Whispers Publishing is holding a scavenger hunt from 8 am, July 20th through Midnight August 10th, we have tons of great prizes for the winners! Check our MySpace blog for the rules posted and Friday, July 17th, we'll post the list of authors participating and the prize list!

C'mon, it's hot outside so curl up with us and feel the heat!!!

Beginning June 15, 2009, Whispers Publishing will be hosting the “Pack a Punch” writing contest. The contest is open to all writers published and unpublished.



THE DETAILS



Whispers Publishing is looking for first lines that really pack a punch. Entice us. Surprise us. Engage us. In other words, capture our attention with the very first lines of your story.



Any genre or time period is acceptable. Be creative and don’t limit yourself.



There is no entry fee.



There will be three winners chosen as well as two honorable mentions.







Requirements:



* Entry must be from a never before published novella/novel.
* Entries should not be longer than twenty-five (25) words in no more than two sentences. Entries exceeding the word count will be disqualified.
* Entries should not include any subject matter which Whispers Publishing does not currently accept. Please visit our submission guidelines for further information.
* Entries should not include any obscenities or erotic material. We’re looking for creative, imaginative submissions that think outside the box and make us want to read more.
* Prospective entries should be submitted no later than midnight (12:00 a.m.) EST on JULY 1, 2009.
* Entries should consist of the title of your story, the genre, a brief bio, and the entry itself pasted within the body of the e-mail. No attachments will be accepted.
* Limit two entries per person for two separate works of fiction.
* Each entry should be emailed to whisperssubmissions@gmail.com with the words pack a punch Entry in the subject line.
* Your name (both real name and pseudonym if used), address, telephone number, and a valid email address must be included with your query.



JUDGING:



All entries must be received by July 1, 2009.

Judging will begin on July 2, 2009 with the top three winners and two honorable mentions notified by July 31, 2009.

All entries will be judged by published authors and established editors.





PRIZES:



First Place Prize winner will receive $25.00, an award certificate, and a critique of the first ten pages of the novella/novel used for entry.



Second Place Winner: $10.00, an award certificate, and a critique of the first five pages of the first chapter of the novella/novel used for entry.



Third Place Winner: $5.00 and an award certificate.



Honorary Mentions will receive an award certificate.

Whispers is running a contest through February 16th, 2009.

http://www.whispershome.com/index.html

Whispers is running a read-and-review contest for the next month.

From Friday January 16th until February 16th, each book that readers read and send us a review for, they’ll earn one entrance into the contest.

Readers give us permission by sending us a review to post it on our blogs, websites or other pages without further compensation.

At the end of the contest, all the reviews and entries will be tallied and the reader who has sent us the most reviews will win 4 downloads of New Whispers Releases, which they can pick from until December 31, 2009.

Send your reviews to whisperscustomerservice @ gmail.com (no spaces) titled “Whispers Reviews Contest.”