The Great American Sentence: A Contest From EasyStreetMag Send us a sentence. The first sentence of your book, or just a stand-alone, a string of words minding their own business. In fact, send up to five sentences. We’ll publish the ones we like best, and we’ll pay the winner $5 a word. Or $10 a word , if the contestant includes a link to a social media post promoting the contest. Instructions Submit up to five sentences to easysubmissions@gmail.com, by midnight EST 28 February. They must be your own work. Paste all sentences into the body of the email. Include a link to at least one of your social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, a personal blog, etc.), one that shares the contest by linking to this post . A contestant who includes such a link will be eligible for $10 a word , if she wins. A contestant who doesn’t will be eligible for $5 a word. Then wait patiently while we read the entries. Dream of that trip to Branson. AQ! (Anticipated Questions) Does t...