The parties agree as follows:

Author's Grant

1. The Author grants permission to include his/her/their story/article titled "__ WHAT THE RAIN BROUGHT __________," a work of approximately ___200_______ words, hereafter referred to as the Work, in Vestal Review.

Rights Purchased

2. The use of the Work by the Publisher entails the assignment of First North American Electronic Rights, for publication in the English language anywhere in North America. It is also understood and agreed that the Publisher may use this Work only in the above-mentioned magazine and that all rights not specifically granted herein reside exclusively with the Author. The Publisher reserves the right to maintain back issues of the magazine, to include the Work, for a period of 1 (one) year. The publisher also reserves the right to e-mail copies of the magazine to foreign locations for the purpose of fulfilling individual orders or subscriptions. The publisher reserves anthology rights and will offer addtional payment should this Work be included in an anthology.

Payments and Royalties.

3. For the rights granted above in 1, the Author will receive a payment in the sum of ____US$10_______, which will be paid within thirty days of publication of the Work.

Author's Warranties and Indemnities

4. The Author represents and warrants that he/she/they is/are the sole author(s) of the Work, that the Work is original, and that no one has reserved the rights granted in this agreement. The author also represents, to the best of his/her/their knowledge, that the Work does not contain any libelous material.

No competing Publication

5. In the case of a First North American Electronic Rights purchase, the Author agrees not to publish or permit others to publish this Work in any form prior to its publication and appearance in the above named magazine and for the first 120 days after its appearence.

Changes in Text or Title

6. The Publisher will make no major alterations to the Work's text or title without the Author's written approval. The Publisher reserves the right to make minor copy-editing changes.

Copyright

7. The Publisher agrees to list a proper copyright notice for the work in the name of the Author on the first page of the published story.

Authors Credits

8.. The Author will be credited on the table of contents and at the beginning of the story as:

__ Liz Rosenberg__________ ____________________ (author's by line)

Venue

11. This agreement shall be deemed executed under the laws of the state of New York. New York State Law shall be the applicable law of this agreement.
The parties acknowledge that each party has read and understood this contract.
 

Publisher: Mark Budman____________________________________Date: ___________5/24/01____________
 

Author:             __Liz Rosenberg_______________________________Date: _______________________
 

Author: __________________________________________________Date: _______________________