Volume 13, Issue 12
March 22, 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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Lowcountry Bribe won the Mystery Category in the EPIC e-Book Awards
this past week in Vancouver, WA. My publisher, Bell Bridge Books,
took three of the many categories and four of the book cover awards.
I'm mighty proud of my publisher and tickled pink about the award.

http://www.epicorg.com/

Editor: C. Hope Clark
Website: http://www.fundsforwriters.com
Email: Hope@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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SPONSOR OF THE WEEK
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A huge thank you goes out to our sponsor Hope Clark at Funds For Writers!

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EDITOR'S THOUGHTS
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Read newsletter online at: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/fundsforwriters
Read past issues at: http://www.aweber.com/z/article/?fundsforwriters

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EVERYTHING HAPPENS...THEN NOTHING HAPPENS...THEN EVERYTHING HAPPENS

And that's the way our profession goes. In January, life was sweet.
Holidays were over and my world returned to the proper tilt on its
axis. February meant finalizing The Shy Writer Reborn (more about
that in a moment). But still, my days weren't rushed and I even
dared to start a new novel, in a new series. (Gasp!)

Then March hit. Edits on SHY. Blurbs on SHY and TIDEWATER. Serious
final edits on TIDEWATER. Conversations with the editor on TIDEWATER
and the next in the Carolina Slade series, PALMETTO POISON as well
as talk of a new series. Writing, editing, and oh yeah...newsletters.
Thank goodness I had no conferences or speaking engagements except
for one book club in Fuquay-Varina, NC--that was crazy FUN!!!

Oh yeah, cover designs, cover copy, and website designs, too.

When you decide to write books, and a publisher and reading public
start depending on you, you lose a little bit of control of your
life. Publishing is great and yet, it can be stressful. So, what do
you do to balance out the ups and downs?

You write every day.

What? Why does that help? Here are a few reasons why:

1. Your writing matures faster.
2. You learn to write faster and stronger.
3. You develop a groove that can weather a sudden surge of a
deadline moved up or unexpected edits.

In other words, you go to work no matter what. You may not have
a crisis at the moment, but you will downstream. So why not
whittle away at another project in the meantime?

When you land contracts, for magazines and publishers, you are
temporarily owned by editors. They expect you to jump, and jump
with polish. When your writing career speeds up, people expect
you to perform.

Start now, while you're in your temporary lull, and develop a
habit. Create projects. Assign them goals. And show up to work
everyday. Because in the future, you'll be expected to hit the
ground running, and that's hard to do if you've just been
lying around.

NOTE:
Oh yeah! THE SHY WRITER REBORN: An Introverted Writer's Wake-up Call
is alive and available on Amazon! It'll be soon available via ebook
at all the major outlets from Kindle to the Apple Store, from
Nook to Kobo. Go to the FundsforWriters.com website and see the
blurb and some darn fine testimonials for it.

http://www.fundsforwriters.com/the-shy-writer-reborn/

Hope

THE BLOG - http://www.hopeclark.blogspot.com
TWITTER - http://twitter.com/hopeclark
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Paper or electronic, Lowcountry Bribe is popular with mystery readers.

http://www.amazon.com/Lowcountry-Bribe-C-Hope-Clark/dp/1611940907
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With proof of purchase of Lowcountry Bribe, receive a
year's subscription to this newsletter, TOTAL FFW, for free.

Just email Hope at hope@fundsforwriters.com with receipt.

 

UPDATE! Tidewater Murder, book two in The Carolina Slade Mystery Series,
comes out in April. At that time, we'll offer the Buy-a-Book-Get-TOTAL-Free for
Tidewater and remove it from Lowcountry Bribe. So if you're thinking about
renewing with a book, just letting you know. If you wish to renew now and reserve
an autographed copy of Tidewater Murder, send $18.95 via PayPal to
hope@fundsforwriters.com or via check to 140A Amicks Ferry Road,
Box 4, Chapin, SC 29036.

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WORDS OF SUCCESS

“Dogs' lives are short, too short, but you know that going in.
You know the pain is coming, you’re going to lose a dog, and
there’s going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the
moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her
innocence, because you can’t support the illusion that a dog
can be your lifelong companion. There’s such beauty in the hard
honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware
that it comes with an unbearable price. Maybe loving dogs is a
way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves
and the mistakes we make because of those illusions.”

~ Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening of the Year

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SUCCESS OF THE WEEK
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Dear Hope,

I am one of your very grateful newsletter subscribers and would
like to take the opportunity to thank you for all the encouragement
and information you have provided over the course of the years.
Earlier this month my narrative nonfiction book Among Murderers:
Life After Prison was released by University of California Press.
Six years ago, when I started reporting and interviewing ex-prisoners
at a halfway house in Harlem, I had little else than a continuously
growing desktop folder with sound files and a bunch of blank pages.
It took a lot to keep going, and I would always look forward to your
newsletter, which would remind me that it was Friday, time to take
a break and enjoy the weekend. More importantly, it helped me to
find funding sources and provided me with community. Over the years
I have been awarded several fellowships and awards, many of which
first came to my attention through your newsletter. So I would like
to thank you for your great work. FundsForWriters not only provides
information, but also a sense of friendship and support for
professionals who spend most of their days by themselves, fighting
those little demons of rejection, grammar, structure and voice. You
showed us that we're not alone and that there's "Hope," on Fridays,
every week!

Thank you!
Sabine Heinlein

--
sabineheinlein.org
sunnysidesoundproject.org

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ARTICLE
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There’s Nothing to Fear in Fear Itself

By Saralee Perel

Most people think I’m normal. I’m not. Usually, I’m in overdrive
on the nervous wreck meter, such as when I recently held a book
signing at a bookshop.

I’m reliving the panic in my dreams. This has resulted in a severe
sleep disorder … for my husband.

“Bob,” I screamed, as I pounded on his head last night while he
was asleep. “I’m having a nightmare.” Our startled dog jumped on
the bed and tore the quilt to death.

The cats joined the terror party by leaping onto Bob’s face and
yowling at higher notes than Mariah Carey could reach if she
smashed her thumb with a sledge hammer. “Sweetheart,” I whispered.
“Are you awake?”

“Saralee, I’m begging you. Please don’t tell me another nightmare.”

“I was at my signing when a woman came over dressed like a zombie.
She hissed, ‘You’re a rotten writer. Everybody hates your book. And
you put on 30 pounds.’ Bob! It wasn’t a costume. It was my mother!”

“Oh no!” He covered his ears.

Most of us have anxiety. Maybe it’s a dread of dentist appointments,
airplanes, spiders or social situations. Oh, there are a billion
examples. Although I was a psychotherapist for 22 years, I’ve learned
more about anxiety from my own shtick.

Struggling to cover up nervousness actually makes it worse. How do
we tame it? By not trying to hide it or stop it. Saying, “I’m so
nervous that my hands are shaking,” or, “My neck is beet red,” or
commenting on whatever our outward signs of anxiety are, will take
away its power.

If there are people who think less of me for being scared, that’s
their shortcoming.

My sister-in-law was at my signing. She lives far away from me and
never reads my columns, so she won’t see this. When she does her
superior know-it-all thing, I respond like the mature wise woman
I’m known to be: I make faces behind her back.

Two seconds before entering the bookstore, she said, “Are you nervous?”

“Yes.”

The sabotage began. “What’s wrong with you? You shouldn’t be nervous.”

“Well, I’m excited too.”

“You should be.”

I stomped my feet. “I just said I am!”

Bob gave me a knowing look that meant, “You’re never going to win.
Give it up.” Naturally he was right.

While signing books, my hands trembled. While connecting with readers
whose words touched my heart deeply, my head shook. While thanking so
many wonderful souls for coming to meet me, well, I stuttered through
tears.

Did it matter that I was nervous? Of course not.

Three things mattered:

1. The fact that I had a wondrous time in spite of being scared.

2. The beautiful words I heard from readers along with the overwhelming love I received.

3. And that my sister-in-law saw every single bit of it.

BIO
Saralee Perel is an award-winning columnist. Her newest book is
Cracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: Stories From a Life Out of
Balance. She welcomes e-mails at sperel@saraleeperel.com.
Her website is: www.saraleeperel.com.

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COMPETITIONS
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ALPINE ESSAY CONTEST
http://www.watermanfund.org/EnterEssayContest.shtml
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NO ENTRY FEE
Theme: Technology in the Woods. The winning piece will be published
in Appalachia Journal. The winning essayist will be awarded $1,500.
Honorable mention will receive $500. All are encouraged to submit
essays for the 2013 contest. Essays must be original works at least
2,000 words long. Writers who have not published a book on such topic
or who have not been published in a national magazine on such topic
are eligible for participation. Essays are due April 15, 2013.

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VOCABULA WELL-WRITTEN WRITING CONTEST
http://www.vocabula.com/popupads/VRWritingContest.asp
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NO ENTRY FEE
The Vocabula Well-Written Writing Contest is open to all. Write 200
to 500 words of readable, well-written, even beautiful writing.
Work already published, to include on the Internet, is not welcome.
Deadline May 31, 2013. Fiction and nonfiction. No poetry. First
prize $200. Second prize $100. Third prize $50. First-, second-,
and third-place winners, as well as all honorable mentions, will
also receive a year-long subscription to The Vocabula Review.
Winning entries will be announced in July or August, and published
in the September issue of The Vocabula Review.

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SATURDAY EVENING POST FICTION CONTEST
http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/fiction-contest
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$10 ENTRY FEE
The winning story will be published in the Jan/Feb 2014 edition
of the magazine and on our website. The winning writer will receive
a payment of $500. Five runners-up will be published on our website
and receive payment of $100 each. Stories must be submitted by the
author, previously unpublished (excluding personal websites and
blogs), and 1,500-5,000 words in length. Deadline for entry is
11:59 p.m. (EST), July 1, 2013.

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IHDP WRITING CONTEST ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/read/call-for-articles-ihdp-writing-contest
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NO ENTRY FEE
Young scholars are invited to take part and write an article for
the third issue of the Dimensions magazine, to be published mid
2013. The issue will focus on the human dimensions of the Sustainable
Development Goals that have been widely discussed in the context
of the Rio+20 summit. The magazine is directed towards a wider
audience, including non-scientists interested in the topic. Upon
expiry of the submission deadline, the Secretariat will select up
to three winners to be awarded cash prizes - and will publish their
work in the magazine (print and online). Cash prizes as follows:

1st Place - US$ 500
2nd Place - US$ 200
3rd Place - US$ 100

The contest is open to young scholars from all over the world
(graduate students, PhD students or postdocs). Scholars from
developing countries are particularly encouraged to take part.

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ZOCALO PUBLIC SQUARE POETRY PRIZE
http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/01/16/zocalo-public-square-poetry-prize/inquiries/prizes/
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The Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize is awarded annually to the
U.S. poet whose poem best evokes a connection to place. “Place”
may be interpreted by the poet as a place of historical, cultural,
political, or personal importance; it may be a literal, imaginary,
or metaphorical landscape. We are looking for one poem that offers
our readers a fresh, original, and meaningful take on the topic.
Winner receives $500. Deadline April 1, 2013.

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GRANTS
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HUB CITY RESIDENCY
http://hubcity.org/writersproject/fellowships-and-scholarships/the-writers-house-residencies//?/residencies/
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The Writers House provides two residencies per year in an historic
cottage in downtown Spartanburg, S.C. The program is open to
emerging writers in the United States who have completed a graduate
school degree in creative writing within the past five years.
Residents receive lodging, utilities, and a twice-monthly stipend;
they are responsible for their own transportation and meals. The
10-week summer residency runs from June 15 to Aug. 24. A nine-
month residency runs from Sept. 3 to May 31. Both residencies
include a community service element. The program is targeted at
early-career writers, preferably without a published book.
Deadline June 1, 2013.

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PLAYWRIGHT RESIDENCIES - SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.britishcouncil.org.za/call-out-for-playwrights-new-writing-opportunity-with-international-theatre-royal-court
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The British Council is offering South African playwrights the
opportunity to work with one of the UK’s leading national theatre
companies for a new writing project. There are 12 places for
emerging playwrights who can show evidence of a track record of
writing plays regardless of whether they have been published or
performed. Deadline April 14, 2013. Royal Court will travel to
South Africa to host the workshop (held in Magaliesburg from 6
July to 14 July) which aims to support each playwright in
writing a new contemporary play. The workshop will be designed
for the needs of each writer, explore individual interests, and
by the end of the week each writer will be asked to propose an
outline of a new idea for a contemporary and original play.
Following the workshop, the participants will be asked to submit
their play to the Royal Court who will continue to work with
playwrights over the coming two years to develop the plays.

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IL CHIOSTRO, INC. GRANTS
https://www.ilchiostro.com/index.php?action=workshop-details&item=189
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Il Chiostro, an arts retreat in Italy, announces its grant program
for a one-week writing workshop this June with writing instructors
Maureen Brady and Martha Hughes. This is our eighth year of offering
grants to writers. Our workshops are designed for serious writers
who need to get away to this sensual and seductive environment to
concentrate on their writing. The groups are small, a maximum of
10 students, representing a variety of cultural, ethnic and experiential
backgrounds. (All details about the workshop are on our web site.)
We accept only 2 grant students per year to participate fully in the
workshop with the group. Awards will be given based on quality of
writing (fiction or non-fiction), and candidate’s unique cultural
perspective. The normal workshop cost is $2,350 per participant in
the villa, $1,500 in dormitory space. The Grant amounts are:
First Place $1,000 and Second Place $500. Deadline May 1, 2013.
Send 2-3 pages of a manuscript representative of your best writing
ability. Enclose a short biographical letter (1 page MAXIMUM)
including why yours is a unique cultural perspective. Send application
via email to: Michael Mele, Director Il Chiostro, Inc. at
Michael@ilchiostro.com. For full program details go to our web site
and locate the writing program at Terzo di Danciano in June, 2013.

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COLORADO JUMPSTART GRANTS
http://www.coloradocreativeindustries.org/artists-entrepreneurs/jumpstart-awards
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Jumpstart Awards provide fresh energy to artists and creative
entrepreneurs to help stimulate their creative business or organization,
whether nonprofit or commercial. Our goal is to help grantees increase
their revenue, gain new audiences, and improve management practices.

Grants used to:
Participate in an exhibit, festival, vendor showcase or artist residency
for which participants are chosen through a competitive process. Present
at a conference or symposium for which presenters are chosen through a
competitive process. Purchase equipment and materials to expand or improve
an applicant’s business. Enroll in professional development workshops or
engage consultants and coaches to build administrative and business skills.
Develop or upgrade promotional materials such as brochures, DVDs, CDs,
social media pages and websites. Applications are due on May 15, 2013 at
4:00 pm. The maximum request is $1,000 and funds are paid on a
reimbursement basis upon receipt of final report and expense receipts.

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WYOMING INDIVIDUAL ARTIST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/wac-grant/individual-artist-professional-development/
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This grant category provides funding for individual artists who want
to take that next step in their career. Successful applicants have
received grants to attend conferences, go overseas to install an art
exhibition, record a music CD at a professional studio, show a film
at an indie film festival, attend an artist residency program or to
work with an out-of-state mentor. Many requests are for travel costs.
A number of artists, writers and performers have used IAPD funds to
hire a contractor to build a professional web site. Up to $500.

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SPECULATIVE LITERATURE GRANT
www.speculativeliterature.org/Grants/SLFOlderWriters.php
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The Older Writers Grant deadline is fast approaching: get your
applications in by March 31! The Older Writers Grant ($750) is
awarded annually to a writer who is fifty years of age or older
at the time of grant application, and is intended to assist such
writers who are just starting to work at a professional level.
There is no entry fee.

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FREELANCE MARKETS
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CHICKEN SOUP: THE DATING GAME
http://www.chickensoup.com
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It's time to play the dating game! We're looking for stories
about your search for love, from first dates all the way to
marriage proposals. First dates, blind dates, group dates...
we want to hear about all of them. Tell us everything from the
great, to the bad, to the VERY bad. We are accepting stories
for this book from men and women 19 years and older. The
deadline for story and poem submissions is July 15th, 2013.
If your story 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 $200 and 10 free copies of your
book, worth more than $100.

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CLUBHOUSE
http://www.clubhousemagazine.com/submission-guidelines
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Focus on the Family Clubhouse readers are 8- to 12-year-old boys and
girls who desire to know more about God and the Bible. Their parents
(who typically pay for the membership) want wholesome, educational
material with Scriptural or moral insight. The kids want excitement,
adventure, action, humor or mystery. Generally pays 15-25 cents/word.
$200 on up for feature-length fiction stories. $150 on up for
nonfiction stories.

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GIRLS LIFE
http://www.girlslife.com/page/Writers-Guidelines.aspx
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Each issue of GL is packed with the stuff girls crave—real
information and advice—from academic success to peer pressure
to time-management and stress-relieving tips; from growing up
to boosting self-esteem. Plus, GL profiles real girls facing
real challenges that have amazed and inspired readers for almost
two decades. Girls' Life accepts unsolicited manuscripts on a
speculative basis only. No poetry. Pays $350 to $500 for 700
to 2,000 words. Columns pay up to $450. Short fiction is accepted
as stand-alones. Word limit 2,500 to 3,500 words.

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HIGHLIGHTS
http://www.highlights.com/contributor-guidelines
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Highlights for Children is a general-interest, advertising-free
magazine for children up to age twelve. Buys all rights. Does not
pay writers younger than sixteen years old for their work. Fiction
for ages 3 to 7 limited to 500 words; for ages 8 to 12, 800 words.
Pays $150. Pays $100 for rebus stories of 120 words or less.
Nonfiction limited to 800 words and pays $150 and up. Poetry isn't
bought often but pays $25 and up.

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JACK AND JILL
http://www.uskidsmags.com/writers-guidelines/
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Magazine for children ages 6 to 12. Fiction 600 to 800 words and
pays 30 cents/word. Nonfiction limited to 700 words and pays
30 cents/word. Poetry limited to 30 lines and pays up to $50.
Recipes and puzzles/games pay $25 to $40.

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PUBLISHERS/AGENTS
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FOREWARD LITERARY AGENCY
http://forewordliterary.com/
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Foreword Literary is a full-service, hybrid literary agency based
in the Silicon Valley with offices throughout the country. We blend
the tried-and-true methods of traditional publishing with the brash
new opportunities engendered by digital publishing, emerging
technologies, and an evolving author-agent relationship. Foreword
manages a wide variety of clients, from bestsellers to debut authors,
working with fiction and non-fiction for children and adults worldwide.

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OUR SUNDAY VISITOR
http://www.osv.com/AboutUsNav/WritersGuidelines/BookWritersGuidelines/tabid/1393/Default.aspx
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Our Sunday Visitor is the country's largest non-profit Catholic
publishing company. We are particularly interested in the following
six categories:

Apologetics and Catechetics -- books that explain and defend the
essential truths of the Faith

Reference -- books that provide trustworthy information for Catholics

Prayer -- books that cultivate a sense of prayer, liturgy and devotion

Heritage and Saints -- books that chronicle the riches of Catholic
history and the lives of our spiritual ancestors

The Family -- books that help lay Catholics pursue the vocations of
marriage and family

The Parish -- books that serve the needs of priests, of religious
education and of sacramental preparation for both young and old

We do not publish fiction or poetry.

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PARADISE CAY PUBLICATIONS
http://www.paracay.com/nautical/index.php?dispatch=pages.view&page_id=20
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We offer thousands of titles for boaters and sailing schools, book
stores, maritime museums, coastal gift shops, lighthouses, interpretive
centers and more. Books about sailing, nautical charts, cruising,
celestial navigation, waterway guides, charts and maps, travel and
cruising guides, boat maintenance, repair, buying, outfitting, racing,
paddling, fishing, ocean life, animals, children's books, fiction, and
many books for professional mariners: nautical charts, almanacs, tide
and tidal current charts, Chart #1, USCG Nav Rules, NOAA Training
Charts, Seamanship, and more.

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PAUL DRY BOOKS
http://pauldrybooks.com/
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We publish fiction, both novels and short stories, and nonfiction—
biography, memoirs, history, and essays, covering subjects from Homer
to Chekhov, bird watching to jazz music, New York City to shogunate
Japan.

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PELICAN PUBLISHING
http://www.pelicanpub.com/viewer.php?region=92
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Be advised that we have certain expectations in the length of a
proposed manuscript. Our young children’s books (ages 5-8, 32
illustrated pages when published) cannot exceed 1,100 words. Proposed
books for middle readers (ages 8 and up) should be at least 25,000
words. Adult books should be more than this. For cookbooks, we require
at least 200 proposed recipes. Pelican Publishing requires exclusive
submission for all solicited manuscripts during the 12-week review
period. Pelican produces art and architecture books, travel guides,
holiday books, local and international cookbooks, motivational and
inspirational works, business titles, children’s books, and a growing
number of social commentary and history titles.

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SPONSORS
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Sports Fiction & Essay Contest

Sponsored by Winning Writers for the second year. $3,000 in cash
prizes, including $1,000 for the best story and $1,000 for the best
essay. Submit unpublished works of prose on sports-related themes,
up to 6,000 words per entry. All entries that win cash prizes will
be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per
year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over
40,000 subscribers. Fee is $15 per entry. Submit online by May 31.
Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best
Writing Websites" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2012). See guidelines,
past winners, and enter online at www.winningwriters.com/sports

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NORTHERN COLORADO WRITERS ASSOCIATION SHORT FICTION CONTEST
(OPEN TO ALL WRITERS)
http://www.northerncoloradowriters.com/upcoming-events-mainmenu-133/writing-contests/307-2012-writing-contests.html
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$20 ENTRY FEE
The short story can be in any genre or style and should have broad
appeal. Deadline March 31, 2013.
1st place: $1,000
2nd place: $250
3rd place: $100
Winners, Honorable Mentions, and Editor's Picks will be published
in the annual winners' anthology, Pooled Ink: Celebrating the 2013
NCW Contest Winners (due out December 10, 2013) and receive 1 free
copy. Limit 5,000 words.

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FIND LITERARY PUBLICATION HOMES
FOR YOUR CREATIVE NONFICTION

Increase your choices and chances of success in getting your
creative nonfiction published! Unlock the world of print and
online literary journals that accept creative nonfiction!

The key is a compendium with more than 600 listings –
a treasure trove of information collected in one place in an
easy-to-access format. Information in the database includes
the names of such literary reviews/journals, websites, reading
periods, response times, word limits, payment, contests, and
comments (e.g., themed issues, special focus, submission fees).

Sent in an email attachment as .doc or .docx file.
Order at: www.jeandimotto.com

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THE BARRED OWL RETREAT
Spring/Summer 2013 Poetry Workshops, Central Massachusetts.

Come write with us at our 1920’s estate outside the city of
Worcester, MA with its world-class museums and restaurants.
Wander our gardens, ponds, streams, and orchard and be inspired!

Events:
2-Day Revision Intensive with Baron Wormser~April 13-14th,
3-Day Writing without the Ego with Douglas Goetsch~June 28-30th,
3-Day Heat of a Poem with Ruth Foley~August 9-11th, and The
Colrain Manuscript Conference~June 15-16.

For individual retreats, functions, and workshop reservations
call Jessica: 508 757-3375 , email barredowlretreat@gmail.com,
or visit our website www.barredowlretreat.com and Facebook page
www.facebook.com/barredowlretreat

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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
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Contact: Jeannine Ouellette – elephantrockretreats@gmail.com
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Yoga philosophy helps us navigate the territory of our bodies and
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We have developed a unique and enjoyable curriculum that will enable
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Contact: Susan Pohlman - www.susanpohlman.com
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Karen Callan - www.rosayoga.com
E-mail: karenrosecallan@gmail.com

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