PASIC: Another Notable Writing Contest

Why am I listing contests this week? Because these are opportunities to bring you and your writing to the attention of agents and/or editors.

Today's listing is about the contest sponsored by PASIC, the Published Authors Special Interest Chapter of Romance Writers of America.

Several years ago PASIC started a Book of Your Heart Contest, a place for those manuscripts that writers felt just had to be written even though they didn't meet marketability theories of major publishers.

The 2008 PASIC Book of Your Heart Contest is now open. It's for published or unpublished, and it may be the contest you've been waiting for.

Sponsor: Published Authors Special Interest Chapter

Fee: $20 for PASIC members, $30 others

Postmark deadline: May 15th (must arrive by May 21st)

Eligibility: published and unpublished writers

Enter: First chapter (25 pages max) and synopsis (10 pages max) of unpublished manuscript.

First round judges: booksellers and librarians; published authors
used for emergencies.

Final judges: Editors

Categories & Judges

Series: Diana Ventimiglia - Silhouette Desire

Single Title: Latoya Smith - Grand Central Forever

Historical: Leis Pederson - Berkley

Paranormal: Heather Osborn - Tor

Mainstream: Becky Vinter - NAL

Young Adult: Megan McKeever - MTV Books

Erotic Romance: Hilary Sares - Kensington

For more information, visit PASIC

Good luck!