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Past Contests and Winners
WIN:
A copy of GOLDEN LEGACY: HOW GOLDEN BOOKS WON CHILDREN’S HEARTS,
CHANGED PUBLISHING FOREVER, AND BECAME AN AMERICAN ICON ALONG THE WAY
by Leonard Marcus.
How to Enter: Guess Leonard Marcus’s favorite
Golden Book. Send (mail AT thewritemarbles.com) your guess to us by 31
May or reply to this post. One entry per person, please! Tell us about
your favorite Golden Book too!
How it works: The winner will be selected from
among all of the correct entries. If there are no correct entries the
winner will be selected from all entries received.
Entry Fee: NEVER
At the conclusion of the contest, Leonard Marcus will
share the story of how his research for GOLDEN LEGACY led him to meet
someone very close to the character in his favorite book.
The winner of our Golden Book Contest is Amy Thomas! Her name was
selected from the entries who named Leonard Marcus’s favorite Golden
Book LADDIE AND THE LITTLE RABBIT!
Win a Marbles Critique Package:
Be the first to two picture book writers to send a question for our new Ask A Marble Column and you will win a critique on a picture book manuscript from each of the Marbles.
Winners: Mona Pease, and Amy Dixon. Amy and Mona's Questions can be found here.
Brainstorm!
Send in a question for the Ask a Marble Column and bring a friend. We'll enter your names in draw for a brainstorm session from three of the Marbles, on a picture book manuscript that you need help with.
Winner: Cindy Sherwood Cindy's question is here.
Picture Writing
Win a copy of Picture Writing by Anastasia Suen.
Create an imaginary title for a kid's book that would not likely to see the light of day. (Walter's Pet Wart, Little William's Toe Jam, or Rhonda Rhino's Nose Job). Send it to us, and your name will be entered in a draw for a copy of Picture Writing. We'll enter your name twice if you include a brief description of the book!
Over the next few weeks we'll post the titles (and descriptions, if included). The draw will take place Friday, November 30, 2007.
Winner: Rachel Hamby
Tell The Truth (winners Bill Kirk, Ruth Maxwell, and Susan Phelan-grand prize and runners up T.B.A.)
The Write Marbles Nonfiction Picture Book Contest
GRAND PRIZE: Professional manuscript review by Sue Bradford
Edwards – teacher and writing instructor specializing in nonfiction for
children.
First and Second Prize: Critiques by Marbles
Open to: Everyone
How to enter: Send your polished nonfiction picture book manuscript along with a bibliography listing primary and secondary sources to The Write Marbles ( by 29 December.
How the contest works: The Write Marbles will read and judge
every entry and send the top three to Sue Bradford Edwards who will
chose the Grand Prize winner. The winners will be announced in early
January.
Entry Fee: NEVER
Sue Bradford Edwards began her
career as a researcher while still a child. She graduated from
interviewing adults (repeatedly asking her parents ‘Why?’) to throwing
herself into field research. She sampled a not-so-delicious acorn in an
attempt to discover why squirrels ate them, dug in the dirt for
discoveries, and eventually progressed to actual archeological digs.
She began writing non-fiction articles for children while studying for
her master’s degree. Her writing for children has appeared in Read,
Young Equestrian, Ladybug and educational pieces for Harcourt and
Riverside Publishing. She has written about children’s writing for
Children's Writer, Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market, Book
Markets for Children's Writers, Working Writer, and Writers’ Digest and
book reviews for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Sue Bradford Edwards teaches Writing Children’s Nonfiction and Memoir
Writing for Scribe and Quill. She has served as the RA for SCBWI
Missouri.
Visit her website
to find out more about Sue and for a lesson in how to discover if
something is a piece of bone or stone. Check out Sue's Interview, here.
In Love With Rhyme Draw
The WINNER: Amber Entzminger!
The What: Win a Rhyming Picture Book Critique
The How: Send us your name with the titles of two of your favorite rhyming picture books. Want to enter twice? Include a seven line poem that begins,“I love…” This does not have to be poetically perfect, just have fun! Let us know if we can post your seven line poem!
The When: Your name will be entered in a draw taking
place February 28, 2008. If it’s you, send one of your rhyming picture
book manuscripts to us. It will receive a Marbles Critique that
includes a critique from Brenda Reeves Sturgis. Check out her site, and her interview!
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