Tips for Successful Publishing - Newsletter December 2020
by 111Publishing and SavvyBookWriters
Dear Writer and Publisher Friends,
Christmas is only three weeks away and another year is almost over… Get a lot of new ideas and encouragement for the next twelve months in this December Newsletter. Apply for one or more of the writing contests and grants listed here:
Content:
- FREELANCE WRITING
- WRITING CONTESTS
- GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES / FUNDING
- INSTAGRAM TIPS
- FREELANCE WRITING OFFERS
Houstonia
Engaging stories, as well as spectacular photography and cutting-edge design, our goal is a signature mix of in-depth news stories, provocative essays, and guides to the best of the city that no Houstonian can live without. Email editor Dianna Wray: dwray@houstoniamag.com. Rate $500+ based on experience.
https://www.houstoniamag.com/pages/about-us
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Good Mom On Paper
Essay from self-identified mothers of all kinds, at all stages of life, career, and parenting, and who are interested in exploring motherhood and art creation in all its many incarnations. Pitches only. Payment: $200
Deadline: Dec 15
https://bookhugpress.ca/goodmomonpaper/
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The New York Times
Essay on Modern Love. Payment: $500.
Deadline: Dec 31
https://www.nytimes.com/article/how-to-submit-a-modern-love-essay.html
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The Bark
This magazine about life with dogs and has a circulation of 250,000 readers. The magazine publishes essays and fiction, as well as a few short poems. They also publish book reviews. Reprints are accepted. Payment: Payment is upon publication; compensation varies according to the complexity and length of the article and is individually negotiated. Who Pays Writers lists a payment of 67 cents/word.
https://thebark.com/content/submission-guidelines
- WRITING CONTESTS
Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize
Sponsored by the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival. Non-fiction essay between 4 to 10 pages, set in Brooklyn about Brooklyn and/or Brooklyn people & characters. (Up to 2500 words). Prize: $500. Deadline: Dec 10
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Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
Awards $1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction with a nationally distributed press. Accepts works up to 8,000 words. All entries will be considered for publication and payment at our regular rates. $16 Entry Fee. Deadline Dec 31
https://boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
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Litmags Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction
First Prize: $2,500, publication in LitMag & agency review. $20 Entry Fee. Deadline Dec 31
https://litmag.submittable.com/submit
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Fish Short Story Prize
Word limit 5,000 words. The top ten stories will be published in the FISH ANTHOLOGY 2021. First prize €3,000. Second prize a week at Anam Cara Writers’ Retreat and €300. Third prize €300.
€20 Entry Fee. Deadline Nov 30
https://www.fishpublishing.com/competition/short-story-contest/
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Short Memoir Prize
First prize: €1,000. The second prize is our online writing course and €200. Third prize €200. Write a piece of your life, send it to Fish. This contest is an opportunity to have your memoir published. The maximum number of words is 4,000. €18 Entry Fee. Deadline Jan 31
https://www.fishpublishing.com/competition/short-memoir-contest/
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New Writer Children's Book Awards
The EJK Award is given to a new writer for a picture book written in the tradition of EJK that highlights the universal qualities of childhood and the strength of the family; reflects the multicultural nature of our world. To be eligible, the author will have no more than three books published in English. Self-published books are not eligible for consideration. Prize $3,000.
No Entry Fee. Deadline Dec 31
https://www.degrummond.org/ezra-jack-keats-book-award-guidelin
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Natan Notable Books Award
Genre: Recently published or soon to be published nonfiction book on Jewish themes. Prize: $5,000. Deadline: Dec 31
https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/natan-notable-books
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Acacia Fiction Prize
All who enter will receive a copy of the winning collection. The winner will receive $1,200. Please submit a collection of any combination of short stories, flash fiction, or novellas totaling between 40,000 and 75,000 words.
$25 Entry Fee. Deadline Dec 31
https://kallistogaiapress.submittable.com/submit
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Boulevard Short Fiction Contest
Offers $1,500 and publication in Boulevard to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction with a nationally distributed press. We accept works up to 8,000 words.
$16 Entry Fee. Deadline Dec 31
https://boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
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River Styx Microfiction Contest
Submit up to 500 words per story. First prize $1,000. Up to three stories per entry fee. First, second, and third place winners will be published. All stories will be considered for publication.
$15-$20 Entry Fee. Deadline Dec 31
http://www.riverstyx.org/submit/microfiction-contest/
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Craft Creative Nonfiction Award
Submit up to 6,000 words of unpublished creative nonfiction.
Three pieces will be selected with each awarded $1,000
$20 Entry Fee. Deadline Dec 31
https://www.craftliterary.com/craft-cnf-award/
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The Disquiet Prize
Contest winners in the categories of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction will have their winning work published in Granta.com, poetry in The Common, and nonfiction in NinthLetter.com. Genre and grand prize winners can choose to delay the prize trip to a future year or accept a substitute cash prize of $1,000 each. $15 Entry Fee. Deadline Jan 15
http://disquietinternational.org/the-program/contests-scholarships/the-disquiet-prize
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Life Writing Prize - UK
Free to enter, the Prize is open to writers who have yet to publish a full-length work or have a literary agent. The winner will receive £1,500, an Arvon course, a writing mentor, two years’ membership of the Royal Society of Literature, and an optional development meeting with an agent or editor. Please send an unpublished piece of life writing up to 5,000 words.
No Entry Fee. Deadline Feb 1
https://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/enter-spread-the-words-2021-life-writing-prize/
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Zizzle Literary Flash Fiction Contest
First Prize: $1,000. Every week during our submission period, we’ll post one-sentence dialogue writing prompts on our social media platforms. Choose a dialogue prompt that inspires you and write a story that includes the prompt. We are looking for fiction that will appeal to young readers from age 11 and even to full-on grown-ups. 500 to 1,000 words in English.
$5 Entry Fee. Deadline March 15
https://zizzlelit.com/contest/
- GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES / FUNDING
J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award: US$25,000 for a Nonfiction book. Applicants for the award must already have a contract with a U.S.-based publisher to write a nonfiction book. Deadline: Dec 9
https://journalism.columbia.edu/lukas
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New Jersey Artist Recovery Grants
These grant awards are based solely upon demonstrated financial need, and awardees will be randomly selected from all eligible applications received. Grants will be for $5,000. Deadline December 15
https://www.state.nj.us/state/njsca/assets/pdf/2021-njsca-iar-guidelines.pdf
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Amant Residency
The NYC Residency Program for international artists offers four artists’ studios to enable practitioners during their three-month New York City visit. Artists who are currently based in NY cannot apply to the residency. Includes travel, space, and a $3,000 stipend. Deadline Dec 18
https://www.amant.org/new-york/open-call-2020
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Rauschenberg Emergency Grants
An emergency grant program that provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for medical or dental emergencies. The grants are available to visual and media artists, and choreographers living anywhere in the US or U.S. Territories.
https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/programs/grants/rauschenberg-emergency-grants
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Authors Contingency Fund
Applications are open to all professional authors who are residents in the UK or British subjects – including all types of writers, illustrators, literary translators, scriptwriters, poets, journalists, and others – for whom author-related activities make up a substantial amount of their annual income. Grants are up to £2,000 and designed to meet an urgent need.
https://societyofauthors.org/Grants/authors-contingency-fund
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Miss Sara Fellowship for Black Women Writers
The "Miss Sarah" Fellowship for Black Women Writers aims to provide Black women writers a restful environment conducive to reflection and writing in Asheville, NC. Participants will receive a $700 stipend & transportation.
Deadline Dec 15
https://www.trilliumartsnc.org/writing-fellowships-guidelines
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Mark Lynton History Prize
US$10,000, is awarded to a book-length work of history on any topic that best combines intellectual distinction with felicity of expression. Books must have been published in the US between Jan 1st and Dec 31, 2020
https://columbiajournalismawards.submittable.com/submit
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Vermont Arts Council
Artist Development Grants range from $250-$1,000 and support artists at all stages of their careers. Grants can fund activities that enhance mastery of an artist’s craft or skills and activities that increase the viability of an artist's business. Deadline Jan 11
https://www.vermontartscouncil.org/grants/artists/artist-development
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NYSCA/NYFA Artists Fellowship
This $7,000 grant is awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period (five categories a year) and the application is free to complete. The Artist Fellowship is for a NY State residency, and/or residency in one of the Indian Nations located therein. Deadline Feb 10
https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/artist-fellowships/
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Mississippi Arts Commission Individual Projekt Grants
Grants of $2,000 provide funding to support ideas and projects organized by or for individual artists in Mississippi. Deadline March 1
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Graywolf Press Literary Fellowship
A paid, comprehensive, ten-month fellowship designed to support a person who is interested in learning more about the publishing industry through an introductory, hands-on experience. This is a 24 hours/week, a non-exempt ten-month position with a start date in February 2020. Compensation includes $25,000, paid time off, health and dental insurance.
https://graywolfpress.submittable.com/submit/178571/2021-citizen-literary-fellowship
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- INSTAGRAM TIPS
How to Post Images From Your Computer to Instagram - Step-by-step explained. After searching for months for a solution on how to upload my photos from my laptop to Instagram, I finally found it:
http://content-on-demand.blogspot.com/2020/12/how-to-post-images-from-your-computer.html
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We are truly blessed! Looking back to the last 12 months and also forward to the new year, let’s be thankful for all the positive things we experienced. I wish you a wonderful December and a very Merry Christmas or Chanukah. Stay healthy!
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