Phoenix Rattler Writing Contest

Does your story have bite?

Christian Writers of the West (the Phoenix chapter of ACFW that I belong to) is holding their annual Rattler writing contest.  It's open to all unpublished fiction writers or those who have not published in the last five years. 

Enter the FIRST FIFTEEN PAGES of your novel. (completed manuscript is not required for entry).  We have lined up 90 preliminary judges and the following final judges, so you will be getting some really good feedback on your writing.

2014 RATTLER CONTEST JUDGES

CATEGORY	JUDGE	ORGANIZATION
Contemporary	Michelle Grawkowski	Agent, 3 Seas Literary Agency
Mystery/Thriller	Elizabeth Mazur	Editor, Harlequin Love Inspired
Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative	Steve Laube	President, The Steve Laube Literary Agency & Editor, Enclave Publishing
Young Adult	Rachel Kent	Agent, Books & Such Literary Management
Historical	Susan Brower	Natasha Kern Literary Agency

Contest is open for entries from

August 1, 2014 to August 29, 2014

(5:00pm Arizona Time)

For more information, pop over to the CWOW website @ http://www.christianwritersofthewest.com , where you can download Submission Guidelines, Contest Rules, Entry Forms and a Sample Score Sheet.

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I Won, I Won!

A couple of weeks ago I entered The Christmas Letter (a short story) in the Faithwriter's Christmas Writing Contest. This morning I received a notice that my story had taken 3rd place (out of 60 entries). The big prize? $15.00!

Here's what they said about the judging...

We had over sixty entries and three judges located in different parts of the USA. Each judge read all entries and narrowed it down to their top five with no discussions with the other judges. The first time the fifteen submissions were brought together, two judges had four of the same entries. All three judges had three of the same entries. The judges were quite surprised themselves and felt God must be involved.

I'm so excited because lately I've really been stalled in my writing and doubting my writing abilities. Here's a link to the story in case you want to read it (and why wouldn't you?).

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Wake Up Your Muse

Need a little something to jumpstart your writing? How about a fun summer writing challenge and a chance to win a Wake Up Your Muse coffee mug?

In celebration of my upcoming release of Wake Up Your Muse - 1001 Story Starters for Fiction Writers, due out in October 2011, I'm is hosting a short story challenge.

Just hop on over to http://www.wakeupyourmuse.com, select one of five writing prompts from my book and enter to win.

You can also check out the Wake Up Your Muse writing prompt generator on the site.

Have fun and keep writing!

Jan