Do you enter your writing in contests? It seems that some writers and authors are kind of obsessed with entering contests. Others avoid them. I have entered very few of them over the years. But some of them really intrigue me. Here’s one that a friend and colleague told me about this week. Black Lilac Kitty Literary Agency is running a contest for fiction. They want a story of from 2,000 to 7,000 words and it must have a cat and a Rottweiler in it. Sounds like a fun challenge, doesn’t it? Not sure if I’ll participate, but let me know if any of you do. Deadline is April 1, 2013
http://www.blacklilackitty.com/feature.html
Here are links to some newsletters and websites featuring contest directories.
http://www.winningwriters.com http://wordsmithsix.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/frontiers-in-writing-contest http://altongansky.typepad.com/writersconferences/2013/01/2013-contest-time.html
Before entering any writing contest, you might want to read how to protect yourself from scams. Very interesting: http://www.sfwa.org/for-authors/writer-beware/contests
Good luck and have fun.