Want To Get Published?
Posted by: David Bunch
So you want to publish a book? Besides taking advantage of 90&9's Short Story contest and reading all about the world of Literature at the Word blog, you could have submitted your story to Gather.com's First Chapters contest.
So you want to publish a book? Besides taking advantage of 90&9's Short Story contest and reading all about the world of Literature at the Word blog, you could have submitted your story to Gather.com's First Chapters contest.
And like American Idol, the First Chapters competition was structured as a popularity contest — at least in its early stages. Gather.com posted one chapter at a time, encouraging site visitors to read, comment on and vote for them.
In the final stage of the competition, five finalists had their work judged by a panel of experts, including Gompertz and Gerace. At that stage, the two men say, the quality of the writing was very good, and the final decision difficult.
Borders Books, which was also a partner in the contest, has guaranteed that the titles will get prominent placement in its stores. The competition was so successful that Gather.com has already launched another — this one for romance writers — and it's making plans for more.
