First Page Contest

First Page Contest with Victoria Marini

Shelley Watters is hosting yet another first page contest of awesome on her blog Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It This Book?, this time with Agent Victoria Marini of the Gelfman Schneider Literary Agency

This contest is only open to YA, Middle Grade, memoir, pop-culture non-fiction, and women’s commercial fiction.

And here's how it'll work:

  • Be sure your work fits into one of the following genres: YA, Middle Grade, memoir, pop-culture non-fiction, and women’s commercial fiction.
  • Sign up on the link on Shelley's website.
  • On June 25th, post your title, genre, word count and the first 250 words on your blog for critique.
  • From June 25th through June 26th, hop around to the other contestant's blogs and critique their first 250 words.
  • On June 27th, go back to Shelley's blog and post your final entry on the dedicated contest entry blog post. Be sure to include:
    1. Your email address
    2. Title, genre, wordcount
    3. Your polished first page (250 words) Don't stop in the middle of a sentence.
    4. Where you follow me
    5. Where you spread the word

    That's it! 
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    So without further ado, here's my submit for the contest, up for critique!