Write Ways to WIN WRITING CONTESTS: How to Join the Winners' Circle for Prose and Poetry Awards    by John Howard Reid
Price: $3.99 USD. 38160 words. Published on March 29, 2011. .
When reading the words "open theme" in a contest, what comes to mind? Anything goes? It's anything but. Reid's book imparts this type of advice along with what topics or themes to avoid and how to approach theme-based events. Entering 80 contests in 18 months, he achieved success 29 times. His words come across as a seasoned expert, as he fearlessly shares his fact-finding advice on how to win.

The New World of Publishing: Pen Names    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4310 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 30, 2012. .
Why write under a pen name? If you have ever asked that question or wondered why writers decide to write under pen names, you need to read this short book by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith, who has published traditionally over one hundred novels, over half of them under varied pen names.