officially open closed for submissions!
Please read all of Grace’s instructions below and prepare you entries accordingly. Good luck!
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I am excited to have been chosen to judge the first-annual Passionate Reads Pitch Contest. The winner will receive a line-by-line critique by me of their first three chapters. The manuscript does not have to be complete in order to participate in the contest.
For the first round, I will be reviewing pitches. Please submit to the blog the one to two paragraph summary of your book that you would include in a query letter. At the beginning of the entry, please include your pen name, working title and Ellora’s Cave genre. If you are pitching a story for our Blush line (romance, but not erotic), please indicate if it is sweet, suggestive or sensual. Visit http://www.ellorascave.com and click on Submissions to view all the genres we publish. I will select ten entries to move on to the next round. During the week while I am considering each pitch, blog readers will get to vote on their favorite entry and that pitch will also move to round two if it is not one I have also selected.
For the second round, the ten (or eleven) finalists will send me the first chapter of their manuscript. One week later I will announce the top three. Blog readers will have the opportunity to vote as well, and their favorite chapter will also move forward if it is not one I have chosen.
For the third round, the three (or four) finalists will send me the first three chapters of their book. Two weeks later I will announce the winner. Sorry, only I will judge this last round *grin*.
I am currently actively acquiring in all subgenres of romance and erotic romance and am always looking for new talent. This contest is a great way to get your writing in front of an editor and receive valuable feedback. If you have any questions, I will be stopping by all day today to answer them. Best of luck to everyone, and I look forward to reading your pitches soon!
Warmly,
Grace Bradley
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Contest Quick Links
WEEK 1: PITCHES
(post your pitches here)
WEEK 2: VOTING
(vote for your fave pitches here)
WEEK 3: THE FINALISTS
(see first-round finalists here)
WEEK 4: MORE VOTING
(vote for your fave chapters here)
WEEK 4: 2nd ROUND FINALISTS
(see 2nd round finalists here)
Passionate Reads 
Wow! Thank you!
Happy New Year!
Is this where we are supposed to pitch our manuscripts, or am I a tad too early. Sorry, anxious to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.
Thanks in advance.
No, the post is about to go live! 🙂
Thank you!
How do we vote for the pitches?
Not everyone knows me by my Pen name.. is it to late to add my real name next to it
I can easily add it to your pitch on the voting page, yes. I think I can add it to the post, but I have this fear of accidentally erasing all the votes, LOL.
🙂 Don’t worry about it.. I should have written it before.
Thank you,
Andie 🙂