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New Year, New Genre Writing Contest
2021 is rapidly approaching and what better time for Inkitt to challenge authors to take part in our New Year, New Genre Writing Contest! ✨Begin writing a story of a genre that you have never tried before and win some fantastic prizes!
Is your writing style hopelessly romantic? Start a new dark and mysterious novel! Are you a fantasy fanatic? Try your hand at action or adventure!
Open to submissions of all genres and celebrating WIPs, this contest is for authors that can start a new book and reach 20,000 words before the contest deadline of January 31st.
What are you waiting for? Start the year as you mean to go on and form a writing habit that sticks. A brand new year and a brand new genre awaits!
- A $500 cash prize!
- One-on-one writing coaching worth $500 📝
- Professional self marketing audit of your social media to help you advance your career 🚀
- A Writersblog Author Spotlight💡
- An Inkitt exclusive book badge!
How it Works
- Create an Inkitt account
- Make a start on a new story
- Enter the contest by clicking Submit Your Novel
- Reach the word count of 20,000 words before 31st January
- We then analyze the reader engagement on the books that reach 20,000 words to determine a winner
- Winners will be chosen and announced on this page up to 3 months after the contest closes.
All genres except fanfiction and poetry will be accepted to this contest.
The deadline to enter is January 31st 2021
Your book must be an original work, written in English and a minimum of 20,000 words to be considered for a winning place. Both ongoing and completed works can be considered as a winners.
Winners are determined by overall reader engagement as judged by Inkitt and not based on ‘likes’ alone.
Check Winners
Meanwhile, make sure you check out one of our current contests:
Trending
List of trending stories applied to the contest
Latest
List of stories recently added to the contest
My Demon King
Lucifer the demon king finds himself cursed by his creator for all eternity to search the entire world looking for the love of his life. Finding her is the easy part.. Convincing her that she is ...
Behind The Veil
I was just eight when he decided to marry me and turn my whole world upside-down. I couldn't understand the meaning of marriage until I grew up. Living in a very strict community where woman are...
BAIT Part 1
Amber thought her life was perfect. She was in love with her boyfriend Frankie, had a nice summer job at Taylor's Book and was enrolled at Marshall University to become a teacher. Everything was on...
A Trial of Traitors
Idri and Sooga are on a mission to spot the Hero of the Wilds. While on the mission, Sooga mentions that there's a second person of interest. A weapons specialist who can craft whole new weapons on...
When the dying flower blooms
“Ms. Scarlett, I need you to be ready for whatever I’ll tell you.” He said, sounded like nervous. “I’m sorry to inform you, but you have a Meningioma in your brain. And you only have at least two ...
She’s mine.
Amelia has been through hell and back from her family. She’ll fight until she no longer can. What happens when finds herself falling in love with a ruthless with no care in the world man? Does sh...
Dark Obsession
Can Salina find love in the arms of a dark stranger? Can a stalker get his prey? Can she finally find a man with passions as pure and inhibitions as raw and as wild as her own?
The Alpha's Slave
When three brothers take an interest in one slave.
Sincerely, Him.
So I recently saw a post on alyssa_peralta09′s wall. I thought it was a very cool plot I could twist up a bit. Credit it all 100% going to her.*** CAMERON’S P.O.V. Beep, Beep, Beep. My alarm sounde...
The Half Of Us
I walked to the fridge and pulled out some milk, then I walked to one of the cabinets getting some cereal, a spoon, and a bowl. “So have you guys seen him on the news yet? With yet another woman wa...
What I Don't Tell You
Hi, I’m Oakley Harlow and I’m only 17. I have selective mutism, also known as situational mutism. It’s an anxiety disorder where I physically cannot speak unless I am very relaxed with the person *...
The Fighter and the Gang Leader
Alexis White is a fighter. After an unfortunate incident from her old school leads her to change schools, can she keep her head down and stay out of trouble to start a new life, away from the stree...
My Crazy Life Sequel
Candy has finally got her life back on track. She is happy with her new life with Tony and her new friends. One moment at the doctor's office changed her entire life. Candy finds out that she is pr...
About the contest
New Year, New Genre Writing Contest
2021 is rapidly approaching and what better time for Inkitt to challenge authors to take part in our New Year, New Genre Writing Contest! ✨Begin writing a story of a genre that you have never tried before and win some fantastic prizes!
Is your writing style hopelessly romantic? Start a new dark and mysterious novel! Are you a fantasy fanatic? Try your hand at action or adventure!
Open to submissions of all genres and celebrating WIPs, this contest is for authors that can start a new book and reach 20,000 words before the contest deadline of January 31st.
What are you waiting for? Start the year as you mean to go on and form a writing habit that sticks. A brand new year and a brand new genre awaits!
- A $500 cash prize!
- One-on-one writing coaching worth $500 📝
- Professional self marketing audit of your social media to help you advance your career 🚀
- A Writersblog Author Spotlight💡
- An Inkitt exclusive book badge!
How it Works
- Create an Inkitt account
- Make a start on a new story
- Enter the contest by clicking Submit Your Novel
- Reach the word count of 20,000 words before 31st January
- We then analyze the reader engagement on the books that reach 20,000 words to determine a winner
- Winners will be chosen and announced on this page up to 3 months after the contest closes.
All genres except fanfiction and poetry will be accepted to this contest.
The deadline to enter is January 31st 2021
Your book must be an original work, written in English and a minimum of 20,000 words to be considered for a winning place. Both ongoing and completed works can be considered as a winners.
Winners are determined by overall reader engagement as judged by Inkitt and not based on ‘likes’ alone.
What you win
You can WIN up to $850 in cash prizes, exclusive book badges, self-marketing advice, professional one-on-one writing coaching worth $500 AND an author spotlight interview!1st place: $500 cash prize, a winner’s badge for your book, one on one writing coaching worth $500, a feature on Best of Inkitt Contests reading list, an exclusive Inkitt Writersblog Author Spotlight and self-marketing advice by Inkitt’s in-house team!
2nd place: $250, an exclusive 2nd place book badge and a feature on Best of Inkitt Contests reading list!
3rd place: $100, and an exclusive 3rd place book badge a feature on Best of Inkitt Contests reading list!!
Judged by our algorithm, the author with the most reader engagement will be chosen as the winner at the end of the contest.
So, make sure to get plenty of readers, likes, comments and shares on your book, as this increases your chances of winning!
Contest Terms
- The contest closes on January 31st, 2021
- Winners are chosen based on their reader engagement. This is a combination of reads on your book, likes and reviews.
- Winning authors cannot enter the contest more than once with the same story
- We collect data on your submission from the day you enter the contest.
- All genres will be accepted.
- Poetry and fanfiction will not be considered for the winning places
- You may submit multiple entries
- The minimum word count per submission is 10,000 words and must reach 20,000 by the time of contest close to be in with the chance of winning.
- Novels must be in English
- You must own the rights to the novel
- Previously or currently self-published books are accepted
- You retain all rights to your stories while posted on Inkitt
- Inkitt reserve the right to announce winners within 3 months of the end of each contest
