Editor Jennifer's November Writing Contests - Including Cash Prize

>> Saturday, October 31, 2009

Thank God for November - the one month when writers know they're not alone!

Editor Jennifer wants to do her part to motivate all you writers who intend to slave away through the month of November and get their daily word counts done.

So come on over when you're ready for a break and enter my weekly November Novel Writing Month contests!

There will be four contests in all. Each week I'll be giving out a terrific book on writing as the prize. The winner of week four's contest will get a book AND $20.00 USD cash!

IMPORTANT - I will put up a new post each week. Contest entries should be posted in the comment section of those posts. (Don't worry - I've seen the entries below and will collect them!)

Week One: Best First Line Contest - because that might be the only thing we've written so far. Prize: Getting Into Character, by Brandilyn Collins. Contest opens Nov. 1, 2009, Deadline 11:59 pm Pacific time Nov. 6, 2009, Winner announced Nov. 7, 2009.

Week Two: Best Character Intro Contest - send me the three paragraphs during which a character first appears in your novel (750 word limit). Prize: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, by Renni Brown and Dave King. Contest opens Nov. 8, 2009, Deadline 11:59 pm Pacific time Nov. 13, 2009, Winner announced Nov. 14, 2009.

Week Three: Best Dialogue Contest - submit a terrific dialogue between two or more characters (750 word limit). Prize: Plot & Structure, by James Scott Bell. Contest opens Nov. 15, 2009, Deadline 11:59 pm Pacific time Nov. 20, 2009, Winner announced Nov. 21, 2009.

Week Four: Best Novel Pitch - submit your pitch and see if it's an attention-getter! (300 word limit). Prize: Writing the Breakout Novel, by Donald Maass and $20.00 USD cash prize! Contest opens Nov. 22, 2009 Deadline 11:59 pm Pacific time Nov. 27, 2009, Winner announced Nov. 28, 2009.

Rules and Regs:

All entries must be original work by the author. Entries must appear in "comments" section of contest post before the cutoff date and time. If I can't see your comment, it isn't in the contest. Prizes shipped free to contestants living within the United States or Canada. Contestants outside Canada or the United states will be asked to pay shipping costs above $10.00.

Posted by Jennifer at 7:35 AM
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6 comments:

Raven West November 3, 2009 8:22 AM  

This sounds great, Jennifer, only where do we post the entries?

Raven West November 3, 2009 10:05 AM  

First Line:


“I DON’T WANT TO DIE!”

Candy November 3, 2009 11:02 AM  

"Helen, look out!"

wicked1991 November 4, 2009 6:54 AM  

"The tracker placed his hand, fingers splayed, within the bloody paw print on the ground."

katrinawilliams November 5, 2009 5:19 AM  

"The offices of Outlaw Manufacturing, Inc. looked like a two-page ad for a soulless, spawn-of-the-devil corporation and the only thing missing was the devil himself."

Linton Robinson November 5, 2009 7:20 AM  

"Maria de los Angeles was the name chosen by her mother, courting some divine miracle to deliver her from the tribulations of raising ten children on a hard-scrabble ranchito in the stark uplands of Sinaloa, and it worked: she died giving birth to little Mari."

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Jennifer's fate was sealed when she aced the English portion of the SAT and received a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania (with a concentration in Medieval Languages - Latin, Old English, Old Icelandic and a smidge of Greek). Although she briefly tried finance, child care, and even a foray into chicken farming, she couldn't escape her destiny - working with the written word.

From tutoring high school students to pass the SAT, to writing and editing copy for a distributing/manufacturing company, to teaching Latin, to writing romance novellas, to creating AudioLark Audio Books, Jennifer has used her talent for spotting mistakes to benefit employers, clients and friends.

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