Harlequin Launches the HARLEQUIN FLIPSIDE `Write Your Heart Out` Contest
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Sep 22, 2003--The HARLEQUIN FLIPSIDE(TM) ''Write Your Heart Out'' Contest invites aspiring student writers to express their witty, humorous voices for the chance to win cash prizes and have their book reviewed by Harlequin editors. The HARLEQUIN FLIPSIDE(TM) series is a new fiction program that captures the fun, flirty attitude of a major pop culture phenomenon--the romantic comedy.
The HARLEQUIN FLIPSIDE(TM) ''WRITE YOUR HEART OUT'' CONTEST is open to college and university students from schools across the United States and Canada (except Quebec) who are 18 years of age or older as of December 31, 2003. Void where prohibited. Students should submit a typed, double-spaced, first chapter of their book (no more than 5,000 words) and an outline (no longer than ten pages) of the complete novel by December 31, 2003. The winning entry will be selected by February 14, 2004. No disk or e-mail submissions. Entries will not be returned. Each submission must be original, written in English and have not won a previous prize/award nor have previously been reproduced or published.
The top entries will be judged by an unbiased panel of judges, comprised of Harlequin Flipside(TM) editorial and marketing staff. One entry per person will be considered. Entries will be judged by an in-house panel based on voice (40%), content (30%) and writing skills (30%). Please see writing guidelines enclosed as well as on www.HarlequinFlipside.com. First-prize winner will receive U.S. $1,000 cash; the second prize winner will receive U.S.$500 cash and the third prize winner will receive U.S. $250 cash. The winner must provide proof that she/he is currently enrolled in a college or a university.
All participants must send submissions, along with their name, address and phone number to the HARLEQUIN FLIPSIDE(TM) ''Write Your Heart Out'' Contest 4291, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario M3B 3K9, Canada. (Entrants must ensure that submissions have sufficient postage for Canadian mail deliveries.) Entries will not be returned and may be used for promotional purposes only. All rights of the manuscript will remain with the author. Harlequin Enterprises Limited at its discretion may request one or more full manuscripts and offer to publish them at a later date. For more information and complete contest rules, entrants should send a self-addressed stamped envelope to the above address or visit www.HarlequinFlipside.com. Vermont residents need not affix return postage. No calls or e-mails please.
The HARLEQUIN FLIPSIDE(TM) series is a women`s romantic-comedy fiction program that promises clever insights and a cheeky look at life and love. The stories infuse laughter into romance, and promise a happy-ever-after. For more information about the HARLEQUIN FLIPSIDE (TM) series, visit www.HarlequinFlipside.com. No purchase necessary to enter.
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