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Phenomenal First Pages Contest

May 27, 2021 by BECCA PUGLISI

This contest is closed—please try again next month. If you’d like to be notified when the next one goes live, consider subscribing to our newsletter.

Hey, wonderful writerly people! It’s time for our monthly first-page critique contest 🙂

If you’re working on a first page (in any genre except erotica) and would like some objective feedback, please leave a comment. Any comment :). As long as the email address associated with your WordPress account/comment profile is up-to-date, I’ll be able to contact you if your first page is chosen. Just please know that if I’m unable to get in touch with you through that address, you’ll have to forfeit your win.

Two caveats:

  ▪    Please be sure your first page is ready to go so I can critique it before next month’s contest rolls around. If it needs some work and you won’t be able to get it to me right away, let me ask that you plan on entering the next contest, once any necessary tweaking has been taken care of. Resources for common problems writers encounter in their opening pages can be found here.

  ▪    This contest only runs for 24 hours, start to finish, so get your comment in there!

Three commenters’ names will be randomly drawn and posted tomorrow morning. If you win, you can email me your first page and I’ll offer my feedback. 

We run this contest on a monthly basis, so if you’d like to be notified when the next opportunity comes around, consider subscribing to our blog (see the left-hand sidebar).

Best of luck!

BECCA PUGLISI
BECCA PUGLISI

Becca Puglisi is an international speaker, writing coach, and bestselling author of The Emotion Thesaurus and its sequels. Her books are available in five languages, are sourced by US universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. She is passionate about learning and sharing her knowledge with others through her Writers Helping Writers blog and via One Stop For Writers—a powerhouse online library created to help writers elevate their storytelling.

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  1. BECCA PUGLISI says

    May 28, 2021 at 9:26 am

    The lucky ducks for this month’s contest are Paddy Forde, Maria Tatham, and Judythe Morgan. I’ll be in touch with you all shortly.

    Thanks for entering, everybody! I see many of you throwing your names in the hat month after month, and I just want to encourage you to keep entering, because perseverance does pay off. June’s contest is tentatively scheduled for 6/24, so mark your calendars and stay tuned!

    • Judythe Morgan says

      May 30, 2021 at 5:21 pm

      I am so excited. Can’t wait to get your comments.

      Thank you, thank you.

  2. Alice Fleury says

    May 28, 2021 at 8:30 am

    Cool. Good luck everyone.

  3. Marjorie Wood says

    May 28, 2021 at 8:21 am

    Please include me.

  4. Sofia says

    May 28, 2021 at 4:34 am

    Yes, please! Thank you for running this contest!

  5. Jessica Walters says

    May 28, 2021 at 4:10 am

    Would love to be involved!

  6. Mona AlvaradoFrazier says

    May 27, 2021 at 11:59 pm

    I’m looking for helpful feedback. Count me in! Thanks.

  7. Paddy Forde says

    May 27, 2021 at 11:50 pm

    Would love to join in!

  8. Nell Campbell says

    May 27, 2021 at 11:49 pm

    Yes, please!

  9. Richard E McCallum says

    May 27, 2021 at 10:06 pm

    My celebrity civil rights defense lawyer jest that he would defend Satan vs God. Within the first page he gets the opportunity to meet Satan during a after life event. Interested in your opinion.

  10. Beverly Mardis says

    May 27, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    I’d love to be included

  11. Laura Schad says

    May 27, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    Would love to be in the contest! Thank you!

  12. Maria Tatham says

    May 27, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    I would love a first-page critique!

  13. KRIS Maze says

    May 27, 2021 at 5:34 pm

    Hi Becca,
    I would love to be considered for a first page run through. Thanks for running these opportunities.

    Kris Maze

  14. Joy V Spicer says

    May 27, 2021 at 5:08 pm

    Woohoo! That time again 😊 And here I am, back again for another try. Good luck, everyone!

  15. Shanna says

    May 27, 2021 at 5:01 pm

    Always looking for feedback 🙂

  16. Jessica Fortin says

    May 27, 2021 at 4:27 pm

    Hope some newbies get a chance this time! I have to admit, my first page needs some work…

  17. Anna H. says

    May 27, 2021 at 3:45 pm

    Would love some feedback! (:

  18. Anita says

    May 27, 2021 at 3:40 pm

    Hi there! I’d love a first page critique for my MG fantasy novel! 🙂

  19. Becky says

    May 27, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    I’m in!

  20. Ginger Kenney says

    May 27, 2021 at 2:59 pm

    Sure, I’d love a chance for a first-page critique for my science-fiction novelette “A Warrior of Eden.” Thanks for running the contest!

  21. Sidonie says

    May 27, 2021 at 2:46 pm

    I would love to be included!

  22. Donna Weidner says

    May 27, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    Always looking for feedback. Thank you!

  23. Diane Barnes says

    May 27, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    Always, always looking for feedback so I’d love the critique!!

  24. Kate says

    May 27, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    Always up for a good critique! Count me in.

  25. Hannah says

    May 27, 2021 at 1:34 pm

    I’d love to have eyes on my pages. Thank you.

  26. Kristen ONeill says

    May 27, 2021 at 1:11 pm

    Thank you for this great opportunity.

  27. Julie Ryan McGue says

    May 27, 2021 at 1:00 pm

    I have a coming of age memoir first page to submit.

  28. Jackie says

    May 27, 2021 at 12:51 pm

    Thanks so much for this help. Stay safe

  29. Jeannie Hagy says

    May 27, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    A critique would be awesome!

  30. Brian Pope says

    May 27, 2021 at 12:34 pm

    Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!

  31. Paula K. Niziolek says

    May 27, 2021 at 12:32 pm

    Would love to get your feedback on the first page of my cozy mystery!

  32. Laurie Wood says

    May 27, 2021 at 11:54 am

    I’d love some feedback on my historical! thanks for the opportunity.

  33. Tracy Perkins says

    May 27, 2021 at 11:42 am

    I would greatly appreciate some feedback.

  34. Jarm Del Boccio says

    May 27, 2021 at 11:14 am

    I’d love a critique!

  35. Katie Robles says

    May 27, 2021 at 10:35 am

    Yes, please!

  36. Judythe Morgan says

    May 27, 2021 at 10:33 am

    Yes. Please add my email to the drawing. I’d love to have a first page critique.

  37. Patricia Bradley says

    May 27, 2021 at 10:29 am

    Your first page critiques are the best! Enter me!!

  38. Anuradha Dev says

    May 27, 2021 at 10:17 am

    Hi from India. I am writing a young adult novel and would like to get feedback on my first page if i win. Let’s hope so.

  39. Justine Brashear says

    May 27, 2021 at 10:16 am

    Ohhh, I would love this! Thanks for doing it!

  40. Carol Baldwin says

    May 27, 2021 at 9:51 am

    Please enter my name!

  41. Nancy M Christie says

    May 27, 2021 at 9:13 am

    Include me in the contest! I’d love to get feedback for my woman’s fiction novel!

    • Laura says

      May 27, 2021 at 2:37 pm

      Would love to be included! I’m working on a middle grade adventure novel. Thanks! Laura

  42. Paula Cappa says

    May 27, 2021 at 8:58 am

    Yes, I’m in. I have a fairy tale (fantasy) short story.

  43. Camilla says

    May 27, 2021 at 8:52 am

    Entering again!

  44. Ane Ryan Walker says

    May 27, 2021 at 8:20 am

    I love these 1st page contests. So much valuable input.

  45. Rita monette says

    May 27, 2021 at 8:16 am

    Would love to have mine critiqued.

  46. Anita Banks says

    May 27, 2021 at 6:42 am

    Exciting!

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