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July 17 -20
Update: The girls are busy reading, making comments on each entry, and picking their top two on their lists. I’ll post each girl’s comments as soon as they are finished. Please be patient and again thank you for participating in the contest.
It’s time to post your entries for the contest to your blogs, get feedback, and then email your entry to brenleedrake@gmail.com with ‘Auntie B’s Book Club Contest’ in the subject line of your email by 11:59PM EST on July 20th. You can start sending your entries now, if you’re ready.
The girls have decided to do a picking round. In turn, each girl will pick the entries they would want to read by the title and pitch alone. When the entries have been divided between them, they will read each one and pick their top two. Then each girl will have a post date where they announce their pick for the semi-finalists, and then they will critique each entry in their batch.
How it’s going down…
On July 17 post a 35-word pitch (no more than 35 words) and the first 250 words (you may go a little over to finish a sentence only) of your manuscript on your blog. Get feed back from your followers, and then hop around and critique the other participants’ entries. When you’re ready to post your entry, come back here and post it to the entry post. It will be up on July 17, and you’ll have until 11:59 PM EST on July 20th to enter it. The girls will then read each one and pick the top three that caught their attention.The ones they would pick up and buy in a book store.
Your entry should look like this…
What genres can you enter…?
My girls love it all. If your main character is 12 to 25, the girls will read it. Any genre. Please no profanity.
Well, yeah, of course there are prizes for the top three…
The winner will receive a 10 page plus a synopsis critique, and two runners up will receive either a 10 page or a synopsis critique from the fabulous Cassandra Marshall agent intern/editor/cover art designer/writer extraordinaire. Cassandra’s edits and critiques are so awesome, they’re like having a writing coach. With her suggestions and by her pointing out my weakness, I was able to take my writing to a higher level. Plus her services are affordable.
Choir Girl: Able to hit a high note in a single breath. She’s the baby of the group. Next year she’ll be a senior. Her interests are romance, historical, and really cool memoirs. She does love vampire stories as well.
Drama Girl: Able to shed a tear on command. She’ll be going to California to college in the fall. Her interests are anything Jane Austen, mysteries, thrillers, and of course, anything with hot boys in it.
Book Girl: Able to read a book in a day. She’s going back East to college in the fall. She loves all genres! She’s read the Harry Potter series like five times or so. Her favorite genre is anything fantasy. She wanted me to tell you it isn’t about the genre for her, but more about the story and characters.
Sports Girl: Able to out run all of us on a basketball court. She’s off to Colorado for college in the fall. She loves anything to do with sports and boys. She likes strong female and sarcastic male main characters. She likes more of the edgy stuff. If it’s gross, she’s your girl.
Here’s a list of all the participants. Go visit their sites and help them out. And it’s not too late to join in on all the fun. You can enter until the contest closes at 11:59PM EST on July 20th. Sign up now!
23 Comments
Summer Ross · July 17, 2011 at 12:54 pm
I posted this on my blogfest Page.
Robin Weeks · July 17, 2011 at 1:35 pm
I’m posted–is there a way to change the linky link to the actual link of the post? If so, here it is: http://robinweeks.blogspot.com/2011/07/contest-with-teen-judges.html
Sara · July 17, 2011 at 2:13 pm
I’ve posted my entry, looking forward to getting some feedback. Thanks for the awesome contest, Brenda!
Tracy · July 17, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Thanks for this interesting opportunity.
Stephanie Diaz · July 17, 2011 at 3:10 pm
This sounds like fun 🙂 Thank you so much for the contest, Brenda!
Brenda Drake · July 17, 2011 at 3:53 pm
PLEASE DON’T ENTER YOUR ENTRIES HERE. PLEASE SEE POST ABOVE HOW TO SEND IN YOUR ENTRIES.
ashleymaker · July 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Just posted mine on my blog! I look forward to reading everyone else’s pitches. Thanks for such a fantastic contest 🙂
L.M. Miller · July 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I’ve posted it on my blog here:
http://thenationsofthread.tumblr.com/post/7739686236/the-brenda-drake-contest
I can’t wait to go around through all of the entries. I’ve read a few, but I really want to get through all of them. Thank you for the chance in this contest. It’s a great idea!
Sarah Nicolas · July 17, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Yay! This is so exciting (& terrifying because it’s the first time I’ve put out an excerpt from my current WIP)
Len Lambert · July 17, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Awesome, Brenda! I’ll go around to read the entries! 🙂
Maeve Frazier · July 17, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Thank you for the opportunity! I have posted my entry on my blog. I look forward to reading everyone’s entries. Good luck to all!
Shelli Cornelison · July 17, 2011 at 9:08 pm
My first link as entrant #25 was to a specific post, rather than the homepage of my blog. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks!
Laurel · July 18, 2011 at 2:46 am
Hi! Sorry for sounding like a blurcase, but does this mean we have to post to our blog AND email? Ah, sorry. I’m just confirming…
Brenda Drake · July 18, 2011 at 6:06 am
Laurel, you only post to your blog if you want feedback and want to tweak your entry before you enter it. So, yes, you do post it on your blog and when you’re ready email you entry in before the cut off time. Hope this clears things up, if not, let me know. 😀
Laurel · July 18, 2011 at 6:09 am
Ah, yes it does! Thanks a bunch!
Brenda Drake · July 18, 2011 at 6:12 am
Shelli, I fixed your link to go directly to your main page.
Laurel – 😀
Ishta Mercurio · July 18, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Neat blogfest/contest! I’ll put together my pitch and come back to sign up. 🙂
Cally Jackson · July 19, 2011 at 5:08 am
Thanks for the awesome contest. I’ve posted and am looking forward to some feedback. 🙂
jennifermeaton · July 19, 2011 at 6:43 pm
I just joined up. I’m running late! Hoping for some good feedback!
L. Vendrell · July 20, 2011 at 8:35 am
I thought I already posted a comment, but I am officially throwing my entry in to the ring.
Thanks for hosting the contest.
erica and christy · July 20, 2011 at 9:50 am
Thanks, Brenda! Christy
Sophia Chang · July 20, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Hi Brenda – I DM’d you this but just in case…I replied to our DM convo through email and it accidentally read it as a contest entry, oops! I’m only entering once!
Lisa · July 29, 2011 at 10:00 pm
hmmm… missed again 🙁
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