***THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO SUBMITTED THEIR FIRST CHAPTER IN SEPTEMBER. SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED, BUT CHECK BACK IN OCTOBER 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 17,000 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 August 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.
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? Those who know me already
know, but if you don't, one of my favorite things to do is promote up-and-coming
authors. I received a lot of help in the early days of my journey from some
amazing authors, and it's important to me to give back.
Best of luck to everyone!
