The annual So You Think You Can Write conference is happening next week, September 14-18, and includes three of our ever popular writing challenges! Enter now for a chance to win editor feedback!
Challenge One: The First Page
Send your romance manuscript’s first page in by 10 am EST Monday, September 14 and you may be one of 5 entries randomly chosen to receive personalized feedback at 12 pm EST, Tuesday, September 15 from our editors!
Email: ucanwrite@harlequin.ca, subject line “FIRST PAGE Challenge.” Entry can be no more than 1 page, double-spaced, size 12 font.
Challenge Two: The First Meeting
Show us the first time your romantic leads meet. You can include up to three sentences giving us a quick summary of what’s happened so far, and up two pages from your manuscript showing your first meeting.
Send your first meeting entry in by 10 am EST Wednesday, September 16 and you may be one of 5 entries randomly chosen to receive personalized feedback at 3 pm EST from our editors!
Email: ucanwrite@harlequin.ca subject line “MEETING Challenge.” Entry can be no more than 2 pages, double-spaced, size 12 font, plus your 1-3 sentence summary giving context for the scene.
Challenge Three: The 100-Word Pitch
Send in a 100-word pitch for your story by 10 am EST Friday, September 18 and you may be one of 5 entries randomly chosen to receive personalized feedback at 2 pm EST from our editors!
Email: ucanwrite@harlequin.ca, subject line “PITCH Challenge.” Entry can be no more than 100 words. (Your pitch is your story in a nutshell, showing off your romantic leads, plot, and hooks in order to pique the editors’ and voters’ interest!)
Are you up for the challenge?
For more about the conference and a complete schedule of events, visit writeforharlequin.com.
8 replies on “Challenge Yourself!”
Does this include our SYTYCW entries? Or are those exempt from this challenge/elegibility?
Good Mornning, Fallon! You can post any first page you like!
Awesome!
Am I right in thinking this is not open to UK writers?
Hi Niki! This challenge is open to all!
Adding to the questions above, do the pages have to be in the body of the email, or can we attach our Word document?
Hi Hana! Either is fine!
Hi, everyone! Just popping in to say THANK YOU for all your challenge entries so far. We’re enjoying reading them and hope you find the critiques useful. 🙂
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I spent the entire shutdown working. Had no time to wind down. I didn’t see my son much when school shutdown. My one co worker was told to stay home for 3 weeks so I picked up her hours. This year has been really crappy.
Ugh, Janell. Here’s hoping the rest of your summer is better.
Thanks for the info, Carol! Everyone is different in how they deal with the shutdown! I stay at home all the time since I don’t work so I haven’t been too effected but my shopping and errands sure have been effected!
Valri, I’ve been doing most of my shopping online. My local Target is still low on some items – mostly cleaning supplies. Grocery store is pretty much back to normal. Most of the dining in our town is outdoor. I can’t imagine have school-age kids!
Wow–getting your creative process on track must have been daunting–especially with “extra-large dog” glad to have you home. You don’t like coffee–I love coffee and have enjoyed my fortifying 2 cups in the morning even more than usual! How as COVID affected your story lines and characterizations? Best Wishes for all releases!
Interesting question, Virginia. You’ll have to tell me if the tone of my “COVID” books changed any! LOL
Life has changed so much! My dad passed Feb 2. The assisted living facility my folks were at went into hardcore lockdown the beginning of March. Mom couldn’t leave her apartment for 4 months! She was on the third floor, Will be 89 in two months & doesn’t use the phone. My husband and I remodeled the lower level completely and moved her in with us July 1. What a life change and difficult transition for the 3 of us! But we’re working thru it!