by playground | May 16, 2013 | contest, Random Stuff
It’s that time of year again – flowers are blooming, everything is green, and I get another year older. I’m rather fond of being alive, so I think this is a very happy thing to celebrate!
by playground | Feb 14, 2013 | contest, Social Media, Writing
Thanks to everyone who participated! We had some wonderful entries and are looking for great things to come from the writers who were selected to move on to the agent judging round. Our lovely agents – Adriann Ranta, Tina Wexler, Jennifer Laughran, Suzie Townsend, Laura Bradford, and Pooja Menon – will be cruising the entries and making their requests in the comments until 9 PM EST tonight.
by playground | Feb 14, 2013 | contest
TITLE: BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLES GENRE: Contemporary realistic YA WORD COUNT: 70,000 QUERY: Lexi Star has fallen out of her family tree. After sixteen years of deception, she discovers that she is not the product of a one-night-stand between her mother and a hot...
by playground | Feb 14, 2013 | contest
TITLE: SHADOWS OF LIBERTY GENRE: Young Adult WORD COUNT: 83,000 QUERY: Gavin Fay thought he was going to school to learn the art of investigation; little did he realize that he would go on a historical chase to catch the greatest criminal known to man. When 14 year...
by playground | Feb 14, 2013 | contest
TITLE: TRESPASSERS GENRE: YA Fantasy WORD COUNT: 87,000 QUERY: Historians believe a civilization called Middeah vanished from North America in 1015. They’re wrong. Middeah still thrives beneath the modern world, but the realm’s survival comes at a violent price for...
by playground | Feb 14, 2013 | contest
TITLE: STARS AT MIDNIGHT GENRE: YA light sci-fi WORD COUNT: 96,000 QUERY: Seventeen-year-old Talon is one of the New York Assassins’ Guild’s most talented journeymen – and she knows it. She has no doubt that eventually she’ll make guildmaster, where she’ll be able to...
