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Self-published & Unpublished Novels Contest Sept 2012 – Closed – Now Judging
The CBR Blue Ribbon Awards for Unpublished Novels Contest 2012 is now accepting entries for unpublished works of fiction. The purpose of this contest is to recognize outstanding novels from Self-published and Indie published authors and manuscripts of writers who have not published before as of time of entry into the CBRM contest. However, books may be self-published, but cannot be under a publishing contract. Works that have been accepted by agents are allowed to enter the CBR Unpublished Novels Contest.
The CBR Unpublished Novel Contest 2012 categories are:
- Mainstream
- Mystery/Thriller (not Horror)
- Historical
- Mystery/Suspense
- Contemporary
- Cozy (entry may be in any category of the cozy genre)
- Romance genre
Romantic elements are welcome, but not required.
Eligibility: Unpublished and Self-published novels. Novels cannot be under a publishing contract at time of entry. Novels may be under a Literary Agency Contract at time of entry. Entries are limited. First entered, first accepted.
Entry Deadline: September 30, 2012 FIRM. Midnight.
The Unpublished Division of the Novel Contest will be judged in Three Rounds:
- Round One will judge the first 50 to 68 pages (to the last page of the chapter that is no more than 68 pages and not less than 50 pages from the opening paragraph). Judges will use Round One Score Sheets. Entry must score 41 points out of 54 to move on to Round Two.
- Round Two will evaluate entries that have scored 41 points or more in Round One with Round Two Score Sheets.
- Round Two Entries must score at least 51 points out of 60 points to move forward to the Finalist Round.
- Combined Scores of 92 points from Rounds One and Two are required to move on the Finalist Round.
- The Finalist Round, Round Three, will be judged by a panel of published writers, agents, publishers, and editors.
- The Finalist Round Panel’s individual scores will be averaged to determine the winning entries.
Unpublished Novel Contest 2012 Datelines: ALERT: Dates have been changed due to amount of entries we received by two -to-three weeks by judges request. CBR received almost three times the number of entries than our previous contest. We apologize for any inconvenience. Questions, Concerns: please email kbrown@ChantiReviews.com. Thank you for your understanding!
- Round One Finalists (first several chapters) will be posted on the Chanticleer Book Reviews website on or around October. 20, 2012. NEW DATE: Nov. 10th
- Round Two winning entries will be posted on the Chanticleer Book Reviews website on or around Oct. 31, 2012.
- Round Three Finalists will be called or emailed on or around Nov. 30, 2012. (Date changed from Nov. 10)
- Division Grand Prize Winners and First Place Category Blue Ribbon Winners will be notified on or before December 10, 2012 by phone call or email.
- All winners of Rounds One, Two, and Three along with the Finalists will be posted and published on all of Chanticleer Book Reviews websites, social media sites, news feeds, and other media.
- Score Sheets will be returned to authors if a SASE is supplied with entered books.
Writing Competition Prizes
Grand Prize Winner for the entire CBR Blue Ribbon Awards Published Novel win a Chanticleer Book Review Package (valued at $ 245.00) and CBR Blue Ribbons for promotional purposes. This is based on overall final score, not by category. Grand prize winner may choose to win $200 cash prize instead of CBR Book Review package.
First Place Finalists in each category will win a Chanticleer Book Review Package (valued at $ 245.00) and CBR First Place Blue Ribbons.
All of Round Three Finalists will be awarded CBR Blue Ribbon Finalist awards to use in promotion of the book that placed in the Finalists Round.
How to Enter CBR Unpublished Novel Contest 2012
- Entering: You may enter your unpublished or self-published novel into several categories. However, the contest fee must be paid for each entry. And you may enter several published novels into the contest, but a fee must be paid for each entry per category.
- Each separate entry must be accompanied by an official entry form and separate payment.
- Fees: $ 35 RWA members in good standing; $ 40 non-members
- Fees are non-refundable.
- Fees are payable through PayPal on the CBR website. You do not have to have a PayPal account to use Pay Pal.
- After receiving entry fees and forms, we will contact you about where to email or mail the book(s) that you have entered into the CBR Unpublished Novels Contest 2012.
- Format of Entries: Printed Books will be accepted. Two copies must be supplied for the first round per category. If entry moves forward to next round another copy will required for scoring.
- Digital/Electronic Book entries will be accepted and are preferred.
The Fine Print:
CBR cannot be held responsible for any failure of the delivery of entries due to any electronic or Internet outage issues or with the temporary cessation of the U.S. Postal Delivery Service.
By entering this contest you agree that you have read, understand and agree that contest judging and book reviewing is subjective. All reviews and contest judging and scoring may not be the feedback that you may not agree with. However, by entering this contest you are agreeing to accept and abide by the decision making of the judges, contest officials and CBR editors in the scoring and judging of the books that you have entered. When you click “accept” on the entry form you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the officers, judges, reviewers, members, and owners of Chanticleer Book Reviews and Chanticleer Publishing and Media, L.L.C. a subsidiary of Delta Latitude, L.L.C. , from liability for its/their actions arising from, or relating to, the judging and handling of your entry, and conducting, sponsoring, and advertising the contest.
Entries must have never been under a publishing contract. Entries must unpublished or self-published at time of entry. Entries cannot be under a publishing contract at time of entry. Entries remain the sole property of the writer.
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Home to Woefield by Susan Juby
You might, at first glance, be doubtful about a story about poultry but don’t hesitate: This story is about way more than chickens. It will have you laughing out loud and wincing at the same time. Will the impetuous Prudence from Brooklyn, with her inheritance of worn-out Woefield Farm on Vancouver Island along with its looming foreclosure papers and its attached oddballs, ever succeed at fulfilling her dream of selling her own organic produce at the farmers’ market?
Before long, you will soon find yourself rooting for Juby’s unpredictable characters instead of shaking your head in disbelief at their madcap antics and the ensuing mayhem. And, then, along come the chickens—who would have thought chickens could be the glue for the magic of it all?
Juby immerses us in the endearingly hapless mayhem of her characters’ lives with their doubtful plans and out-right weaknesses: a banjo picking Earl with his crankiness and withdrawal from life, Seth with his very convoluted coming-of-age issues, a clip-board-carrying eleven-year-old girl who shows up unexpectedly on Prudence’s door step and meets challenges far beyond her years head-on, and then there is poor ol’ Bertie the depressed sheep. All of these misfits commensurate with the landscape of the barren and tattered Woefield Farm, and soon we know that they and the farm are all dependent on each other if they are to flourish.
And, of course, there is romance! We follow Prudence again as she roars into romance in the same energetic and unpredictable ways that she faces all of her challenges with the unsuspecting, seemingly improbable, Eustace. Be ready for more laughing out loud while you are groaning at the predicaments that Prudence keeps getting herself and everyone around her into.
Juby’s use of the first person narrative style keeps the story immediate, enriching each character in our “mind’s eye” as each one’s perspective of the same events overlap. Her description of their thoughts and opinions is so lively and her characters such a riotous mix of people and animals that it makes you marvel you are not hearing from the chickens and the sheep, too.
You will find yourself laughing at Juby’s wry wit and practical outlook and wishing you could look at your own life the way these characters look at each other’s lives. Her fresh humor provides lightness to their heavier issues and you will find yourself re-framing your first reactions to them as the story unfolds.
Home to Woefield will make you think again about reaching toward the seemingly unreachable in your own life, about taking that leap of faith, and believing maybe, just maybe, some chickens will show up to make it all happen.
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18 Tips to Getting Your Book Discovered
Are you frustrated with your book’s sales and book buzz?
Chanticleer Book Reviews and Media can help.
How? Book reviews give the author, the publisher and the bookseller something to utilize for developing discourse with readers —and that is the foundation of building audience for your book.
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Published Novels Contest July 2012 – Closed
Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Awards for Published Novels Contest 2012 – Closed
The CBR Blue Ribbon Awards for Published Novels Contest 2012 is now accepting entries for published works of 40,000+ words. The purpose of this contest is to recognize outstanding works in the Novel genre that were originally published from 2008 until present. Books may be self-published, Indie published, or under a publishing contract.
The CBR Published Novel Contest 2012 categories are:
- Mainstream
- Mystery/Thriller (not Horror)
- Historical
- Cozy Mystery
- Romance with elements of Mystery
Romance elements are welcome, but not required. Please visit CBR’s Book Genre and Category Descriptions page for more information.
Eligibility: Published Novels Contest 2012; Published, Self-Published, or under contract negotiations at time of entry. We are accepting books that were originally published since Dec. 31, 2008 until present. Entries are limited. First entered, first accepted.
Entry Deadline: June 15, 2012 FIRM. Entries are limited.
The Published Division of the Novel Contest will be judged in Three Rounds:
- Round One will judge the first 50 to 68 pages (to the last page of the chapter that is no more than 68 pages and not less than 50 pages from the opening paragraph). Judges will use Round One Score Sheets. Entry must score 41 points out of 54 to move on to Round Two.
- Round Two will evaluate entries that have scored 41 points or more in Round One with Round Two Score Sheets.
- Round Two Entries must score at least 51 points out of 60 points to move forward to the Finalist Round.
- Combined Scores of 92 points from Rounds One and Two are required to move on the Finalist Round.
- The Finalist Round, Round Three, will be judged by a panel of published writers, agents, publishers, and editors.
- The Finalist Round Panel’s individual scores will be averaged to determine the winning entries.
Published Novel Contest 2012 Datelines:
- Round Two Finalists (first several chapters) will be posted on the Chanticleer Book Reviews website on or around July 20, 2012.
- Round Two winning entries will be posted on the Chanticleer Book Reviews website on or around July 20, 2012.
- Round Three Finalists will be called or emailed on or around July 30, 2012.
- Division Grand Prize Winners and First Place Category Blue Ribbon Winners will be notified on or before August 15, 2012 by phone call or email.
- All Finalists & First Place Category will be posted and published on all of Chanticleer Book Reviews websites, social media sites, news feeds, and other media.
- Score Sheets will be returned to authors if a SASE is supplied with entered books.
Writing Competition Prizes
Grand Prize Winner for the entire CBR Blue Ribbon Awards Published Novel will be a Chanticleer Book Review Package (valued at $ 245.00) and CBR Blue Ribbons for promotional purposes. This is based on overall final score, not by category.
First Place Category Finalists in each category will win a Chanticleer Book Review Package (valued at $ 245.00) and CBR First Place Blue Ribbons.
All Finalists will be awarded CBR Blue Ribbon Finalist awards to use in promotion of the book that placed in the Finalists Round.
How to Enter CBR Published Novel Contest 2012
- Entering: You may enter your published novel into several categories. However, the contest fee must be paid for each entry. And you may enter several published novels into the contest, but a fee must be paid for each entry per category.
- Each separate entry must be accompanied by an official entry form and separate payment.
- Fees: $ 35 RWA members in good standing; $ 40 non-members
- Fees are non-refundable.
- Fees are payable through PayPal on the CBR website. You do not have to have a PayPal account to use Pay Pal.
- After receiving entry fees and forms, we will contact you about where to email or mail the book(s) that you have entered into the CBR Published Novels Contest 2012.
- Format of Entries: Printed Books will be accepted. Two copies must be supplied for the first round per category. If entry moves forward to next round another copy will required for scoring.
- Digital/Electronic Book entries will be accepted and are preferred.
The Fine Print:
CBR cannot be held responsible for any failure of the delivery of entries due to any electronic or Internet outage issues or with the temporary cessation of the U.S. Postal Delivery Service.
By entering this contest you agree that you have read, understand and agree that contest judging and book reviewing is subjective. All reviews and contest judging and scoring may not be the feedback that you may not agree with. However, by entering this contest you are agreeing to accept and abide by the decision making of the judges, contest officials and CBR editors in the scoring and judging of the books that you have entered. When you click “accept” on the entry form you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the officers, judges, reviewers, members, and owners of Chanticleer Book Reviews and Chanticleer Publishing and Media, L.L.C. a subsidiary of Delta Latitude, L.L.C. , from liability for its/their actions arising from, or relating to, the judging and handling of your entry, and conducting, sponsoring, and advertising the contest.
Entries must be published novel and cannot have been published earlier than Dec. 31, 2008. Reprints or Imprints of books published earlier than Dec. 31, 2008 will not be accepted.
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Murder One by Robert Dugoni
In Murder One, lawyer turned novelist, Robert Dugoni has conjured up an intense page-turner that deftly mixes drama, mystery and suspense that will keep you guessing until its final pages. Dugoni’s vivid characters in his novel are marvelously believable, as are the Seattle locales that are described. (more…)
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Ideas are to literature what light is to painting – Paul Bourget
“Ideas are to literature what light is to painting.” Paul Bourget, French novelist, poet and critic
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Author Platform = Discoverability of Your Book: How to Build Yours
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Author Platform = Discoverability Building Your Author’s Platform, a step by step, multi-prong approach
You have written your book. You have edited, proofed, and formatted it. It is published, but you find yourself asking: Hello! Hello? Is anybody out there? Where are you, Readers?
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The How and Why of Audiobook Production
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Lyssa Browne of Cedar House Audio Production The How and Why of Audiobook Production will be presented at the June WWP Monthly Dinner Meeting on June 20, 2012 at 6 p.m. at Windows on
the Bay Events, 2625 S. Harbor Loop, Squalicum Harbor.Lyssa Browne will discuss the background of audiobooks, the current state of the industry, the basics of production, and what really goes on in the recording studio. She will share her thoughts on choosing the right narrator, tips on narrating a book, and some ideas about marketing and distribution.
Lyssa is a co-owner of Cedar House Audio Productions, a full-service spoken word audio production company focusing on audiobooks, podcasts, and video game voice-overs.
Lyssa is the executive producer, an occasional narrator, and has directed more than 100 audiobooks. Lyssa has directed and produced 30 audio tours for Rick Steves’ Europe through the Backdoor. Since their founding in 2007 they have won numerous Audiofile Earphones Awards, won the 2009 Odyssey Award for best young adult Audiobook of the year, and been nominated 5 times for the industry’s highest honor: the Audie Award.
This is a dinner event. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Tickets are $ 16 per person and includes dinner and dessert. Cash Bar is available. For RSVP and more information email: cdleeper@hotmail.com, or call 714.8901, or visit www.WhatcomWritersAndPublishers.org.
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Book Design for Online and Print
A panel discussion featuring book design experts: Rod Burton, Keith Hurley, and Kate Weisel at the WWP Monthly Dinner Meeting on May 16, at 6 p.m. at Windows on the Bay Events, 2625 S. Harbor Loop, Squalicum Harbor.
The panel of design experts will talk about book design and how to make your front cover stand out. They will also talk about web design, as well as design of promotional materials.
If you have a design project in the works, then bring it to the meeting. Our experts will comment on it free of charge. One item per person. First reserved, first served, until the hour is up. When you make your reservation, e-mail or call (360-714-8901) Carolyn Leeper and ask to be signed up for the “design review.”
Rod Burton is a graphic designer and illustrator who creates publications and other print media materials. He has designed the covers of Whatcom Places and Whatcom Places II, as well as cover and interior designs for many works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. www.rcburton.com.
Keith Turley owns Imagine Design Studio with his wife Lori. They design, develop, and build websites. They also offer graphic design services, social media, and other services to assist small businesses. www.imagineds.com.
Kate Weisel offers typesetting, design, and prepress production on books, book covers, and ebooks — from 1 to 1000s of pages. She also does magazines, newspapers, and marketing materials. (She produces the Fairhaven Guide.) She also designs and builds websites with built-in SEO (search engine optimization). www.weiselcreative.com.
This is a dinner event. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Tickets are $ 16 per person and includes dinner and dessert. Cash Bar is available. For RSVP and more information email: cdleeper@hotmail.com, or call 714.8901, or visit www.WhatcomWritersAndPublishers.org.
WWP is a professional organization of local writers, publishers, editors and media specialists in the Pacific Northwest.