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29th Annual Colorado Gold Writing Contest 2012

For unpublished writers of COMMERCIAL novel-length fiction.

Here's your chance to get your novel in the hands of an acquiring agent or editor.

Submit the first twenty pages of your manuscript and an eight-page synopsis. There are six categories: Romance, Mystery, Mainstream, Action/Thriller, Speculative Fiction, and Young Adult. Two judges from RMFW will evaluate and score each entry. The FIVE highest-scoring submissions above 130 points in each category will make the finals, and then be judged by an agent or editor who is attending the Colorado Gold Conference. One winner will be picked in each category. Winners receive $100.00 and a certificate. The remaining finalists will receive $30.00 and a certificate. Winners will be announced at the Colorado Gold Writers Conference Awards Banquet, September 8, 2012 at the Renaissance Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

ALL CATEGORIES ARE STILL OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

Opens: April 1, 2012 at 12:01am - Entry Form link goes live
Deadline: June 1, 2012 at 11.59pm - Don't be late
Entry Fee: $30
Critique Fee: $25
Electronic submissions only: Read the Official Rules and Entry Instructions here.
Questions? Email: contest@rmfw.org.
 
Good Luck
Terry Wright, RMFW Contest Chair
Chris Devlin, RMFW Contest Co-Chair
 
 

Final Round Judges:

Mainstream: Erika Imranyi, Editor, Mira Books (Harlequin)
Mystery: Peter Senftleben, Editor, Kensington Books
Romance: Chelsea Gilmore, Agent, Maria CArainis Agency
Speculative Fiction: James Minz, Editor, Baen Books
Action/Thriller: Beth Miller, Agent, Writers House
YA: Jenifer Unter, Agent, The Unter Agency