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Novel Beginnings 1st Chapter Contest
The Great American Novel beckons! (Or any other country for that matter!) And you accept the challenge. But first things first, you must write the opening chapter. Your objective: to write the best attention-grabbing, heart-stopping, thought-provoking chapter imaginable. So get started, your adoring public awaits!
Guidelines
To request a free critique, write “free critique” on your title page.
(Optional: To receive a thorough line edit, enclose an additional $1 PER PAGE, plus 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage for returning your chapter.)
DEADLINE: Postmarked by April 30, 2010.
ENTRY FEE: $10 per entry, maximum of three entries. Checks payable to: The Write Helper.
PRIZES: 1st Place $100
2nd Place $50
3rd Place $25
RULES:
• Open subject, open genre. (No graphic sex or gore.)
• Unpublished at time of submission, original work of contestant.
• Standard manuscript form: 81/2 x 11 paper, typed and double-spaced, pages numbered, 12 point Times New Roman.
• First chapter of a novel only.
• Attach paper clip to your chapter, no staples.
• Cover sheet for each submission, with contestant’s name, address, phone number, email (if you have one), and title of entry.
• Postmarked no later than April 30, 2010. DO NOT SEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL!
• Mail flat, not folded, with sufficient postage to:
Novel Beginning 1st Chapter Contest
c/o Amy Harke-Moore
104 Harke Lane
Old Monroe, MO 63369
• Checks payable to: The Write Helper.
• For free critique, provide either an email address or business-sized SASE so we can get your critique to you. For optional line edit (additional $1 PER PAGE), enclose 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage to return your story.
• Online entry available at: thewritehelper.com.
For a list of winners, check our website: thewritehelper.com after June 1, 2010.
Decision of the judges is final. Not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. Winning entry has the opportunity to be published on our website, along with a profile of the author. Manuscripts will not be returned.
