DON KNOTTS SILVER BULLET AWARD
THE WRITERS' POLICE ACADEMY NOVEL WRITING CONTEST
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2010
Submission Guidelines:
Cover letter should be in the form of a ONE-page query letter that offers a brief synopsis of the work including genre, word count and author bio. Be sure to include your name, address, email address, telephone number(s), and title of your completed manuscript. DO NOT include your name anywhere on the manuscript pages or it will not be read by the judges.
Submit FOUR copies of the first 12 pages of you manuscript (not including cover letter) in hard copy format, 12pt font, New Times Roman, 1” margins, double spaced, single sided. (We only need one copy of the query letter.)
There is a $10 entry fee. Checks or money orders MUST BE made payable to “Writers' Police Academy” and must accompany the submission in order for your submission to be considered.Mail to:
Don Knotts Silver Bullet Award
c/o Dreisbach Literary Management
PO Box 5379
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
The Don Knotts Silver Bullet Contest Award winner will receive The Silver Bullet Award, free Writers' Police Academy registration ($235 value), and have the opportunity to submit their entire manuscript to one of the judges (to be determined later based upon the genre and work itself).
Winner of the Silver Bullet Novel Writing Contest will also win free attendance to an Algonkian Conference.
Algonkian holds a dozen or so conferences per year including the San Francisco Write and Pitch Conference (W&PC) and the New York Pitch and Shop Conference.
For the smaller, one-on-one intensives like those in Algonkian Park and Fisherman's Wharf, the winner would have a credit of $600 towards the conference since lodging is part of the conference fee. For more information, visit http://www.algonkianconferences.com/conferences.htm
Finalists will be notified by September 1st, 2010. The winner will be announced at the Writers Police Academy banquet on September 25th.
Due to the number of submissions, only the finalists will be notified. We cannot accommodate returning your materials.
JUDGES:
Annette Rogers, Acquisitions Editor of the Poisoned Pen Press, searches for new, unpublished mystery writers. Recent successes include Carolyn Wall SWEEPING UP GLASS, Jeffrey Siger MURDER ON MYKONOS, and Edward Ifkovic LONE STAR. In addition she evaluates and edits manuscripts, corresponds with writers and agents, and fends off Facebook friend requests. Rogers published a bestselling travel book on EGYPT—translated into six languages, wrote for O, The Oprah Magazine, and covered court hearings on the Mormon Bomber case for Time/Life. She has a Masters Degree in History and English. www.poisonedpenpress.com
Benjamin LeRoy is a founder of Tyrus Books—a publisher specializing in crime and dark literary fiction. Before starting Tyrus in July of 2009, he founded and ran Bleak House Books. He lives in Madison, WI where he works on his own writing and is endlessly fascinated with the history of baseball. www.tyrusbooks.com
Elizabeth Pomada worked at David McKay, Holt Rinehart & Winston, and the Dial Press in New York City before moving to San Francisco in 1970 with her partner and husband, Michael Larsen. Together, they started Michael Larsen - Elizabeth Pomada Literary Agents in 1972. Since then, they have sold books from hundreds of authors to more than 100 publishers. Elizabeth is a member of the Association of Author's Representatives, The Author's Guild, ASJA, WNBA and co-founder with Michael of the San Francisco Writers Conference and the Writing for Change conference. www.larsen-pomada.com
Kimberley Cameron began her literary career as an agent trainee at the Marjel de Lauer Agency in association with Jay Garon in New York. She worked for several years at MGM developing books for motion pictures. She was the co-founder of Knightsbridge Publishing Company with offices in New York and Los Angeles. In 1993 she became partners with Dorris Halsey of The Reece Halsey Agency, founded in 1957. Among its clients have been Aldous Huxley, William Faulkner, Upton Sinclair, and Henry Miller. She opened Reece Halsey North in 1995 and Reece Halsey Paris in 2006. Her associate Elizabeth Evans opened Reece Halsey New York in 2008, and in 2009 the agency became Kimberley Cameron & Associates. www.kimberleycameron.com
* Prizes and awards are as listed. No cash redeemable value.
