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Amazon Break Through Novel Award Contest
Sixth annual Novel Award contest offers a $50,000 advance and publishing with Amazon Publishing. 5 categories, 5 finalists. Contest Closes January 27th.
Kindle Fire Giveaway, free ebooks, and $500
Epic Giveaway: 10 Free Kindle Fires, 75 free ebooks, $300 in gift cards, a $500 library donation! by J.A. Konrath, Scott Nicholson, J. Carson Black, Lee Goldberg, and Blake Crouch beginning February 1, 2012.
MrsP.com Adds New Sponsor for 3rd Annual Kids’ Be-a-Famous Writer Contest
MrsP.com, the popular, award winning kids’ entertainment site, announced that Sakura of America joins Powell’s Books as a sponsor of its 3rd annual “Be A Famous Writer Contest.” The contest will be open for entries beginning September 1 through October 15, 2011.
Win a Trip to the Writers Digest Conference
For 80 years, the Annual Writer’s Digest Competition has rewarded writers for their finest work. WD continues this tradition by giving away more than $30,000 in cash and prizes! See Writer’s Digest Website for prizes, rules, judging and notification. About the Writer’s Digest Conference from January 2011 Win a trip to the Writer’s Digest Conference […]
Congratulations, Shirleyann Regis, “Get Noticed” Contest Winner
A big Congratulations! to Shirleyann Regis, our “Get Noticed” contest winner. Shirleyann Regis submitted “Tears of the Heart”, her second book of poems where “love and compassion can be felt” within the pages. And they certainly can. Congratulations, Shirleyann. “Tears of the Heart” by Shirleyann Regis “Tears of the Heart” came about because the Author […]
HOWL Book Trailer Contest
City Lights Bookstore is hosting a book trailer contest for the movie release of HOWL on September 24, 2010. A poem of controversy, Allen Ginsberg’s HOWL is classified as one of the most influential works of the 1950’s, drawing national attention to the growing cultural unrest in the west.