And a big thanks to these organizations for their prizes and assistance:
Registration now open for the 31st Annual
International 3-Day Novel Contest
Can you produce a masterwork of fiction in three short days? Now is your chance to find out. This year's 3-Day Novel Contest will run Labour Day Weekend, August 30 - September 1, 2008. Registration must be postmarked by August 29th. All writers are welcome to enter, anywhere in the world.
The 3-Day Novel Contest is a thrill, a grind, and an awesome creative experience. It has inspired thousands of first drafts and countless good ideas. How many crazed plotlines, coffee-stained pages, pangs of doubt and moments of genius will this year’s contest bring forth? And what will you think up under pressure?
Grand Prize: Publication
2nd Prize: $500
3rd Prize: $100
And a literary prize pack for each shortlisted entrant.
How It Works
The prizes make a good goal to keep you going, but the contest’s true rewards go to everyone who gives it their all: the 72-hour exile of writers block, bragging rights afterward, an amazing mental kick-start, and a shiny new first draft your novel.
To sign up, read the rules, get your registration in the mail by August 28, make a few outline notes (if you wish) and then, you know, just simply write an entire novel over the three days of the Labour Day long weekend. You can do it! Keep energized, stay hydrated, keep your goal in sight and let the momentum of the contest charge your creativity and break through your blocks. Print up your masterwork, stick it in an envelope and mail to us for judging. We'll announce the best novels in January, hand out some prizes, and send a fancy certificate to everyone who delivered a novel. Then we publish the winner!
Use the links to your left for rules, registration information, frequently asked questions and details on some of the amazing and original winning novels that have come out of previous years. If you have any questions about the contest, email us at info@3daynovel.com.
Our Latest WinnerIn the Garden of Men by John Kupferschmidt, winner of the 30th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest, will be released by 3-Day Books this August. Click here for more details on this intense story of risk and redemption.
3-Day Novel Contest: The Series
The second season of the reality TV series based on the 3-Day Novel Contest will air this summer on BookTelevision. Visit the BookTelevision website for sneak previews and schedules.
Contact
info@3daynovel.com
The International 3-Day Novel Contest
200 - 341 Water Street
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1B8, Canada
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Need a journal to plan your outline? A t-shirt to announce your achievement? A mug for the five hundred cups of coffee you'll need to make it though this? Never fear! 3-Day Novel merchandise is available at CafePress.com.
... Take three deep breaths. Guzzle coffee, black or with sugar. Don't punish yourself. Do that on Tuesday. Get back to work. Take phone off hook. Pull drapes. If you feel lonely — an outcast — you are. That manuscript is now your only friend, the only one who cares. Finish it. Let it have a life, even if you don't. Bravo.
Illustrations: Eve Corbel, 2004
