Just as I was talking about entering writing contests yesterday, the following came across my email today about the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Amazon is looking for new voices in fiction and are accepting entries. If you care to do the work to have your manuscript in proper format and send it in on time, this is an excellent opportunity for fiction writers to showcase their work, and compete for a chance to win a publishing contract with Penguin Group (USA) to market and distribute Grand Prize winner’s winning Manuscript as a published book, including promotion for such published book on Amazon.com and an advance of royalties.
From Amazon’s email: Submissions of unpublished novel-length fiction manuscripts will be accepted beginning this Monday, February 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. (US Eastern Standard Time). For more information about the contest, including the rules and submission guidelines, please visit the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards web site at www.amazon.com/abna.
