Manuscript Contest
Ever want professional feedback on an unpublished manuscript? The Writers’
League of Texas Manuscript Contest provides individual evaluations from published
authors, and the finalists in each category are reviewed by agents. 2010
Manuscript ContestYou are invited to submit a one-page synopsis and the
first 10 pages of your unpublished work to the League’s 11th annual Manuscript
Contest. The winner in each category will meet individually with an agent at the
Writers’ League of Texas Agents Conference, June 25-27, 2010. Prize:
The prize for the winner in each category is a one-on-one meeting with an
agent or editor at the Writers’ League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference,
held June 25-27, 2010. Entry Fee: $50 per submission Deadline:
Contest closed. Watch for announcements about the 2011 contest later this year. Winners
will be announced during the opening ceremony of the Conference and will meet
with the agent or editor who judged their work shortly after the ceremony. Winners
must be present at the ceremony in order to receive the prize. Finalists need
not register for the conference to attend the opening ceremony, but those not
registered will not be permitted to attend conference events. For winners who
have registered for the conference, this prize is in addition to the 10-minute
meeting included in the cost of registration. Learn about other 2010
Writers' League contests. 2009 Manuscript Contest Winners &
Finalists |
Children's | |
Eileen Clark (Georgetown TX) Year of the Rat
Nikki Loftin (Austin
TX) Raymond Mahaney, Soccer Failure - Winner!
Lyn Ellen Lacy (Austin
TX) The Skylanders
Andy Sherrod (Caldwell TX) Holy War
Donna Van Cleve (Hutto TX) Reality Tales | |
Historical Fiction | |
Gordon Rives Carmichael (Harker Heights TX) The Tutor
Sharon Gillespie
(Austin TX) Captive
Elizabeth Haltom (Austin TX) Gwendolyn's
Sword - Winner!
Judithe Little (Houston TX) The Refugee
Linda B. Pennell (Cypress TX) The Calling | |
Mystery | |
Julie Ann Candoli (Austin TX) Somewhere in Texas
James Cogan (Houston
TX) Twin Killing
Janice Hamrick( Austin TX) Death on Tour
- Winner!
James Peyton (San Antonio TX) The Vampires of Bustamante
Gloria E. Stafford (Austin TX) The Devil's Quilt | |
Mainstream Fiction | |
Lydia R. Ondrusek (Richardson TX) Tump
Gail Randall (Austin TX)
The Language of Yes
Frances Townsend (Austin TX) Blood Ties
Kathryn A. Wilson (Liberty Hill TX) Walking with Jaguar
Holly
Wonder (Austin TX) Janet Carmody - Winner! | |
Narrative Nonfiction | |
Patricia Luce Chapman (Rockport TX) Tea on the Great Wall
Nadine
Feldman (Houston TX) Pentamento
Sunny Haralson (Austin TX) Beauty
Tips for the Bereaved - Winner!
Debra Kirkley (Austin TX)
Only One of Us
Anna Manning (New Braunfels TX) The Leroy Tree
| | Romance |
| Susan Breeden (Houston TX) A Different
Beat
Donna J. Cummings (East Hampton NY) Lord Midnight - Winner!
Dijana Harker (Austin TX) Druid's First Kiss
Bonnie Hobbs (Klamath
Falls OR) Sweet Justice
Caroline Juszczak (Austin TX) Sugarberry
Road | | Science
Fiction / Fantasy | |
Shennandoah Diaz (Austin TX) A Coyote among Us
Laura Jennings (Liberty
Hill TX) The Dragon Rose
Joyce Koeste (Dripping Springs, TX) Tears
of the Maker
Mary Ann Loesch (Leander TX Nephilim - Winner!
Paul Sturm (Uvalde TX) Whispers of the Dead
Kathryn A. Wilson
(Liberty Hill TX) Return of the Wolfen | |
Thriller Action - Adventure | |
Kathy Dowell (Vider TX) Hellhound
Anthony Head (San Marcos TX)
Lucid
Cecilia Jones (Austin TX) Traveler - Winner!
Jason Myers (Euless TX) Mayhem, Inc.
Lary Lou K. Rivera (Fords NJ)
Unstoppable | | Young
Adult | | Elizabeth
Haltom (Austin TX) Gwendolyn's Sword
Dijana Harker (Austin TX) Druid's
Exile
Danielle Jimenez (Laredo TX) Virgin in Running Shoes
- Winner!
Mary Lindsey (Houston TX) Soul Purpose
Jacqueline
Siglin (Alpine TX) Missing in Alaska | | 
