Monday, March 7, 2011
Archive of ‘Markets’ category
This contest is near and dear to my heart because I spent a year of my life being the coordinator for it.
Ignite the Flame, the annual contest of the Central Ohio Fiction Writers (the RWA group of Columbus, OH) is now open for submissions. If you’ve got a manuscript ready, enter the hero & heroine’s first meet in these sub-genres:
Young Adult Erotic Romance Suspense Romance Historical Romance Single Title Paranormal Romance Category-Length ContemporaryFinal Judges:
Laura Bradford: Young Adult (Agent at Bradford Literary Agency)
Deb Werksman: Historical Romance (Editor at Sourcebooks)
Charles Griesman: Category-Length Contemporary (Editor at Harlequin)
Marlene Stringer: Suspense Romance (Agent at Stringer Literary Agency LLC)
Susannah Taylor: Single Title (Agent at Richard Henshaw Group)
Leis Penderson: Paranormal Romance (Editor at Berkley Publishing Group)
Lindsey Farber: Erotic Romance (Editor at Samhain Publishing)
Deb Werksman: Historical Romance (Editor at Sourcebooks) Charles Griesman: Category-Length Contemporary (Editor at Harlequin) Marlene Stringer: Suspense Romance (Agent at Stringer Literary Agency LLC) Susannah Taylor: Single Title (Agent at Richard Henshaw Group) Leis Penderson: Paranormal Romance (Editor at Berkley Publishing Group) Lindsey Farber: Erotic Romance (Editor at Samhain Publishing)What in the world are you waiting for? Get your entry ready! Find all all the other details at COFW’s Contest Page: http://www.cofw.org/contest.html. And good luck!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Monday Market 2/21
Do you have a short story or two you haven’t quite been able to market? Here’s a helpful post with links to ten print publications that accept fiction, poetry and/or nonfiction. Read the guidelines carefully–there are a few more literary markets mentioned. Oh, and good luck!
10 Print Publications That Publish Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry by Heather Carriero at Yahoo’s Associated Content
Monday, February 14, 2011
Market Monday: Paying Personal Essay Markets
Today’s market listing is actually a past post from The Writer Abroad’s blog. I really like how she injects bits of herself and her own writing/submitting process to the markets. And I really love the idea of pitching your own essay series to a publication currently not running essays. Might have to give that a try…
The Writer Abroad’s Paying Personal Essay Markets
It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :)