Video adaptations may include narration, generated characters, images, animation, music, sound effects and reasonable creative changes needed to turn the written story into an entertaining video.

MEGA will endeavour to preserve the humour, local flavour and essential meaning of the original entry. Submitting an entry gives MEGA permission to edit, adapt, reproduce and publish the entry in written, visual, audio and video formats, while the entrant retains ownership of their original written work.

Important Rules
Entries must not be defamatory, threatening, hateful, unlawfully offensive or likely to result in MEGA being chased down Muritai Road by lawyers.

If your entry identifies or clearly describes a real living person, you must provide MEGA with that person’s email address so we can obtain their approval before publishing the story or creating a video adaptation.

Do not submit private or sensitive information about another person without their knowledge.

The entrant is responsible for ensuring that the story is substantially their own work and does not unlawfully copy someone else’s material.

MEGA reserves the right to edit entries for length, clarity, grammar, taste and legal survival — while preserving the humour and spirit of the original.