Contest

** Great news! From Dec. 17, 2021 to Jan. 10, 2022, our Winter Novel Excerpt contest is free to enter! Also, we will have 6 winners from now on, and each winner will receive $175. **

Our next contest dates: December 17, 2021 to February 28, 2022 at midnight,
Eastern Time (GMT -4:00). 

Enter the Novel Slices contest for a chance to be one of the 6 winners published in the third issue of Novel Slices. Each winner will receive $175, a copy of the winning print issue, and prime literary agent & publisher exposure.

Entry fee: $20 (free Dec. 17,2021 - Jan. 10, 2022) — includes a digital copy of issue #3.

To be judged by Jeanne Mackin
Jeanne Mackin is the author of many historical novels, including The Beautiful American and, most recently, The Last Collection. She has taught creative writing at Goddard College and has given numerous workshops.

Contest Guidelines:

• All novel genres welcome except for Children's and Middle Grade
• Excerpts should be approximately 4,000 to 6,000 words in length (do not send us your entire manuscript)
• We recommend you buy a copy of the current issue for a sense of the types of excerpts published (although this will obviously change with different judges)
• Your name should not appear on the submission
• Excerpts do not have to be from the beginning of a manuscript
• Standard formatting: Title on first page, double-spaced, 12 point font
• Acceptable file types are PDF or Word documents (.pdf, .docx, .doc, .rtf)
• 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• Previously unpublished work only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 -- only 2 excerpts per writer allowed during the free submission period
• ​Excerpts must be in English but can come from anywhere in the world; translations are allowed if the original has not been previously published
• All rights revert to the author on publication
• Novel Slices staff and their families cannot enter​
• We follow the contest code of ethics published by the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses

Photo by Berk Özdemir.

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Why enter this contest?

Your chances of winning are higher, because there are six 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. In the first issue, we published 3 excerpts that started with Chapter One and two that started in the middle of the book. 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.