Q & A – 2013 San Miguel Writers’ Conference “Writing Contest” Photo by Rui Fernandes Over the last few weeks we’ve received quite a few emails asking questions about the San Miguel Writers’ Conference “Writing Contest.”
We’ve gotten so many it seemed like a good idea to answer them publicly. Below is a list of the most frequently asked questions. If you have one you’d like to add please send it to nathan@sanmiguelwritersconferenceblog.org . How do you pick the winning entry? On the contest guidelines it says that people can not submit if they have published a book that has sold over 1,000 copies. Photo by Angie Garrett.
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