{"id":954,"date":"2017-04-14T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewritersscrapbin.com\/staging\/7882\/?p=954"},"modified":"2017-04-13T22:41:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T05:41:31","slug":"publishing-opportunity-hookline-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewritersscrapbin.com\/staging\/7882\/publishing-opportunity-hookline-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing Opportunity: Hookline Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday once again. Today I want to tell you about a unique publishing opportunity through Hookline Books. I owe this tip to my program&#8217;s director, Dilys Rose. This chance is for students and graduates of M.A. creative writing courses.<\/p>\n<p>Before I describe this opportunity in-depth, I have to make one thing perfectly clear: <strong>Hookline Books only accepts one manuscript submission per writer per year. <\/strong>They use this limit to ensure that people submit only their best work without having to implement a deadline or submission fee.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what happens:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You submit the first free chapters of your book and a brief synopsis.<\/li>\n<li>Hookline Books assigns your submission to book groups to read and features it on the &#8220;Discover New Authors&#8221; page.<\/li>\n<li>If readers like it, Hookline Books will ask for the entire manuscript.<\/li>\n<li>This next part I&#8217;m going to quote directly from their site so as to not misquote them:\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Writers who receive a thumbs up will be offered an ebook contract. Those who receive a resounding thumbs up will have their work published in paperback and ebook format.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There&#8217;s no deadline, no submission fee. As long as you remember that you can only submit once per year and give them your best work, you&#8217;ll have a shot at getting published. If nothing else, it&#8217;s great practice for submitting your work and word about your book can reach a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p>I know it may not seem fair that this contest is specifically for students and graduates of Master&#8217;s in Creative Writing programs. Hookline Books does this because these writers have put a lot of time and money into improving their craft. The publisher just wants to give these new writers a chance.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry. There are a lot of contests available for people who aren&#8217;t in Master&#8217;s programs. 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