Mom Egg Review Online Contributor Publication Agreement
The contributor, “you,” represent that the submitted work is your original work, that you own the rights to the work and that Mom Egg Review (“MER”) may publish the work on the Mom Egg Review website, http://merliterary.com (“the website”). You grant MER non-exclusive worldwide right to publish the work on http://merliterary.com and MER’s other online organs, and to distribute all or a portion of the work in any language worldwide. Website posts are archived indefinitely. You grant MER the right to use your name and likeness and information about you on the website in connection with the work, and to use the work, or portion thereof and your name and likeness in promotional materials and print compilations. You give MER the right to edit the work for publication, subject to your agreement to the edits.
If your work has not been published before, you grant MER the first right to publish the work in any medium. You agree not to publish or permit others to publish the work prior to its initial publication on http://merliterary.com If the work has been published before, you warrant that you have the rights to publish the work. You agree to inform MER of the details of prior publication so that we can credit the first publisher of the work.
After the work is published by MER, you may publish the work however you wish, but MER requests that any publication credit Mom Egg Review as an earlier place of publication, and if it is published online, contain a link to the original publication on http://merliterary.com.
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MER reserves the right to remove from publication any works that violate its publishing standards.
In exchange for the rights granted MER herein, MER will publish your work on http://merliterary.com. MER will also publicize your work on social media and among its community of readers.
This agreement is governed by the laws of the state of New York.
To agree to these terms, please fill out the form at this link: Agreement to MER Terms of Online Publication