The call went out today for manuscripts for the 2012 ABNA contest:
The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award brings together talented writers, reviewers, and publishing experts to find and develop new voices in fiction. The 2012 international contest will award two grand prizes: one for General Fiction and one for Young Adult Fiction. Each winner will receive a publishing contract with Penguin, which includes a $15,000 advance.
Open submissions for manuscripts will begin on January 23, 2012 and run through February 5, 2012.
If you're unpublished (like I was in 2009 when I entered) or self-published, it can be a good way to get your book noticed, even if you don't win. This year the Top 500 manuscripts get Publisher's Weekly reviews. Find out more
here.
Published on December 06, 2011 12:48