Writer's Dream Contest

Writer's Dream Contest 2008

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Christianstoryteller.com proudly announces “The Writer's Dream Contest” Sponsored by Tate Publishing

Contest start date: May 6th, 2008 Entry Deadline: December 6th, 2008 Entries postmarked after Saturday, December 6th, 2008, will not be accepted.

Entry Fee: $15 for the first manuscript; $10 for each additional manuscript submitted at the same time. *An author may enter as many manuscripts as they want:

GRAND PRIZE: The winning Author will have their book published and marketed by Tate Publishing. The author will also receive the following:

The winning author and a guest will be invited to the home offices of Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, Mustang, Ok. to sign their contract and meet with the publisher and tour the Corporate offices. All expenses paid.
A beautiful custom cover design created specifically for your book
Full professional editing and text layout, registered ISBN, and author copyright also provided.
Your book is set up for nationwide distribution with the largest distributor in the world, Ingram/Spring Arbor. Tate publishing guarantees product availability as Ingram has agreed to purchase and warehouse each book that they release. Welcome to the big time—your book will be ordered from anywhere in the world through Ingram!
Author will meet with the Marketing Director and Senior Editor to discuss their expectations and dreams of publishing their new book.
Author is assigned a personal marketing representative who follows a marketing plan for every book which includes sending press releases, book signing requests to bookstores, and monitoring availability of the book at all times. The marketing representative is the author's personal contact for any marketing requests and needs on-going. (You heard it right—Tate publishing's marketing staff remains at your service for the life of the book, and a book is forever!).
The book will be produced in paper format, audio book format and e-book format. Audio books are an $800 million/year business (and growing) and now constitute 10-15% of overall book sales in America. E-books are also quickly gaining popularity as technology now allows you to read books on your PDA, cell phone, computer or a stand-alone e-book reader.
The highest royalty earnings! Authors receive 40 percent royalty from all direct sales while also benefiting from a 60 percent discount on their own personal book purchases—unbeatable in the industry! Tate publishing also beats the usual 8 percent industry standard for distribution sales by offering their authors 15 percent.
Author retains all rights to book as a partner for success in this exciting, unique and fulfilling Tate Publishing venture.
The author is provided with free personal copies of their book at first printing. (These are great for family and friends eager to receive one of the first copies of the book!)
The book will be available for sales on Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, Target.com websites and many others. (Authors tell us this is often one of the most satisfying and rewarding experiences of being a published author when they first view their book listed and available for sales on numerous internet sites!)
The book will appear in the Tate Publishing catalog presented to buyers of major chain bookstores nationwide by our marketing staff.
The book will be featured in the Tate Publishing bookstore generating perpetual sales.

In addition the winning author will received:

A years’ free membership on christianstoryteller.com voted one of the “Best web-Sites for Writers 2007”
Be a featured author with their own web-page, designed by www.christianstoryteller.com , setup with a PayPal button so that they can sell their books privately with 100% of the sales price going directly to the author.
Benefit from the advertising the www.christianstoryteller.com does for each featured author and their book(s).
Receive a signed copy of Leon Mentzer’s new book, “AMEN, A Simple Guide To Self- Marketing Your Christian Book”. The Hottest self-marketing book for authors on the market today.
Receive a signed copy of the best writing resource book for writers, Dianne Haneke Ph.D 's “Improve Your Writing”.

The winner’s prizes in:

1^st place: $1,000
2^nd place: $500
3^rd place: $250
4^th place: $100
5^th place: $50
6^th thru 10^th place: $25 (each)
11^th thru 100^th place: Certificate of Honor
All winners 1^st – 10^th receive a signed copy of “Amen, A Simple Guide To Marketing Your Christian Book”. By Leon Mentzer
All winners 1^st – 10^th receive a signed copy of “Improve Your Writing” by Dianne M. Haneke Ph.D.
All winners 1^st – 10^th will receive free one year membership at christianstoryteller.com. Complete with a personal web page.
All winners 1^st – 10^th will receive the chrisitianstoryteller.com’s “Christian Marketing Mailing List”. To enhance their marketing and direct mailing campaigns.
All winners 1^st – 10^{th ,}will also receive free advertising on christianstoryteller.com voted one of the “Best Web-Sites for Writers 2007 & 2008” listing their book on the awards page.

Rules:

Length of manuscripts: 10,000 -115,000 words
Must: be a resident of the United States
Theme categories are:

Adventure, Biography, Business, Career, Children, Christian Life, Christmas,

Cookbook, Devotional, Education, Family, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Historical,

Humor, Inspirational, Juvenile, Military, Mystery, Philosophy, Poetry,

Romance, Self-Help, Short Stories, Spiritual, Sports, Suspense, Thriller, Western,

Youth.

Please do not submit manuscripts that contain any of the following: obscene or explicit material, unnecessary profanity, vulgarity or inappropriate or graphic love scenes.

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit your manuscript in Microsoft Word, WORD Perfect, WORKS, Rich Text or PDF.
You may submit through our website at www.christianstoryteller.com , or directly to us as an e-mail attachment at writersdreamcontest@comcast.net
There must be a cover sheet added to the manuscripts.

This cover sheet must have:

Name
Address
Contact phone number
Theme,
Number of manuscripts being submitted
Fee amt paid
E-mail address. Failure to do so might cause your entry to be disqualified.
Payment (s) can be made by PayPal: (Just enter the amount you're paying.)
If you submit more than one manuscript, Payment for each entry can made at the same time.
If mailing: you may enclose all manuscripts in the same envelope
The manuscript must be original, unpublished and have not been produced or printed. It must not be under consideration by any other publishers and /or publishing concerns.
If you choose to submit by postal mail, then please include a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) if you wish to have your manuscript's returned to you after we complete our judging.
Manuscripts submitted without a SASE will be not be returned.
If you are submitting your manuscript (s) via regular mail:
The manuscript must be typed on one side of 8-1/2 x 11 white papers.
Manuscripts must be double-spaced, 12 pt font, Times Roman.
Manuscript pages must be numbered and stapled.
An author may submit by mail. The manuscript must have a cover sheet enclosed, and the required contest fee (check or money order, made out to christianstoryteller.com ) attached. If paid by PayPal please indicate that.
Mailing address:

Christianstoryteller.com 480 East Grove Road. Decatur, Il. 62521

ATT: Writers Dream Contest

Please note: Children’s books can only be submitted by HARD COPY.

Any questions: e-mail us at: writersdreamcontest@comcast.net