March 5th, 2009 Update: There’s now a new post with Free Kindle 2 Contests.
[Via an Article by Candice Choi] Think you have the next big novel? So do the hundreds of writers vying in a contest at Amazon.com. The online retailer and some of its most prolific reviewers have picked 836 semifinalists from 5,000 entries to compete for a coveted book deal with Penguin Group, including a $25,000 advance.Now, Amazon hopes readers will download excerpts of the semifinalist entries and help rate and review them. Penguin editors will consider the comments when picking 10 finalists by March 3. A winner will be announced April 7. In a secondary raffle, anyone who reviews at least 25 semifinalist excerpts is entered in a contest for an Amazon Kindle, a $2,000 Amazon gift certificate and prizes from Hewlett-Packard Corp.
Enter the Reviewing Contest and Determine who wins the Amazon Contest. You could win a Kindle + lots of Prizes 
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest.
Courtesy: An article from Candice Choi at http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Amazon-Trims-List-of-Author-Hopefuls/story.xhtml?story_id=111007EADBYX
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