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Yeah, it must have been really difficult for Mrs. Bard back in the day...
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
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Yeah, you read that right...no fee, and a whopping $20k first prize for a mere 100 words...check it out my flash friends...
$20,000 for a 100-Word Story: The Museum of Words Flash Fiction Contest
http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2014/08/11/museum-of-words-flash-fiction-contest/[/size]
$20,000 for a 100-Word Story: The Museum of Words Flash Fiction Contest
http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2014/08/11/museum-of-words-flash-fiction-contest/[/size]
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Yeah...I'm sure more than a few of my friends here would agree with this btw...
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Pace Communications has updated the writer’s guidelines of Spirit (est. 1992), a monthly lifestyle magazine for passengers of Southwest Airlines. J.K. Nickell, associate editor, is the new point of contact for article pitches, instead of executive editor John McAlley. The editors invite heartfelt, true life stories, personal essays, profiles of people, witty anecdotes, and stories about travel destinations that involve a unique angle or an unforgettable character. The editors like stories that elevate the readers’ enthusiasm and mood while serving up doses of humor and ending happily. Word length: 3K-3500 words/story. Payment: up to $1/word. To pitch a story, submit a brief synopsis, along with the story’s arc, how it will entertain readers, and why you are qualified to write the story.
Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine - Contact Spirit
http://www.spiritmag.com/contact_spirit/[/size]
Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine - Contact Spirit
http://www.spiritmag.com/contact_spirit/[/size]
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The editors of The Cincinnati Review (est. 2003) have opened their yearly reading period and are now reviewing submissions for upcoming issues. The semiannual literary journal is edited and published by students and faculty of the University of Cincinnati. Both aspiring and experienced writers are encouraged to submit their work. Poetry: submit up to 10 pages of poetry. Prose (fiction/nonfiction): not to exceed 40 (double-spaced) pages. Long-form narratives (prose/poetry): submit 10-plus pages of poetry; 10K-35K words for prose. Book reviews: submit a single review of a book, up to 1500 words. Payment: $25/page for prose; and $30/page for poetry. The Cincinnati Review buys FNASR, plus electronic rights. Authors retain All Rights after publication. Reading period: August 15, 2014-April 15, 2015 -
The Cincinnati Review - Submissions
http://www.cincinnatireview.com/#/submissions/guidelines[/size]
The Cincinnati Review - Submissions
http://www.cincinnatireview.com/#/submissions/guidelines[/size]
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I believe everyone here knows somebody who could use that gift...
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Well now, this is a bit of a surprise...and quite flattering really...someone from Phnom Penh, Cambodia...Felix Séa sent me a friend request on Facebook earlier...and then posted this on my wall...cool stuff, me thinks...
"Please Tell Me That You Can Stay" by Alan W. Jankowski - Poetry Reading - Felix Séa
"Please Tell Me That You Can Stay" by Alan W. Jankowski - Poetry Reading - Felix Séa
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DIANA WOODS MEMORIAL AWARD IN CREATIVE NONFICTION
http://lunchticket.org/the-diana-woods-memorial-award/
NO ENTRY FEE.
Creative nonfiction authors are invited to submit an essay of up to 5,000 words on the subject of their choice to be considered for the Diana Woods Memorial (DWM) Award in creative nonfiction. Winners will receive $250 and their work will be featured in the next issue of Lunch Ticket. Each award recipient must submit a 100-word biography, current photo, and send a brief note of thanks to the Woods' family. Deadline August 31, 2014.
http://lunchticket.org/the-diana-woods-memorial-award/
NO ENTRY FEE.
Creative nonfiction authors are invited to submit an essay of up to 5,000 words on the subject of their choice to be considered for the Diana Woods Memorial (DWM) Award in creative nonfiction. Winners will receive $250 and their work will be featured in the next issue of Lunch Ticket. Each award recipient must submit a 100-word biography, current photo, and send a brief note of thanks to the Woods' family. Deadline August 31, 2014.
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This is definitely the type of humor only a writer could appreciate...
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How Writers Write Fiction is a free online writing course open to anybody who wants to learn the techniques of effective fiction writing. The six-week course, sponsored by the University of Iowa’s “Open Courses” initiative at WritingUniversity.org, will be taught and led by both Christopher Merrill, WP Director and University of Iowa Professor of English, and R. Clifton Spargo, author of Beautiful Fools and Professor of Creative Writing at Wittenberg University. The professors, along with other successful authors, will deliver a variety of information, discussions and feedback on how writers create and hone the ongoing perfection of their skill. The course runs from Monday, September 29th to Monday, November 10th. Participants can access the course online at their convenience, at any time and from any location. Each week the moderators will spur new discussions, provide live feedback, organize live video fiction workshops, and offer skill-building exercises.
How Writers Write Fiction
http://courses.writinguniversity.org/course/how-writers-write-fiction[/size]
How Writers Write Fiction
http://courses.writinguniversity.org/course/how-writers-write-fiction[/size]
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Not too shabby here...
G.C. Waldrep has returned as Editor, replacing Editor K.A. Hays who served as interim editor for 2013-2014. He welcomes literary works of fiction, non-fiction (incl. essays), poetry, and translated material ...
Payment: $100/prose piece; $40/poem; $200/poetry review
West Branch Submission Manager
http://westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu/[/size]
G.C. Waldrep has returned as Editor, replacing Editor K.A. Hays who served as interim editor for 2013-2014. He welcomes literary works of fiction, non-fiction (incl. essays), poetry, and translated material ...
Payment: $100/prose piece; $40/poem; $200/poetry review
West Branch Submission Manager
http://westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu/[/size]
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Wondering what to do with that MFA in Poetry my friends? Well now...wonder no more...
Who says you can’t do anything with that poetry degree? Below, Ali Shapiro, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan’s MFA program in poetry, doles out some exceedingly practical advice for job-hunting with the qualifications of a creative writer.
Spotlight: Ali Shapiro
http://therumpus.net/2013/08/spotlight-ali-shapiro/
Who says you can’t do anything with that poetry degree? Below, Ali Shapiro, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan’s MFA program in poetry, doles out some exceedingly practical advice for job-hunting with the qualifications of a creative writer.
Spotlight: Ali Shapiro
http://therumpus.net/2013/08/spotlight-ali-shapiro/
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On The Premises Short Story Contest...
Deadline: October 3. The premise of our 24th contest is "Property". Submit a 1,000 to 5,000 word story that uses the contest premise. Winners receive between US$40 and US$180 and publication. There is no fee to enter our contest.
Any genre except children's fiction, exploitative sex, or over-the-top gross-out horror is fine. We will also never accept parodies of another author's specific fictional character(s) or world(s). No exceptions!
On The Premises - Current Contest
http://www.onthepremises.com/current_contest.html[/size]
Deadline: October 3. The premise of our 24th contest is "Property". Submit a 1,000 to 5,000 word story that uses the contest premise. Winners receive between US$40 and US$180 and publication. There is no fee to enter our contest.
Any genre except children's fiction, exploitative sex, or over-the-top gross-out horror is fine. We will also never accept parodies of another author's specific fictional character(s) or world(s). No exceptions!
On The Premises - Current Contest
http://www.onthepremises.com/current_contest.html[/size]
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Creative Nonfiction seeks essays on waiting...
Deadline: September 22. Creative Nonfiction magazine is seeking new essays for an upcoming issue dedicated to WAITING.
We want your well-crafted true stories of delays, postponements, and pauses that explore and examine our relationship with time. Whether you're waiting patiently or not, on tables or for Godot, however you approach the subject, we can't wait to read your work.
Submissions must be 4,000 words or fewer.
$1,000 for best essay; $500 for runner-up.
Creative Nonfiction - Submissions
Guidelines at www.creativenonfiction.org/submit[/size]
Deadline: September 22. Creative Nonfiction magazine is seeking new essays for an upcoming issue dedicated to WAITING.
We want your well-crafted true stories of delays, postponements, and pauses that explore and examine our relationship with time. Whether you're waiting patiently or not, on tables or for Godot, however you approach the subject, we can't wait to read your work.
Submissions must be 4,000 words or fewer.
$1,000 for best essay; $500 for runner-up.
Creative Nonfiction - Submissions
Guidelines at www.creativenonfiction.org/submit[/size]
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The Script Co. has a large catalog of available plays for theater production, they are not interested in movie and TV scripts and their catalog does not contain any plays with adult content. The catalog is made up of plays from writers around the world. Theaters of various sizes and in various locations pay the Script Co. for the rights to put on the play. The rights they offers these theater companies are temporary, and after the play the scripts are returned to the Script Co.
Their website, while informative, does not give information about the royalties scale. However you can requests the details directly here: http://www.thescriptco.com/write-us/. Just write them and ask to learn more about the royalties they pay authors. I have seen the details. I can tell you that the writer receives 30% of the lump sum the Script Co. receives from the theater. That means that if the Script Co. receives $165 from a small production of the play, the writer will receive 49.50. All the costs associated with printing the play, shipping it, and various other costs are covered by the Script Co. Royalties are paid quarterly.
The Script Co. - Submit My Script
http://www.thescriptco.com/submit-script/[/size]
Their website, while informative, does not give information about the royalties scale. However you can requests the details directly here: http://www.thescriptco.com/write-us/. Just write them and ask to learn more about the royalties they pay authors. I have seen the details. I can tell you that the writer receives 30% of the lump sum the Script Co. receives from the theater. That means that if the Script Co. receives $165 from a small production of the play, the writer will receive 49.50. All the costs associated with printing the play, shipping it, and various other costs are covered by the Script Co. Royalties are paid quarterly.
The Script Co. - Submit My Script
http://www.thescriptco.com/submit-script/[/size]
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My friend Kristen Lamb is almost always full of great advice, probably why she has over 37k followers...and this little blog post may be of interest to quite a few writer friends here...
Six Easy Tips for Self-Editing Your Fiction
http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/six-easy-tips-for-self-editing-your-fiction/[/size]
Six Easy Tips for Self-Editing Your Fiction
http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/six-easy-tips-for-self-editing-your-fiction/[/size]
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This is the mother of guides to online style guides, citation guides, and other useful tools from universities and other websites
around the world. It has dozens of links to style guides, reference guides, formatting information and more. Huge!
informED - Style Guides: MLA, APA, CSE, Chicago
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/teacher-resources/style-guide-resources-mla-apa-cse-chicago/[/size]
around the world. It has dozens of links to style guides, reference guides, formatting information and more. Huge!
informED - Style Guides: MLA, APA, CSE, Chicago
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/teacher-resources/style-guide-resources-mla-apa-cse-chicago/[/size]
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I know this is always a concern for authors, here and elsewhere...and believe me, I've been a victim many a time myself...
Lots of good resources on understanding, preventing, avoiding, and detecting plagiarism...
informED - Plagiarism
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/teacher-resources/plagiarism/
Lots of good resources on understanding, preventing, avoiding, and detecting plagiarism...
informED - Plagiarism
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/teacher-resources/plagiarism/
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Author Morgen Bailey has this list of contests that come around every month on her blog btw...
Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog - Competitions
http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/competitions-calendar/
She also has a list somewhere on that same blog that she puts out each month...good stuff my friends, and worth checking out...
Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog - Competitions
http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/competitions-calendar/
She also has a list somewhere on that same blog that she puts out each month...good stuff my friends, and worth checking out...
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Alright...and she has this list of contests that come around every month btw...good stuff here...
Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog - Competitions
http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/competitions-calendar/[/size]
Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog - Competitions
http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/competitions-calendar/[/size]
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Here's a no fee poetry contest that may be of interest to a few poetry writing types here...$250 for first place, $100 for second place, and $5o for third place...check it out my friends...
IT’S POETRY CONTEST TIME!
http://www.culturalweekly.com/poetry-contest-time/[/size]
IT’S POETRY CONTEST TIME!
http://www.culturalweekly.com/poetry-contest-time/[/size]
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The origin of Pirate Talk...and our grammar lesson for today...
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Award-winning Canadian literary journal The Capilano Review (est. 1972) is soliciting submissions for the Winter 2015 issue. This issue has an open theme and writers can submit poetry and fiction on any subject and written in any style, including contemporary or experimental. The Capilano Review is published thrice yearly by Capilano University. An issue averages around 100 pages of high-quality literature written by emerging and well-established local and international writers who are exploring or broadening the boundaries of traditional styles and contexts. Jenny Penberthy, Editor, invites poets to submit up to eight pages of poetry; and prose writers can submit fiction up to 5K words. Payment: $50/page, up to $200. This is for First Serial Rights and limited digital rights. Reading period closes November 15, 2014. Read submission guidelines here.
The Capilano Review - Submissions
https://www.thecapilanoreview.ca/submissions/[/size]
The Capilano Review - Submissions
https://www.thecapilanoreview.ca/submissions/[/size]
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Christina Escamilla Publishing is accepting submissions for a forthcoming anthology called Welcome to the Future—a collection of futuristic-themed stories where innovation and technology (like talking computers, flying cars, bionic body parts, etc.) enhance life or now mindlessly control society ...
Payment: $100/story
Welcome To The Future - Submissions
http://www.christinaescamilla.com/open-submissions-welcome-to-the-future-antholog/[/size]
Payment: $100/story
Welcome To The Future - Submissions
http://www.christinaescamilla.com/open-submissions-welcome-to-the-future-antholog/[/size]
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Angela Benedetti lists a significant number of anthology sub calls on her blog...check it out my friends...
Markets with specific deadlines are listed first, “Until Filled” markets are at the bottom. There are usually more details on the original site; always click through and read the full guidelines before submitting. Note that some publishers list multiple antho guidelines on one page, so after you click through you might have to scroll a bit.
Angela Benedetti - Anthology Markets
http://www.angiebenedetti.com/blog/2015/05/15/anthology-markets-71/[/size]
Markets with specific deadlines are listed first, “Until Filled” markets are at the bottom. There are usually more details on the original site; always click through and read the full guidelines before submitting. Note that some publishers list multiple antho guidelines on one page, so after you click through you might have to scroll a bit.
Angela Benedetti - Anthology Markets
http://www.angiebenedetti.com/blog/2015/05/15/anthology-markets-71/[/size]
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The semiannual literary journal is edited and published by students and faculty of the University of Cincinnati. Both aspiring and experienced writers are encouraged to submit their work. Poetry: submit up to 10 pages of poetry. Prose (fiction/nonfiction): not to exceed 40 (double-spaced) pages. Long-form narratives (prose/poetry): submit 10-plus pages of poetry; 10K-35K words for prose. Book reviews: submit a single review of a book, up to 1500 words. Payment: $25/page for prose; and $30/page for poetry. -
The Cincinnati Review - Submissions
http://www.cincinnatireview.com/#/submissions/guidelines[/size]
The Cincinnati Review - Submissions
http://www.cincinnatireview.com/#/submissions/guidelines[/size]
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Anyone here interested in freelance proofreader jobs...they are out there my friends...here's a site that lists that sort of thing, and is updated regularly...
Glassdoor - Freelance Proofreader Jobs
http://www.glassdoor.com/Job/freelance-proofreader-jobs-SRCH_KO0,21.htm[/size]
Glassdoor - Freelance Proofreader Jobs
http://www.glassdoor.com/Job/freelance-proofreader-jobs-SRCH_KO0,21.htm[/size]