New ‘Indie Publishing Contest’ Revamps the Traditional Writing Contest with the Benefits of Indie Publishing

     

    SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16, 2010 — Since when can a writing contest turn the winner into an author with a published book … and provide a staff of book marketing professionals to help get the book into book stores and publicized? This is the new reality of combining a traditional writing contest wi…

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    Trafford Publishing Awards Publishing Package to the Winning Children’s Writer at the San Francisco Writers Conference Writing Contest

     

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 18, 2010 — Trafford Publishing, the pioneer in on-demand self-publishing, announced today that J.E. Ward, author of “Slaygon,” has been awarded a Story Teller publishing package for winning the children’s category at the Seventh Annual San Franci…

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    iUniverse Awards Free Publishing Package to Fiction Winner of the San Francisco Writers Conference Writing Contest

     

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 18, 2010 — iUniverse, the leading book marketing, editorial services, and supported self-publishing company, announced today that Margaret Rodenberg, author of “Like a Moonshine Bridge,” has been awarded a Bookstore Premier Pro publishing package for…

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    AuthorHouse Awards Free Publishing Package to Winner of the San Francisco Writers Conference Non-Fiction Writing Contest

     

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 18, 2010 — AuthorHouse, the leading provider of self-publishing, marketing, and bookselling services for authors around the globe, announced today that Art Schwartz, author of “Survivor of La Revolucion,” has been awarded a Pinnacle Publishing Package…

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    Second Annual Federated Search Blog Contest Offers Bigger Cash Prizes

     

    SANTA FE, N.M., Dec. 2, 2009 — Submissions are due by December 15 for the second annual writing contest launched by the Federated Search Blog (http://federatedsearchblog.com). Last year’s contest asked blog readers to predict the future of federated search and it rewarded winners with n…

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    ‘The Man Under the Bridge’: Tales from the Homeless

     

    BOGART, Ga., Sept. 30, 2009 — Get a real-life glimpse into what it’s really like to be homeless in America today with “The Man Under the Bridge” (published by AuthorHouse), the new novel by Jillian Wright.
    As a child, Wright remembers her mother feeding a homeless person linger…

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