Coffee and Cream Publishing is excited to announce its Spring Romance Writing Contest for interracial and multicultural Romance short stories. The $10.00 entry fee has been waived.
Submission guidelines and rules are as follows:
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Sponsor:
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Coffee and Cream Publishing, Inc. for writing contests
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Theme:
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Interracial and Multicultural Romance.
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Short Stories:
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· Completed manuscripts should be between 7,000 and 20,000 word count and can not be part of an anthology, duet, combined, or omnibus publication.
· Submissions must contain interracial characters and/or multicultural elements and written in English.
· Writers must have original copyright date of 2011 or 2012.
· All editing and proofreading is the responsibility of the writer for contests. Therefore, we strongly suggest writers take the extra steps to edit their work.
· Submissions must be tasteful and should not contain any lewd material. This particular contest is not open to erotica.
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Entry Fee:
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$10.00 entry fee has been waived.
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How to enter:
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Electronic only. Submit by emailing short story to Contest At Coffeeandcreampublishing.com as a Microsoft Word document.
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Judges:
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40% reader website votes and 60% Coffee and Cream Acquisition Editor opinion
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Submission Dates:
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January 23, 2012 to April 30, 2012
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Submission Deadline:
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April 30, 2012
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Winner decisions:
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Winner decisions will be announced on Coffee and Cream Publishings website the first week of June 2012 for this short stories contest.
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Exhibition of submissions:
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· Screened submissions will be uploaded and hosted on the Coffee and Cream website for readers under contest for voting.
· Copyright will remain with the author. Writers provide Coffee and Cream Publishing the right to publish their submission to our website under Spring Contest.
· The following genres will be accepted:
o Contemporary
o Historical Fiction
o Mystery & Suspense
o Paranormal
o Science Fiction
o Fantasy
o Christian
o Young Adult
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Minimum submissions:
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A minimum of 15 authors must participate to activate the contest.
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Prizes:
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· 1st place-winner receives $500.00 USD cash and promotion on Coffee and Cream Publishings website
· 2nd place-winner receives $100.00 USD cash and promotion on Coffee and Cream Publishing website.
· 3rd place-winner receives $50.00 USD cash and promotion on Coffee and Cream Publishing website.
· Honorable mention maybe given to each genre.
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Winnings:
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Prizes will be paid via PayPal or Amazon Payments.
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