***THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO SUBMITTED
THEIR FIRST CHAPTER IN DECEMBER. SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED, BUT CHECK BACK IN
JANUARY 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 35,000 page views in the past year.
In addition, I will tweet about your book to my 25,000 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 November HERE.
The winner will receive a $20 Amazon Gift Card AND will be interviewed on both my reader and writer blogs which have had over 35,000 page views in the past year.
In addition, I will tweet about your book to my 25,000 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 November HERE.
For this month, I will be accepting
50 entries.
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.
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.
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!
