Today, May 18th, marks the second anniversary of WordHustler! Which means it’s time to do some serious celebrating…for us and for the thousands of writers who have used us to send out over 55 million words to the world!

In the two years WordHustler has been open and in business, we have:

• helped hundreds of writers find agents and get their work published in various literary magazines, online journals, and other publications
• awarded over 60 writers prizes and accolades through our various writing contests, including our Literary Storm Novel Contest
• connected our Top Ten Finalists with indie publisher Flatmancrooked for publishing consideration
• connected writers with our fantastic Editorial Maven Joyce Sweeney, who has helped over 27 people get published
• gained almost 10,000 clients, world-wide
• interviewed top-tier editors, agents, and writers on our blog, WordHustlerInk
• been written up by top writing, Hollywood, and technology sites
• debuted our Digital Submission System, allowing writers to seamlessly track their Digital and Physical Submissions
• reached and been used by writers in almost every country in the world

We have big plans for our next two years and beyond, so stay tuned for new and exciting features, contests, interviews, writing tools, and more!

We appreciate you being a WordHustler and to show our appreciation, we’re taking 10% off your physical submissions for the rest of the month of May. Simply enter the coupon code WORDHUSTLER2 in the orange coupon box when you check out. It’s just our way to say thanks for using us to help get your brilliance out to the world.

So come on, compose the perfect cover letter, upload your material, search our markets, and then send your poems, screenplays, novels, non-fiction books, articles, and other projects to our over 5,000 markets. Writing destiny is within your reach now that you’re organized, streamlined, and effectively submitting through WordHustler. It’s certainly a happy day for ALL!

3.15.10 UPDATE: Because of the insanely fantastic amount of entries flooding in, we need to extend our judging period so our readers and Grand Prize Judge can get through all of the thousands of submissions we’ve received.

We will now be announcing the three Prize Winners as well as the Top Ten Finalists on April 15th, 2010. Sure, it may be tax day for everyone but for ten talented writers, it will also be a winning day!

Thanks so much to all who entered- we’re overwhelmed by the amazing writing out there!

Alright- the entries are in and the judges are hard at work determining the Top Ten finalists. These ten manuscripts will not only be judged by literary agent Danielle Chiotti but also submitted to Flatmancrooked for publishing consideration!

Final winners will be announced by April 15th but we want to say a huge THANK YOU to the thousands of writers who have submitted their fantastic manuscripts. You’ve really made this competition special and we can’t wait to see which novels rise to the top. Everyone who has submitted is already a winner in our book.

We’ll keep you updated!

WordHustler’s Literary Storm Novel Contest- FINAL DEADLINE EXTENDED!

WordHustler is taking our writing contests to a whole new level with the debut of our Literary Storm Novel Contest (ENTER HERE). Submit the first 50 pages of your novel and you could win BIG! The details:

Official Judge: Literary Agent Danielle Chiotti of Upstart Crow Literary

Grand Prize: A Complete Manuscript Critique by Joyce Sweeney, who has helped 27 people get published! (Psst: this prize is worth over $500!) as well as publication consideration from brilliant indie press Flatmancrooked!

Second and Third Prizes: Barnes and Noble Gift Certificates

NEW BONUS PRIZE:  The Top Ten Entries will ALL be considered for publishing by Flatmancrooked!

FINAL Deadline: February 26th, 2010

Entry Fee: $15 ($10 if submitted BEFORE January 27th, 2010)

What to Submit: The first 50 pages of your finished novel, along with a cover letter. Manuscript critiques are also available for an additional fee of $25 ($20 if submitted BEFORE Jan. 27th, 2010). All genres of novels are accepted, including Middle Grade and Young Adult.

Go to the WordHustler Literary Storm Contest listing RIGHT HERE to enter or hit the button below to sign in (or sign up) and enter!

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by James Kaelan

When Opium 8 came out earlier this year, I was both excited and jealous. With a very simple technology-graduating layers of black ink, printed over white text, that degrades when exposed to UV radiation-the cover of the Infinity Issue promises to reveal a story over the course of 1,000 years, with one new word appearing every century. Opium got a lot of press out of that, and rightfully. The concept was very advanced, but the execution was simple. The cover might seem like a gimmick, but that’s a delimiting perspective. Books need to get people excited.

Flatmancrooked Publishing, which I co-own with Elijah Jenkins and Deena Drewis, and which is releasing my debut book, We’re Getting On, has a project in the works that aims to redefine how books get promoted in the 21st Century. For most publishers, an author tour is a loss leader. The cost to send a writer from city to city (airfare, hotels, handlers, rental cars) outweighs the monetary gains accrued from book sales during the tour.

Accordingly, most publishers have dispensed with tours-or they make the author foot the bill. But Flatmancrooked believes engaging directly with an audience is a major key to the success of a title. Therefore, the more people we can reach, the better. How, though, can a small company afford to send an author on a trip across the country? It’s simple: Make the tour as exciting as the book itself.

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WordHustler’s Literary Storm Novel Contest- CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED!

WordHustler is taking our writing contests to a whole new level with the debut of our Literary Storm Novel Contest (ENTER HERE). Submit the first 50 pages of your novel and you could win BIG! The details:

Official Judge: Literary Agent Danielle Chiotti of Upstart Crow Literary

Grand Prize: A Complete Manuscript Critique by Joyce Sweeney, who has helped 27 people get published! (Psst: this prize is worth over $500!) as well as publication consideration from brilliant indie press Flatmancrooked!

Second and Third Prizes: Barnes and Noble Gift Certificates

NEW BONUS PRIZE:  The Top Ten Entries will ALL be considered for publishing by Flatmancrooked!

NEW Deadline: January 25th, 2010

Entry Fee: $10

What to Submit: The first 50 pages of your finished novel, along with a cover letter. Manuscript critiques are also available for an additional fee of $20. All genres of novels are accepted, including Middle Grade and Young Adult.

Go to the WordHustler Literary Storm Contest listing RIGHT HERE to enter or hit the button below to sign in (or sign up) and enter!

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Hustlers! You may already know that we are giving away a FREE manuscript critique and a slew of Barnes and Noble gift certificates in our first annual Literary Storm Novel Contest.

You may also know that esteemed literary agent Danielle Chiotti of Upstart Crow Literary is our judge.

But we have yet ANOTHER exciting announcement: the TOP TEN entries will be considered for PUBLICATION from brilliant indie press FLATMANCROOKED!

That’s right- you can win a manuscript critique, the opinion of a fantastic literary agent, and possible publication!!!

So what are you waiting for? Find out more HERE and enter the contest HERE!

LITERARY FAME AWAITS!