Revise & Resub
Entrants of our Annual Contest have the opportunity to win feedback and developmental edits on their full manuscript from one of our professional editors.
Our professional editors have donated generous amounts of time in order to help you get your manuscript as polished as possible. You win 8 weeks of our editors’ developmental editing expertise.
For the Annual Contest, we define a developmental edit as an editorial letter (or equivalent) and consultation (via whatever means of communication editor and author agree upon). The editor will also help the author prepare a query letter edit and first five pages for the winner showcase.
Any additional edits will be up to the author's and editor's discretion and follow a mutually agreed upon timeline.
Developmental editing includes (but is not limited to) story-arc, character development, structure, flow, and voice. Winners will also have access to discuss their manuscripts, ask questions about how to approach revisions, and receive advice from their editors. This type of editing can be worth upwards of a thousand dollars, and grand prize winners will receive it for free.
Should you win, the editor that picks you will help you with what your manuscript needs most. Every manuscript will have different needs to get it agent-ready by the showcase stage.
Runners-up Prizes
Critique of Query, Synopsis, and First Five Pages
Get a query, synopsis, and first pages critique to polish your querying materials with Megan Manzano.
Megan has worked in publishing for ten years as an assistant editor, marketing manager, and literary agent in both academic and fiction markets. Currently, they are a freelance editor with a love for helping authors get the story in their head onto the page.
Coaching Session
Unlock the next level of your creative project with a one-on-one coaching session with Jessica Conoley of The CE Coaches.
You have great creative instincts in your writing; coaching helps you trust and follow those instincts into all areas of your creative career. Coaching may unlock common blocks like: mindset, time management, owning your worth, and accepting how much creative power you really hold. Together, we can help you discover what’s holding you back and where to go next!
Jessica Conoley is a writer, certified life & business coach, speaker, and intuitive (a/k/a Highly Sensitive Person-HSP.) She loves to demystify how creative energy leads us to our highest potential. Her coaching specialty is helping you follow your creative instincts beyond your craft into a paying, sustainable, creative career.