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7th May 2012, 07:56 AM
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| Thicker than water  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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| Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize Not that I want to increase my competition, but here's an awesome opportunity for all you sprightly aspiring YA authors out there: http://hotkeyblog.wordpress.com/young-writers-prize/ It's easy - if you're between 18 and 25 (anywhere in the world) submit a 4000-word excerpt and plot summary by May 31, and then have a full manuscript ready by October in case you get shortlisted. I've never written for YA before (though I've considered it), but I thought I may as well enter, and let me tell ya, it's one of the funnest, most satisfying things I've worked on. P.S. Sorry to the mods if this is in the wrong forum - I wasn't sure if it should go in General or in Resources. |
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7th May 2012, 11:24 AM
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| Thicker than water Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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7th May 2012, 11:37 AM
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| Creepy  | Re: Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize Quote:
I can remember being Y. The sun always shone, and little ferrets played hopscotch among the daisies. Bluebirds flew in and out of the windows of our hut and, if we were very lucky (and hadn't been eaten by the Wicked Old Witch) they'd jump up and down on the keys of the piano, and we'd all have a jolly sing along. See? How much can Youth have changed? | |
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7th May 2012, 01:00 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: West Sussex
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| Re: Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize Quote:
Hah!! You'll complain when SAGA have a writing competition and you're too young to enter... I'm getting a headache, so I'm off to Aspirin Writing threads. | |
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As though anyone outside that age group couldn't write YA. 
replace that with 'epic science fantasy' and it would be much better! 
