Entering Writing Contests
In today’s episode, we are talking about entering writing contests. Kenny talks with Paula Sheridan, the founder of the Page Turner Awards, about how authors can enter, what they can in, and why they should even consider entering in the first place. ...
In today’s episode, we are talking about entering writing contests. Kenny talks with Paula Sheridan, the founder of the Page Turner Awards, about how authors can enter, what they can in, and why they should even consider entering in the first place. Paula shares her insights into this topic and provides some practical tips and mistakes to avoid.
Highlights
• Paula’s story
• Page Turner Awards
• Submitting to the Page Turner Awards
• What do you win?
• How writing contests can help you
• Who are contests for
• Biggest mistakes when entering contests
• When should a writer enter
Author Action Point:
If you are an indie-published author and you are going out to enter a writing contest, make sure that your writing is the best that it can be. Give yourself the time to get the best book that you can. The same goes for those who want to go down the traditional route.
Resources Mentioned
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Paula Sheridan
Founder of Page Turner Awards
Paula Sheridan is an award-winning entrepreneur and the award-winning author of The People's Book Prize for her debut novel, The Grotto's Secret, written under her pen name, Paula Wynne. Harbouring a near-obsessive love of learning the craft of writing, Paula has been scribbling down the stuff in her head ever since she can remember.
Paula came up with the idea for Page Turner Awards when she won The People's Book Prize in 2017 and received her award from Sir Frederick Forsyth at a glittering awards ceremony in London.
When she's not day-dreaming up plots for new historical thrillers while walking her Springer Spaniel in the Andalusian countryside, she's helping Indie Authors to achieve their dream of seeing the novels in a reader's hands, through her reading community on Book Luver. Paula also blogs about writing techniques and reviews writing books on Writing Goals.