Kidlit Contest

The Kidlit Contest is now CLOSED for entries. Look for winners in the month of February. Prizes are:

Grand Prize Winner: A 15 page critique
First Place: A 10 page critique
Second Place: A 5 page critique
Third Place: A 2 page critique
Honorable Mention(s): A critique of the first page of your novel

  1. Henryp’s avatar

    Henryp on January 24, 2010 at 11:14 am

    Great contest! Coming very late to it, but I’m going to get involved. Thanks for all the help on the site - and now this.

  5. karen’s avatar

    karen on January 26, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    mary, does the contest’s definition of novel include middle grade graphic novels (manuscript only, of course)?

  6. Mary’s avatar

    Mary on January 26, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    Karen — Sure! The first 500 pages of a graphic novel manuscript would be great!

  7. Dorine White’s avatar

    Dorine White on January 26, 2010 at 11:10 pm

    Mary, I have two novels ready to go. Can I do two separate entries?

    http://www.dorinewhite.blogspot.com

  8. julia Krantz’s avatar

    julia Krantz on January 27, 2010 at 8:54 am

    Hi, Julia–I clicked somebody’s ‘pingback’ and saw the contest is for the ‘first 500 words of your completed novel.’ Hope this helps! Julie

  9. julia Krantz’s avatar

    julia Krantz on January 27, 2010 at 8:56 am

    Oops! I meant to post that comment here: the contest calls for ‘the first 500 words of your completed (MG or YA) novel, I believe. I’ve seen this mentioned a couple of times on Mary’s site. Julie

  11. kate watlon’s avatar

    kate watlon on January 27, 2010 at 3:00 pm

    I just emailed you my entry (EVERYTHING’S NOT LOST) and did a blog entry and also put it up on my blog’s sidebar. I am also going to write a facebook post on it as well.

    Thanks, Mary, a lot.

  13. Naomi Panzer’s avatar

    Naomi Panzer on January 27, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    Thanks for this opportunity, Mary! I am happy to spread the word (and to enter, too!).

  15. Mayra Calvani’s avatar

    Mayra Calvani on January 28, 2010 at 7:25 am

    Hi,

    Is this also for works in progress or only completed manuscripts?

    Thanks!

  17. Julia Boyce’s avatar

    Julia Boyce on January 28, 2010 at 8:38 am

    I do not have a blog or web page (I am a farmer, and the cows get upset if I spend too much time online). I am working on a website at the current time however.

    Does this disqualify me, or could I post KIDLIT.COM as part of my Facebook to fufill contest rule number 2? Most of my Facebook friends are authors and illustrators, so I am sure they would be interested.

    Thank you!
    Julia Boyce

  18. Brian Higginson’s avatar

    Brian Higginson on January 28, 2010 at 9:04 am

    How do I access the other kidlit posts so I can comment?

  19. Michael’s avatar

    Michael on January 28, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Mary! This is great! We were just talking about opening lines on my site. I will definitely put a link to your contest on my blog, along with the one that’s already there.

    Thanks for doing this!

  20. Mayra Calvani’s avatar

    Mayra Calvani on January 28, 2010 at 10:18 am

    Gosh, sorry–I see the answer to my question was in the intro!

    Thanks!

  21. JOsie’s avatar

    JOsie on January 28, 2010 at 11:38 am

    Drat that “must be finished” clause!!!

  22. Gaura McLeod’s avatar

    Gaura McLeod on January 28, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    I’m excited =)

    I was wondering - I know this contest is for YA novels- but do they need to be specific to the genre types you are particularly interested in or just a YA any type of novel?

  24. Brian Higginson’s avatar

    Brian Higginson on January 29, 2010 at 11:39 am

    You guys have some cool websites - good that these posts link to them. But now I’m surfing instead of writing. Drat!

  25. dreww’s avatar

    dreww on January 29, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    I’m in. Crossing my fingers but not holding my breath…

  28. Lucia Paul’s avatar

    Lucia Paul on January 30, 2010 at 9:20 am

    Hi Mary:

    I posted the link on my Facebook page and in on the message board at the website Agent Query.

    Great contest. Thanks for doing it.

    Lucia

  29. Mary Rattray’s avatar

    Mary Rattray on January 30, 2010 at 10:54 am

    Great idea. We need more competitions and avenues to get work out there.

    Thank you!

  30. ronnierayjenkins’s avatar

    ronnierayjenkins on January 30, 2010 at 11:22 am

    I left the link on Twitter and Agent query, and read another article on Kidlit. That is all. Thanks for coming up with a “novel” idea.

  32. Mary Ann Duke’s avatar

    Mary Ann Duke on January 30, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    I am so stoked to enter this contest. But, I don’t have a blog. I don’t twitter. I don’t know about sidebars. I am new on Facebook, however and I will try to obey that stipulation. Hopefully, I’ll do what’s required. THANKS!

  33. Cassandra’s avatar

    Cassandra on January 30, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    Sent in two entries. Excited yet nervous, even though I doubt I’ll win. My writing is hardly decent.

  35. Darlene Beck jacobson’s avatar

    Darlene Beck jacobson on January 31, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    Mary, I sent in my submission last week and anxiously await to see the results. Thanks for the opportunity to have a possible critique.

  36. Mary’s avatar

    Mary on February 1, 2010 at 9:53 am

    Can’t wait to see the results so I can learn something. This contest is so helpful.

    I just read the results from the last contest–those query letters rocked. Revised mine after gaining some insight here. Thanks.

    P.S.
    This is my new *favorite* blog.

  37. Cort L. Lynn’s avatar

    Cort L. Lynn on February 1, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    Hi,

    I moderate a writing community called LegendFire, and recently we received a post from a new member that advertised this contest. When confronted about leaving what looked exactly like spam at our forum, the member replied that one of the requirements of entering the contest was to post this advertisement on two writing forums. Is this true? Can a legitimate contest be urging its participants to spam unsuspecting websites just so they can enter?

    We have treated the post like we would any other spam and deleted it. Does that still count, as far as this contest participant is concerned? Or does our unwillingness to play along negate her entry?

  38. ronnierayjenkins’s avatar

    ronnierayjenkins on February 2, 2010 at 10:04 am

    Interesting, I’m in .

  42. Lia Keyes’s avatar

    Lia Keyes on February 19, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    Um, so who won? I can’t seem to find the post for that. Sorry if I’m being thick.

  43. Mary’s avatar

    Mary on February 19, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Lia — Haven’t announced the winner yet! I’m a little snowed under!

  44. sherry’s avatar

    sherry on February 22, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    When are the winners going to be announced?

    Should we check back next month? ;-)

  45. Mary’s avatar

    Mary on February 22, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    Sherry — Announcement about the contest going up this week! Stay tuned!

  47. Mary Danielson’s avatar

    Mary Danielson on February 24, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    This week? Really? How exciting!

    Thanks again for running this, Mary.

  48. Dark Angel’s avatar

    Dark Angel on March 1, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    is it next week yet? ;-)

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