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At Book Architecture, editorial support often begins with a Phase One (as the name might indicate), and that is what this contest is all about.

What is a Phase One?

If you are selected as the winner, Madison and I will each review your manuscript and generate a 7-10 page long written critique, capturing the macro and micro issues within your material. Once you have received and digested these critiques, a 1.5 to 2-hour meeting with all of us will help clarify any questions and brainstorm your next steps. (More information on the entire Book Architecture process can be found here).

What is our motivation?

Believe it or not…to be of help. Maybe you keep thinking your work is ready but you can’t bring yourself to actually enlist editorial help; maybe you’re ready and willing to involve that aid but your cash flow is holding you back for now; maybe you just like winning. In any case, we hope to see your manuscript in the draw!

What do we need from you?

• A 10-page sample from anywhere in the work. (Microsoft Word, Apple’s Pages, or PDF are our preferred formats, but try us with other ones).
• We hate synopses as much as anyone, so in addition to your sample we simply ask for one paragraph on what the work is about and where you (think you) are with it.

How does it work?

Submissions can be sent here, with an October 1st deadline. Entries will be judged by three members of the Inkhouse executive team, who are, in the words of one of them, “stoked” to assist. (If you’re not familiar, Inkhouse is a public relations firm with offices in Boston, San Francisco, New York, Seattle, San Diego, and Washington DC). What are their judging criteria? It’s very simple — they will be looking for potential.

Make sure to sign up for the BA newsletter if you haven’t already, as that’s where the winner will be announced at the end of October. (And that could be you!)