Contest

Enter the Novel Slices contest for a chance to be one of the 5 winners published in the premier issue of Novel Slices in November, 2020. Each winner will receive $150, a copy of the wining print issue, and prime literary agent & publisher exposure.

Entry fee: $20 — includes a digital copy of issue #1.
​Deadline: August 31, 2020.

To be judged by Eric Darton
A New York Times bestselling author, Eric Darton has long been a champion of novel writers. Free City will be re-released by Dalkey Archives in July, 2020, and was originally published by W.W. Norton. His other works include Divided We Stand: A Biography of The World Trade Center (Basic Books, 1999, 2011), and an ongoing work of free scholarship, Book of the World Courant, availabe at www.bookoftheworldcourant.net.

Contest Guidelines:

• All novel genres welcome
• Excerpts should be 4,000 to 6,000 words in length (do not send us your entire manuscript)
• Your name should not appear on the submission
• Standard formatting: Title on first page, double-spaced, no hanging indents, 12 point font, numbered pages
• Acceptable file types are PDF or Word documents (.pdf, .docx or .doc)
• Excerpts do not have to be from the beginning of a manuscript
• If needed, an introductory paragraph can be added giving any necessary background information (for excerpts not taken from the beginning)
• Excerpts need not feel complete, stand alone, or read like a short story
• Previously unpublished work only
• Simultaneous submissions accepted as long as you contact us to withdraw your submission if it is accepted elsewhere
• Multiple submissions allowed
• ​Excerpts must be in English but can come from anywhere in the world; translations are allowed if the original has not been previously published
• Novel Slices staff, their families, and their close associates cannot enter​

Photo by Martin Vorel.

Photo by Berk Özdemir.

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Step 1: Contest Entry Payment (includes digital issue)

$20.00

PURCHASE

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Why enter this contest?

While the $150 prize is lower than some other contests, your chances of winning are much higher, because there are five winners. Moreover, we do not expect you to carve your novel excerpt into the format of a short story, and so you are not starting out on uneven footing. Last but certainly not least, our publication is marketed directly to literary agents as well as both small and large publishers, in order to give winning entries the greatest possible exposure.

Photo by Martin Vorel.