By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 8/5/2015
Here’s a on offer that many people might just get excited about: The Small Press Expo and Nickelodeon are teaming for a Call for Submissions where cartoonists can pitch ideas for an animated short. One person will be selected and get a cartoon made, working with the Nickelodeon animation staff. The offer is open to exhibitors […]
By: Kathy Temean,
on 7/22/2014
From wilderness living to urban gardening, we want your personal stories that reflect a transforming or transcending connection to ‘nature’. We are looking for stories that can open our perspectives conceptually, or ‘show us how’ to do something experientially. We’re talking about living with the earth, not on her. How do women connect with nature, and the reciprocal and essential relationship with the earth and all that is in it?
Guidelines:
Submissions should include: Your story and a brief (50 word) author bio..
SUBMIT TO SPECIFIC WIN BOOKS AS FOLLOWS:
SUBMIT YOUR STORIES ON HEALING TO [email protected] DEADLINE foe submissions 1 October 2014
GENERAL – For stories that do not fit into any of the above categories, please submit through our standard contact form below.
And, watch for more WIN titles and varying submission deadlines.
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IDEAS… to get you started We are looking for any personal story that connects you to ‘nature’.organic or urban gardening FOOD foraging for wild edibles FOOD camping under the stars ADVENTURE live trapping bugs and setting them free outside kayaking and white water rafting ADVENTURE rock climbing and mountaineering ADVENTURE nurturing a wounded critter HEALING painting your house with natural pigments DWELLING natural everday living stuff CHILDREN hiking and backpacking ADVENTURE mushrooming FOOD natural horseback riding ADVENTURE collecting rainwater FOOD composting DWELLING/HEALING/FOOD passive solar heating DWELLING/ENERGY getting fire from friction DWELLING/ENERGY building a natural shelter DWELLING cooking on an open fire FOOD hunting and fishing FOOD/CHILDREN creating an outdoor labyrinth HEALING braintanning hides DWELLING working with animals ANIMALS/HEALING water – rivers, snow, streams, oceans WATER/HEALING shearing and spinning wool ANIMALS/DWELLING teaching children about nature CHILDREN research field work ADVENTURE/HEALING building a sweatliodge HEALING sleeping outside on your back deck CHILDREN etc…. etc A story about anything that connects you to the earth! Talk tomorrow, |
Kathy
By: Kathy Temean,
on 4/2/2014
Huge opportunity for writers and Illustrators – published, unpublished, self-published.
Susan Tierney, longtime Editor in Chief of Children’s Writer and the Institute of Children’s Literature’s Writer’s Guide and the market directories, has now become Acquisitions Editor at Schoolwide, Inc.
This educational publisher of reading, writing, and grammar curriculum products, and professional development resources, is looking for submissions of books, stories, and articles that support reading and writing for children from kindergarten to grade eight for a digital classroom library.
Of interest are fiction and nonfiction picture books, concept books, early readers, chapter books, middle-grade and early YA books, articles, essays, short stories, poetry, poetry collections, and plays.
Fiction may be contemporary, realistic, historical, multicultural, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, fairy or folk tales, verse novels, or rhyming books.
Nonfiction sought includes informational/expository, biography/profile, narrative procedure (how-to), creative nonfiction, personal narratives or memoir, essays, opinion pieces, primary sources/reference books.
Subject categories include: Science, history, social studies, language and literature—and any subject that is age-appropriate and would encourage independent reading.
Not interested in preK or older YA.
Email only to [email protected], with:
1. AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION
2. WEBSITE ADDRESS (if any)
3. TITLE OF WORK
4. WORD OR PAGE COUNT
5. TARGETED AGE/GRADE LEVEL
6. A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OR OUTLINE IN THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE.
7. ATTACH (Microsoft Word only) THE COMPLETED WORK AND A RESUME OR LIST OF WRITING CREDITS.
8. INDICATE IF SUBMISSION IS UNPUBLISHED, SELF-PUBLISHED, OR PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED and if so, by WHOM.
9. PLACE “MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION, SCBWI” IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
Schoolwide will accept:
(1) previously published materials for which the author holds rights. For these book, story, or article submissions, please also indicate the publisher, date of publication, and if applicable, whether an illustrator holds rights to the artwork (illustrators would receive the same royalty arrangements, if interested).
(2) completed manuscripts of original, unpublished work.
Royalty. Responds in six months, if interested.
Schoolwide, Inc.
4250 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 2000W,
Holbrook, NY 11741
www.schoolwide.com
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
By: Geoffrey Philp,
on 3/3/2014
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By: Cathy C. Hall,
on 3/12/2013
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on 12/17/2012
By: Darcy Pattison,
on 9/27/2012
Giveaway ends November 10, 2012.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
This must be the season for calls for manuscripts, because here are two more for the YA category.
Andrew Karre, Carolrhoda, periodically opens the submissions window for a short period, this time October 1-31. Here’s what sort of YAs he is looking for — he is very specific, so read his likes/dislikes carefully. Here’s HOW to submit.
The Poisoned Pencil is a publisher of YA mysteries and is open to submissions 45,000 to 90,000 words. Here are their guidelines.
By: Wow!,
on 8/15/2011
Have you found your niche in the writing world? Or do you know someone who has? We want to hear about it! Our October issue will focus on niche writing. This theme is open to interpretation. As always, our mission is to help and educate other writers, so keep that in mind when you query. We are open to both how-tos and interviews.
Please review our submission guidelines on our Contact Page (scroll down to "Submissions") for guidelines and how to submit or query. Pay is $50 - $150 per article, on publication.
We'll also be reviewing past queries/subs to see if they are a fit with the theme.
Deadline for queries: August 26
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. :)
We look forward to your ideas!
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By: Contributing Bloguistas:,
on 4/23/2011
Tejanos Unidos!
If you're from Texas, like me, you received a public school indoctrination, practically from the delivery room through graduating from high-school, in one version of the history and culture of the state. Their version. The website tejanosunidos.org aims to correct dominant, Anglo historical revisionism with facts, facts, facts. Here's info from their homepage:
"Hola! Bienvenidos a Tejas!" (Hello! Welcome to Texas!) That is how our Spanish Mexican ancestors welcomed Anglo U.S. citizens who first moved to Texas. The second part of the greeting was: "Mi casa es su casa!" (My house is your house.) The only problem is that our ancestors didn't think the Anglos would take the offer so seriously.
"Tejanos Unidos is committed to preserve early Texas history. We have a great story to tell. We are Tejanos (descendants of the first Spanish Mexican citizens of Texas). Our Roman Catholic Tejano ancestors established thriving communities from Louisiana to the Rio Grande from the Gulf of Mexico to the San Elizario area in West Texas where the First Thanksgiving in the U.S. was celebrated in 1598. These early settlements include the early communities of Los Adaes, Nacogdoches, Bexar (San Antonio), La Bahia (Goliad), and the communities of the Villas del Norte on the Lower Rio Grande.
"Modern-day Spanish-surnamed people whose ancestors originated in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, California and other parts of the U.S. Southwest are the product of the strong inter-marriage between the Spanish and the Native American people. We are united by our Spanish names and language, as well as a common heritage that is bonded by both Old World and New World characteristics. Additionally, many Tejanos have Anglo, French, Italian, Irish, German, and many other non-Hispanic names. Our extended family runs deep into Central Mexico, since that is where our ancestors came from. Like the "coat of many colors", we are united in our "keep it simple" purpose. That is, to re-discover and share pre-1836 Texas history.
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By: Wow!,
on 4/16/2011
If you received our e-mail newsletter, remember, our deadline for queries is Monday, April 18th. We'll be reviewing and responding to all queries that day and the following day. So, if you have an idea, send it on over! There's only a couple of days left.
What are we looking for? We're seeking articles that epitomize our theme, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun...Writing!" The theme is open to your interpretation. What do you love about your writing life that you can teach others? What brings you joy and satisfaction? We want to bring the fun back in writing!
Ideas include:
- The Girl's Guide to... (think of the idea and what you'd like to place there, but please don't use the title literally... we're receiving a lot of those, which we're going to have to rename)
- Interviews with editors of women-focused magazines (for new markets column)
- Interviews with literary agents on the topic of trends in women's fiction and otherwise
- Writing through summer distractions (for a slam piece, which combines three articles on similar topic from different authors in one web page)
- How tos on writing topics: what have you had success with that you can help others with?
Note: we already have quite a few queries for interviews with chick lit authors, and there's some great ones! But maybe an interview with a humor writer...Tina Fey, anyone?
This issue is slated to publish around the end of May/June 1.
Please review our submission guidelines on our Contact Page (scroll down to "Submissions") for guidelines and how to submit or query. Pay is $50 - $150 per article, on publication.
We look forward to your ideas!
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By: MP,
on 7/2/2010
Fridays are "Speak Out!" days. We allow posts from contributors for promotion. If you'd like to submit a post, please make sure that it's about women and writing.
Your post can be about: writing inspiration, balancing family life/parenting with writing, craft of writing fiction/nonfiction, how-tos, tips for author promotion/marketing/social media, book reviews, writing prompts, special opportunities (paying markets for writers), publishing industry news/gossip, and anything you think our readers will love.
Please make sure that there is take-away value to our readers. No press releases please. We're more interested in hearing from our core audience--personal essays and humorous anecdotes are encouraged as well, as long as they provide something useful to our audience--including a good laugh! ;)
How To Submit: Submit your 250 - 500 word post in the body of your email to our blog editor Marcia Peterson: marcia (at) wow-womenonwriting (dot) com. Upon acceptance, we will ask for your bio, links, bio photo, and any other pics to illustrate the article. We look forward to hearing from you!
By: Margo Dill,
on 12/2/2009
Young adult (YA) books are selling despite the economy. Adults and teens both seem to enjoy reading these books, which can be about many of the typical teen issues: suicide, peer pressure, dating, drugs, and cliques. Vampires and werewolves have practically taken over the YA section at the bookstores right now thanks to the Twilight series; and YA authors, like Ellen Hopkins author of Crank, are constantly on Twitter, Facebook, and their blogs, talking about censorship.
Angela has decided to dedicate March's WOW! issue to YA! She has also asked me to be a guest editor for the issue. I am thrilled and can't wait to work on this exciting issue about the YA market. I love YA!
Here are some ideas we had about topics for articles/interviews in the YA issue:
We’re open to any ideas you may have for this issue. Please review our past children’s issues to check for YA topics we’ve already covered:
http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/27-issue.html
http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/14-issue.html
If you have an idea for an article or interview, please query us at submissions (at) wow-womenonwriting (dot) com.
By: Jill,
on 10/16/2009
Hey to all romance writers out there! Short Story Radio, a website based in the U.K. that promotes both the short story genre and short story writers through recordings of short stories via their website and podcast are announcing a new contest.
Called The Short Story Radio Romance Award 2010, romantic fiction writers have the opportunity to have their winning entry recorded for broadcast and receive a cash prize.
To enter, send only the synopsis and and the first part of your story, up to 2,500 words by December 17, 2009. The entry fee is £6 (about $9.79 USD) per story. Only short-listed entrants will be asked to send the second part of the story.
The winning story will be recorded and broadcast by a professional actor as a high-quality production with incidental music, and appear in two episodes on the Short Story Radio website and podcast.
The winner will also receive a cash prize of £150 (about $235 USD) and the title of winner of the Short Story Radio Romance Award 2010.
Interested? Take yourself over to the Short Story Radio site here:
http://www.shortstoryradio.com/short_story_competitions.htm
And, best of luck!
By: Kelly Herold,
on 4/9/2008
Now that the new Edge of the Forest is up, I'm soliciting pieces for the May and June issues of The Edge of the Forest. (Note: The Edge of the Forest is a "venture of the heart" if you know what I mean.)
Here's what I'm looking for:
Feature Articles. Here are some recent examples of feature pieces: Candice Ransom's Fairytale in the Forest, Little Willow's I Think YA Is Great!, Kelly Fineman's The Graphic Novel: Gateway to a New World. These pieces are all very different: The first is on an admired illustrator from a writer's perspective; the second is a lively defense of Young Adult fiction; and the third is a look at graphic novels and the publishing industry. Do you have a great (or crazy) idea? Send me an e-mail!
Columns: Do you want to talk to kids about their favorite books? Then consider writing a Kid Picks column. Do you know a teacher or librarian with an eye for what their children are reading? Then think of an In their Backpacks column. Is there a writer or illustrator you'd like to interview about their work? Then think of A Day in the Life.
Interviews: Are you a Dar Williams fan? Then I have an opportunity for you! Send me an e-mail. Interview snagged. It's going to be a good one!
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Thanks to the multi-talented Tadmack for the image.
By: Kelly Herold,
on 4/24/2007
I'm looking for pieces for the May, June, and July Edge of the Forest.* Here's what we need:
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* The Edge of the Forest is still a venture of the heart. But I do have review copies :)
By: Kelly Herold,
on 2/19/2007
I'm seeking the following for the March issue of The Edge of the Forest:
Please send me an e-mail if you're interested. Have an idea for a feature article or an author or blogging writer interview? Then send me an e-mail as well.
By: Kelly Herold,
on 1/24/2007
This is an open call for submissions for the February edition of The Edge of the Forest. (It's our one year anniversary!) Here's what I'm looking for this month:
I have review copies to send out to reviewers, so if you have no idea what to review, then send me an e-mail. (Realistically, though, these reviews would not be published until March.)
By: Betsy Bird,
on 8/30/2006
You’ll find several requests for specific proposals below. One calls for scientific detective stories based on the life, research, and discoveries of real women scientists. Another calls for stories featuring real young women—aspiring gymnasts, ice skaters, actors, dancers--using a knowledge of science to help them become really good at what they do. A third recognizes how popular Manga and graphic novels are with girls, and asks for imaginative new collaborations between Manga writers and artists to create adventures about girls who use real science to accomplish their goals.Details are available at their website. And as someone who would have preferred to swallow small hot nails rather than take another Geometry or Chemistry class in high school, I understand the need. I also like that the call for proposals includes a Manga element. Well done there.
By: Jason Boog,
on 8/22/2006
In other post-vacation catch-up news, Nick Mamatas is senior-editing a brand spanking new speculative fiction website with an innovative model. Pay attention now, because they pay ten cents a word...
"Clarkesworld Magazine is an online venue and chapbook series for short works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Each month, Clarkesworld will publish two pieces of fiction, one from a prominent author with one or more books available for sale on the Clarkesworld Books website, and one chosen from the rolling open call for submissions below."
Even better than that, Mamatas has given fledgling writers a rare look into the editorial process and offered plenty of submission advice.
No matter what kind of story you write, you should heed his voice.
By: Object,
on 8/21/2006
It's here! Your big chance at publishing stardom! Also, your big chance at winning a free autographed book of your choice from me!
In one of the many magazines I have read recently (I retain what's in them but not which magazine I got the information from, sorry), they did a poll to find out what their readers' dream job was, and the # 1 most popular dream job?
Romance writer.
Which I fully understand because--not to brag--we do get to work in our pajamas.
Well, now's your big chance to join us:
HarperCollins editors and Avon Romance authors invite you to join thousands of fans online to collectively create an original e-book — one chapter at a time.
Log on now through October 27th for a unique online writing event where Avon Romance authors, editors, and readers team up to create an original e-book novella. Each week, you, the fans, will submit your own chapters based on a predetermined story line.
Then fans and authors will vote for their favorite chapter. The one with the highest vote total will win the week.
Yes. It will be like the American Idol of writing. Only without Simon Cowell.
The event will continue for six weeks and in the end the novella will be published as an e-book. Throughout the event, prizes will be awarded, including grand prizes of an in-person session with an Avon editor and a $5,000 development deal with Fox TV!
See you online at AvonFanLit.com
So, get writing.
And here is ANOTHER contest--though of a different kind:
--Help Meg Figure Out Which Book This Is--
Okay, this is driving me cRaZy. I can't remember the title or author of this book I read as a teen, and I am appealing to you, my readers, for help. Because I HATE not remembering where I read something (magazines aside).
The first person who emails me with the title and author of the book I'm about to describe will receive a free autographed copy of whichever one of my books (currently on bookstore shelves in the U.S.) he or she chooses (overseas readers, this contest is open to you as well). Just please be sure to include a mailing address AND BOOK CHOICE in your reply so that I can send you your prize.
Okay, so here is all I remember about the book:
It's fantasy (or possibly sci-fi), and I read it in the early 1980s. There was a prince in it (I think he was a prince, he might not have been), and also a girl. I think there was also some Evil that had to be defeated. The girl's name was Megan (thus my interest). Possibly her full name was Megan By-the-Woods. I don't remember the plot or even what planet it takes place on, but I do remember that at one point the prince or whoever asks Megan to go to some dance or function (but at that point in the book he doesn't really think of her romantically, and she knows it) and she has to get a dress for it, and the dress she ends up having made totally rocks (although I don't remember if they end up getting together, or if they defeat the Evil...if there IS any evil).
Okay, that's all I got. Except that as a tween or teen or however old I was when I read this book, I LOVED it. Sometimes it's dangerous as an adult to go back and read books you loved as a kid because often they do not stand the test of time (case in point: Flambards). However, I am willing to risk it, if any of you can help.
Remember, if you think you know the title and author of the above book, please be sure to include a mailing address AND BOOK CHOICE in your reply so that I can send you your prize. Please email mewith your answer here.
That's it for now. Many thanks in advance.
Oh, and sign up for the Avon thingie. I mean, a development deal with Fox TV? Hello.
More later.
Much love,
Meg
By: Miss Snark,
on 8/18/2006
We are thrilled to announce that NICHOLAS MONTEMARANO will be LOST's Guest Fiction Editor for issues 8-10.
Nicholas Montemarano is the author of the short-story collection If the Sky Falls (2005) and the novel A Fine Place (2002). His fiction has been published in Esquire, Zoetrope, DoubleTake, Agni, The Antioch Review, Fence, and many other magazines. He has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. He teaches at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
LOST Issue No. 8 launches on the first Monday of September (September 4).
LOST is currently reading submissions for its fall issues.
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 7/31/2006
Warren Ellis is putting his money where his mouth is with his interets in webcomics, according to a post by Joey Manley at Comixpedia:
I am working with Warren Ellis to launch a free webcomics portal using the new Webcomics Nation Collective Edition Engine. This latest addition to the Modern Tales family will be all free, all the time, and defined by ‘Warren Likes This Stuff.’ He’ll be making a call for submissions soon. Gary Chaloner will be designing the site. This is the first new (as opposed to pre-existing) site to launch with the beta version of the WCN Collective Edition engine, soon to be a commercial product available to anybody who wants to launch a multi-creator webcomics portal (your own Keenspot or Modern Tales, in other words) inexpensively and with ease. The name of Warren’s new site, and its URL, will be announced soon, probably at The Engine.
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