CLIVE CUSSLER SOCIETY ADVENTURE WRITERS COMPETITION http://cusslersociety.com/writers_competition.html
NO ENTRY FEE
Full-length submittals must be original and cannot include characters from another authors’ work – i.e. fan-fiction is not allowed. The length of the manuscript shall not exceed 130K words or less than 50K words. Contest limited to 25 entries.
Competition Rules:
Manuscripts will be accepted beginning October 1, 2011. The competition deadline is January 1, 2012 with a maximum of 25 entries/manuscripts. The competition will be closed with the receipt of the 25th manuscript.
Eligibility:
(a) Participants must be 18 years of age by October 1, 2011.
(b) The Adventure Writers’ Competition is open only to unpublished writers.*
An “unpublished writer” is defined as: an author whose fictional work has not appeared in book, magazine, or periodical format via a Fortune 500 recognized publishing firm. Self-published/Vanity Press authors are eligible as long as their work has not appeared in any of the formats listed above.
(c) Clive Cussler Collectors Society’ Officers, Panel Judges, and their families/relatives are not eligible for the contest.
Rules & Submittal Requirements:
(a) Full-length submittals must be original and cannot include characters from another authors’ work – i.e. fan-fiction is not allowed.
(b) The length of the manuscript shall not exceed 130K words or less than 50K words.
(c) Format: 12 pt.- Times New Roman font, paginated and double-spaced with one-inch margins, and numbered pages.
(d) Writers may only submit one manuscript.
(e) Submitted manuscripts must be of the action-adventure genre. The story must have action and conflict, and the reader must identify with the character(s) in order to draw them into the plot. Fantasy and Science Fiction entries will not be accepted.
(f) The deadline of the competition is January 1, 2012.
(g) Attendance to the Clive Cussler Collector’s Society Convention is not required to claim the Grand Prize.
(h) A minimum of 10 entries/manuscripts will need to be submitted by the deadline for this competition to take place, with a maximum of 25 entries/manuscripts.
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REMINDER: Two Networking Dinners in NYC on July 19th and 20th. Still a few spaces open.
September 30th – October 2 – Writer’s Retreat – Princeton Hyatt Regency. Don’t miss the opportunity to spend the weekend with Editors, Connie Hsu and Heather Alexander.
If you are going to the Annual SCBWI Conference in Los Angles in August and would like to get-together, please let me know. I will try to put something together.
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
Writing and Illustrating 
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