There's only four more days until the 32nd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest. Which means there's only four more days to register. As of midnight this Friday night, hundreds of writers all over the world will begin madly hammering out their novels, which must, at all costs, be finished by midnight on Monday. We can't wait to see what crazed prose and bursts of genius this year's contest will produce!
As the contest nears, the panic sets in for writers who have already signed up. From Canada to Sweden to Japan, they're refining, revising or abandoning their ideas...or just trying to come up with one in the first place.
For those who haven't yet signed up, you have until closing time on Friday to get your registration to the post office. Writers in Vancouver have a little more time—we'll be holding our usual last-chance registration drop-off at Lugz. Come hand in your registration, or just pop by to chat and meet with other entrants.
Vancouver registration drop off: Friday, Sept. 4, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Lugz Coffee Lounge, 2525 Main Street, at Broadway. (Please note: do not leave registrations at the cafe outside this time—put them in the hands of 3-Day personnel only.)
NEW HAVEN: Reading and Post-Contest Meetup
Please Note New Date: Wednesday, September 9, 6 p.m., The Yale Bookstore, Yale University,
77 Broadway, New Haven, 203-777-8440
Come meet 2008 winner Jason Rapczynski and hear him read from The Videographer, his winning novel. It's a great opportunity to meet up with fellow New Haven entrants after the contest.
NEW YORK: Another change! The Sept. 25 event we listed in the last newsletter must be rescheduled due to a scheduling conflict at the venue. We'll keep you posted on the new date and time.
TORONTO: We'll be setting up a booth at this year's Word On The Street in Toronto. Come visit us! And check out this fantastic event in Vancouver, Halifax, and Kitchener, too. Sunday, September 27, all day, various locations. www.thewordonthestreet.ca.
Every
year there's a few entrants who think the contest doesn't provide quite
enough pressure. So they ramp up the stakes a little bit, writing in treehouses, at work, at a wedding, through labour pains or
on TV. Here's a couple of this year's type-A 3-dayers:
A writer from Cortez Island, BC, is doing the contest while managing a
retreat for other entrants in her community. The 18 writers plus
various support people represent 2% of the total population of the
island. During the contest, they'll hole up at the Whaletown Institute,
where volunteers will feed them and give them backrubs. (Backrubs!) She
has already arranged writing workshops for her group to prep them on
character, scene and outline development.
Krista Pavane and her daughter, Season Hunt, are contest veterans who
decided to increase the challenge this year by writing in public at the Evergreen Cultural Centre
in Coquitlam, BC. They'll be spending the
entire contest writing in the glass-enclosed lobby, in full view of the
public. Find them at 1205 Pinetree Way in Coquitlam if you want to
offer your support.
The Videographer, last year's winning novel by Jason Rapczynski of New Haven, is in stores now! Ask for it from your favourite bookseller, or order it direct from us. A big thanks to everyone who came out to the launch last week in Toronto.
In the Garden of Men, the 2007 winner by John Kupferschmidt of Ottawa, has been longlisted for a 2009 ReLit Award. The ReLits honour independent Canadian literature by celebrating "ideas, not money." Find out more at the ReLit Awards website.
If you're looking for a little helpful pre-contest distraction, don't forget to check out the Survival Guide, the Writers' Resources page, our fabulous friends in the literary world, and our list of comments from past entrants. The next issue of 3-Day News will include the usual links to other writing contests. (We figured that, for most of you, there's only one contest on your immediate horizon!)
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Type-A Entrants
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The 32nd Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest will take place Sept. 5 - 7, 2009. That's this week!
The contest forces writers to produce a masterwork of fiction in 72 short hours. What started as a bet in a bar in 1977 now attracts hundreds of entrants from around the world.
Registration postmark deadline for the upcoming contest is this Friday, Sept. 4. For more information, visit www.3daynovel.com.
Questions or comments? Email info@3daynovel.com.
Chat with fellow 3-Day entrants on our Abebooks discussion board.
Follow us on Twitter @3DayNovel. For those who use them, the Twitter hashtag for the contest is #3DNC.
Plan to take frantic self portraits or want to show off your writing space? Post your 3-Day related pics on our 3-Day Flickr group.
Uptown magazine calls The Videographer "strong" and "darkly vivid."
Northern News Services interviews our northernmost regular entrant in Inuvik.
The books editor at Seattle's The Stranger plans to try his hand at the contest.
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