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2020 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award

February 28, 2020Contests, 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 Books has a contest that 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, 2020 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.

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.

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.

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

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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.

Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition

November 11, 2017Contests, Literary, Publishing OpportunityAuthors, books, Certificates, Competition, Conference, Deadline, Fee, Fiction, Grand Prize, Literary Agents, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, Non-Fiction, Published, Short Story, Short Story Collections, Stories, Submit, Tales, Writer's Digest, Writers, Writers Marketpdpabst

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Writer’s Digest is hosting a writing competition for short stories (1,500 words or less) with a grand prize worth $3,000, a feature in Writer’s Digest magazine and more.

Make it bold. Make it brilliant. Most importantly, make it brief.

One First Place Winner will receive:

$3,000 in cash
Their short story title published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s July/August 2018 issue
A paid trip to the ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference!
A copy of the 18th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection
A copy of the 2018 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market
A copy of the 2018 Guide to Literary Agents

There will also be monetary prizes, books and/or certificates given to 2nd-25th place winners! (There is a fee for entering.) If you’re interested in submitting, go here by the Deadline of November 15, 2017!

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of 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.

2017 Book Pipeline Early Entry Ending Soon!

August 13, 2017Contests, Literary$10000, Academy Award, Adaptations, Age of Adeline, Agencies, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Circulation, Competition, Deadline, Development, Fee, Fiction, Film, Genre, Good Fear Film + Management, Grand Prize, Lakeshore Entertainment, Managers, Manuscripts, Million Dollar Baby, Nonfiction, Prisoners, Production Companies, Projects, Published, Rings, Scripts, Silent R Management/Jewerl Ross, Stories, Television, The Ark, Underworld, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writerspdpabst

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The 4th Annual Book Pipeline Competition seeks material for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide, the contest accepts any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Published and unpublished works are both acceptable.

One Grand Prize Winner receives $10,000 and circulation to:

Lakeshore Entertainment (Age of Adaline, Million Dollar Baby, Underworld)
Good Fear Film + Management (Rings, Polaroid)
Madhouse Entertainment (The Ark, Prisoners)
Silent R Management / Jewerl Ross (reps Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight)
Other leading production companies, managers, and agencies best-suited for developing the selected projects.

Early Deadline: August 15th, 2017 with a $55 entry fee. Regular Deadline: November 1, 2017 with a $65 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

James Patterson Masterclass and Co-Author Competition

February 27, 2017Literary, Mentor ProgramAuthor, books, Chapters, Co-Author, Craft, dreams, Feedback, Fiction, Finalists, Grand Prize, Hook, Inspiration, James Patterson, Learning, Lessons, MasterClass, Monetary Prize, novels, Opportunity, Outlines, Pitch, Semi-Finalists, Stories, Words, Work In Progress, Writers, Writing Classpdpabst

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With New York Times Bestselling author James Patterson‘s net worth at $700 million, who wouldn’t want to take a MasterClass with him? There will be 22 video lessons and exercises for $90. Super afforadable peeps! Even better, he’s choosing someone from the class to co-author a book with him!

Say what?

Yeppers, you heard right. James Patterson will choose someone to write a novel with him. During the competition, each stage is designed to help you craft and pitch a novel. And the prizes are:

10 Semi-Finalists: Ten students will win $1000 based on book hook and sample chapter.
3 Finalists: Three students from the ten semi-finalists will be chosen to submit outlines for their books and will win $2500.
1 Grand Prize Winner: Opportunity to co-author a book with James Patterson. In addition, $5000.

If you’re interested, get your words polished. The deadline for the competition is March 1, 2017!

As always, good luck!

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

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