Sentences with phrase «author contest entry»

Judging: Each aspiring author contest entry will receive a score sheet with brief comments from qualified judges (published authors).

Not exact matches

Many contests rely on an entry fee or reading fee, usually within the range of $ 10 to $ 30, and that fee occasionally benefits a charitable organization or event, allowing the author - entrants to feel good about their participation in the contest and its resulting giveback.

You can add bonus entries and have people Like your Facebook author page or tweet your contest.

Yeah, the awards thing — a lot of the competitions still discriminate against self - published titles, but more and more are allow them to be entries in «first novel» contests, providing the author retains all the rights.

Many items on the plan will focus on low cost ways to get the word out about your book, however, authors are encouraged to set aside a bit of money for marketing their book including e-book promotions, contest entries, and online ads like Facebook and Instagram.

But authors would be wise not to wait, as last year's ABNA contest filled up in record time and had more entries than in any previous years.

While the field of manuscript entries gets whittled down over the course of several months, it's important for hopeful authors to remember the contest process.

Stories must also be the author's original work, must not be contracted for publication before the entry deadline, and must remain unpublished through the date of announcement of the contest winner.

And authors who enter the contests are strongly encouraged to judge a category they arent entered, so the 1,000 entries can be spread around and not be such a burden.

If the contest was for true self - published works, it might be worth the entry fee, but by the time someone has gone the route of true self - publishing, the last thing they're going to want is a contract with Author Solutions.

We have everything from poetry competitions to awards for children's books, from flash fiction contests to awards accepting entries from self - published authors.

Most would - be authors, if they manage to get published at all, only make pennies an hour, and some even lose money on the endeavor by the time they pay for supplies, writing classes, books, editing, association dues, or contest entries.