Mills & Boon searches for Indian writers

MILLS & Boon, one of the world’s leading publishers of women’s fiction, has announced its Passions short story writing contest exclusive to India to discover the world’s next big romance author.

Launching today, Mills & Boon Passions is the first of its kind short story writing contest for aspiring authors across India. The publisher of bestselling international authors such as Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts and Penny Jordan, Mills & Boon hopes to reach out to the rich Indian literary talent and provide them with a global platform.

The winning submission will be published by Mills & Boon and its author will receive a year-long consultation from the Mills & Boon editorial staff as well as a free laptop computer and diamond jewellery.

Two runners up will also be selected and will each receive constructive critiques of their submission and an editorial consultation. In addition all three finalists will also receive a free year-long subscription to their favourite M&B series. The winner will be announced February 4, 2009.

Submissions will be accepted on-line only. All entries should be e-mailed to passions@hmbindia.com.

The short stories may be set anywhere—Rome, Paris, Mumbai, London or any other romantic location—but should have the capacity to capture the hearts and minds of readers across the world. All entries, however, must have an Indian element to the story either through the location, character or other devices.

Opening paragraphs must immediately grip the reader’s attention with its pace, passion and intensity, compelling the reader to continue turning the pages. As with all Mills & Boon novels, all submissions should have a happy ending.

Rules and regulations for the Mills & Boon Passions short story writing contest are available at www.millsandboonindia.com.

Entrants must be aged 18 years and over. Submissions should be Microsoft Word documents.

The short stories must be typed, double spaced, a maximum of 2,000 words and suitable for the Mills & Boon Modern series.

All submissions must be in English and be received no later than 11:00am IST, January 21st 2009.

Story concepts must be original and must not have won a previous prizes or awards nor have been previously submitted, reproduced or published. Only one entry per person will be accepted. Submissions should include the author’s name, address, e-mail and phone number.

Little India

WRITERS WANTED

Little India is seeking full time, part time and freelance writers to write articles and features on overseas Indians worldwide and stories of interest to this community. Reporters with extensive publishing experience interested in full/part time opportunities should send their resumes to jobs@littleindia.

During the past three years, Little India writers have won nine Ippie Awards from the Independent Press Association of New York and three New American Media Awards. The magazine has also been nominated for the Utne-IPA Award and for the GLAAD Media Award in the magazine article category with such publications as the New York Times Magazine, ESPN Magazine, Teen People and The Nation.
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We publish several freelance articles in every print issue, which is printed in nine editions with a combined circulation of over 142,000.

Articles from India should have a strong overseas Indian hook. We encourage potential contributors to review recent issues of the magazine or our website for examples of subject matter and style.

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Little India is seeking full time/part time writers for its website. These are paid positions. Interested writers should email: editor@littleindia.com

In addition, Little India also accepts contributions for its website. While articles that are published in the magazine also appear on the Website, not all articles accepted for the Web run in the print magazine. For the Website, we are interested in news, columns and features on NRIs, overseas Indians in all parts of the world, Bollywood, entertainment, travelogues, sports, etc.
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Send your submissions to

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Fax: 212-560-0609

E-mail:editor@littleindia.com
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