Have You Registered Yet?
Register now for 3DN 2010! The 33rd Annual 3-Day Novel Contest takes place September 4-6, 2010. Find rules and registration forms at www.3daynovel.com.
3DN Events in Vancouver & Toronto
Jan Underwood at the SFU Symposium on the Book
Vancouver, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W Hasting Street
Sunday, July 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jan Underwood, winner of the 2005 3-Day Novel Contest, will join an amazing panel (including Will Ferguson, Hal Wake, Rebecca Wigod, Mark Leiren-Young and Mark Critch from This Hour Has 22 Minutes) to talk about the art and craft of humour writing at the 2010 Symposium on the Book. The $75 admission to the all-day event includes copies of the books from all participating authors; here's a great opportunity to get Jan’s hilarious winning novel, Day Shift Werewolf. Register at www.ccsp.sfu.ca/pubworks.
Book Launch and Pep Rally
Toronto, the Victory Cafe, 581 Markham Street, Upstairs
Thursday, August 26, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Join us at the Victory Cafe in Toronto for the launch of the latest 3-Day Book and to cheer on local entrants to the upcoming 33rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest. Mark Sedore will offer tips for surviving and excelling at the world’s most notorious literary marathon and read from his contest-winning tale of brotherly betrayal and arctic survival. 3DN personnel will be on hand to answer questions, take registrations, comfort the nervous and hand out some fun prizes.
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We have a new mailing address! Send your registrations (and, after Labour Day, your novels) to:
3-Day Novel Contest
Box 2106, Station Terminal
Vancouver, BC, V6B 3T5, Canada
Our distributor also has a new distributor (hello book channels!), so bookstores can now order 3-Day Books through University of Toronto Press in Canada and Consortium in the United States, both via Arsenal Pulp Press.
About the Contest
Can you produce a complete first draft of a novel in 72 short hours? The International 3-Day Novel Contest is your chance to find out.
This crazy, notorious literary marathon started as a dare in a Vancouver bar in 1977. Today, hundreds of writers from all over the world sign up to the challenge every Labour Day weekend.
The 33rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest will take place Sept. 4-6, 2010. For more information, visit www.3daynovel.com.
Questions or comments? Email info@3daynovel.com.
In This Newsletter
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Register Now!
About the Contest
3DN Events
New Address
3-Day Social Links
Read 3-Day Books
Contact Us
Chat with fellow 3-Day entrants on our Abebooks discussion board.
Follow us on Twitter @3DayNovel. Twitter hashtag: #3DNC
See exhausted writers in action in the 3-Day Novel Flickr photo pool.
Ask for these fine 3-Day Books at your favourite bookstore or local library, or order them direct from us!
The Videographer "Definitely out of the ordinary."
In the Garden of Men A Top 5 First Fiction pick from the Globe and Mail.
The Convictions of Leonard McKinley "An emotionally powerful book and an intense read."
Day Shift Werewolf "A thorough delight that will make you laugh out loud."
Love Block "The authors are bending genre to lovely effect."
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