Browsing Archive: July, 2009
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, July 31, 2009,
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Contest
Categories; 1) free verse, 2) formal verse, 3) a poem related to Abraham Lincoln and/or Charles Darwin. Prizes $50, $30, $10. 3 HM. Maximum length: one poem page. Type size 11 pt or higher; no columns. Poems in English only. Submit two copies of each poem, first copy with ID (name/address/e-mail) and category in upper left hand corner; second copy without ID but with category. Entry fee: Non-members, $6.00 for up to 3 poems, $1.00 each additional poe... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, July 30, 2009,
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Contest
www.childrenswriter.com/contests.htm
A folktale, legend, fairy tale, or other fantasy story for early readers, age 7, to 500 words. Stories should be written at the appropriate age level so a child can read them independently. Entries will be judged on creativity, voice, and writing style. Publishability is the ultimate criterion. Include sources if the story is a retelling.
Entries must be received by October 31, 2009. Current subscribers to Children’s Writer enter free. For all o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, July 29, 2009,
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Print Magazine
Before sending us a manuscript or query, look through recent issues of the Post to get an idea of the range and style of articles we publish. You will discover that our focus has broadened to include well-researched, timely and informative articles on finance, unusual photo/story packages, home improvement, humor, transportation, travel, fashion, entertainment, personality profiles, technology, communication with a healthy emphasis on medical breakthroughs, promising new treatments, preventio... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, July 28, 2009,
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Contest
Deadline: October 15, 2009, $3 per poem to enter, Prizes $25-$75. Variety of contest + publication in their anthology.
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Poetry (any form or style) and Micro or Flash Fictions wanted for an anthology on SMOKE. Not just the black clouds rising from the five-alarm fire next door, or the billowing plumes of smoke warning us of a forest fire, or the emissions from factory smoke stacks, apartment house incinerators, and crematoriums, smoke rings rise from cigarettes, smoke pours out of headshops, pipe shops & cigar stores--see that purple haze rising over the fields of poppies and marijuana we just planted--we've us... Continue reading ...
Deadline: December 1, 2009. Jeanette Sharp is looking for submissions to a new anthology series for short, answered prayer stories, called "Hurray God!" Length is 480-1,500 words. Prefers first person, but accepts third. Use their online form only for submissions (www.hurraygod.com). No reprints or queries. Accepts previously published, if author holds the copyrights.Notifies by e-mail. Pays $50, plus a copy of the book. Full guidelines at: http://www.hurraygod.com/writers-guidelines
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Clever. Entertaining. Original. Check out our Handy Hints®, where do-it-yourselfers share their time and money-saving ideas, and Great Goofs™, where they share their biggest blunders. Got a hint or goof of your own? You can email your Handy Hints® or Great Goofs™ to us (don't forget to add your name and address), or you can mail your Handy Hints® or Great Goofs™ to Handy Hints® or Great Goofs™, The Family Handyman, 2915 Commers Drive, Suite 700, Eagan, MN 55121. We pay $100 for ti... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, July 24, 2009,
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Contest
Tallahassee Writers Association
2009 Penumbra Poetry and Haiku Contest
Prizes $20-$200 plus publication in their journal.
$5 per poem, $3 per haiku
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009
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The Last Page Humor Column Writer's Guidelines
The Last Page is a monthly column that aims at humor. Its length runs between 500 and 650 words. Because of the difficulty in judging humor by proposal, we require submission of a completed manuscript. The Web submission form's proposal text box will accommodate a manuscript and cover letter. Payment for the column is $1,000, and there is no kill fee.
The article should be amusing and the tone genial - a story rather than a list of joke...
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 Calling all eHow members! We are looking for some Summer themed "Home and Garden" articles!
Publish your Summer themed "Home and Garden" articles between 7/20/2009 and 7/31/2009, and if they appear on the homepage between 7/21/2009 to 8/1/2009 in the "Today's Top How To" or "Featured How Tos" section, you will receive $75!
Submission Instructions:
1) Be a writer currently enrolled in the eHow Writer Compensation Program.
2) Submit only Summer themed "Home and Garden" related articles....
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, July 20, 2009,
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Contest
5 categories including: rhymed or blank verse, free verse, humorous verse, Summer, and poet's choice. Entry fee $1 per poem, prizes $10-$25.
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The Chrysalis Reader audience includes people from numerous faiths and backgrounds. Many of them work in psychology, education, religion, the arts, sciences, or one of the helping professions. The style of writing may be humorous, serious, or some combination of these approaches. Essays, poetry, and fiction that are not evangelical in tone but that are unique in addressing the Chrysalis Reader theme are more likely to be accepted. Our readers are interested in expanding, enriching, or challen... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, July 18, 2009,
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Contest
Five contests including: poet's choice, Movies, traditional verse, new poets, & Members only. $4 for each poem to nonmembers. Prizes $20-$50.
Deadline: August 31, 2009
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A book of personal, true stories from pastors and the Christians whose lives have been touched by their ministry. If you have a passion for God, His word, and His people, we invite you to share your stories of faith, service to others and the role spiritual leaders have played in your journey.
Submission deadline: August 15, 2009
Publication date: Spring, 2010 Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, July 16, 2009,
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Contest
Deadline: August 15, 2009
Recommended free contest offers twice-yearly prizes for the best memoirs submitted to their magazine during each reading period (November 1-February 15, May 1-August 15). Online submissions preferred. Send 1-5 poems or one prose piece, maximum 10,000 words. See website for art formatting requirements. "Memoir (and) publishes memoirs in many forms. We strive with each issue to include a selection of prose, poetry, graphic...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, July 15, 2009,
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Contest
NO ENTRY FEE
Prizes: First Place: $100, Second Place: $50, Third Place:$25. Profits from the sale of the anthology will be donated to: Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross. Deadline August 15, 2009. Limited to 5,000 words. Must have a holiday theme and contain a "deadly incident."
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Looking for the best, personal (important word, that) garden writing I can get. Expressive, thoughtful, humorous, angry, contrite, flippant, searching, witty, observant, sad, inviting— whatever! We focus on the human, not how-to side of gardening. On the people as well as the plants. After all, gardening is a relationship, not a recipe. GreenPrints explores that relationship, not by instructing, preaching, or lecturing about it. Instead, we celebrate it . . . by sharing the stories and expe... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, July 13, 2009,
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Contest
http://www.sdstatepoetrysociety.com/Site/adult2007contest.html
34TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST Deadline August 1, 2009
FEES: $2.00 per poem for Category 1 from all entrants
ONE $5.00 fee per SDSPS MEMBER for all other categories combined
ONE $10.00 fee per NON-MEMBER for all other categories combined
PRIZES: GRAND SDSPS PRIZE: $75, $50, $25, plus honorable mentions
ALL OTHER CATEGORIES: $25, $15, $10, plus honorable mentions
MONEY-WINNING poems, only, will be published in winter Pasque Petals...
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http://www.relevantmagazine.com/footer/15839-how-to-write-for-relevantRELEVANT's tagline is: "God. Life. Progressive Culture." Our readership is culturally savvy, (largely) Christian twentysomethings who are looking for purpose, depth and spiritual truth. Our purpose is to challenge non-Christians and Christians alike to go further in their spiritual journey, live selflessly and intentionally, care about positively impacting the world around them, and find the unexpected places God is speakin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, July 11, 2009,
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Contest
18 categories to enter your poetry including: relationships, bridges, ancestry, a rural setting, wings, animals, sonnets, moving on, frosty windows, or haikus. $3 per poem entry fee. Prizes $10-$75.
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http://www.gogalavanting.com/submissionsThis site's co-founders hope that Galavanting "will inspire, empower and connect women to the communities they visit." Travel essays are welcome for several categories described in the guidelines. "We love lighthearted, witty essays giving a flavor of the place you've been. Your writing should also reflect on of how you’ve learned, grown as a person, or broadened your horizons through travel. What surprised you? What disappointed you? What made you ne... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, July 9, 2009,
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Contest
1st Prize: $60 + publication
2nd Prize: $30 + publication
Theme: open
Genre: Fiction
Length: 500 words or less
Deadline: July 21, 2009 (postmark)
Entry fee: $2.00 per story
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In honor of the upcoming Idea Camp conference on Compassion and Justice… through the month of July I will be accepting submissions on the topic of compassion. You can write whatever you would like, but just on the topic of compassion. What does compassion look like to you? What does it sound like? What does it smell and feel like?
Use any of the listed forms of creative writing (or photo journaling...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, July 7, 2009,
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Children's
A National Honey Corporation is looking for authors to bring their logo bear to life on the pages of a Storybook for Children age 2-8. A specific theme and outline of characters has already been established and will be emailed to interested authors once a Non Disclosure Agreement has been completed. Writers of all experience levels are welcomed to send in submissions. This is an excellent opportunity to become a published author or increase your market exposure.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, July 6, 2009,
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Contest
http://mastatepoetrysociety.tripod.com/id16.html
Deadline: Received no later than August 1, 2009
$8.00 for entire contest. Fee covers one or all categories which include: love/loss, mothers, happiness, grandparents, teachers, family, nature, light verse, sonnets, pets, names, humor, poem for children, farming/gardening, and something that lasts.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, July 5, 2009,
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Contest
18 categories including relationships, bridges real or imagined, ancestry/heritage, rural settings, wings, animals, sonnets, moving on, frosty windows, and haikus.
$1-2 per poem to enter, prizes $10-$125
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http://tinyurl.com/exhwrDescribes itself as America's "number one magazine for families with children ages 3 to 12, with more than 12 million subscribers. " The magazine's "Family Traditions" section features first-person contributions that highlight 'one family's favorite or most meaningful tradition, such as a Saturday-morning ritual or a neat way to mark milestones. The topics vary but are often seasonal and usually focus on some way in which the tradition has helped shape that family's id... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, July 3, 2009,
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Contest
25 different poetry categories including sonnets, haikus, ballads, ekphrastic, scallop, poems about men of the Bible, old ladies, the moon, bottles from the sea, flowers, peace, strong women, teachers, and voices from the grave.
$1-2 per poem to enter. Prizes $10-$100.
Deadline July 15, 2009. Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, July 2, 2009,
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Contest
"Hearts Crossing"
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, we’re giving you a picture plus a synopsis—and that’s worth 20,000-25,000 words plus a publishing contract. All you have to do is fill in the synopsis blanks to create your own unique plot, and then write the story to go with it. White Rose furnishes you with the synopsis and you complete the story. Deadline September 30, 2009. Winner will receive a standard “Miniature Rose” publishing contract, and the story wi... Continue reading ...
Weavings journal is a quarterly publication that promotes a pattern of faithful living marked by prayer, community, and engagement. Such living, to which laity and clergy alike are called, embraces all those expressions of discipline and discipleship that mark the Christian's response to God's work of weaving together the torn fabric of life. http://www.upperroom.org/weavings/writers_guidelines.asp
Do Not Be Anxious About Tomorrow
Vol. XXV, No. 4 (Fall)
All Proposals Due: 8/03/09
All Ass... Continue reading ...
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Like finding shells on the beach, I love doing market research! And what I find, I love to share! I write in a variety of genres including children's, Christian, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, so these post follow along those lines. Check out my web site: www.sallyclark.info, for more about me.
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