SMOKE CITY NARRATORS
NOVEL PITCH & 1ST FIVE PAGES CONTEST
2009 WINNERS
NOVEL PITCH & 1ST FIVE PAGES CONTEST
2009 WINNERS
1st Place - $150: SECOND CHANCES … Theresa J. GRANT … Newaygo, MI
Pitch: Four dead girls, three years in hiding, two men with secrets; for forensic anthropologist Jo Birch, one second chance.
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2nd Place - $75: CHIN LEE'S PLACE … Vance H. WHITE … Niceville, FL Pitch: Reporter Robert Gage turns detective in this hard-boiled thriller set in San Francisco on the eve of World War II.
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3rd Place - $40: The BODY of HELEN … Tracy KORETSKY … Berkeley, CA
Author hasn't given permission to post their pitch.
2009 Honorary Mentions
by Erika Dusen TAMINDZIJA … Arlington Heights, IL
Pitch: A young slave navigates the 16th century Islamic World and struggles to regain her family. _____________________________________________________
HM #2: In the SHADOW of the LONE STAR by B. J. BATEMAN … Damascus, OR
Pitch: In 1938 Texas, a runaway white girl finds work and love in a colored nightclub, cultivating friendships and inciting violence.
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HM #3: The THIRD STEP by Ginger MARCINKOWSKI … Pella, IA
Pitch: Two countries, two rivers, and her father's funeral cause a woman to confront the incestuous past that's haunted her life.
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HM #4: KILLING RABBITS by Mary Ann KOHENSKEY … Maryland Heights, MO
Pitch: Joe Detrie runs away from an abusive family but returns to rescue his younger brother and kill their father.
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