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Finding the Bacon Hi everybody, Website: http://www.timberframehomes.com Writers' guidelines online: No Pays: $0.20 to $0.35 per word Photos: Photos are negotiated separately Rights: First Rights Description: This is a magazine for people who own or are planning to build Notes: The average age of the readers are 40 years old. 85% are
married. ******************************************* SMALL FARM TODAY Website: http://www.smallfarmtoday.com Writers' guidelines online: http://www.smallfarmtoday.com/writers.shtml Pays: $0.02 to $0.04 per word Photos: $5-$10 per photo depending on size and placement Rights: First Serial Rights Description: This magazine is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of small farming, rural living, community, sustainability, and agripreneurship. Circulation: 12,000 Notes: They need "how-to" articles (how to grow, raise, market,
build, etc), as well as articles about small farmers who are experiencing
success through diversification, specialty/alternative crops and livestock, and
direct marketing. RURAL HERITAGE Website: http://www.ruralheritage.com Email: editor@ruralheritage.com Writers' guidelines online: Pays: $0.04 to $0.05 per word Photos: Pays $10 per photo Rights: First English Language Rights Description: This magazine is devoted to the training and care of draft animals. Circulation: 4,500 Notes: The same editorial calendar is used every year: WINTER: Logging, snow
activities. THE EVENER: Special resource edition. SPRING: Sap
collecting, plowing, planting. SUMMER: Cultivating, haying, harvesting.
AUTUMN: Horse Progress Days. HOLIDAY: Family activities. RENAISSANCE Website: http://www.renaissancemagazine.com E-mail: editor@renaissancemagazine.com Writers' guidelines online: http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/subguide.html Pays: $0,05 to $0.08 per word Photos: $7.50 per photo Rights: First North American Serial Rights Description: This magazine covers the history of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Circulation: 30,000 Notes: Renaissance Magazine accepts unsolicited manuscripts related to the
Renaissance and Middle Ages, including but not limited to: historical articles,
martial arts, travel, interviews with artisans, articles on the SCA and related
re-enactment groups, OXYGEN Website: http://www.oxygenmag.com Writers' guidelines online: No Pays: $0.20 to $0.55 per word Photos: $35-$500 depending on size and placement Rights: All Rights Description: This magazine is edited for all women who wish to better themselves through exercise. Circulation: 200,000 Notes: Submit a written query letter outlining the topic you wish to write about, the angle you want to take, and include a list of the sources you might use. Also include a small paragraph stating why you're qualified to write the article. These markets are brought to you by Wooden Horse Publishing - a news and resource site for article writers at http://www.woodenhorsepub.com. Check it out for the latest magazine news and markets, markets, markets.
Air Mail Markets Hello again and welcome to the latest issue of Air Mail Markets! This week we feature Australian and Canadian markets. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, as long as you’ve got a local angle (you don’t need to be a local), you can break into any of these three magazines. While unfortunately none of this week’s picks accept e-queries, their writers’ guidelines are available online so you can still get started on your query right away. And as always, if you have any markets to suggest or requests, please feel free to drop me a line… Bonne chance! ************************** Meanjin Magazine Web site: http://www.meanjin.unimelb.edu.au/issues/2002-2/ Tel: (61) (03) 8344 6950 Editor: Ian Britain E-mail: i.britain@unimelb.edu.au Snapshot: According to Meanjin’s web site, Meanjin (Mee-an-jin) has its roots in the Aboriginal word for the piece of land upon which Brisbane sits. Meanjin, published quarterly, is primarily a literary magazine, but also prides itself on including a variety of contemporary thought, including Australia’s ‘cultural cringe,’ migrant writing, and popular culture, new ideas and spirited debate. Writers' Guidelines online: Yes, at http://www.meanjin.unimelb.edu.au/contrib/ E-Queries: No Rights: Author retains copyright of work; Meanjin retains copyright of collection. Both the author and Meanjin must agree to requests for reprints. Payment: Upon publication, $50 ($27 USD) will be paid for poetry and $100 ($54 USD) for prose. Notes: Australian and Australian-based writers are welcome to submit items to Meanjin for consideration. Submissions from all other writers must be clearly relevant to Australia. Allow three months for a response to unsolicited manuscripts. ***************************** GEIST Tel: (604) 681-9161 E-mail: geist@geist.com Snapshot: The tagline for Geist magazine is “Canadian Ideas, Canadian Culture.” Named Magazine of the Year in 2001, Geist features Canadian fiction, poetry, non-fiction, photography and other items of interest. Writers' Guidelines online: Yes, at http://www.geist.com/about/guidelines.html E-Queries: No Rights: First serial Payment: $50-250 ($32-160 USD) upon publication Notes: Non-Canadian writers should read and be familiar with Geist before submitting queries; all submissions should be relevant to a Canadian audience. ***************************** Aurealis Magazine Website: http://www.sf.org.au/aurealis/intro.html Tel: (03) 9504 1516 Editor: Keith Stevenson Email: keith.stevenson@optusnet.com.au Snapshot: Australia’s premiere science fiction and fantasy magazine, Aurealis is published twice per year. Having recently changed hands, exciting new initiatives are being planned. Published comments on Aurealis’ web site from editor Keith Stevenson include the following: “…I want to stress that Aurealis is still very much an open market, one of the few still operating in Australia at this point in time. I encourage anyone who has a sellable manuscript out there to check it meets our guidelines and send it in as soon as possible.” Writers' Guidelines online: Yes, at http://www.sf.org.au/aurealis/guidelin.html E-Queries: No Rights: First Australian Serial rights, non-exclusive electronic rights, and the non-exclusive right to publish the item in a Collector’s Edition anthology. Contributor retains all other rights. Payment: Upon publication, contributors receive payment of $20-60 ($10-32 USD) per 1000 words, a contributor’s copy of the issue in which his/her work appeared, and the opportunity to purchase additional issues at a special rate. Notes: Nonfiction articles must be Australian in nature; it is preferred, but not required, that short stories feature some Australian characterization or background. No queries are read between December 1 and February 1. While subscribers’ and non-subscribers’ submissions are considered on the merits of each, subscribers’ submissions are “fast-tracked” through the process. Please allow up to three months for a response to your query. 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 hercheckbook. Feel free to send comments and suggestions directly to her at corduroy74@yahoo.com. Contests Corner I thought I'd compile a column this month of contests that have no entry
fee, and boy, was that difficult! After hours of search I bring you extracts
from a clutch of contests that don't require an entry fee (so some of the prizes
are rather small too) and I've also tried to find those that don't limit
participation to writers of one country. Some of these are annual or monthly
contests so be sure to save them for another time if you don't get to write
something by the listed deadline. Cheers, Moira SELL WRITING ONLINE MONTHLY CONTEST "Maximum: 2000 words "All copyrights remain with the writer. We require nonexclusive rights to publish the winning entry on the Sell Writing Online website for one month only. You can post your story anywhere else you please."
PRIZE: $10 ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: September 27, 2002 URL: http://www.sellwritingonline.com/
***************************** SUCCESS WANTED !!!!
PRIZE: $50, $20 ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: October 31, 2002 URL: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/
***************************** General Nonfiction Contest and Travel Story Contest "The Preservation Foundation's fifth annual competition for
unpublished writers in two categories of nonfiction stories between 1500 and
5000 words in length. "No story may be entered in both contests. The writer must choose
one or the other. So, think nonfiction. Think biography and autobiography. Think
about that trip to Sri Lanka and the night you got locked outside the hotel in
your underwear. Or how about the time you went to Aunt Bitty's house for
Thanksgiving and the dog ate the turkey and the cat crawled into the vent pipe
and howled all night? Sit down and tell us a personal story about yourself or
someone you know well. Let's see what kind of writer you really are! 2002 could
be your year! "Note: For purposes of this contest, unpublished writers are
defined as those whose works have not produced revenues of over $500 in any
single year. See
this year's entries and check
out the previous contest winners on our site."
PRIZE: $100 ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: December 31, 2002 URL: http://www.storyhouse.org/index.html ***************************** NEW YEAR CONTEST "
In the
spirit of the New Year, we are running a fiction contest for original,
unpublished works short stories 500 words or less in length. To be eligible, at
least part of the story must take place at midnight on New Year's Eve — any
year, any location, any universe. "The contest will open on November 1, 2002 and will close on
November 30, 2002.
PRIZE: $100, $75, $50
and more ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: November 30, 2002 URL: http://www.flashquake.org/index.html ***************************** SAMHAIN ESSAY CONTEST "Banshee Studios started in the summer of 2001 as an inexpensive
way to publish material that was coming out of a small, weekly writer's group.
Its vision has always been to help excellent but struggling writers find an
outlet for publication that doesn't require a monetary investment. Although
we've now changed to a quarterly magazine format, our mission remains the same.
Some of us have to write; we write to live. And we're writing on our lunch
breaks, between clients, between breakfast and getting the kids to school. We
want to be a vehicle that helps that writing see the light of day. "Must be roughly 1200 to 1500 words. We are looking for personal or
opinion essays, not academic style essays. We will stay away from anything
blatantly political. That is not to say that we will not consider essays with
some political content, however, your essay touting the merits of Candidate X,
or the one that trashes Political Party Y will go straight to the Recycle Bin.
Remember, this is primarily an outlet for fiction writing, so essays should be
creative, interesting and have a point. "Maximum entries are two per author." PRIZE: T-shirts, tote bags, coffee mugs etc as seen on
website ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: October 20, 2002 URL: http://www.bansheestudios.net/ ***************************** Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Contest
2003 "Thomas Merton is distinguished among most contemporary spiritual
writers by the depth and substance of his thinking. Merton was a scholar who
distilled the best thinking of the best theologians, philosophers and poets
throughout the centuries, from both the West and the East, and presented their
thinking in the context of the Christian world view. "
Stanley
Kunitz, the immediate past Poet Laureate of the United States will judge the
2003 Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry of the Sacred. He is the author and editor
of many books of poetry. Among the honors bestowed on him are the National Book
Award, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. "Only ONE unpublished poem written in English may be submitted.
Please limit the poem to no more than 100 lines. "Poems will be judged on literary excellence, spiritual tenor, and
human authenticity. View winning poetry from past years on the
website."
PRIZE: $500, $50 and
publication ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: November 30, 2002 URL: http://www.mertonfoundation.org/ ***************************** ROSENTHAL NEW PLAY PRIZE "One of the most unique and prestigious new play awards in the
country, the Lois and Richard Rosenthal New Play Prize recognizes superior new
work for the national stage. Culled from hundreds of submissions, the winner of
the Rosenthal New Play Prize is chosen for its superior potential and its
innovative interpretation of the theatrical event. The winning script personally
is chosen by Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Ed Stern. "The Prize allows for the playwright's residency throughout an
extended rehearsal process, during which the script is further refined as part
of the collaboration between author, director and actors. "At the conclusion of the rehearsal period, the work is given its
world professional premiere within the regular subscription season. Over the
four-week run, representatives from other theatres and the national media attend
the show "No E-mail or fax submissions will be accepted. "Plays must be full-length in any style: comedy, drama, musical,
etc. Translations, adaptations, individual one-acts and any play previously
submitted for the prize are not eligible. Collaborations are welcome, in which
case prize benefits are shared. Plays must be unpublished prior to submission
and may not have received a full-scale professional production. Plays that have
had a workshop, reading or non-professional production are still eligible.
Playwrights with past production experience are especially encouraged to submit
new work. Only one submission per playwright is allowed each year. "Submission is a two-part process: "Phase I: Submit an abstract of the play (two pages maximum)
including title, character breakdown, story synopsis and playwright information
(bio or resume). Also include up to five pages of sample dialogue. If submitting
a musical, please include a tape or compact disc of selections from the score. "All abstracts and dialogue samples will be read. From these,
selected manuscripts will be solicited (see Phase II). Do not send a manuscript
with or instead of the abstract. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be read.
Submitted materials, including tapes, will be returned only if a self-addressed
stamped envelope with adequate postage is provided. "Phase II: All solicited manuscripts will be read in full.
Manuscripts should be neatly typed, reproduced, securely bound and have the
playwright's name, contact address and phone number clearly visible on the front
page. No solicited manuscripts will be returned without a self-addressed stamped
envelope with adequate postage."
PRIZE: Production ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: December 31, 2002 URL: http://www.cincyplay.com/ ***************************** WRITERS
OF THE FUTURE CONTEST
"The L. Ron Hubbard Writers of The Future Contest is an ongoing
competition designed to discover new and amateur writers of science fiction and
fantasy, present certificates of merit when earned and award monetary prizes to
the winners. L. Ron Hubbard established the Writers of The Future Contest in
1983 to help new writers and the L. Ron Hubbard Library has continued to sponsor
it ever since. "All types of science fiction, fantasy and horror with fantastic
elements, are welcome. "The Contest is open only to those who have not had professionally
published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three
short stories, in any medium. Professional publication is deemed to be payment,
and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits."
PRIZE: $4000, $1000,
$750 and more ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: Quarterly URL: http://www.writersofthefuture.com/ ***************************** The Arts Angels Short Story Competition "Send
your short story and Arts Angels will publish the best three on the Eliza
Hemingway web site.
PRIZE: $125, $50
Canadian ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: September 30, 2002 URL: http://www.elizahemingway.com/ ***************************** GET CREATIVE: AI ARTICLE WRITING CONTEST "Fancy the chance of getting developer focus, improving your research skills, sharing your artificial intelligence ideas, obtaining expert feedback, getting published online AND winning a prize? "It's simple. You have to write an essay, tutorial, or article in
English of over 1,000 words about anything related to Artificial Intelligence. "How do I enter? "The best thing is to first email
us with some preliminary ideas, passions or personal interests.
We'll provide feedback on your ideas, and potentially suggest topics to research
and places to look first. "Then, enough time BEFORE THE DEADLINE, send us a draft of your
essay, and we'll take a thorough read. If necessary, we'll give you some hints
on how to structure your thoughts, let you know which bits need more
explanation, and suggest small changes. "The main reason for entering the contest, in my opinion, is the
knowledge. I've personally been writing articles and tutorials for a while now,
both about AI as well as graphics, and I think writing down ideas is one of the
most essential components of the learning process. Looking into the problem from
a more informal point of view has many advantages. Also, trying to explain
things to someone else makes things clearer for you too! "Literally anyone can enter the contest. We expect a range of
people from many backgrounds to get involved, including hobby AI coders,
professional programmers, game developers, and possibly even researchers. No
articles for this contest yet! "Every contestant will vote for his three favourite articles. The
winner will be the entry with the most votes. In the case of a tie, previous
writers here at the AI Depot will be asked to pick a winner.
PRIZE: Awesome AI
books ENTRY FEE: None DEADLINE: October 4, 2002 URL: http://ai-depot.com/Main.html ***************************** I have been an accountant for a very long time, but I always wanted to be a
writer when I grew up. I realised a year or so back that there's not that
many decades left for me get grown up, and so I'm working part time at learning
how to be a writer. Besides my column here, I write a weekly article on
Women Abuse for Suite101.com - not a pretty subject, but if you have the
stomach, check it out at http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/women_abuse
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