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Sourcebooks Fire #YAlitchat Writing Contest
Event Details
Time: February 1, 2010 to February 28, 2010
Location: #YAlitchat
Event Type: writing, contest
Organized By: Georgia McBride
Latest Activity: Jan 20, 2012
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Event Description
CONTEST DETAILS
Submissions for the contest will run 2/1/2010 – 2/28/2010. PLEASE NOTE: Sourcebooks Fire has launched their ning community. They have awesome contests and info on their releases. You may even see someone you recognize there. Also, if you've not RSVP'd to the contest yet, do so there. PLEASE DO NOT RSVP in BOTH PLACES.
Please follow the following directions carefully to submit a piece of YA fiction for consideration:
To participate in the contest, you MUST RSVP to the event.
Instructions on where to send submissions, as well as outlines for what we're looking for, will be emailed on Friday, January 29th. Instructions as to the email address you'll need for all submissions will be provided in that document.
Only submissions from people who’ve will be read and judged to prevent multiple submissions.
In the body of your email please include:
Author contact info (full name, email), the title of the piece (less than 15 words) under a header reading “Title,” an up to 100-word description of your novel under the header “Novel Description” and the first 250 words of your novel and under the header, "Chapter 1."
No additional information will be read by judges.
EX:
Author Contact
Best B. Known, bestbknown2u4sure@igotzthemgoods.com
Title
The Grapes of Wrath
Novel Description
Haunted by dreams of chocolate, boy unwittingly dreams the cure for chocolate addiction in YA writers. When he posts the cure to his blog one day, he becomes instantly hated and ostracized.
Chapter 1
The sky, gray above, hung like the rug Mrs. Lewiston used to drape over the porch railing each weekend. Drab, lifeless and low; we were the same in our defeat.
Submissions will go through three rounds of judging. Georgia McBride, founder of #YALitchat will be the first-round judge, whittling down the entrants to the top one hundred fifty (150).
These one hudred fifty (150) entries will then be ranked on a scale of one(1)-ten (10) by three (3) Sourcebooks Fire editors. The top twenty (20) submissions (calculated by adding scores) will be notified and allowed to submit a pitch letter and first twenty (20) pages of their novel for further consideration by Sourcebooks editors, as well as YA literary agent, Regina Brooks, founder of Serendipity Literary agency.
These twenty (20) up will also receive copies of books Writing Great Books for Young Adults by Regina Brooks.
Depending on the number of submissions, winners will be announced at the end of March.
Of additional consideration and interest: This contest is open to international submissions. All submissions are property of author. Author retains all rights. Sourcebooks Fire may use winning entries including author names in contest promotions. Writers are not required to sign with Serendipity Literary Agency. Manuscripts must be in completion stage but do not need to be completed.
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Comment by Ara Burklund on February 28, 2010 at 10:59pm -
You've got a great community here--it's an awesome resource! I'm so glad to have found it through the contest. : )
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Comment by Katiebabs on February 28, 2010 at 6:50pm
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I got the email! Thanks.
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Staff Comment by Georgia McBride on February 28, 2010 at 5:02pm -
Katie--please send a note to yalitchat@gmail.com and we'll send u the details.
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I RSVP'd but I don't have the email where to send my submission to. Help?
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Staff Comment by Georgia McBride on February 26, 2010 at 9:45am -
All contest info and updates can be obtained by joining the TeenFire (Sourcebooks Fire) group here at YALitChat. I give commentary on the submissions as well. If you take the time and READ the comments listed here, you will have all the info you need.
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Staff Comment by Georgia McBride on February 26, 2010 at 9:44am -
If you need info on where to send your submission, send email to yalitchat@gmail.com. Thanks!
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Comment by Kristal Shaff on February 26, 2010 at 8:26am -
I just RSVPed. Hope its not too late.
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Comment by Claudia on February 24, 2010 at 4:13pm -
I just RSVP. I don't know how long I have to wait to get the email with the submission information. Since this is my first time joining any type of online community (and contest as well,) I feel a little anxious, but happy at the same time. Thanks in advance for everything!
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Comment by Gwen Dandridge on February 22, 2010 at 10:20pm -
So how many entries for the contest have you received? Or is that not a reasonable question?
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Staff Comment by Georgia McBride on February 16, 2010 at 5:39pm -
If you need info on where to send your submission, send email to yalitchat@gmail.com. Thanks!
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