The Reading Room's Aspiring Writers Comp/Win $1000 US/Submit 500 Word Entry.

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Aspiring Writers

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PLEASE NOTE: Prize value is in US dollars.

Are you an aspiring writer?



Submit the first 500 words of your middle grade or young adult novel.

Your submission will be judged by a panel of industry experts.

The best 5 entries will be showcased on TheReadingRoom.com and members will vote to determine the winner.

The entry with the most votes will win US $1,000 and a session with a literary agent. The second place prize will be $500 and the third $250.

For the first time this year the first chapter of each of the shortlisted entries will be available to read on our eReader in a specially packaged Aspiring Writers’ eBook.

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Read the winning entry from 2012 here.

See Competition Terms & Conditions

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WRITE ON CON ASPIRING AUTHOR COMPETITION CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
By entering the “Aspiring Writers Competition 2013” on TheReadingRoom.com you are agreeing to the following Terms and Conditions and the Terms and Conditions of TheReadingRoom.com:

WHO CAN ENTER?
Subject to clause 1b, 1c, 1d entry is open worldwide.
b.   Entrants must be 16 years of age and over (that is, born after 31 July 1997) and a member of TheReadingRoom.com.
Employees, their immediate families and friends of BDB Soti Pty Ltd are not eligible to enter.
The manuscript must be an original work, written entirely by the entrant and it must be written in English. It cannot be under the consideration of a publisher or have been previously published in print form, or in electronic form, on a commercial basis as part of or all of another work. All entrants must warrant that the work is original to them and that they are the owner of the Copyright.
HOW TO ENTER
The competition commences on Monday July 22 at 0900 and concludes August 16, 2013 at midnight (North American EST)..
Entrants must submit 500 words, approximately one page of fiction writing to be appraised by a panel of industry experts.
The shortlisted entries will be published live on TheReadingRoom.com for other members to read and vote on their favorite entry. The entry with the most vote wins.
Entrants in the competition may enter more than once but only one work per entrant can be shortlisted.
Entries should be submitted via the form at thereadingroom.com/aspiringwriterscompetition in a PDF format (maximum file size 4MB).
Entries must be lodged by August 16, 2013 at midnight (EST)..
The five shortlisted entries will be available publicly on TheReadingRoom.com on August 26 at 0900 EST and announced on TheReadingRoom.com and WriteOnCon websites.
Voting on the five shortlisted entries will close September 8, 2013 at midnight (EST)..
The winner will be announced September 9, 2013 at 0900 EST on TheReadingRoom.com and Write On Con
PRIZE
The shortlisted entry with the most votes made by members will win the grand prize of $1,000 and their own author profile page on TheReadingRoom.com.
In the event of a tied vote the prize money will be split evenly between the two parties and both winning authors will receive an author profile page.
The first runner-up will receive a prize of USD $500 and the second runner-up a prize of USD $250.
In participation of the prize, the winner and shortlisted winners agree to participate and co-operate as required in all editorial activities relating to the Competition. The shortlisted winners and the overall winner agree to grant TheReadingRoom.com permission to post their work onto the site to be viewed by a world wide audience.
The prize cannot be transferred or refunded.
HOW TO WIN
The best five entrants, as judged by the panel, will be shortlisted for voting. If, in his or her opinion, no entry is worthy of the prize, no winner shall be chosen.
The shortlist of chosen entries can be viewed by members of TheReadingRoom.com. Members will vote on their favorite and the entry with the most votes wins the grand prize.
Each member of TheReadingRoom.com can vote once on one entry only.
The decision is final and may not be entered into negotiation.
The winner will be told in strict confidence and the winner must agree to keep this news absolutely confidential until the simultaneous announcement and publication of the winning entry on September 9, 2013 at 0900 EST.
NO LIABILITY
ALL COPYRIGHT IN THE WORK REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF THE AUTHOR AND THEREADINGROOM.COM MAKES NO CLAIMS TO OWNERSHIP OR RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COPYRIGHT.
After the competition is completed all entries, except the shortlisted entries will be deleted.
PROMOTER’S DETAILS
The promoter is BDB Soti Pty Ltd, trading as TheReadingRoom.com.
b.   WriteOnCon refers to the online writers website: www.writeoncon.com