***THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO SUBMITTED
THEIR FIRST CHAPTER IN NOVEMBER. SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED, BUT CHECK BACK THE
FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER FOR THE NEXT CONTEST***
What is it?
A contest for authors.
Each month I will be looking for the
BEST first chapter of a novel. The winner will receive a $20
Amazon Gift Card AND will be interviewed on both my reader and writer blogs
which have had over 30,000 page views in the past year. In addition, I will
tweet about your book to my 20,000 followers and do a write up about why I chose
your novel as my "chapter one" pick of the month. Read about the Chapter One
winner for October HERE.
For this month, I will be accepting
50 entries. I might change this later...I need time to write
after all ;) but I will do what I can to maintain this number. Once I receive
50, I will announce at the top of this post that submissions are closed for the
month, so if you don't see that above, there's still an opening. Last month it
was only open for two days, so don't wait around ;)
TO ENTER...
Comment on this blog post below. If you are one
of the first fifty to comment, send the first chapter of your novel to my EMAIL ADDRESS.
In the subject line of your email put:
CHAPTER ONE
And then please paste your chapter in the body of the email, and NOT as an attachment.
And then please paste your chapter in the body of the email, and NOT as an attachment.
The winner will be emailed by the last week of the month, and look for their interview (and hopefully YOUR interview) the first week of the following month. If you were not chosen, you may submit the first chapter of a different novel the next month. Short stories are also eligible. BUT! Your book must be published to qualify.
Why am I doing this? Because once upon a time
someone held my hand and showed me the way, and now I want to pay it
forward. One of my favorite things to do is promote up-and-coming authors.
Best of luck to everyone!
Comment!
ReplyDeleteThe name of my novel is The Game Called Revolution, BTW.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of this contest! Count me in. :)
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteI'll try with my new release, "My Sore Hush-a-Bye". I love this contest!
Sending it right now! :)
Don't know why it says "Unknown"... I'm Renata F. Barcelos, by the way! :)
DeleteWow, I love this idea. Thanks for paying-it-forward with such a great contest. I'm getting ready to submit the first chapter of WEATHERING ROCK my time travel romance right now. Many thanks!
ReplyDeleteMae Clair
I'd love to participate!! Awesome contest!
ReplyDeleteCool idea! I'll participate!
ReplyDeleteGreat contest! I'd like to participate but are there any word limits or genre restrictions?
ReplyDeleteAny genre is welcome, any word count. The book just needs to be published. Thanks!
DeleteI would love to participate!! This is exciting!!
ReplyDeleteI will enter the first chapter of my short story. It is too short :) I hope it counts. This contest is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to enter
ReplyDeleteIt's worth a shot. Not like I'm doing amazingly well with promoting my books lately haha. Sending my faerie tale epic fantasy in!
ReplyDeleteI want in!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to give it a shot :)
ReplyDeleteSure, I'll play... :) Chapter 1 of GHOST WRITER coming your way in a few minutes.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what's happening...clicked on your EMAIL ADDRESS link above and it opened the Firefox installation wizard...huh? Has the e-mail addy been hijacked?
DeleteCan't access the email address either :(
DeleteWorks just fine for me when I click on it. cherylbradshawbooks at yahoo (you know the rest)
DeleteI'm in, too.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing this! Will send it though tonight.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea!!! Thanks so much for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteMy book is Hearts of Ishira, btw. :)
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ReplyDeleteI'll play! If you're still accepting! :) My book is Thought I Knew You. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I want in. Are you still accepting? My book is called The Book of John. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteJust latched onto this via Twitter. Count me in - great idea. Chapter 1 of my legal/political suspense Sackcloth Ashes & Penance will follow imminently (and anyone else interested in the meantime can check out my blogsite for another couple of excerpts).
ReplyDeleteI see 30 replies as of this moment, so I'm in!
ReplyDeleteJudging by the excerpt I've just read, I'm well out of my league here but hey, I see I'm number 31, so I'll give it a go and send you the first chapter of my humorous fantasy book, Few Are Chosen.
ReplyDeleteCheers
MTM
Cheryl, a great thing you're doing: highly original. We all need a helping hand and you're doing just that. Good luck to you girl.
ReplyDeleteI guess I should have counted the previous entries, but a quick glance and some simple math tells me that I am within the first fifty entries.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, thanks! Will email mine to you now.
ReplyDeleteGeorge
This sounds like fun! I'd love to participate!
ReplyDelete--Jessica McHugh
Ok I'm IN! :)
ReplyDeleteHey, there. I'd love to enter my YA fantasy. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful idea. I'll send the first chapter to my book this morning.
ReplyDeleteMine will be published later this month, will that work? If so, count me in :-)
ReplyDeleteEasy to see why you chose this one! What an exciting opening chapter and what a wonderful idea for a blog, Cheryl.
ReplyDeleteI'll be happy to submit one of my first chapters - just to swell the numbers - lol.
Regards,
Lyn
I want to participate!
ReplyDeleteOk, just sent an email from tapestrywriter@gmail.com. Thanks!!
DeleteI think I'm in time for the first 50. :) Sending Email now.
ReplyDeleteI think I've made it. Would love to submit my new horror novel.
ReplyDeleteI would love to enter this contest. Hope I'm in time. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOkey dokey, Cheryl.
ReplyDeleteCommenting, and (unless I counted wrong) submitting.
ReplyDeleteCount me in! Sending Chapter One of WANING MOON, a YA Dystopian I released in September. Hope you like it.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to participate! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI would like to enter. My novel is Ancient Blood: A Novel of the Hegemony.
ReplyDeleteYes, please include me. Thanks. I don't use the Anspach part of my name as an author. (Alonna Shaw/Eleven Sundays)
ReplyDeleteI hope I'm still under 50! Please include me if I am.
ReplyDeleteRe: Ancient Blood. For some reason my name didn't show up in comment. email: xuemertie@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI count 47 entries, but could be wrong. If I'm in the fifty I'd like to be in! INZARED, Queen of the Elephant Riders by L.Leander
ReplyDeleteI'd like to enter. To confirm though, does the prologue count as the first chapter? Email: louisewise3@ntlworld.com
ReplyDeleteYes, that's fine.
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