Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition

Oct. 23, 2012 - PRLog -- Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition

New York, New York

October 23, 2012

Serendipity Literary Agency  in conjunction with  Gotham Writers Workshop and Sourcebooks Inc. is hosting their fourth annual Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition.

Have a young adult novel—or a YA novel idea—tucked away for a rainy day? Are you putting off pitching your idea simply because you’re not sure how to pitch an agent? No problem! All you have to do is submit the first 250 words of your novel and you can win exposure to editors and a review of your manuscript from one of New York’s TOP young adult literary agents, Regina Brooks.

GREAT PRIZES
The Grand Prize Winner will have the opportunity to submit an entire manuscript to YA literary agent Regina Brooks AND receive a free, 10-week writing course, courtesy of Gotham Writers' Workshop, plus a collection of gourmet teas from Possibiliteas.co!

The Top Five Entrants (including the Grand Prize winner) will receive a 15-minute, one-on-one pitch session with Regina Brooks. They will also receive commentary on their submissions by editors at Scholastic, Disney, Penguin, Harlequin, Random House, and Sourcebooks. In addition, they will receive a year’s subscription to The Writer (http://www.writermag.com/) magazine.

First 50 Entrants will receive a copy of Writing Great Books for Young Adults (http://www.writersdigestshop.com/writing-great-books-for-...) by Regina Brooks.

The rules of the contest are simple and entering is easy.  Submit entries of ONLY the first 250 words of your manuscript and the title via the contest website at http://www.writingclasses.com/ContestPages/YAPitch.php (http://bit.ly/1PYGaN).

One entry per person; anyone age 14+ can apply. Open to the U.S. & Canada (void where prohibited). Entries for the YA Novel Discovery Contest will be accepted from 12:01am (ET) November 1st, 2012 until 11:59pm November 30th, 2012 (ET).

One entry per person; anyone age 14+ can apply. Open to the U.S. & Canada (void where prohibited). Entries for the YA Novel Discovery Contest will be accepted from 12:01am (ET) November 1st, 2012 until 11:59pm November 30th, 2012 (ET).

Regina Brooks is the founder of Serendipity Literary Agency (http://www.serendipitylit.com/) and the author of Writing Great Books for Young Adults (http://www.writersdigestshop.com/writing-great-books-for-young-adults) and You Should REALLY Write a Book: How to Write, Sell, and Market Your Memoir (http://www.writersdigestshop.com/you-should-really-write-a-book). Brooks has been instrumental at establishing and building the careers of many YA writers, including three-time National Book Award Honoree and Michael Printz Honoree Marilyn Nelson, Bil Wright Winner of the Stonewall Award, as well as Sundee Frazier—a Coretta Scott King Award winner, an Oprah Book Pick and an Al Roker book club selection. Her authors have appeared in USA TODAY, NY TIMES, Washington Post as well as on Oprah, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSBNC, TV ONE, BET and a host of others. As an agent, she is known for her ability to unearth raw talent and develop successful authors.

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