Want to win free critiques from publishing experts and a one-year subscription to WritersMarket.com? Well, to celebrate the beginning of summer, we’re offering you the opportunity to win them! All you have to do is email us your logline of your novel (any genre, and no longer than two sentences), and we’ll choose the three best. Winners will be announced in Vine Leaves Literary Journal Issue #03, out on Friday, July 6.

Here’s what you’ll receive:
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
  • A detailed vignette, short story, script, or poem critique (800 words max) by Jessica Bell and Dawn Ius, the editors of Vine Leaves Literary Journal, with follow-up guidance via email. (Plus inclusion in Issue #04 of the magazine if the changes suggested are implemented and well-done.)

How to enter:

email: vineleaves.contests@gmail.com

subject line: logline contest June 2012

details needed:
  • your name
  • title of project
  • genre of project
  • your logline
Contest ends June 30.


Interested in a writing retreat in Greece?

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If you’re considering a writing event this year, but are looking for just as much of an opportunity to sit down and write as you are to learn from presenters, then join Chuck Sambuchino, Jessica Bell, and Dawn Ius (our guest speaker for scriptwriting!) at the Homeric Writers’ Retreat and Workshop from Aug. 2-8, 2012. It’s held on the beautiful Greek isle of Ithaca—a perfect place to soak in the sunshine and let the creative juices flow. And in addition to the amazing scenery to help you write, there are daily sessions as well as several personalized critiques (manuscript pages, query, synopsis, proposal) for all attendees, taught and given by publishing pros. Learn more on the website.