"The San Miguel Writers' Conference is one of the world's most appealing literary gatherings. Audiences are drawn by its well-chosen roster of writers, editors and publishers, not to mention the spectacular setting for the whole affair." John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
"The San Miguel Writers' Conference is a perfect sentence. A masterpiece. Wonderful! I couldn't get enough, and there is plenty to get. It's worth the trip. Don't miss it." Garr Kuhl, Board member, Northwest Institute of Literary Arts.
Authors and author/illustrators of fiction and nonfiction, preschool through young adult, are invited to submit the first 30 pages of your manuscript or the complete manuscript for a picture book for your opportunity to meet with and receive written critique from literary agent Rosemary Stimola during the San Miguel Writers' Conference. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JANUARY 15, 2010
Please note: You must purchase a conference ticket prior to entering the manuscript contest. Multiple entries are accepted but a separate entry fee must be paid per submission.
WRITING CONTEST #2 ADULT FICTION AND NON-FICTION
Six Winners Meet with Literary Agent Nathan Bransford of Curtis Brown, Ltd. Literary Agency.
Authors of fiction, biography, psychology, history, memoir, business, finance and how-to books you are invited to submit the first 30 pages of your manuscript for your opportunity to meet with and receive written critique from literary agent Nathan Bransford during the San Miguel Writers' Conference.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JANUARY 15, 2009
Please note: You must purchase a conference ticket prior to entering the manuscript contest. Multiple entries are accepted but a separate entry fee must be paid per submission.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. You must be a paid registrant of the San Miguel Writers' Conference to participate in the manuscript critique.
2. Submit a one-page, double-spaced synopsis and the first 30 pages of your manuscript (or complete children's picture book manuscript if it is less than 30 pages).
All entries must be typed double-spaced in 12-point Times Roman or similar font. All entries must be in English. Place the title and page number on each page.
Be sure your name does not appear on any page of the manuscript and synopsis. This is a blind submission.
3. Send pages in an attachment using either a Word document or PDF file .
4. E-mail your submission to:
contest@sanmiguelwritersconference.org
Please use "Manuscript Submission" in the subject line.
5. Entries must be received no later than January 15, 2010, by 5 p.m.
7. An entry fee of $30 USD or the equivalent in pesos must accompany each submission. Payment may be made online via Paypal or a credit card:
OR by mailing a U.S or Mexican check to: Dorit Arazi, Box 46A, BC-2323 9902 Crystal Court - #107, Laredo, TX 78045. Be sure to write "Contest" in the memo line of your check. Make checks payable to "San Miguel Authors' Sala."
