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Destinyschild
 01 Dec 2011, 11:58 #136023 Reply To Post
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/good-housekeeping-launches-%C2%A325k-novel-competition.html

You'll have to buy the mag for further details although I expect they will turn up on the net soon.

£25k is worth chasing I should think.

DC
sulcus
 01 Dec 2011, 12:04 #136025 Reply To Post
Quote: Destinyschild, Thursday, 1 Dec 2011 11:58
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/good-housekeeping-launches-%C2%A325k-novel-competition.html

You'll have to buy the mag for further details although I expect they will turn up on the net soon.

£25k is worth chasing I should think.

DC


Good Housekeeping... do you think political dystipian novels will be their thing? I do also have a hyperreality one on the boil...
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Destinyschild
 01 Dec 2011, 12:10 #136026 Reply To Post
It says any genre except fiction for children.

It would be interesting to know exactly what they mean by unpublished though. I assume anything done the indie way wouldn't qualify.

DC
This post was last edited by Destinyschild, 01 Dec 2011, 12:13
PERRY
 01 Dec 2011, 12:59 #136034 Reply To Post
Where's my highwayman's outfit?

Now to find out if the only 2 bookshops within 5 miles actually stock it. Bear in mind that a customer actually had to order in a copy of 'O' last year before they started stocking it.
This post was last edited by PERRY, 01 Dec 2011, 13:07
Malcolm
 02 Dec 2011, 02:30 #136081 Reply To Post
Quote: Destinyschild, Thursday, 1 Dec 2011 12:10
I assume anything done the indie way wouldn't qualify.

DC


I'd be interested to know if that's the case. Do indie writers get to have it both ways, to claim they're published "indie" authors and then to claim it doesn't count when it comes to competitions?
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Destinyschild
 02 Dec 2011, 08:37 #136104 Reply To Post
Then I shall endeavour to find out for you, Malcolm, even if it involves buying the magazine!

The short story competitions I enter usually make it clear the piece must not have been published anywhere or anyhow, but The Book Seller is a bit light on the rules info for this one.

DC
pam1234writing
 03 Dec 2011, 10:42 #136199 Reply To Post
Quote: Destinyschild, Thursday, 1 Dec 2011 11:58
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/good-housekeeping-launches-%C2%A325k-novel-competition.html

You'll have to buy the mag for further details although I expect they will turn up on the net soon.

£25k is worth chasing I should think.

DC


You beat me to it, was just going to post the link. I'll do a live one.

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Destinyschild
 03 Dec 2011, 12:08 #136206 Reply To Post
I've yet to get my sticky mitts on a copy of GH, probably because you need the entry form therein to participate and they are being snapped up.

Without the actual rules I can't throw any light on the exact meaning of 'unpublished' as yet but have gleaned being agented also disqualifies you.

Thanks, Pam, I have trouble with the live link thing.

DC
Palache
 04 Dec 2011, 14:53 #136265 Reply To Post
Another interesting thing is that the magazine is "looking forward to discovering the UK's next big literary talent." Does this mean non-UK authors need not apply? BTW, this issue is one of pure curiosity to me - I have nothing ready to submit even if I were eligible.
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rosefitzrobert
 04 Dec 2011, 16:43 #136272 Reply To Post
Something to consider in deciding what to submit. GH is doing this to gain publicity for themselves, I do not doubt, and they will want to associate the winning book with their brand. You'd best believe that a book with content that is hostile toward what they promote, their mag's market, demographic etc, won't be a winner. The next great literary talent is a matter of opinion, and I expect they will claim whomever they choose is exactly that talent, natch

Betcha they're gonna serialize all or some in the mag, so it has to be complementary to the adverts that will run along side of it, because they are in the business of selling adverts (I mean that is how they make their income. The articles are to lure eyes to adverts, because the more eyes, the more they can charge for the ads.)

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