Calling all mystery writers! Here's a great competition for first mystery novels. Winner receives a contract and $10,000 advance. Deadline is October 15, 2014.
The mansucript entered must not be under contract or self-published. It must also be at least 40,000 words. Here are some guidelines from the site:
Murder or another serious crime or crimes is at the heart of the story. Whatever violence is necessarily involved should be neither excessive nor gratuitously detailed, nor is there to be explicit sex. The suspects and the victims should know each other. There are a limited number of suspects, each of whom has a credible motive and reasonable opportunity to have committed the crime. The person who solves the crime is the central character. The “detective” is an amateur, or, if a professional (private investigator, police officer) is not hardboiled and is as fully developed as the other characters. The detective may find him or herself in serious peril, but he or she does not get beaten up to any serious extent. All of the cast represent themselves as individuals, rather than large impersonal institutions like a national government, the mafia, the CIA, etc.
To enter and see the complete rules and guidlines, click here. Good luck!
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