Undiscovered Gems
Write a Short Story Based On Your Unpublished Book
Win USD $500 and Publishing Opportunities with Exisle and EK Books
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Some of the best books in the world never make it to the shelf. Publishers are inundated with submissions, and simply cannot allocate the resources to carefully check every single book that arrives in their inbox. Even the most dedicated editors are overwhelmed, so inevitably wonderful books often slip through the cracks too.
"Undiscovered Gems" exists to provide authors whose books remain unpublished an opportunity to present their work in a different light, and achieve the recognition and reward which may have previously been out of reach.
To enter, write a short story based on your unpublished book. How you interpret this is up to you, but here are some ideas:
If you have written an instructional non-fiction book, summarize a core lesson from your book in the form of a short story about how someone applied that concept to change their life.
If you have written a children's book, you could summarize the plot OR tell a story about how a child's life is changed after they find your book at their local library.
If you have written a memoir, capture a key episode of your life in the form of a self-contained story.