Dear Readers…
To celebrate the six-month anniversary of Dear-Editor.com (woo-hoo!), the Editor is giving away a free edit* of one picture book manuscript. Scroll down using the blue sidebar on the right for all the rules:
1. Your manuscript must be a PICTURE BOOK MANUSCRIPT (target audience ages 3 to 8), text only.
2. Your manuscript must be COMPLETE.
3. Your manuscript SHALL NOT EXCEED 2,000 WORDS.
4. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements will be disqualified.
5. Deadline: MIDNIGHT, OCTOBER 10, 2010, PST.
6. Winner will be randomly selected.
TO ENTER:
One entry – SEND EMAIL to Dear-Editor.com using the “Write to Dear Editor” button at the top of this blog. Type “6-Month Anniversary Giveaway” in the subject line. In the body of the email, include TITLE of manuscript, WORD COUNT, and YOUR FULL NAME.
Bonus entry – SUBSCRIBE. Dear-Editor.com subscribers get a bonus entry by sending a second email with “Subscriber’s Bonus Giveaway Entry” in the subject line and your title, word count, and full name in the body. (Note: the Editor will verify!) Not a subscriber yet? Then subscribe now by clicking on the “Subscribe” button at the top of this blog and then email your second entry.
Extra bonus entries – SPREAD THE WORD. Blog, tweet, or otherwise electronically tell others about this giveaway to get additional entries. Send an email to Dear-Editor.com with “I Spread the Word!” in the subject line, and in the body include a link to your blog post or your Twitter address or your Facebook wall or whatever social media you used to spread the word. Don’t send screen-shots; attachments won’t be accepted. Include your title, word count, and full name in the body. Spread the word more than once? Then send an “I Spread the Word!” email for each one!
Anyone who doesn’t follow these rules will be disqualified, at the Editor’s discretion. The winner will be chosen randomly, using www.Random.org.
*The edit may be a line-by-line “Line Edit” or a “Substantive Edit” in which the author receives general feedback about the manuscript’s overall pacing, organization, narrative voice, plot development/narrative arc, characterization, point of view, setting, age appropriateness, and delivery of background information, as the Editor determines appropriate and necessary after reviewing the entire manuscript.
As promised, friends, this one’s for picture book manuscripts. Thanks to everyone for a fun first six months!
Happy writing!
The Editor
Thanks for the opportunity for an edit. Do you care if the bonus entries are different manuscripts or should they be the same manuscript as the original entry?
That’s fine, Carrie.
I’m new to your site . . . how does one submit a manuscript?
Don’t submit the manuscript itself, M.K. Just tell me the title, word count, and your full name using the “Write to Dear Editor” link at the top of the page. Read through all the instructions above first (use the light blue scroll bar to scroll down for all the text).
Thanks for the chance to get a free edit! I will be sending emails to you soon.
FYI: The winner will be selected randomly, using http://www.Random.org. Every entry is assigned a number when it comes in. Good luck!
Thanks for the wonderful opportunity!
Another generous offer. Thanks, Dear-Editor!
Thank you so much for the opportunity!
Awesome! I’m so excited for a picture-book focused contest! Thank you!!
Thanks! This is awesome!
I’ve been trying to post to the “Write to Dear Editor” for 15 minutes, and it keeps telling me “No verification code generated”. But I keep putting them in. I’ve tried uppercase, lowercase, caps lock… Anything to put the code in, but it just doesn’t like me. 🙁 I hope you can consider this my entry.
“Starry Night Circus of Monsters”
Words: 630
Laura Chesterson
I’ll go subscribe now.
That’s odd, Lisa. I’ll look into it. For your entry, send an email directly to dear-editor@hotmail.com without using the “Write to Dear Editor” button above. I want your entry in my inbox, where it will get assigned a number for the random drawing based on the order it was received.
Wow! Thanks for the contest!
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I’m having trouble because my picture book is more than 320 words, but now that I’ve read your instructions again, I’m not sure I’m supposed to e-mail the actual manuscript. So, I’m just going to send you my title, name, and word count, like it says above. I hope that’s okay.
Correct, Myrna. No manuscript. Just the title, word count, and your name.
Dear Editor, when will you announce the winner?
I just ran the entry numbers through Randomizer.org and I’m now off to notify the winner. Official announcement to follow shortly…