Winner of 2012 GTNR Contest Announced! Helmy Kusuma for Mementoes of Mai ALVA Green Tomatoes Novelist Runoff Let ALVA take your ms from ALVA Green Tomato to Great ALVA Release! Let's set the scene!              You're almost ready to publish your Young Adult/Adult manuscript. Possibly it needs a bit of tweaking, but editing is expensive and you're not sure how much it will cost. Then there is the formatting and design. You have the cover image in mind. Could ALVA help? Probably. Then you hear about the ALVA Green Tomatoes Novelist Runoff You decide to think about it, so for starters, you study the guidelines below and check out all you might win as stated in the column to the right.               So what is ALVA looking for? Simple. A great book. Well.... at least a good one. But sometimes even a small publisher, such as ALVA, needs to invest to find the best. Hence, the ALVA Green Tomatoes Novelist Runoff! Entries judged* for: Reader 'grabber' aspect Dialogue and imagery Grammar and transitions Overall organization How likely would it be the reader would recommend this book? *All ALVA judges are themselves experienced published authors and/or editors   ALVA Green Tomatoes Novelist Runoff Guidelines: Young Adult/Adult Fiction Word count 40,000-80,000 words Entries accepted online in Word Document (.doc) or PDF Entrance fee $45 Deadline for submission October 15th

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winner of This Year's GTNR Contest: Helmy Kusuma with Novel Mementoes of Mai ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Privileges Enjoyed by the First Place Green Tomatoes Novelist Winner   to Be Completely Funded by ALVA Include   the Editor's   Read Through and Line Edit and Designer's Text and Cover Design Service           ▪ If your MS needs moderate editing then ALVA will provide a read through with critique after which you, the author, will do a rewrite. ALVA will then provide a final line read done by ALVA's experienced editor as well as text and cover design by ALVA's professional designers.         ▪ The first read-through results in a critique of the complete manuscript for organization as well as content and style with recommendations for improvements if necessary.         ▪ The final line read ensures that things such as word choices (their/there, your/you're), grammar, and punctuation are in good order.         ▪ Finally, an ALVA designer will format the manuscript for transmittal as a PDF to be sent in electronic form for conversion into an eBook. In that version, all page numbers are removed and margins and fonts are appropriate to eBook design specifications.         ▪ Cover design will be provided by a professional designer using either images you provide as preferred or ones selected by an ALVA designer. NOTE: As eBooks do not have back covers, comments and author's bio for eBooks are included within the pages of text. ALVA editors and designers can also help with copyright page and dedication page design.         ▪ Prior to eBook publication, ALVA will supply an ISBN and if your manuscript has not been copyrighted, it will copyright it in your name.         ▪ ALVA will then provide distribution not only through its website, but Worldwide through distributors listed on the ALVA home page. For a better sense of the equivalent monetary value see ALVA Home Page Level Descriptions Submissions accepted at RobertaMRoy@alvapressinc.com   August 28th Runoff Formal Announcement                             Deadline for submission October 15th     Winners announced in the November 20th ALVA Newsletter