For our April Book of the Month, we’re giving you a chance to win one of Lisa Schroeder’s books for free!
All of Lisa’s Young Adult books deal with loss in some way — the death of a boyfriend, best friend, brother, mother, etc. Facing your own mortality.
For this contest, we want you to write about loss. It can be a true story, and you can write about your own personal loss. Or it can be fiction, and you can write a made-up story about someone facing loss.
And since Lisa is known for writing novels in verse, we have two options for you: write your response as a poem (in verse) or as a short story or journal entry (in prose).
Here are the details:
The Contest:
Write about the experience of loss, or the experience of facing your own mortality.
It can be either a true story, or made-up (fiction).
You may write your response in verse, as a poem … OR you may write in prose, as a short story or as a sort of journal entry.
The Prizes:
Two winners will each get a free copy of one of Lisa’s books — winner’s choice of:
Chasing Brooklyn
Far From You
I Heart You, You Haunt Me
It’s Raining Cupcakes
The Rules:
- Please check spelling & grammar
- You may submit up to (1) poem and (1) short story/journal entry
- Please send us your submission in the body of an e-mail (NOT an attachment)
- There is no minimum/maximum length – but for prose, we suggest 500-1,000 words; for poems, we suggest between 1-2 pages, double-spaced.
How to Enter:
Send your submissions to sara.novelnovice@comcast.net
Include your entry in the BODY of an e-mail (NOT an attachment)
Deadline:
All entries are due on Friday, April 30th by midnight (PST).
Questions about the contest? Leave them in the comments below & I’ll respond!
Novel Novice 