Monday, June 25, 2012

Contest Circuit: A Must-See List of Fabulous Opportunities!

First, some fun news! My friend Julie DeGuia presented me with my very first blog award! It's somewhat ridiculous how excited I am about it. Now I get to create one of those fun "Blog Awards" tabs that so many of you have. *laughs self-idulgently modestly* Thank you so much Julie for passing it along this way!!

If you don't know Julie, stop by her blog. She often includes great tidbits about the industry and holds excellent interviews. Check out her interviews with Krista Van Dolzer and the ladies at Operation Awesome about, none other than, contests! Or check out her blog hop post for My So-Called Teenage Life Blog Hop. It is nothing short of awesome (and hilarious).

As a recipient, I'll be passing this blog award along to five other fantastic blogs some time in the next few weeks. This might take a while. I'm terribly indecisive when it comes to something like this, and I've been visiting some really incredible blogs lately. Speaking of which...

Bloghops, Giveaways, and CONTESTS!

Bloghops:
Sharon Bayliss is hosting a Murder Mystery Blogfest this week! Create a suspect or use a character from a current WIP as a suspect in the case of "Who Killed Lenny Glow?" Check out details on her site. This will be taking place from June 25-July 8.

The ladies at Falling For Fiction will be hosting a Hookers and Hangers Bloghop. On July 16, you'll post "Hookers" - aka the first sentence from your chapter(s).  On July 18, you'll post "Hangers," - the last line from your chapter(s). Winners will receive a 10 page critique!

Giveaways:
Enter my first giveaway in the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win SIGNED copies of Veronica Roth's INSURGENT and Elizabeth Norris's UNRAVELING. (Roth's series has been my recent obsession - it's fabulous!) Giveaway ends this Saturday, June 30!!

Author Lydia Kang of The World Is My Oyster is offering a huge giveaway of books, an ARC, critiques and an Amazon Gift Card. Wow! Ends June 27.

J.A. Bennett of A Writer's Journey is giving away a 3 chapter critique and a $10 Amazon gift card. Ends June 26.

Contests:
Ruth Lauren Steven and Michelle Krys are holding Christmas in July. A contest that features 10 agents!!! This contest will be held on July 9th. Check out either of their sites for details!

Operation Awesome is hosting their next Mystery Agent contest on July 1. Contests usually involve a one sentence pitch. Look for details about this contest a few days prior to July 1.

Vine Leaves Literary Journal is holding a contest based on the best log lines for your MS. You could win one of several critiques - including one from Chuck Sambuchino of Writer's Digest along with a one year subscription to WritersMarket.com. Contest ends June 30.

Enter Rafflecopter below to win one of these beautiful books! Both are signed copies!


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19 comments:

  1. Julie is great, and I'm so glad to have found her through the lovely blogging community.

    Thanks for the word on the contests!

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    1. I know! And for the record, if Julie wouldn't have picked you for the LB award as well, I probably would have. I love your blog Barbara!

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  2. Thanks so much for mentioning my blog! Looks like you have a lot of fun around here. I can't wait to learn more about you :)

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    1. Thanks for hosting such a fun giveaway! Naturally, I had to enter myself too!

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  3. Hi, Kimberly! I'm your 99th follower. Just one more to go and you've hit your first 100. Woot! Woot!

    Thanks for the round-up. It's nice to be tapped into everything in the blogosphere.

    I look forward to following your blog!

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by, Emily!! And being my 99th follower! That's exciting!

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  4. Kimberly I just love this post. It's great to see a round-up like this! And I am super excited for Michelle Krys's contest :-)

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    1. Hi Rachel! I'm also excited for this one...it sounds huge! Also a great opportunity! I hope I get to read your entry as one of the finalists!

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  5. Thanks for the shout out!! There's also a NA pitch contest at YAtopia. http://yatopia.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-adult-pitch-contest-announcement.html

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    1. I just stopped by to check it out - what a great opportunity!! I also love that this one is for NA! Thanks for pointing it out Sharon!

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  6. Wow, these sound like great contests! I'm hearing so much about how writers find their agents through online competitions like these now. What a great way to link up! Thanks for sharing :)

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    1. Julie - I hope you enter some! The premises behind your MS sounds fabulous! Let me know if you enter one in an upcoming contest!

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  7. Thanks for the kind words Kimberly... and I didn't realize I was the bestower of your very first award. :-) Thanks for all the links to fun stuff around the blogosphere!

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    1. Yes! I'm still somewhat of a newbie blogger - next week it will have been 2 months. Like I said, I'm very excited to add my new tab to my blog! (I'm such a nerd like that) ;)

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  8. Hey Kimberly :)
    Congratulations!
    I have just tagged you for the Liebster Blog award.
    Check out my blog for my information: http://anythinginfantasy.blogspot.com
    Have Fun!
    ~Emily

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  9. Hey dropping by to tell you that I tagged you for the liebster blog award. You can find out more about it at http://booklalaland.blogspot.com/2012/06/liebster-blog-award.html

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  10. Congrats on your first blog award! And I promise I didn't only follow your blog because of the giveaway. I came over to follow since you followed mine, and AFTER that I saw your Rafflecopter giveaway ;-)

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