There’s only one week left to enjoy the 20 semi-finalists in the First Chapters Writing competition’s second round! For those who haven’t had the opportunity, here is a complete list of the twenty semi-finalists, including links to their second chapters. Read, rate, and comment on them before round two ends on April 25!
Eric D. Goodman, Tracks
Stephen Prosapio, Dream War
Jeff Kozlowski, Sea of Movement
Judi Fennell, Beauty and The Best
Scott Auden, Theodore's Choosing
E.J. Churchill, The Spyglass Account
William Hershleder, Beyond Abraham
William Delia, Home to the Mountains
Geoffrey Edwards, Fire Bell in the Night
Candida Korman, Wendy and Alice
J. M. LeTurk, The Wave Organ
Geeta Menon, Speechless
Rachel Schipul, Forty-Two Blue
Scott Middlemist, Name Drop Zone
Robert Moscoso, Junction Boulevard
Rebeccah Ruby, Big, Hairy & Bloodless...
Terry Shaw, The Way Life Should Be
Kieran Shields, The Whole Dark Earth
Denise Wadsworth Trimm, Earth Islands
Christopher Hudson, The Rise of Isaiah Black
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Comments: 21
Reading the comments is pretty interesting. The number of 'wow, good jobs' appears to be inversely proportional to the quality of the piece. (For the non-mathematician, that means the more one-liner back-pats a piece has, the worse it is.)
I don't like to be negative, but this is depressing. There were a few truly good chapters in the first round, and only one of of them made it into the second.
Cathy
Monica, thanks for featuring this at Fiction Addiction!
And Stephen, the second Chapters Writing Competition is going on right now -- this one for romance novels. You can find lots of these (more than 300!) by searching the "first chapters" tag if you want to read the entries. There are some really great ones, and it's been a lot of fun both participating and also commenting on the other entries! I don't know about upcoming contests, though. You might try posting your question in the contest group. Good luck! :)
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The Hard Bounce
I just wanted to say I am finally going through my currently over 6,000 pieces of gather new mail that is in my inbox on here. So with that in mind I have finally come to a piece of mail that was addressed to me in regards this article submission you have created to share with the gather community. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your piece with us here at gather. :o)