FundsforWriters - May 17, 2019 - Invented Deadlines

Published: Fri, 05/17/19

Volume 19, Issue 20 | MAY 17, 2019

Message from the Editor

Anyone been watching my two-minute videos on Facebook? Started doing them on a whim, and folks seem to like them. Do I need a title? Two-Minute Hope, maybe? Hey, shoot me ideas at hope@chopeclark.com .

The most recent one was about writing sentences. I asked followers on Facebook to write me a sentence. Some got serious with it, others simply wrote "write me a sentence" (haha), and others got comical with it. I read them to family and we had fun with the exercise, making up some of our own. But a common thread appeared in the conversation.

Every good sentence needs to make the reader want to read the next one.

Pretty profound yet pretty simply. Can't be boring, can't be stilted, just has to make a point and lead the reader to the next one....which leads to the next one....and you get it.

(Photo credit of me to the five-year-old grandson at the park this week!)

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EDITOR’S THOUGHTS

SHOW, DON'T ASK

Don't ask an editor what you can write for him. Writers aren't just about putting words together. They are about bringing fresh material to the table. Writers are a dime a dozen. New ideas are a dime a dozen. Writers who can write and produce fresh ideas hit the sweet spot.

Don't ask questions like:

1) What can I write for you?
2) Is this the sort of thing you publish?
3) What are your guidelines?
4) Are you accepting submissions?

We're talking ANY sort of writing whether you pitch magazines, apply for copywriting gigs, write nonfiction, or create novels. Your job as a writer is to make an editor's work easy, not add to their pile. Come to them with solutions, not more work, and yes, answering inquisitive emails is work when you multiply it times a hundred each and every day.

At the risk of being repetitious, the golden rule for any writer attempting to earn money is this: Don't make work for an editor (or agent or publisher).

Approach the editor/agent/publisher with a proposal that makes them eager. . . makes them feel like you are more than worth their time. Make a proposal strong. State what you can do for the other party and demonstrate how you can do it. Of course, a pitch for a freelance story is different from one for a novel, and nonfiction requires the book to be outlined with sample chapters while fiction must be polished to the hilt. But the recipient must open this package and marvel at how print-close it is.

But the goal of any proposal/pitch/query is to show the person on the other end that:

1) You know how to write,
2) You have a fresh idea,
3) Your work fits THEIR goals of reaching readers, and
4) You are capable of following through.

You might be a fantastic writer, but if you cannot pitch it properly and show how much value you can add, nobody will ever learn how great you are. And to ask someone to help you figure it out, not appreciating how full their plate already is, is like putting in your query, "You're not interested in buying my work, are you?" Trust me. The answer will always be no.

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SUCCESS QUOTE

"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise."

~Oscar Wilde

SUccess Story

Hope -

I have always enjoyed the positive nature of the newsletter. In particular in your Message From The Editor dated October 12th that came in just as I was struggling to deal with critiques on the first draft of a non-fiction book that I hope will be out later this year. It was, as odd as it may sound, what I needed to read at that moment and it is something I've taken with me through the ongoing editing phase on that and a couple of short fiction projects in other markets. Thank you for injecting so much positivity into your newsletter's and know that, though you might not always hear it, it is very much appreciated out here.

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Invented Deadlines

By Amanda Zieba

February was an insane month for me. I presented and sold books at the Wisconsin State Reading Association Convention. I launched a new book – a process that included a party, a public reading event, a plethora of social media posts, a month of book launch dedicated blog entries, an interview with the local newspaper and lots of thought, heart, and energy. Both my son and husband had birthdays and the college baseball season started up again, which impacts my household in a big way. I lead a Gifted and Talented Network Young Author Day. Oh yeah, and I worked two part-time jobs and helped keep two human children dressed appropriately, fed, bathed, and otherwise alive.

Don’t get me wrong… it was a fun busy. A bored writer is a broke writer, but needless to say, I was silently looking forward to March, a decidedly slower month for me… at least according to my calendar.

Now that I am here, solidly in March, my head is still swiveling. Instead of bouncing from task to task, my gaze is casting about for the next thing to work on. What needs and deserves my attention? This is one thing I don’t think entrepreneurs talk about enough.

When you are your own boss, how do you decide what to work on?

My usual mode of operation dictates that whatever project has the next deadline gets the number one spot on my radar of attention. In February that radar was full. But now? Not so much.

To prevent myself from falling into patterns of inefficiency and nonproductivity, I invent deadlines. Deciding on a must-be-done deadline motivates me to push forward. As a writer I am very used to deadlines and use my experience with that mindset to propel me to success.

Here’s an example. I’ve been meaning to re-do my teaching materials for the Orphan Train Riders series since I republished the collection in a single volume. During a slow week in January, I decided having these materials ready to go for WSRA (the aforementioned state reading conference) would be a good idea. It was only a ten-hour project… but for some reason, it remained unfinished. Had I not invented the self-imposed deadline it probably still wouldn’t be done, and I’d have one less product floating out there in my passive income stream.

This month I have decided to submit a piece for the next issue of the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild’s Literary Journal, Barstow and Grand. Rewriting and polishing a piece, including taking it to my critique group, doing additional drafts and finally turning it in was the perfect bite-sized project to keep me busy until more work came around.

If you are wondering what you could add to your open radar, here are a few invented deadlines you could create for yourself.

•   Find a writing contest, or better yet, subscribe to a weekly newsletter like Reedsy or FundsforWriters, so these opportunities are delivered like clockwork to your inbox each week.

•   Compose a query letter for a work in progress. Even if the manuscript isn’t close to being done, it is a necessary evil that must be completed at some time. Having a “shitty first draft” to come back to down the road will be super helpful.

•   Revise a piece from the past. And then, maybe r(e)submit it!

•   Write a blog post

•   Join a class or writing program. I know I’m biased because I created it, but Story Seedlings is an awesome way to jump-start a story project.

Bio
Amanda Zieba is a self-proclaimed word nerd, college writing instructor and author of eight books. She also blogs weekly on all sorts of word nerd topics, is the creator of a six-week fiction writing program called Story Seedlings and presents writing workshops across the Midwest. You can connect with her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amandazieba/ or via her website. www.amandazieba.com

COmpetitions

INSTITUTE FOR WRITERS YA FANTASY FIRST PAGES CONTEST
https://www.instituteforwriters.com/free-aptitude-test/about/contests.aspx
$19 ENTRY FEE. Deadline July 31, 2019. The entry fee will also entitle you to free entry to an instructional and educational workshop with the judge of the contest to be held after the winners have been chosen. Submissions must be no more than 750 words, not including your name, your word count, or title. The writer of the winning entry will walk away with $1,000.

BRIDPORT FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
https://www.bridportprize.org.uk/peggy-chapman-andrews-award-first-novel
£20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 31, 2019. The novel award is open to writers in Britain and Ireland. British and Irish nationals living overseas are not eligible. Word limit: A maximum of 8,000 words from the opening chapters (5,000 words minimum) plus a synopsis of 300 words maximum. A new anthology will be produced from 2019 onwards with extracts from the 20 novels that form the long-list for the Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel. First £1,000 plus mentoring with our partner TLC. Second £500 plus manuscript assessment. Third £100 for shortlisted writers.

MARGUERITE McGLINN PRIZE FOR FICTION
https://philadelphiastories.submittable.com/submit/26169/marguerite-mcglinn-prize-for-fiction
$15 ENTRY FEE. Deadline June 15, 2019. Limit 8,000 unpublished words. Please note, "published" includes any work published in print or online, including online magazines, blogs, public social media sites, etc. Only authors currently residing in the United States are eligible. This is an annual national short fiction contest that features a first place $2,500 award and an invitation to an awards dinner on the campus of Rosemont College; a second place cash prize of $750; and a third place cash prize of $500. The winning stories will be published in the print issue of Fall of Philadelphia Stories.

MARIA W. FAUST SONNET CONTEST
http://sonnetcontest.org/sonnet-contest/
$5 ENTRY FEE. Deadline June 1, 2019. Cash prizes, totaling over $2,000, will be awarded in several categories, including: Top Three Sonnets, Regional (three winners – Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa), Best Youth (three winners – Age 17 and Younger), and Laureate’s Choice (15 winners). Sonnets may be written in Shakespearean, Spenserian, Petrarchan or Non-Traditional rhyme schemes, but each must be in the 14-line, iambic pentameter form.

OHIO WRITERS' ASSOCIATION GREAT NOVEL CONTEST
https://ohiowriters.org/great-novel-contest.php
$25-$50 ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 31, 2019. The winner will receive a publishing offer from Bellwether, and $3,000 in credit for author development services from Columbus Publishing Lab, as well as public recognition of the achievement. The runner-up will receive $1,000 in credit for author development services, as well as recognition for the achievement! We will accept original novel or nonfiction manuscripts, such as a memoir. No children’s books or erotica will be accepted. However, novels with cross-over audiences may be submitted. Standard novel word length is 50,000 – 125,000.

LITTLE, BROWN EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
http://lbartistaward.com/rules
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline June 7, 2019. Contest open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age as of February 15, 2019. You may not enter if you are a professional children’s book illustrator or author; or if you are represented by a book publishing agent; or if any of your work has been previously published by any book publisher (self-published authors may enter). The Submission is a mock-up of a children’s picture book that: incorporates the award’s mission statement; is no more than 32-pages of text (no more than 1,200 words), sketches, and at least six pages of finished art; and is written in English and appropriate for children up to eight years of age. A “Portfolio” of at least six additional pieces of sample art that is representative of your work (unrelated to the picture book mockup). Award consists of American Express® gift cards totaling $1,500; round-trip travel for the winner to New York City to spend a day meeting editors from Little Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR); an in-person Submission and Portfolio review by Artist Mentor and LBYR publishing staff; and an opportunity for the Submission to be reviewed by the LBYR’s editorial team for possible future publication.

ANHINGA-ROBERT DANA PRIZE FOR POETRY
https://anhinga-robertdanaprizeforpoetry.submittable.com/submit
$28 ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 31, 2019. The award is open to all poets. The winner will receive $2,000 and a reading tour of selected Florida colleges and universities, and the winning manuscript will be published by Anhinga Press. Manuscripts must be 48-100 pages, excluding front matter.

GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / CROWDFUNDING

SALLY BUCKNER FELLOWSHIP
https://ncwriters.org/index.php/our-members/network-news/10416-buckner-2020
Deadline June 30, 2019. The Buckner Fellowship supports an emerging North Carolina writer, between the ages 21-35, whose work shows promise of excellence and commitment to a literary career. Applicants must be in the early stages of their careers and will not yet have achieved major recognition for their work. Fellowship recipients will use the $500 award to allay the costs associated with the business of writing: paper, printing, writing supplies, submission fees, research expenses, travel, conference registration fees, etc. In addition to the cash award, recipients will receive a complimentary one-year membership in the NCWN, as well as scholarship aid to attend the Network’s annual Fall Conference. Application is free for current NCWN members; for nonmembers, the application fee is $10.

CANADIAN WOMEN ARTISTS' AWARD
https://current.nyfa.org/post/183722610808/apply-now-canadian-women-artists-award
Deadline May 30, 2019. Applications are now open for the Canadian Women Artists’ Award, a $5,000 award designed to provide financial support to an emerging or early career woman artist working in any discipline. The award can be used in any manner they deem necessary to further their artistic goals. The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is open to women Canadian citizens between the ages of 21 and 35 who are living and working in New York State, including students in bachelor’s or master’s degree programs.

LONDON RESIDENCY
https://balticwritingresidency.submittable.com/submit
Deadline August 31, 2019. The writer chosen for the Baltic Writing Residency in London receives $1,000, and a free stay in a furnished cottage, based on a completed application. Applications are chosen by an anonymous peer-review committee, including a fiction writer, a poet, and a member of Harvard University's English Department. The London Residency has the writer reside, for two to three weeks at a time most convenient for them in a furnished flat.

BROOKLYN POETS FELLOWSHIPS
http://brooklynpoets.org/workshops/fellowships/
Deadline May 26, 2019. Each workshop season, we award fellowships to promising students in need to take a workshop or manuscript consultation for free. We also award partial fellowships to finalists. Applicants must not be enrolled in a degree program with access to creative writing instruction or have previously published (or had accepted for publication) a book of poems. Additionally, applicants who hold a graduate degree in creative writing (MA/MFA/PhD) will be considered separately for only one fellowship award per season. All applicants are limited to one fellowship lifetime. Submit four to five poems, published or unpublished, eight pages maximum.

SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE FOR SHORE THING WRITING GETAWAY
http://www.stockton.edu/murphywriting
Deadline June 7, 2019. Murphy Writing of Stockton University is offering a full scholarship to a first-time participant of the Shore Thing Writing Getaway, June 22, 2019, in Atlantic City, NJ. Treat yourself to a writing retreat at the shore. Down the block from Atlantic City's famous beach and boardwalk, this affordable workshop will energize and inspire you. Head home with sand between your toes, a few new pieces of writing and the glow that comes from spending the day with an encouraging community of writers.

SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE FOR LIVE FREE AND WRITE
http://www.stockton.edu/murphywriting
Deadline: June 5, 2019. Murphy Writing of Stockton University is offering a full scholarship to a first-time participant of Live Free and Write, August 18-23, 2019 in Sunapee, NH. Join us in New Hampshire for a supportive writing retreat. Spend a week working on your memoir or poetry. Enjoy the refreshing New England summer with plentiful writing time, encouraging workshops, homemade meals, and time to relax.

ORCHARD KEEPER WRITERS RESIDENCY
https://dentonlovingblog.wordpress.com/orchard-keeper-writers-residency/
The Orchard Keeper Writers Residency provides short-term housing for writers and artists on a rustic East Tennessee farm. The residential space sits in the middle of an aging orchard, carved from the middle of 80 acres of cattle pastures and woodland. There are few distractions besides the call to walk in the woods. Residencies are open to writers of all genres and artists who are at least 21 years of age. Applications are currently being accepted for one-week and two-week sessions. Residency fees are $25 per day.

PRAIRIE RONDE RESIDENCY
http://prairierondeartistresidency.com
Deadline June 15, 2019. The Prairie Ronde Residency is looking for individuals who are highly independent, engaged and curious. We do not limit our residency to any specific medium but, rather, are looking for people who can creatively interact with the space we have to offer and the community of historic Vicksburg, Michigan. The residency hosts artists for four to seven weeks during three sessions per year and accepts applications year round. All applications should specify which session you are applying for at the top of your application materials. We’ll provide housing and studio space for one resident at a time, three times a year. We’re offering a stipend of $2,000 for four to seven weeks, a $500 travel grant, and private use of a car. We ask that the artist propose some sort of community “give back” like a workshop, final show or open studio days and that they donate a piece of work to our collection.

FREELANCE MARKETS

TRIBAL COLLEGE JOURNAL
http://tribalcollegejournal.org/writers-guidelines/
Tribal College Journal seeks feature articles addressing the themes posted on its website under Upcoming Issues. All feature articles must engage tribal colleges and universities in some way. Possible feature article topics are specified on the website, but alternative topics on each theme are welcome. We seek both long features (2,500-3,000 words) and shorter features (1,500-2,000 words). Besides articles addressing an issue’s theme, TCJ also seeks submissions for its regular departments. While the stories should serve the tribal colleges’ staff, students, faculty, and administrators, TCJ is also read by other educators, legislators, college donors, and the general public.

MIDDLEBURY MAGAZINE
http://middleburymagazine.com/writers-guidelines/
Ranging in length from 1,500 to 4,000 words (or longer), our feature stories address a variety of issues that impact and/or appeal to readers with an interest in Middlebury and/or higher education. Feature stories may be profiles of alumni, faculty, or students — of the undergraduate College or any of our graduate programs; they may be issue pieces that address hot topics in higher education; they may be in-depth examinations of Middlebury initiatives and programs that are having an impact on the world at large; they may be essays that illustrate Middlebury’s unique setting; they may be first-person essays or stories that shed light on the life of a student or alumnus/a. The 600-word concluding essay, titled Road Taken, is a forum for personal thought and experience. Subjects may be serious or light; topical or esoteric.

ARTS & ACTIVITIES
https://artsandactivities.com/submit/writers-guidelines/
Generally, a length of 600 to 1,000 words for the body text is desired. Arts & Activities is an unparalleled source for creative ideas, inspiration, classroom resources, and art-education information, and is also used as a text in teacher-education programs at colleges and universities around the world. Pays $35-150/article. Payment is made upon publication.

MIZZOU
https://mizzoumag.missouri.edu/write-for-mizzou/
Lively, fun, and smart, MIZZOU magazine maintains the emotional link between alumni and their alma mater. The magazine captures MU’s rigorous academic and lively social character by telling the stories of its faculty, students, and alumni. Features generally run either 600–800 words or 1,500–2,000 words. Around the Columns, 90–300; alumni minifeatures, 250–300.

PENNSYLVANIA HERITAGE
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-heritage/guidelines-contributors.html
The quarterly is intended to introduce readers to Pennsylvania's rich culture and historical legacy, educate and sensitize them to the value of preserving that legacy, and entertain and involve them in such a way as to ensure that Pennsylvania's past has a future. The magazine seeks articles relating to the commonwealth's history and culture that are intended for intelligent lay readers. Articles on such varied topics as archaeology, architecture, decorative arts, fine arts, heritage foods, historic sites, industry and technology, military history, natural history, oral history, paleontology, political history, popular culture, and social history are suitable. Payments range between $250 and $500, depending on the complexity and amount of research and interpretation necessary to make the article engaging, entertaining and, most important, educational and informative. The author will also receive ten complimentary copies upon publication.

ASIAN FORTUNE
http://www.asianfortunenews.com/write-for-us/
Asian Fortune’s readers are Asian American professionals living, working, and playing in the DC metropolitan area. Our readers are savvy and knowledgeable. The magazine covers everything of interest to APA professionals, including local news, politics, health, and entertainment. The magazine is largely freelance written. Fees for articles depend on length, degree of difficulty, and the writer’s previous experience. Generally, feature articles run between 600 and 1,000 words in published form. Our articles are clear, lively, interesting, and informative.

Publishers/agents

CORNERSTONE PRESS
https://www.uwsp.edu/english/cornerstone/Pages/submissions.aspx
Cornerstone Press seeks book-length manuscripts in any genre and makes publishing decisions based on the clarity of thought and the marketability of the manuscripts submitted. We read and evaluate manuscripts throughout the year. In order to be considered for publication as part of the Legacy Series or the Portage Poetry Series, manuscripts must be submitted by August 1st. Manuscript should be a maximum of 70,000 words. Poetry submissions for the Portage Series may include a thematic overview in lieu of a synopsis.

ARKHAM HOUSE PUBLISHING
http://www.arkhamhouse.com/
Accepting dark fiction, horror, urban fantasy, military horror, including vampires.

BELL BRIDGE BOOKS
http://www.bellebooks.com/shopcontent.asp?type=whateditorswant
What we're looking for:
Mystery- Cozy, General, Suspense, Romantic Suspense, or Thriller. Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. Romance- Paranormal Romance, SF/Futuristic Romance, Regency Romance (60k words up, traditional or sexy).
Erotic Romance & Erotica. Do not submit: Poetry, Memoir, True Crime, Nonfiction, Middle Grade, or Children's Books.

BY LIGHT UNSEEN MEDIA
http://bylightunseenmedia.com/submission.htm
We are seeking full-length novels ranging from 75,000 to 150,000 words. We are not currently accepting short stories, novellas, or short story collections. If your novel is the first of a trilogy or series, be aware that we will not commit to publishing more than one book at a time. Publication of further volumes will be dependent on sales. We are primarily interested in dramatic fiction with a realistic tone. Vampire-themed campy humor, parody, satire, "chick-lit" stories, formula romance and erotica for its own sake have all been done to excess. We also will not consider extremely violent horror fiction or stories focused on "slayers," "hunters," "enforcers," and so on as the protagonists. These have been done to excess and beyond.

DARK HALL PRESS
https://darkhallpress.com/about-us/
Dark Hall Press – subsidiary of New Street Communications, LLC – is a boutique publisher of superior Horror and SciFi literature. We do not publish very many books, but those that we do are among the best out there. We publish in paper, Kindle, and audio editions.

SEVERED PRESS
http://www.severedpress.com/submissions/
Severed Press is open for submissions, and we want to hear from talented writers of horror and science fiction looking to have their work published. We give full consideration to any submission that offers a well-presented story while adhering to our guidelines.

TARTARUS PRESS
http://www.tartaruspress.com/submissions.html
We are looking for short story collections and novels between 75,000 and 120,000 words. We would like to receive literary strange/supernatural fiction. We are not interested in high fantasy, violent horror or young adult fiction. If you write within a traditional genre such as vampire or ghost fiction, then please make sure that the more clichéd trappings of your genre are, at best, a very marginal part of your work. Please note: we do not publish teen, children's or young adult fiction.

KOEHLER BOOKS
http://www.koehlerbooks.com/submit-your-work/
To fully evaluate your work, we need to review your completed manuscript (no proposals please) and consider you and your writing experience, your marketing plans, and your ability to collaborate with our team. We only review completed manuscripts with a preferred target range of 20,000 – 90,000 words. Children’s books may be much smaller of course, and children’s books must include text and ALL illustrations for consideration. Considers both traditional and co-publishing.