2005 Xerox Aspiring Writers Contest

 XEROX NATIONWIDE CONTEST TURNS
ASPIRING FICTION WRITER INTO PUBLISHED AUTHOR

CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2005 — The contest, designed to drive awareness of digital print-on-demand as a smart alternative to traditional book publishing, received more than 250 entries from across the country.

The three finalist novels were judged by Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radio's book critic, along with Emily Chenoweth, fiction editor for Publishers Weekly, based on eight criteria: creativity of plot, character development, innovative use of language, distinctiveness of voice, control of tone, consistency of theme, grammar and acceptability for mainstream audience.

Codename Snake: The Evil We Kill by Morton Rumberg of Gold River, Calif., a thriller about an assassin operating in Nazi Germany, won runner-up and is available for sale at lulu.com or amazon.com or may be ordered through any bookstore.

Other Awards and Published Works by M.M. Rumberg...