Mills & Boons are holding a competition which is free to enter. All you need to do is upload the first chapter of your romance novel by the deadline 22 September 2010. You will need to choose a category for your writing; contemporary, historical, passion, suspence, warm & cosy or paranormal romance. People can read an rate your entry.

I've entered the New Voice competition with 'Instinct'. It is listed under the paranormal romance category. If you could read and rate it then that would be really apprenticated: http://www.romanceisnotdead.com/

I doubt I'll win as its more an ubran fantasy than a paranormal romance but I'm hoping that it might be a refreshing change for the readers voting - you never know. You got to be in it to win it!

If you've entered too, let me know and I'll read and rate your writing too.

Lettuce Be Writers Competition
Started using twitter to search for writing competitions and found a really cool competition being held by a company WiDo Publishing in Utah.

"The prize:will be a critique review of the first three chapters of your manuscript! (could be the ms you're querying but doesn't have to be)"

There will be three winners and everyone entering will get a reply regarding their submitted manuscript. 

Full details on how to enter can be found here:  http://bit.ly/WidoComp

Closing date:  21 August 2010

The judges are Allie Maldonado 'Scary Allie' of WiDo Publishing and  Karen Gowen 'Nice Karen' of Let-uce Be Writers. 

Entry is really easy.  All you have to do is:

1.  Subscribe to the blog (this also gives you an indication on how many people could possibly be entering the competition - currently 341)

2.  Advertise the blog (I tweeted and added this entry to my blog.  You could simply retweet my tweet)

3.  Email the first three chapters of your manuscript as word/pdf attachment with 'Lettuce Write Contest' as the email subject. 

Recently on Twitter I have been followed, my links have been clicked and I've been 're-tweeted'.  For me, that's quite exciting. 

I wondered how people found me and discovered they must have searched on topics that I have tweeted about.  I decided to give this idea a go and searched for something I'd like to find 'Writing Competitions'. 

I follwed a link to a website called "Fiction on Demand" and there was a very intersting competition on Speculative Fiction.... but I didn't read the closing date which was the end of May until after I finished writing my piece titled 'Giskard'.  Although 'Giskard' was too late to enter I shall add it to the 'Comp Stories' section of the site.

I returned to twitter to search again adn 'Fiction on Demand' came up again.  This time for a competition on 'The Sixties' and I have until 13 August 2010 to enter.  You can check out the details here:  http://bit.ly/FOD-TheSixties

Last night I recieved my WeBook newsletter and it was one that should defintely be acknowledged.  This one had an offer code to enter Page2Fame for free.

Page2Fame is the WeBook competition that usually requires an entry fee.  You submit the first 500 words of your story and then you are rated from 1 to 5 by other writers.  If during the rating period you score enough 4s or 5s then you make round 2 where you submit between 1,000 to 1,500 words and your writing is read by potential agents who can sign you if they like your work.  This is an amazing prize - a jump to the top of the slush pile.

The newsletter contained a coupon/code to enter Page2Fame for free (see snipet below).  I just entered Drift and Wipeout (both for free).  I may enter more over the course of the weekend.  Wish me luck *fingers crossed*

For you and everyone who participated in PageToFame in the early days, we are running an amazing weekend special. Submit for FREE (yes! for free!) from Friday, June 18 @ 5:00PM EST through Monday, June 21 @ 10AM EST.