Thursday 22 December 2011

Quick contest to say Merry Christmas!

The contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone for participating :) Winner(s) posted above!


In the Christmassy spirit of Christmas I thought I'd throw a little contest and offer to beta read the first 3,000 words of your manuscript. 

All you need to do to enter is write your name, the title and genre of your ms and your email address in the comments section. The contest will close at 7pm GMT 24th December when I'll pick a winner. I'll read the first 3k words and get them back to you in a week : ) 

RULES:
1) This is for unagented writers.
 
Um, yeah, that's the only rule (see Christmassy Christmas spirit - I’m doing this to help.) It can be a finished ms, or a WiP.  

I'm not going to insist that you follow my blog to enter, though I'd love it if you did. I'm not going to insist you post it on your own blog to let other writers know or tweet this post either but I'd love it if you did :D 

Now here's a pic of something cute while you polish up your 3k words for me to get my hands on.





32 comments:

  1. Great idea!

    ED Martin - edmartin.writer@gmail.com
    The Lone Wolf
    contemporary women's fiction

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  2. What a generous offer! I'm looking for authors of kidlit to follow, so I've signed up to follow you already.

    Shelter Dogs
    MG/YA
    vidamaemaynard@gmail.com

    Thanks, and Merry Christmas!

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  4. Derek Thompson - earthlight(at)btinternet.com
    Standpoint
    Brit thriller

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  5. Scribophile contest
    Michael "Archer"
    ChromaticX(at)comcast.net
    Fantasy Novel
    Rebellion's Chosen

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  6. E.G. Louis
    Soul Stealer
    Steampunk Mystery
    autorino1980@yahoo.com

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  7. Jon Bradburn
    'Very Bad Things'
    Young Youth Adulty
    jpbradburn@hotmail.com

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  8. Sweet! What a wonderful Christmas present for someone! I would absolutely love it.

    Kip Rechea
    The Girl Who Slept in the Poet's Ear
    YA historical fiction
    kipontheroad(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  9. I hope you know what you're getting into, because this one can be a dozy! Merry Xmas.

    Rafael PiƱero
    Neither Here Nor There....
    Commercial Fiction
    ralfast@gmail.com

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  10. Awesome Contest, it's so sweet of you to do this:) And Merry Christmas!!

    Name: Lacey Williams
    Name of novel: WIP
    Genre: YA/Teen
    Email: auggie16@gmail.com

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  11. Found ya!! (Gotta luv AW) Great contest so I will throw my work into the hat! Merry Christmas!

    Honey Boudreaux
    Death & the Dreamers
    YA Fantasy--complete
    Email--honeyof7bugs@yahoo.com

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  12. Found this contest via Kiperoo's Twitter feed.

    - Anne Marie
    - Hidden Vale / YA urban fantasy
    - annemariewrites [at] gmail [dot] com

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  13. I love an opportunity for feedback!

    Nicole
    Gallop
    YA horror
    nicole.wolverton@gmail.com

    Thanks, and happy holidays!

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  14. I'm in!
    Title: Hell Transporter
    Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
    Email: cynditefft at gmail dot com

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  15. Thank you for holding this contest! What a nice Christmas contest (a writer's dream, since betas are tough to come by this time of year!)

    Isabel
    "The Desired"-YA Paranormal
    c.isabel.bandeira (AT) gmail (DOT) com

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  16. Great contest! Somebody linked it on twitter and it's a great find.

    Title: Denizens
    Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
    Email: jani.grey @ yahoo.co.uk

    Happy Christmas to everybody!

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  17. This is awesome! Thanks for the contest :)

    Title: The Narrator
    Genre: YA Fantasy
    Email: jennifer.a.johnson7 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  18. Thank you so much for the contest~ it's really generous of you to give your time to a lucky winner! I would love to get your feedback on my MS :)

    Title: Jeremiah Copperpot
    Genre: YA Historical Fantasy
    Email: aycockj{at}gmail{dot}com

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  19. Thank you so much!

    Title: The Alterae
    Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
    Email: jenny.kaczorowski@gmail.com

    Merry Christmas to you!

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  20. What a great idea. Thanks for doing this. I'd love to send something.

    Title: Succubus Conium
    Genre: Urban Fantasy
    Email: gkwedlund (at) ameritech (dot) net

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  21. Wow, nice contest!

    Title: DESTINY GIFT
    Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
    Email: juliana.haygert(at)gmail(dot)com

    Happy Holidays!!

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  22. Thanks.

    Title: Sabre
    Genre: YA Steampunk
    Email: qtrdmn@yahoo.com

    Merry Christmas.

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  23. Title: Of Fire and Ice
    Genre: Fantasy/ Sci-Fi
    Email: Hainotna@yahoo.com

    Happy Holidays :)

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  24. Awesome contest! This is a perfect Christmas gift. Happy Holidays.

    Title: Occupiers
    Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
    Email: d.bertrand_12@yahoo.com

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  25. Hey! Great contest! I'd love to have a fresh pair of eyes look over my work!

    Title:The Specter of Avyactha
    Genre: YA Fantasy
    Email: irsyad.iskandar@yahoo.com

    Merry Christmas!

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  26. Cool. I'm in for a try.

    Title = Shunning Ida Mae
    Genre = Historical Amish
    Email = Rabbit.Runner@Gmail.Com

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  27. Hey, thanks for having this contest!

    Title: Always
    Genre: Romance/Suspense
    Email: dippitdusty@gmail.com
    Terry Saunders

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  28. Nice Contest. Thank you for having it & Merry Christmas

    Genre: fiction/fantasy
    Email: writer@mchsi.com
    Susan Stuckey

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  29. Adam Sifre

    Title: I've Been Deader
    Genre: Horror/Comedy
    Email: Ibdeader@hotmail.com

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  30. The contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered. I'll post about the winner(s) now :D

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  31. Cool idea for a contest!

    Christy
    http://www.christympeake.com

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  32. Thanks Christy :) It was fun! So I'm doing another one next month

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