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Hi Jonny, please include me, this will be my last one for a few weeks as I'm headed to California for a few weeks. Hope you are feeling better!

It gets a woefully poor score on the contest calculator btw.

Interesting, and I didn’t even know the calculator existed.

I think it’s the first year.

Weird that they don't mention the judges given the publicity they're putting into it. Yeah, it might be a wait a see if it's worth it for next year and if they do another year.

I think that is what also made me back off. There is a children's book publisher that runs a contest where the kids chose the final winners based on what they want to read. But you dont have to upload the whole manuscript. I suppose this is to...

I think that although you upload the whole manuscript, the public only see/read the first three chapters or 10k words. But the fact that you have to upload the whole thing means that it maybe vulnerable and it makes me question why you have to...

Weird that they don't mention the judges given the publicity they're putting into it. Yeah, it might be a wait a see if it's worth it for next year and if they do another year.

Definitely worth holding off to see how things pan out for this year's winner then. They are asking a lot of entrants without much guarantee except the big cash prize. First round of judging is Libraro readers - and we've no idea who these...

Definitely worth holding off to see how things pan out for this year's winner then. They are asking a lot of entrants without much guarantee except the big cash prize. First round of judging is Libraro readers - and we've no idea who these...

I think it’s the first year.

I think it’s the first year.

See, I didn’t read it close enough and bringing the readership especially right now as I finish my PhD just isn’t gonna happen. They are promoting it heavily, but whether that brings in readers and the readers prizes are quite motivational. I...

Do we know how long this prize has been running? Are there previous winners listed anywhere, or is this the first year?

It's interesting but then it says that they take 20% royalties from the publishing contract. Plus you have to bring in readership to vote and comment on your book and they say this plays in choosing the winner. On the other hand, they don't care...