Rules & Guidance for Competition 

1. The competition is open to prisoners; prisoners’ families; ex-offenders; those on probation, community sentence, CSO, parole, etc.
2. There is NO age limit.
3. Applicants are welcome from any ethnic background, provided their work is written in English.
4. Previous entrants may apply, provided they meet the above criteria.
5. Only one entry per person will be considered.
6. Your work must be original and must not have been published; until the results of BTG’s competition are announced, the work must not be published elsewhere.
7. Only one copy of your work is required and it must carry your names and address.
8. Please include a covering letter which tells us:
   
   a. your age
   b. whether you are male or female
   c. your ethnicity
    
9. Entries should be unbound and typewritten in one-and-a-half line or double-line spacing, unless access to a computer is difficult or impossible. If this is the case, legible handwritten entries will be accepted. Please also provide a copy in Rich Text Format (RTF) on a floppy disk, if possible.
10. BTG reserves the right to reject contributions received for this competition that do not comply with these rules; the decision of the judges will be final and binding.
11. BTG reserves the right to alter, amend or revoke these rules where deemed necessary.
12. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you would like a receipt for your work.
13. Manuscripts/disks cannot be returned.
14. The closing date for the 2005 competition is 31^st December 2005; any entries received after this date will not be considered.        
15. If you are still in prison please let us have a forwarding address, if you know it, especially if your release date could be between now and 31^st May 2006.