Get Discovered This November!
Read all about the YA Novel Discovery Competition.
Amazing news, Wrimos! If you're 13 or older, you're eligible to participate in the Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition!
So … what is it? Well, to compete, just send in a title and 250 words from the opening of your YA novel. As you'll probably be writing these 250 words (and many, many more) during NaNoWriMo, it's pretty much a cut-and-paste contest! (Okay, so not really.) That's it! And best of all, there’s no purchase required, no entry fees, nothing! The contest runs from 12:01am (ET) November 1 until 11:59pm (ET), November 30, 2009.
The entries will be judged by editors at publishing houses such as Penguin, HarperCollins, and Random House. This is what you can win:
The Top Twenty Entrants: a free, autographed copy of Writing Great Books for Young Adults by Regina Brooks, a premier YA literary agent.
The Top Five Entrants: the opportunity to pitch their book in a one-on-one, fifteen-minute pitch session with Regina Brooks!
Grand Prize Winner: all of the above, as well as a free, 10-week writing course, courtesy of Gotham Writers’ Workshop!
This contest is a mind-blowing opportunity for aspiring YA writers! So get your noveling hat on and get ready to write! It might just be your year to be discovered.
Grace
