Volume 12, Issue 16
April 20, 2012


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FUNDS FOR WRITERS

Chosen for Writer's Digest's
101 Best Websites for Writers
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

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Book signing in Pittsboro, North Carolina. A sweet evening
with writers and readers who wanted to hear the story about
how Hope published and Carolina Slade came to be. So much fun!

Editor: C. Hope Clark
Mailto: Hope@fundsforwriters.com
Website: http://www.fundsforwriters.com
Newsletter: ISSN: 1533-1326

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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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ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

Finding time to write is hard, but you do it.

Improving your writing is time consuming, but you manage.

It's hard to find critiquers for your work, but you keep
searching until you do.

You never think you'll find a publisher, but it's doable.

Then you hold a book in your hand, and you beam with happiness.
You've done it, and you want to whoop your achievement to the
world. Friends pat you on the back and others email you with
congrats.

And the hard part hasn't started. Promotion is harder than
all that combined.

Surely she jests, I hear you say. Nope. I'm serious as a
heart attack. In all my years of writing, editing, researching,
and building a platform, I've never run into anything as
frustrating as promoting a book.

I've been tossed by Indie bookstores, attended the two-book-sale
signing, scorned by Books-A-Million, interrogated by Barnes
& Noble staff, and ignored by dozens of media after spending
money on press kits. I've had a store ask for a copy then tell
me they didn't have time to hold an event for me. I've had a
bookseller tell me she couldn't afford to set up an account
with my publisher, requesting me to bring my own books. The
list goes on and on.

I've had my magical moments of selling 20 books in one night.
I've had my down evenings where I doubted what I was doing
trying to establish myself as an author.

Then I always tell myself that each and every author was a
nobody before he became somebody. He sold one book at a time,
hoping whoever bought it would spread the word until books
sold he wasn't even aware of, the number adding up until
he realized the hellacious journey he traveled over the
years was finally beginning to show results.

You don't see success coming. It just shows up one day,
asking you to let it in . . . unless you quit along the
way. Then it goes and knocks on somebody else's door.




Hope



AUTHOR SITE - http://www.chopeclark.com
THE BLOG - http://www.chopeclark.com/blog
TWITTER - http://twitter.com/hopeclark
FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/chopeclark
ABOUT.ME - http://about.me/hopeclark
GOODREADS - http://www.goodreads.com/hopeclark 

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LOWCOUNTRY BRIBE is out!

The Carolina Slade Mystery Series is live with its premier
book Lowcountry Bribe. Welcome to the world of Carolina Slade.

She's a simple government employee offered a bribe.
She follows the rules and tells the authorities.
Then all hell breaks loose because she did.

Learn more at http://www.chopeclark.com

Available at: Amazon, Bell Bridge Books, B&N, and Kobo

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IOWA WRITERS - COME TO BETTENDORF ON MAY 1

The Bettendorf Library features an evening with C. Hope Clark.
7-8:30 PM on May 1, 2012. Come get your writing questions answered.

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WELCOME TO THE 2013 OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE

May 3-5, 2012 at Embassy Suites, 1815 South Meridian, Oklahoma City, OK .

Hope will be presenting on funding streams and platform.
Would love to see you there!

http://www.owfi.org/conference.php


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NITTANY VALLEY WRITERS NETWORK (NVWN) PRESENTS C. HOPE CLARK

The Nittany Valley Writers Network (NVWN) will host C. Hope Clark
at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen Street, State College,
Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 28 from 10 am to 4 pm.

Seating is limited. Registration is $20 through
April 21, and $25 at the door if any spaces remain.

Contact Karen Dabney, NVWN workshop coordinator
Email: greywing228@verizon.net  or 814-861-1463
http://nvwn.wordpress.com



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WORDS OF SUCCESS

There is no such thing in anyone's life
as an unimportant day.

~ Alexander Woolcott


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SUCCESS OF THE WEEK
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Dear Hope,

Recently you listed a new site - ReadLearnWrite which was looking
for guest blog posts. I submitted a query and my article on Writing
for Scientific Publications was quickly bought. Thank you, you have
jumpstarted my writing fever.

Regards,
Oreta Samples
Knoxville, GA



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ARTICLE
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EIGHT PERKS OF WRITING A COLUMN
by Noelle Sterne

Do you long for the recognition, prestige, and consistent credit
of writing a column? I'd published many articles but felt a
column way out of my reach. I was sure I had to be up there with
the three Bs: Buchwald, Barry, or Bombeck.

But I was mistaken. Editors are always looking for knowledgeable,
entertaining columnists to reliably fill their ever-recurring
white space. Columns boast many advantages for your writing career.
From my own column-writing experience (the most recent "The Starbucks
Chronicles" in Absolute Write) and interviews with several active
columnists, I've realized the many perks of column writing.

1. The column gives you the freedom to write what you really want
to. Most of us write in other genres, with specific conventions.
A column lets you "breathe" a little more, as Shelley Butler
("Still a Kid at Heart") observes: "My column [book reviewing]
allows me the freedom to write in a more conversational way than
I can in nonfiction articles or a book."

2. With a column you write, polish, and submit regularly. When we
know the column must get out, we shut out temptations and ignore
distractions. The practice carries over to our other work. Paula
Morrow ("Like a Child") comments, "The disciplines of meeting a
regular deadline and a specific word count are essential."

3. The column gives you a showcase. You demonstrate to your editor
and audience that you can be counted on to produce. "Columns
demonstrate some of the best traits of a good writer," says Hope
Clark ("Editor's Piece of Mind"), "consistency, creativity,
reliability, dedication."

4. The column builds name recognition and reputation. Your name
appears steadily in front of an audience. Dennis Hensley,
professor of writing, book author, and veteran columnist for 30
years (Sales Builder, Writers' Journal, Advanced Christian Writer),
knows a column's publicity value: "Being a columnist gives me
continuous byline exposure."

For playwright and screenwriting columnist Christina Hamlett
("Effective Screenwriting"), the visibility builds a strong
following, essential in publicizing her professional services,
workshops, and books. Aaron Lazar ("Seedlings") says a column
gives you direct connections with readers, especially when you
add your contact information.

5. The column gives you credibility and validation. You build
a sheaf of credentials that, like the showcase, demonstrates
you are trustworthy and able to deliver steady, quality work.
"Editors, readers, agents, and publishers love that in a writer,"
notes Hope Clark. And the guaranteed publication, payment or
not, gives you a recurring boost.

6. Individual columns can be revised, repackaged, and resold
to other markets. When you're attuned to the markets in the
column subject(s), you'll discover additional venues. After
revising several segments of my "Starbucks Chronicles" column,
I published them in print and online writers' magazines. Your
columns too, freshened and refurbished, can find new homes.

7. A series of weekly or monthly columns can comprise a book.
Think of columns as book writing only using very short chapters.
Masterful Dennis Hensley states, "One year I wrote 12 consecutive
columns for Sales Builder. Then I made each column into a chapter,
adding sidebars, reading lists, and test questions. My resulting
book, Staying Ahead of Time, was published by Bobbs-Merrill."

8. The column can snare you additional writing assignments,
invitations, and sales. With your strategically placed bio/
website/blog/contact information, you invite readers to explore
more of your work. Such "free" marketing is invaluable.
Christina Hamlett has obtained invitations for other columns
and critiques of clients' screenplays. Dennis Hensley's columns
(and books) have led to addresses at more than fifty
international writers' conferences, with many repeat visits.

So go ahead; do a draft. Whatever the first initial of your
last name, you might even rival the three Bs.

REFERENCES

Shelley Butler, Former columnist for Once Upon A Time,
quarterly journal for children's writers and illustrators.
http://shelleyj1.wordpress.com/

Paula Morrow, former columnist for Once Upon A Time.
http://paulamorrow.com/paulamorrow/About.html

Hope Clark, novelist, editor of FundsforWriters. http://www.fundsforwriters.com

Dennis Hensley, contributing editor to Advanced Christian Writer,
http://www.wordprocommunications.com/ACW.htm / http://www.dochensley.com/about-doc-hensley/

Christina Hamlett, Writers' Journal, www.writersjournal.com / http://www.authorhamlett.com/

Aaron Lazar, Voice in the Dark, http://www.voice-in-the-dark.com/articlesandcolumns.html#anchor_134
http://aaronlazar.blogspot.com/

Noelle Sterne, former columnist for Absolute Write,
http://www.absolutewrite.com/freelance_writing/Sterne/starbucks_chronicles.htm

BIO
Author, editor, writing coach, and spiritual counselor, Noelle
Sterne writes fiction and nonfiction and has published over
250 pieces in print and online venues. With a Ph.D. from
Columbia University, for over 28 years Noelle has helped
doctoral candidates complete their dissertations. In her new
book, Trust Your Life: Forgive Yourself and Go After Your
Dreams (Unity Books), she draws examples from her practice
and other aspects of life to help readers let go of regrets,
relabel their past, and reach their lifelong yearnings,
www.trustyourlifenow.com


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COMPETITIONS
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CALDERDALE WRITING COMPETITIONS
http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/readers/writing-competition/index.html
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OPEN SHORT STORY COMPETITION
ENTRY FEE £4.
First Prize: £300
Second Prize: £100
Runners Up: £50.
Stories must be no longer than 3,000 words.

ELMET POETRY PRIZE
ENTRY FEE £4.
First Prize: £300
Second Prize: £100
Runners Up: £50.
Poems limited to 40 lines. Extra Yorkshire prize for a poet
living in Workshire.

TED HUGHES YOUNG POET AWARD
NO ENTRY FEE
Theme - Stages
First Prize: £100, runner-up: £50 in each of three age categories:
6 - 10 years, 11-14 years, 15-18 years. Poems should be no longer
than 40 lines. Each poem should be accompanied by an entry form.
The prize for the poetry competition will be awarded on Friday 19
October at The Ted Hughes Festival 2012.

All deadlines July 6, 2012.

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MARY BALLARD POETRY CHAPBOOK PRIZE
http://caseyshaypress.blogspot.com/2012/04/2013-mary-ballard-poetry-chapbook-prize.html
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NO ENTRY FEE
The winner of the Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize will receive
$500, 25 printed copies of the chapbook, and a book contract for
the sale of physical and electronic versions of the chapbook.
Deadline June 30, 2012. Manuscripts may be either a collection
of poems or one long poem and should be a minimum of 20 pages and
a maximum of 40 pages.

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BACKWATERS POETRY PRIZE
http://thebackwaterspress.submishmash.com/submit
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$25 ENTRY FEE
Limit 60-85 pages of poetry. May be a collection or a long poem.
Deadline May 31, 2012. The prize is a $1,000 cash prize plus
publication of your manuscript plus some beautiful object
commemorating your achievement. The next award will be announced
in September 2012.



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GRANTS
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THE GOOD IDEA GRANT - MAINE
http://mainearts.maine.gov/grant_gig_contemporary.aspx
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The Good Idea Grant program fosters the growth of Maine's
artists by supporting the creation of new work or professional
development. Any "good idea" that furthers an individual
artist's creative growth is eligible for the grant. Applications
are accepted throughout the year. Maximum grant amount $1,500.

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JJ RENEAUX EMERGING ARTIST FUND FOR STORYTELLING
http://www.storynet.org/grants/reneaux.html
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The J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist Fund supports two different
grant programs, both of which provide funds for activities to
advance storytelling skills. The Emerging Artist Grant awards
$1,000 to a storyteller of major and unique performing talent
who has not yet received wide public recognition. The Mentorship
Grant awards $1,250 for a gifted younger teller (18-30 years of
age) to work with a seasoned teller as mentor. The Emerging Artist
Grant and the Mentorship Grant are awarded in alternate years.

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WOMEN IN FILM FINISHING FUND
http://www.wif.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=88
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APPLICATION FEE $50-$100
Provides grants ranging from $1,000-$15,000, as well as in-kind
services, for the completion of films by, for or about women.
Open to short and long formats in all genres, including narrative,
documentary, educational, animated and experimental. Principle
photography and rough cut must be completed by time of application.
Applications accepted from filmmakers around the world (men may
apply, as long as their work is about or for women). Deadline
April 30, 2012.


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FREELANCE MARKETS
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CANADIAN WILDLIFE MAGAZINE
http://www.cwf-fcf.org/en/contact-us/contact-us.html
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Canadian Wildlife celebrates the country's unique wildlife and
habitats, and explores the conservation issues affecting our
natural world. Published 6 times per year. (Available in French
as Biosphère magazine.) Pays around 50 cents/word for articles
up to 2,500 words and departments of up to 1,400 words. Email:
editorial@cwf-fcf.org

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CATHOLIC FORESTER
http://www.catholicforester.org/servicecenter/catholicforestermagazine/WriterandArtistGuidelines.aspx
---
Our audience covers a broad spectrum of ages, ranging from youth
to seniors. Nonfiction topics appealing to our members include
health and wellness, money management and investing, parenting
and family life, senior issues, inspiration, and nostalgia.
Although we are more interested in nonfiction topics, we also
like to entertain our readers with humor and light fiction or a
good story specifically for children.

Complete articles are preferred. Manuscripts should have a good
lead, style, and rhythm to hold reader interest. Look for ways
to project personal experiences into informational topics. Fiction
should move at a rapid pace, capturing reader attention from
beginning to end. We like short pieces, 500 to 1,000 words, but
occasionally accept manuscripts up to 1,500 words.

Payment for First North American Serial Rights is approximately
50 cents/word, reprints $50 per article, depending on writing
quality and amount of necessary editing. Payment on acceptance.

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CITY JOURNAL
http://www.city-journal.org/html/about_cj.html
---
City Journal offers a stimulating mix of hard-headed practicality
and cutting-edge theory, with articles on everything from school
financing, policing strategy, and welfare policy to urban architecture,
family policy, and the latest theorizing emanating from the law
schools, the charitable foundations, even the schools of public
health. Since urban policy encompasses almost all domestic policy
questions, as well as the largest issues of our culture and society,
the magazine views its canvas as very broad indeed. The magazine
holds itself to the highest intellectual, journalistic, and literary
standards, aiming to produce intelligent and absorbing reading for
intelligent and discerning readers. Pays thirty cents/word for
articles of 2,000 to 5,000 words and columns of 700 to 4,000 words.


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JOBS
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TECHNICAL WRITER
Location Washington DC
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/314134200
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Deadline April 26, 2012. Employer Federal Aviation Administration.
Serves as a Technical Writer-Editor for the bi-monthly magazine,
FAA Safety Briefing, a general aviation safety publication of
the Flight Standards organization. As the Editor, the incumbent
assists the lead staff person responsible for copy editing
(spelling, grammar, and punctuation), fact checking, and obtaining
internal FAA approvals of magazine and web site content. Contributes
articles and other written materials to FAA Safety Briefing and
related communications that support the publication.

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EDITOR
Location Washington DC
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/308159100
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Deadline December 31, 2012. Employer Department of Defense.
Stars and Stripes is looking for full time copy editors who
will be responsible for editing wire and staff-produced stories
and using a computer-based pagination system to lay out newspaper
pages for our daily editions. The editors will work on either
the news or sports copy desk.

-ALSO-

EDITOR WEBSITE
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/308497100

-ALSO-

WRITER/REPORTER
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/303242200

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECH SPECIALIST (INSTRUCTOR)
Location Arlington, VA
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/313873600
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This position is located in the Public Diplomacy Training Division,
School of Professional and Area Studies, at the Foreign Service
Institute, Department of State, in Arlington, Virginia. The
Division provides functional training to employees responsible
for advancing U.S. foreign policy goals by engaging overseas
audiences through media and cultural programs and platforms. As
an expert in course design and delivery, social media platforms,
and interactive learning technologies, the incumbent of this
position is responsible for collaboratively designing and delivering
social media training programs. Programs take place year-round in
domestic and overseas classroom settings and via online platforms.
The incumbent will also manage the Division's websites. Deadline
April 23, 2012.



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PUBLISHERS/AGENTS
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FREMANTLE PRESS
http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/about/
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Our publications include works by new and established authors
in the fields of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, creative non-
fiction and children's literature. Fremantle Press welcomes
unsolicited manuscripts from authors of Western Australian
origin or whose main place of residence is Western Australia.
Work by non-Western Australian authors will be considered when
the subject matter has a strong Western Australian focus.

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HANGING LOOSE PRESS
http://www.hangingloosepress.com/
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One of the oldest independent literary publishers, featuring
new writers, neglected older writers, and innovative, energetic
work.

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GRAYWOLF PRESS
http://www.graywolfpress.org/Company_Info/Submission_Guidelines/115/
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Graywolf Press is a literary press that publishes about twenty-
seven books annually, mostly collections of poetry, memoir,
essays, novels, and short stories. Our editors are looking for
high quality literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that
combines a distinct voice with a distinct vision.


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E-mail: hope@fundsforwriters.com

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