A Procrastinator’s Delight: Deadline to Enter WritingRoom’s Novel Writing Contest Is Extended

May 28, 2009 at 12:56 pm angiekp Leave a comment

So you thought you missed the date to enter the 2009 WritingRoom.com Author Choice Contest. Yeah, yeah … you kept remembering, and then forgetting, and then you’d remember again, but you just ran out of time.

Well, you are one lucky procrastinator, because the deadline to enter has been extended until July 13, 2009. If you haven’t entered, you should seriously consider it for a few reasons:

1. It’s free. There’s no cost to enter the contest. WritingRoom.com, the contest sponsor, adjusted the entry rules ever-so-slightly to eliminate all cost associated with sending printed copies of your submission. Now, you can simply submit the files electronically. It is truly a free writing contest — no obligations or weird trickery.

2. You could win. Hey, someone has to win, why not you? Actually, there will be multiple winners: 10 writers will be selected as finalists, and three top winners will be selected from that group. And the prizes are quite impressive, from up to $500 in cash to more than $1,000 in publishing services, not to mention receiving advice from bestselling author Jon Land, and getting your book in front of top New York literary agent Loretta Barrett and editor at Tor/Forge Books, Eric Rabb. Now, doesn’t that sound nice?

3. There’s nothing to lose. When you add “it’s free” plus “you could win” you arrive here at “there’s nothing to lose.” Seriously, think about it: you have a chance to win prizes and be discovered as an author. Even if you don’t win, you always retain the rights to your material in association with this contest, so you be able to move on to your next venture in your literary career without worry.

Take that novel that you’ve written, even if you’re still putting the finishing touches on it, and enter it in the 2009 WritingRoom.com Author Choice Contest. Don’t forget the new deadline to enter: July 13, 2009.

Learn how to enter the contest on WritingRoom.com
See details about the prizes featured on PublishingRoom.com, WritingRoom’s self-publishing brand

-Angie

Entry filed under: Contests, In the News. Tags: Free Writing Contests, Jon Land, novel contest, PublishingRoom, writing contest, writing contests, WritingRoom.com.

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