For those of you who don't know, ABNA is short for Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, a terrific contest brought to the unpublished novelists of the world by Amazon and CreateSpace. Contestants can enter a novel 50,000-125,000 words in length with no entrance fee and compete for a Grand Prize of a publishing contract with Amazon plus a $50k advance. Four 1st Place winners get a publishing contract and $15k advances.
So basically, it's the best writing contest around, imo.
And there was some concern that ABNA would not be around this year. The contest is typically well-advertised (if you know where to look) and opens in mid-January. This year there wasn't a peep, all of the admins on the ABNA discussion boards were very secretive, and us die-hard contestants were living in anticipation and fear. But it has been announced that it opens February 16th, which means that it is time for me to whip Talented: Fire (or maybe I should call it The Talented?) into shape.
Last year I made it to the semi-finalist rounds, and this year I am (obviously) hoping for more. I've just got to get from top 25 to top 5 and I can get published by a traditional publisher. This isn't the Holy Grail that it used to be, but it would sure be nice not to have to pay a copy editor and cover artist out of pocket!
Anyone else planning to enter ABNA, or know someone who is?
So basically, it's the best writing contest around, imo.
And there was some concern that ABNA would not be around this year. The contest is typically well-advertised (if you know where to look) and opens in mid-January. This year there wasn't a peep, all of the admins on the ABNA discussion boards were very secretive, and us die-hard contestants were living in anticipation and fear. But it has been announced that it opens February 16th, which means that it is time for me to whip Talented: Fire (or maybe I should call it The Talented?) into shape.
Last year I made it to the semi-finalist rounds, and this year I am (obviously) hoping for more. I've just got to get from top 25 to top 5 and I can get published by a traditional publisher. This isn't the Holy Grail that it used to be, but it would sure be nice not to have to pay a copy editor and cover artist out of pocket!
Anyone else planning to enter ABNA, or know someone who is?
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