Category Archives: Contests

The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing Deadline Approaching

February 22, 2018Contests, LiteraryAuthors, Book-length Short Stories, books, Candidates, Deadline, Digital Editions, English Submissions, Fiction, First-generation Immigrant, Guidelines, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, New Immigrant Writing Contest, Non-Published, Opportunity, Print, Publication, publisher, research, Restless Books, Stories, Tales, Writers, Writingpdpabst

Restless Books

The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing searches for stories written by a first-generation immigrant. The publisher alternates years between fiction and non-fiction. This year they are searching to publish a tale of fiction. A few of the guidelines are:

Completed fiction manuscript, or book-length collection of short stories.
Candidates must be first-generation residents of their country.
All submissions must be in English.
Fiction candidates must not have previously published a book of fiction in English.
Only one submission per candidate per submission period.

The Prize:

$10,000 advance and publication by Restless Books in print and digital editions.

For complete guidelines and information on how to enter, go here. But hurry, the deadline is February 28, 2018. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst

Writer and blogger MG/YA fiction.

2018 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award

February 21, 2018Contests, LiteraryAdventure, April, Author, Award, Baen Books, Baen Fantasy Adventure Award, books, Contest Junkies, Deadline, Fantasy, Gen Con, Grand Prize, Industry-Standard, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, Opportunity, publisher, Publishing, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories, Storytelling, Writer, Writingpdpabst

For all lurking contest junkies, Baen Fantasy Adventure Award was brought to my attention a few years back. You only need to create 8000 words. That’s right, a mere eight-thousand! Most thrilling? You have until April 30th, 2018 to create a wonderful story.

GRAND PRIZE winner will be published as the featured story on the Baen Books main website and paid at industry-standard rates for professional story submittals. The author will also receive a handsome engraved award and a prize package containing $500 of free Baen Books.
SECOND place winner will receive a prize package containing $500 of free Baen Books,
THIRD will receive a prize package containing $300 of free Baen Books.

Baen Books will announce the winner of the inaugural Baen Fantasy Adventure Award at this year’s Gen Con to the best of original short fiction capturing the spirit and tradition of great storytellers as Larry Correia, Robert E. Howard, Mercedes Lackey, Elizabeth Moon, Andre Norton, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Weber and Marion Zimmer Bradley.
All the details can be found here.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Pacific Northwest Writers Association Contest 2018

February 19, 2018Contests, LiteraryAdult Short Topics, Agents, Authors, books, Chpater Book, Critiques, Editors, Feedback, Fiction, Finalists, First Place, Guidelines, Historical, Literary contest, Mainstream, Manuscripts, Memoir, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Mystery, Non-Fiction, novels, Opportunity, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Paranormal, Picture Book, PNWA, Poetry, Romance, Sci-Fi, Second Place, Short Story, Storytelling, Third Place, Thriller, Unpublished, Winners, Women's Fiction, Workshops, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

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The deadline for Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest is approaching. All unpublished entries must be received by March 23, 2018. This is also a chance to get feedback on your work. There are twelve categories:

mainstream
historical
romance/women’s fiction
mystery/thriller
sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal
young adult
middle grade
nonfiction/memoir
poetry
short story
children’s picture/chapter book
adult short topics (articles/essays/memoir)

There are three monetary prizes:

FIRST PLACE: $600
SECOND PLACE: $300
THIRD PLACE: $100

Eight finalist will receive two critiques on their submissions. The agents and editors participating in the PNWA‘s summer conference will pick winners out of the finalists. Go here for complete details. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

#PBPitch Is Coming!

February 19, 2018Contests, LiteraryAgents, Artists, Artwork, Authors, Childrens Books, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Editors, Illustrators, Images, Janklow Nesbit Agency, Kidlit, Liza Royce Agency, Opportunity, Party, PBPitch, Picture Books, Pitches, Publishing, research, Rodeen Literary, Stories, Thompson Literary, Twitter, Writers, Writingpdpabst

It’s time for another picture book twitter party using the hashtag #PBPitch! So, if you write or illustrate picture books, this is the event for you. This party will take place Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 8am-8pm EST. But remember, anyone can troll the feed, so be sure to do your research! There will be legitimate agents and editors popping in and out, including those that haven’t confirmed their attendance. But those that have confirmed are:

Marisa Corvisiero, Corvisiero Literary
Liza Fleissig, Liza Royce Agency
Wendi Gu, Janklow & Nesbit Agency
Lori Kilkelly, Rodeen Literary
Cindy Uh, Thompson Literary

Be sure and only pitch once before 2pm and once after! (Yes, twice is all you get per manuscript!) If you’re an illustrator, you can attach an image to the pitch. For complete rules and proper hashtags, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Revise & Resub #10Queries Event

February 12, 2018Contests, Literary#10Queries, #RevPit, Adult, Authors, books, Carly Bornstein-Hayward, Critique, Editing, Editors, Elizabeth Buege, Ellen Brock, Feedback, Fiction, First Pages, Hone Your Craft, Jeni Chappelle, Kaitlyn Johnson, Katie McCoach, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Pitch, Query, Rafflecopter, Revise & Resub, Sione Aeschliman, Stories, Submit, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

#RevPit

In preparation for the upcoming #RevPit event, the editors of Revise & Sub have decided to do a round of #10Queries via a Rafflecopter drawing opening February 16, 2018 and closing on February 20th, 2018. The winners will submit their query and first five pages for critique on the twitter hashtag. (Names will not be posted. Editors will send emails to winners regarding which pitch was theirs.) But have no fear, there will be more than ten winners because each editor will select ten each! Participating editors are:

So, if you’re wondering how strong your query and first pages are, this will be a good event to find out! Read all the information here. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

Note: The hashtag used during this event is #10Queries and not the #tenqueries most often used by agents and editors. Be sure to watch the correct hashtag if selected.

New: Twitter Romance Pitch Contest #KissPitch hosted by Tricia Lynne

February 10, 2018Contests, Literary#KissPitch, Adult, Agents, All The Kissing, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Hashtags, Hook, Kisses, Kissing, Love, Manuscripts, New Adult, novels, Opportunity, Pitching, Romance, Tricia Lynne, Twitter, Valentine's Day, Young Adultpdpabst

Pay attention romance writers! There will be a new twitter pitch contest just for you! This means agents and editors looking strictly for this genre will no longer have to peruse through various genres to find the perfect romance hook they’ve been craving. This Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2018, marks the very first #KissPitch twitter event hosted by Tricia Lynne. The event will run between 9am – 9pm EST.

As with all twitter contests, anyone can troll the feed. So, If you get a favorite, be sure to research before submitting your book baby! For heat level hashtags to use and complete rules, go here. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

SWEETHEART PITCHFEST on SavvyAuthor Blog

February 8, 2018Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Authors, books, Clean Teen Publishing, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Editorial, Editors, Entangled Publishing, Fiction, Guidelines, Harvey Klinger Inc, Kensington Publishing, Literary Wanderlust, Lyrical Press, Manuscripts, New Adult, Opportunity, Pitch, Pitch Event, Pitching, Publishers, Romance, Rules, SavvyAuthors, Soul Mate Publishing, Stories, Submissions, Sweetheart Pitchfest, The Seymour Agency, Trident Media Group, Valentines Day Event, Words, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

SavvyAuthors is sponsoring Sweetheart Pitchfest from 9am February 14, 2018 through 11:59pm February 16, 2018. (My apologies, but the site doesn’t specify the time zone.) Their are confirmed agents and editors participating, but others could stop by the blog. Be sure and do research before submitting your book babies to requesting agents/editors!

Agents

Mark Gottlieb, Literary Agent at Trident Media Group, LLC
Kelly Peterson, Junior Literary Agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency
Lynnette Novak, Literary Assistant at The Seymour Agency
Andrea Somberg, Literary Agent at Harvey Klinger Inc.

Editors

Susan Brooks, Editor in Chief at Literary Wanderlust
Jennifer Herrington, Freelance Editor at Lyrical Press/Kensington Publishing Corp.
Melanie Newton, Submission Department Head at Clean Teen Publishing
Heidi Shoham, Editorial Director at Entangled Publishing
Cheryl Yeko, Senior Acquiring Editor at Soul Mate Publishing

For complete rules on pitching during this event, go here. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Harlequin Romance Blitz: So You Think You Can Write Contest

February 7, 2018Contests, LiteraryAdult, AUS, Authors, books, Contract, Editors, Feedback, Fiction, Forever Romance, Harlequin, Lovers, Manuscripts, Mills & Boon True Love, New Adult, New Zealand, Opportunity, Publishers, Publishing, Romance, So You Think You Can Write, Stories, Submissions, Submittable, Sweet Hearts, UK, USA, Valentine's Day, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Harlequin Romance [Mills & Boon True Love (UK) and Forever Romance (Aus/NZ)] is looking for new romance writers with their blog So You Think You Can Write. If you think you’ve got what it takes and have a polished romance manuscript ready for submission, this might be for you! Entries must be sent no later than Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2018. Even cooler, all submissions will receive feedback by the 21st of February! (I know you want to squeal, go ahead. I’ll wait.)

Submissions will be uploaded to Submittable. But before you send things off to the editors, be sure and read the series guidelines here. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst

Blogger and writer of

2018 Nelson Algren Literary Awards Submissions Ending Soon!

February 5, 2018Contests, LiteraryAuthors, Cash, Central Time, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Entrants, Fiction, Finalist, Grand Prize, Manuscript, Monetary Prize, Nelson Algren Literary Awards, Novella, Rules, Runner-Up, Short Story, Stories, Submissions, Win, Words, Wordsmith, Writers, Writing, Writing Contestpdpabst

chicago-tribune

Submissions for the 2018 Nelson Algren Literary Awards (sponsored by the Chicago Tribune) is ending on February 7, 2018 at 11:59pm CST. Entrants must be 18 years of age and submit their original short fiction of up to 8000 words.

Prizes

One Grand Prize: $3,500.
Four Finalist Prizes: $1,000.
Five Runner-up Prizes: $500.

So, if you want an opportunity to see your words in print and win some cash, go here for the official rules. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Insecure Writer’s Support Group Pitching Contest on Twitter

January 15, 2018Contests, Literary#ISWG, #ISWGPit, Adult, Aevitas Creative, Agents, Authors, books, City Owl Press, Corvisiero Literary Agency, D4EO Literary, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Editors, Fiction, Guidelines, Insecure Writer's Support Group, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pitch Event, Pitching, Publishing, research, Stories, Submissions, Submitting, The Seymour Agency, Trident Media Group, Writers, Writers House, Young Adultpdpabst

Insecure Writer’s Support Group is hosting a twitter pitching contest on January 18, 2018 from 8am-8pm EST. This is for completed and polished manuscripts only! Be sure to pitch only once per hour and include the hashtag #IWSGPit. (As with all pitching events, do NOT fave a pitch unless you are a literary agent or publishing editor.)

There has been some chatter about this being a newer pitching event and caution due to no participating agents listed. However, I can assure you that legitimate agents and editors participated in their previous pitch event. Some of them were:

Samantha Wekstein, agent assistant from Writers House
Jessie Devine, literary agent from D4EO
Erica Bauman, literary agent from Aevitas Creative
Jennifer Wills, literary agent from The Seymour Agency
Sharon Pelletier, literary agent form Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret
Mary Cain, associate editor from City Owl Press
Mark Gottlieb, Literary agent from Trident Media
Meg LaTorre & Justin Wells, literary agents from Corvisiero Agency
And several more!

Like all pitch events, be sure to research the agents or editors that favorite your pitch before submitting your materials. For complete details, go here. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

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