October 2013 Contest List 10/3/13 - Update! Fellow Sub It Club administrator Heather Ayris Burnell pointed out a contest (or pitchfest) I missed. - It's only open for a few more days, so be sure to check it out! To help you keep track of the available writing contest opportunities, we'll post a list each... Continue Reading →
Are Pitch Contests Worth It? – Behind the Scenes of Pitch Madness
Tomorrow, the 60 finalists for Pitch Madness will be posted on the host blogs, and there will be some people who are very excited and several who are disappointed. 60 finalists out of 487 total entries means that only about 12% of the entrants made it to the final round. Twelve percent seems like a... Continue Reading →
September Contest Roundup
To help you keep track of the available writing contest opportunities, we'll post a list each month of the upcoming contests we've heard about. (If you have an upcoming writing contest that you'd like included on the list, please contact Veronica with the details.) We also have a Writing Contests Pinterest board and a NEW Art... Continue Reading →
Sub It Club Success Story: Veronica Bartles’ TWELVE STEPS
“You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky I decided when I was about five years old that I was going to be a famous author when I grew up. And throughout my public school years, I wrote fearlessly, proudly displaying my stories (some of which were much better than others)... Continue Reading →
August Contest Roundup
To help you keep track of the available writing contest opportunities, we'll post a list each month of the upcoming contests we've heard about. (If you have an upcoming writing contest that you'd like included on the list, please contact Veronica with the details.) We also have a Writing Contests Pinterest board, which we try to... Continue Reading →
How Do You Know You’re Ready?
We've talked a lot about querying and entering contests and subbing here on the Sub It Club blog. And rightly so. That is what we're about, after all. But today, I want to take a half a step back and discuss a vitally important step in the subbing process. Before you hit "send" on your... Continue Reading →