Winter is the submission season and here are three contests to get you warmed up.
Elana Johnson is doing a query letter critique giveaway. This one is for one day only so enter TODAY.
Next, there are only three weeks left in the Literary Lab's short story contest,Variations on a Theme. Go here or click on the botton on my sidebar for all the information.
Finally, Amazon and Penguin have announced their Breakthrough Novel Award contest for 2012. There's a General Fiction and YA catagory. Have any of you ever done this? Is anyone thinking of doing it?
That's it for now. Sharpen your pencils and put up your Do-Not-Disturb signs. You might not see too much of me over the next few weeks. I have a lot to do.
10 comments:
I just entered Elana's before coming here! :)
Wow, lots of great chances here ... I've always thought the Breakthrough Novel Award was an exciting opportunity for writers ... Happy writing and good luck!
Hi Jemi,
I had Elana's link wrong but fixed it. I thought this was a great opportunity.
Joanne,
Me too....it's that 300-word pitch that give me the shakes. Happy writing to you too!
My friend Pat McArdle won the Amazon Breakthrough award for her novel Farishta: http://tinyurl.com/7q3dd2g.
So it's for real.
Trav,
Really? You know someone who won??? That's huge. Wow. I'm ah...speechless.
Thanks for the updates, I always miss these. :)
Are you entering the contests? I've never heard of the Breakthrough Novel Award. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
Suzanne,
I'm entering the Literary Lab's one if I can figure out a variation on a theme. I didn't win Elena's query contest. I'd like to give the Breakthrough Novel award a shot. At least there's a little time to think about that one and compose a 300-word pitch that flies out of the ballpark.
I hope to be ready for these contests NEXT year! Good luck with your writing goals!
Liza,
Thanks!
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