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3DNC News for November 2012
Monday, November 5th, 2012
3-Day News
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Updates from 3DNC, sent every two months or so.
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Entrant Statistics for 2012
We’ve got you figured
We’d like to offer a big thanks to everyone who took part in the 35th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest, whether you were furiously scribbling a manuscript or cheering on someone who was. While our fabulous volunteer judging panel is deep in the work of reading this year’s submissions, we’ve been busy crunching the numbers from our 2012 event.
NUMBER OF ENTRANTS: 485
10-YEAR AVERAGE: 506
SHARE WHO SUBMITTED NOVELS: 71% (up from 67% in 2011)
AVERAGE WORD COUNT: 24,212 (up slightly from 2011)
MEDIAN WORD COUNT: 23,530 (down considerably from 2011)
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING: 14, including Canada (54%), U.S.A. (41%), Australia, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, and U.K.
TOP REGIONS: Ontario, British Columbia, New York, Alberta, Washington, California
Our team will spend the rest of 2012 reading, re-reading, and deliberating over your submitted masterworks; by late January we hope to announce their decisions, send out a fancy certificate to each successful entrant, and begin the exciting work of polishing and publishing another fine, fast 3-Day Book.
Save the date! The 36th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest will take place August 31 to September 2, 2013. Registration will open in spring 2013.
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3-Day Books
Heidegger Stairwell: Recent news and reviews
Heidegger Stairwell
“I loved Heidegger Stairwell… And it doesn’t really matter how long it took her to do it; [Kayt Burgess has] created a novel that’s outside of ordinary.”
—Kerry Clare, Pickle Me This book blog
“It’s a fast read and an entertaining one, at that. Recommended for anyone with a healthy love for schadenfreude.”
—Sebastian Buzzalino, Beatroute magazine
“It just sort of came out from the contest, and the caffeine and the sleep deprivation.”
—Kayt Burgess as interviewed by Jeffrey Ougler, Sault Star
And…cake! Visit our Flickr photo pool to see the magnificent Heidegger Stairwell-themed book launch cake provided by Hamilton’s Cake Bits.
Get your copy of Heidegger Stairwell
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Friends and Relations
Good luck to this year’s NaNoWriMo scribblers
With National Novel Writing Month kicking off, we’ve been thinking a lot about some of our fellow organizations that are bringing the manic joy of creating under pressure to other seasons and other forms.
We’d like to offer a hat tip to any 3DNC survivors that are continuing their momentum into these other challenges, be it more fiction with NaNoWriMo, screenwriting with Script Frenzy, filmmaking with our fellow Vancouverites at Crazy8s, speedy doodling with 24-Hour Comic, or with any of the other culture builders in the community of fast-forged art.
If you’re jonesing for the 3-Day rush in between Labour Days, find links to these and other similar organizations on our Writing Resources section.
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3DNC News for August 2012
Wednesday, August 8th, 20123-Day News
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OUR 35th ANNIVERSARY
Last Week for Early-Bird Registration
Want to make 2012 the year you finally kick that novel out of your head and into the world? Register today and commit yourself to this exhilarating, limit-blasting, one-of-a-kind creative event. Do it fast, because there’s only one week left to take advantage of our early-bird registration discount.
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: August 15
Final Registration Deadline: August 31
3-Day Novel Event Dates: Labour Day Weekend, September 1-3
Sign up today for our 35th annual marathon! Put your early-bird savings toward a tin of coffee to keep you up and writing through this notorious literary event.
Already signed up, or planning to? Connect with your fellow entrants at our Facebook event page or at the #3DNC Twitter hashtag.
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EVENT
Party and Book Launch in Toronto
Come join us in Toronto for a double celebration of our upcoming 35th Anniversary and the launch of Heidegger Stairwell, the gender- and genre-bending 2011 3DNC winner by Aurora author Kayt Burgess.
Heidegger Stairwell by Kayt Burgess
Details
Wednesday, August 29
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The Victory Cafe, Toronto
581 Markham Street, Upstairs
(Near Bathurst Station/Honest Ed’s. Map)
3DNC administrators and veterans will be on hand to offer advice and guidance for surviving and thriving during the contest, and Kayt Burgess will read a passage from her hot-off-the-press novel about music, identity, feuds, friendship and very, very complicated love. Everyone is welcome to this free event!
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ENTRANT NEWS
More 3DNC success stories
Have you found a home for a manuscript that was born during the 3-Day Novel Contest? Tell us about it!
The Dominion, by Gayleen Froese of Edmonton, placed during the 2007 3DNC and won 1st Prize during that year’s 3-Day Novel Contest reality TV series. This excellent fantasy novel has been picked up for publication by Candlemark & Gleam. Find out more here.
Alice Hearts Welsh Zombies has finally been released by The Workhorsery. The book, by Victoria Dunn of Ottawa, is a nutty undead military romp that won (in its first-draft form) 3rd Place in the 2009 3DNC. See a video preview at the Workhorsery website!
The rise of e-publishing has helped many 3-Day veterans release their novels as ebooks, too. Check out a few here: Rebels of the 512 by Laura Roberts (2011 participant), The Package: Nove’s Curse by Lisa Naraine (2008), Melissa’s Daughters
by Terry Leeder (2011), Dream Her Back by Brady Russell (2003), and Depth of Deception: A Titanic Murder Mystery by Alexander Gallant (2006).
Congratulations to all! Find more success stories in our past newsletters.
3DNC News for March 2012
Wednesday, March 14th, 20123-Day News
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3DNC 2012
Save the date: Our 35th Anniversary event will take place this September 1-3, 2012. Registration will open in spring. Stay tuned to this site for details! (You can also check out our handy printable flyer at NewPages.)
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EVENT
Terroryaki! in Issaquah, Washington
The heroine of Jennifer K. Chung’s winning 3-Day Novel is in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah when she first spots the cursed teriyaki truck that becomes her obsession. So the Issaquah library is a fitting spot for Jennifer to read from her fabulous tale of food, family and creepy-sweet love. Come by and meet the author―you may even convince her to reveal her best tips for tasty, perfectly balanced teriyaki sauce.
Issaquah Public Library, Issaquah, Washington
Sunday, April 1, 1 p.m.
10 W. Sunset Way
(Note: this event is a rescheduling of the original reading that was cancelled due to weather earlier this year. It may be on April 1 now, but this time we aren’t fooling.)
“Shameless good fun.”―Pickle Me This
“A playfully appetizing first bite… 100% worth a read.”―Somisguided
“As creepy as it is playful, and an easy read about family and food.”―Seattle Weekly
Haven’t read the book yet? Get your copy today. Terroryaki! is now available in Kindle and epub formats―we’re still getting our website ready for ebook sales (soon, we hope), but in the meantime you can order a $9.99 digital copy by email.
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BIG SCREEN
Small Apartments film premiers at SXSW
Small Apartments
What stars Matt Lucas, Billy Crystal, James Caan, Rosie Perez, Juno Temple, Peter Stormare, Amanda Plummer, Dolph Lundgren and Johnny Knoxville and is based on winning 3-Day Novel? Small Apartments, a film directed by Jonas Åkerlund, that’s what.
You can find out more about the movie in this summary by The Austinist, or watch a clip here (sadly blocked in Canada under the Iron Toque). The screenplay was written by Chris Millis, author of the original 2000 winning novel. Small Apartments premiered this past weekend at the SXSW film festival and will have three more screenings during the 10-day event. Look for it to come to your area soon!
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3DNC in the News: Read an interview with Kayt Burgess, author of Heidegger Stairwell (our 2011 winning novel), in the Toronto Star.
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ENTRANT NEWS
More 3DNC literary success stories
We love it when past entrants write in to tell us that they’ve found a home for novels, stories or ideas that began as 3-Day manuscripts. Here are a few of their success stories…and if you have your own 3-Day story to share, let us know!
Christopher Meades (B.C.) is about to launch the follow-up to his first, 3-Day-spawned novel, The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark. The Last Hiccup will launch in Vancouver on March 29 (7 p.m.) at the Wise Hall. Details here.
Regular contest entrant Bill Patterson (New Jersey) condensed his 2010 entry into a short story. The result, “Riddled Space,” was included in JournalStone’s 2011 anthology Warped Words: 90 Minutes to Live.
Thirteen-year-old Natasha Carr-Harris (B.C.), who has entered the contest every year since she was nine, took her 3-Day manuscript, The Eyes, to Book-to-Screen Pitchfest New York, where she pitched a movie version of the book. Natasha made it to Top 2, and won the chance to pitch the idea to a top-level Hollywood executive.
Victoria Dunn, the not-so-secret pen name of writing duo Victoria Higgins and Meghan Dunn (Ontario), will release Alice Hearts Welsh Zombies, an expanded version of their hilarious 2009 3rd-Place winning 3-Day Novel, with The Workhorsery. Look for it this summer.
More success stories to come in future editions! You can also find past news here.
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3-Day News, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 26th, 20113-Day News
Updates from 3DN, sent every two months or so.
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2011 3DN Entrant Statistics
The 34th Annual 3-Day Novel Contest is many weeks past, and while hundreds of literary marathoners may have recovered from finger strain, the eye strain is only just beginning for our panel of intrepid judges. While they dive into the thousands of pages of hasty-but-inspired fiction, we present you with a few statistics from this year’s event.
Number of entrants: 548
Share who submitted novels: 67% (down from 71% in 2010)
Share of those who submitted online: 85%
Average word count: 23,700
Median word count: 32,000
Estimated total word count: 13,000,000*
*Update, for to those who wrote in: This is a completely unscientific number, and goes on the assumption that most entrants did produce something, even if they didn’t submit it. It does not include those who participated in the contest without registering.
Countries participating: 13, including Canada (293), USA (234), UK (8), Australia (4) and one each from France, Germany, India, Ireland, Kuwait, Mexico, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland
Congratulations to everyone who found treasure in the 3DN creative process, whether it was in the words you put down during the event or in the ideas that came later. Our judging panel will deliberate over the submissions in the coming months, and we hope to announce their decisions in late January. After that, we’ll send a fancy certificate to every brave entrant who managed to complete and submit their novel, and 3-Day Books will begin the process of adding another fine book to the contest’s body of published work.
Learn more about the 3-Day Novel Contest
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Upcoming 3-Day Novel Events
Canzine West, Vancouver
Drop by our table at the 2nd Annual celebration of independent publishing in the West. Pick up a few cool books and zines, and catch some great workshops, readings and events―including Indie Writers’ Deathmatch! Presented by the good people at Broken Pencil.
Sunday, November 13, 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Ukrainian Hall, 805 Pender St. E., Vancouver
Event details
Terroryaki! Readings: Massachusetts, Vashon Island, Issaquah
Jennifer K. Chung, champion of the 33rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest, will read from her winning novel at upcoming events in Massachusetts and Washington. If you’re in the area, drop by and listen to a piece of fine fast fiction that will make your spine tingle, your heart melt, and your stomach grumble.
MIT Science Fiction Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Friday, November 18, 7 p.m.
Room 4-231, MIT
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Vashon Island Public Library, Vashon Island, Washington
Saturday, December 10, 3 p.m.
17210 Vashon Hwy. S.W.
Issaquah Public Library, Issaquah, Washington
Saturday, January 21, 2 p.m.
10 W. Sunset Way
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Terroryaki! in the Press
“An engaging tale about a Taiwanese-American girl who works part-time at a teriyaki restaurant and blogs about her favorite Seattle teriyaki joints. Terroryaki! is as creepy as it is playful, and an easy read about family and food.” —Seattle Weekly
“Creepy mystery? Bizarre romance? Hilarious family dysfunction? Terroryaki! has it all in perfect portions, all against the backdrop of the Seattle food scene. At only 122 pages, this is a quick, fun read that will definitely stir up some cravings for your favorite comfort food by the time you’ve finished.” —45th Parallel book blog
The Big Idea: Jennifer K. Chung discusses the creative process that led to her book on John Scalzi’s book blog.
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3-Day News, July 20, 2011
Wednesday, July 20th, 20113-Day News
Updates from 3DN, sent every two months or so.
To subscribe, email us at info@3daynovel.com. If you’ve subscribed and didn’t receive it, check your spam box and add 3_Day_Novel_Contest@mail.vresp.com to your safe list.
Early Bird Deadline Coming Soon!
There’s still plenty of time to register for the 34th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest, but only 17 more days if you want to grab that sweet $5 early-bird discount. (Don’t forget: this year you can also save some postage by submitting your novel online.)
Contest dates: Labour Day Weekend, September 3-5
Early-bird registration deadline: August 5
Final registration deadline: September 2
Book Launch in Seattle
Join us in the Pacific Northwest as we launch the creepy-sweet winner of the 33rd Annual 3-Day Novel Contest. Terroryaki! is the eeriest, funniest and most appetizing book ever to be written about a haunted teriyaki truck, so don’t miss this chance to pick up a copy! You’ll also have a chance to ask author Jennifer K. Chung all of your burning 3-Day Novel survival questions. (Secret Event Tip! There might just be free chicken teriyaki and super-cute pins for early arrivers.)
Details
Sunday, Aug. 28, 2pm – 4pm
The Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle [map]
Free admission
RSVP to the Facebook event page
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3-Day Books make for fine, fast summer reading! Order yours today at 3daynovel.com/books.
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More Success Stories
We love to hear from past entrants who have found homes for manuscripts that began their lives as 3DN drafts. Here are some success stories we’ve received over the past few weeks…and if you have your own 3-Day success story, let us know!
Edmonton writer Gayleen Froese won the second season of the televised 3-Day Novel Contest and also made the shortlist for our 2007 and 2010 marathons. Her latest novel, Grayling Cross, is now available through NeWest Press. Listen to Froese and fellow TV contestant Paul Matwychuk talk about their contest experience on this podcast.
Heidi Greco of Surrey, B.C., published her 3-Day novella, Shrinking Violets, with Quattro Books this year. It’s her first fiction release (after two volumes of poetry with Anvil Press), and it is a co-winner of the 2011 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest.
Brad McLelland of Stillwater, Oklahoma, is about to release his dark comedy, Bruisers, with Monkey Puzzle Press. Brad wrote the first draft of Bruisers in a Motel 6 during the 2009 3-Day Novel Contest.
Vancouver’s Christopher Meades, who made our 2007 3DN shortlist with The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark (later released by ECW Press), is soon to follow up with his second release from the same publisher. Look for The Last Hiccup in bookstores next spring.
David S. McCabe began Without Sin during the 2007 3-Day Novel Contest. He wrote from Pasadena to say his book will be released this summer by Sunstone Press.
Michael Hemmingson of San Diego wrote his “border noir” thriller, Hard Cold Whisper, in a Tijuana hotel room during the 2010 3-Day Novel Contest. It was released this year by Black Mask Books.
Congratulations to all of these 3-Day authors! They are happy proof that, while everyone who enters may secretly want the big prize, the contest is about much, much more. Want to kick out your own first draft, but have been having trouble getting started? Register, and find out what you can dream up under pressure!
3DN News for the New Year
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
3-Day News
Updates from 3DN, sent every two months or so. To subscribe, email us at info@3daynovel.com. If you’ve subscribed and didn’t receive it, check your spam box and add 3_Day_Novel_Contest@mail.vresp.com to your safe list.
3-Day News for the New Year
It’s the beginning of a new year, which means our 2010 entrants are on tenterhooks, waiting to get their coveted 3DN stickers in the mail and to hear the results of the 33rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest. Due to a wealth of worthy entries, our judges may be a little later with their decisions this year, and so we ask for a little more patience! We hope to release our list of winners at the end of January or early February. In the meantime, here are some items and links of interest to keep you occupied and writing well into winter.
Save the date! The 34th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest will take place September 3-5, 2011.
Success Stories from 3DN Survivors
Matthew J. Trafford, a veteran not only of the 3DN experience but of the gruelling reality TV series based on the contest, is about to release his debut novel with Douglas and McIntyre. The Divinity Gene “skewers urban culture even as it conjures up the magic in the mundane.” It will be released in February 2011. Read more about the book at the D&M website.
Bonnie Bowman, who won the 1999 3-Day Novel Contest with her provocative novel, Skin, has released her second novel with Anvil Press. Spaz is the story of a nerdy kid who survives a cloying suburban childhood and grows up to pursue his passion for designing the ultimate women’s shoe—and to find the woman who fits it. Get your copy of Bowman’s latest novel at the Anvil Press website.
Our youngest-ever entrant, Natasha Carr-Harris, has published her 2009 3DN entry, The Story of St. Patrick’s Day, in which a young runaway befriends a leprechaun and has hilarious adventures. She is appearing this April at the upcoming Los Angeles Times Festival of Books to sign copies. Find an e-copy of her novel at Barnes & Noble.
Two recent 3DN entrants have decided that one bout with literary madness each year is not enough. D.J. Britt is five novels into his goal of writing twenty-four 3-day novels in a single year. You can track his progress, read excerpts and receive notification of public events in his home province of Saskatchewan at his website. Meanwhile, Kimber Grey is taking up the self-imposed challenge of writing a 3-day novel every quarter-year. Find out how to join her in her novel-writing madness at the Q3DNC site.
Looking for some fine fast fiction to pass the winter hours? Order your copies of our past winning 3-Day Books today!
Other Contests and Calls
A few interesting writing contests to keep your literary skills well-honed for next Labour Day. (Note: These organizations are not associated with 3DN.)
Indie Writers’ Deathmatch IV
Our friends at Broken Pencil have extended the deadline of their literary smackdown until January 10, so there’s still time to enter for those with a thick skin and a sharp pen.
Deadline: January 10, $20 fee (includes subscription).
brokenpencil.com/deathmatch
Coffee Shop Author
You don’t have to write your novel in three days, but you do have to write it in your local coffee shop. Prize is a trip to fabulous Fernie, B.C.!
Deadline: February 15 for registration, March 31 for submission, $30 fee.
coffeeshopauthor.com
First Page Fiction
Does a whole novel seem like too much right now? A contest in the UK only wants to see your best first page…but it better make them wish there was a novel to follow.
Deadline: February 20, £3 fee.
creativecompetitor.com
Circumpolar Literature
What is it about the circumpolar space that is different? Send your writing on this theme to Arctica magazine. Open to everyone, from every latitude.
Deadline: April 1, no fee.
arcticamag.ca
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.
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