We at WordHustler, along with the rest of the world, were saddened to hear of Michael Jackson’s passing today at age 50. But, being the publishing-minded individuals that we are, our thoughts turn to the huge amount of Jackson-centric books that will inevitably flood the literary marketplace in the new few months.

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Searching the book section of Amazon with the keywords “Michael Jackson” already yields over 20,000 results. So the question is, WordHustlers, how many books do you think will be released about Jackson in the next 3 months? Let us know your guess.

Goodbye to a true Thriller. And good luck with your writing, WordHustlers.

Announcing The May Essay Contest Winners!!!

The time has come to announce the winners of WordHustler’s May Essay Contest, which centered around the prompt: “What Is the Best Birthday Gift You’ve Ever Received and Why?”

It was a tough decision for the folks at WordHustler- from over hundreds of submissions, we selected three Winners and six Honorable Mentions.

Winners:

T. Katz, Canyon Country, CA

Karen Bumpus, Marshfield, MA

Orietta L’Abbate, Virgin Islands

Honorable Mentions:

Janice Moss, Albany, NY

Lea Schizas, Quebec, Canada

Donna Eggert, Tabernacle, NJ

Colleen Collins, Delray Beach, FL

Christopher Eller, Castle Rock, CO

Ruby Thomas, Gurnee, IL

If you didn’t win this time, you still have a chance to enter the Summer Poetry Contest! Look for contest rules HERE.

The three winning essays are posted below. Read on to see how these three WordHustlers shared their most memorable birthdays in an even more memorable way.

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Is March the month your writing finds that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Well WordHustler thinks the luck of the Irish may indeed be with you! For the month of March, submit any piece of work through WordHustler.com and be automatically entered to win an Amazon.com Gift Card!

But that’s not all!

Each of our monthly winners will be entered in a drawing at the end of 2009 where they could win an Amazon Kindle. That’s right…this $350+ reading wunderkind could be yours, and all you have to do is send out your brilliant work. Isn’t that what you were going to do anyway?

Come on, luck is already on your side. Using WordHustler to send out your work not only gives you more time to write, it also raises your odds of success…both in publishing-land AND Kindle-land!

So what are you waiting for? Destiny awaits…and WordHustler wants to help.

Read on for Official Contest Rules, aka the nitty-gritty.

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