2012 & Beyond Essay Competition

2012 & Beyond

Essay Competition

     May of 2012 saw the launch of a new publishing print associated with The New Era Times called the New Era Times Press, which will publish what we lovingly call “woo woo” topics that are needed in these times of fear and change.

     The first two books that NETpress will publish are Pyramids Around the World, and Ancient History from Beyond the Veil—both of which will be available on Amazon.com May 1, 2012.

     As most of you know, my passion is books. I have seen some amazing manuscripts and topics in the 20+ years I have been in book publishing that no one wanted to publish. So, this new publishing imprint will hopefully rectify that problem to some extent.

     The New Era Times and The Book Connection are the sponsors of this exciting “no fee” essay competition with the winners being published in an anthology that will be available in October 2012. Proceeds from the sale of the competition anthologies will go to charity to help fund some very worthwhile causes that focus on education and spirituality.

     The first recipient of the funding will be Edgar Cayce’s ARE Center in Houston, Texas which has been my inspiration on many projects including this competition. For those who aren’t familiar with Edgar Cayce, he was the renowned seer known as the sleeping prophet. Among his thousands of readings he not only gave people personal information and health direction, but also talked about the dawning of the Age of Aquarius as well as the dreaded Mayan Calendar date of December 21, 2012. Much of what Cayce predicted has come to pass with more predictions looming on the horizon. 

     So, if you have a hankering to share your knowledge and insight as it pertains to the following questions we are seeking answers to for the competition, we would love to hear from you.

          Let's have some fun with this competition and also help people as well.         

                                                         Rita Mills, publisher

COMPETITION GUIDELINES

Deadlines:

Deadline to Enter – July 31, 2012
Winners Announced – August 31, 2012
eBook Published – October, 2012
Hard Copy Available – January 2013

Target each of your competition entries to one of the following 3 questions. If you would like to write an essay on more than one of the questions, please feel free to submit multiple entries.

1. What spiritual teachers and their work do you most resonate with going into 2012?


2. What have been your challenges as we move into the new energies of the Aquarian Age and 2012?


3. What book about spirituality or metaphysical concepts such as sustainability and green living, alternative health and healing practices, and self-help messages has made the most impact on your journey to 2012?

Manuscript submissions must be from 750 to 3,000 words in length.

Manuscripts should be submitted under these guidelines:

1. As a Word file or some digital format sent as an attachment to an email
2. Name and contact information in the upper right hand corner (email address required)
3. Double spaced with wide margins
4. Click here to Request an Entry Form (in subject line put ENTRY FORM REQUESTED)
5. Emailed Story and Entry Form to NETpress2012@gmail.com
6. Entry forms can be mailed to The New Era Times, 11010 Hanning Lane, Houston, TX 77041 but essay must be emailed to the above email address
   

Manuscripts will be judged on the following:

1. Content relevance and adherence to topic questions
2. Correct grammar

Hopefully there will be enough essay entries to publish a book on each of the three topics.

The anthologies will be published first as ebooks in October 2012. Hard copy books will be available January of 2013.

Authors included in the anthologies will be able to purchase hard copies of the book at the publisher’s cost to do with as they wish once they are available in January 2013..

Authors of said essays will retain all copyrights to the submissions and will be noted as such in the published books. New Era Times Press will retain the ebook and hard copy publishing rights for 2 years at which time all the rights will revert back to the authors of said essays.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us, or you can call Rita Mills at 713-937-9184 for more information.

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