ANDERBO SEEKS NOVELIST (by September 21st, 2011)
for its 2nd Biannual No-Fee Novel Contest
The Mercer Street Books Fiction Prize
Anderbo.com wishes to post up to the first 36 manuscript pages of an unpublished novel on its website by December 21st, 2011 for at least the following six months. We will look at the FIRST 36 PAGES (up to 9,000 words) of your e-manuscript submitted to editors@anderbo.com and decide within 60 days of its arrival if we want to see more. YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT ENTRY WITHIN THE BODY OF THE E-MAIL—NO ATTACHMENTS!
THERE IS NO READING FEE
and all literary rights will remain with the author.
NO NOVEL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER SEPTEMBER 21st, 2011.
This contest is not open to anyone previously published on anderbo.com at any time.This Anderbo No-Fee Novel Contest will be judged by the anderbo.com editorial staff; Anderbo guarantees to choose and use one manuscript-excerpt. There will be an honorarium of $500 paid by the sponsor of this contest, Mercer Street Books & Records, to the winning author upon publication on Anderbo.
Contest Assistants:
2011 Anderbo Novel Contest Assistant Sarah Goffman grew up in Northern New Jersey. After completing her BA and MAT at Bard College, she taught English at a public high school in Manhattan for four years. She recently received an MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College, where she teaches undergraduate writing. Her work has appeared on Anderbo and in other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.
2011 Anderbo Novel Contest Assistant Bell Cenower is a rising senior at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan's Lower East Side. She is studying to receive her Associate of Arts degree upon her graduation in the spring of 2012, after which she plans to focus her studies on Russian literature and language. She lives with her family in midtown Manhattan.