Enter to Win a Publishing Deal with Kensington

19 June 2010
Enter to Win a Publishing Deal with Kensington
RT BOOK REVIEWS and Kensington’s Brava division are proud to bring you "Writing With the Stars" a writing competition that will offer one lucky Aspiring Author a publishing deal!

Ten contestants will compete through five rounds of judging. The contestants will be mentored by a Brava author who will help the contestants’ manuscripts become the best they can be. Each of the rounds will include comments from celebrity judges from the romance blogsphere. Those picked to compete will get their own webpage on the Brava Authors blog and the RT website. And the winner of Writing With the Stars will get a publishing contract with Brava.

Each prospective contestant must have completed 80,000 - 90,000 word manuscript in any romance genre (contemporary, historical, romantic suspense and paranormal) with a sensuality tone that matches the Brava line.

Entries will be accepted from July 1st to July 15, 2010 and only the first 500 participants will be considered.

To enter, e-mail a Word document attachment of your complete manuscript, a two-to-seven page synopsis and a cover letter to: Marketing@Kensingtonbooks.com. The subject line of your email must be “Brava Contest.”

More information here.
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