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| Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards | Updated September 03rd, 2008 |
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Writer's Digest is searching for the best self-published books of the past few years. Whether you're a professional writer, part-time freelancer, or a self-starting student, here's your chance to enter the only competition exclusively for self-published books! ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be awarded $3,000 cash and promotion in Writer's Digest andPublishers Weekly, and marketing advice from self-publishing guru Dan Poynter. Plus, the editors of Writer'sDigest will endorse and submit 10 copies of theGrand Prize-Winning book to major review housessuch as The New York Times and The Washington Post. In addition, Book Marketing Works, LLC will provide a one-year membership in Publishers Marketing Association, a customized Book Market Map Directory, guaranteed distribution to bookstores and libraries through Baker & Taylor, six hours of book shepherding from Poynter Book Shepherd Ellen Reid, guaranteed review in Midwest Book Review, and an all-day PublishingGame.com workshop with Fern Reiss. THE CATEGORIES: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Nonfiction, Inspirational (Spiritual, New Age), Life Stories (Biographies, Autobiographies, Family Histories, Memoirs), Children's Picture books, Middle-Grade/Young Adult books, Reference Books (Directories, Encyclopedias, Guide Books), Poetry RULES: 1. The competition is open to all English-language self-published books for which the authors have paid the full cost of publication, or the cost of printing has been paid for by a grant or as part of a prize. 2. Entrants must send a printed and bound book. Entries will be evaluated on content, writing quality and overall quality of production and appearance. No handwritten books are accepted. 3. All books published or revised and reprinted between 2003 and 2008 are eligible. ( Writer's Digest may demand proof of eligibility of semifinalists.) 4. All books must be accompanied by an Official Entry Form. Photocopies of the Official Entry Form are acceptable. You may enter more than one book and/or more than one category; however, you must include a separate book, entry form and the additional fee for each entry. 5. Check, money order or credit card payment for the required judging fee of $100 for the first entry, $50 for each additional entry must accompany submissions. First entry: $100 Additional entries: $50 each send: Complete MS looking for: Novel |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction YA children's erotica horror literary mystery religious/inspirational romance sci-fi western | |
| Writer's Digest Short Short Story Contest | Updated September 24th, 2008 |
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We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant...but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or fewer. But don't be too long about it—the deadline is December 1, 2008. First Place: $3,000 Second Place: $1,500 Third Place: $500 The First-Place winner has the option of a FREE "Best Seller Publishing Package" from Trafford Publishing, a leading provider of book-publishing services. Winners' names will appear in the May/June 2009 issue of Writer's Digest magazine. Send entry form, short story, payment, and SASE. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard with your entry if you want to be notified of its receipt. Entries outside the word limitation will be disregarded. Type the word count on the first page of your entry along with your name, address, phone number and email address. The entry fee is $12 per manuscript. You may enter as many manuscripts as you wish. Winners will be notified by February 13, 2009. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story specifically: Flash Fiction |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction contest flash fiction horror literary mystery novel excerpt romance sci-fi short story thriller western womens fiction | |
| Writer's Digest Contest | Updated June 26th, 2008 |
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GRAND PRIZE: $3,000 cash and a trip to New York City to meet with editors or agents. Writer's Digest will fly you and a guest to The Big Apple, where you'll spend three days and two nights in the publishing capital of the world. While you're there, a Writer's Digest editor will escort you to meet and share your work with four editors or agents! Plus, you'll receive a free Diamond Publishing Package from Outskirts Press. Compete and Win in 10 Categories! - Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious) - Memoirs/Personal Essay - Magazine Feature Article - Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.) - Mainstream/Literary Short Story - Rhyming Poetry - Non-rhyming Poetry - Stage Play - Television/Movie Script - Children's/Young Adult Fiction LENGTH REQUIREMENTS- IMPORTANT- Mainstream/Literary Short Story and Genre Short Story: 4,000 words maximum. Entry Fee: $15 for the first manuscript; $10 for each additional manuscript submitted in the same online session. Add $2 per manuscript to all entries postmarked after Thursday, May 15, 2008. Entries postmarked after Monday, June 02, 2008, will not be accepted. Entry must be accompanied by an Entry Form, and the required entry fee. If you are entering more than one manuscript, you may mail all entries in the same envelope and write one check for the total entry fee; however, each manuscript must have its category indicated in the upper left-hand corner. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction contest horror literary mystery novel excerpt romance sci-fi short story thriller western womens fiction | |
| Lambda Literary Foundation Debut Literary Awards | Updated October 28th, 2008 |
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Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for debut books of fiction by a gay writer and by a lesbian writer published in the current year. Submit four copies of a first novel or a short story collection (or bound galleys) with a $20 entry fee by December 1. A book can be nominated only by its author or by its publisher. Each nomination includes a completed nomination form, an administrative fee of $20, and four (4) copies of the book. Only one nomination form is required per book; however, additional fees and books are required if a book is nominated in two categories. Example: A debut novel may be entered in both the Fiction and Debut Fiction categories. One (1) nomination form, two fees ($40) and eight (8) copies of the book will be necessary to be judged in both categories. The book must be published and distributed (i.e. available in bookstores) in the United States during 2008. Categories: Fiction—Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. Memoir/Biography—Posthumously published authors or those with co-authors are also eligible. Anthologies are not eligible. Mystery— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. Romance— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. LGBT Anthology—Collections of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or nonfiction are eligible. LGBT Arts & Culture—Books about music, architecture, visual arts, dance, film, TV, popular culture, essays, literary criticism, etc. LGBT Children’s/Young Adult—Fiction, nonfiction, picture books, poetry, and anthologies—whose intended audience are young readers—are all eligible. LGBT Drama/Theater—Books and anthologies of plays, histories of theater, drama studies are all eligible. An auto/biography of an actor, director, or theater professional is eligible, but may be better placed in Autobiography/Biography. LGBT Erotica—Anthologies, novels, memoirs, short story collections whose content is principally of an erotic nature. LGBT Nonfiction—Books and subjects for the general reader, e.g. histories, politics, community organizations, humor, parenting, religion, spirituality, relationships, psychology, travel, etc. LGBT Poetry—Single volumes, selected and collected poems, and anthologies are eligible. Chapbooks are not eligible. LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror—Novels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies are eligible. LGBT Studies—Scholarly work oriented toward academia, libraries, cultural professionals, and the more academic reader. Betty Berzon Prize for Lesbian Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by lesbians who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone. Betty Berzon Prize for Gay Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by gay men who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone. Bisexual—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc. Transgender—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc. send: Complete MS looking for: Novel |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction LGBT YA children's contest erotica fantasy horror literary low entry fee mystery novel romance sci-fi short story | |
| Kate Braverman Short Story Prize | Updated October 10th, 2008 |
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The annual Soul-Making Literary Competition is an extended community arts outreach program of the National League of American Pen Women, Nob Hill, San Francisco Bay Area Branch open to everyone, everywhere and looks for original, freshly creative and finely crafted works that embraces all creative interpretations of English poet, John Keats' statement: "Some say the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul-making". Judge's Comments: "I am looking for stories that take leaps of pure literary magic, working by a subliminal mysterious process, thus they are works of alchemy and discovery. It is for this sense of discovery, of lines that appear as if they wrote themselves that I write and read. It’s not a question of connecting the dots for me, but finding dots where there are none. Most of what I read in contests these days are really TV sized visions painfully translated onto the page, their inspiration coming from another medium. The stories I choose are fundamentally indigenous to the page, as the aspirations come from the page itself". Do not put your names on your manuscripts, instead, enclose one 3x5 card typed, affixed with a printed label or carefully printed with your name, address, phone, fax, email, and title(s) of work(s) and particular category/categories entered. Category must be indicated on 3x5 card as well as on manuscript.You may enter as many categories and as many times as you wish but you may not enter the same work in more than one category. Young Adult entrants must indicate age on card and manuscript. Previously published works okay (except for Novel Excerpt); however, those winning awards in prior Soul-Making categories may not be resubmitted. Please enclose $5 per entry payable to NLAPW, Nob Hill Branch. Do enclose SASE in your entry package if you wish to receive contest results. Prizes awarded in each category: FIRST PRIZE: $100 SECOND PRIZE: $50 THIRD PRIZE: $25 Winners and honorable mentions will be invited to read at the subsequent awards event held every March at the Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, Civic Center. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story specifically: Literary |
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| Writers' League of Texas Manuscript Contest | Updated November 17th, 2008 |
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An annual manuscript contest for fiction, creative nonfiction, children's and young adult book writers. Submit a one page synopsis and the first ten pages of your unpublished work to the League's Manuscript Contest. Fiction Categories: - Mainstream Fiction - Thriller/Action-Adventure - Mystery - Romance - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Historical Fiction The winner in each category meets individually with an agent or editor during the annual Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference. Entry packet should include: - cover letter with title, contest category, and authors name - signed entry form - four copies of synopsis - four copies of manuscript pages - $50 entry fee - SASE send: Complete MS looking for: Novel |
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