Contests!

Adventures in YA and Children’s Publishing: Pitch + 250 words. They’re only accepting the first 100 so check it out:

http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2013/02/pitch250-contest-opens-for-submissions.html#comment-form

Nathan Bransford’s First Paragraph Contest:

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/

*These blogs are both amazing!