The writing contest is here:
http://ficfun.com/act/novelCompete
Anyone know anything about these folks?
http://ficfun.com/act/novelCompete
Anyone know anything about these folks?
I'm (name withheld) for FicFun and came across your novel on (with holding) and was wondering if you’d be interested in working with us as our signed writer.
FicFun is a web publishing and international sharing platform for original English fiction. It was founded by lovers of literature from different countries and regions and is aimed at finding good stories.
After hosting our first successful writing competition, we are now looking to sign talented writers; paid by the chapter and (starting next year) via a paywall. Our signed-writer program pays $10USD per 1,000 words basic; however, this may go up depending on the quality and popularity of an author’s work and I believe you can make an offer.
BTW, our 2nd contest has begun on November 1st. The cash prize sums of up to $10,000 will awarded with a total of over $40,000 up for grabs along with awards of total $1,500 for readers.
We have a review meeting every Tuesday where we review all new submissions and make a decision in regards to contract offers. If you decide to proceed, the next step would be your work being presented at the weekly meeting (you can email it to me directly). We would then contact you soon with our response.
If you are interested please feel free to contact me for more details at (withheld)@ficfun.com or find me at Discord: (name withheld).
.3. Grant of License 3.1 Author agrees to publish and update the Work exclusively on FicFun’s Platform. Author grants FicFun, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, a worldwide, exclusive, transferable and sub-licensable license to use the Work in any form, either separately or as part of a collective work, including but not limited to the exclusive right to revise or edit the Work, publish the Work, distribute the Work, sub-license the distribution and promotion of the Work or any part of it, post and transmit the Work on FicFun’s Platform, in the course of its business and for its own internal business purposes. For avoidance of doubt, FicFun may, at its sole discretions, sub-license all or part of the foregoing license regarding to the Work, whether or not it charges, to any third party without the notice to or consent of Author.
3.2 Author hereby authorizes FicFun as its broker to promote, market and commercialize the Work in any manners including but not limited to plays, adaptions, exhibitions, broadcasts, photographs, translations and compilation of the Work. In consideration of the service provided by FicFun, Author agrees to pay twenty percent (20%) of the total proceeds arising out of such service to FicFun as the service fee. Except the foregoing proceed, FicFun will not claim any other proceed, which may be acquired by Author via other authorization channels. However, Author is obligated to inform FicFun of such authorization channels and authorize FicFun to do related promotions
Not sure of my grasp of the publishing legalese, but if there is any money made (proceeds?), you pay 20% of the money to FicFun for their efforts. Such as they may be.In consideration of the service provided by FicFun, Author agrees to pay twenty percent (20%) of the total proceeds arising out of such service to FicFun as the service fee. Except the foregoing proceed, FicFun will not claim any other proceed, which may be acquired by Author via other authorization channels.[/QUOTE]
And if they are capable of doing all this, where have you heard of them before? Have you seen or heard of them aside from this e-mail? Anything to judge their products by? If these 'lovers of literature' are all over the world it's hard to judge their backgrounds.In any manners including but not limited to plays, adaptions, exhibitions, broadcasts, photographs, translations and compilation of the Work.
And, this weirdness from their contests:Prizes for readers? Based on quantity, speed, or how many writers they can point out to FicFun?along with awards of total $1,500 for readers.
It just seems odd. I'm sure real help will be along soon.
The real experts will doubtless be here soon, but based on what I've seen discussed here before:
What is a 'sharing platform'?
If this is the result of their first contest, they sound very new.
Sounds like they are grabbing all rights to everything, ever, including the right to edit it to suit themselves. Oh, and the ability to sell your stuff to some other party without your agreement, approval or knowledge. If they are very new, what would lead us to believe that they can do anything with those rights? Except, perhaps, sell your stuff to someone else?
Not sure of my grasp of the publishing legalese, but if there is any money made (proceeds?), you pay 20% of the money to FicFun for their efforts. Such as they may be.
And if they are capable of doing all this, where have you heard of them before? Have you seen or heard of them aside from this e-mail? Anything to judge their products by? If these 'lovers of literature' are all over the world it's hard to judge their backgrounds.
And, this weirdness from their contests: Prizes for readers? Based on quantity, speed, or how many writers they can point out to FicFun?
It just seems odd. I'm sure real help will be along soon.
Yeah. I didn't catch that. I saw that they are having a writing contest that is open.
I can't get a clear answer on how they get their 20%, and I'd hate to find out that even if I don't get paid I have to pay them.
I was pretty sure when I asked to see the offered contract of what my answer is. Now I just want to verify it so I don't regret it.
As for a sharing platform, it's a website that displays work. So like Wattpad or Radish.
Also, they claim to be going into print works.
I'll add this: they want a copy of a drivers license. I've never run into that before.
My first thought was much creepier: What if they take your 'sweet' romance (interesting setting and character, perhaps) take 'their' rights, rewrite it as erotica and sell that to some porn producer? Then, they make a few extra bucks as the fee for taking your name off the story.I'd pass, HARD. They want you to sell their work, which they can edit and most likely sell to other people. Not only that, it just seems sketchy when you think about it. They're contacting you to sell your work, for 10 dollars per 1k words. I don't know why, but I feel they will take your work and run off with it. This could be a good opportunity, but too many things are weird and I don't think I have heard of them. For me, it'll be a pass!