shortiesunited

You know what, though? I'm glad they're sending out a 'you didn't win' letter, too. Then we don't have to wait around until June.

And congratulations, amelia, on even entering. They only got a couple of hundred submissions out of a MILLION teenagers? It's a huge accomplishment.

shortiesunited

Amelia are you on the West Coast or elsewhere?

sevenohtwo

i haven't gotten anything in the mail yet.

maybe tomorrow.

amelia_peabody

Thanks for the kind words, shorties. I live on the East Coast, and since Scholastic's based in New York I probably got the letter earlier than those waiting out west will. Good luck, if you're still waiting!

shortiesunited

Darnit! I got my rejection letter this morning!!! Same exact words. Oh well. Next year -- next year!!!!

You know what though? We're real writers now -- our first rejection letters!! My mom's keeping mine.

amelia_peabody

Sorry about the rejection -- we'll get 'em next year!!

sevenohtwo

shortie, are you out west?

shortiesunited

Yeah, I'm in California. So it looks like they were sent out in bulks - mine had been folded so fast that the ink was stained on the other side.

gloriousevo08

how good of a publisher is PUSH, i've never heard of them, and if i ever did win anything like this i wouldn't want to get my book published by a publisher i've never heard of.

sevenohtwo

i haven't received anything yet.

has anyone else received letters?

i'm in nv.

DJAzul

I turned in 50 pages double spaced on 10 point font in march. I'm sure they've gotten mine because I overnighted it and someone signed for it. Does anyone here who has entered not recieved a rejection letter either?

Also, just curious, how many pages did you guys submit and what format (double spaced? font size?)

I completed my novel this year, its over 400 pages, I wanted to send the entire thing but they limited me to 50 pages double spaced =(

Good Luck all--and share the news if anyones already won so I can stop sweating--it's killing me!!

sevenohtwo

DJ, i haven't received anything either. i called them and they said they selected a gold and a silver winner this year. i'm not positive they've been contacted, but my best bet is that they have.

i mailed my manuscript on march 16.

gloriousevo08

i still haven't heard anything, but i sent mine double spaced and 12 pt. font, i don't think it mattered what style the font was in though...

DJAzul

actually in the main submission form for any submissions it says that manuscripts must always be double spaced and cannot be smaller than 10 point. since i wanted to put as much of my novel as possible, i did double space on 10 point

amelia_peabody

I used 12 pt. times new roman and submitted 4 chapters, which was 48 pages. I did use 10 pt. on the outline, though. It was a pain trying to fit the entire book's plot on two pages. Anyone else have this problem?