January Contest: Children's Lit, Romance, and Upmarket Women's Fiction
Agent NatalieFischer Lakosil from the Bradford Literary Agency will be judging our next
contest, which opens at 9 am EST on Monday, January 30th.
This contest is open to the following genres:
Commercial fiction, with an emphasis in
children’s literature (from picture book to teen), romance (contemporary,
paranormal and historical), and upmarket women’s fiction. Specific likes within
those genres include historical, multi-cultural, paranormal, sci-fi/fantasy,
gritty, thrilling and darker contemporary novels, and middle grade with heart.
Ms. Lakosil wants to see the first 100 words (plus or minus 1/2 sentence--don't just cut it off mid sentence) of COMPLETED novels and a one sentence logline. There is a limit to only ONE entry.
At 9am on January 30th, we will make a submission form for the contest available on the QueryTracker.net website. (A free QueryTracker.net membership will be necessary to use the form.) A link will be posted on this site at the start of the contest. Only entries received through the online form will be accepted. Entries emailed directly to the agent or agency will be disqualified. Any entries with logline longer than a single sentence or with an opening longer than 100 words (it can be less than that, but no more than a few extra words over) will be disqualified.
For tips on writing a logline, check out Stina's recent post!
Need some help polishing up that first page? Try these resources:
Need some help polishing up that first page? Try these resources:
- Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One
& Never Lets Them Go
by Les Edgerton - Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How
to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Brown and Dave
King
- The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out
of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman
* Please note: Sometimes the email notifications from this blog do not go out right when the post is published (a Google Blogger issue we cannot control). If you are an email subscriber, please realize this email might arrive after the contest has begun. Therefore, you should visit the QueryTracker Blog whether or not you receive an email about the contest on January 30th to get the link to the submission form.
