Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Contest | So You Think You Can Write. Harlequin and Mills & Boon Writing Contest We’re the world’s largest romance publisher and we’re going global to find our next new writing star. One lucky winner will be offered a series book contract. Could it be you? Here’s what you need to know! First Chapter Submission Dates: Sept 23- Oct 9 Make sure you join us for the five day online conference running September 16-20. All chapters will be posted immediately for everyone to read and add comments in the space provided.
Eligibility The contest is open to both unpublished and published writers residing in the UK, the US, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Top 50 Finalists In mid–October, Harlequin editors in New York, Toronto and the UK will select the top 50 best chapters from all the submissions received and request full manuscripts from those writers. Top 10 Finalists Public Voting: Nov 12-25 Yes, that’s you! Grand Prize Winner Date: Dec 4 Get ready to submit your first chapter and also stop by to vote! What's the Buzz(word)? Writing Contest - Win a Free 10-Week Writing Class. A Brief and Wondrous Writing Contest! | Figment Blog. “The Puerto Rican woman was there and she helped me clean up. She had dry papery hands and when she rubbed the towel on my chest, she did it hard, like I was a bumper she was waxing. She was very thin and had a cloud of brown hair rising above her narrow face and the sharpest blackest eyes you’ve ever seen.”
–Junot Díaz, “Fiesta,” Drown Junot Díaz, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (you can read an excerpt of it here on Figment, for a limited time) and Drown, has been heralded for his unique, compelling, and downright masterful command of voice. His writing is instantly recognizable as his–the narration immerses the reader in the story from the first lines. Developing a strong voice is not easy. After you get knowledged by Díaz, your task is to choose one of the following prompts and write your story. Creating the Voice: Narrative Voice Contest with Junot Díaz How to enter: 1. You have until November 30th to write your story. William Ledbetter. Since its early days, science fiction has played a unique role in human civilization.
It removes the limits of what "is" and shows us a boundless vista of what "might be. " Its fearless heroes, spectacular technologies and wondrous futures have inspired many people to make science, technology and space flight a real part of their lives and in doing so, have often transformed these fictions into reality. The National Space Society and Baen Books applaud the role that science fiction plays in advancing real science and have teamed up to sponsor this short fiction contest in memory of Jim Baen. -Write a short story of no more than 8,000 words, that shows the near future (no more than about 50-60 years out) of manned space exploration.
-No entry fee. But please only submit one story...your best one! -No reprints. -All entries must be original works in English. -E-mail submissions only. -Employees of Baen Books, NSS and previous Grand Prize Winner are not eligible. Pixelhose.