No, the winners will not be chosen randomly. Yes, your characters can smoke, drink and take off their pants. Due to unfortunate miscommunication, the rules for the 16th annual Courier Fiction Contest posted to our website included erroneous information. To clarify on the three areas of contention brought to our attention from contest participants, the contest is open to Canadian residents of all ages and can include depictions of smoking, drinking and nudity. The entries will be blind judged as has been done in all previous contests. The winners will not be randomly selected as wrongly stated in the initial posting of the rules. The corrected rules have been posted online at vancourier. com (scroll down to bottom right on the home page). The Courier appreciates the keen readers who alerted us to the errors.
