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Unsorted [/writers] Nebraska Center for Writers - Jobs for Writers Scams, Bad Apples & Warnings [/writers] Absolute Write - Bewares and Background Check Wendi L. Cali - Top Ten Things to Know About Contest Scams A.C. Crispin -Caveat Emptor - from Writer Beware Blog National Writers Union - Writer Alerts! Preditors and Editors - reports on publishers, agents and more Victoria Strauss - Writer Beware - the article Winning Writers - 13 Warning Signs of a Bad Poetry Contest Write4Kids - How To Tell If A New Or Small Press Is Legitimate Writer Beware - the web site that names names! Writer Beware - Contests and Vanity Anthologies Writer Beware Blog Writers Weekly - Warnings Marcia Yudkin - You Too Can Sniff Out Scams! Grants, Prizes & Contests [/writers] INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS • Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. No fee. $ prizes. Deadline more-or-less 15 April (every year). • Annual Delacorte Dell Yearling Contest for a First Middle-Grade Novel • Annual Delacorte Press Contest for a First Young Adult Novel • L.Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future contest • Winning Writers - Wergle Flomp parody poetry contest - No entry fee. $ prizes. Entries accepted August 15-April 1 COLLECTED LISTING C. Hope Clark - Funds for Writers Jon Harrison - List of Writing & Translation Grants Poets & Writers Magazine - Grants & Awards page Writers' Circle of Durham Region (WCDR) - Canadian "lit" contests WritersNet - Writing Contests and Awards Miss Snark's blog [/writers] For in-depth information on queries, manuscripts, writing a synopsis, hooks and MORE! check out Miss Snark's blog. Use the search field in the upper left corner to wade through the thousands of posts if you need information on a particular subject. Miss Snark has sponsored multiple CRAPOMETER sessions during which she went through hundreds of reader-supplied samples and commented on what would get a "send more" from her and what was just lame. Track those sessions down for an in-depth tutorial on what works and what doesn't. Miss Snark pulleth no punches but underneath it all has a heart of gin and is very helpful. The comments from Snarklings add to the info-laden site. Check it out! Update: As of 20 May 2007, Miss Snark is no longer blogging. However, she's leaving her archives on the Web for inquiring minds to explore and absorb. |
Submitting [/writers] Sal Towse - Links to Online Submission Guidelines - Agents, Publishers, Markets for Writers John Gregory Betancourt - The Obligatory Manuscript Format Article Brenda Coulter - How to Submit a Manuscript Critters - The Black Hole - market response time data Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Making Light) - Slushkiller Chuck Rothman - What Is a Word? - word counts Bill Shunn - Proper Manuscript Format BOOK LENGTH MSS Lars Eighner - So, what does a manuscript look like? - part of Eighner's online writer workshop Lars Eighner - Manuscript Checklist - things NOT to do TNH on Rejection - Slushkiller Crawford Kilian - Advice on Novel Writing - Crawford Kilian - Write A Novel: an online guide for fiction writers Larsen & Pomada (a literary agency) - The Parts of an Irresistible Book Proposal Larsen & Pomada (a literary agency) - Fiction Submission Guidelines Chuck Rothman - Hunting for a Literary Agent - including contact, outline & sample chapters Robert J Sawyer - Manuscript Format Checklist Marcia Yudkin - The Ten Most Common Reasons Book Proposals are Rejected — and What These Reasons Really Mean NON-FICTION Adler & Robin Books, Inc - How to Write a Computer Book Proposal Adler & Robin Books, Inc - How to Write a Trade Book Proposal - with sample proposals Mary Embree - Seven Vital Elements of a Successful Nonfiction Book Proposal Jenna Glatzer - Sample Nonfiction Book Proposal Michael S. Hyatt - Writing a Winning Book Proposal - PDF Larsen & Pomada (a literary agency) - Nonfiction Submission Guidelines QUERY Crawford Kilian - Writing a Query Letter Lynn Flewelling - The Complete Nobody's Guide to Query Letters SYNOPSIS Beth Anderson - Writing the Tight Synopsis Lisa Gardner - Conquering the Dreaded Synopsis Marg Gilks - How to Write a Synopsis Crawford Kilian - The Story Synopsis Dee-Ann Latona LeBlanc - Writing a Synopsis from the Ground Up Lee Masterson - Mastering the Dreaded Synopsis - Condensing Your Novel Margaret Moore - Evolution of a Synopsis John E. Stith - Hunting for an Agent (with Sample Synopsis) ARTICLES/SHORT WORKS Roger MacBride Allen - Quick and Easy Tips on Professional Manuscript Submission Marion Zimmer Bradley - An Editor Answers the Question: Why Did my Story Get Rejected? John Hewitt - How to Write a Query Letter - and a link to Bob Sassone’s "The Query Trap" Vonda McIntyre - Manuscript preparation George Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer - Writer's Guidelines for Weird Tales - entertaining and useful advice for all story writers George Scithers - A Weird Tales® Editorial on Sending in Stories - a companion to the Writer's Guidelines Marcia Yudkin - Smart Moves for Breaking In |
Markets [/writers] Absolute Write - Markets Online Sal Towse - Links to Online Submission Guidelines - Agents, Publishers, Markets for Writers Craig Newmark - Craig's List - search for jobs in market areas: Boston, SF, NY &c. Aylad's Market Lists Jacqui Bennett - Writers Bureau Market Lists - UK John Beslanwitch - ForWriters.com - Markets Callihoo Markets List Dan Case - Writing for Dollars - markets Ralan Conley - Market Lists: SF & Humor Dark Echo - Links to Horror Market Resources Drowning Man - Poetry Markets - Most contain guidelines Paula Fleming - SF Market List Freelance Writing - Guidelines Database and more Matt Hayes - Spicy Green Iguana - speculative fiction markets Christopher Holliday - The Market List - for Genre Fiction Writers Angela Hoy - WritersWeekly.com - markets & more Stephen Hunt's SF Crowsnest - SFF markets - magazine & book Gary McLaren - Worldwide Freelance Writer - Writing Markets Mary Anne Mohanraj - Literary Markets Nebraska Center for Writers -Literary Magazines Kathy Ptacek - Gila Queen's Guide to Markets - articles, resources and subscription e-mail'd markets updates Sunoasis - Writer's Guide to Finding Jobs Online tutorial Meg Weaver - Wooden Horse Publishing - a markets resource, not a publisher, despite the name Julia H. West - Markets for SF&F Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr - SpecFicWorld.com WorldwideFreelance.com market lists Writers Write - Paying Markets Writer's Digest -Annual Ranking of Top 100 Markets 2008 Google - List of E-zine Directories Google - Online Literary Magazines Samir Husni - Mr. Magazine's magazine list John Labovitz - List of electronic zines around the world - maintained by TYBN Gary McLaren - How To Find Foreign Writing Markets Media UK Directory NewsDirectory.com Random House - An Index of Literary Magazines Marcia Yudkin - Finding Hidden Markets see also [non-fiction][journalism & freelance jobs] |