WRITING CONTEST: CALIFORNIA WRITERS EXCHANGE

- Win a copy of THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Steifvater (end 7/11)
- Win a copy of TRACING STARS by Erin Moulton (Ends 7/17)
- Win a copy THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY (Ends 7/23)

It's been months since I've posted a writing contest. I guess I got caught up in getting my book out and spotlighting so many other great books that it sort of slipped my mind. But this one came to my inbox today and I had to tell you about it. The following is taken from the Poets & Writers website:

The California Writers Exchange contest introduces emerging writers from California to the New York literary community and provides them a network for professional advancement. Every third year, writers in California are invited to submit manuscripts. Judges review the entries and select a winning poet and fiction writer. Winners are flown to New York City for an all-expenses-paid, weeklong trip to meet with literary agents, editors, publishers, and writers, and to give a public reading.

We are currently accepting submissions for the 2013 California Writers Exchange contest. Download the application here. The deadline is August 31, 2012.

The California Writers Exchange is funded by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation.

To be eligible, you must:

1) Have never published a book, OR

2) Have published no more than one full-length book in the genre in which you are applying

3) Have resided in California for at least two years immediately prior to the date of your submission.

There is NO entry fee.

For details on how to submit, click HERE.