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The ThrillerFest XVII - 2022 conference will be held at the
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
  from May 31 - June 4, 2022.

Enter our free and fun Best First Sentence Contest!
 
Each winner will receive a 10-page critique from one of the teachers of the Master Class. The deadline for entries is May 1, 2022.

To enter the 2022 Best First sentence contest, please email your submissions to bestfirstsentence@gmail.com. You may only submit one entry. To qualify for entry you must be an ITW member or registered for ThrillerFest XVII (2022). Winners will be announced on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the CraftFest Luncheon and on social media. All winners will be notified shortly thereafter via email.
 
A few winning samples from the 2021 cohort:

My mom told me I could do whatever I wanted for the whole summer I was fourteen, so I decided to find the Red Rock serial killer. – Melissa Yi

She sat on the rocking chair with the bloody knife in her lap and listened to the chorus of frogs while she waited. – Diane Bator

Beast was the name her mother gave her. – Matt Leyshon