Snowcase
Showcase your work on Snowbooks' blog
We are inviting all writers to submit some of their work for the express purpose of showcasing - ahem, *snow*casing - it on our blog. Lots of people read our blog, as I discover when I go to events and people who I didn't know read it say 'Hi Emma! Love the blog!" (=unnerving but nice) and most of them work in publishing. Who knows: if a publisher or agent is reading and likes your work, they might email you. It's happened already!
How to submit
Send a plain text (*not* rich text) email to emma@snowbooks.com, with the following information pasted into the body of the email in the following format. Don't send as an attachment. Thanks for this - it makes life a lot easier. If you want to send an image, feel free, but I might not use it.
[Your first name] is [insert bio here. No more than 30 words. Please write in the third person.]
[Write name of book / piece of writing here]
[Write hook here. No more than 25 words.]
[Write name of book / piece of writing here again!]
[Paste 500 words of your writing here. Doesn't have to be the start of the work, but it would be best if it was. Don't stop in the middle of a sentence - you can go over a bit. Don't use typesetter's quotes - they go all weird in Moveable Type, the blog program we use, and I have to replace all the speechmarks!]
------------------------------[include this line of hyphens in the email]
Author: [Full author name. If you use a pseudonymn, use it here]
Email: [write your email like this: emma [at] snowbooks [dot] com. It avoids spam]
Website: [write your website address here, including the http://]
For an example of all this, just see one of the snowcases already on the blog.
Answers to FAQs
Submitting your work to the Snowcase in no way prejudices, or advantages, you if you'd like to submit a full ms to Snowbooks. This is a separate initiative. Please do submit work as usual to Snowbooks! If we have already rejected your work, you're still welcome to submit it or other work for the Snowcase.
You can be a published writer, or unpublished.
Your work can be a novel, short story, or anything - finished or not.
Your copyright, as ever, remains with you.
A 'hook' is a compelling, short statement that is intended to sell your writing! They are very tricky to write - take your time. There are some excellent examples already on the Snowcases