I used to be a contest junkie, but haven't entered any writing contest in years. Now I'm considering the Golden Heart because, well, because I have a completed manuscript that I'm working on. I think it would give me another reason to keep forging ahead with these edits. But I'm wondering if it's worth the effort and cost. It's a non-traditional book, and I'm not sure how much contests have changed over the past several years. It used to be that non-traditional books not entered in the Fantasy category rarely did well. However, the rise of e-publishing and a wider variety of stories could bode well--or not.
Should I throw my $50 into the fray? What do you look to get out of a contest entry? Fame? Glory? An editor's eye?
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If you can afford $50 for just a number score, if you're confident your mss is polished to the max and able to gain a finalist berth, then yes. But so many RWA chapter contests give fabulous feedback - for a cheaper price. If your book is "between the cracks" of RWA's 'guidelines' for a specific genre, IMO you may want to test those waters first.
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