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Posted by Shonna Slayton  Published in Routines for Writers

keyboardA good contest is great motivation to complete and polish your WIP! Check out some of these:

A. Current Contests

B. Monthly Contests (ongoing)

C. Query/First Pages Critiques (ongoing)

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Current Contests:

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None.

Monthly Contests:

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1. SECRET AGENT contest: Changing genres; check at beginning of each month. Participating agent is revealed with the winners.

Date: TBA

For the following genres:  TBA

http://www.misssnarksfirstvictim.blogspot.com/

2. Margie Lawson’s DAREDEVIL DACHSHUND contest.

Find the cartoon dachshund on her website, email her the location and be entered to win her EDITS System Power Pack, including a certificate for one hour editing consult.

http://www.MargieLawson.com

3. Query Tracker Blog, Last contest was July 7th. Check back for next one.

Details: http://querytracker.blogspot.com/p/latest-contest.html

4. Gotham Writers’ Workshop:

No contest, just a form to win a free class (appears ongoing):
http://www.writingclasses.com/ContestPages/

5. Dear Lucky Agent Contest. Hosted by Chuck Sambuchino over at Writer’s Digest Guide to Literary Agents blog. The contest is reoccurring with a changing focus. Keep checking for when your genre is represented. Contests are judged by agents and offer great prizes.

Current contest: none, but here is a sample of a past one:

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/Dear+Lucky+Agent+Contest+Fantasy+And+SciFi.aspx


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Query/First Pages Critiques:

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1. Query Shark: http://queryshark.blogspot.com/ (Janet Reid, lit agent)

2. Query Project: http://jmeadows.livejournal.com/tag/query+project (Jody Meadows, former slush reader for the now-closed Rappaport Agency)

3. Query Writing 101: First Monday of the month, critique by C.J. Redwine http://romanceuniversity.org/labs/

4. About My Query: http://ktliterary.com/category/ask-daphne/ (Kate Schafer Testerman, lit agent)

5. Query Ninja Critique: http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2010/02/query-ninja-critique.html A new service on the Query Tracker blog via Elana Johnson.

6. First Page Critiques: Agent Nathan Bransford is now hosting First Page critiques on Mondays. http://blog.nathanbransford.com/

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/Dear+Lucky+Agent+Contest+Urban+Fantasy+And+Paranormal+Romance+For+Both+Teens+And+Adults.aspx

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