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2013 Gateway to the Best Contest opens soon!.
Break out a manuscript you don’t want to give up on. Get new feedback. Maybe its time has come.
This is a great opportunity to get your manuscript in front of amazing final judges.
No synopsis? No problem. Entry is the first 7000 words of your manuscript.
LOOK AT THIS PRICE!!!
$30 for Non-MORWA Members for the 1st entry BUT
$15 for EACH ADDITIONAL ENTRY.
Categories: Contemporary Series, Historical, Young Adult, Romantic
Suspense, Single Title & Paranormal
Open to writers unpublished and not contracted in novel length (40,000+)
fiction within the last three years. See official rules for complete
eligibility requirements.
http://www.morwa.org/gateway.htm
Gateway opens Monday, July 22, 2013
Final Judges
Single Title/Contemporary Series – Katherine Pelz, Berkeley Publishing Group
Historical – Esi Sogah, Kensington
Romantic Suspense – Patience Bloom, Harlequin
Paranormal – Junessa Viloria, Random House
Young Adult – Stacey Barney, Penguin Putnam
Deadlines
Entry Deadline: Entry must be RECEIVED not later than midnight, Central
time, September 6, 2013.
First Round Finalists Announced on/about: October 31, 2013
Final Winners Announced on/about: December 13, 2013
Judging Criteria
Each entry will be judged by three experienced judges with the lowest of
the three scores dropped from the final tabulations. Judges will be
encouraged to write comments on both the score sheet and manuscript.
Prizes
GRAND PRIZE:
The Grand Prize winner will receive US $100, a full reading and critique of her entire manuscript by a MORWA Published Author, a certificate, and a “Gateway to the Best Grand Prize Winner” electronic banner announcing the
win for the author’s website.