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2022 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards

March 30, 2022Contests, Publishing Opportunity$1000, $10K, Authors, Award, Book, books, Categories, Commentary, Feature Article, Fiction, Guidelines, Judges, Middle Grade, Monetary, Monetary Prize, Non-Fiction, Paid, Pitch Slam, Promotion, Published, Self-Published, Stories, Submission, Subrscription, Trip, Tutorials, Writer's Digest, Writer's Digest Annual Conference, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Self-published writers are often left out in the cold, struggling to market and promote their books. But every so often, there is an event to help them get noticed. The Published Book Awards via Writer’s Digest is such an event. Here is what is up for grabs:

GRAND PRIZE:

$10,000 in cash
An interview with writer for the March/April 2023 issue of Writer’s Digest
A paid trip to the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference, including a coveted Pitch Slam slot
Publication of an excerpt from the writer’s winning book on WritersDigest.com

FIRST PRIZE:

$1,000 in cash
Promotion of writer and their winning book the March/April 2023 issue of Writer’s Digest

BOTH WILL RECEIVE:

Be featured on the Writer’s Digest website
One year subscription to Writer’s Digest Tutorials
20% discount off of purchases made at Writer’s Digest University
A special graphic recognizing their winning status

Honorable Mention Winners will receive promotion on http://www.writersdigest.com and a special graphic for use in promoting their win. All entrants will receive a brief commentary from one of the judges. Be sure to check out the categories, guidelines, and submission details. Deadline is April 1, 2022.

As always, good luck.

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

Bath Children’s Novel Award

July 20, 2021Contests, Literary#WritingCommunity, agent, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Bath Children's Novel Award, Bell Lomax Moreton Agency, Book Deal, books, Competition, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contract, Cornerstone Literary Consultany, Course, Cuộc thi, Deal, Конкурс, Edit Your Novel the Professional Way, editor, Entry, 경연 대회, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Independently, Information, International, Διαγωνισμό, Jane Brittan, Judge, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Lauren Gardner, Learning, Longlisted, Lucy Van Smit, Macmillan, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, Natjecanje, Novelists, Opportunity, Orphans of the Tide, paligsahan, Particpant, Penguin Random House, Published, Publishing, Rules, Sallyanne Sweeney, Shortlistee, Six Figure Deal, Sophie Cameron, Soutěž, Stories, Struan Murray, Submissions, Submit, Tävling, United Kingdom, Unpublished, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Winners, Writers, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

The Bath Children’s Novel Award is an international writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. This years judge is literary agent Stephanie Thwaites of Curtis Brown literary agency. The winner will receive £3,000 (approximately $2168 USD). And the most promising longlisted novel will recieve the Edit Your Novel the Professional Way from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy.

Some of the past participants and winners have gone on to getting agents and/or publishing deals. Inaugural winner Lucy Van Smit was swiftly signed by literary agent Sallyanne Sweeney. Jane Brittan attracted a Carnegie Medal nomination for her indie-published debut. Shortlistee Sophie Cameron signed a book deal with Macmillan Children’s after accepting representation with literary agent Hellie Ogden for her YA novel Out of the Blue. Struan Murray signed a six figure deal with Penguin Random House for his novel Orphans of the Tide.

Entry for the award ends November 30, 2021 (and remember, this is UK time zone)! For complete guidelines and entry fee information, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Blue Mountain Arts Biannual Poetry Card Contest

December 8, 2020Contests, LiteraryAuthors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Biannual Poetry Card Contest, Blue Mountain Arts, Cards, Competition, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Creativity, Cuộc thi, December, Конкурс, Emotions, english, 경연 대회, Feelings, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Monetary Prize, Natjecanje, Opportunity, Original, paligsahan, Peotry, Poems, Poets, Prizes, Published, Rules, Soutěž, Submissions, Tävling, Unique, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Wordsmith, Writers, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

Blue Mountain Arts is holding their thirty-first Biannual Poetry Card Contest. The winner will be published on their website and there are monetary prizes!

1st prize: $350
2nd prize: $200
3rd prize: $100

Here are a few of the guidelines:

Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming.
Write about real emotions and feelings.
Poems should be original and unique.
English-language entries only.
Enter as often as you like!

You can mail your submission or use their online submission form. For complete rules and guidelines, go here. Entry deadline is December 31,2020. As always, good luck.

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

Children’s Books Turned Into Movies

September 15, 2020LiteraryAmazon, Big Screen, Black Beauty, Book Blurbs, books, Charlotte's Web, Childrens Books, Coraline, Dirary of a Wimpy Kid, Divergent, Film, Good Story, Harry Potter, movies, Optioned, Published, Screenplay, Stories, The Lorax, Theaters, Tom Sawyer, Voice, Wikipedia, Writer's Dream, Writing Skillspdpabst

Every writer has a dream of seeing their manuscript published. To hold the bound pages and sniff the fresh ink would bring a euphoric state of mind. Those who’ve never slaved over writing a manuscript may not be able to relate.

Then there is the ultimate dream the dream of having your book optioned for a movie! I’m talking the double payday. During a break in my “binge blog pre-scheduling”, I surfed the net to see how many books for children have actually made it to the big screen. Here is a list of just a few:

Harry Potter
The Giver
The Fault in Our Stars
Coraline
My Dog Skip
Jurassic Park
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
If I Stay
Hugo
A Monster Calls
Black Beauty
Charlotte’s Web
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Divergent
Holes
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Matilda
Paper Towns
The Book Thief
The Lorax
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Chronicles of Narnia
Twilight
Love Simon
The Hunger Games
Goosebumps
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
And so many more.

I perused to see what was interesting about the books, meaning I read a LOT of opening pages on Amazon and book blurbs (for the books I haven’t read yet). The honest truth is what we’ve all heard so often. You just need a damn good story! (And, of course, good writing skills and voice.)

It’s an interesting list, and it’s not absolute. If you want to check other stories that have made it to the “big screen”, go to this Wikipedia link. Some books I’ve listed are not on the Wikipedia site yet though. But have fun reading, or watching (if that’s what you choose), about the ones that are there.

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

Book Pipeline Unpublished Contest

August 24, 2020Contests, LiteraryAdaptation, Adult, Agency, Agents, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Editors, Fee, Fiction, Film, Genre, Managers, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Movie, Non-Fiction, Producers, Published, Publishers, Publishing Indusgry, Screenplay, Scripts, Stories, Television, TV, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The Book Pipeline Competition seeks unpublished book manuscripts across six categories of fiction and nonfiction:

Young Adult
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Mystery / Thriller
Literary
Outsider / Experimental
Nonfiction

Select publishers and agents get first look at the top selections for each category, including LGR Literary Agency, Katherine Tegen Books, and Verve Publishing.

Winners receive $15,000 ($2,500 for each category winner):
Immediate circulation to publishers, agents, editors, and other execs
Consideration from producers seeking projects for film and TV adaptation
Additional long-term reviews of other books for potential circulation
Invitations to annual writer and industry events hosted by Pipeline Media Group

Deadline is September 5, 2018 with a $55 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

Avengers Of Colour Mentorship

August 19, 2020Literary, Mentor ProgramAdult, advise, akıl hocalığı, Application, Authors, Avengers, Avengers Of Colour, การให้คําปรึกษา, books, Critique, Diversity, Наставництва, Наставничества, Наставничество, Editing, Experience, 멘토링, faridah àbíké-íyímídé, Feedback, Fiction, Globa, GMT, Guidelines, Καθοδήγηση, lærimeistara, Manuscript, meantóireacht, Mentor, Mentora, Mentorat, Mentori, mentoria, Mentoring, Mentoringu, Mentors, Mentorschap, Mentorship, Mentorskap, Mentorství, mentorstvo, Middle Grade, New Adult, ni, Non-Fiction, People of Color, Pitches, POC, Professionals, Published, Query, Query Package, Rules, Stories, Submissions, Synopsis, Tutoraggio, Tutoría, Twitter, Ungented, مربی, vaaiga, Winners, Writers, Young Adult, 商友, 商友。, 指導, הדרכה, الارشادpdpabst

Avengers of Colour is a mentorship program created by faridah àbíké-íyímídé for unagented writers of color who are ready to query but need help with their query package. Winners will receive professional help from experienced (agented and traditionally published) authors of color. Feedback will be given on editing the authors first 25 pages of their manuscript, query letter, synopsis and pitches.

Manuscripts must be finished though the query package doesn’t have to be perfect. The mentors will help with that, as long as writers are near ready to query. Current mentors are:

Middle Grade Mentors

YA Mentors

New Adult Mentors

Adult Mentors

Submissions open August 27, 2020 and close August 31, 2020. The link to the application will go live on the Avengers Twitter at Midnight EST / 5am GMT. Be sure and read the complete guidelines! As always, good luck!

P. Pabst

Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Book Pipeline Adaptation Contest

August 7, 2020Contests, Literary$10.000, 21 Laps, Academy Award, Adaline, Adaptation, Adult, Agency, Anonymous Content, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Extant, Fee, Fiction, Fuqua Films, Genre, Good Fear Film + Management, Lakeshore Entertainment, LBI Entertainment, Lit Entertainment Group, Liz Destro, Madhouse Entertainment, Managers, Manuscripts, Million Dollar Baby, Movie, Non-Fiction, Published, QC Entertainment, Screenplay, Scripts, Silent R Management, Stories, Television, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adult, Zero Gravity Managementpdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The 5th Annual Book Pipeline Competition seeks material for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide, the contest accepts any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Only published books, graphic novels and short stories are acceptable.

Prizes are:

$10,000 to winner, $2,000 to 2 runners-up ($1,000 each)
Long-term circulation and promotion to producers and other execs
Project development with Book Pipeline to prepare a film or TV series pitch
Consideration of other material and circulation of other stories to industry
Invitations to annual writer and industry events hosted by Pipeline Media Group

Some of the production companies they have worked with are:

Zero Gravity Management – Ozark, The Accountant
Lit Entertainment Group – Prisoners
Anonymous Content – The Revenant, Spotlight
QC Entertainment – Us, Get Out, BlacKkKlansman
Silent R Management (reps Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins)
Good Fear Film + Management – Mulan, Under the Silver Lake
21 Laps – Arrival, The Spectacular Now, Stranger Things
Liz Destro (producer) – The Butler, Lizzie
Fuqua Films – The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw
LBI Entertainment – We Bought a Zoo
Lakeshore Entertainment – Million Dollar Baby, Age of Adaline

In addition to over 100 other managers, producers, independent directors, and agencies.

Deadline is August 15, 2020 with a $60 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

Bath Children’s Novel Award

July 31, 2020Contests, Fellowship, Literary#WritingCommunity, agent, Authors, Bath Children's Novel Award, Bell Lomax Moreton Agency, Book Deal, books, Competition, Contract, Cornerstone Literary Consultany, Course, Deal, Edit Your Novel the Professional Way, editor, Entry, Guidelines, Independently, Information, International, Jane Brittan, Judge, Lauren Gardner, Learning, Longlisted, Lucy Van Smit, Macmillan, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, Novelists, Opportunity, Orphans of the Tide, Particpant, Penguin Random House, Published, Publishing, Rules, Sallyanne Sweeney, Shortlistee, Six Figure Deal, Sophie Cameron, Stories, Struan Murray, Submissions, Submit, United Kingdom, Unpublished, Winners, Writers, Writingpdpabst

The Bath Children’s Novel Award is an international writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. This years judge is literary agent Stephanie Thwaites of Curtis Brown literary agency. The winner will receive £3,000 (approximately $3846 US). And the most promising longlisted novel will recieve the Edit Your Novel the Professional Way from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy.

Entry for the award ends November 29, 2020 (and remember, this is UK time zone)! For complete guidelines and entry fee information, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards

March 13, 2020Contests, Literary$1000, $8000, Authors, Award, Book, Categories, Commentary, Feature Article, Fiction, Guidelines, Judges, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Non-Fiction, Paid, Pitch Slam, Promotion, Published, Self-Published, Stories, Submission, Subrscription, Trip, Tutorials, Writer's Digest, Writer's Digest Annual Conference, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Self-published writers are often left out in the cold, struggling to market and promote there books. But every so often, there is an event to help them get noticed. The Published Book Awards via Writer’s Digest is such an event. Here is what is up for grabs:

GRAND PRIZE:

$8,000 in cash
A feature article about you and your book for the March 2021 issue of Writer’s Digest
A paid trip to the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference, including a coveted Pitch Slam slot

FIRST PRIZE:

$1,000 in cash
Promotion in the March 2021 issue of Writer’s Digest

BOTH WILL RECEIVE:

Be featured on the Writer’s Digest website
One year subscription to Writer’s Digest Tutorials
A digital award seal for use in promoting your win.

All entrants will receive a brief commentary from one of the judges. Be sure to check out the categories, guidelines, and submission details. Deadline is April 1, 2020.

As always, good luck.

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

Book Pipeline 2019 Contest

October 4, 2019Contests, Literary$10.000, Academy Award, Adaline, Adaptation, Adult, Agency, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Extant, Fee, Fiction, Genre, Good Fear Film, I Am Legend, Jewerl Ross, Lakeshore Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment, Managers, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Million Dollar Baby, Monetary Prize, Moonlight, Movie, Non-Fiction, Pipeline Media Group, Polaroid, Prisoners, Published, Rigns, Rings, Screenplay, Scripts, Silent R Management, Stories, Television, The Ark, Underworld, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

BookPipelineWithFox

The 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 $5,000 and circulation to production companies depending on the genre. Some production companies are:

Lit Entertainment Group – Prisoners
Lakeshore Entertainment – Million Dollar Baby, Age of Adaline
Anonymous Content – The Revenant, Spotlight
QC Entertainment – Us, Get Out, BlacKkKlansman
Silent R Management (reps Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins)
Good Fear Film + Management – Mulan, Under the Silver Lake
Zero Gravity Management – Ozark, The Accountant
21 Laps – Arrival, The Spectacular Now, Stranger Things
Liz Destro (producer) – The Butler, Lizzie
Fuqua Films – The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw
LBI Entertainment – We Bought a Zoo
Other leading production companies, managers, and agencies best-suited for developing the selected projects.

Early Deadline: November 15, 2019 with a $60 entry fee. Regular Deadline: December 1, 2019 with a $70 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

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