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The 2011 Amazon (with Penguin Publishing) Breakthrough Novel Award is here!

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
Now here's a great way to end the self publishing debate - submit your new or self-published manuscript. Vindication at this level will certainly mean sales and an open door to your next work. JJ


Do you have an unpublished or self-published novel you know Amazon.com readers will love? Enter your novel in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for a chance to win one of two $15,000 publishing contracts with Penguin USA and distribution of your novel on Amazon.com.

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Anonymous said…
Not for Caribbean people.

1. ELIGIBILITY. You are eligible to enter the Contest if you are at least 13 years old at time of entry and a legal resident of one of the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Québec), China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States (the 50 states and D.C.), or the United Kingdom.
Yes, thanks for highlighting the territories. We do have authors published with Island Fiction who are permanent residents of Canada and the U.S. and would qualify. Let us of course keep each other posted on opportunities that apply to authors in the Caribbean too.

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