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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.

  ▪    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

    • MINDY ALYSE WEISS says

      Hi Raymond. I’m sorry, the contest closed before you entered. After it’s up for 24 hours, I strike through the first paragraph and let everyone know in the second paragraph that it’s closed.

      Don’t worry–you’ll have another chance to enter next month!

      I e-mail the winners to let them know how to submit their first page.

  3. MINDY ALYSE WEISS says

    Thank you all for participating in the monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest.

    The lucky winners are…

    Dedra Davis

    Tracy Wood

    Catherine Misener

    I’m happy dancing for all of you! I’ll send you an e-mail with instructions. Congrats!

    • Catherine Misener says

      So appreciative of this opportunity to received feedback on my first page. Thank you, both!!

  6. Lucia says

    I’ve received three partial manuscript requests and am preparing my pages to submit. I would Love to have my first pages critiqued by you! 🤞🏼

    • MINDY ALYSE WEISS says

      Hi Susan. You did enter on time! When the contest closes, you’ll see the opening crossed out and a note under that saying the contest is closed (like the beginning of this post is formatted now).

      I’m sorry you didn’t win, but hopefully you will in the near future!

  16. alicia m. minor says

    How lucky we are to have been given this opportunity. thank you Miss Becca. Good luck to us all!

    • BECCA PUGLISI says

      Hi, Janet. If your name is chosen, instructions will be sent about how to send your first page. Fingers crossed!

  29. Elias says

    Oooo, I finally saw this on the day it was posted! Good luck to all participants and, as previously stated, THANK YOU for doing this, Ms. Puglisi!