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Any GOOD, well-known Novel-Writing Contests that offer to get manuscripts published to the winner?

I have a friend who's written a novel, and he wants to find a decent contest, so that he might have a shot at publication. If possible, can someone come up with a list of well-known, respected writing (preferably novel-writing) contests --ones aren't scams and won't exploit my friend's good ideas--that will help him get his book out there?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: What genre is his novel? There are a couple in romance and mystery, but I don't know of any in other genres.

His best bet is to skip the whole contest stuff and get an agent. The easiest way to get published is to 1) write a GREAT book, 2) get an agent. If he queries 100 agents and they all say no, write another book. Tell him to check out publishersmarketplace.com, agentquery.com, and preditors & editors for legitimate agents.