The New Go Teen Writers Rewards

3/10/2014 Update: Go Teen Writers Rewards is currently closed and will reopen at an undetermined date.

by Stephanie Morrill

Stephanie writes young adult contemporary novels and is the creator of GoTeenWriters.com. Her novels include The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series (Revell) and the Ellie Sweet books (Playlist). You can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and check out samples of her work on her author website.

On the survey, many of you indicated that you were interested in us offering more opportunities for critiques. So are we! Back in May, many of you may recall, Jill and I tested out a program called the Go Teen Writers Points Store. We've decided to revamp that program, and keep it open all the time in hopes that we can critique more often for you.

How Go Teen Writers Rewards Works

1. You do something that helps me and Jill promote our books and/or you participate in Go Teen Writers events.
2. As you earn points, you send me an email (Stephanie(at)StephanieMorrillBooks.com) detailing what you did. I will note it on a spreadsheet that my wonderful, spreadsheet-loving, rocket-scientist husband helped me build.
3. I will email you a confirmation along with an updated amount of how many points are in your account.
4. When you're ready, you may cash in your points for the items listed below.

What You Can Do With Your Points

• Earn critiques - from one page of your book to multiple chapters. You can also redeem points for query letter critiques.
• Have a video chat with me and Jill. We can help you brainstorm your idea or talk about next steps you can take in your writing.

How You Earn Points (This is an overview. A full list can be found here.)

Participating in Go Teen Writers events:

When you respect your dream of being a writer by participating in Go Teen Writers events, you'll have the chance to earn rewards points. For example, those who complete the 100 for 100 writing challenge will automatically earn 30 rewards points.

Promoting Go Teen Writers

You can earn points by doing things like:

• Having the Go Teen Writers button on your blog
• Purchasing a copy of Go Teen Writers: How to Turn Your First Draft Into a Finished Book
• Asking your library to carry the book.
• Talking about Go Teen Writers on your social media sites

Supporting our novels

This includes things like:

• Purchasing ebooks or new copies of any of Jill's or my novels.
• Promoting our books on social media sites.
• Recommending our books to your friends.
• Pinning our book covers to your Pinterest sites

Questions You May Have

I don't live in the U.S. Can I still participate?
Absolutely!

I already earned points back in May. What happens to those?
They're still there, and you can still use them! If you don't remember how many you've earned, send me an email and I'll look it up for you.

I bought your book in July. Can I still earn points for that?
Absolutely.

I did a few things in May to earn points, like subscribe to your author newsletter. Can I get points for stuff like that again under the rewards program?
No, if you've already earned points for doing something like following us on Twitter, you can't earn points for it again. If you, however, you follow us but haven't received points for it, that can count.

I need more details about basically everything you just said.
I figured! Here's a link to more details.

I'll also be answering questions in the comments section!