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L. Ron Hubbard Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contest

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L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest entries end at 5pm on December 31, 2020. So, hurry and get your submissions in.

Writers

L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All awards are adjudicated by professional writers only. Prizes every three months: $1,000, $750, $500. Those quarterly winners then compete for one annual Grand Prize of $5000! If you have not read the contest rules, please click here before submitting.

Illustrators

L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new science fiction and fantasy artists worldwide. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All judging by professional artists only. Three prizes of $500 are awarded each quarter. Quarterly winners compete for $5,000 additional annual prize! If you have not read the contest rules, please click here before submitting.

As always, good luck!

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

L. Ron Hubbard Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contest

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L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest entries end at 5pm on December 31, 2019. So, hurry and get your submissions in.

Writers

L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All awards are adjudicated by professional writers only. Prizes every three months: $1,000, $750, $500, Annual Grand Prize: $5,000 additional! If you have not read the contest rules, please click here before submitting. To enter, go here.

Illustrators

L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new science fiction and fantasy artists worldwide. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All judging by professional artists only. $1,500 in prizes each quarter. Quarterly winners compete for $5,000 additional annual prize! If you have not read the contest rules, please click here before submitting. To enter, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

So You Think You Can Write: Harlequin Presents Blitz

May 16, 2019Literary, Publishing OpportunityAuthors, Blitz, Editors, Entries, Feedback, Guidelines, Harlequin, Harlequin Present, Manuscript, Publishing, Romance, Rules, So You Think You Can Write, Submissions, Submittable, SYTYCW, Writerspdpabst

Harlequin Romance is looking for new romance writers to become their next authors. Details are often posted on their blog So You Think You Can Write of upcoming opportunities. The latest submission event is for Harlequin Presents. 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 June 2, 2019. Even cooler, all submissions will receive feedback by the 14th of June! (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 guidelines here. And as always, good luck!

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

Pass Or Pages Contest

May 8, 2019Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Authors, Category, D4EO Literary, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Editing, Entries, Feedback, Fiction, Historical, Manuscripts, Operation Awesome, Opportunity, Pass or Pages, Query, Rules, Stories, Submissiones, Writerspdpabst

PASSORPAGES

Operation Awesome is hosting a Pass or Pages this month. For this round, the category is for Adult Historical Fiction. Submissions open between May 13 (6am EST) to May 17(6pm EST), 2019 This is an opportunity to get feedback from an agent on your query and first 250 words of your manuscript. Peeps, this is priceless! And as a possible bonus, the agent reserves the right to request your FULL.

The participating agents are:

Katelyn Uplinger at D4EO Literary Agency
Ann Leslie Tuttle at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

There will be a form for submissions on Operation Awesome when the entry window opens. For complete rules and previous feedback reveals, go here. As always, good luck!

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

L. Ron Hubbard Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contest

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L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest entries end at 5pm on December 31, 2018. So, hurry and get your submissions in.

Writers

L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All awards are adjudicated by professional writers only. Prizes every three months: $1,000, $750, $500, Annual Grand Prize: $5,000 additional! If you have not read the contest rules, please click here before submitting. To enter, go here.

Illustrators

L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new science fiction and fantasy artists worldwide. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All judging by professional artists only. $1,500 in prizes each quarter. Quarterly winners compete for $5,000 additional annual prize! If you have not read the contest rules, please click here before submitting. To enter, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

YA Discovery Contest 2018

October 29, 2018Contests, Critiques, LiteraryAbram Books, agent, Annual, Authors, Bloomsbury, books, Canada, Candlewick, Competition, Editors, Entries, First 250, Grand Prize, JIMMY Patterson Books, Little Brown, No Pitch, novels, Opportunity, Penguin, Pitch, Publishers, Rand House, Regina Brooks, Scholastic, Serendipity Literary Agency, Simon and Schuster, Stories, Submissions, United States, Winners, Writers, Young Adult, Young Adult Discoverypdpabst

Serendipity Literary Agency is hosting their annual writer’s Young Adult Discovery Competition. If writers are having trouble pitching ideas, no worries with this contest because they won’t even need a query! Seriously, only the first 250 words will be needed to submit.

YA literary agent Regina Brooks and her team will read all of the entries and determine the top 20 submissions. (There will be great prizes for the top winners!) These submissions will then be read by editors from many of the major publishing houses. Past judges include editors from Scholastic, Random House/Penguin, Little Brown, Candlewick, Bloomsbury, Simon and Schuster, JIMMY Patterson Books, and Abram Books. Judges will whittle the top 20 down to five winners, including a Grand Prize Winner.

Submissions open on November 1, 2018 at 12:01am (ET) and close on November 30, 2018 at 12:59pm (ET). Only one entry per person with a $15 entry fee. The contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents only.

For complete guidelines and submission rules, or to watch for their upcoming post about prizes, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Sun vs Snow 2018

January 3, 2018Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Amy Trueblood, Authors, ライター, écrivain, Blog, books, Completed, Critique, писател, писатель, Email, Entries, Entry, escritor, Fiction, forfatter, Free Pass, Guidelines, Manuscript, Michelle Hauck, Middle Grade, Opportunity, penulis, Polished, Published, Query, Schriftsteller, scrittore, Submit, Sun vs Snow, Unpublished, Win, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

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It’s that time of year again when Amy Trueblood and Michelle Hauck host Sun vs Snow! This is not a twitter contest, but a blog contest for unpublished writers. Last year they had 21 agents participating (half shown here and the other half shown here). Keep an eye on their blogs for agent listings for this year’s contest.

Get your submission ready via email and submit when the window opens on January 23, 2018 at 4pm EST. They only take the first 200 entries, so don’t wait to long. But if you’re worried you’ll miss the entry timeframe, Michelle has a chance to win a FREE PASS on her blog via rafflecopter and comment (deadline of January 19, 2018). Get your query and first 250 words polished now!

This is only for completed manuscripts, so please don’t send WIPs. Go here for complete guidelines.

As always, good luck!

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

YA Novel Discovery Contest

October 28, 2017Contests, LiteraryAbram Books, agent, Authors, Bloomsbury, Candlewick, Competition, Contract, dreams, Entries, Fiction, First 250, Grand Prize, Guidelines, JIMMY Patterson Books, Little Brown, Penguin, Pitching, Prizes, Publishing, Query, Random House, Regina Brooks, Scholastic, Serendipity Literary Agency, Simon and Schuster, Stories, Submissions, Writers, Writing, Young Adult, Young Adult Novel Discoverypdpabst

Serendipity Literary Agency is hosting the eighth annual Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition. If writers are having trouble pitching ideas, no worries with this contest because they won’t even need a query! Seriously, only the first 250 words will be needed to submit.

Submissions open on November 1, 2017 at 12:01am (ET) and close on November 30, 2017 at 12:59pm (ET). Only one entry per person with a $15 entry fee. The contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents only.

For complete guidelines and submission rules, or to watch for their upcoming post about prizes, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Nightmare On Query Street 2017

October 11, 2017Contests, Literary2017, Adult, Age, Agents, Author, Azantain Literary Agency, BookEnds Literary, Category, Character, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Curtis Brown LTD, DeFiore & Company, Entries, Feedback, Fiction, Fuse Literary, Genre, Halloween, Harvey Klinger Literary Agency, Inklings Literary, Kimberley Cameron Literary, Laura Hefferman, LKG Agency, Manuscripts, Martin Literary Management, Michael Anthony, Michelle Hauck, Middle Grade, New Leaf Literary, Nightmare On Query Street, Opportunity, Picks, Polished, Query, Relationship, Revisions, Selections, Serendipity Literary Agency, Sterling Lord Literistic, Submissions, The Knight Agency, Trident Media Group, Writers House, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

It’s getting close to Halloween, which means Nightmare On Query Street is soon! But don’t let the title fool you into thinking you’re manuscript won’t qualify. The title is more about when the contest takes place. You can enter any age category or genre, excluding picture books and erotica.

The submission window opens at 4:00 pm (EST) on October 13th. All entries sent before this time will be deleted. For this years contest, there are 24 agents lined up! TWENTY FOUR! How awesome is that? But you’d better be on your toes if you want to submit. They will close submissions when they reach 250 entries or in two hours, whichever is first.

Participating Agents

Jennifer Azantian of Azantain Literary Agency
Lauren Galit of LKG Agency
Christa Heschke of McIntosh & Otis
Andrea Somberg of Harvey Klinger Literary Agency
Jess Dallow of Brower Literary & Management
Steven Salpeter of Curtis Brown LTD
Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary
Jocquelle Caiby of Serendipity Literary Agency
Caitlen Rubino-Bradway of LKG Agency
Clelia Gore of Martin Literary Management
Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group
Lisa Abellera of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Alec Shane of Writers House
Jaida Temperly of New Leaf Literary
Amanda Jain of Inklings Literary
Melissa Jeglinski of The Knight Agency
Patrica Nelson of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Sarah Landis of Sterling Lord Literistic
Gabrielle Piraino of DeFiore & Company
Carlisle Webber of Fuse Literary
Cate Hart of Corvisiero Literary Agency

Michelle, Mike, and Laura will make 13 picks each. Then a few mentors they’ve selected will help the authors hone their entries before the agent round. Here are all the dates for the event:

Submission Window Opens: October 13th 4:00 pm EST
Final Picks are Announced: October 20th
Mentors Go to Work: October 21th – 26th
Revised Entries Due Back: October 26th at 11:59 pm EST
Agent round: October 30th – 31th

Some rules to take note of:

You are not eligible if you’ve been in an agent round in the last six months. (This does not include open twitter pitches.)
You can enter if you have a different manuscript to enter than previous agent round you were in.
Only ONE entry per person. (No using multiple emails or pen names!)

You’ll need to send you query and first 250 words, along with a short paragraph (no more than 100 words) answering this question: What is your main character’s most stressful relationship? Who really makes them sweat?

For complete details and submission formatting, go here. As always, good luck!

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

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