I’m excited to announce that the top 15 finalists from this round’s 100-word contest are (in alpha order):

Amelie Johnson
Ashley Schaller
BeccaDLF
Chalice Sleep
Em Elizabeth
Hadley Grace
Hannah White
Isaiah Myers
K.J. Haakenson
Katelyn Coker
Kiersten Elliott
Malachi Watkins
Mia Berkstresser
Rachel Evans
Valari Westeren

Their entries have been sent off to Tessa Emily Hall, and she will pick her favorites. I’ve read the top 15, and she has some hard decisions ahead of her. They’re fantastic!

If you’re not familiar with Tessa Emily Hall, you should definitely check her out. She’s an agent, an editor, a writer, and a beautiful soul all-around.

Save the date for the next 100-for-100 writing challenge!

This is our most popular event of the year, and we’re thrilled to be bringing it back! Registration opens Monday, May 6th and the challenge runs from Monday, May 20th through August 27th.

If you haven’t played along before, the challenge is to write (at least) 100 words a day, every day, for 100 days.

100 words is about a paragraph. You can likely do it in 10 minutes or less. While it might seem like just a drop in the bucket, all those drops add up to 10.000 words in your manuscript by the end of the 100 days. And that’s if you do the bare minimum! Not bad, right?

Even if you don’t make it all the way through, it’s still a great time of writing and community building. We hope you’ll join us!