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Blog bracket challenge 2025!!

March 18, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

Yes, it’s that time! Time to see which one of you is the best literary bracket pickers of them all. Will this be the year I finally win?? Please??? As always, the winner of the Blog Bracket Challenge will win a query critique, a copy of one of my books, or another agreed-upon prize. There […]

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Blog bracket challenge 2024!

March 19, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

It’s back! After only running the Blog Bracket Challenge in the shadows last year (um because I didn’t get it together for a blog post), we’re back and out in the open now. Yes, it’s that time! Time to see which one of you is the best literary bracket pickers of them all. Will this […]

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14th annual blog bracket challenge! (entries closed!)

March 15, 2022 by Nathan Bransford

It’s that time again! As always, the winner of the Blog Bracket Challenge will win a query critique, a copy of one of my books, or other agreed-upon prize. But most of all pride. Lots of pride. Here’s how to enter: 1. Go to the front page of the ESPN tournament challenge:   https://fantasy.espn.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2022/en/ (Men) […]

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13th Annual Blog Bracket Challenge!*

March 16, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

*(Yes, we’re counting last year toward 13 years even though COVID-19 won.) It’s that time! Time to see which one of you is the best literary bracket pickers of them all. It will probably not be me. As always, the winner of the Blog Bracket Challenge will win a query critique, a copy of one […]

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Amusingly Humorous Book Title Finalists!

December 9, 2019 by Nathan Bransford

How to Publish a book by Nathan Bransford

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the Amusingly Humorous Book Title Finalists! There were many good entries, but only a few could be finalists. And here they are! In order to vote for the winner, please leave a vote in the comments section of this post. You will have until Thursday, 7pm ET to vote. Do not […]

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The Amusingly Humorous Book Title Contest!

December 2, 2019 by Nathan Bransford

How to Publish a book by Nathan Bransford

It’s publication week for my new guide How to Publish a Book and I thought I’d celebrate with a contest! It’s chilly outside in most of the northern hemisphere, so let’s warm up by getting those creative juices flowing. Can you think of the most amusing, the most chuckle-worthy, the most grin-inducing book title of […]

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