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SUMMARY:F -  The CRAFT Literaray First Chapters Contest 2024
DESCRIPTION:Isn’t the start of something new incredibly\, deliciously exciting? Here at CRAFT\, we want to share in that excitement by reading the first chapter(s) of your novel in progress. We long to immerse ourselves in novels over the summer\, and what could be more thrilling than sampling the newest work out there? For the 2024 First Chapters Contest\, we’re eager to read your first 5\,000 words. \nSubmissions are open June 1 to August 4\, 2024. Guest Judge Kimberly King Parsons will choose three winning excerpts from fifteen anonymized entries. Learn more in our guidelines below! \n\n\n\nGUIDELINES:\n\n\n\nThe First Chapters Contest is open to all fiction writers; CRAFT is a market for adult literary fiction.\n\n\nInternational submissions are welcome. Work must be written primarily in English\, but some code-switching/meshing is warmly welcomed.\n\n\nPlease send excerpts of book-length fiction only—please submit the first chapter or chapters* of your unpublished novels/novellas. Your novel need not be completely written.\n\n\nPlease do not submit short stories or nonfiction essays.\n\n\nPlease adhere to the 5\,000 word count maximum*.\n\n\nWe review adult literary fiction\, but are open to a variety of genres and styles\, as long as you show excellence in your craft.\n\n\nSubmit previously unpublished work only—we do NOT review reprints or partial reprints for contests (including any form of self-publishing such as on blogs\, personal websites\, social media\, et cetera.). Reprints will be automatically disqualified.\n\n\nWe allow simultaneous submissions—writers\, please notify us and withdraw your excerpt if your work is accepted elsewhere.\n\n\nWe allow multiple submissions—please submit each excerpt as a separate submission accompanied by an entry fee.\n\n\nPlease note the $20 entry fee per submission.\n\n\nKindly double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12. (Feel free to contact us directly if you need to change these formatting requirements for better accessibility.)\n\n\nPlease include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable)\, and a summary of your book-length project. Also include any necessary content warnings\, in consideration of our reading team.\n\n\nWe do not require anonymous submissions\, but the guest judge will read the shortlist anonymized.\n\n\nWriters from historically marginalized groups will be able to submit for FREE until we reach fifty free submissions. This free category will close when we reach capacity. No additional fee waivers will be granted.\n\n\nWe do not discriminate on the basis of age\, ancestry\, disability\, family status\, gender identity or expression\, national origin\, race\, religion\, sex or sexual orientation\, or for any other reason.\n\n\nAdditionally\, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication: work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review.\n\nAny AI-generated work submitted to this contest will be immediately disqualified.\nUnless you’ve already secured the necessary permissions\, please do not include quoted song lyrics in your submitted work.\nAny work that does not adhere to these guidelines will be automatically disqualified.\n\nArtful Editor is offering every entrant a 10% discount for query services—they will critique and edit your query letter\, synopsis\, and first fifty pages. Coupon code provided upon contest entry.\n\n\n\n*Your entry may include more than your first chapter\, up to 5\,000 words total\, but should contain complete sections—please do not leave us hanging midparagraph just to maximize word count—and must be the first chapter(s) of your book-length project\, as if you were querying agents or publishing houses.\n\n\n\nAWARDS:\n\n\n\nFirst place will receive $2\,000 and a full manuscript critique of the novel or novella\, up to 100K words\, by Artful Editor.\n\n\nSecond and third place will receive $500 and $300\, respectively.\n\n\nFirst\, second\, and third place will receive an agent query workshop by Annalise Errico of Ladderbird Literary Agency—Annalise will offer feedback on the first 5\,000 words of the project\, the summary\, and a query letter.\n\n\nThe top three excerpts will be published in CRAFT\, each with an introduction by Guest Judge Kimberly King Parsons.\n\n\nEach publication will include an author’s note (craft essay) written by each of the three winning writers.\n\n\n\n\nFINE PRINT:\n\n\n\nFriends\, family\, and associates of the guest judge are not eligible for consideration for the award.\n\n\nOur collaboration with editorial professionals and agents in the judging and awarding of our contests does not imply an endorsement or recognition from their agencies\, houses\, presses\, universities\, et cetera.\n\n\nCheck out our 2023 winners for examples of the type of work we seek.\n\n\nAs we only consider unpublished writing\, and will publish the winning excerpts in December 2024\, anything under contract to publish prior to March 2025 should not be entered.
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Stone's Throw. Theme: Sports
DESCRIPTION:Baseball is winding down\, football is starting up. Basketball players are at camp\, and hockey players are on ice. Meanwhile\, Uncle Nicky can’t stay away from the track. That’s right\, this month\, we want stories about sports. About the dreams involved. About the gambling. About the competition. About the broken bones. If it involves sports and it’s noir\, we’ll see you at the finish line. \nStone’s Throw will open for submissions from the first of every month. We’re looking for all the same dark fiction\, crime and noir as our usual submissions\, but with a target length between 1\,000 and 2\,000 words\, and aligned with the monthly submissions prompt (see below). We’ll read through the best\, choose the one story that shines brightest\, and publish it online the following month\, paying $25 per accepted story. \nAfter a year\, we’ll collect all twelve stories into a Stone’s Throw Anthology\, to be published alongside our other print issues. \nPLEASE NOTE: Contributors are asked to limit submissions to one written work per open call and we’re only publishing one accepted story per author per calendar year over at Stone’s Throw\, since the year’s stories will be collected in a standalone anthology at the end of the year. \nAnd from the Department of Things We Never Thought We’d Have to Say Department: Anyone found to be submitting a story that uses AI or language modeling software will have their story instantly rejected; they will be banned for life from submitting to any other RHP open calls; and they will be the object of open public ridicule and scorn. Come on\, people — let’s not contribute to the eventual subjugation of humankind by the machines\, okay?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-stones-throw-theme-sports/
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