Posts Tagged ‘winners’
Jan Underwood at SFU Symposium on the Book
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
SFU Summer Publishing Workshops
Don’t forget that Jan Underwood, winner of the 2005 3-Day Novel Contest and all-around fabulous and funny person, will be speaking in Vancouver at the Symposium on the Book at Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre on July 18. Jan will be joined by an amazing lineup of authors and panelists, including Will Ferguson, Hal Wake, Rebecca Wigod, Mark Leiren-Young, and Mark Critch from This Hour Has 22 Minutes. The $75 admission includes the all-day event plus copies of the books from all participating authors. Register at www.ccsp.sfu.ca/pubworks.
Writers in the Vancouver area should also check out the entire list of SFU Summer Publishing Workshops. They offer a great range of classes, from pitching to publishers, learning about self-publishing and honing your craft in romance, humour, mystery and screenwriting techniques. They also have classes in writing and design software and more. Find information on both events at www.ccsp.sfu.ca/pubworks or contact them at pubworks@sfu.ca.
Eccentrically We Love
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010The Fugitives, that “anything but ordinary” band featuring 2006 3-Day Novel winner Brendan McLeod, have released a new album, Eccentrically We Love. In this interview with Brendan in Vancouver’s Georgia Straight, he talks about his literary efforts and those of his bandmates, and how their writing and poetry eventually morphed into their unique slam-poetry-performance-music style.
Find their new album at the Fugitives’ website, read about Brendan’s winning 3-Day Novel, and check out the video for their great single “Breaking Promises”.
3DN reading in Vermont
Friday, January 29th, 2010
The Videographer
Hey Vermont 3-Dayers! Here’s another opportunity to meet and greet a fellow 3-Day survivor. Jason Rapczynski, the winner of the 2008 3-Day Novel Contest, will read from The Videographer at his alma mater, Saint Michael’s College in Colchester (near Burlington) on February 4. Drop by if you’re in the area, and pick up a signed copy for yourself!
Details:
Jason Rapczynski alumni reading
Thursday, February 4, 4:30 p.m.
Saint Michael’s College
Farrell Room (315 St. Edmund’s Hall)
1 Winooski Park, Colchester, Vermont (directions)
The Winners of the 32nd Annual
International 3-Day Novel Contest
Monday, January 25th, 2010
We at the 3-Day Novel Contest are thrilled to announce the winners of our 32nd Annual event!
Mark Sedore
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Snowmen by Mark Sedore of Toronto, Ontario
The winning entry to the latest 3-Day Novel Contest is the story of a man who struggles to complete a record-setting trip across the Arctic Circle while his unstable and resentful brother plays a deadly game of sabotage. Snowmen will be released by 3-Day Books in August 2010. Click here for more on the winning novel and its author.
2nd PLACE WINNER
McKinley M. Hellenes of Mission, British Columbia, for Everything Will Be OK
Winning $500
3rd PLACE WINNER
Victoria Dunn of Ottawa, Ontario, for Alice’s Adventures with Welsh Zombies
Winning $100
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Miguel Burr (Vancouver, BC) for Fluorescence
Keith Chittleborough (Glen Waverley, Australia) for Sheepless in Puckapunyal
Karen Cressman (Brampton, ON) for Breaking the Girl
Kimberly Davidson (Vancouver, BC) for Jabula
Alice Egoyan and Devon Motola (Fresno, CA) for 77
David Gibson (Hamilton, ON) for Cold Heaven Blonde
Barbara Gordon (Victoria, BC) for Culture Heroes
Meredith Kennedy (Palo Alto, CA) for Strange Alchemy
Edward Lineberry (Dallas, TX) for Forged Prophet
J.C. Locke (Carrboro, NC) for Big Crunch
Gavin McLachlan (Toronto, ON) for Give Up Your Self
Greg Morrison (Woodstock, VA) for The Goetist
Erica Naone (Allston MA) for Needle and Fang
Marion Stein (New York, NY) for Hungry Ghosts
T.R. White (Brampton, ON) for Billy Blue Bear
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR ENTRANTS!
The judges were pleased and impressed with the quality and originality of the submissions to this pressure-cooker event. Once again we would like to give special mention to Natasha Carr-Harris of Vancouver, our youngest entrant for the second year running and the author of The Story of St. Patrick’s Day. Special mention also to our second-youngest entrants (also in their second year), Abby Adams and Sean Vipond of Cochrane, Ontario, who teamed up to write an untitled collaborative sci-fi/fantasy novel, and to the creative writing students at Pleasant Valley Secondary School in Armstrong, B.C., who holed up at their school during the contest to complete their wonderful novels as a group.
This year’s event drew in a record 650 entrants, of whom 460 managed to complete and submit a novel. Twenty countries were represented in this year’s event, making it the most international 3-Day Novel Contest on record! Every year it is monster task for our judges to pick a few winners from the incredible works submitted to the contest and this round was no exception. We thank everyone who put their heart into this creative experience and allowed us to read the results!
For those who are interested in taking part in the next 3-Day Novel Contest, the 33rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest will take place September 4-6, 2010. Save the date, and ask to be added to our newsletter list so you are notified when registration opens!
Another 3DN reading and meetup opportunity
Monday, December 14th, 2009
The Videographer
We’ve got another upcoming reading in Connecticut with Jason Rapczynski, winner of the 2008 3-Day Novel Contest and author of The Videographer, our 2009 release. If you’re in the area, come meet Jason and pick his brain about surviving, thriving and coming out on top during the contest.
Details:
Tuesday, December 22
12 p.m to 2 p.m.
John Bale Book Company
158 Grand St., Waterbury, Connecticut (map)
Jason will also appear at Saint Michael’s College in Burlington, Vermont in early February - we’ll post more details on that event in the new year.
Book Signing in Milford, CT
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009(Note: We’ve corrected the day on this event! It’s Saturday, not Sunday. Sorry about that.)
Jason Rapczynski will appear at a Borders bookstore in Milford, CT, this SATURDAY afternoon (Dec. 12) to sign copies of The Videographer. Come out and say hi, and get some Christmas shopping done while you’re at it!
Details:
Borders bookstore
Saturday, Dec. 12
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
1201 Boston Post Road (map)
Milford, CT
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