I learned a couple months ago that MeeGenius (http://meegenius.com/) was having a picture book
contest (http://meegenius.com/challenge/welcome/).
Since I have been spending this year converting the scripts I write for my
church’s preschool department into picture book manuscripts, this sounded like
a great opportunity. Plus, you can’t beat a publishing contract for a Grand
Prize.
One of the things I have to submit is summary sentence—which
for a picture book is essentially my pitch. I have one that I took to a writer’s
conference this summer, and then I tweaked it. Would you please vote for which sentence
you like best?
Old: Azariah’s Story is about Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego, the three boys who were thrown into the fiery furnace by King
Nebuchadnezzar told from Azariah’s or Abenego’s perspective.
New: Azariah’s Story is about
how a king changed three boys names to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, but he
couldn’t change what they believed.
Most of the writing contests I’ve seen are judged by a panel
of editors, other writers, and agents. Not so with this contest. With this
picture book contest, if you are a member of MeeGenius, you should be able to
vote! It’s just a matter of setting up your account with a username and
password—for free! Community voting will be November 28, 2011-December 18,
2011. Isn’t that exciting?
So leave a comment and let me know if you like the old pitch
or the new pitch better and then I’ll remind you when voting begins on
MeeGenius and you can read Azariah’s Story and vote for me!
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