FundsforWriters - September 23, 2011
Published: Fri, 09/23/11
Volume 11, Issue 38
September 23, 2011
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FUNDS FOR WRITERS
Chosen for Writer's Digest Magazine
101 Best Websites for Writers
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
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September 23, 2011
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FUNDS FOR WRITERS
Chosen for Writer's Digest Magazine
101 Best Websites for Writers
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
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Pretty day in South Carolina. This
is today, from my patio, right
before I went running. Yep, that t-shirt says US Coast Guard Mom!
before I went running. Yep, that t-shirt says US Coast Guard Mom!
Editor: C. Hope Clark
Mailto: Hope@fundsforwriters.com
Website: http://www.fundsforwriters.com
Newsletter: ISSN: 1533-1326
Our subscriber list is NOT made available to others. Use
information listed at your own risk. FundsforWriters gives
no warranty to completeness, accuracy, or fitness of the
markets, contests and grants although research is done to
the best of our ability.
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EDITOR'S THOUGHTS
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Read newsletter online at: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/FFW.htm
Read past issues at: http://www.aweber.com/z/article/?fundsforwriters
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YOU ARE ORIGINAL AND SMART
I held a consult today, over the phone. The client was a
professional marketing consultant. When she told me that in
the email, I thought, "What the heck does she want with me?"
Hesitantly, I agreed to the consult. Actually, she all but
forced it on me, ignoring my reservations to accept the
consult and paying me instantly so it would be harder for
me to decline.
So we scheduled a thirty-minute chat. It wound up being
almost an hour. She thanked me over and over for my bright
ideas. Our conversation had become easy, so I confessed.
I told her that I assumed she would know everything we'd
discussed because of her experience. I chuckled. I seem to
think often that just because I understand something that
everyone else knows it, too.
In hindsight, I was discrediting myself. How could I know
more than other people? It's all online. The world is online.
Then the role reversed, and she told me that a dentist cannot
fix his own teeth. He needs another dentist. Working on her
own novel, she knew she needed some insight from eyes far
removed from the project.
When I counsel people, or speak to groups, I tend to see
myself as a marketable commodity because:
1. I have a helpful personality.
2. I have the time as a full-time writer to do more research.
Nothing special, nothing phenomenal. But in speaking to this
bubbly woman so alive with her project, I realized that our
experiences, viewpoints and interpretations often enable us
to be original and smart.
Each of us has a spin on writing, on people, on life. And
sometimes we are so caught up in our own perspective, we
don't see others.
The magic of what we see, do, think, and how we react mold
us into unique individuals. And that final concoction has
the potential of making us marketable and remarkable.
Don't discount yourself. You possess magic. Now all you
have to do is learn the logistics of writing, publishing
and marketing, and you have a success story.
Hope
NOTE:
Received the following note from VERBATIM magazine last week:
Dear Ms. Clark,
We're on a short hiatus with VERBATIM at the moment -- I took
a new job last year (VERBATIM's not a full-time job) and it's
not leaving me anywhere near enough time to do the magazine
justice. So while we're working out a new editor, we're not
accepting submissions. We'll announce on our blog at
verbatimmag.com when we're reading for issues again!
Yours,
Erin McKean
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly
E-mail: editor@verbatimmag.com
http://www.verbatimmag.com
Mailto: Hope@fundsforwriters.com
Website: http://www.fundsforwriters.com
Newsletter: ISSN: 1533-1326
Our subscriber list is NOT made available to others. Use
information listed at your own risk. FundsforWriters gives
no warranty to completeness, accuracy, or fitness of the
markets, contests and grants although research is done to
the best of our ability.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EDITOR'S THOUGHTS
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Read newsletter online at: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/FFW.htm
Read past issues at: http://www.aweber.com/z/article/?fundsforwriters
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YOU ARE ORIGINAL AND SMART
I held a consult today, over the phone. The client was a
professional marketing consultant. When she told me that in
the email, I thought, "What the heck does she want with me?"
Hesitantly, I agreed to the consult. Actually, she all but
forced it on me, ignoring my reservations to accept the
consult and paying me instantly so it would be harder for
me to decline.
So we scheduled a thirty-minute chat. It wound up being
almost an hour. She thanked me over and over for my bright
ideas. Our conversation had become easy, so I confessed.
I told her that I assumed she would know everything we'd
discussed because of her experience. I chuckled. I seem to
think often that just because I understand something that
everyone else knows it, too.
In hindsight, I was discrediting myself. How could I know
more than other people? It's all online. The world is online.
Then the role reversed, and she told me that a dentist cannot
fix his own teeth. He needs another dentist. Working on her
own novel, she knew she needed some insight from eyes far
removed from the project.
When I counsel people, or speak to groups, I tend to see
myself as a marketable commodity because:
1. I have a helpful personality.
2. I have the time as a full-time writer to do more research.
Nothing special, nothing phenomenal. But in speaking to this
bubbly woman so alive with her project, I realized that our
experiences, viewpoints and interpretations often enable us
to be original and smart.
Each of us has a spin on writing, on people, on life. And
sometimes we are so caught up in our own perspective, we
don't see others.
The magic of what we see, do, think, and how we react mold
us into unique individuals. And that final concoction has
the potential of making us marketable and remarkable.
Don't discount yourself. You possess magic. Now all you
have to do is learn the logistics of writing, publishing
and marketing, and you have a success story.
Hope
NOTE:
Received the following note from VERBATIM magazine last week:
Dear Ms. Clark,
We're on a short hiatus with VERBATIM at the moment -- I took
a new job last year (VERBATIM's not a full-time job) and it's
not leaving me anywhere near enough time to do the magazine
justice. So while we're working out a new editor, we're not
accepting submissions. We'll announce on our blog at
verbatimmag.com when we're reading for issues again!
Yours,
Erin McKean
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly
E-mail: editor@verbatimmag.com
http://www.verbatimmag.com
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THE BLOG - http://www.hopeclark.blogspot.com
TWITTER - http://twitter.com/hopeclark
FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/chopeclark
ABOUT.ME - http://about.me/hopeclark
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THE ANNUAL FUNDSFORWRITERS CONTEST IS OPEN
The 10th Annual FundsforWriters Essay Contest seeks nonfiction
submissions. First prize $400. Five additional cash prizes.
Zero entry fee and $5 entry fee categories. Theme: Diligence.
Limit 750 words. Email submissions only.
Guidelines at www.fundsforwriters.com/annualcontest.htm
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THAT TIME OF YEAR
If you enjoy FundsforWriters.com, please feel free to send
an email to writersdigest@fwmedia.com with "101 Websites"
in the subject, and ask them to include FundsforWriters
at www.fundsforwriters.com on their next list for 2012!
Thanks.
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WORDS OF SUCCESS
A thought is often original,
though you have uttered it a hundred times.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes (The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table)
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ARTICLE
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Getting a Fulbright Fellowship in Creative Writing:
Deadline October 17th
By Tony Kellam
In this most harrowing of economic times, perhaps the moment
is right for you to apply for a "student at large" Fulbright
Fellowship. You don't have to be in school, and it's better
that you aren't. You just have to speak the host language, or
show why you don't. While the process may seem daunting, it
has never been more accessible. Yes, you can receive a
prestigious Fulbright Grant to go write somewhere abroad,
and you have until October 17th to get this done--plenty of
time for the feverishly focused.
Imagine sitting at an outdoor table in the L'Auberge bar,
on the Front de Mer, in Papeeti, Tahiti, sipping French
coffee and watching the "Aremeti II" cross over to the
island of Moorea. Imagine seeing the color blue for the
first time as you travel aboard the ferry over the same
Polynesian waters that carried Herman Melville, Somerset
Maugham and Fletcher Christian, the impudent Master's
Mate of the HMS Bounty who sent the blustery Captain William
Bligh adrift with 18 others on the ship's 23-foot launch.
I had only vaguely imagined these things when I applied
for a Fulbright Fellowship to study and write in the South
Pacific. If you follow my advice, explore the links and let
your imagination run wild over the landscape of possibilities,
this time next year you could be sipping an espresso in
Venice with a special someone who only speaks Italian,
cleansing your body of a wicked hangover by snorkeling off
Koh Phi Phi, or swatting away mosquitoes as big as baseballs
in Kenya--while of course you write down the electrifying words
that tumble out of your blown-open heart, mind and soul. You
can get the hell out of Cleveland, and I'm not talking about
taking your talents to South Beach.
We've all heard about unspent money buried in government
coffers that wasn't reserved for insiders working at
Goldman Sachs or J.P. Morgan. Names such as Fulbright,
Guggenheim, MacArthur, Rhodes and Nobel intimidate the
strongest of artists. Petrified times require bolder
responses. The Fulbright Fellowship is the most democratic
and perhaps the easiest to achieve of the big grants because
the applicant's track record is not as important as the idea
for the project. The Fulbright Grant is about ideas and
potential experience.
At first glance, the prestigious Fulbright Grant seems off
limits for literary artists--for those of us with a pen in
our pockets and something more to say. When I applied for
a Fulbright in the 1990s, there was no specific creative
writing grant, so I had to mold my interests around my
performance art and multi-media theater experiences and
sneak in that way.
A successful application for a Fulbright will have strong
essays. The personal statement will gain you sympathy and
should be loaded like you inherited a broad stroke of William
Blake's spirit. The key to winning the grant is the project
essay. You can be a nobody, but you become an interesting
nobody with a chance to win if you blow them away with your
ideas. Come up with a fun, cool, and layered reason why you
need to go someplace to do your writing.
When I focused on the South Pacific for my grant, I thought
about why there? I looked at examples. Why did Gauguin have
to go to Tahiti? Was it the light? The freedom? The girls?
Why did Melville jump ship in the Marquesas? Find an expert
in the region you want to go to. Find a professor or some
insider and ask her what's special about this place? Find
some hidden jewel. If you are lazy, go to lonelyplanet.com
and start with that.
My Fulbright advisor told me the team of Fulbright staffers,
those experts in your chosen region, will sit around a table
and argue out which applicants they like best. If you have an
interesting pitch that can be tossed about the table with ease,
you have a great shot of getting the positive series of letters
that will start to come your way next Spring. Dream it and it
will come!
Link to my proposal and Fulbright reports.
http://www.thesponky.com/Site/Fulbright_Grant.html
Program history, administration, grant categories and contact
information. http://fulbright.state.gov/
http://exchanges.state.gov/academicexchanges/
Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/fulbright
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COMPETITIONS
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2012 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS
http://www.indiebookawards.com/entryguidelines.php
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$75 ENTRY FEE
Calling all indie book authors and publishers - including small
presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses,
e-book publishers, and self-published authors who have a book
written in English released in 2011 or 2012 or with a 2011 or
2012 copyright date to enter the most rewarding book awards
program. It offers 60 Categories - More than 60 Awards - with
67 monetary prizes totaling more than $10,000 in cash, including
$1,500 cash prizes plus trophies for best fiction book and best
non-fiction book, $750 cash prizes plus trophies for second
best fiction book and non-fiction book and $500 cash prizes
plus trophies for third best fiction book and non-fiction book!
Entry Deadline - February 24, 2012. The Next Generation Indie
Book Awards is the largest NOT-FOR-PROFIT book Awards program
for independent authors and publishers.
- $1,500 cash prize & trophy awarded to the best Fiction Book
- $1,500 cash prize & trophy awarded to the best Non-Fiction Book
- $750 cash prize & trophy awarded to the second best Fiction Book
- $750 cash prize & trophy awarded to the second best Non-Fiction Book
- $500 cash prize & trophy awarded to the third best Fiction Book
- $500 cash prize & trophy awarded to the third best Non-Fiction Book
- $250 cash prize & trophy awarded to the Best Design Book entry
- $100 Cash Prize & a Gold Medal awarded to the winner of each
of the 60 categories
- Finalist Medals will be awarded to up to four finalists in each
of the 60 categories
Finalists and Winners will also receive:
- An invitation to the gala awards ceremony held at the world
famous Plaza Hotel in New York City in June, 2012.
- A listing in the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Catalog
which will be distributed to thousands of book buyers, media, and
others!
- Exposure for a full year at www.IndieBookAwards.com as a
Winner or Finalist.
- The opportunity to display Finalist or Winner gold award
stickers on your book.
PLUS, the top 60 books will be sent to be reviewed by New York
literary agent Marilyn Allen of Allen O'Shea Literary Agency or
one of Ms. Allen's co-agents for possible representation.
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ESQUIRE SHORT SHORT FICTION CONTEST
http://www.esquire.com/promotions/contestandsweeps/fiction-contest
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Deadline October 7, 2011. Top ten finalists will receive
reimbursement for up to $500 from Aspen Writer's Foundation
for a roundtrip economy plane ticket to New York City from
anywhere in the 50 United States, District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and Canada, reimbursement for up to $500 for
two nights lodging in New York City to be provided by Aspen
Writer's Foundation, two-hour workshop with Colum McCann,
and an invitation to a party with top literary luminaries
hosted by Esquire and the Aspen Writers' Foundation all at
a total estimated value of $2,000/person. From the finalists,
one finalist will be chosen as winner of a scholarship to 2012
Aspen Summer Words fiction workshop, 5 nights lodging in Aspen,
and reimbursement for up to $500 from Aspen Writer's Foundation
for a roundtrip economy ticket to Aspen from anywhere in the 50
United States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada,
and will have his/her entry published by Esquire either in the
magazine or online at esquire.com. (The estimated retail value
of the Winner's prize package, including the trip to New York
is $8,000). Submit the entry form pursuant to the onscreen
instructions along with your original fictional short story
of exactly 78 words.
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CHARITON REVIEW SHORT FICTION PRIZE
http://tsup.truman.edu/chariton/guidelines.asp
---
$20 ENTRY FEE
Deadline September 30, 2011. An annual award for the best
unpublished short fiction on any theme up to 5,000 words
in English. The author will receive $1,000, and the winning
story will be published in The Chariton Review. Three finalists
will also be published in the Spring issue. All U.S. entrants
will receive a complimentary copy of the Spring prize issue.
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GRANTS
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THE CREATIVE WORK FUND
http://www.creativeworkfund.org/
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For artists and organizations in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,
Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San
Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Stanislaus
counties in California. Currently accepting letters of inquiry
from media artists or performing artists. Just finished a
deadline for literary artists and traditional artists. Annually,
the Creative Work Fund invites letters of inquiry for projects
in which artists and nonprofit organizations collaborate to
create new works. Deadline, artforms invited, funding available,
and eligible counties vary from year to year. Sign up to keep
informed about deadlines, guidelines and projects. $10,000 to
$40,000 for projects in which artists and nonprofit organizations
are working closely together to create new art works. Any kind of
nonprofit organization is eligible to apply to collaborate with
an artist.
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LOWER MANHATTAN CALL FOR RESIDENCY: SENIORS PARTNERING WITH ARTISTS
http://www.lmcc.net/news/story/sparc/
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LMCC is pleased to announce the open call for Seniors
Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC), a community arts
engagement program that places artists-in-residence at senior
centers across the five boroughs of New York City. The program
provides selected artists with access to workspace in senior
centers and a stipend in exchange for the creation and delivery
of arts programming for seniors. Deadline September 30, 2011.
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THE FLEDGLING FUND
http://www.thefledglingfund.org/
---
The Fledgling Fund seeks to improve the lives of vulnerable
individuals, families, and communities by supporting innovative
media projects that target entrenched social problems. Deadline
September 30, 2010.
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FREELANCE MARKETS
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BICYCLE RETAILER
http://www.bicycleretailer.com/directory.html
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Pays 35 cents/word. Reports on the bicycle industry to
include trends, pricing and development. Read by manufacturers,
distributors and retailers.
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CALIFORNIA LAWYER
http://www.callawyer.com/about.cfm
http://www.callawyer.com/contact.cfm
---
California Lawyer is a monthly magazine about groundbreaking
cases, compelling controversies, and fascinating personalities.
Pays up to $1/word. Articles 1,500 to 3,000 words. Columns
are 400 to 800 words covering news, personal experience,
technology and national politics.
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CHILDREN'S MINISTRY
http://www.childrensministry.com/footer/contact-us
---
Childrensministry.com is from Group Publishing, the people who
bring you Children's Ministry Magazine and the great children's
ministry resources at Group.com. We're passionate about helping
you make a difference in the lives of children. We want to help
you make sure that your kids cultivate their relationship with
Jesus, and we're dedicated to giving you everything you'll
probably ever need to resource your ministry. Pays up to $400
for articles of 500 to 1,700 words. Columns pay up to $75.
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JOBS
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EDITOR
Location Ft Meade, MD
http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?JobID=102509192
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Deadline October 3, 2011. As an Editor, you will serve as
an editor and electronic product manager responsible for
monitoring and managing video and still imagery, audio,
and associated files transferred from DMA elements and
various DoD public affairs offices throughout the world.
You'll review audio, video and multi-media products for
DoD radio and television programs and DoD military service
websites.
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DEVELOPMENT WRITER/RESEARCHER
Location New York
Employer UNICEF
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/SXdF2kNtdcH4/
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The Development Writer/Researcher will perform development
research and program writing duties. The candidate will
partner with fundraising staff in the Development and the
Program and Strategic Partnership Divisions to create,
synthesize, and deliver relevant and timely information
to facilitate engagement, solicitation and stewardship
activities at the U.S. Fund.
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COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Location Los Angeles, CA
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/G98W2kWTnm3p/
---
Cultivate and strengthen relationships with print, broadcast,
and online press contacts. Respond to press queries and requests
for information; serve as an educational resource for journalists;
promote and book interviews for JDI's Executive Director and
other spokespersons. Increase knowledge about JDI's long-range
objectives and victories in order to strengthen and maintain
JDI's profile as a leading human rights organization. Degree
in journalism, public policy, communications, a related field,
or relevant work experience. Minimum four years of professional
experience in journalism or communications required.
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PUBLISHERS/AGENTS
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BARRICADE BOOKS
http://www.barricadebooks.com/index.php/about
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Provides books to readers that other publishers would shy
away from. Their books test the boundaries of the First Amendment,
ultimately strengthening it and protecting personal freedom.
In this age of publishing dinosaurs that gobble each other up
to become even larger, Barricade Books is unique. It's an
independent publishing house committed not only to making a
profit but also to protecting people's right to free speech.
Publishes virtually no fiction. Does not publish poetry or
children's books. Looks for quality non-fiction manuscripts--
preferably with a controversial lean.
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DOVER PUBLICATIONS
http://store.doverpublications.com/condov.html#EDITSUB
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Publishes fiction, children's books, coffee-table books,
cookbooks, biographies and adult nonfiction on many topics.
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DAWN PUBLICATIONS
http://www.dawnpub.com/submission-guidelines/
---
Dawn publishes "nature awareness" titles for adults and children.
The picture books are intended to encourage an appreciation for
nature and a respectful participation in it. Most of their
publications are picture books, but occasionally they publish
chapter books for middle school readers such as the Earth Heroes
biography series when there is a strong environmental and
inspirational element.
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SPONSORS
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JUST A CONTEST
http://www.justacontest.com/
Your one-stop-shop for writing contests.
Sign up for our newsletter.
http://www.justacontest.com/
Your one-stop-shop for writing contests.
Sign up for our newsletter.
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THE MISSOURI REVIEW'S EDITORS' PRIZE
Over $15,000 in Prizes
Postmark Deadline: October 1
Submit your best poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Winners
in each genre receive $5,000, a featured publication in
our spring issue, and a trip to Columbia, MO for a gala
reading and reception. Three finalists in each genre
receive cash prizes and will also be considered for
publication. $20 contest fee includes a one-year
subscription to The Missouri Review.
Entries must be previously unpublished and will not be
returned. Please include no more than 25 typed, double-
spaced pages for fiction and nonfiction. Poetry entries
can include any number of poems up to 10 pages in total.
Each story, essay, or group of poems constitutes one
entry. Submit online or by mail. Please visit the website
at http://www.missourireview.com for complete guidelines.
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AWARD-WINNING WRITER, PUBLISHER
WILL EDIT YOUR NOVEL, MEMOIR, POETRY
Have your writing edited by an award-winning, professional
writer, editor, and publisher, one who knows how to help
you prepare your writing for publication. Richard Krawiec
has published novels, biographies, text books, plays, and
a story and poetry collection. He won the 2009 Excellence
in Teaching Award from UNC Chapel Hill. His essays, feature
articles, and reviews have appeared in major newspapers and
magazines across the US. The NY Times, LA Times, Publishers
Weekly have reviewed his work. Awards include National
Endowment for the Arts and NC Arts Council grants, as well
as nominations for the National Book Award, Best American
Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize. He is founder of Jacar Press.
Contact rkwriter@gmail.com , www.rkeditor.com
=====
WHY ADVERTISE IN FUNDSFORWRITERS?
For my first advertising for my fledgling business I needed to
make strategic choices within a very limited budget. I chose
to advertise in two places: the Funds for Writers (FFW)
newsletter and a major writer's magazine (circulation of 100,000).
FFW far outperformed the magazine! From my first FFW ad I got an
immediate and enormous spike in traffic to my web site and within
24-hours had more than 100 people sign up on my website. And that
was just the first ad! Over the course of the six-week ad campaign
I saw a noticeable spike in traffic after each ad hit people's
inboxes and in total garnered at least 500 new sign-ups.
If you're thinking about advertising in FFW, do it!
Joan Dempsey, Founder & President
http://www.literaryliving.com
=====
ANOTHER FANTASTIC REASON TO ADVERTISE IN FUNDSFORWRITERS
Chalet Publishers, LLC, ran an ad ONE TIME in announcing we
were currently accepting submissions. It had been exactly 24
hours since the newsletter and the ad were distributed. Queries,
chapters, entire manuscripts --- the influx has just now slowed
down. We received way over forty responses to our ad, and they
are still pouring in. (BTW, this is a very good problem!). Just
wanted to let you know we think you and your newsletter rock!
It's just amazing and lets us know just how loyal your fans are.
Joyce Norman,
Chalet Publishers, LLC
http://www.chaletpublishers.com
=====
WORLDWIDE FREELANCE WRITER
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helping freelance writers to find paying markets. Please
browse our free database of 750 markets or join Markets
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BUSINESS STUFF
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C. Hope Clark
E-mail: hope@fundsforwriters.com
140-A Amicks Ferry Road #4
Chapin, SC 29036
http://www.fundsforwriters.com
Copyright 2000-2011, C. Hope Clark
ISSN: 1533-1326
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Over $15,000 in Prizes
Postmark Deadline: October 1
Submit your best poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Winners
in each genre receive $5,000, a featured publication in
our spring issue, and a trip to Columbia, MO for a gala
reading and reception. Three finalists in each genre
receive cash prizes and will also be considered for
publication. $20 contest fee includes a one-year
subscription to The Missouri Review.
Entries must be previously unpublished and will not be
returned. Please include no more than 25 typed, double-
spaced pages for fiction and nonfiction. Poetry entries
can include any number of poems up to 10 pages in total.
Each story, essay, or group of poems constitutes one
entry. Submit online or by mail. Please visit the website
at http://www.missourireview.com for complete guidelines.
=====
AWARD-WINNING WRITER, PUBLISHER
WILL EDIT YOUR NOVEL, MEMOIR, POETRY
Have your writing edited by an award-winning, professional
writer, editor, and publisher, one who knows how to help
you prepare your writing for publication. Richard Krawiec
has published novels, biographies, text books, plays, and
a story and poetry collection. He won the 2009 Excellence
in Teaching Award from UNC Chapel Hill. His essays, feature
articles, and reviews have appeared in major newspapers and
magazines across the US. The NY Times, LA Times, Publishers
Weekly have reviewed his work. Awards include National
Endowment for the Arts and NC Arts Council grants, as well
as nominations for the National Book Award, Best American
Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize. He is founder of Jacar Press.
Contact rkwriter@gmail.com , www.rkeditor.com
=====
WHY ADVERTISE IN FUNDSFORWRITERS?
For my first advertising for my fledgling business I needed to
make strategic choices within a very limited budget. I chose
to advertise in two places: the Funds for Writers (FFW)
newsletter and a major writer's magazine (circulation of 100,000).
FFW far outperformed the magazine! From my first FFW ad I got an
immediate and enormous spike in traffic to my web site and within
24-hours had more than 100 people sign up on my website. And that
was just the first ad! Over the course of the six-week ad campaign
I saw a noticeable spike in traffic after each ad hit people's
inboxes and in total garnered at least 500 new sign-ups.
If you're thinking about advertising in FFW, do it!
Joan Dempsey, Founder & President
http://www.literaryliving.com
=====
ANOTHER FANTASTIC REASON TO ADVERTISE IN FUNDSFORWRITERS
Chalet Publishers, LLC, ran an ad ONE TIME in announcing we
were currently accepting submissions. It had been exactly 24
hours since the newsletter and the ad were distributed. Queries,
chapters, entire manuscripts --- the influx has just now slowed
down. We received way over forty responses to our ad, and they
are still pouring in. (BTW, this is a very good problem!). Just
wanted to let you know we think you and your newsletter rock!
It's just amazing and lets us know just how loyal your fans are.
Joyce Norman,
Chalet Publishers, LLC
http://www.chaletpublishers.com
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