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Phenomenal First Pages Contest

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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 the blog (in the sidebar).

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 (double-spaced in 12-point font) 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 right-hand 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.

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Comments

  2. MINDY ALYSE WEISS says

    Thank you all so much for entering! The lucky winners of a first page critique from Becca are:

    Carol Graft

    Diana Lloyd

    Sandra Bunning

    Huge congrats! I’ll e-mail you instructions. 🙂

  4. MacKenzie Maness says

    I would love this opportunity! I have been writing my first piece with the intent to publish it one day. Your feedback would be invaluable to me as I just started my own journey to becoming a published author.

    Thank you!

  7. Suzi says

    I am thankful to DiAnn Mills for posting about your website and this opportunity. I plan to submit my first five pages to another writing contest by the middle of next month and would love extra feedback on my first page.

    I am enjoying the resources you have to help writers, too. Thank you!

  9. Tripp Davis says

    The Christmas Closet, A Childrens Christmas Adventure, would love this also. Thanks for your consideration

  19. Patrick Witz says

    Thank you for the opportunity of professional criticism. My writing group over the years has been very helpful in our critique sessions s. However, it would be both refreshing and enlightening to get an opinion outside my normal feedback bubble. I’d as well like to share any feedback with the group to further our collective writing skills.

  20. Arianwen says

    Thank you so much for offering the opportunity! I’d certainly love the help. Best of luck to everyone!

  21. Kerrie Herron says

    I love this site, and I’m super excited about this giveaway! Thank you for donating your time! I would love some feedback on the first pages of my YA Fantasy #WIP, MYSTOVKA. 🙂
    Thank you!
    Kerrie Faye 🙂

  25. Dina Mousa says

    Hi! I’m writing a historical fiction novel set in Egypt (my home country) from 1946 to 1973. The story is loosely based on my mother’s life and the wars that tore the country apart. I would love a first-page review. Thank you so much for the kind offer!

  30. HiDee says

    I’d love to get your feedback on my first page. Thank you for this opportunity, and for providing wonderful resources for writers!

  34. Danielle Cook says

    I’m restarting my writing journey after three horrific years (my husband passed, I sold my house to move across the country to be closer to relatives; I had three operations (one in which I nearly died) and then had to pack and move again during my recovery because of COVID). During that time, a fog of grief, stress, and exhaustion overwhelmed my brain. The words wouldn’t come. I finally have the mental focus and desire to write again. Having someone critique my first WIP page would be a great motivatior!

  43. Myka says

    Yes please!! I see on the photo for this post, the first page starts halfway down the paper. I assume for this submission we can begin at the top of the paper, right? 🙂

  51. Bethany S says

    I’m polishing up a MS to hopefully start querying it in the next month or so, and I swear first pages are my kryptonite, so this would be absolutely amazing to win! Thanks for doing so much for the writing community.