Deadline: 15 October 2010
Out of all the book pitch submissions, we will choose ten talented authors to feature at the Book Pitch Party. These writers will each deliver a short book pitch to a crowd of supportive readers, writers, and publishing professionals at the November 3rd party. At the end of the night, our judges will award three lucky winners a free ticket to Mediabistro’s eBook Summit. At the Summit, these writers will receive valuable, customized advice from our book pitch panelists.
How to Enter the eBook Summit Book Pitch Party Contest
To enter your unpublished fiction or nonfiction book proposal, please cut and paste your one-page, singled-spaced entry into the body of an email and send it to pitchparty[at]mediabistro[dot]com.
Please submit a polished and focused pitch letter describing your book–the same letter you would submit to a literary agent. For more pitch writing advice, check out this GalleyCat post. Both published and unpublished authors are welcome to apply.
Follow this link to email your submission. All submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. (PT) on October 15, 2010. By submitting your email entry to our contest, you must agree to the official rules printed below.
“eBook Summit Book Pitch Party Contest” Official Rules
CONTEST DESCRIPTION: The “eBook Summit Book Pitch Party Contest” (the “Contest”) is an activity in which participants are asked to submit a book pitch for Mediabistro judging based on the criteria listed below.
BOOK PITCH: A short summary, on the form above, of your book writing project for the purpose of possibly being published.
ELIGIBILITY: If you do not agree to these Rules, DO NOT enter this Contest. This Contest is open to individuals who are of full legal age in the jurisdiction in which they live, however, residents of the following countries are ineligible to participate in the Contest due to legal constraints: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. This Contest is void where prohibited by law. Employees of WebMediaBrands, Inc., Mediabistro.com inc. their respective contractors, bloggers and freelancers, speakers of the eBook Summit and their respective affiliates, parent companies, and subsidiaries, and the immediate family members and persons living in the households of each are not eligible to enter the Contest.
HOW TO ENTER: Participants are required to submit their book pitch entries on this form and to submit by email to: pitchparty@mediabistro.com (the “Email Address”) Entries will be judged against the Contest Criteria to select the winners. Entries for the Contest will be accepted from 12:01 a.m. (EDT) on September 15, 2010, through 11:59 p.m. (PT) on October 15, 2010 (“Entry Period”). Mediabistro may expand or reduce the Entry Period in its sole discretion. Finalists will be announced on or about November 20, 2010 and winners will be announced on or around November 3, 2010.
Entries must be submitted through the Email Address. Entrants may submit only one (1) entry/book pitch
All entries must be submitted in the English language. Entrants retain ownership of the submitted book pitch. By accepting the terms of this Contest, the entrants’ are giving permission to Mediabistro, it parent and affiliates, to promote the winning entries in perpetuity, in any medium, now know or hereafter created, it may see fit including, but not limited to, Website, mobile, television, radio and/or printed materials. Mediabistro cannot guarantee the confidentially of the entrants’ contest submissions; therefore, if any part of your entry is confidential please do not enter it into the Contest.
Mediabistro assumes no responsibility for lost, late, illegible, garbled or misdirected entries, or for any computer, online, telephone, human, or other error or for any technical or other malfunctions that may occur. Proof of e-mailing or submission does not constitute proof of delivery.
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