Important details about the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award:
What are the prizes?
Two Grand Prize winners, one in each of our two categories, will receive a full publishing contract with Penguin including a $15,000 advance
What categories are being accepted?
This year, the contest features two categories: General Fiction and Young Adult Fiction
What type of works are eligible?
- Unpublished novel manuscripts
- Self-published novels (new this year!)
When can I enter?
The submission period begins 1/25/10 and ends 2/7/10, or when the first 5,000 entries have been received in each category, whichever comes first.
Find out more info at
www.createspace.comand here is something very interesting:
See what Lynn Viehl who received a $50,000 advance from Penguin Group to publish her mass market novel Twilight Fall has to say. A full accounting of her experiences including her last royalty statement can be found on her blog, at:
http://www.genreality.net/the-reality-of-a-times-bestsellerCheers,
Kitty.
