Our own Emerald City Opener

Closes July 15, 2004

Cost: $12-15

First scene (7 pages max).

Categories include: Historical, contemporary, paranormal.

Top prize is a $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble.

Send entries and SASE to:

Steve Ciccareli

PO Box 5845 Bellevue, WA 98006

Write Hook Query

Sponserored by Pocono/Lehigh Romance Writers

Fee: $15

Deadline: August 1, 2004

Eligibility: not published in novel-length fiction in last three years.

Enter query letter of mss, which must be completed and mailed to editor by Aug 21.

Top prize: reading of full mss by Kate Duffy at Kensington: Scribbling Woman T-shirt

FMI, entry form, and rules, SASE to:

 Dianne Gerber

PO Box 12012, Glendale, AZ 85318

2004 6th Annual launching a Star

Sponsor: SpacecoasT Authors of romance

Fee: $20-25

Deadline: September 25, 2004

Enter: best chapter (20 pages max), 2 page set-up.

Categories: historical, single title contemporary, paranormal, category contemporary

Top prize: International Star Registry star naming, STAR trophy

FMI, entry form, and rules, SASE to:

SpacecaosT Authors of Romance

PO Box 410787, Melbourne, FL 32941-0787