Posts Tagged ‘success stories’
3-Day News, July 20, 2011
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
3-Day News
Updates from 3DN, sent every two months or so.
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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.
3-Day News, Aug. 24, 2010
Tuesday, August 24th, 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.
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.
3-Day News, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 17th, 20093-Day Novel Newsletter
It’s time for another 3-Day update! We’ve got news about some upcoming events in Brooklyn and Milford, some statistics from the 32nd Annual contest, and a few writing events from other organizations that will keep you occupied until September 2010. Read it online here!
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