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Phenomenal First Pages Contest

January 27, 2022 by BECCA PUGLISI

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

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.

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 (in the sidebar). 

Best of luck!

PS: If you want to amp up your first page, grab our helpful First Pages checklist from One Stop for Writers. And for more instruction on these important opening elements, see this Mother Lode of First Page Resources.

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. Catherine Misener says

    January 28, 2022 at 3:58 pm

    Hope to win!

  2. Mindy Alyse Weiss says

    January 28, 2022 at 7:41 am

    Congrats! The lucky ducks this month are Ligia, Nadine A Hofmann, and Fritzie. I’ll be in touch soon about your first pages :).

    Thanks so much for entering, everyone. We’ll see you next month!

  3. toni lynn idowu says

    January 27, 2022 at 10:22 pm

    I love this site. It has been such an immense help with my writing. I really love the Emotions thesaurus.

  4. Steven Pelzer says

    January 27, 2022 at 7:23 pm

    Christina would love a chance to have you review the beginning of her adventure.

  5. Siobhan Sullivan says

    January 27, 2022 at 6:27 pm

    What a great idea! Thank you! 😀

  6. Brian Dale Pope says

    January 27, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    I’m in!
    Thank you.
    –Brian Dale Pope

  7. Erin says

    January 27, 2022 at 4:52 pm

    Only just saw the email. Have I missed the cutoff? Nevermind. 😊

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      January 27, 2022 at 5:31 pm

      Nope. the draw will happen tomorrow morning, so you’re in 🙂 Good luck!

  8. Jessica Fortin says

    January 27, 2022 at 4:42 pm

    Good afternoon! I’d like to try my hand at the roulette wheel again and submit my name for a First Pages critique! I’m on my last re-write before I start editing, and would LOVE a helping hand on what I consider my weakest point. Thanks for running this contest!

  9. Karin L. says

    January 27, 2022 at 4:23 pm

    Thank you!

  10. Beverly King says

    January 27, 2022 at 4:19 pm

    Thanks for this opportunity for a critique. You are the best!

  11. Beverly King says

    January 27, 2022 at 4:16 pm

    Can we just hire you to do a first page or first chapter critique of our book?

    Beverly King sweet romance

  12. Jeanette G. says

    January 27, 2022 at 3:46 pm

    Hi there… Count me in. I would love to have a first-page critique. Thanks for the opportunity.👍

  13. Karen Lowe says

    January 27, 2022 at 3:37 pm

    Please and thank you!

  14. Ligia says

    January 27, 2022 at 3:01 pm

    I am more than ready for this! Thank you for the opportunity 😊

  15. Jeremiah says

    January 27, 2022 at 2:16 pm

    I need all of the help I can get! This is one way to get you baby out there, if you are like me and are afraid of criticism.

  16. Giff MacShane says

    January 27, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    Just finished editing Chapter 1 — would love another pair of eyes on my first page! Thanks so much!

  17. E.F. Buckles says

    January 27, 2022 at 12:55 pm

    I’ve seen this contest for over a year now and I think I’m finally ready to give it a shot! I’d love some feedback on the new opening of my YA portal fantasy, In Dreams They Came.

  18. Adrienne DeWitt says

    January 27, 2022 at 12:36 pm

    Love your newsletters! Thank you for all the help. Throwing my hat into this month’s first page contest. Thank you!

  19. MAL G KING says

    January 27, 2022 at 12:33 pm

    I’M A DERANGED OLD COOT, BUT I KNOW A BARGAIN WHEN I SEE ONE. THANKS FOR YOUR HELPFUL BLOG.

  20. Emma A says

    January 27, 2022 at 11:53 am

    Sounds amazing, fingers crossed!

  21. Marcia Berneger says

    January 27, 2022 at 11:43 am

    What a great opportunity to get feedback before March 1. Thank you!!

  22. Nadine A Hofmann says

    January 27, 2022 at 11:22 am

    I’m throwing my pen in the ring!

  23. Tracy Perkins says

    January 27, 2022 at 11:13 am

    In the words of Og Mandino, I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.” Becca, thank you for the opportunity to show us the stars in our work.

  24. Fritzie says

    January 27, 2022 at 10:59 am

    I love your blog. It really, really helps in my writing.

  25. Ginger says

    January 27, 2022 at 10:39 am

    This sounds a bit scary but also fun. I’m in! Thanks for running this contest!

  26. Steve Silverman says

    January 27, 2022 at 10:33 am

    A great opportunity for a newbie short story writer like me. I can hardly wait….’Choose me! Choose me!

  27. Lynne Clark says

    January 27, 2022 at 10:20 am

    So exciting! I have all appendages crossed for success, and look forward top hearing from you soon!

  28. Becky says

    January 27, 2022 at 9:49 am

    May the odds be in my favor! *fingers crossed*

  29. martha walker says

    January 27, 2022 at 9:47 am

    Hi, looking forward to another fun contest

  30. Cressida says

    January 27, 2022 at 9:46 am

    Would love another pair of eyes on my middle grade. Thank you for the opportunity.

  31. William says

    January 27, 2022 at 9:38 am

    My friends-to-lovers contemporary romance attempt bats its eyelids at you 😉

  32. Katherine says

    January 27, 2022 at 9:38 am

    Awesome! Thank you for the opportunity to enter.

  33. Marcia Furrow says

    January 27, 2022 at 9:19 am

    First pagers rule!

  34. Mary Patrick says

    January 27, 2022 at 9:16 am

    Thanks for the opportunity!

  35. Darlene Nastansky says

    January 27, 2022 at 8:58 am

    Thank you and fingers crossed.

  36. Dave says

    January 27, 2022 at 8:44 am

    May the Great Pumpkin rise in my first page.

  37. Candace Lea Wafford says

    January 27, 2022 at 8:34 am

    Thank you for doing this. I would love to get some feedback on the first page of my memoir-in-progress!

  38. Catherine Hendrix says

    January 27, 2022 at 8:33 am

    Hi Becca. I would so love for you to read my first page. I’m in the process of revising my adult fantasy novel The Searing Sands. It would be such an honor.

  39. Diane Tracy says

    January 27, 2022 at 8:22 am

    Oh goodness. I do have a first page that I think desperately needs a set of new eyes. I’d love to be chosen.

  40. Katie Robles says

    January 27, 2022 at 8:19 am

    Great way to start a Thursday morning!

  41. Lisa Carpenter says

    January 27, 2022 at 8:11 am

    I could use this. Thank you!

  42. Gwen Gardner says

    January 27, 2022 at 7:56 am

    I always love the first page critique- I’d love to win it!

  43. Bruce Rule says

    January 27, 2022 at 7:31 am

    I’d love to hear your thoughts on Percy the purple-beaked puffin’s intro. Thanks!

  44. Carol Baldiwn says

    January 27, 2022 at 6:57 am

    count me in!

  45. Mary S Luce says

    January 27, 2022 at 5:59 am

    I’d love to win this!

  46. Joy V Spicer says

    January 27, 2022 at 5:31 am

    The first one of 2022! Thanks for keeping this going, Becca & Angela. Once again, jumping right in 😊 Good luck, everyone!

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