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Finding the Bacon **************************************************
Chicken Soup for the Soul is
probably the most widely-known series of anthologies, featuring well-known and
new authors. Chicken Soup stories are between 300 and 1200 words long and must
be true. Chicken Soup for the Soul Guidelines
Online: Yes E-Mail
Queries: Varies by volume. Chicken Soup’s Lessons for Living E-mail submissions: Yes, at lebrun@vox4.com ************************************************** Chicken Soup for the Working
Woman’s Soul E-mailed submissions only: chickensoup@cox.net Submission
deadline: September 30 ************************************************** Chicken Soup for the Friend’s Soul E-mailed
submissions only: Submission
deadline: September 30 ************************************************** Chicken Soup for the Bride’s Soul E-mailed
submissions only: ************************************************** Chicken Soup for the Single
Parent’s Soul E-mailed submissions
only: Submission
deadline: August 1 ************************************************** A Cup of
Comfort hit #10 on the New
York Times Inspirational Best Seller’s List. A Cup of Comfort for Friends is
climbing the ladder. While these anthologies don’t offer as much monetary
compensation as Chicken Soup, they do pay their authors for promotions and
signings. A Cup of comfort stories are true stories, running 1000-2000 words in
length. A Cup of Comfort Guidelines Online: Yes (http://www.cupofcomfort.com) The following
upcoming editions are soliciting submissions. Stories pay $50, upon
publication, unless chosen as the lead story in the book. Lead story
receives additional payment. A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and
Daughters E-mailed submissions: Deadline for submissions: October 15 ************************************************** A Cup of Comfort for Christmas E-Mailed
Submissions: Wordsinger@aol.com Deadline for
submissions: November 15 ************************************************** The Virtue
Victorious Series includes
titles like Charity and Fortitude. Published by Red Rock Press, they have plans
to add several more books to this anthology series, dubbed “compelling true
stories of doing good.” Red Rock Press Website: http://www.virtuevictorious.com/ The following Virtue
Victorious edition is soliciting submissions. Payment made upon publication: $25-$50. Faith: True Stories of Loyalty,
Principle, and Belief E-mailed
submissions: ************************************************** For our fiction writers, you might be interested in this horror anthology. The Night Has Teeth DarkVesper Publishing Website: http://www.darkvesperpublishing.com/ Deadline: August 31 E-mail submissions: Yes, at darkvesperpub@aol.com (as an attached Word or .rtf file) Seeking: Horror, dark fantasy, or sci-fi with horror elements. "Subject: Can be anything as long as it contains two key plot elements. 1) Most of the story takes place at night or in the dark. 2) Someone or something in the story has very sharp teeth." Stories should be 1,000-10,000 words. Payment: $.05/word ($250 maximum) for First North American English language rights ************************************************** Kimberly Ripley is a freelance writer and published author from
Portsmouth, NH. A wife and mother of five, her family's antics have led her to
write books like ''Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass," a collection of thirty
tales of the trials and tribulations of parenting teens. She is the owner/publisher of
Writerip Publishing, and editor of a newsletter and web site called
''Freelancing Later in Life,'' based on her book by the same name. Visit
her site at http://www.freelancing1.homestead.com. Air Mail Markets Bonjour, mes amies! Welcome to Air Mail Markets, the newest
column from AbsoluteWrite.com. In
order to celebrate the inaugural issue of an international market column, what
could be a better choice than travel magazines? So dust off those cute red, white and blue envelopes marked
“Par Avion” and break out the vacation slides and travel journals… here
are three travel magazines waiting for your work! Bonne chance! (Good Luck!) P.S. – all monetary conversion to USD dependent upon
daily market rates at time of writing and subject to change. P.P.S. – all market information has been researched
through the magazines themselves, unless otherwise specified. **************************************** Wanderlust magazine http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/index.html Tel.: + 44 1753 620426 Contact: Lyn
Hughes, Editor Email: info@wanderlust.co.uk
Circulation: over
45,000 Snapshot:
Wanderlust magazine is geared toward the independent traveler
seeking adventure and fresh ideas in travel. Writer’s guidelines online: Yes (www.wanderlust.co.uk/magazine/writing.html) Payment: £150 ($235
USD) per 1000 published words. Fact pages are £75 ($118 USD) per page (approx. 700 words).
Upon publication, an invoice request will be sent along with a copy of
the issue in which your work appears. Payment
will be made within 30 days. Queries: No e-mail
queries! Send proposal with
published clips by postal mail along with SAE and international reply coupons if
you’d like your work returned. Notes: Most
readers are British, well-educated and frequent travelers, aged 25-65. Over 50%
are women. According to Wanderlust’s
writers’ guidelines, “Whenever
possible we prefer pieces to be written by someone with an in-depth knowledge,
as we try to provide more of an insight than travel articles in other
publications.” Articles open to
freelancers include: destination pieces, arts/culture/investigative pieces,
traveler’s tales, special interest and city guides.
See writers’ guidelines for complete descriptions of departments. **************************************** Geographical magazine http://www.geographical.co.uk/ Tel.: +44
(0)208 960 6400 Contact: Carolyn Fry, Editor E-mail: Carolyn@geographical.co.uk Snapshot:
The monthly publication of the Royal Geographical Society, Geographical
magazine specializes in high-color photos and articles about geography,
including people, places, cultures, adventure, science and more. Writer’s guidelines online: Yes (http://www.geographical.co.uk/contribs.html) Payment: Negotiable. Queries: Contact editor via e-mail regarding feature
proposals. Include a 150-200
synopsis of your proposed piece. Notes: Geographical
magazine receives a large number of submissions. Please be patient in awaiting a reply. **************************************** Beautiful British Columbia magazine Fax: (250) 384-9926 Contact: Bryan
McGill, Editor E-mail: bmcgill@beautifulbc.ca
Circulation: over
170,000 Snapshot:
Quarterly publication about British Columbia and its culture, geography,
outdoors, history and more. Heavily devoted to outstanding photography in
addition to writing. Writer’s guidelines online: Yes (http://www.beautifulbc.ca/writers.html) Rights: First worldwide print rights; may negotiate an
additional fee for non-exclusive electronic rights. All queries regarding subsequent reprint rights are referred
to the writer. Payment: $.50 per word ($.32 USD) upon acceptance for all
departments except Columbiana, which pays upon publication (higher rates may be
negotiated depending on complexity of piece).
Additional payment for photos/images. Queries: Include thorough outline of proposed piece. Send
clips and short biography of publication. E-queries
acceptable only if proposal is especially well-constructed; mailed/faxed queries
preferred. Notes: Writers new to BBCM may have best success writing for Columbiana department; this is not a publication for inexperienced freelancers. Most assignments given in the spring; queries sent may be held until April/May review. Writers should carefully examine and research back issues before querying. Amy Brozio-Andrews lives in upstate New York with her husband and daughter. By day, she's a Readers' Services Librarian in an urban public library. By night, she writes, practices yoga, plays with the cat, surfs the Net and procrastinates like crazy to avoid balancing her checkbook. Feel free to send comments and suggestions directly to her at corduroy74@yahoo.com. Raising Royalties BUT
IT’S NOT A BOOKSTORE! Part III The
Author of BEYOND THE BOOKSTORE Reveals Five (Other) Places to Sell Your
Self-Published Book Now
that we’ve learned a little more about promoting your self-published book,
here are 5 more alternate retail outlets where you can start selling it: WEAVE A WEB (SITE)! Remember, just because you’ve self-published a print book, that doesn’t mean you can’t offer it for sale on the Web. Many companies offer Web hosting for FREE, and with the simple templates they provide you can have your very own “store” in cyberspace after a single weekend. Search for “free Websites” or “free Webmalls,” etc. and you are bound to find more sites offering these services than you can shake a cyberstick at. To read the rest of this column, click here. To read past issues, click here. |
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