Posted with permission from my publisher:
AMERICAN TITLE III
They always say that good things come in threes. So once again Dorchester is offering all unpublished authors a chance to participate in the American Title contest, co-sponsored by Romantic Times.
This year we�re looking for contemporary romance: chick lit, romantic suspense, paranormals, romantic comedies and anything that falls in between.
The finished manuscript should be 80,000-90,000 words, but to start we just need the first three chapters and a synopsis that summarizes the story from beginning to end. Send your entries by June 1st to:
AMERICAN TITLE III
Dorchester Publishing
200 Madison Ave., Suite 2000
New York, NY 10016
Please note that “unpublished” refers to authors who have never had a full-length novel appear in print form.
NOTE: I myself am not quite sure how the actual selection process works, though I believe they choose three partial manuscripts that are then shown in excerpts to the public – which votes on the one that should be published. Never fear, though – if your partial is good enough to go to print, but doesn’t get the votes – someone will still probably buy it. Or at least want to see the rest of it.