Mark Koopmans: Only Happens To Me

Aloha,

Did anyone notice this recent post by Janet Reid?

And, are you in the NYC area this May?

If so, the Backspace Writers’ Conference may be perfect for you, especially as they are offering THREE scholarships via the “This Manuscript HAS to Become a Book!” Scholarship Contest. This contest could end up with your book being published J

I signed up, so I might see you then, (he wished, while crossing both fingers and big toes.)

Here’s some details taken from the Web site:

“Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous sponsor, Backspace is awarding 3 full scholarships to the 2013 Backspace Writers conference!

Scholarships cover registration fees for the 2013 Backspace Writers Conference and Lane Shefter Bishop’s evening logline workshop ($765 value). Travel, hotel, and incidental expenses are the responsibility of scholarship winners. Please do not enter unless you are in a position to attend the conference.

How the Backspace “This Manuscript HAS to Become a Book!” Scholarship Contest works:
When you’re browsing in a bookstore (and thankfully, we still have those!) typically, after a title catches your eye, you check out the back cover blurb, then crack open the book to read a few pages. Based on that sample, you then decide whether or not to purchase the book.

That’s exactly how the “This Manuscript HAS to Become a Book!” contest will be judged. The entries submitted to this contest aren’t books–yet. But they could be. Some of them SHOULD be. And YOU can help make that happen!

Read the entries posted here. Which book concept and writing style absolutely blows you away? Which do YOU wish was already a published book? Which writer’s project shows such potential that they just HAVE to go to New York to attend the Backspace conference and meet with literary agents in person so they can hopefully-possibly-maybe-eventually get a book deal?

REMEMBER:

Entry deadline: March 1

Voting: March 5 – March 15

Winners announced: March 17”

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Good luck if you enter J

Happy Friday, y'all and remember... the sky is the limit!

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Backspace Writers' Conference: Scholarship Contest