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Contest Wed Aug 21 2013
Write a Novel in Three Days? Why Not!
Maybe your Labor Day weekend plans have you going out of town for one last hurrah, or lounging on Oak Street Beach, or hunching over your grill, savoring the final greasy aromas of summer. But instead of all that, why not lock yourself in a room and write a novel?
The 3-Day Novel Contest will let you do just that. The contest has been torturing writers since 1977, making them write an entire novel over Labor Day weekend with no editing after the fact and very little preparation ahead of time. Kinda like NaNoWriMo on steroids. If you're one of those writers who needs a kick in the rear and a little competition to get those creative juices flowing, this just might be your jam. Plus there's the added incentive of prizes -- the first prize winner actually gets a book deal with Anvil Press for their unedited, 72-hours-in-the-making novel, and second and third place get cash prizes. Chicago is due for another win... the last time a Chicagoan triumphed in the 3-Day Novel Contest was back in '04, when Megan Austin and Shannon Mullally teamed up to write Love Block. You don't have to submit your novel for consideration, of course, but why not heap the possibility of rejection on top of all that work?
Sound like something you'd be into? Don't dilly-dally... registration is only accepted through August 30th. It'll set you back $50 and can be done online or by "cheque." Gotta love those Canadians.
Image courtesy of Brian Henry's Quick Brown Fox blog.
Mike / August 21, 2013 2:03 PM
So how will they know the novel submitted was written in three days, as opposed to one that has been worked of for, say, years?