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SILVER FALCHION AWARDS

Palmetto Poison and Murder on Edisto are entered in the Silver Falchion Awards affiliated with the glorious Killer Nashville Mystery Conference. One of the awards is the Reader's Choice, and I'd be honored if you'd consider voting for either or both of these books. You'll find one under Cozy/Traditional Mystery and the other under Private Detective/Procedural Mystery. Bless you if you do! (And bless you if you don't.) http://www.killernashville.com/vote-for-the-silver-falchion-readers-choice-award/





 

 

WORDS OF SUCCESS

 

"Some failure in life is inevitable, It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default."

~JK Rowling


 

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Oh Hope,

I look forward to your newsletter every Friday. It is one of the highlights to my week. My favorite thing is to check out the section at the end: contests, agents looking, etc... As a pre-published novelist, I am always looking for an opening in that "opportunity" entryway. Well, several weeks back, there was a blurb about a publisher who was starting a new imprint for the over 50 crowd. And "as luck would have it," I had a book that I thought would fit their needs to a T. It was something my brother and I wrote that was languishing on the shelf. We sent in our query and they picked it up! They did!  And the book is coming out this December! Thank you, Hope, for your newsletter. It has made a huge difference in my life.

Cindy Marcus

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Cats and Dogs – and Horses, Oh My!

By Trisha Faye

The passions and activities in our lives, including our pets, offer writing opportunities.

Our friend jokes and calls us "Cat Whisperers" because of feral cats abandoning kittens on our doorstep. Through the years, we’ve learned many lessons about rescuing feral kittens, and that experience turned into articles, children’s stories and an ebook.

A member of my writing group argued that she couldn’t write about animals, because she wasn’t a veterinarian. A degree isn’t necessary to write about furry – or nonfurry - critters. Being an animal lover, or an animal parent, gives you knowledge to turn into articles.

These publications are for lovers of cats and dogs:

CATSTER and DOGSTER magazines (used to be Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy):
http://www.catster.com/ and http://www.dogster.com/
Email Catster: confess@catster.com and Dogster: vicky@dogster.com
Length: 800-1,000 words. Payment varies.

CATS USA MAGAZINE:
http://www.catchannel.com/magazines/catsusa/writers-guidelines.aspx
Length: 1,800-2,400 words. Payment varies.

Cats and dogs are not the only pets. I met Mea Stone, owner of Stonywoods Farm and became enchanted with her angora goats. The story of how she started her small hobby farm to counteract the degenerative aspects of multiple sclerosis intrigued me. Several local newspapers accepted a front page feature. An article in Recovering the Self resulted in a Pushcart nomination.

For animals of the more agricultural type, try these publications:

HOBBY FARMS:
http://www.hobbyfarms.com/corporate/writer-guidelines.aspx
Feature articles: 2,000-2,500 words. Payments: $300 and up.
News-oriented articles: 500 words maximum. Payment varies.

BACK HOME:
http://backhomemagazine.com/guidlines.htm
Word count varies. Payment $35 per printed page.

COUNTRY MAGAZINE:
http://www.country-magazine.com/contributor-guidelines/
Material considered on speculation. Pays $250 for stories one page or longer. (A page is 400-500 words.)

For horse stories, I visit an author friend who owns a horse. She’s a romance writer, and her stories are western themed, complete with cowboys and horses. Try one of these publications for equine articles:

APPALOOSA JOURNAL:
http://www.appaloosajournal.com/editorial-submissions/
Features: 1,500-1,800 words. Articles: 600-800 words. Pays $200 - $400.

THE HORSE:
http://www.thehorse.com/pages/freelance
Articles: 250-1,800 words. Payment varies depending on article length.

HORSE ILLUSTRATED:
Magazine: http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-magazines/horse-illustrated/writer-guidelines.aspx
Print articles: 1,000-2,000 words. Pays $200-$475.
Online articles: 500-1,200 words. Pays $25 for news items, $50 for 500-1,000 words (tips, personal columns), $75 for 750-1,200 words including quotes and photos/videos.

Broaden your horizons. Who are your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers? Do they have exotic pets or fascinating stories to share? Try these publications for exotic animals:

REPTILE MAGAZINE:
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Submit-A-Picture-or-Story-to-Reptile-Magazine/Writers-Guidelines/
Feature articles: 2,000-2,500 words with good photos. Generally pays $500.
Shorter articles with fewer photos pays $350. Rates can vary.

AQUARIUM FISH INTERNATIONAL:
http://www.fishchannel.com/writers-guidelines.aspx
Pays generally 15 cents per word. Offers a package deal for useable photos.

Younger readers enjoy stories with and about animals. Try your hand at children’s stories. Highlights pays on acceptance for fiction and non-fiction pieces.

HIGHLIGHTS
https://www.highlights.com/contributor-guidelines
Fiction and nonfiction: 800 words maximum. Pays $150 up.
Rebus stories: 120 words maximum. Pays $100 up.

Do your neighbors have unusual pets? Ferrets? Potbellied pigs? Back yard chickens?

Have your coworkers mentioned humorous stories about their animals? Horror stories? Experiences they tell around the water cooler? Do they foster abandoned opossums? Raise turtles to sell to reptile shops? Have a boa that escaped one day?

Are story ideas blossoming that you can submit to any of these publications? What experiences can turn into money?

Whether you clean up after cats and dogs, even horses or goats, or listen to tales from those who do, animals can become stories that add to your revenue.

BIO: When not rescuing kittens, Trisha spends her time in Texas writing. Her ebook, Scooter’s Tale, benefits rescue cats in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and those at Cats of Angels Meadow in Kentucky. Visit her at www.trishafaye.com.

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COMPETITIONS
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SCHLAFLY BEER MICRO-BREW MICRO-FICTION CONTEST
https://riverstyx.submittable.com/submit
$10-$20 ENTRY FEE.
Deadline January 1, 2016. Entry fee includes a subscription or one issue depending on amount of entry fee paid. Please submit up to three stories of 500 words or less each. All stories will be considered for publication. $1,500 first prize plus one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer.



IT WAS A BLESSING AFTER ALL
https://beamazingyou.submittable.com/submit
$20 ENTRY FEE.
We are not looking for a perfect grammar; we are looking for an amazingly inspirational story! Have you ever been in a bad situation that turned out to be for the better at the end? Share your story and take a swing at monetary prices and a chance for your story to be featured in an upcoming book! Deadline December 31, 2015. First place winner will receive $500. Second place winner will receive $300 and third place $100. First 100 most inspiring stories will be printed in a book.



RESTLESS BOOKS PRIZE
http://www.restlessbooks.com/prize-for-new-immigrant-writing
NO ENTRY FEE.
The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing  will alternate yearly between accepting unpublished fiction and nonfiction submissions, beginning with fiction in 2015. Fiction submissions can take the form of a novel or a collection of short stories. Nonfiction submissions can take the form of a memoir, a collection of essays, or a book-length work of narrative nonfiction. Candidates must be first-generation residents of the United States. “First-generation” can refer either to people born in another country who relocated to the U.S., or to American-born residents whose parents were born elsewhere. Candidates must not have previously published a book in English. The winner will receive a $10,000 advance and publication by Restless Books in print and digital editions. Deadline December 31, 2015.



NARRATIVE Fall 2015 Story Contest
http://www.narrativemagazine.com/fall-2015-story-contest
ENTRY FEE $23.
Deadline November 30, 2015. Looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 15,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest. First prize $2,500. Second prize $1,000. Third prize $500. Up to ten finalists will receive $100 each. All entries considered for publication. (All entries are eligible for the $4,000 Narrative Prize and for acceptance as a Story of the Week.)

 
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GRANTS
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SOUTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COUNCIL FELLOWSHIPS
http://schumanities.org/grants/studentfellowships/
The Humanities CouncilSC is pleased to announce a special grant opportunity for undergraduate students in colleges or universities. Student Research Fellowships support research and scholarship of important topics in the humanities. The deadline for applications for Student Research Fellowships is Friday, November 13, 2015.



JACK STRAW WRITERS PROGRAM
http://www.jackstraw.org/programs/asp/2016/WP2016_application.shtml
Twelve writers, selected by an invited curator, create new work during the residency to be presented through live readings, recorded interviews, a published anthology, and as podcasts on our web site. Participants also receive professional training in voice and microphone technique, performance and delivery, and interviews. Deadline October 31, 2015.



SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR THE WINTER POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY
http://wintergetaway.com/registration/writers-conference-scholarships/
Six scholarships are being offered for first-time participants of the 23rd Annual WINTER POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY, January 15-18, 2016 in the Atlantic City area. Recipients may choose from workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, screenwriting and more, including special advanced sessions with Stephen Dunn and Thomas Lux. In addition, the conference also offers open mics, tutorials, talks, sunrise yoga, dancing at the Getaway Disco and writerly camaraderie. Deadlines are Nov. 15 and Nov. 30, 2016.

 

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FREELANCE MARKETS
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HIGH COUNTRY NEWS
https://www.hcn.org/about/submissions
High Country News will consider pitches for well-researched stories on any natural resource or environmental topic, as long as it concerns the American West as a region. We define resources to include people, politics, culture and aesthetic values, not just coal, oil and timber. We are a magazine whose stories include incisive reporting, strong storytelling and intellectual honesty. We divide submissions into front-of-book stories (500 to 1,600 words) and features (2,400 words and up). We pay on publication, between $0.50 and $1.50 per word, depending on the writer’s experience and our experience with the writer. Kill fee is 25 percent.



GEORGIA MAGAZINE
http://georgiamagazine.com/contactus.asp?menu=7
Each issue celebrates the Georgia lifestyle in word and photo, revealing the spirit of its people and the flavor of its past in a friendly, conversational tone. Feature articles and departments focus on what’s in it for the reader, bringing home the story in a useful, personal way that touches their lives directly. Features start at $500 (including expenses and photography); shorter articles and departments pay $400 to $500.



CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: ANGELS AND MIRACLES
http://www.chickensoup.com
101 Miraculous Stories of Faith, Divine Intervention, and Answered Prayers. We are looking for personal stories about your feelings of expectation and hope and the extraordinary events that have happened to you. Why did these things happen? Were they answered prayers? Did your positive attitude give you hope for better things to come? Did you find something you had lost long after you had given up hope of finding it? Did something good happen when only bad was predicted? Did a "person" appear in your life and help you and then disappear? Did you listen to an urgent inner voice and avoid disaster? Payment is $200 and ten copies for poems or articles up to 1,200 words. Deadline November 1, 2015.



HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN
https://www2.highlights.com/contributor-guidelines
Highlights for Children is a magazine for kids up to age 12. They accept submissions from freelance writers. Categories include fiction, non-fiction, puzzles, crafts, and “finger plays.” Pays up to $150 for short stories of 500 to 800 words.

 

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JOBS
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FREELANCE JUNIOR COPYEDITOR
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/78951768
Centerpoint is looking for a long-term Freelance Junior Copywriter for our creative team. The position will require an estimated 15–20 hours per week, depending on volume of work. You will work with the Creative Director, Copy Supervisor, Art Directors and Designers on multiple projects in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. Location Chicago, IL.



WEB CONTENT WRITER
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/93520699
Researches and writes online content for a company's Web site. Stays abreast of current industry standards and techniques to ensure effective content that achieves the organization's goals. Requires a bachelor's degree in a related area and 2-4 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Location Peoria, IL.



50 ON RED
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/93436447
Candidate should be a clever and prolific web producer and have at least 2 years professional experience writing, editing and creating web content. Candidate must have experience culling content from social websites such as reddit, tumblr, twitter, youtube, facebook and imgur. Candidate must be creative (as it relates to both idea generation and writing skills), have solid communication skills, be a strong team player, and have the ability to work autonomously and in a fast-paced environment. Location Phladelphia, PA.


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AGENTS / PUBLISHERS
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DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
https://www.dukeupress.edu/Authors/manuscript.php
Duke University Press, internationally recognized as a prominent publisher of books and journals, publishes approximately 120 books annually and over 40 journals, as well as offering five electronic collections. The Press publishes primarily in the humanities and social sciences and is known as a publisher willing to take chances with nontraditional and interdisciplinary publications.



MELVILLE HOUSE
http://www.mhpbooks.com/
Renowned indie publisher in Brooklyn, NY. Only accepting nonfiction at present. Also known for its hybrid books. Each book in the HybridBook program features not only the core text of the novel, but  extensive additional material rendered in digital form — the Melville House Illuminations. The Illuminations consist of highly curated text, maps, photographs and illustrations related to the original book.



8th HOUSE PUBLISHING
http://www.8thhousepublishing.com/homepage/about-us/submission
What we like at the 8th House: modern, radical, enduring, insightful,inventive... Whether it's an essay, a philosophy tract, a novel, or a book of verse, send us a sample of your work (two or three chapters and a full table of contents) along with a query letter.



ONEWORLD
https://www.oneworld-publications.com/submissions
Our fiction list showcases intelligent, challenging, and distinctive novels that sit at the intersection of the literary and the commercial. If pitching nonfiction, please complete the form carefully, demonstrating why you are the right person to write this book.


 
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