Comments on: Ask Daphne! What about Contest Sites? http://ktliterary.com/2009/08/ask-daphne-what-about-contest-sites/ young adult, middle grade, and women’s fiction Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:30:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Microwave Cart &midd http://ktliterary.com/2009/08/ask-daphne-what-about-contest-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-9061 Microwave Cart &midd Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:36:09 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2083#comment-9061 i'm quite good in witing but i have not yet signed up on a writing contest "" i'm quite good in witing but i have not yet signed up on a writing contest ""

]]> By: Kate http://ktliterary.com/2009/08/ask-daphne-what-about-contest-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4204 Kate Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:17:05 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2083#comment-4204 Just want to step in and note: just because the above comment (or others like it) appear on my post, it doesn't mean that I support or endorse any of the links. I trust my readers will investigate all contests fully before entering, and bear in mind the pros and cons of participating, particularly if a contest requires an entry fee, or asks for exclusivity on your material. Just want to step in and note: just because the above comment (or others like it) appear on my post, it doesn't mean that I support or endorse any of the links. I trust my readers will investigate all contests fully before entering, and bear in mind the pros and cons of participating, particularly if a contest requires an entry fee, or asks for exclusivity on your material.

]]> By: Rick Rofihe http://ktliterary.com/2009/08/ask-daphne-what-about-contest-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4203 Rick Rofihe Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:51:18 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2083#comment-4203 I admimister 3 contests the newest is a no-fee Novel Contest: Anderbo.com wants to post ONE unpublished entire novel by Dec.1/09 for at least the following 6 months. Send the FIRST 30 PAGES (!0,000 words) of your e-manuscript and within 60 days you'll hear if Anderbo wants to see more. NO READING FEE; all literary rights remain with the author. No submissions after Sept.1. Anderbo will pay $300 to the author upon winning novel's posting. <a href="http://www.anderbo.com/guidelines.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.anderbo.com/guidelines.html</a> *** OPEN CITY Magazine Short Story Contest. 6th Year! Entry Fee $10. Deadline Oct.15 <a href="http://opencity.org/rrofihe.html" rel="nofollow">http://opencity.org/rrofihe.html</a> *** Anderbo Poetry Prize. 4th Year! Judged by William Logan. Entry Fee $10. Deadline Nov.1 <a href="http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderprize2009.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderprize2009.ht...</a> I admimister 3 contests the newest is a no-fee Novel Contest:

Anderbo.com wants to post ONE unpublished entire novel by Dec.1/09 for at least the following 6 months. Send the FIRST 30 PAGES (!0,000 words) of your e-manuscript and within 60 days you'll hear if Anderbo wants to see more. NO READING FEE; all literary rights remain with the author. No submissions after Sept.1. Anderbo will pay $300 to the author upon winning novel's posting. http://www.anderbo.com/guidelines.html

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OPEN CITY Magazine Short Story Contest. 6th Year! Entry Fee $10. Deadline Oct.15
http://opencity.org/rrofihe.html

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Anderbo Poetry Prize. 4th Year! Judged by William Logan. Entry Fee $10. Deadline Nov.1
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderprize2009.ht...

]]> By: Eva Ulian http://ktliterary.com/2009/08/ask-daphne-what-about-contest-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4202 Eva Ulian Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:57:49 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2083#comment-4202 Books contests are more or less like other ways of getting your book noted; if it fits their slot, no matter how bad, it will win. If it doesn't fit their slot, no matter how good, it will never win. So what's new? Books contests are more or less like other ways of getting your book noted; if it fits their slot, no matter how bad, it will win. If it doesn't fit their slot, no matter how good, it will never win. So what's new?

]]> By: Alex http://ktliterary.com/2009/08/ask-daphne-what-about-contest-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4200 Alex Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:43:56 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2083#comment-4200 Hmm, while every entrant wants to win one of the textnovel contests, all know the chances are very slim. I think though that perhaps you're missing the point with textnovel (TN). TN is the first Western site to offer novels that can be read via cell phones and mobile devices. The trend in Asia toward these new textnovels thingies is huge- we're talking near half a million readers on some textnovel tales in Japan and that translates into marketable product as publishers have jumped onto very popular Japanese textnovels, turning them into traditional paper books. Trends # Japanese textnovels seem to take a more gossipy tone whilst most of the stories on TN from Western writers are influenced by S.Meyers vampires. (Will this change in the near future? I really hope so!) # Sony and Nintendo are trying to turn their hand held game platforms into book reading platforms by publishing novels and comics for those platforms. Trajectory The e-book reading device that was plugged by Oprah is an overpriced screen that can't do anything other than display text. There are over a billion phones on planet earth now and they allow owners to both communicate and consume text/game/film content. Is the world really going to buy Kindles when a portable/mobile/hand/cell phone from LG or Nokia etc does the same thing and a whole lot more? Textnovels are about users forcing technology to do what they want as opposed to marketers deciding/imposing what extra gadgets we should buy. I think the real winners of this contest though are the readers that get the chance to find new authors they might enjoy. Cheers Alex Oh, and do check out the kooky noir sci-fi 'The Art of Karma' which is one of the semi-finalists in the contest on <a href="http://www.textnovel.com" rel="nofollow">www.textnovel.com</a> as picked by Stan, the lit agent that owns <a href="http://www.textnovel.com" rel="nofollow">www.textnovel.com</a> Hmm, while every entrant wants to win one of the textnovel contests, all know the chances are very slim.

I think though that perhaps you're missing the point with textnovel (TN).

TN is the first Western site to offer novels that can be read via cell phones and mobile devices. The trend in Asia toward these new textnovels thingies is huge- we're talking near half a million readers on some textnovel tales in Japan and that translates into marketable product as publishers have jumped onto very popular Japanese textnovels, turning them into traditional paper books.

Trends

# Japanese textnovels seem to take a more gossipy tone whilst most of the stories on TN from Western writers are influenced by S.Meyers vampires.

(Will this change in the near future? I really hope so!)

# Sony and Nintendo are trying to turn their hand held game platforms into book reading platforms by publishing novels and comics for those platforms.

Trajectory

The e-book reading device that was plugged by Oprah is an overpriced screen that can't do anything other than display text.

There are over a billion phones on planet earth now and they allow owners to both communicate and consume text/game/film content.

Is the world really going to buy Kindles when a portable/mobile/hand/cell phone from LG or Nokia etc does the same thing and a whole lot more?

Textnovels are about users forcing technology to do what they want as opposed to marketers deciding/imposing what extra gadgets we should buy.

I think the real winners of this contest though are the readers that get the chance to find new authors they might enjoy.

Cheers

Alex

Oh, and do check out the kooky noir sci-fi 'The Art of Karma' which is one of the semi-finalists in the contest on http://www.textnovel.com as picked by Stan, the lit agent that owns http://www.textnovel.com

]]> By: beth http://ktliterary.com/2009/08/ask-daphne-what-about-contest-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4195 beth Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:42:06 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=2083#comment-4195 My thoughts (from experience and talking with others who enter these kinds of things) is that usually, the contest entrants are either people who have yet to query and think they'll win immediately, or people who have already queried, failed to get an agent, and are using this as a last ditch chance at publishing. (Not that I'm saying you're either, KK, I'm just saying that, in general, the masses who enter the contest usually seem to fit this mold.) Therefore, it seems more than likely that the pool of entrants aren't people who are really prepared for publication. Either they're jumping in too quickly, or their work just isn't salable. Which means, of course, that it seems rather pointless for an agent to fish in that pool. My thoughts (from experience and talking with others who enter these kinds of things) is that usually, the contest entrants are either people who have yet to query and think they'll win immediately, or people who have already queried, failed to get an agent, and are using this as a last ditch chance at publishing.

(Not that I'm saying you're either, KK, I'm just saying that, in general, the masses who enter the contest usually seem to fit this mold.)

Therefore, it seems more than likely that the pool of entrants aren't people who are really prepared for publication. Either they're jumping in too quickly, or their work just isn't salable. Which means, of course, that it seems rather pointless for an agent to fish in that pool.

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