{"id":2742,"date":"2010-03-22T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2010-03-22T15:21:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T19:21:02","slug":"pitch-contest-elloras-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/22\/pitch-contest-elloras-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitch Contest ~ Ellora&#8217;s Cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 23rd I will be holding another <strong>Pitch Contest<\/strong> and this time the publishing company is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellorascave.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ellora&#8217;s Cave<\/strong> <\/a>and the judging editor is <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Grace Bradley<\/strong><\/span>. For those of you who have never heard of Ellora&#8217;s Cave, Grace Bradley has supplied me with this lovely blurb right off their website:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Ellora\u2019s  Cave ~ Romantica\u00ae and Exotika\u2122 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellorascave.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>www.EllorasCave.com <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Ellora\u2019s  Cave is THE place for erotic romances. Our site receives over 60,000 hits daily  and averages sales of over 70,000 e-books per month. Our readership continues to  grow by the thousands. Ellora\u2019s Cave is ALWAYS open to new submissions of erotic  romances. See the submissions page on our website for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Ellora\u2019s  Cave <strong>Romantica<\/strong>\u00ae  (erotic romances) must be <em>both <\/em>erotic  and romantic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">~ The  sexual relationship must be integral to and an important element of the  storyline and the character development. Sex scenes should contribute to  furthering the plot or affecting the development of the romantic relationship or  the growth of the characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">~ The  story must include abundant and explicit sex and sexual tension, starting early  and continuing throughout. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Sex scenes must b<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">e described in graphic detail and  explicit wording, not delicate euphemisms or purple prose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">~ The  story must meet the definition of a romance novel: the primary focus must be on  the development of a romantic relationship, and there must be an emotionally  satisfying committed ending for the main characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">We also  publish <strong>Exotika<\/strong>\u2122, our  line of quality erotica for women. These stories focus on a woman\u2019s sexual  journey or adventures. Although they may contain a romance, they do not have  that as the primary focus, the relationship does not need to be monogamous or  end with commitment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Story  length is 10,000 to 125,000 words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still uncertain about the definition of &#8216;<em>Romantica&#8217; <\/em>and just how explicit the love scenes need to be, Grace will be stopping by <strong>March 29th<\/strong> to answer any questions you may have.<\/p>\n<p>Now onto the rules. I\u2019m listing them in order of importance, so  please take note. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1. <em><strong>Accepting\u00a0  pitches for novella and novel length manuscripts that are complete<\/strong><\/em>.  And I mean complete as in polished and ready to go within a week of any  possible requests.<\/p>\n<p>2. The winner will receive a critique of the first 25  pages of your manuscript. Hopefully, Grace will want to contract your books (as well as others).<\/p>\n<p>3. The pitches will be posted on this blog in the comment section on <strong>April 23rd<\/strong>.  Posting will be open at 7:00 EST am.<\/p>\n<p>4. The top 10 pitches will be chosen by Grace. The  finalists will be asked to furnish the first 3 pages of their manuscript.<\/p>\n<p>5. The pitch cannot be more than 150 words in length. Please include title and genre.<\/p>\n<p>6. The winner will be asked to furnish the first 25 pages of their  manuscipt\u00a0 or 5000 words, whichever comes first. Please end at the end  of a chapter. There is some wiggle room in page and word count in order  to achieve this. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. The finalists will be notified the week of May 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s time to get moving on finishing,  revising or polishing that manuscript. 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