W is for WIDO PUBLISHING and the WINNER of the Submissions Contest

Recently I held a submissions contest where the WINNER would win a contract with WIDO PUBLISHING. The top three finalists are announced here.

And the winner is announced HERE-- 

Congratulations to Paul Anthony Shortt, who has won a publishing contract with WiDo Publishing, for his manuscript, "Locked Within."


Paul's blog is Coffee Thoughts. Stop by and wish him well. He deserves it for beating out many other excellent entries in the contest.

Well done, Paul!

And well done to Kerri Cueves and Jack Hessey, who were also among the three finalists. Many thanks to all those who entered.

Lettuce WRITE (and get your chapters reviewed by a submissions editor)

Contest time again! Here's where we are so far with the Let-tuce Be Writers Summer Contest Countdown:

 LETTUCE     WRITE  Submit sample chapters for editor feedback!

 LETTUCE     READ    Congratulations to Jessica Bell for winning Like Bees to Honey.

 LETTUCE     BLOG

 LETTUCE     QUERY   Congratulations to winner Candace Ganger for the best query out of 30 entries.

 LETTUCE     SHARE   Jemi won Farm Girl & Leah won Uncut Diamonds

 LETTUCE     TWITTER

 LETTUCE     BUY BOOKS  Congratulations to winner Susan Kaye Quinn: Life, Liberty and Pursuit

 LETTUCE     REVIEW BOOKS

 LETTUCE     HOLD & ENTER CONTESTS  Name the Contest Winner: A.L. Sonrichsen from The Green Bathtub


Now for LETTUCE WRITE! Because writers need to write, right? Otherwise what's the point? I was reminded of that again this morning by Rebecca's post on Diary of a Virgin Novelist. I'm reminded of it every time I procrastinate by spending time doing anything but writing. You all know what I'm talking about don't you? Writing is so easy to put off and so satisfying when we actually buckle down and make it happen. So the #1 ingredient in the writer salad must be LETTUCE WRITE!

THE CONTEST:

Submit the first three chapters from your manuscript. My trusty editing buddy, Allie Maldonado, submissions editor for WiDo Publishing, with my assistance, will review them and pick the top three as winners. She will reply to each entry, whether it wins or not, with a brief review and suggestions for ways to improve.

The prize will be the opportunity to submit a full for Allie's consideration and feedback. She is looking for new manuscripts and promising new authors to publish, so this contest will help her as well as help get you motivated to WRITE.

THE RULES:

1. Must be a follower of this blog.

2. Email your chapters to submissions@widopublishing.com. as a pdf. or Word document attachment. Put Lettuce Write Contest in your subject line.

3. Spread the word by twitter, fb, blogging or whatever social media you use and let me know in the comment what you did because after all, this contest is all about writers supporting writers. If you don't do this part of it, you will be disqualified to win.

Easy! Done and Done! So get those chapters polished up and submitted to Allie. Deadline for submission is Saturday, August 21, with prize winners (three winners!) being announced sometime in the first week of September.

Good luck Everyone and GET WRITING!!