NO PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. 

PROMOTION DESCRIPTION: The United Talent Agency The Andromeda Award Contest (the “Contest”)  begins on September 25th at 8:00 am Pacific Time (“PT”) and ends on May 6th, 2025 at 5:00 pm PT (the  “Promotion Period”). Entry in the Contest does not constitute entry into any other promotion, contest, or sweepstakes. By participating in the Contest, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of United Talent Agency, LLC, 9336 Civic  Center Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (“Sponsor”), which shall be final and binding in all respects.  

ELIGIBILITY: Open only to legal U.S. residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia or the United Kingdom who are eighteen (18) years old or older as of the time of entry. Void where prohibited.  

HOW TO ENTER: To enter, visit theandromedaaward.com/submission and follow the instructions to submit your (the “Submission”) and any additional information needed for the entry, such as your name and email address. The Submission must  meet the following “Submission Requirements”:  

1. The submission must be written in English; 

2. The submission must be fiction targeted for adult readers;  

3. The submission must be the submitting entrant’s original, previously unpublished work and not include any material owned or controlled by third parties (including, without limitation, third-party copyrighted material);  

4. The submission must not exceed 120,000 words in length, excluding the title;  

5. The submission must come from an unagented entrant.

6. The entrant must provide upon request all appropriate clearances, permissions, and  releases for the Submission (in the event an entrant cannot provide all required releases, Sponsor  reserves the right, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to disqualify the applicable Submission, or seek to secure  the releases and clearances for Sponsor’s benefit, or allow the applicable Submission to remain in the  Contest); and  

7. The Submission must not include any content that is obscene, pornographic, libelous, or otherwise objectionable. 

Any Submission that, in Sponsor's good faith judgment, violates the Submission Requirements will be disqualified. Any Submission that is considered by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion to be obscene, pornographic, libelous, hate speech, or otherwise objectionable, in whole or in part, will be disqualified and will not be eligible for entry. No substitutions of new versions of Submissions will be accepted under any circumstances once the original Submission is submitted for consideration. Limit one (1) entry per person.

SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL MATERIALS: The entrant understands that Sponsor and Sponsor’s clients have access to and/or may create or have created literary materials and ideas which may be similar or identical to the Submission in theme, idea, plot, format, or other respects. The entrant agrees that he or she will not be entitled to any compensation because of the use of any such similar or identical material which may have been independently created by Sponsor or any such Sponsor client or may have come to Sponsor or any such Sponsor client from any other independent source. In addition, the entrant hereby irrevocably agrees that, in consideration of Sponsor’s acceptance of the entrant’s Submission into the Contest, the entrant shall not institute, cause, or permit to be instituted any legal proceedings of any nature against Promotion Entities in connection with any alleged use, publication, adaptation, or exploitation of a story, whether identical or substantially similar to the Submission made by the entrant into the Contest. This covenant shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns and shall survive the termination or expiration of the Contest. 

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: Entries must be received during the Promotion Period. Sponsor is the official timekeeper for the Contest. All entry information and materials, if any, become the property of  Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending information to the Sponsor is not considered proof of delivery to or receipt by the Sponsor of such entry. Except as otherwise contemplated in these Official Rules, and to the extent entrants may otherwise elect at the time of entry, personal information collected in connection with the Contest will be used in accordance with Sponsor’s online privacy policy available at https://www.unitedtalent.com/privacy-policy. Any communication of information transmitted to Sponsor by e-mail or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.  

Entry must be made by the entrant only as described in these Official Rules. Sponsor shall have no liability for any entries that are lost, intercepted, or not received by the Sponsor. Entries made by any other individual or any entity and/or originating at any other website or e-mail address, including but not limited to commercial sweepstakes subscription notification and/or entering service websites, will be declared invalid and disqualified for this Contest. Tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, including but not limited to the use of any device to automate the entry process, is prohibited and any entries deemed by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, to have been submitted in this manner will be void. In the event a dispute regarding the identity of the individual who submitted an entry cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction, the affected entry will be deemed ineligible. Sponsor and the officers, directors, and employees of Sponsor and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors,  retailers, sales representatives, advertising and promotion agencies (all such individuals and entities referred to collectively, the “Promotion Entities”) shall not be responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in the Contest. The Promotion Entities assume no responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: The entrant will own all rights, titles, and interests (including, without limitation,  all copyrights, trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and any other intellectual property or proprietary rights) (collectively, “Proprietary Rights”) embodied in the entrant’s Submission. The entrant hereby grants Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license to reproduce and use such Submission for purposes of this Contest. Entrant shall execute any documents in connection with such assignment, or license, or both, that Sponsor may reasonably request.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; INDEMNIFICATION: Each person who enters this Contest represents and warrants as follows: (i) the Submission is the entrant’s own original, previously unpublished, and previously unproduced work; (ii) the Submission does not contain any computer virus  (as applicable), is otherwise uncorrupted, is wholly original with entrant, and as of the date of Submission, is not the subject of any actual or threatened litigation or claim; (iii) the Submission does not and will not violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party;  and (iv) the Submission does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and will not be defamatory or libelous. Each entrant hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Promotion Entities harmless from and against any and all third-party claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and from any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses relating to or arising out of the Submission or any breach or alleged breach of any of the warranties, representations or agreements of entrant hereunder. 

WINNER SELECTION: At the end of the Promotion Period, on or about 6th, 2025, one (1) first-place winner,  one (1) second-place winner, and one (1) third-place winner will be selected by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion from among all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period based on the sole discretion of the Sponsors and Judges; each entrant agrees to be bound by and not challenge the final decisions of Sponsor. All results of the selection are final and binding, subject to these Official Rules. 

NOTICE TO WINNERS: Attempts to notify potential winners will be made by email. Sponsor is not responsible for communication problems of any kind. Time is of the essence when awarding prizes. If,  despite reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond within five (5) days of the first notification attempt (or such shorter time as exigencies may require), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit any prize and an alternate winner may be selected. If any potential prize winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines the applicable prize for any reason prior to award, such potential prize winner will be disqualified. Each entrant agrees to be bound by and not challenge the final decisions of the Sponsor. All results of the selection are final and binding, subject to these Official Rules. In the event a winning entry is discovered to be invalid for any reason whatsoever or the person who submitted the winning entry fails to comply with these Official Rules prior to delivery of the prize, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. No more than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded. 

PRIZES: Winners will receive the following prizes: 

First Prize - $5,000

Second Prize - $3,000 + a place on Curtis Brown Creative’s nine-week Writing Fantasy course

Third Prize - $1,000 + a place on the six-week online Curtis Brown Creative course of their choice (courses include Writing Science Fiction, Writing Gothic & Supernatural Fiction and many others).

GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: No substitution of prizes will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute prizes of comparable value, for any reason. Prizes will be awarded only if the potential prize winner fully complies with these Official Rules. Curtis Brown Creative course places must be redeemed between May 2025 and May 2026. Course places cannot be exchanged for cash. All portions of the prize(s) are non-assignable and non-transferable. Any prizes pictured in point-of-sale, online, television and print advertising, promotional packaging, and other Contest materials are for illustrative purposes only. All details and other restrictions of the prize(s) not specified in these Official Rules will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. 

EACH PRIZE WINNER SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR  ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND/OR LOCAL TAXES, AND THE REPORTING CONSEQUENCES THEREOF, AND  FOR ANY OTHER FEES OR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICABLE PRIZE. ALL PRIZES ARE PROVIDED  “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPONSOR HEREBY  DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.  

DATES AND DEADLINES/ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF ENTRANTS: Because of the unique nature and scope of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any dates or deadlines set forth in these Official Rules or otherwise governing the Contest. Sponsor cannot accurately predict the number of entrants who will participate in the Contest. 

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION AND PUBLICITY: Winners may be required to execute a Declaration of  Eligibility, a Liability Release, a further assignment, and (where imposing such condition is legal) a  Publicity Release (collectively, "Prize Claim Documents"). If any winner fails or refuses to sign and return all Prize Claim Documents immediately after the Promotion Period, the winner may be disqualified. As part of the Prize Claim Documents, a winner may also be required to execute a further right of publicity release to use the winner’s name and/or image, including, but not limited to, for advertising and promotional purposes, without further compensation. 

GENERAL LIABILITY RELEASE/FORCE MAJEURE: Entry in the Contest constitutes participant’s permission for the Promotion Entities to use participant’s name, photograph, likeness, voice, biographical information, statements, and address (city and state) for advertising and/or publicity purposes worldwide and in all forms of media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity, without further compensation. Entrants agree that the Promotion Entities shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation,  death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity. Entrants understand that these injuries or outcomes may arise from their own or others’ negligence, conditions related to traveling to and from the Prize Location or conditions related to the Prize Location. Entrants further agree that Promotion Entities shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from entrants’ acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any prize and agree that Promotion Entities have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any prize, including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the  Contest, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest,  or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, extend, suspend, or terminate the Contest if causes beyond Sponsor’s control have destroyed or severely undermined or to any degree impaired the integrity, administration,  security, proper play and/or feasibility of the Contest as contemplated herein. In the event Sponsor is prevented from awarding prizes or continuing with the Contest as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to and whether similar or dissimilar, fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic of health of other means, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war  (declared or undeclared) or any federal state or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure” event or occurrence), then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, extend, or terminate the Contest. Only the type and quantity of prizes described in these Official Rules will be awarded. These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in a written document issued in accordance with law by a duly authorized representative of Sponsor. Unless otherwise stated in these Official Rules, the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Unless otherwise stated in these Official Rules, in the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. 

GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION: ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION,  VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES OR THE RIGHTS AND  OBLIGATIONS OF ENTRANTS OR SPONSOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST SHALL BE GOVERNED BY  AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT  GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD  CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE’S LAWS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY DISPUTES  HEREUNDER, BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES,  CLAIMS, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS CONTEST SHALL BE  RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION AND CONSENTS TO THE  EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE APPROPRIATE STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITUATED IN  THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 

ARBITRATION PROVISION: By participating in this Contest, entrant agrees that any and all controversies,  claims, counterclaims or other disputes entrant may have with, or claims entrant may have against the  Promotion Entities relating to, arising out of or connected in any way with (a) the Contest, (b) the awarding or redemption of any prize, and/or (c) the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate (a “Claim”), will be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA Rules”). The arbitration will be heard and determined by a single arbitrator. The arbitrator's decision in any such arbitration will be final and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree that the arbitration proceedings will be kept confidential and that the existence of the proceeding and any element of it will not be disclosed beyond the arbitration proceedings, except as may lawfully be required in judicial proceedings relating to the arbitration, by applicable disclosure rules and regulations of securities regulatory authorities or other governmental agencies, or as specifically permitted by state law. The Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law apply to this agreement. 

However, the Arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have the exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of these Official Rules including, but not limited to, a claim that all or any part of these Official Rules is void or voidable. 

If entrant demonstrates that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, Sponsor will pay as much of the administrative costs and arbitrator’s fees required for the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the cost of the arbitration from being prohibitive. In the final award, the arbitrator may apportion the costs of arbitration and the compensation of the arbitrator among the parties in such amounts as the arbitrator deems appropriate.

This arbitration agreement does not preclude entrant from seeking action by federal, state, or local  government agencies. Entrant and Sponsor also have the right to bring qualifying claims in small claims court. In addition, entrant and Sponsor retain the right to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for provisional relief, including pre-arbitral attachments or preliminary injunctions, and any such request shall not be deemed incompatible with these Official Rules, nor a waiver of the right to have disputes submitted to arbitration as provided in these Official Rules. 

Neither entrant nor Sponsor may act as a class representative, nor participate as a member of a class of  claimants, with respect to any Claim. Claims may not be arbitrated on a class or representative basis. The arbitrator can decide only entrant and/or Sponsor’s individual Claims. The arbitrator may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons or parties who may be similarly situated. If, for any reason, a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, we each waive any right to a jury trial. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the arbitrator may award in the arbitration the same damages or other relief available under applicable law, including injunctive and declaratory relief  (which may include public injunctive relief), as if the action were brought in court on an individual basis.  

THIS SECTION LIMITS CERTAIN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO MAINTAIN A COURT ACTION, THE  RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY FORM OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE  CLAIM, THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN DISCOVERY EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN AAA RULES, AND THE RIGHT TO  CERTAIN REMEDIES AND FORMS OF RELIEF. OTHER RIGHTS THAT ENTRANT OR SPONSOR WOULD HAVE  IN COURT ALSO MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ARBITRATION. If any provision of this Section is found to be invalid or unenforceable, then that specific provision shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed,  but the remainder of this Section will continue in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision of this Section of these Official Rules will be effective or enforceable unless recorded in writing and signed by the party waiving such a right or requirement. Such a waiver shall not waive or affect any other portion of these Official Rules. This Section of these Official Rules will survive the termination of your relationship with Sponsor. 

WINNER’S LIST/OFFICIAL RULES: To obtain any legally required winners list (after the conclusion of the  Contest) or a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed envelope with the proper postage affixed to: United Talent Agency, LLC, 9336 Civic Center Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.