Win Feedback on Your First Five Pages!

Want to win editorial feedback
and take your story
from good to great?

Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck!
It’s time for our monthly
Phenomenal First Pages contest.
In this draw, you can win…

Editorial feedback on the first 5 pages of your MG, YA, or Adult novel

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 here.

Entering is easy. Leave your contact information on this entry form. If you win, we’ll let you know how to send in your pages.

Contest Details

• This is a 24-hour contest, so enter ASAP.
• Three winners will be drawn.
• If you win, we’ll email instructions for providing your submission. If we don’t hear back from you within 48 hours, we’ll have to choose a new winner, and your critique will be forfeited. So make sure your contact information on the entry form is correct.
• Have your pages ready in case your name is selected. Format with 1-inch margins, double-spaced, and 12pt Times New Roman font. 
• No picture books or books written in verse, please

The editor you’ll be working with: Marissa Graff

Marissa Graff has been a freelance editor and reader for literary agent Sarah Davies at Greenhouse Literary Agency for over five years. She offers developmental editing and author coaching through Angelella Editorial, specializing in MG, YA, and adult fiction, with a teaching-forward approach that helps writers grow more confident and independent. Connect with Marissa on her website.

Did you know…

Some winners find their dream editor through this contest, and a few have shared with us that their polished pages have helped them secure representation. Talk about phenomenal reasons to enter!

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Good luck!