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Reiner ContestCarl Reiner, the highly respected comic genius has launched a unique writing contest in conjunction with the release of his new book, I Remember Me.  Reiner has started a novel, but doesn’t know if  he will have time to finish it because of so many other projects he has in the works. So he did something really cool. He is giving other writers an opportunity to finish the story and get published.  Here are the details on the contest:

Distinguished actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian Carl Reiner has written the beginning of an intriguing story. How it ends will be up to you.

He, together with AuthorHouse Publishing, is giving aspiring writers the opportunity to become a published author. If you write the best story to his Adolf Meistermann beginning, you stand to win a publishing package from AuthorHouse. Reiner will handpick the winning manuscript and write the foreword to your new book.

To read the start of the story and get the full contest rules, visit the Novel Beginnings Writing Contest site.

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Yesterday  marked the beginning of the Inspiring Voices Book Publishing contest.  Inspiring Voices is the self publishing service of Guideposts and a partner of Author Solutions. To announce the contest, they have enlisted the services of Kitty Slattery. Kitty is a traditionally published author and contributing editor for Guideposts and her video is quite interesting. She has been traditionally published, but is now pursuing self publishing, which gives her an unique perspective. She also describes the joy and thrill of holding the first copy of a book which never gets old no matter how many books you publish. Perhaps most importantly, she really is quite inspirational in her attempt to compel authors to enter.

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I had the honor of announcing the winner of the Indie Publishing Writing Contest which was conducted in conjunction with the San Francisco Writers Conference. Novelist Michael J. Cooper of Lafayette, Calif., was the Grand Prize winner for his submission, “Foxes in the Vineyard.”

L to R. Moi, Indie Publishing Contest Winner, Michael Cooper and Laurie McClean, SFWC chairperson

“Since winning the SFWC Indie Publishing Contest, I’ve hovered between euphoria and disbelief,” Cooper said. “This truly is a lesson in perseverance-after years of writing and rewriting, and after more rejections than I care to remember, winning the contest has opened up a portal to FINALLY being published. I can’t thank the organizers and judges enough.”

His words really capture why indie publishing is such a valuable development for authors. I don’t know how many books Michael will sell. What I do know is he did not write his manuscript to keep it in a drawer. He wrote to get published. Now he will be.

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