Mundie Moms

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Have you Voted Yet?

Jace REALLY needs our votes to make it to the next round for the Book Crush A Thon!! Here's what Cassie shared earlier:

"It's that time again! The time of the BOOK CRUSH A THON elimination rounds! Round four this time. Jace came in first last week but is facing some stiff competition this time! But think how heartbroken he'll be if he gets cut! His ego may never recover! He might never wash his hair again! So throw a vote his way and keep him in the running. http://community.livejournal.com/bookcrushathon/4514.html

*HOW TO VOTE: You MUST sign up for an LJ account if you don't have one, or use your Facebook or Twitter account to sign in, and then you must friend the community, which you can do by going here:
http://bit.ly/ckHkJh
and clicking on "join." Only then can you vote – otherwise you'll just see a list of names with no buttons beside them."

How could you not vote for him. Here's a little reminder of who you're voting here. We picked a fan favorite-
Be be sure to go vote for JACE!

In My Mailbox #49

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. It's a post where we share thebooks we've received this past week for review, borrowed from friends or the library, received as a gift, bought, or received to giveaway. You can find our IMM for Mundie Kids, here
http://tinyurl.com/269laq3



Katie's IMM:
Gifted:
* XVI by Julia Karr, received from Kiki Hamilton, published by Speak, to be released on Janurary 6th, 2011

Bought:
* Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
* Darklight by Lesley LIvingston
* Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Sophie's IMM:

For Review From Netgalley:
* The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

Bought (ebooks):
* Donut Days by Lara Zielin
* When Rose Awakes by Christopher Golden
* Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
* Knight Angels by Abra Ebner

Thank you to Kiki Hamilton and Netgalley for our awesome reads. What goodies did you receive this week?

YA Novel Discovery Contest

We wanted to tell you about a great writing contest going on now:


YA Novel Discovery Contest

Get in Front of Top YA Editors and Agents with

ONLY the First 250 Words of Your YA Novel!

No query? No pitch? No problem!


Have a young adult novel—or a YA novel idea—tucked away for a rainy day? Are you putting off pitching your idea simply because you’re not sure how to pitch an agent? No problem! All you have to do is submit the first 250 words of your novel and you can win both exposure to editors, and a reading of your manuscript from one of New York’s TOP literary agents Regina Brooks.


Regina Brooks is the founder of Serendipity Literary Agency and the author of Writing Great Books for Young Adults. Brooks has been instrumental at establishing and building the careers of many YA writers, including three-time National Book Award Honoree and Michael Printz Honoree Marilyn Nelson, as well as Sundee Frazier—a Coretta Scott King Award winner, an Oprah Book Pick and an Al Roker book club selection. As an agent, she is known for her ability to turn raw talent into successful authors.


NOVEMBER IS NaNoWriMo


In honor of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.org)—an international event where aspiring novelists are encouraged to write an entire novel in 30 days—this contest is meant to encourage the aspiring YA author to get started on that novel by offering an incentive for completing the first 250 words.


HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: The top 20 submissions will all be read by a panel of five judges comprised of top YA editors at MacMillan, Scholastic, Candlewick, Harlequin, Sourcebooks and Penguin. The first 100 will receive free autographed copies of Writing Great Books for Young Adults by Regina Brooks. Of the 20, they will pick the top five submissions and provide each author with commentary. These five winners will also receive a free ONE YEAR subscription to The Writer magazine. ONE Grand Prize Winner will win a full manuscript reading and editorial consultation from Regina Brooks and free 10-week writing course courtesy of the Gotham Writer’s Workshop.

Please submit all entries via the contest website at WritingClasses.com/YAPitch. One entry per person; anyone age 13+ can apply. Open to the U.S. & Canada (void where prohibited). Entries for the YA Novel Discovery Contest will be accepted from 12:01am (ET) November 1 until 11:59pm (ET), November 30th

So enter now! http://bit.ly/YAContest

GREAT PRIZES
The Grand Prize Winner will have the opportunity to submit an entire manuscript to YA literary agent Regina Brooks AND receive a free, 10-week writing course, courtesy of Gotham Writers' Workshop.

The Top Five Entrants (including the Grand Prize winner) will receive a 15-minute, one-on-one pitch session with Regina Brooks, one of New York’s premier literary agents for young adult books. They will also receive commentary on their submissions by editors, Scholastic, Macmillan, Penguin, Harlequin, Candlewick, and Sourcebooks. In addition, they will receive a year’s subscription to The Writer magazine!

JUDGING

YA literary agent Regina Brooks and her team , will read all of the entries and determine the top 20 submissions. These submissions will then be read by Nancy Mercado, Executive Editor at Roaring Brook Press(Macmillan); Nicole Raymond, Editor at Candlewick; Cheryl Klein, Senior Editor at Arthur Levine Books (Scholastic); Leila Sales, Editor Viking (Penguin) Evette Porter, Editor at Harlequin and Leah Hultenschmidt, Executive Editor at Sourcebooks. These judges will whittle the top 20 down to five, and each of the five winners will be provided commentary on their submissions

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