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ABNA Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
The Ultimate Writing Contest...
would be one where both judges AND readers choose the winner. That's what Amazon.com has managed to create with the first ever Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Amazon has put together a truly unique writing contest by assembling an incredibly diverse array of judges. At various times during the competion, the winning manuscript will have survived a gauntlet of reviews, opinions and votes from: Amazon editors, Publishers Weekly reviewers, Amazon.com Top Reviewers, Penguin Publishing USA editors, Amazon.com customers, and a distinguished panel of publishing luminaries, including Amy Einhorn, John Freeman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Eric Simonoff, Sue Grafton, Khaled Hosseini, Ken Follett, Sue Monk Kidd, Harlan Coben, and Jan Karon.
Writers from around the world submitted thousands of entries. Amazon cut off the submissions at 5,000 in November, 2007. The long process of sifting through the entries has already begun. By January 15th, 2008, Amazon will have narrowed the field to the top 1,000. Then, real fun begins. Amazon.com customers will download and review the manuscript excerpts. To find out how you can participate, click here for details. More...