What you'll get:

• Week 1:  Query Letter, Target Audience, Project Title and Subtitle
• Week 2:  Book Concept & Details
• Week 3:  Market Analysis, & Comparable Titles 
• Week 4:  Current Platform & Marketing Plan, Potential Endorsers
• Week 5:  Sample Chapters
• Week 6: Acquisition Editor Interview

Contest Timeline

• March 24, 2025 - April 28, 2025 - Online Training Sessions

•  October 17, 2025 - Deadline to Submit Completed Book Proposal

•  February 2026 - Leafwood will extend a contract offer to the approved winner on or before February 2026.

•  June 1, 2026 - The winning author’s final manuscript submission is due. (The anticipated publication date is May 2027.)

Disclaimer:  As with anything, the results are up to you. The information shared in the in this book proposal contest is not a magic pill. Following the information shared does not guarantee that you will be a contest winner.  If you do the work, you will leave have a completed book proposal that can be used to pitch a literary agent or a publisher.