America's Next Author

I have received the following email. I suspect it is mainly for our US members but here it is:

America's Next Author, the first social writing contest, is now open for
contest entries! You're getting this email because we believe that readers
of your website will be very interested in this contest:
http://www.ebookmall.com/americasnextauthor

America's Next Author is a huge writing contest with a $5000 grand prize,
and is now accepting entries. But more importantly, it's built around a
very unique concept: all contest entries will be visible to the public and
the winner will be chosen by voters and our panel of judges.

Readers will be able to comment on stories, give feedback to authors, and
vote for their favorites. This gives authors a great opportunity to get
feedback on their work and build an online following. It's also much more
fun and exciting because in regular writing contests, only the winning
stories are shown and nobody else ever finds out why they didn't win.

The competition will have eight nomination rounds. Each week, the
top-ranked author will be nominated for the finals. And even if a story
isn't nominated, it will remain in the contest and have another chance to
be nominated each week. During this process, authors can increase their
chances of winning by getting everyone they know to vote for their story.

In addition to being read by the public, the contest entries will be
judged by a panel of experienced professionals from the publishing
industry. These judges will read entries and provide feedback to authors.
They will also nominate four additional wildcard authors, adding them into
the final rounds of competition.

This is going to be fun! You can find an official press release and media
kit at http://www.ebookmall.com/americasnextauthor/press

Thank you very much for your time. If you have any questions or feedback,
we'd love to hear from you.