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Blog Regular Wins Writing Contest

By Janine • Oct 30th, 2007 • Category: Misc

Gather.com has announced the winners of its First Chapters Romance Writing Competition (a contest sponsored by Simon & Schuster, Borders and Gather.com) and we are thrilled that the winner of the grand prize is a Dear Author regular. Meredith McGuire, a 28-year-old PhD University of Chicago student also known on Dear Author’s comment threads [...]



The Search for the Next Joan Wilder Is Narrowed to Five

By Jane • Oct 18th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Borders and Gathers have narrowed down the thousands of aspiring romance writers to five entries. The manuscripts of the five hopefuls are in the hands of the judging panel. The winner will be announced on October 30, 2007, and then one more author will join the ranks of the swollen genre. [...]



Gather.Com’s Romance Semi Finalists

By Jane • Sep 28th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Gather.Com’s romance writing contest sponsored by Simon & Schuster, Borders and Gather.com has whittled 500 manuscript submissions down to twenty-five semi-finalists. You can read the second (and the first) chapters of the semi-finalists and rate which one you like the best until October 8, 2007.
Some of these books are going to need [...]