First rule of WRiTE CLUB: talk a lot about it!
Here's DL to tell you about this awesome competition.
First off, I’d like to thank Christine for
the opportunity to talk to you today about something near and dear to my heart…WRiTE
CLUB. My modest writing contest has proven so popular that the DFW Writers
Conference is now considering incorporating it into their agenda for
2015.
For the newbies out there, let me explain what WRiTE CLUB is? It’s a
modest writing competition whose inspiration was derived from the movie FIGHT
CLUB. There are numerous versions of this concept around the internet, but
nothing like we do it. Its essence embodies simple, good-natured competition,
with lots and lots of fun sprinkled on top.
Over the course of eight weeks I hold twice-weekly bouts in which the winners
advance to the play-offs, which will ultimately lead to a single champion.
Bouts between who…or what…you ask? Anonymous 500 word writing samples,
submitted under a pen name by anyone who wishes to take part, that’s who. The
writing can be any genre, any style (even poetry) with the word count being the
only restriction. It’s a way to get your writing in front of a lot of readers,
without having to suffer the agony of exposure.
And the winners are determined by WRiTE CLUB readers!
To find out how to become part of the fun just head on over to DLHammons.com
and click on the WRiTE CLUB tab.
Submissions are open until May 31st.
After that date a panel of a dozen judges will read all of the entries we
received and pre-select 32 of the best writing samples to climb into the ring.
Those 32 participants will then be randomly matched to compete over the next
eight weeks, each of them hoping to make it into the play-off rounds and moving
towards the ultimate goal – WRiTE CLUB Champion. No one (other than my
wife)…not even the judges being used to pre-select the 32 contestants, will see
the true identity of any sample. Unless you win, of course.
Again this year, the most
exciting part is the winner of the final round will be chosen by a panel of
publishing industry professionals! Judges
include New York Times best-selling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning
horror and thriller author Jonathan Maberry, Agents Katie Grim of
Don Congdon Associates, Margaret Bail of the Andrea Hurst Agency, Sarah
Negovetich of the Corvisiero Literary Agency, Brittany Booker of The
Booker Albert Literary Agency. Also included is Candace Havens,
Editorial Director of Entangled Publishing Covet line, Authors Les Edgerton
and Lydia Kang, and previous WRiTE CLUB winners Tiana Smith
(2011), Mark Hough (2012) and Tex Thompson (2013).
Are you willing to WRiTE for what you want? Then crack those knuckles
and get ready to flex that imagination. And whatever you do, tell your friends!
WRiTE CLUB – The contest where the audience gets clobbered!
