Contests
Book Trailer Contest for Writers and Small or Independent Presses
Two prizes of $500 as well as broadcast, Web, and print promotion by Quiddity will be awarded—one prize each in the categories Manuscripts (for writers) and Books (for small and independent presses). Runners-up and/or honorable mentions may also be selected. This contest closes 10 December 2011 (postmark deadline).
The video below is a sample manuscript trailer by Quiddity's 2010-2011 Writer-in-Residence, A.D. Carson. Congratulations to A.D. — Cold is now a multi-media novel forthcoming from Mayhaven Publishing.
Links to two of many resources for building book trailers:
- For those who like to use iMovie, click here.
- For a general "how-to" that includes Windows Movie, click here.
Teresa A. White Literary Award:
"Buck-a-Word" ContestReading for the Teresa A. White Award takes place in odd-numbered years. The 2011 contest closes 31 October 2011. Hearty congratulations to the 2009 award winner, Roy William Scranton, for “Never Closer,” featured in print edition 3.1 and on radio broadcast (episode 2 - 9)!
Teresa A. White Literary Award: “Buck-a-Word” Contest
Quiddity is pleased to announce the Teresa A. White Literary Award, affectionately referred to as the “buck-a-word” contest.
First Prize: 500 USD and publication in Quiddity as well as public-radio broadcast (offered via NPR member and PRI affiliate, Illinois Public Radio hub-station WUIS) Honorable mentions may also be offered publication and broadcast.
Contest begins May 1, 2011, and ends October 31, 2011 (online/Submishmash and postmark deadline). • Submit one work of prose totaling no more than 500 words (title included) as well as $12. Submit
online using Submishmash or by mail (checks payable to Quiddity).
• Work should be previously unpublished; simultaneous submissions with immediate notification are okay, but the contest awards only for FNASR, so works accepted elsewhere will be withdrawn from consideration, and please note: the entry fee will not be returned.
• All entries must be typed and must include a cover letter with author's name and contact information (address, telephone, and email address) as well as the title and word count of the work submitted. The author’s name or any identifying information should not appear on the manuscript itself.
• Judging is blind. Quiddity’s editorial board will judge. • Entries that do not meet the guidelines will not be considered, and entry fees are not refundable.
• All entries that meet the guidelines will be considered for publication. • Mailed submissions should include both an email address and, for reply, a self-addressed, business-size
(#10), stamped envelope (SASE).
• Winners will be announced by December 15, 2011.
• Submit online at http://quiddity.submishmash.com/Submit or mail entries to 2011 Teresa A. White Literary Award Quiddity 1500 North Fifth Street
Springfield, Illinois 62702 USA
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