2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
Recently, Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) announced the third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, an international competition seeking fresh new writing voices. CreateSpace will once again host the submission platform for the contest.
What should I do now?
1. Prepare your entry: Visit www.createspace.com/abna and review the submission guidelines, helpful tutorials, and official contest rules.
2. Sign up to receive contest notifications with helpful tools and tips for preparing your entry.
3. Connect with other authors and discuss the contest.
Prizes: Two Grand Prize winners, one in each of our two categories, will receive a full publishing contract with Penguin including a $15,000 advance
Categories: General Fiction and Young Adult Fiction
What type of works are eligible?
- Unpublished novel manuscripts
- Self-published novels (new this year!)
Submission Period: begins 1/25/10 and ends 2/7/10, or when the first 5,000 entries have been received in each category, whichever comes first