Monday, July 27, 2009

Query Submissions Are Now Open

And away we go!

Please adhere to the following guidelines:
  • The Query Contest is open to authors of COMPLETED MANUSCRIPTS who have ALREADY BEGUN or are GETTING READY TO BEGIN the query process.
  • Your query letter should be in FINAL FORM (no rough drafts or "first tries")
  • Each entrant will mail his QUERY LETTER and FIRST 250 WORDS OF THE NOVEL to me at facelesswords(at)gmail.com in the following format:
SCREEN NAME
(space)
QUERY LETTER (don't type "query letter"; just insert the letter here)
(space)
FIRST 250 WORDS of your manuscript (don't type "first 250 words"; just insert the words here)

  • I will take THE FIRST 50 ENTRIES in the submission time frame
  • Submissions received BEFORE THIS POST APPEARED will not qualify (unless the time stamp is the equivalent of 9:00 am EDT)
  • Submissions will close AS SOON AS I HAVE RECEIVED 50 entries
  • DO NOT SUBMIT MORE THAN ONCE. Most of the time, that will only serve to push your entry back in the queue, decreasing your chance of making the 50 cut-off
GENRES FOR THE CONTEST are AS FOLLOW:
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Young Adult (including SFF)
  • MG (including SFF)
  • Horror
  • Romance
  • Women's Fiction (including Chicklit)
Okay, I'm bracing myself for the onslaught!

6 comments:

  1. I was--quite literally--poised over the mouse and keyboard, eyes on the clock, waiting for 9:00.

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  2. I woke up over an hour early so I could be conscious to do this! Thanks for the opportunity, Authoress.

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  3. I was there, finger on trigger and I'm two time zones away. :D Thanks Authoress --as usual this is the best place to be for aspiring writers!

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  4. I waited for gmail time, so hopefully I'm not a second early!

    thanks so much for this!

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  5. Aah rush rush rush! :) Never participated in a contest here before, and I'm looking forward to it.

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  6. I was away all weekend, so like most of the time...I missed another contest!!!

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