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Monday, August 1, 2011

Winners!

Ms. LaPolla had a lot of wonderful things to say about the entries--and especially the winners:) She said she rearranged the order about a million times, but here's what she finally settled on:

First place: #8 CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE CYBORG

CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE CYBORG wins a full request!

Second place: #22 MANAS

MANAS wins a first-3-chapters request!

Third place: #3 SWIMMING WITH TCHAIKOVSKY

SWIMMING WITH TCHAIKOVSKY wins an in-depth query critique!

Winners, e-mail me at kvandolzer(at)gmail(dot)com for instructions on how to submit your manuscripts and/or queries to Ms. LaPolla.

And of course, THANK YOU, everyone, for participating in this month's contest, either as an entrant or a critiquer. We had a ton of great feedback flying around here last week, and it was GREAT.

I'm taking a break in August (I never could have foreseen how much time these contests would take), but I'll be back in September with another round of "An Agent's Inbox."
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17 comments:

  1. Leigh AnnAugust 1, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    Congratulations to the winners! Put me down for ARCs..... :)

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  2. RobbinAugust 1, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    Krista, thanks for working so hard :) Agent Sarah LaPolla is quite impressive, and helpful. I am very thankful! Yeah - winners! Happy dance . . .

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  3. PerriAugust 1, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    Thanks, Krista! It was fun and helpful. I appreciate all the work you put into it. Have a good, blogless, vacation

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  4. erica and christyAugust 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Congratulations to the winners! This was a great contest! I didn't enter this time, but found reading the entries and comments very helpfu. Thanks so much for the time and effort you put into running it. I hope to enter in September! christy

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  5. Laura C.August 1, 2011 at 1:00 PM

    Thanks, Krista, for this great opportunity. It made me examine my query again and understand what wasn't working. Great contest! You ROCK!

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  6. JeanneAugust 1, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to Krista and Sarah for putting this together. This was great.

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  7. Lynn LindquistAugust 1, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Congrats winners! Thanks to Ms. LaPolla for the agent insight. And a special thanks to Krista, for giving up writing/personal time to help the rest of us. I hope you have a wonderful (and well-deserved) break.

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  8. Krista Van DolzerAugust 1, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    I should clarify that I'm only taking "An Agent's Inbox" break, not an overall blogging break. Actually, we have an interactive interview with Meredith Barnes coming up this Friday, so definitely come back for that!

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  9. Three Fixed HeartsAugust 1, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Thank you so much to Krista and to Ms. LaPolla. This was a lot of fun and very helpful. Thank you to everyone who made comments because the comments were helpful, constructive and motivating.

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  10. Kelly BrysonAugust 1, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Congrats to the winners! Krista- I'm completely impressed by your blog content, as always.

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  11. Janet JohnsonAugust 1, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    Congrats to all the winners!

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  12. Krista Van DolzerAugust 1, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    I'm so glad everyone found this contest helpful and informative. That was my number-one goal with "An Agent's Inbox" - to help us all get a little better at writing queries and first pages.

    And Kelly, thank you for the compliment. That means a lot, coming from you.

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  13. Liesl ShurtliffAugust 2, 2011 at 8:49 AM

    Congrats to the winners! Wonderful contest Krista. It seems it was very educational for all.

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  14. A.L. SonnichsenAugust 2, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Hey Krista! I meant to cheer from the sidelines on this round, but we ended up going on vacation (which I helped plan but sort of forgot about until the last minute ... go figure). Anyway, this looks like it was another super round, and congratulations to all the winners!

    Amy

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  15. Krista Van DolzerAugust 3, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    Thanks for dropping by, Liesl!

    Amy, I don't blame you for forgetting about a vacation. I hate packing, so I tend to ignore them until the absolute last minute:)

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  16. Carol RiggsAugust 3, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    WooHOO, congrats to the winners! What a great opportunity, this contest. :)

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  17. Krista Van DolzerAugust 4, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    Good to hear from you, Carol!

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