Have you written a book that just calls for sitting under an umbrella in the sand?
The Beach Book Festival competition is looking for the best beach reading this year. According to the website: "The Beach Book Festival will consider self-published or independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, teenage, how-to, science fiction, romance, comics, poetry, spiritual, compilations/anthologies, history, business and health-oriented books published on or after Jan. 1, 2000."
The Grand Prize is definitely GRAND and includes $1500 cash, a flight to Atlantic City for the May 3 awards and a publicity campaign from a leading international PR firm following the competition and a week for two at the fabulous Larimar St. Croix writer's retreat!
There are 15 categories of books. You may enter multiple books but there is a $50 entry fee/book. Entries must be postmarked by April 25. Full details and the required registration form is on the website.
Can you make me laugh?
Chances are yes, but can you make the folks at Cheshire Comedy Publishing laugh hard enough to name your play The Funniest Play on Earth? The new play publishing company is offering you a chance to try.
The contest seeks unpublished full-length comedy plays. Plays that have been performed are allowed, just not published plays. Playwrights can submit multiple entries by email or snail mail. With email, limit one play per message.
The prize is $500 royalty advance, a publishing offer from Cheshire Comedy, a production of your play, and "Being forever known as the author of The Funniest Play on Earth 2008!" Deadline is April 1 (April Fool's Day). See the website for details.
Is your dog DAZZLING?
If so, you might want to try out the Dazzling Dogs Writing Contest at Logical Expressions' IdeaWeaver website. The main purpose of this contest is to get you to try the IdeaWeaver software and if you're Mac user you're out of luck because the software works on Windows only and the entry must be submitted using the software.
However, Logical Expressions publishes pet books and 20 winners will be selected for the next book and to receive a free license of the writing software, which retails for just under $50. A grand prize winner will receive $50 and will be written up as one of the case studies that shows "how people have used IdeaWeaver for their own writing projects" on the website. You'll be provided with the link to use on your own website.
Deadline is March 31. See the website for complete rules and details.
2 comments:
You know I'm a sucker for beaches. But they don't say if the book needs to be *about* beaches -- it would seem it could be on any topic, in any genre, as long as it's a page-turner which will make you forget to rotate as you tan.
I think you're right. Just something that will keep you on the sand.
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