Register: Student First Name*Last Name*Email* Username*Password* Enter Password Confirm Password Cre8tiveBlast Site Agreement To register as a Cre8tiveBlast Site member and/or participate in the Cre8tiveClash Writing Contest, you must agree to the participations terms as described below. Please be sure to read each item carefully before checking off your binding agreement. CYBERBULLYING To be a responsible on-line writer it is essential that you treat everyone with respect and never write to cause harm or to hurt the feelings of others. Cre8tiveBlast has a no-tolerance policy for cyberbullying. We reserve the right to disqualify any submitted work that we determine, at our sole discretion, is offensive or inappropriate. Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles. * *www.stopbullying.gov, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services PLAGIARISM Plagiarism* is taking someone else’s work and claiming it as your own. This definition applies to all texts published in print or on-line, to manuscripts, and to the work of other student writers. Cre8tiveBlast has a no-tolerance policy for plagiarism. We check the originality of all published work, and any submission found to be plagiarized will be removed, along with any other work previously published on our site. *The Modern Language Association Manual defines plagiarism as “the use of another person’s ideas or expressions in your writing without acknowledging the source.”* AI-GENERATED WORK Cre8tiveBlast recognizes that many writers and artists are using AI-generated tools in the creation of their original works. Cre8tiveBlast’s parameters for students using these tools in work posted on the site are as follows: Permissible uses -AI tools approved by the classroom teacher for producing suggestions early in the creative process -Using applications and software with embedded AI features (e.g., Procreate, Adobe Photoshop) to edit or enhance an original work Impermissible uses -Using AI-tools to edit your original written work -Providing input to an AI-tool that automatically generates an image or written work as your final product -Any work that you as the writer or artist cannot articulate your creative decision-making process. Any work posted on the Cre8tiveBlast that has been created with minimal or no human interaction will be considered in violation of our Cre8tiveBlast copyright & plagiarism policies and will be removed from the site, as well as participation in any site contest. ORIGINAL WORK Any short story (e-serial), artwork, photography, InWords and Mini challenge submission that is submitted will be an original work and not a copy of another individual’s work. All text, language, or ideas from other published works will be properly attributed. Untitled* I hereby affirm that I have read and understood the bullying and plagiarism rules as outlined above I understand and acknowledge that it is unethical, constitutes plagiarism, and often violates copyright law to use text, language, or ideas published by someone else and present them as one’s own I hereby affirm that I have read and understood the parameters for use of AI-generated tools in the creation of original work on the Cre8tiveBlast website I agree to the rules listed above.*I hereby affirm that I have read and understood the Cre8tiveClash contest rules for the Cre8tiveBlast e-serial writing prize, and that this short story (e-serial) and/or artwork was developed and submitted in accordance with those rules. I hereby affirm that I have read and understood the bullying and plagiarism rules as outlined above I understand and acknowledge that it is unethical, constitutes plagiarism, and often violates copyright law to use text, language, or ideas published by someone else and present them as one’s own I agree to the rules listed above.*I hereby affirm that I have read and understood the bullying and plagiarism rules as outlined on the Cre8tiveBlast website. I agree I disagree I agree to the rules listed above.*I hereby affirm that any and all writing I submit to the site will be my own original work and will not use or incorporate any form of artifical intelligence software, e.g., chatbot, chatGPT. I agree I disagree I agree to the rules listed above.*Any short story (e-serial)/art work and Mini Challenge submission that I will submit will be an original work and is not a copy of another person’s work. Any text, language, or ideas from other published works will be properly attributed in this short story/artwork. I understand and acknowledge that it is unethical, constitutes plagiarism, and often violates copyright law to use text, language, or ideas published by someone else and represent it as one’s own. I certify that my work submitted will be in accordance with the above statement.
