Comments on: Brava’s Writing with the Stars contest returns! http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/ Group author website offers new books, excerpts, biographies, and appearance schedules. Tue, 22 May 2012 21:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alicia Condon http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-25197 Alicia Condon Mon, 07 May 2012 14:05:59 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-25197 Hi JoAnne, Actually, the contest is no longer running, but we'd be happy to consider your submission. Just submit it to me at acondon@kensingtonbooks.com. Alicia Hi JoAnne,

Actually, the contest is no longer running, but we’d be happy to consider your submission. Just submit it to me at acondon@kensingtonbooks.com.

Alicia

]]> By: JoAnne Johnsen http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-25172 JoAnne Johnsen Sat, 05 May 2012 03:44:00 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-25172 Hi! The message says the contest is up and running. How do I go about sending in my novella? I sent in a novel earlier for another contest and there were guidelines; will these be forthcoming? Thanks. And thanks Brava for the opportunity. Hi!
The message says the contest is up and running. How do I go about sending in my novella? I sent in a novel earlier for another contest and there were guidelines; will these be forthcoming?
Thanks. And thanks Brava for the opportunity.

]]> By: Ru http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-18560 Ru Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:21:30 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-18560 I agree. Theconflicting information is confusing. There was a contest for full-length manuscripts (80,000-90,000 words) with a deadline of July 15. I submitted under that one. Now the site shows a contest for novellas. No sure if there is only 1 contest and Brava changed the rules, or if there are in fact two separate contests. If just one contest this year, there is nothing on the site that acknowledges there was a change in contest rules and criteria. I agree. Theconflicting information is confusing. There was a contest for full-length manuscripts (80,000-90,000 words) with a deadline of July 15. I submitted under that one. Now the site shows a contest for novellas. No sure if there is only 1 contest and Brava changed the rules, or if there are in fact two separate contests. If just one contest this year, there is nothing on the site that acknowledges there was a change in contest rules and criteria.

]]> By: Anita http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-17041 Anita Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:50:34 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-17041 Hi...I'm confused as well. I went to the contest page and now it shows a different length for the novella, from the original 15K - 20K. It also shows a different entry date. Is this a different contest? Thanx so much! :) Hi…I’m confused as well. I went to the contest page and now it shows a different length for the novella, from the original 15K – 20K. It also shows a different entry date.

Is this a different contest?

Thanx so much! :)

]]> By: Alicia Condon http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-16613 Alicia Condon Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-16613 Congratulations on your Samhain contract, Cynthia! Under the rules of this year's contest, you won't be eligible to enter Writing with the Stars, but your career as a published author is already off to a great start! Congratulations on your Samhain contract, Cynthia! Under the rules of this year’s contest, you won’t be eligible to enter Writing with the Stars, but your career as a published author is already off to a great start!

]]> By: chanceofbooks http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-16609 chanceofbooks Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:33:36 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-16609 Has this switched to a single title length contest or are there two contests this year? I'm finding conflicting information and don't want to draft a novella if there is no contest! Has this switched to a single title length contest or are there two contests this year? I’m finding conflicting information and don’t want to draft a novella if there is no contest!

]]> By: Cynthia D'Alba http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-16555 Cynthia D'Alba Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:36:38 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-16555 I have a contract with an Samhain but am not officially published and won't be at the deadline. It'll be 2012 before my digital book comes out. Am I disqualified from this contest? I have a contract with an Samhain but am not officially published and won’t be at the deadline. It’ll be 2012 before my digital book comes out.

Am I disqualified from this contest?

]]> By: Runere McLain http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-16499 Runere McLain Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:34:04 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-16499 Thank you, Alicia! I appreciate the clarification. Best of luck with the contest. It's a fantastic opportunity Kensington is offering. Thank you, Alicia! I appreciate the clarification. Best of luck with the contest. It’s a fantastic opportunity Kensington is offering.

]]> By: Alicia Condon http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-16496 Alicia Condon Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:53:12 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-16496 I'm sorry, but any epub counts as publication. For those who would like to submit to us directly, Kensington does accept unagented submissions. Please check out kensingtonbooks.com for a list of our editors and the kinds of books each of us acquires. I’m sorry, but any epub counts as publication. For those who would like to submit to us directly, Kensington does accept unagented submissions. Please check out kensingtonbooks.com for a list of our editors and the kinds of books each of us acquires.

]]> By: Runere McLain http://www.bravaauthors.com/blog/2011/05/27/brava%e2%80%99s-writing-with-the-stars-contest-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-16495 Runere McLain Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:35:16 +0000 http://www.bravaauthors.com/?p=5457#comment-16495 Hello -- I really want to enter this contest, but want to be sure and comply with the rules. Does having short stories (around three thousand words each, without author's name anywhere on the cover) epubbed in anthologies disqualify a person? Or is it novella and novel length publication under the author's name/pen name that disqualifies? May be a silly question, but thanks for allowing me to ask! Hello –

I really want to enter this contest, but want to be sure and comply with the rules.

Does having short stories (around three thousand words each, without author’s name anywhere on the cover) epubbed in anthologies disqualify a person? Or is it novella and novel length publication under the author’s name/pen name that disqualifies?

May be a silly question, but thanks for allowing me to ask!

]]>