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Literary contests for authors on self publishing platform. Independent book publishers association runs this one. One author will receive from booknet authors, an exclusive interview for author spotlight that will be made available on the booknet authors facebook page our public page, shared to the writers club our closed group and posted in our book on our booknet authors profile. If youd like to add any new writing competitions, please submit the details using. Awardwinning authors tend to be more successful when it comes to finding a literary agent, getting a publisher, and selling more books. I am a new author with a book launching this march unlocked. We have reassigned your book to a new 2019 reader from our judging panel. Explore hundreds of print, online, and digital literary magazines. Fundsforwriters tries to research contests to the best of our ability, but we cannot confirm the credibility of each and every one without entering them ourselves. The contest is open to new, upcoming, and established writers alike. New voices are published online and will feature a number of stories from new authors each month. Contests can be another great way to market, promote and bring attention to your book. Bookpage is a discovery tool for readers, highlighting the best new books across all genres.
Baen books is now making available for free a number of its titles in electronic format. The new guard volume ix machigonne fiction contest judge was elizabeth hand and our vol ix knightville poetry contest judge was richard blanco. You dont have to build a whole website from scratch, but if youre promoting it on social media, or building. Fanfictions are okay, just make sure that you clarify what book its from. Please send urls that go directly to your ebook cover images, no facebook pages or designer portfolio pages where we have to scan through to find the cover you want to submit. We can keep you loaded with contests without you looking anywhere else. At author central, you can share the most uptodate information about yourself and your works with millions of readers. The website also includes plenty of other resources for writers. With the announcement of our partnership with blurb, you now have the option to seamlessly print and distribute the books you produce with the reedsy book editor. Add your biography, photos, blog, video, and tour events to the author page, your homepage on.
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