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Closing date: 
31 January 2009
Entry: 
Open to everyone aged 10 to 100
Prize: 
Prize of $5,000 or equivalent, plus the winner's name on the front cover of the book

British author offers $5000 for novel plot

Prize of $5,000 or equivalent, plus the winner's name on the front cover of the book

Closing date 31 January 2009

Open to everyone aged 10 to 100 

In 2007, the Christmas book Christine Kringle was test marketed in the UK and USA. Author Lynn Brittney is offering readers of the book the chance to win $5000 or equivalent in their national currency, if they can come up with a one page synopsis of a plot for book two in the series. You will need to buy book one to come up with this plot for the second book, which will also need to be written in English.

Lynn Brittney says: ‘There are endless possibilities for future adventures for Christine Kringle and her friends and this competition gives me the unique chance to find out what characters and situations the readers would like to experience in the next book in the series.'

Christine Kringle, for those not familiar with the book, offers a new slant on the Santa story. It is revealed that there is not just one Santa Claus – in fact there are almost one hundred – each representing their own country and with their own special name. All of them are members of one large family corporation, called the Yule Dynasty and the job of each country’s Gift Bringer is usually handed down from father to son. However… (you get the picture).

Lynn Brittney's first Young Adult novel, a spy thriller set in the Elizabethan era, called Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times, is about to be released in the US under the Feiwel & Friends imprint. 

Entry forms for the competition can be found on the website, www.christinekringle.com

Closing date: 
31 January 2009
Entry: 
Open to everyone aged 10 to 100
Prize: 
Prize of $5,000 or equivalent, plus the winner's name on the front cover of the book