First Page Challenge
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Last checkedThe First Page Challenge is an annual writing contest for novelists accepting one-page openings from fiction and narrative nonfiction, including short stories and full-length manuscripts.
Response time info: ~9 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
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Annual contest for novelists accepting one-page, double-spaced, 12-point openings from fiction, including short stories and full-length manuscripts. Multiple submissions are accepted; the deadline is September 30. Prizes are $700 CAD, $200 CAD, and $100 CAD.
Annual contest for novelists accepting one-page, double-spaced, 12-point openings from narrative nonfiction. Multiple submissions are accepted; the deadline is September 30. Prizes are $700 CAD, $200 CAD, and $100 CAD.
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