Harlequin And Mills & Boon Launch Global Writing Contest With Publishing Contract Prize

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Harlequin And Mills & Boon Launch Global

Writing Contest With Publishing Contract Prize

PR Newswire

NEW YORK, LONDON, TORONTO and SYDNEY, June 21, 2012

- So You Think You Can Write online conference allows aspiring

writers to spend a week with over 50 Harlequin and Mills & Boon

editors from around the world

NEW YORK

,

LONDON

,

TORONTO

and

SYDNEY

,

June 21, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Harlequin (Harlequin.com), a leading publisher of books for women, and Mills &

Boon, their international romance imprint, today announced the inauguration of

a global English-language writing contest that offers aspiring authors the

chance to win a publishing contract. The free 24/7 online conference,

So You

Think You Can Write

(soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com) will take place September

17–21, 2012 and will be the first event to combine the strength of the

publisher's two iconic brands—Harlequin (

North America

) and Mills & Boon

(

Europe

,

Australia

and

Africa

), taking advantage of an international presence

and audience.

So You Think You Can Write

allows hopeful romance novelists to spend a week

with more than 50 editors from

Toronto

,

New York

and

London

through social

media tools including podcasts, videos, webinars, blogs, live chats, community

discussions and Twitter events. Aspiring authors will attend a virtual romance-

writing "boot camp" designed to teach them how to write a romance novel that

will attract the attention of publishers.

So You Think You Can Write

has been

organized in such a way as to help participants prepare completed manuscripts

for submission to the

So You Think You Can Write

contest by the deadline,

October 13, 2012

.

Entrants into the contest portion of the conference will experience the path a

professional writer undertakes from the genesis of a story idea all the way

through to the publication of a novel. Participants will initially be asked to

submit a first chapter accompanied by a maximum 100-word pitch. An online

vote, open to the public, will narrow the field down to 25 contestants who, along

with three "wildcard" entrants selected by Harlequin, will then be required to

submit a finished manuscript. Harlequin and Mills & Boon editors will select

three finalists whose manuscripts will be judged in an online vote, again open to

the public, and a winner will be named and awarded a publishing contract to

write a series romance novel for Harlequin/Mills & Boon.

Harlequin and Mills & Boon editors believe that by engaging aspiring writers,

showcasing the tremendous appeal of the romance genre and offering expert

insights into crafting the perfect story, they can help promising novelists hone

their skills and achieve their dreams of writing for a leading publisher of books

for women.

For more information please visit soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com.

Website:

soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com or sytycw.com

Twitter Account:@sytycwglobal

Hashtag:

#sytycw2012

About Harlequin

Harlequin is one of the world's leading publishers of books for women, with

titles issued worldwide in 34 languages and sold in 114 international markets.

The company publishes more than 110 titles monthly and more than 1,200

authors from around the world. Harlequin is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Torstar Corporation, a broadly based media company listed on the Toronto

Stock Exchange (TS.B). Harlequin's website is located at Harlequin.com.

Harlequin has offices in 18 countries, including offices in

Toronto

,

New York

,

London

and

Sydney

. For more information, please visit Harlequin.com.