FundsforWriters - August 31, 2018 - How to Further Your Writing Name

Published: Fri, 08/31/18

Volume 18, Issue 35 | AUGUST 31, 2018

Message from the Editor

I hope you wore your college colors today. On Facebook, I've started once a week posting what national day it is. For instance, today is National College Colors Day. Guess what color I wore all day long!

It's that time again....for college football pools and tailgate parties. While I may not make many games in person, I definitely play the odds in a family football pool. And last year I won out of 50 people.

So. . . for 2018. . . go Tigers! (Roo agrees!)

C. Hope Clark
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A must-have for fans of high voltage action, mystery and just the right amount of romantic tension. Hope this series continues.

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Wow, wow, wow. Stellar addition to the Carolina Slade series! Once again the author exceeds herself in writing this 4th book of the series.

SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

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EDitor’s THOUGHTS

HOW TO FURTHER YOUR WRITING NAME

It's simple. Each and every single day you promote yourself. For instance:

1) Write a guest blog post and pitch it.
2) Leave deep, well-written, intelligent replies on other blogs demonstrating who you are and how personable you are.
3) Do a signing anywhere (if you write books).
4) Post on social media something related to your brand or writing.
5) Find mentors on social media and connect with a post.
6) Send review copies (if you write books).
7) Connect with a local bookstore (if you write books).
8) Connect with a library. Join the Friends of the Library.
9) Attend a library event.
10) Volunteer an event at the library (regardless what you write).
11) Attend someone else's signing and give them (just them, not the audience) your book or business card.
12) Join the Chamber of Commerce and send them an ad.
13) Attend a writers' group.
14) Attend a Chamber or public event and give out your card.
15) Start a biweekly or monthly newsletter.
16) Create an email signature block about your writing.
17) Host a book party at your home.
18) Connect with an area book club and send a copy of your book.
19) Write a feature for the local paper.
20) Write a feature and pitch it to a local magazine.
21) Write reviews for other authors, emailing them with a copy of the review and a thank-you for writing the book.
22) Attend a writers' conference and connect with ten authors.
23) Never leave home without your business cards. Give one out per day.
24) Ask a school if you can make a presentation.
25) Contact your local community center and ask about making a presentation.
26) Send postcards to your community - make them simple and professional.
27) Send a press release to your local television station to the specific journalist who does human interest pieces. Make the press release about a topic other than the fact you write or have a book.
28) Be seen writing.
29) Write "AUTHOR" in any place that asks for your profession.
30) Tell someone you are an author, and have answers for those standard questions of "What do you write?", "Where can I buy your books?", and "How can I become published, too?" Do not waffle. Own being an expert.

Keep a calendar. Each day you promote yourself in any way, cross it off with a big red X. Be honest. And when you don't, leave it blatantly blank. Develop the habit of self-promotion. The point is to become that person everyone recognizes as "that writer," not just someone who sometimes writes.

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HOPE'S 2018 APPEARANCES
(Times in Eastern)

October 1 - 3-5 PM- Edisto Bookstore, Edisto, SC (also celebrating my birthday!)
October 27 - all day - Fall Arts Festival, The Coffee Shelf, Chapin, South Carolina
December 2 - 2 PM, Greenwood, SC Library Signing
December 18 - 1 PM Eastern, Dialogue! Blogtalkradio.com
January 20 - 2 PM, Friends of the Library, Florence, SC

WORDS OF SUCCESS

"If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success."

~James Cameron

WHAT I AM READING AT PRESENT

The Specter of Seduction

By Carolyn Haines

Waverley Mansion, a unique and lovely antebellum home in northeast Mississippi, offers the most dangerous challenge yet to Raissa James and her partner in the Pluto’s Snitch private detective agency. They specialize in hauntings, possessions, and the occult.

In the isolation of Waverley, Raissa’s special gift, her ability to see and communicate with the dead, puts a target on her back. The entity that resides at Waverley Mansion covets Raissa’s sensitivity. But Raissa is not the only one in danger. She and her partner Reginald Proctor must save eight-year-old Amanda Sheridan from the dark forces roaming the grounds of Waverley.

The bitter past plays a major role in the nightmare of the present—and Raissa and Reginald must find the answers to who—or what–was Nora Bailey, a woman reputed to be not only a Union spy in the heart of the South, but also one whose promiscuity put the men who loved her at risk.

Raissa and Reginald can trust no one—especially not the dead–because the dead lie.

SUccess Story

Dear Hope,

Thanks again for all the support you offer writers through FundsforWriters. Your newsletter is such a valuable resource, not just the opportunities you list but also the words of writer wisdom you share. As I've mentioned to you in the past, I've found out about several grant and residency opportunities because of FundsforWriters.

W Publishing (an imprint of HarperCollins) just published my debut collection of personal essays entitled All the Colors We Will See. It's a collection about race, immigration, and belonging. I write from the perspective of being the black American daughter of Jamaican immigrants who was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. Barnes & Noble recently named the collection a Fall '18 B&N Discover Great New Writers selection. This collection is partly made possible because of funding and residency opportunities I learned about through your newsletter. I'd love to send you a copy of the book as a thank you.

Again, thanks for all that you do.

All best,
Patrice Gopo

Patrice is a 2017-2018 North Carolina Arts Council Literature Fellow. She is the author of All the Colors We Will See, an essay collection about race, immigration, and belonging. Her book is a Fall 2018 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Please visit patricegopo.com/book to learn more.

(NOTE: If you've had a success thanks to FundsforWriters, let us know! Email hope@chopeclark.com)

Featured article

One Road to Royalties

By C. Lee McKenzie

Breaking into the publishing business is quite the challenge. And new writers who follow the traditional route, soon discover that writing the book is far easier than capturing the attention of an agent, having a manuscript accepted, and then receiving royalties for their work. Having a track record of previous publications helps by showing that you're a serious writer and one who can set down a story others want to read. But how do you secure those credits?

Magazines and small literary or academic journals are possible markets, and many pay for material, but just because they're plentiful, doesn't make them easy to crack. After banging on the door of one online magazine for several months, I finally gained entry. After my first successful submission, they went on to publish several of my stories and nonfiction articles. This one breakthrough opened one more door, and when that online magazine accepted my work, I was able to add three additional published stories to my author bio.

Then I found a call for submissions to an anthology contest. Agents, publishers, reviewers, and noted authors were listed as judges who were going to select the winners. I took the leap and entered, and my story made the cut. I didn't receive compensation of any kind, but my focus wasn't on earning money from the story; it was on building my publishing credits, and since I was now more experienced in this business and knew how important it was to have a writing network, I recognized the anthology as an opportunity to expand mine.

I've since been traditionally published (four young-adult and one middle-grade novel) and I've gone Indie with three books written for young readers eight to twelve. I still find subbing to anthologies worthwhile, but now for different reasons. I no longer need credits, but I do need a continuing presence in the writing community. Between book publications, I discovered that my invitations to sit on panels, present at schools, or join in book fairs tapered off. So did my sales. It made sense that while I worked on a long book project, I could write short stories and promote their publication. While I promoted these, I also kept my other work in the public eye.

One unexpected benefit surprised me in the last two collections I became a part of. Each of these were outside my usual writing category because they were aiming for an adult reading audience. One let me experiment with a literary tone. The only requirement beyond a 5,000-word count and a previously unpublished story was the inclusion of this phrase: "I'm completely and utterly lost." I'd never had the chance to build an entire story around a sentence before, and I enjoyed the challenge.

In the last anthology I contributed to, I stepped out of my usual writing style and wrote my first piece of crime/horror. What I discovered was I liked changing things up, and now I'm actually looking forward to testing out more crime/horror. Short story anthologies shook me free of my usual pattern and gave me a chance to try something different.

No two authors will reach their publication goals in the same way. Mine started with small stories and articles in magazines. Along the way I saw eight novels launched, and now because of anthologies, I'm experimenting with different styles and different kinds of stories. I have no idea what comes next, but I've met the challenge I set for myself. I'm a published author. I have a supportive network, and I receive royalties for my work.

Author Bio:
C. Lee McKenzie writes contemporary/realistic novels. Double Negative, Sudden Secrets, Princess of Las Pulgas and Sliding on the Edge are four written for the young adult-crossover market, and notable award-winning authors Francisco X. Stork, L.K. Madigan and Michelle Zink recommend her work. Her middle grade fiction includes the series, the Adventures of Pete and Weasel: Alligators Overhead, Book 1, Great Time Lock Disaster, Book 2, Some Very Messy Medieval Magic (Spring 2018) Book 3, and Sign of the Green Dragon, a standalone.

Her other fiction and nonfiction is published in magazines and anthologies. See her website [http://cleemckenziebooks.com] for all of her work.

COmpetitions

THE ARKANSAS INTERNATIONAL EMERGING WRITER’S PRIZE 2018
https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2018/08/16/arkansas-international-emerging-writers-prize-2018/
$20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline October 20, 2018. The Arkansas International Emerging Writer’s Prize is open to works of fiction up to 7,500 words in length. All entrants must not have yet published a full-length book and have no book forthcoming before May 1, 2019. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to The Arkansas International. All entries will be considered for publication.

2018 PRINCEMERE POETRY PRIZE
http://www.princemere.com/
$5 ENTRY FEE. Deadline September 11, 2018. Prizes: $300 will be awarded for the winning poem, with $200 to be divided among runners-up. Three poems allowed per entry fee. All submissions will be considered for publication; author will be contacted for permission.

WOMEN'S WRITES
http://www.valeriewood.co.uk/
To celebrate 100 years since women won the right to vote, we have decided to focus on strong and formidable women in this year’s competition, hence the title, Women’s Writes. The competition, as always is open to all genders and anyone over the age of 16.

MASTERS FLASH FICTION CONTEST
https://mastersreview.com/flash-fiction-contest/
$20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline September 30, 2018. Our love of flash fiction runs deep. We are proud to now offer a contest dedicated solely to flash twice a year. This is the first time we have offered a summer contest for tiny and mighty fiction. The winning writer will be awarded $3,000 and publication on The Masters Review site. Second and third place will be awarded $300 and $200, respectively, as well as publication in The Masters Review. Limit 1,000 words.

EQUESTRIAN VOICES CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
https://theplaidhorse.com/equestrian-voices-creative-writing-contest/
$20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline October 15, 2018. The Equestrian Voices Creative Writing Contest is sponsored by The Plaid Horse, and promotes fine, literary prose involving horses and the equestrian experience. This contest is open to writers of fiction and nonfiction, regardless of any previous publications, and awards three prizes: The Plaid Horse Prize in Fiction - $1,000; The Constance Wickes Prize in Creative Nonfiction - $1,000; and The Piper J. Klemm Emerging Authors Prize - $500. The winning story, essay and emerging authors piece will be published in a 2018-2019 edition of The Plaid Horse magazine. All submissions must be under 5,000 words.

THE JAMES ALAN MCPHERSON AWARD
https://sfwp.com/2040-contest-page-2018/
$25 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 15, 2018. We are looking for fiction and creative nonfiction of any length, genre, and subject matter. This contest is open only to authors from an ethnic minority background. The grand prize is $1,000. Authors retain all rights to their work. Winners will be offered a competitive book contract for full-market, front list release. There’s no obligation to sign this contract.

GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / CROWDFUNDING

WHITING CREATIVE NONFICTION GRANT
https://www.whiting.org/writers/creative-nonfiction-grant/about
All creative nonfiction writers under contract with a publisher and at least two years into their contract are encouraged to apply online. Applicants must be US citizens or residents. Whiting welcomes submissions for works of history, cultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, the sciences, philosophy, criticism, food or travel writing, and personal essays, among other categories. The call for applications for the 2019 cycle will be announced in spring 2019.

WILDACRES RETREAT
http://www.wildacres.org/workshops/residency.html
Deadline January 15, 2019. With the use of three cabins, the program will have about 70 one- and two-week residencies available from April through October. Sessions begin each Monday afternoon and conclude on Sunday or early Monday morning. The program allows individuals the solitude and inspiration needed to begin or continue work on a project in their particular field. There is no charge for the residency but there is a $20 application fee and participants are responsible for their own transportation to Wildacres. Location Little Switzerland, NC.

UCROSS
http://www.ucrossfoundation.org/
Deadline October 1, 2018. For more than 30 years, Ucross has been giving space and time to artists who come from many disciplines. They are writers, composers, visual and performing artists. Our participants come from all over the world. In our complex of private studios and shared residences, visiting artists build a small, intense community hard at work in the midst of 20,000 acres of Wyoming ranchland.

SIENA ART INSTITUTE
https://www.sienaart.org/
Deadline September 30, 2018. The Siena Art Institute’s Summer Residency Program allows professional artists, writers, and performers the opportunity to stay for a month in the heart of Siena (either June or July), to work in a private studio at the Siena Art Institute, to present their work to the public, and to hold a final Open Studio. The Siena Art Institute’s residency program is especially suited for creative professionals whose work explores cultural crossroads, boundaries, communication, and/or the subject of art’s social impact. Resident Artists are asked to give back to The Siena Art Institute in several ways:

Presenting a public talk about their work upon arrival in Siena.
Holding a formal critique with the Siena Art Institute's summer program participants.
While not required, Summer Resident Artists are also invited to:
Hold at one or more open studios/exhibitions/performances/screenings during their residency.
Lead workshops with the Siena Art Institute’s summer program participants or members of the local community.

VAN EYCK ACADEMIE
https://www.janvaneyck.nl/apply/
Deadline October 1, 2018. The Van Eyck is a multidisciplinary post-academic institute for artistic talent development located in Maastricht, the Netherlands that furthers experiment, research, production, collaboration and exchange. Artists, designers, curators, (landscape) architects, and writers come from all over the world to work on their own projects during a residency that lasts six months and up to 12 months. You receive a monthly stipend of €900. From this you will have to deduct rent and living costs. Renting a room amounts to €350 - €500 a month. The rest of the stipend is meant to support yourself. It is the Van Eyck's estimate that it takes an additional €300 - €450 a month to attain an acceptable standard of living.

KUNSTWERKPLAATS DE ZANDBERG
http://www.kunstwerkplaatsdezandberg.be/
Deadline October 1, 2018. The mission of the artwork place is to support artists with a mental disability, on a daily basis, in making their own specific work/oeuvre. This support is individual, tailored to the artist and focused on development. Social and artistic recognition of their work and artistry is an important motive for De Zandberg. The artwork site therefore seeks collaborations with artists and organisations, locally and internationally. AIR-Zandberg is a new residence for professional artists. The residence is located in artwork place De Zandberg in Harelbeke, Belgium. De Zandberg is part of a welfare organisation. Every day about 20 artists with a disability are coming to work in De Zandberg. Residents are given the opportunity to live and work in this special place. They don't offer grants. Residents can stay for free. The organizers offer catering within the working hours of the artwork place (breakfast, coffee/water and lunch during the week). Lunch takes the resident together with the artists from De Zandberg. The resident can use the available basic material, and also the resident can use the van or use public transport (rail pass).

MISSOURI ARTS EDUCATION GRANTS
https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fy19-guide-to-arts-education-grants-annual-and-express.pdf
Deadline January 2019. Missouri Arts Council (MAC) recognizes that students and educators can achieve more in their classrooms by engaging with professional teaching artists. The Artist in Residence and Out of School grants for PK-12 grade students, and the Professional Development grant for educators, are designed to strengthen this kind of learning.

HODDER FELLOWSHIP
http://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/
Deadline September 18, 2018. The Hodder Fellowship will be given to writers and other artists of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during one academic year. Hodder Fellows may be writers, composers, choreographers, visual artists, performance artists, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have "much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts;" they are selected more "for promise than for performance."

PRINCETON FELLOWSHIPS IN THE CREATIVE ARTS
http://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/
Deadline September 18, 2018. Princeton Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts, funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career poets, novelists, composers, visual artists, conductors, musicians, choreographers, playwrights, designers, graphic novelists, film makers, performers, directors, and performance artists - this list is not meant to be exhaustive - who would find it beneficial to spend two years working in an artistically vibrant university community.
Fellowships are for two academic years. Fellows will teach a course each semester or, in lieu of one course, may be requested to undertake an artistic assignment.

FREELANCE MARKETS

BARRELHOUSE
https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2018/06/08/barrelhouse-is-seeking-submissions-for-previously-unpublished-writers/
Deadline June 30, 2018. Barrelhouse is an independent non-profit literary organisation which aims to bridge the gap between serious art and pop culture. Its biannual print journal features fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays about music, art, and the detritus of popular culture. Until 30 June, Barrelhouse is exclusively accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and comics from previously unpublished writers. The call out has no age restrictions and the editors are eager to read submissions from a diverse array of voices, and especially traditionally marginalised groups. All contributors will be paid US$50.

HARLEY DAVIDSON
https://www.ibpublishing.com/apply/auto-specialty-harley-davidson
Are you a Harley lover through and through? Then share your enthusiast take on news, rumors, special editions, forum threads, performance bits, brand heritage and anything else in the exciting world of Harleys! IB Publishing is seeking writers with a strong Harley Davidson background to contribute well-written, informative articles for HDForums, one of the web’s best resources for all things Harley. These articles will include a fair amount of motorcycle terminology and must provide accurate information on everything from industry news, and event coverage, to daily events impacting the Harley Davidson community.

ADVENTURE TRAVEL
https://www.wiredforadventure.com/contributor-guide/
Adventure Travel magazine is all about inspiring our readers to take on new and exciting adventures, and we want to give you the chance to be part of it. We’re looking for content that is going to keep our readers up all night planning their own expedition, so it’s got to be accessible and achievable adventure, something that anyone with a passion for the outdoors can do, and something that is going to leave them hungry for more. They have small columns from 400 words to travel features of 2,000 words.

WOMEN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS
https://www.wcwonline.org/Women-s-Review-of-Books/writing-for-womens-review-of-books
Now in its 35th year, Women's Review of Books has a solidity and depth that is unique to print publications. Its feminist mission is to publish reviews that draw on rich reservoirs of knowledge—based in organizing, discipline-based research, and personal experience—in the service of action and consciousness. Send pitches to wrbeditor@oldcitypublishing.com. WRB pays a flat fee of $100 for each review assigned and published. Please note that most WRB writers are experienced reviewers, academics, or journalists and that we do not assign book reviews to friends, relatives, enemies, colleagues, or blurbers of the book's author.

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE CAT (OR THE DOG)
http://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/possible-book-topics
If we publish your story or poem, you will be paid $200 one month after publication of the book and you will receive ten free copies of the book your story or poem appears in. We are looking for first-person true stories and poems up to 1,200 words. Tell us what your cat (or dog) taught you.

THE KIDS' ARK
http://thekidsark.com/guidelines.htm
Looking to get your writing published in The Kids' Ark? Here's what we're looking for:
Fiction or nonfiction stories, stories not longer than 650 words and written for the six to ten-year-old reading level, engaging, exciting and adventurous stories that are applicable to the issue's theme, inspiring stories that teach children biblical principles, stories that are contemporary, historical or science fiction but are absolutely Christian based, and stories that involve characters of various races and ethnic backgrounds. You will be paid $100 upon publication for First Time World-Wide rights as well as Electronic rights with rights to reprint at a later date. You will be paid $25 per story for reprints upon publication.

READER'S DIGEST
https://www.rd.com/100-word-stories-submissions/
Everybody has a story to share. What's yours? Send us a true story about you, in 100 words or fewer - if it's chosen by our editors for publication in our magazine, you'll be paid $100! We also may pick selected favorites to appear on our site at RD.com.

POCKETS
https://pockets.upperroom.org/write-for-us/
Designed for six- to 12-year-olds, Pockets magazine teaches about God’s love and presence in life. The content includes fiction, scripture stories, puzzles and games, poems, recipes, colorful art, activities, and scripture readings. Freelance submissions of stories, poems, recipes, puzzles and games, and activities are welcome. The magazine is published monthly (except in February). Each issue is built around a specific theme with material that can be used by children in a variety of ways. Stories and articles: 14 cents a word

Publishers/agents

TRADEWIND BOOKS
http://tradewindbooks.com/authors-illustrators/submission-guidelines/
Tradewind Books is a publisher of books for children and young adults. We are especially interested in authors and illustrators of diverse backgrounds.

WOMEN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS - TO GET A BOOK REVIEWED
https://www.wcwonline.org/Women-s-Review-of-Books/submitting-your-book-for-review
Since 1983, the Women’s Review of Books has been the premier feminist book review. WRB primarily reviews women’s and gender studies scholarship as well as fiction, poetry, and memoir by women. We consider all the books submitted to us carefully. We review more nonfiction than anything else. We strive to review a diverse array of books in many fields, genres, and styles for each issue. We generally do not review genre fiction; self-help books; inspirational autobiographies; self-published books; poetry chapbooks; scholarly or literary magazines; reference books; textbooks; children’s or young adult books; fiction or poetry by men. We publish reviews as close to pub date as possible, so please send galleys at four to six months in advance of the book's publication.

FOUNDRY LITERARY MEDIA
http://foundrymedia.com/team/
Foundry is a full-service literary agency and media development company dedicated to providing the most positive and profitable publishing experience for our clients, from the American book market to foreign publishing, film and TV, merchandise, online media and beyond. Rooted in the tradition of representing writers and other talent in the book trade, the Foundry team is relentless in finding new and diverse ways for our clients to reach wider audiences. They have 11 agents, each representing something different.

FLETCHER AND COMPANY
https://www.fletcherandco.com/about-1/
Fletcher & Company works closely with writers and creators of intellectual property to help them connect with readers and audiences across all media. By understanding what the long term goals of each client are, we can identify the markets for their work and develop a coherent strategy that moves them thoughtfully forward in each area of exploitation, ideally creating an ecosystem that allows each element to foster growth for the others. They have 11 agents, each representing something different.

SHADE MOUNTAIN PRESS
http://www.shademountainpress.com/contact.php
As a feminist press, Shade Mountain is committed to publishing literature by women, especially women from marginalized/underrepresented communities. We seek literary fiction that’s politically engaged, that challenges the status quo and gender/class/race privilege. We look for work that’s wise, raucous, joyful, angry, alive. Both realism and its various alternatives (magic realism / fabulism / slipstream / the fantastic / dystopianism) are welcome, as long as the work is literary rather than genre fiction. Before you submit a manuscript to us, ask yourself, as the medieval theologians did, “Is it good? Is it true? Is it beautiful?”

BRASH BOOKS
http://www.brash-books.com/about/
A mystery and thriller market. Please send a one-page-summary of the book and the first 25 pages as a Microsoft Word document to brashbooks@gmail.com. If we like the sample, we’ll request the entire manuscript. Do NOT send us the entire manuscript unless we ask for it. We’re totally burned out on serial killer stories — so unless you’ve found an incredibly fresh and original new take on the tropes of the genre, don’t bother submitting your novel to us. We’re also pretty tired of private eye novels. We already have several great, award-winning private eye series on our list, so yours would have to break the mold and create a new one for us to be interested in it. We publish new novels that range in length from 60,000-80,000 words. On rare occasions, we’ll publish something longer, but never anything shorter. We do NOT publish true crime, biographies, science fiction, horror, fantasy, or romance. . . or short story collections.