Ace Baker has won more than a few contests in his day, including The Storyteller Award at SIWC. In his short story collection, The Killing Jar, half of the stories included have placed or won in contests; others are new works. He has also helped more than 100 other writers win or place in competitions as well. Join him in this session to learn more about how to gain the upper hand when submitting your creations. Learn about what works and what doesn’t, ones to aim for, ones to avoid, and what they can do for you, for your writing, and for your author platform. Find out about some simple tweaks that can be made to both poetry and prose to improve your odds. Handouts provided.
