Contests

Writers Advance! Boot Camp
Badge of Honor Writing Contest

One Challenge – One Winner – One Prize

A BOOK CONTRACT

THIS CONTEST DEADLINE IS NOW CLOSED

Who May Enter: Any Registered Boot Camp Participant

Cost: $25

Participants may enter the first 15 pages of their manuscript plus a 1-2 page synopsis for fiction or 1-2 page chapter outline for non-fiction.

Open to all manuscripts–fiction and non-fiction. Entries will be judged according to appeal, content, flow, and writing. ONE contract will be awarded.

Rules are SIMPLE: Don’t make this hard!

Winners will be announced at Boot Camp. YOU MUST BE A BOOT CAMP ATTENDEE TO ENTER

*Send the first chapter NOT TO EXCEED 15 double spaced pages via email.

*Note this is a contest entry. In the body of the e-mail, include your name, e-mail, physical address and phone number. Entries without this information will not be included in the contest. List the name of your book, genre, expected completion date and a short blurb (think back cover copy).
*Entries should be appropriate for the CBA market.

ATTACH IN A WORD DOC or DOCX. file the following:
*A complete 1-2 page, single-spaced synopsis.
*The first chapter or first 15 pages. Anything beyond 15 pages will be discarded.
*Entries should be in Times New Roman, double-spaced with 1-inch margins.
*Title, genre and page numbers must be in a header at the top of the manuscript. DO NOT include your name in the header.

**Manuscripts will be entered in contest and sent to judges upon receipt of entry fee. A contract will be offered to the winner contingent on satisfactory completion of the manuscript. Author will enter into a contract with Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas and must adhere to all contract portions.

Enter your best work. Proof and edit so your work is as clean as possible.

Manuscripts entered in the contest ARE NOT CRITIQUED. They are judged solely on content and writing.

Devotional Contest

Devotions are a great way for new writers to get their first byline. Great devotions require tight writing, creativity, and powerful messages. As part of our Advance His Kingdom Contest submit up to three devotions. A professional editor will judge your work.

Writers may submit three devotionals as an entry. Each devotional should be:

Approximately 400 words
Use Scripture to begin the devotion
Follow our Hook, Book, Look & Took format (see our submission guidelines below)
Free of grammatical and spelling errors
$5.00 entry fee per devotional (Mail check to Christian Devotions, PO Box 6494, Kingsport, TN 37663 – please note in the memo line “Devotional Contest”)

Click here to submit your contest entry.

Submit your entry as a Word doc email attachment.

Writers are limited to three devotionals for this contest. One $50.00 first place prize will be awarded during the conference.