Florida Writers Association
2014 Royal Palm Literary Awards Competition
2015 RPLA Youth Writers Entry Permission Form
A Permission Form must be emailed with each entry.
All requested information must be completed and sent as a PDF file to
Please do not use all caps or send in jpg or photo format.
Florida Writers Association, Inc. (FWA), is an independent trade association that sponsors the FWA Youth Writers Program and the Youth Writers Royal Palm Literary Awards for Youth members up to the age of 18. The Youth must be an FWA member at the time of submission, and all entries must be submitted with this form completed and signed by a parent or guardian. FWA requires the full name, mailing address, valid email address, home phone number, and date of birth of all entrants. This information is needed for us to contact a member with questions or contest-related information. The entrants’ personal information is accessible only to FWA staff. Authors retain full copyrights to their works, meaning they may resell, use, publish, or distribute their material freely without any acknowledgments to, permission from, or recompense to FWA. The RPLA staff monitors submissions to ensure that language and content is appropriate, respectful, and not offensive. If a submission is not deemed to follow FWA basic guidelines, it will be disqualified. It is the parents’ responsibility to proofread submissions before they are entered. Entries are judged by professionals, but no author information is sent to the judges.
I, the undersigned, have read the FWA’s Royal Palm Literary Award competition information. I give permission for my son’s or daughter’s work to be submitted to the FWA Youth Royal Palm Literary Award competition to be judged, with no personal information released unless my child wins an award, in which case only his or her name will be made public. I also understand it is my responsibility as a parent to monitor my child’s activities to ensure his or her submission meets the guidelines for the competition.
My child, , born / / , has my permission to submit work to the FWA Youth Royal Palm Literary Award competition.
FWA Member ID number (if unsure, see FAQs).
Email address ______
Parent’s name ______Parent’s email ______
Address ______
Phone ______
Parent’s signature ______
Thank you! Please email the completed, signed form with the entry.
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