What You Win

• $300 USD
• Contest winner badge on cover picture and promoted on special Novel Contest Winners list
• Eligible for a future publishing deal

About Us

Inkitt is a new boutique publishing house. Our first novel launched mid-2016, and since then, we've published over 50 novels.

Curious to know more? Read what our published author, Lauren Garcia, says about Inkitt here

Check out our past winners here

Terms of the contest

• Submissions close on September 30th
• 1 winner will be selected
• Due to the volume of submissions, it could take up to three months (*Subject to Change*) for the winner to be announced
• The winner is going to be determined by Inkitt based on reader engagement, with votes also counting for 20% of the final decision
• You must own all rights
• No entry fee
• All genres except fan fiction accepted
• Multiple entries are allowed
• Novels must be in English
• You retain all rights to your stories while posted on Inkitt
• Previously or currently self-published books are accepted
• If you win, you must be willing to extend your manuscript to the mandatory word count if your word count is below our requirements
• Required word counts per genre:
• Erotica - 20,000
• Romance - 40,000
• Mystery - 60,000
• Thriller - 60,000
• Horror - 60,000
• Sci-Fi - 80,000
• Fantasy - 80,000
• YA - 40,000