRESS AND PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS.

5) If you are a FRIEND or FAMILY MEMBER of any of the 'Five Awesome YA Fans' you MUST state so at the start of your entry.

6) All entries must be mailed to fiveawesomeyafans@yahoo.com with the subject ATTN DEVYN: SHORT STORY CONTEST. -- NO ATTACHMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. -- ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.

7) All entries must be received by February 7th 2009 at 1:00 pm EST.


*You retain all rights to the submitted story unless you sign a contract which states otherwise.*

We can't wait to read all of your wonderful stories!

*Rules are subject to change without notice.