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Manuscript Contest

Ever want professional feedback on an unpublished manuscript? The Writers’ League of Texas Manuscript Contest provides individual evaluations from published authors, and the finalists in each category are reviewed by agents.

2011 Manuscript Contest

You are invited to submit a one-page synopsis and the first 10 pages of your unpublished work to the League’s 12th annual Manuscript Contest. The winner in each category will meet individually with an agent at the Writers’ League of Texas Agents Conference in June 2011,

Deadline: Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Prize: The prize for the winner in each category is a one-on-one meeting with an agent or editor at the Writers’ League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference to be held in June 2011.

Entry Fee: $50 per submission

Download 2011 Manuscript Contest Guidelines and Entry Form.

2010 Manuscript Contest Finalists and Winners

Children's Middle Grade

Deanna Roy - Jinnie Wishmaker
SE Witschorke - The R.U.I.N.S at Fiddlefern - Winner

Children's Young Adult

Joy Selak - CeeGee’s Gift - Winner
Holly Green - Peter Englebright Preparatory Academy
Tim Crow- Alacran Turf
Demery Bader-Saye - The Good Life
Mary Ann Loesch - Bayou Myths

Historical Fiction

Jacqueline Pelham - Firehair
Patty Ferguson Canterbury - Letters from the Soul - Winner
Gina Hooten Popp - Storm After

Mystery

Dan Garrett - Daufuskie - Winner
Kelly Harrell - In a Devil's House

Mainstream Fiction

Brannon Perkison - The Do-Nothing
Marion Hughes - Child of Ibis
Marcy McKay - Pennies from Burger Heaven - Winner
Marona Hewitt - Look Away Dixieland

Nonfiction: Narrative Nonfiction &
Memoir/History/Biography

Debra Kirkley - Only One of Us Has To Have Courage - Winner
Marona Hewitt - Hole in the Hedge
Cynthia Hawkins - Girl on Film

Romance

Pamela Fagan Hutchins - Leaving Annalise - Winner
Diane Owens - Redesigning Emma

Science Fiction / Fantasy

Steven Metze - Wraith - Winner
Tad French - The Last Immortal
Jason Everett Morris -The Cold Mouth Players

Thriller Action - Adventure

Charisse Pappas - The Camel and the Scorpion - Winner
Herman Camp - Rio Grande
Robert McArthur - The Bone Whistler

Learn about other Writers' League contests.

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