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Contest finished
Win one of three publishing offers from Inkitt! No submission fees!
Submit your finished novel, 40,000 words or more – no fan fiction, no other limitations on genre! It’s time for you to bring your manuscripts into the light and show them off to the world. This time we are looking for three novels to publish!
The three winners of the StoryPeak Novel Contest will be determined by Inkitt based on how their novels perform amongst their readership. Inkitt will only analyze stories that have 100 readers. Therefore every novel is limited to only 100 readers. Authors have a dashboard where they can see how many people have 'booked' to read their novel and the current level of their readers' satisfaction.
Terms
By entering the contest, authors will retain all rights to their submitted works.
The best three novels will be offered a publishing deal from Inkitt with the following terms:
The author receives 85% of net earnings if the license is sold to an A-list publisher (e.g. Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, MacMillan or HarperCollins)
The author receives 50% of Inkitt’s net earnings if the work is published solely by Inkitt.
Submission Period: 12am (PST) July 25th - 12am (PST) August 21st
Reading Deadline: 12am (PST) August 22nd - 12am (PST) August 29th
Check Winners
Meanwhile, make sure you check out one of our current contests:
In a city where everyone is blind there are secrets that are hidden in plain sight. The key to unlocking those secrets lies within the desert but life is never as simple as it first appears.
Dread Velvet is a product of the most advanced biological science in the world. She is the soldier of the future, stronger than any human alive....and she is a terrible, terrible roommate.
Washington, D.C. in the mid-1950s was a city in turmoil. Discrimination would outlive another war. Diana and Andrea, two black women on a journey to find happiness in a world full of hate. This i...
Love isn’t something to take lightly, and Marigold knows that all too well. But what happens when the love she thought she had fades and another love starts to grow from the ashes?
What's a young detective to do when she has to solve two murders and find a magic artifact for a troll who might work for the mob? When Ben Templeton's former police partner dies, he calls on his y...
"...Now she knew that some darkness could still prevail. She knew because it had taken root deep inside of her." It has been twelve years since the Erlking sent Aurelia away from Faerie. Twelve yea...
Win one of three publishing offers from Inkitt! No submission fees!
Submit your finished novel, 40,000 words or more – no fan fiction, no other limitations on genre! It’s time for you to bring your manuscripts into the light and show them off to the world. This time we are looking for three novels to publish!
The three winners of the StoryPeak Novel Contest will be determined by Inkitt based on how their novels perform amongst their readership. Inkitt will only analyze stories that have 100 readers. Therefore every novel is limited to only 100 readers. Authors have a dashboard where they can see how many people have 'booked' to read their novel and the current level of their readers' satisfaction.
Terms
By entering the contest, authors will retain all rights to their submitted works.
The best three novels will be offered a publishing deal from Inkitt with the following terms:
The author receives 85% of net earnings if the license is sold to an A-list publisher (e.g. Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, MacMillan or HarperCollins)
The author receives 50% of Inkitt’s net earnings if the work is published solely by Inkitt.
Submission Period: 12am (PST) July 25th - 12am (PST) August 21st
Reading Deadline: 12am (PST) August 22nd - 12am (PST) August 29th
What you win
StoryPeak Novel Contest Winners
Three winning novels will be offered a publishing deal from Inkitt (this will also include cover design and editing), a custom Inkitt coffee mug and a custom Inkitt notepad.
All Top 10% participants receive a "Top 10%" badge on their profile
Tina Gayle is an author with over thirty novels published by indie press. Tina is happy to answer any questions you have during the StoryPeak Novel Contest about expanding your readership and finding readers that love your novel.
Contest Terms
Accepting finished novels with a minimum of 40,000 words of any genre.
You have to own all the rights in order to participate. Only original novels are accepted.
Previously self-published books are accepted as well.
Multiple entries are allowed.
We accept submissions from all over the world, but only in the English language.
There are no submission fees, anyone is free to participate, no purchase necessary.
All stories must be rated appropriately by their authors.
Before submitting a story, be sure to check our guidelines page to ensure that you comply with all of our publication rules.
Miscellaneous
In order to submit a novel, authors must make it publicly available on Inkitt's StoryPeak Novel Contest website, by pasting the text into the story editor.
Your novel will be considered for publication once it gets 100 readers and depending on the engagement level of your satisfied readers.
The winners will be announced on Inkitt.com, on social media, and by email to all participants.
All prizes will be awarded, as specified in the Prizes Description below:
Sponsors and Promoters of this contest: Inkitt GmbH, Potsdamer Straße 63
11-13, 10785 Berlin, Germany
About Us
Inkitt is the world’s first reader-powered publisher, providing a platform to discover hidden talents and turn them into globally successful authors. Write captivating stories, read enchanting novels, and we’ll publish the books our readers love most on our sister app, GALATEA and other formats.