Volume 13, Issue 13
March 29, 2013

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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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We had no children or grandchildren around for the Easter weekend,
so we let Roo have an Easter egg hunt of her own. She loved finding
the eggs filled with doggie treats and spent most of the day
enjoying a gorgeous, and finally warm, Good Friday outside with us.

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

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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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WHERE TO GET THE MONEY TO WRITE A BOOK

This is the most common request I receive.
"Where can I find the money to write my book?"

This is the second most common request I receive.
"Where can I find the money to publish my book?"

First and foremost, you do not need money to write a book.
Writing is the most liberating, free-rein, no start-up money
required art on the planet. You and the paper. If you need
research, you have a phone, the Internet and the library.
Easy-peasy.

If you need money to publish your book, you are self-publishing.
Fine. Nothing wrong with that. Let's make some assumptions here.
You wrote the story. You've edited the story. You've HAD the story
edited. You want that book out in the world and you don't have two
dimes to rub together. What do you do?

1. You try to traditionally publish.

Yep, this means you have to learn the publishing business.
But you want complete control over your book, you say. Do you even
know what that means? Can you talk traditional vs. self-pubbing?
If you cannot, then stop trying to publish. Learn which road to
take before get totally lost and ruin that story by publishing it
too soon and too naively.

2. You publish an e-book.

I know you want to hold paper in your hands, but why not sell
e-books until you have the money saved to pay for print?

3. You publish through CreateSpace.com or Lulu.com.

This requires you understand formatting, cover design, and so on.
If you want someone to publish your book without you thinking
about these things, then go back to Item 1.

4. You crowdfund through Kickstarter.com or Indiegogo.com.

Not only has Kickstarter funded many books, plays and films, but
it makes you develop a defined plan for your book project.
Most crowdfunding projects fail because the author doesn't want
to think marketing or development . . . doesn't plan deeply enough.
Either that or the book is a bad idea to start with.

5. You freelance and save your money from articles and gigs to
pay for the publishing. No elaboration needed here. If you think
you're good enough to write a book, you should be shrewd and
talented enough to make money freelancing.

6. You save money from other sources.
Only you can define your "other" sources.

7. You borrow the money.
Gasp! Borrow? What if the book fails? Truth is you need to believe
in this book hard enough to be willing to borrow money for it.
That means you're more likely to do your homework on the process,
edit a few more times, create the start of a platform, and design a
short-term and long-term plan.

What about grants? Grants should be your last resort. Besides, most
grants won't fund a self-published project, especially from a first-
time author or a second-timer who didn't sell the first. You have to
prove yourself to a certain degree. But hey, with all of the above
options and a little bit of elbow grease and sweat, you'll be
published in no time.

NOTE:
Hope's quarterly chat is Sunday, March 31 at 7 PM Eastern.
www.writerschatroom.com (no password required)
Come visit!!! We always have a grand time.

Hope

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THE SHY WRITER REBORN is out!
An Introvert's Wake-Up Call

This is not a book to make you enjoy being extroverted. It's not
a drama manual or a mental adjustment how-to that makes you
something you're not. This is a book to help you deal with the
world of writing in your own fashion. It's a book to show you
that it's natural to feel like you do...to show you there are
others feeling the same. It's okay to be a shy writer.

www.amazon.com/The-Shy-Writer-Reborn-Introverted/dp/0988974509/
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WORDS OF SUCCESS

People on the outside think there’s something magical about writing,
that you go up in the attic at midnight and cast the bones and come
down in the morning with a story, but it isn’t like that. You sit
in back of the typewriter and you work, and that’s all there is to it.

~Harlan Ellison

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SUCCESS OF THE WEEK
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Dear Hope:

I just wanted to send you a quick word of appreciation. This week
I learned I'd been selected for the 2014 Arts & Sciences Expedition
to the Arctic Circle--an opportunity I learned about through Total
Funds for Writers. This news comes a mere month after one of my
plays was named a finalist for a national award--which I had also
learned about through Total Funds for Writers. Your newsletter has
become my most valuable resource for submission opportunities, and
I am so grateful. If I can ever repay the favor with an online
testimonial, I hope you won't hesitate to ask.

Thank you, again.

Best,
Elizabeth Bagby

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ARTICLE
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Earning Money in the Beginning Readers and Chapter Books Market

by Nancy I. Sanders

Writing beginning readers and chapter books has been the bread
and butter of my career. Over the years, I’ve written more than
400 beginning reader stories that have been published in a variety
of formats including a bestselling book with Scholastic Teaching
Resources, 25 Read and Write Mini-Books That Teach Word Families.
This book of 25 reproducible beginning reader stories has sold
over 250,000 copies to date.

If you’d like to try your hand in this field that is full of
variety and fun, here is an overview of some of the opportunities
available.

Trade Book Market
Dr. Seuss invented beginning readers in the trade book market
with his book, The Cat in the Hat. Since then most of the big
publishing houses have developed their own line of beginning
readers. This market is tight, but not impossible to break into.
For example, if you’re represented by an agent, you can submit
beginning readers to the big houses such as Random House. Or if
you write a successful picture book (such as Fancy Nancy or A
Visitor for Bear) your publisher might want to turn it into a
beginning reader series. And at the chapter book level, even
smaller publishers who do not require agented submissions are
always looking for the next great series such as the all-time
favorite, The Magic Tree House.

The Educational Market
Teachers as well as homeschooling parents use beginning readers
in the form of mini-plays, mini-books, and reproducible stories.
They can photocopy these and put them in the hands of their students
to help them learn how to read. Visit your local teacher’s supply
store to look for publishers such as Creative Teaching Press who
publish books of reproducible beginning readers for teachers.
Search on Amazon see more examples of their stories using the
“Look Inside” feature.

The ESL Market
There is a variety of opportunity to earn income writing for the
English as a Second Language (ESL) market. Publishers for this
market need beginning reader materials in a wide range of formats
for students from preschool through adult. To learn more about
exciting opportunities available to writers of all levels, explore
sites such as:

TESOL at www.tesol.org
ESL Magazine at www.eslmag.com
ELT Journal at http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/

Readers Theater
With the nation-wide focus on teaching children to read along
with the development of the Common Core State Standards, publishers
are seeking to provide resources such as readers theater plays for
educators to use. Readers theater plays can be read aloud while
students sit in their seats and don’t require a stage, costumes, or
a director. Publishers such as Libraries Unlimited and Lerner are
often on the lookout for adding more of these book titles to their
product line.

Children’s Magazines
Many children’s magazines feature some type of beginning reader
story. From rebuses to repetitive stories to readers theater, there
are a variety of formats you can submit to magazines in order to
start gaining experience writing for and building published credits
in the beginning readers market.

When I first started writing for the beginning readers and chapter
book market, I didn’t know the first thing about the opportunities
available or the techniques needed to write a manuscript or land a
contract. Yet writing for this market became a solid source of
income over my career. If I can learn how to experience success,
you can, too! Explore the possibilities. Go ahead and give this
market a try.

BIO
Nancy I. Sanders is the children’s author of over 80 books with
publishers big and small. Check out her how-to book for writers,
Yes! You Can Learn How to Write Beginning Readers and Chapter
Books. www.YesBeginningReaders.wordpress.com

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COMPETITIONS
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PRESSGANG PRIZE
https://pressgang.submittable.com/submit
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$25 ENTRY FEE
Submit a book-length collection of stories, essays, or some other
prose-based take on the idea of collection (It's fine if individual
stories or essays have been published in magazines, as long as the
collection has not been published in book form). Prize: $1,200 +
publication + a reading at Butler University. All manuscripts will
be considered for standard publication. Deadline June 1, 2013.

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BUXTON POETRY COMPETITION
http://www.derby.ac.uk/buxtonpoetrycompetition
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NO ENTRY FEE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND CHILDREN'S CATEGORIES.
£5 ENTRY FOR OPEN CATEGORY.
Our theme in 2013 is History and Heritage. Poems could reflect
your own history, tell the story of a person or event in history
or be a much wider interpretation of this challenging theme.
The competition has three categories:

Open Poetry - for poets aged 19 and over
Young People's Poetry - for poets ages 12 to 18
Children's Poetry - for poets aged 11 and under

1st, 2nd and 3rd place poets from the Open Category win cash
prizes of £300, £200, £100. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place poets in
the Young People's and Children's categories win book tokens.
The three first-place poems will be published in the 2013 Buxton
Festival programme. Deadline April 8, 2013.

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WHIDBEY EMERGING WRITERS FIRST NOVEL GETAWAY CONTEST
http://www.whidbeymfaalumni.org/?page_id=1154
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$25 ENTRY FEE
Deadline May 24, 2013. Submit 25 pages plus a two-page synopsis. This
is a contest for novel-length fiction.

First Place: Andrea Hurst Literary Management provides a full read/
critique (as well as possible representation or referral). One week
retreat to a Smoky Mountains cabin (valued at $2,000* – transportation
not provided). $300 cash prize. Name/title posted on the Whidbey Writers
MFA Alumni Association website.

Second Place: Receives an agent response (from Andrea Hurst Literary
Management) to his/her synopses, complete with critique/suggestions.
$200 cash prize. Name/title posted on the Whidbey Writers MFA Alumni
Association website.

Third Place: Receives an agent response (from Andrea Hurst Literary
Management) to his/her synopses, complete with critique/suggestions.
$100 cash prize. Name/title posted on the Whidbey Writers MFA Alumni
Association website.

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PASSAGER POETRY CONTEST - FOR WRITERS OVER 50
http://www.passagerbooks.com/submit/
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$20 ENTRY FEE
Deadline April 15, 2013. Only mailed entries. Up to five poems of
40 lines or less each per entry. Winner receives $500 and publication.
Honorable mentions will be published.

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SIXFOLD CONTEST
http://www.sixfold.org/
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$6 ENTRY FEE
Deadline April 22, 2013. Upload your own short-story or poetry
manuscript PDF for a $6 entry fee by April 23, 2013. Then, vote
within your genre to decide the three prize-winning manuscripts of
$1,000, $200, and $100, and all the manuscripts published in each
issue of Sixfold. Sixfold is a collaborative, democratic, completely
writer-voted journal. The writers who upload their manuscripts vote
to select the prize-winning manuscripts and all the short stories
and poetry published in each issue.

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GRANTS
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NATIONAL STORYTELLING NETWORK GRANTS
http://storynet.org/grants/brimstone.html
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Grants of $5,000 will be awarded in support of storytelling projects
that are service-oriented, based in a community or local organization,
and replicable in other places and situations. Projects should have
impact beyond their own communities, organizations, or clients,
inspiring excellence in applied storytelling work and communicating
to new audiences the humanitarian possibilities of storytelling.
Deadline April 30, 2013.

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PROJECT 387
http://www.project387.com/about.html
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Project 387 is a two-week residency aimed at supporting visual artists,
performers, filmmakers, writers, and art professionals in all career
stages. Participants will experience the serene landscape of rural
Mendocino County in Northern California while engaging in a focused
pursuit of creative excellence. Project 387 offers an important
exchange of ideas and theories amongst its community members through
daily meals and shared spaces. To be considered, artists must submit
a one-page project proposal outlining his/her objectives during this
two-week period. Projects do not have to be completed during the
residency but participants must have a clear professional goal they
wish to accomplish. Living space, studio space, and an $800 stipend
are provided for all participants. Deadline April 15, 2013.

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KFW SUMMER RESIDENCY - KENTUCKY
http://www.kfw.org/hophouse.html#summerresidency
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KFW’s 2013 Summer Residency Program offers 5-10 feminist artists one
to two weeks at Hopscotch House to deepen their art making, create
connections and develop strategies to strengthen the social change
impact of their work. Residencies provide artists with extended and
intensive time essential to imagination and creation. A residency
provides individual and collective space where artists can focus,
reflect and listen to their instincts as they move their work forward.
Deadline April 15, 2013. Modest stipends of up to $400 per week per
person is available on an as needed basis to cover expenses such as
art supplies, food and travel costs. Individual artists and small
groups of 3-5 artists who live and work in Kentucky may apply.
Deadline April 19, 2013.

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HEMINGWAY'S HOUSE
www.ehfop.org
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Deadline: June 1, 2013. Established and emerging writers are invited
to apply for a year-long residency at The Ernest Hemingway Foundation
of Oak Park, with workspace provided at the birthplace home of
Ernest Hemingway. Create your next great work where the young
Hemingway learned to tell stories and dreamed of a life of adventure—
on the page and off it!

(thanks to http://www.erikadreifus.com/)

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SOUTH ARTS APPLICATIONS FOR LITERARY ARTS TOURING PROGRAM
http://www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.7586099/k.9279/Literary_Arts.htm
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South Arts is accepting applications for its Literary Arts Touring
program from organizations that invite writers of fiction, creative
nonfiction, and poetry from out of state to give readings and
conduct educational workshops or similar events. The program will
award grants of up to $2,500 for projects comprised of both a public
reading and an educational component such as a writing workshop. The
project can include single or multiple writers involved in an event
(writers series, festivals, or single engagements). The maximum grant
request is 50 percent of the writers' fee(s). Qualified projects must
take place between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Deadline May
1, 2013.

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FREELANCE MARKETS
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CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: O CANADA IT'S WINTER!
http://www.chickensoup.com
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101 Stories About Bad Weather, Good Times, and Great Sports.
We're making a book just for Canadians about everything winter.
Tales of Canadian winters are notorious! Whether you live in
Canada or you are an expat living elsewhere, we want your stories
and poems about those long winter months and how you made the
most of them — from the east coast to the west coast; from city
living to rural living. If your story or poem is chosen, you will
be a published author and your bio will be printed in the book if
you so choose. You will also receive a check for U.S. $200 and 10
free copies of your book, worth more than $100. You will retain
the copyright for your story and you will retain the right to
resell it. Deadline June 15, 2013.

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TEA MAGAZINE
http://teamag.com/our-team
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Tea Magazine™ is a lifestyle publication celebrating tea and tea
culture. It exists to encourage people to drink fine tea. Online
and in print it articulates a forward-looking vision of nourishing,
healthy, modern tea. TEA’s content educates and excites enthusiasts.
It offers new energy, new direction – with opportunities for tea
enthusiasts young and old to share their discoveries. Pays up to
$200 for articles. No word count.

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TEDDY BEAR & FRIENDS
http://www.teddybearandfriends.com/
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Teddy Bear & Friends embraces the joy of teddy bear and soft-sculpture
collecting. It shows its readers how to find collectible bears,
understand their cost, see new creations, and enjoy brilliantly sweet
designs. From antique and modern teddies to artist and manufacturer
designs, Teddy Bear & Friends has everything the avid bear collector
wants. Pays 30 to 35 cents/word and buys all rights.

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TRAILER LIFE
http://www.trailerlife.com/contact-us/
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Trailer Life magazine is written for, and by, mature and discerning
RVers. Material purchased from freelancers includes travel features
(1,500-1,800 words), “Around the Bend” items (75-100 words),
personality profiles (1,200 words), technical features (1,000-2,000
words), “10-Minute Tech” items (50-200 words) and do-it-yourself
features (1,200 words). Other topics cover the RV lifestyle, contro-
versial issues and legislation affecting RV owners, humor and news.
Payment $100 to $700, depending on the column and photos.

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VIBRANT LIFE
http://www.vibrantlife.com/?page_id=1369
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Vibrant Life is a bimonthly lifestyle magazine that promotes
physical health, mental clarity, and spiritual balance from a
practical, Christian perspective. Vibrant Life focuses on the
typical adult man or woman and family. Articles should be written
in an informal, interesting, easy-to-read style, avoiding hard-to-
understand medical jargon. Articles should focus on one topic and
stay with that subject to the end. Short articles (450 to 650 words)
are always in demand. Feature articles should not exceed 1,000 words
and, if the article is informational, should include at least one
sidebar (helpful tips, steps to take to accomplish a goal, and
additional resource information, etc.) Payment for articles ranges
from $100 to $300. We purchase first Vibrant Life world serial rights
along with Vibrant Life reprint rights when we accept your article.

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PUBLISHERS/AGENTS
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MAGINATION PRESS
http://www.apa.org/pubs/magination/guideline.aspx
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Magination Press® publishes psychology-based books covering a broad
range of topics of concern to children and teens. These include
everyday situations, such as starting school and the growing family,
as well as more serious psychological, clinical, or medical problems,
such as divorce, depression, anxiety, asthma, attention disorders,
bullying, death, and more.

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MEADOWBROOK PRESS
http://www.meadowbrookpress.com/aboutus.aspx
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We specialize in pregnancy, baby care, childcare, humorous poetry
for children, party planning, and children's activities. We are
also the number one publisher of baby name books in the country,
with eight baby-naming books in print and total sales of over six
million copies.

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NEW HARBINGER
http://www.newharbinger.com/publishing-guidelines
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Many of our books are double-targeted: they’re meant to be read by
both general and professional audiences. The best way to reach both
groups is to write your book directly to the client—to the person
with the problem you’re writing about. Use simple language and a
supportive tone. Mental health professionals buy our books for the
same reason laypeople do—because our books are clear, simple, and
complete. Professionals report that they prefer our step-by-step
approach over the abstract material usually offered to the professional
audience. For forty years, New Harbinger Publications has brought
readers effective, scientifically sound self-help books that deal
with a range of topics in psychology, health, and personal growth.

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NEW HORIZON PRESS
http://www.newhorizonpressbooks.com/submit.php3
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New Horizon Press does NOT accept fiction, novels, memoirs, essays,
poetry, plays or children's chapter books. Does want self-help
topics, hard-hitting issues and real-life accounts, children's
self-help topics, redemption/true crime stories, and exploring
new frontiers stories.

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NEW SOCIETY PUBLISHERS
http://www.newsociety.com/Submissions
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New Society Publishers is a progressive publishing company that
specializes in books that contribute in fundamental ways to building
an ecologically sustainable and just society. New Society Publishers
also sees itself as a solutions publisher, providing ‘good news’ most
of the time as well as clear analysis of the major issues we face in
the struggle to create a more just and equitable world. Our emphasis
is always inspirational, motivational, and skill-oriented. We don't
publish books that merely catalog what is wrong in the world; we do
publish books that show that we can take control over our lives and
change the way things are — and which suggest how we can accomplish this.

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JOBS
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ASST WEB EDITOR AND ONLINE NEWSROOM MANAGER
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/vw-dynamic-arrays/B81E8F9B7CDB342C852574410054106E
Location - contact Salvation Army.
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This position assists with the creation and appropriate distribution
of all internal and external communications initiatives for the
unified national web site, and serves as the secondary assistant to
the Director of Public Relations with all national media contacts.
Works specifically to strengthen and enhance the image and awareness
of The Salvation Army through written content intended for print and
electronic communications.

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SPONSORS
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FIND LITERARY PUBLICATION HOMES
FOR YOUR CREATIVE NONFICTION

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The key is a compendium with more than 600 listings –
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Ignite Your Creative Fire And Find Your Voice

Summer Solstice Retreat For Writing and Yoga

Join us from June 16-21 at the beautiful and secluded Stout’s
Island Lodge in Wisconsin. Open to all genres and levels of
writing. Yoga and meditation are accessible to absolute beginners.

Jeannine Ouellette, writer, teacher, and founder of Elephant Rock
Retreats, leads the writing workshops. All work shopping will use
the Amherst Writers and Artists Method. Start a new project,
invigorate a floundering one, and rediscover your “fierce original
voice.” Retreat also includes personal guidance and coaching on
specifics of writing, including elements of craft and business.

Stout’s Island Lodge is a magical, historic lodge situated on a
wooded island all to itself. Inclusive fee for 5 nights’ lodging,
writing and yoga programming, nightly bonfires, breakfasts and
lunches, celebratory dinner, Evening of Readings, candlelit yoga
on the Solstice Eve, and more.

For all retreat details, visit Elephant Rock Retreats at: http://elephantrockretreats.com/upcoming-retreats/

Contact: Jeannine Ouellette – elephantrockretreats@gmail.com
or call 612-244-0865

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Yoga and Writing Retreat
Tucson, AZ
5/30/13 - 6/2/13

Looking for a weekend away to soothe the soul,
boost creativity, work on craft and meet other writers?

Please join us at the historic Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort
in Tucson, AZ and experience the rejuvenating power of the high
desert. This retreat is open to anyone seeking to deepen self-
understanding and develop the mind/body connection between yoga,
meditation and writing. It is suitable for writers and yoga students
at any level of experience.

Yoga philosophy helps us navigate the territory of our bodies and
the hidden rooms of our souls to find our most authentic voice which,
in turn, deepens our writing.

During this retreat you will have the opportunity to practice yoga
and learn meditation with yogi Karen Callan, participate in guided
writing exercises and classes on writing craft with author Susan
Pohlman, and meet NY literary agent, Judith Riven.

We have developed a unique and enjoyable curriculum that will enable
you to harness the power of yoga and meditation as valuable writing
tools while enjoying fellowship with like-minded women.

For all retreat details, visit: www.yogaandwriting.weebly.com

Contact: Susan Pohlman - www.susanpohlman.com
E-mail: susan@susanpohlman.com

Karen Callan - www.rosayoga.com
E-mail: karenrosecallan@gmail.com

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