Posts Tagged ‘Events’
The Fugitives in the UK
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
The Fugitives
Brendan McLeod, winner of the 2006 3-Day Novel Contest, is about to embark on a two-week tour of the UK with The Fugitives. Don’t miss this chance to see what Vue Weekly called “a hypnotic and swirling mix of voice and music that straddles the line between traditional songwriting and poetry.” Get a copy of The Convictions of Leonard McKinley signed by Brendan while you’re there!
Dates
October 30 – Off the Shelf Literature Festival, Sheffield
October 31 – Bluebelle Inn, Hempstead
November 1 – The Punter, Cambridge (as part of CB1 Poetry)
November 2 – New Walk Museum, Leicester (workshop)
November 2 – The Y Theatre, Leicester (as part of Word)
November 3 – Seven Arts, Leeds (as part of Wicked Words)
November 4 – Komedia, Brighton (as part of Hammer & Tongue)
November 5 – Passing Clouds, London
November 7 – Waiting Room, Eaglescliffe
November 8 – Green Note Café, London (part of Hammer & Tongue)
November 9 – Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
November 10 – Café Tarifa, Oxford (part of Hammer & Tongue)
November 11 – Roebuck, London (part of Bang Said the Gun)
November 12 – Folkestone Literature Festival, Folkestone
3-Day News, October 20, 2010
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
3-Day Novel Newsletter
News and updates from 3-Day Novel, delivered every two months or so. To sign up, send an email to info@3daynovel.com with the subject line “subscribe”. If you already subscribe and didn’t receive it, check your spam box and add 3_Day_Novel_Contest@mail.vresp.com to your “not spam” list.
3-Day News
Our judges are settled into comfy chairs, poring over the hundreds of novels submitted after the 33rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest. While they read and debate over the one standout that will be our next published 3-Day Book, we offer you a few statistics from this year’s marathon.
2010 3-Day Novel Entrant Statistics
Number of entrants: 669 (up from 650 in 2009)
Number of submitted novels: 477 (71%, equal to 2009)
Countries participating: 14, including Canada (378), USA (266), UK (10), Australia (3), China (2), Netherlands (2) and one each from Belgium, Germany, Monaco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Switzerland and Trinidad.
Youngest 2010 participant: 9
Youngest-ever participant: 9 (now participating for her 3rd year at 11 years old)
Oldest-known returning entrants: 86 (California) and 88 (Alberta)
Earliest year of previous entry for a returning participant: 1981
Minimum number of former shortlisters returning: 31 (including 2 past winners)
Upcoming Event
Toronto: Reading at Canzine
Mark Sedore reads from his 2009 winning novel, Snowmen,
at Canzine, Canada’s largest festival of zines and alternative culture.
Sunday, October 24
1pm - 7pm, 3DN reading at 6pm
The Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto
Snowmen by Mark Sedore
Pick up a copy of Broken Pencil at the festival and check out the latest review of Snowmen. Here’s an excerpt:
“Seems straightforward, wrapped up like popular fiction. Yet, Sedore’s story takes an unexpected departure from typical style… You only have to read the first three or four chapters to appreciate Sedore’s pared down writing style, which is well matched to [the protagonist's] sharp wit.”—Brooke Ford
Other Contests and Calls of Interest
3DN 2011 is many months away, so we’ve looked up a few interesting writing contests and calls for submissions to keep your literary skills sharp until next Labour Day.
NaNoWriMo
A whole month to write a novel? Easy! If you’re planning on participating in this year’s National Novel Writing Month, check out the chat forum for 3DN veterans.
Deadline: November 30, free to enter or by donation
nanowrimo.org
Literal Literary Postcard Contest
The 7th edition of Geist magazine’s cheeky take on the postcard story.
Deadline: November 30, $20 fee (includes subscription)
geist.com
Danger Calling
Blackheart Magazine of Austin, TX, is seeking rebellious writing that other mags might find too dangerous to publish.
blackheartmagazine.com
Hospital Tales
Tightrope Books is seeking work that explores experiences and relationships with Canadian hospitals and health care for an upcoming anthology.
tightropebooks.com
Our Sponsors
UBC MFA
3DN thanks this year’s contest sponsor, the Optional-Residency MFA Creative Writing program at the University of British Columbia.
See more 3-Day Novel Contest supporters, including new prize donors Videomatica and Poets & Writers.
3DN at Word on the Street
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
WOTS Vancouver
Come down and visit us at our tables at The Word on the Street in Toronto and in Vancouver this Sunday, September 26, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. WOTS is Canada’s largest free one-day literary festival, happening simultaneously in Vancouver, Saskatoon, Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax, so if you’re anywhere near these cities, go check out this fantastic event.
Also! If you’re visiting the event in Toronto, stop by the Great Books Marquee at noon for a reading by Mark Sedore, our 2009 3-Day Novel Contest winner.
3-Day News, Aug. 24, 2010
Tuesday, August 24th, 20103-Day Novel Newsletter
News and updates from 3-Day Novel, delivered every two months or so. To sign up, send an email to info@3daynovel.com with the subject line “subscribe”. If you already subscribe and didn’t receive it, check your spam box and add 3_Day_Novel_Contest@mail.vresp.com to your “not spam” list.
Last Call to Register
There’s just over a week left to register for the 33rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest. Sign up today to test your creative chops, shake off writer’s block and earn literary bragging rights. Register online or by mail, or in person at one of these upcoming events:
Toronto: Thursday, August 26
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m
The Victory Cafe, 581 Markham St., upstairs (map)
Launch of Snowmen by Mark Sedore and 3DN pep rally
Vancouver: Friday, September 3
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Kafka’s Coffee, 2525 Main St. (map)
Registration drop-off and entrant meet-and-greet
News & Updates
Quentin Mills-Fenn of Winnipeg’s Uptown Review says Snowmen, our latest 3-Day Books release, is “really quite good… Sedore has produced a gripping and satisfying story which betrays no clue to its origins.”
Congratulations to long-time Vancouver entrant Christopher Meades, who made the 2007 3DN shortlist with his novel, The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark. An expanded version of his original draft has been released by ECW Press and is now available in bookstores. Read an excerpt at the ECW website.
And we’ve heard two more 3-Day Novel success stories! Sandy Lender found a home for her 2009 3DN manuscript, Problems on Eldora Prime, with NWP, and Lisa Naraine expanded her 2008 entry, The Package, and the revised version was recently accepted by Transit Medias. Congratulations to both contest veterans.
Vancouver Registration Drop-off
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Kafka's Coffee
Vancouverites: Looking to enter last-minute? Want to meet and greet some fellow entrants, or find out more about the contest? Or do you just want to save a stamp? We’ll be holding our annual registration drop-off on the eve of the contest at Kafka’s Coffee on Main Street. Come on by with your registrations and questions (or, if you’ve already registered, come on by anyway to say hi).
Friday, September 3rd
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Kafka’s Coffee and Tea, 2525 Main St. (map)
*Note!: Please do not leave registrations at Kafka’s outside of this time. If you can’t make it, drop your form in a mailbox or register online.
3DN Launch and Party in Toronto
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Snowmen Launch Invite
Hey Torontonians! Join us at the Victory Cafe in Toronto as we launch the latest release from 3-Day Books and cheer on all the local entrants to the upcoming 33rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest.
Thursday, August 26
7p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The Victory Cafe
581 Markham Street, Upstairs (map)
Mark Sedore will offer tips for surviving and excelling at the world’s most notorious literary marathon and read from his contest-winning tale of brotherly betrayal and arctic survival. 3DN personnel will also be on hand to answer questions, take registrations, comfort the nervous and hand out some fun prizes.
For more information on the contest and how to get involved, read our rules, history and FAQ pages.
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