Three teen editors on three blogs with three prizes. Win!
Have you ever wondered if your manuscript would hook a teen reader? We all have. So what better way to find out than a contest with the talented teens of
TEEN EYES EDITORIAL.
Here’s a bit about the teen editors . . .
Taryn Albright
Taryn Albright is a nineteen-year-old author whose choice to write instead of do homework led to a
Creative Writing major. When she isn’t being a college student, swimmer, or writer, she is an
intern with Movable Type Literary Management. She is also the
personal assistant to the amazing Genn Albin (CREWEL, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, October 2012). Her YA fiction is
represented by Vickie Motter of Andrea Hurst Literary Management.
Taryn is particularly interested in contemporaries, mysteries, thrillers, sci-fi, and dystopians, but she also loves fantasy and historical fiction. She’s probably not right for your paranormal, but pleasant surprises happen. She loves strong heroines, myth and fairy-tale retellings, and stories about sports. Some of her favorite authors include Suzanne Collins, Stephanie Perkins, Rae Carson, Kirsten Hubbard, Kendare Blake, Veronica Roth, Ilsa Bick, and Ransom Riggs.
To learn more about Taryn, visit her blog or follow her on Twitter.
Brent Taylor
Brent Taylor lives in Louisville, Kentucky. He’s an ex-gymnast turned blogger, and has been a children’s and YA specialist intern at a New York-based literary agency for a little over a year. His articles have appeared in School Library Journal and VOYA, and he is a contributing writer at Lambda Literary.
Brent was raised in middle grade fantasy, hung out with YA contemporary for years, and is now enjoying every stolen moment on his porch swing with nice literary and not-so-literary fiction. He loves narrators that take him on wild rides to worlds and situations he’s never experienced before and fresh plotlines.
Each editor will read different type of entries for new adult, young adult, and middle grade manuscripts (please see info. below each editor’s picture for their genre tastes) on these three blogs . . .
Authoress will host editor, Taryn Albright who will judge query letters. The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to use toward any of Taryn’s editorial services.
Brenda Drake will host editor Brent Taylor who will judge one-line pitches (35-words max.). The winner will receive a 20K in-depth manuscript critique.
Krista Van Dolzer will host edits for the 1st pages (250-word max.). The winner will receive a 20K in-depth manuscript critique.
The submission posts on all three blogs will go live on July 31 at 8AM EST. Here’s the great part, you can enter on one, two, or all three of the blogs for a chance to win the prize on that blog (one prize per person).
You don’t have to follow us on our blogs or on twitter or spread the word to win, but we’d love it if you did. All you have to do is come back and enter on the submission post.
17 Comments
Angela Brown · July 26, 2012 at 7:26 am
This sounds like a great opportunity. You are all wonderful for participating and putting this together 🙂
Rachel Schieffelbein · July 26, 2012 at 8:01 am
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Rachel Schieffelbein · July 26, 2012 at 8:02 am
This sounds amazing! Thanks for the opportunity!
Stephsco · July 26, 2012 at 8:56 am
I will definitely consider this now that I have a completed manuscript. I’m so nervous! I think I need to get out of my editing cage and put my work out there. I also mentioned this on my blog today. Thanks!
Brenda Drake · July 26, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Thank you for mentioning it on your blog!
Aldrea Alien · July 26, 2012 at 11:20 am
“… can you hook a teen?”
Doubtful, I don’t write for them, despite my current wip having a 17-year-old MC. ^_^
This is a wonderful line up, though. And what prizes for the winners, you lucky people you. Half makes me wish I did write in those age brackets, yet I’m also half glad I do not.
Gonna be seeing some good teen stuff from this. I just know it!
Brenda Drake · July 26, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Is it a New Adult? Cause it’s open for that, too.
Aldrea Alien · July 26, 2012 at 8:33 pm
I haven’t the foggiest idea. ^_^ I um and er over it all the time.
Carrie-Anne · July 26, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Is this contest for both finished manuscripts and WIPs? Just thinking about what I should choose for my entry.
Brenda Drake · July 26, 2012 at 7:58 pm
It’s open for both finished and WIPs.
ninidee · July 26, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Awesome. Thanks so much!
Kimberly Gabriel · July 26, 2012 at 8:11 pm
You ladies are amazing. Thanks for all of your hard work for putting together another fun contest!
Jenny · July 27, 2012 at 4:46 am
What a great opportunity! Thanks, Brenda, for putting this together.
Amber · July 27, 2012 at 7:47 am
this sounds great, but is there room for a YA narrative memoir? It seems they all like fiction. (me too, just not what I’m querying at the moment 🙂
Michael Di Gesu · July 28, 2012 at 11:31 pm
Hi, Brenda,
I see you are still at it… AMAZING contests. What would we all do without you. Maybe this time I will make it through. LOL.
It’s been ages. I hope all is well with you. Drop me a line when you get a chance, I would love to catch up with you.
Michael
R.A.Desilets · July 30, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Taryn was instrumental in getting my thoughts together for my manuscript rewrite – but I have two more manuscripts that still need some insight! 😉
Excited for the contest, and I put several reminders in my phone (so I don’t forget this time, like the last, oh, I don’t know – three or four contests?!) Thanks, Brenda, for graciously hosting!
I fail at this “schedule” thing!
Brenda Drake · July 31, 2012 at 10:10 am
DON’T POST ENTRIES ON THIS POST. GO TO THE SUBMISSION POST DATED JULY 31
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