Here’s your chance to get that unpublished novel to published form and win 25,000 at the same time. Don’t have one written yet? You’ve got till November 5th to submit your entry. Go on – do it!
Here’s an excerpt from the official release -
Amazon.com, Penguin Group (USA) and Hewlett-Packard Launch the First Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
Online retailer’s inaugural international writing contest searches for the next great novel; winning novel to be published by Penguin Group (USA)
SEATTLE & NEW YORK & PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct 01, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Penguin Group (USA) (NYSE:PSO) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the launch of the first Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Open to entrants in more than 20 countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Japan, the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award seeks to find the next great novel.
Beginning today through Nov. 5, authors with an unpublished English-language novel manuscript can learn about the contest and submit their work for consideration via CreateSpace at www.amazon.com/abna. CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com group of companies, provides authors, filmmakers and musicians with on-demand self-publishing services and distribution on Amazon.com as well as other channels.
“The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is an opportunity for our customers to have an exciting, significant voice in the process of discovering a new novelist,” said Russell Grandinetti, vice president of books for Amazon.com. “This contest is also an opportunity for us to give back to the author community by enabling all aspiring novelists who enter the contest to self-publish on CreateSpace at no cost.”
The contest will be conducted over a six-month period, during which Amazon customers will have the opportunity to read, write about and rate their favorites. Building on Amazon’s strong tradition of customer reviews, submissions will be reviewed first by Amazon.com Top Reviewers — individuals recognized for the high quality and frequency of their comments on Amazon.com. At subsequent stages, reviewers from Publishers Weekly, editors from Penguin Group (USA) and a panel of seasoned publishing professionals — a critic, agent, publisher and author — will help narrow and review the field of entries. In the final month, 10 finalists will be selected, and Amazon.com customers will then vote to choose the grand prize winner. The winner will be announced on April 7, 2008, and will receive a publishing contract with Penguin, which includes a $25,000 advance.
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