{"id":441,"date":"2013-08-01T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?p=441"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:26:09","slug":"promote-your-book-and-yourself-through-writing-contests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/promote-your-book-and-yourself-through-writing-contests\/","title":{"rendered":"Promote Your Book and Yourself through Writing Contests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?s=writing+contests\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-597 aligncenter\" title=\"Promote Your Book and Yourself through Writing Contests\" alt=\"Promote Your Book and Yourself through Writing Contests\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bobs-books-with-awardsv-edited-300x219.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bobs-books-with-awardsv-edited-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bobs-books-with-awardsv-edited-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bobs-books-with-awardsv-edited-500x365.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There are writing contests all over the country for books of various genres. Conduct an Internet search for \u201c<a title=\"personal branding, tips for authors, writing competitions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?s=writing+contests\">writing or book contests<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0Enter them to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gain recognition for and promote your book.<\/li>\n<li>Better brand yourself and your book(s).<\/li>\n<li>Sell more books.<\/li>\n<li>Get feedback on your articles and book.<\/li>\n<li>Potentially add an award to your writing r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you win a book contest, most sponsors provide stick-on labels that can be attached to the cover of your winning books and alert potential customers that the book is an \u201caward winning publication.\u201d\u00a0 You can also put an electronic copy of the label on your Website next to your book cover for your Website visitors to see.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>For more tips and strategies on personal branding, selling more books and making money as an author, get a copy of <em><a title=\"personal branding, tips for authors, writing competitions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CHXCAA6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00CHXCAA6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rwlnfw-20\">Make Money Writing Books: Proven Profit Making Strategies for Authors<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are writing contests all over the country for books of various genres. Conduct an Internet search for \u201cwriting or book contests.\u201d\u00a0Enter them to: Gain recognition for and promote your book. Better brand yourself and your book(s). Sell more books. Get feedback on your articles and book. Potentially add an award to your writing r\u00e9sum\u00e9. If you win a book &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Promote Your Book and Yourself through Writing Contests\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/promote-your-book-and-yourself-through-writing-contests\/#more-441\" aria-label=\"More on Promote Your Book and Yourself through Writing Contests\">Read It Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[656],"tags":[277,275,276,572,578],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Promote Your Book and Yourself through Writing Contests - Nonfiction Author and Writer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/promote-your-book-and-yourself-through-writing-contests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Promote Your Book and Yourself through Writing Contests - Nonfiction Author and Writer Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are writing contests all over the country for books of various genres. 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