The Tony Hillerman Writers Conference (THWC) has posted the guidelines for this year's Hillerman Mystery Competition. Sponsored by St. Martin's Press and Wordharvest, the competition is open to any professional or non-professional writer, regardless of nationality, who has never been the author of a published mystery and is not under contract with a publisher for publication of a mystery.
In brief, the guidelines include:
• Murder or another serious crime or crimes is at the heart of the story, and emphasis is on the solution rather than the details of the crime; and
• The primary setting must be the Southwestern United States, including at least one of the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Southern California and Utah.
Manuscripts must be received by June 01, 2009. The winner, if one is selected, is expected to be announced in November 2009 and will receive a $10,000 advance against future publication royalties.
For more information, visit the competition rules page.
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