You could call pitching your book idea to a publisher a type of writing competition. You're competing against all of those other authors for the attention of a commissioning editor.
Well, here are three opportunities that might help your manuscripts avoid the slush pile and put you ahead of the pack.
Pan Macmillan Australia's Manuscript Monday
Penguin Books Australia's The Monthly Catch
Allen & Unwin's - The Friday Pitch
Be sure to read and follow their guidelines very carefully.
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Tuesday
British Australian Community Literary Prize
Here is the chance to flex your essay writing skills and wave the flag for 'the old country' (!). Entries up to 800 words on the theme of the positive heritage of British culture in Australia, are invited by the Melbourne-based British Australian Community.
If you have a lot to say, you can submit up to two separate entries, but they must be previously unpublished and not offered up for publication elsewhere until the prize is decided.
Last year's winning entry is published on the website, along with a list of those receiving recommendations.
If you have a lot to say, you can submit up to two separate entries, but they must be previously unpublished and not offered up for publication elsewhere until the prize is decided.
Last year's winning entry is published on the website, along with a list of those receiving recommendations.
Entry fee: AUD$10
Prize: AUD$1000 and publication in the Endeavour - journal of the British Australian Community
Open to: Citizens or permanent residents of Australia
Deadline: 30 April 2013
Saturday
Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards
The Australian Prime Minister's 2012 Literary Awards are one of Australia's richest and most prestigious prizes - about which we can all dream! There is a total prize pool of AUD$600,000!!! (Worth the exclamation marks!). Authors who have had a book published between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011 in a range of categories can enter it for the Awards, though self-published books are not eligible.
Categories include: fiction, non-fiction, young adult fiction, children's fiction, Australian history, and for the first time, poetry! It's important to read the varying eligibility criteria for each of the categories.
Categories include: fiction, non-fiction, young adult fiction, children's fiction, Australian history, and for the first time, poetry! It's important to read the varying eligibility criteria for each of the categories.
Entry fee: Free
Prize: First prize in each category AUD$80,000 tax free; short listed entries in each category AUD$5,000
Open to: Citizens or permanent residents of Australia
Deadline: 1 February 2012
Website: Prime Minister's Literary Awards
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