Update on the Liz Norris Pay It Forward Debut novel contest!

The contest closed at midnight 3/16/12.  Only one person (so far!) entered after the deadline and had to be turned away.

Other interesting stats: 2 people  3! people had to withdraw because they received offers of representation after sending their entries. That was fun news!  Congratulations!

Almost everyone got it right: query in the body of the email, manuscript attached.  I was very glad to see that.

Only about half of you have ever read QueryShark and thus know not to put your address or mine at the top of an electronic query letter.  I was very sad to see that!



Here's a graph of how the entries rolled in:

We have 416 entries!

We've polished our spectacles, laid in a supply of coffee, bourbon and cupcakes, entered the 24-hour sushi delivery bar on speed dial, and we're

READY TO READ!