Volume 13, Issue 20
May 17, 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, 2013

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At the book release party, surrounded by blues to represent
Tidewater Murder. Had a fun time and sold a few books, but
best of all, I was surrounded by people who cared. Nice night.

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

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THE REAL-PERSON EVENT

These days, most writing events are online. Few authors do the
book tour bit since so many readers are sticking closer to home,
happy to bury their noses in their Kindles and Nooks, unwilling
to go out into the crowds any more than they have to.

Add to that the fact that few bookstores do signings now (and
many of them don't like doing the ones they do), and you see that
public appearances can be painful for authors.

However, whenever I do one, people adore them. They talk about how
great it is to see the real person, how interesting it is to hold
a conversation, how nice it is to visualize the face with the words.
They love receiving autographed books. I often write way more than
"Thanks, Hope" in them, personalizing the inscription as much as
possible because they DID go out of their way.

But if bookstores don't like signings, where do you go to do them?

1) Seasonal fairs

I know writers who rave over these. The attendees at craft-type fairs
are expecting to spend money, and you will most likely sell more books
in this environment than in a bookstore.

2) Personal homes

Treat it like a party. The host/hostess sends out invitations, provides
treats, and sponsors you. You speak a few moments, answer tons of
questions, and sign books. These are so much fun! Instead of Tupperware,
why not your book? With 20 people in attendance, you're likely to sell
that many books.

3) Private appearances

A writing or book club can sponsor you to teach for a half day or
entire day about a preferred subject. The fee can include the cost of
your book, or you can sell the book at the back of the room. The last
one of these I did had only 35 people in attendance and I sold 30 books.

4) Schools

Schools hold book fairs, features speakers at assemblies and hold
career days. As an author, you might be able to sell on the spot, but
if not, you speak and then hand out information about your books for
parents and teachers to purchase online or at the local bookstore.
Don't forget PTO/PTAs. They have a budget to not only pay you to speak,
but can also host you at an event where you can sell books afterwards.

5) Libraries

Libraries hold special events throughout the year. Whether you appear
alone or with a group of other authors, you will make an impact since
you are talking to pure readers.

In any survey, you'll find that word-of-mouth is still the number one
way to sell books. To start that word-of-mouth flowing, growing, and
spreading, you have to face people, in person, eye-to-eye. Then you
flash that personality of yours, shake hands, embrace the fact that
these people love to read, and you have a natural, symbiotic relationship.

Don't give up on signings...just get strategic with them.

Hope

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

“If you’re a shy writer looking for both inspiration and practical
how-to advice, C. Hope Clark’s THE SHY WRITER REBORN is the operations
manual for you; filled with tips on a range of issues facing introverted
authors, Clark’s engaging work offers assistance with everything from
blogging to self-promotion to holding a successful book signing to
finding your authentic voice, all while honoring your deep need for
solitude in which to write.”

-- Kelly L. Stone, author of TIME TO WRITE: No Excuses, No Distractions,
No More Blank Pages (Adams Media)

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WORDS OF SUCCESS

"I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very
sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head. First I see the ball
where I want it to finish, nice and white and sitting up high on
the bright green grass. Then the scene quickly changes, and I see
the ball going there: its path, trajectory, and shape, even its
behavior on landing. Then there is a sort of fade-out, and the
next scene shows me making the kind of swing that will turn the
previous images into reality."

~ Jack Nicklaus ~

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SUCCESS OF THE WEEK
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Dear Hope --

I believe I learned about "The Great American Think-off" from
FundsforWriters, and you'll want to be sure to list it once they
publish the upcoming essay question. (750 word essay. No entry fee.
$500 prize for four finalists, plus all-expense-paid trip. Takes
place June 7-8, 2013.)

I'm one of four finalists this year and will be flown to New York
Mills, MN for a public debate in addition to a $500 prize.

http://think-off.org/category/news/

Thanks again, for all you do. I look forward to your newsletters
each week and find them indispensable. Hopefully we'll meet in
person at a conference or literary event in the not-so-distant future.

If you're ever in Memphis, please let me know.

Yours truly,

Caroline Zarlengo Sposto

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Bloggercise your writing
by Ken Ford-Powell

Probably the best writing advice I ever received was this:

Keep a Blog.

Let me share with you a few reasons why and how my blog has helped
me begin earning as a freelance writer.

In my former life as a music teacher I found that the best musicians
were those that didn’t just practise their scales and pieces the most;
they were the ones that listened to music too. Both things are
essential exercise for the musician.

Writing is the same.

Your ‘scales’ are the articles, books, stories and poems you write;
your ‘listening’ is the literature you read. The old saying is true:
a writer is a reader first. Keeping a blog helped me practise my
‘scales’ to develop my technique and my ‘listening’ was the hundreds
of blog posts I’ve read as I mingled in the blogging community. I
discovered what was popular, what was en vogue and what worked for me.

Here’s a summary of just how my blog has helped develop my craft:

• Experimentation

Although my blog, kenthinksaloud, is primarily about Bangladesh
where I work for a charity organisation as a teacher, I played with
all sorts of ideas - many of which have become lucrative for me. For
instance, I started posting book reviews after enjoying some books
with my kids. I had one accepted by Paste magazine last year and now,
every time I read a book, I’m making money from it by writing my
thoughts and sending the review off. Reviews don’t pay much but lots
of magazines take them and they more than cover the cost of buying the
books I love to read anyway! I would never have dreamed of writing
reviews had I not done them for fun on the blog.

• Deadlines

Keeping deadlines with editors is a big deal. For a while I made
myself write three posts a week, each with a self-imposed word count,
even when I didn’t feel like it just to practise meeting deadlines.
Now I’m getting plenty of paying gigs, I’ve reduced it to once a week
but after writing hundreds of posts, dashing off 500 words is a breeze now!

• Finding an audience

My main topic is something of a specialist interest, but as I explored
ideas I was surprised which subjects were very popular. My son and I both
have ADHD and writing about this provoked huge response. I am now
submitting articles about ADHD to editors.

• My blog sells me

Several of my articles and stories, re-written from the blog, have been
published by magazines and newspapers around the world. At the same
time, the blog has been there as a showcase of my writing style. A
publisher contacted me recently and asked for my book manuscript based
on the blog. They’re keen to publish – a dream for any writer! The best
bit is that half the work is done because the posts are already written.
What’s more, on the strength of the blog alone, they’ve also taken a
manuscript for a novel I wrote last year and are excited about working
with me.

So, I recommend bloggercising for you today. You can read what’s out
there, try a variety of styles for yourself, practise meeting your own
deadlines, build an audience as you learn what’s popular and then turn
those winning ideas into paying articles and maybe even books that
catch the eye of publishers.

And if nothing else, bloggercise is fun and good for you. Give it a go
– you never know where your posts might take you!

BIO
Ken is a British freelance writer and Educational consultant working
in Bangladesh with his wife and two children. He blogs about his life
at kenthinksaloud and drinks way too much tea while doing so.

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COMPETITIONS
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WOMEN WHO WRITE 2013 INTERNATIONAL POETRY & SHORT PROSE CONTEST
http://www.womenwhowrite.com/Submit.html
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$12 ENTRY FEE
Deadline June 30, 2013. Open to women 18 years or older. Women Who
Write will retain one-time publication rights (print and electronic),
after which all rights revert to the author. Entries to the contest
must be previously unpublished. Prose pieces can be fiction or non-
fiction and are limited to 3,000 words or less.

First place: $300, publication in Calliope, the annual anthology
of Women Who Write, and up to five copies of Calliope.
Second place: $200, publication in Calliope and up to five copies.
Third place: $100, publication in Calliope and up to five copies.

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NEW ENGLAND POETRY CLUB CONTEST
http://www.nepoetryclub.org/contests.htm
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$10 ENTRY FEE
All contests are open to members in good standing except Board members.
Non-members may enter by paying $10 for up to 3 poems and $3 for each
additional poem. Only one poem per contest. Deadline May 31, 2013.
Multiple categories with first prizes ranging from $100 to $250.

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LESLIE SCALAPINO AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
https://therelationship.submittable.com/submit/38168919-0db8-45fa-863c-0b2fc6abf395
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NO ENTRY FEE
Seeking a full-length work for live performance by a woman writer with
an inquiring approach to language and content. Winner receives $2,500
prize, print publication of the winning play by Litmus Press, and a
staged reading in October, 2013, at The New Ohio Theatre in New York
by Fiona Templeton’s company The Relationship. Initial application
should consist of a cover letter (including a playwright bio and full
contact information), a ten-page excerpt, and a 150-word (maximum)
summary of the full piece. One submission per playwright. Deadline
May 30, 2013.

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INTERACT THEATRE COMPANY 20/20 NEW PLAY COMMISSIONS
http://interacttheatre.org/new-plays/submit-for-commissions
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NO ENTRY FEE
Development Awards ($500-$1000) toward the further development of a
play. Development Awards are given to works already in progress, but
not yet production ready. New Play Commissions (ranging from $5000-
$10,000) – in which a new and wholly or substantially unwritten play
is commissioned and similarly aided in its development by InterAct.
Submit a statement of interest with a description of the proposed
project, including why the issues and themes of the project will be
significant to society over the next twenty years, and what your goals
would be should you be granted the opportunity to work with InterAct
on the project’s development. Deadline: May 31, 2013.

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WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE AKRON 8×10 THEATREFEST
http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/8x10-theatrefest-playwright-info
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Location Akron, OH, August 16-18, 2013. Seeking 10-minute plays
with a maximum of three actors and minimal set requirements. Each
play must include a tennis racquet. Playwrights must be at least
18 years old and U.S. citizens, and plays must be unproduced. First
place $350; second place $250; audience favorite will receive $150
and five runners-up will receive $50 awards. Two entries maximum per
playwright. Deadline: May 31, 2013.

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GRANTS
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FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.florida-arts.org/programs/fellowship/
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Deadline June 1, 2013. For visual and media arts. Next year,
the fellowship will be for music, theatre, dance, folk arts,
interdisciplinary and literature. That deadline is June 1, 2014.

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ARIZONA ARTIST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
http://www.azarts.gov/grants/artists/
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The Arts Commission provides assistance to individual artists through
annual Artist Research and Development Grants (previously named Artist
Project Grant). Artists from all disciplines can apply for funding up
to $3,500. This program is designed to support research which deepens
the artist’s craft and endeavors to advance the artist’s discipline,
field of study, and community of practice or broader community, as defined
by the applicant. The Distinguished Merit Award recognizes a
particularly outstanding project with additional funding support in
the amount of up to $2,500 to one Artist Research and Development
Grant recipient. Currently, the Arts Commission receives nearly 200
applications each year with funding available to grant approximately
10-12 awards. Deadline September 19, 2013.

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DOBIE PAISANO FELLOWSHIP
http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/Paisano/
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Sponsored by the Graduate School at The University of Texas at Austin
and the Texas Institute of Letters, the Dobie Paisano Fellowship
Program provides solitude, time, and a comfortable place for Texas
writers or writers who have written significantly about Texas. The
retreat is on a 250-acre ranch about twenty minutes west of Austin.
There are two distinct fellowships - one for September 1 - December
31 with a stipend of $6250 a month (the Ralph A. Johnston Memorial
Fellowship); one for February 1 - July 31 with a stipend of $3,000 a
month (the Jesse H. Jones Writing Fellowship). Length of residency
may change for maintenance or program needs. The fellowships are
available to both creative writers and writers of non-fiction. Non-
fiction should be written for the general audience. $20 fee.

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SPRINGFIELD, OREGON GRANTS
http://pages.uoregon.edu/rhadley/artscomm/heritage_grants.html
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The Springfield Arts Commission's annual Heritage Arts Grant Program
makes funds available to Springfield groups involved in the cultural
life of the city. The goal of these grants is to encourage community-
based public programs, such as, but not limited to concerts, theater,
visual art, dance, or literature. Grants range in amount from $100
to $500. Any Springfield-based group may apply. Applications are
accepted each fall, with distribution of funding the following year.

(NOTE: I know that few of you live in Springfield, OR, but the
posting of this grant is to show you that small grants are
available in MANY cities and towns but aren't often advertised.
Contact your local arts council or your local government about
opportunities in your area.)

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IDAHO GRANTS
http://www.arts.idaho.gov/grants/indoverview.aspx
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QUICKFUNDS
Quick Projects: supports projects and activities.
Professional Development: for individuals in all disciplines.

FELLOWSHIP AWARDS (3 year discipline rotation):
Recognizes Idaho’s exceptional artists and writers.

WRITER IN RESIDENCE AWARD (every 3 years):
Bestows the highest literary honor in the state.

TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIP (annually):
Encourage the continuation of artistic and cultural arts and
traditions of Idaho’s familial, ethnic, tribal, occupational,
or regional groups or communities.

Grants and awards are intended to support individuals who derive
a significant portion of their livelihood from their artistic
practice or identify themselves as professional artists, arts
educators, or arts administrators. Such individuals are expected
to verify this status with a résumé and support materials. Funding
is based on artistic merit, not on need, and funds are not intended
for nonprofessionals who engage in art as a hobby, or for primarily
promotional projects.

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FREELANCE MARKETS
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US KIDS
TURTLE
HUMPTY DUMPTY
JACK AND JILL
http://www.uskidsmags.com/writers-guidelines/
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At U.S. Kids Magazines (Turtle, Humpty Dumpty, and Jack and Jill),
providing fun, entertaining reading material is our priority. We
accept humorous, playful, and witty stories that kids would love
to read—not stories that grownups think kids should read. As part
of the Children’s Better Health Institute, we are always in need
of high-quality stories, articles, and activities with a broad
health and fitness focus. Averages 25 to 30 cents/word.

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THE CAPILANO REVIEW
http://www.thecapilanoreview.ca/submissions/
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The Capilano Review publishes venturesome experimental writing
and art. For poetry submissions, send up to 8 pages; for fiction,
a maximum of 6,000 words. Contributors are paid $50 per published
page to a maximum of $300.

Fall 2013 and Winter 2013 are open issues.
Fall 2013 submission deadline: 30 June 2013.
Winter 2013 submission deadline: 30 November 2013.

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SUBTROPICS
http://www.english.ufl.edu/subtropics/submit.html
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Subtropics seeks to publish the best literary fiction, essays,
and poetry being written today, both by established and emerging
authors. We will consider works of fiction of any length, from
short shorts to novellas (up to 15,000 words) and self-contained
novel excerpts. We give the same latitude to essays. We appreciate
work in translation and, from time to time, republish important and
compelling stories, essays, and poems that have lapsed out of print.
Submissions are accepted from September 1 to April 15.

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AIR FORCE TIMES
http://www.airforcetimes.com/contact
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Career information, legislation, housing, base activities, travel
and features that cater to the Air Force family. No advice pieces.
750 to 2,000 words. Pays up to $500. Shorter columns are 500 to 900
words and pay up to $125.

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MILITARY OFFICER MAGAZINE
http://www.moaa.org/militaryofficer/
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Military Officer magazine is the flagship publication of Military
Officers Association of America (MOAA). Military Officer serves
the overall military community - actively serving, retired, National
Guard, and Reserve - and their families. The magazine provides
information and services to help readers in their daily lives.
Topics include national defense, national security, personal
financial planning, health and wellness, travel and leisure,
retirement lifestyles, careers, and military history. Pays 80
cents/word. Query with resume, clips and pitch. Articles are
1,000 to 2,000 words.

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PUBLISHERS/AGENTS
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PENNY-FARTHING PRESS
http://www.pfpress.com/
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Make sure all submissions include a synopsis that is brief and
to the point. Remember, the synopsis is the “first impression”
of your submission and you know what they say about first impressions.
If you are submitting just one single-issue story (standard 32 pp.),
you may send the full script with your submission. If you are
submitting a story for any kind of series or graphic novel, please
send only the first chapter of the series. If we like what we see,
we will contact you to see more. Comics and children's books that
show great storytelling and art.

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THE PERMANENT PRESS
http://www.thepermanentpress.com/t-submissions.aspx
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We primarily publish literary fiction, and occasionally non-fiction.
What we are looking for is something artfully written: the way the
story is told is as important - if not more so - than the plot
itself.

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PICCADILLY PRESS
http://www.piccadillypress.co.uk/
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We publish a wide range of books – top teen fiction, exciting reads
for confident readers, illustrated titles for younger readers,
enticing picture books, and highly recommended parenting titles.
Whether you are looking for thought-provoking novels, non-fiction
guides, comfort-reading or side-splitting humour, we’ve got something
for everyone.

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PINEAPPLE PRESS
http://www.pineapplepress.com/manuscripts.html
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Most of our books are Florida nonfiction. We also publish a few
literary novels and some general nonfiction. Almost all of our
fiction is set in Florida. We also publish books about lighthouses.
Our only children’s books are on Florida topics for Florida schools.
We publish a few Florida-related cookbooks. We do not publish genre
fiction (mysteries, romances, science fiction, action/adventure,
Westerns) unless they are strongly Florida-related.

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ARTE PUBLICO PRESS
http://www.latinoteca.com/arte-publico-press/manuscript-submissions
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Arte Público Press, affiliated with the University of Houston,
specializes in publishing contemporary novels, short stories,
poetry, and drama based on U.S. Hispanic (Cuban American, Mexican
American, Puerto Rican, and others) cultural issues and themes.
Arte Público also is interested in reference works and non-fiction
studies, especially of Hispanic civil rights, women’s issues and
history. Manuscripts, queries, synopses, outlines, proposals,
introductory chapters, etc. are accepted in either English or
Spanish, although the majority of our publications are in English.

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She will speaking on Funding Your Writing Habit and The Shy Writer.
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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
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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
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