August Newsletter for Successful Writing and Publishing

 

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Tips for Successful Publishing - Newsletter August 2021 

by 111Publishing and SavvyBookWriters

Content of this August Newsletter:

- FREELANCE WRITING

- GRANTS - FELLOWSHIPS - RESIDENCIES
- WRITING COMPETITIONS

Take it easy this month: In the US, National Lazy Day is August 10.  National Relaxation Day is August 15.  And August is also a wonderful month for star gazing!  And reading I would add.  Every good writer is also an avid reader...  Enjoy this time of the year before the busy fall season starts.  During August all work comes to a virtual halt as editors, agents, proofreaders, typesetters, CEOs, dog walkers and everyone else on the planet takes a much-needed vacation. 
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- FREELANCE WRITING

Better freelance writing gigs in review: What assignments pay writers well? Here’s the list: 

https://www.makealivingwriting.com/freelance-writing-gigs-50-niches/

VEGETARIAN TIMES

Brittany Martin, Editor at Vegetarian Times, seeks vegetarian stories. Pitch her at bmartin@outsideinc.com . Pays $250 to $500 per piece. https://www.vegetariantimes.com

TIME

Peter Allen Clark, Editor at Time, seeks pitches for the tech/business section online and in the magazine. Medium-length stories are preferred in the 800-1,000 words range. Over the next few months will also be focusing on supply chains and travel/hospitality through the COVID reopening. Also interested in pitches on real estate, retail, and other trade businesses. Very open to ideas. Starting rates of $500 for an approved pitch for a US-based writer.  https://time.com

BETTER HOMES & GARDEN

Email Senior Food Edisto Emily Teel at eteel@meredith.com . They are expanding their stable of food writers. Email an introduction and PDFs or links to your work. Rates can range from $200 to $1,200.  https://www.bhg.com/

ROLLING STONE

Reach out with ambitious story ideas, newsy scoops, and tips about the inner workings of entertainment businesses. Pitches from freelance journalists. We’re most interested in reported stories that hit on a timely, urgent topic. We’re much more interested in enterprising feature ideas and investigations than in pitches for profiles, event coverage, or major breaking news. Rates range from 25 cents/word to $1/word.  https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/how-to-pitch-music-business-1042890/

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- GRANTS - FELLOWSHIPS - RESIDENCIES

VERMONT ARTIST DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Deadline September 8, 2021. Artist Development Grants support artists at all stages of their careers. Grants can fund activities that enhance mastery of an artist’s craft or skills or that increase the viability of an artist's business. Funding may also support aspects of the creation of new work when the activity allows the grantee to accept a rare and important opportunity. The maximum grant amount is $2,000. https://www.vermontartscouncil.org/grants/artists/artist-development

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- WRITING COMPETITIONS

WRITER'S DIGEST SELF-PUBLISHED EBOOK AWARDS

$99 ENTRY FEE. Deadline August 16, 2021. It honors the best self-published ebook(s) in eight of the most popular categories. The overall winner receives $5,000, an interview in Writer's Digest, and a paid trip to the Writer's Digest Annual Conference. The first prize winner in each category will receive $1,000. The competition is open to self-published authors of English-language ebooks which were published (or revised and republished) electronically between 2016 and 2021. 

https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/self-published-ebook-awards

POETRY BEQUEST AWARD

Open to Australian women. Collection of poems by an Australian woman poet. Prize: $40,000. Deadline: August 20

https://slamsydney.submittable.com/submit/193455/the-helen-anne-bell-poetry-bequest-award-2021

VAL WOOD PRIZE

Uplifting, feel-good short story with an overall word count of 2000 on the theme: ‘Now and Then.’  Prize: £200.  Deadline: August 28, 2021.

TONI BEAUCHAMP PRIZE

Genre: Scholarly essay. All work submitted must have been written or published within the last year. Prize: $3,000. Deadline: August 31

https://gulfcoastmag.org/contests/the-beauchamp-prize/

WILD ATLANTIC WRITING AWARDS (WAWA)

We welcome whatever stories you decide to send to us on any theme as long as it is within our customary 500-word limit, either flash fiction or creative nonfiction, with 500 euro in prize money to the winner in each category. And to add a little spice to the mix and help focus your mind, one teeny-weeny challenge is that the title of your story MUST be three words only, no more, no less. 10 Euro Entry Fee. Deadline September 30.  https://www.irelandwritingretreat.com/wawa

QUILL QUEER PROSE AWARD

The Quill Prose Award is for a work of previously unpublished prose with a minimum of 150 pages by a queer (LGBTQIA+) writer. The award is $1,000 and the publication of the award-winning manuscript by Red Hen Press.  $10 Entry Fee.  Deadline Oct 31

 https://redhenpress.submittable.com/submit/

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You have finished your manuscript and plan to self-publish as soon as the last word is written, STOP.  Don't publish until you have reviewers lined up, and all your publicity in place. Read: 

111 Tips to Get Free Book Reviews
Best Strategies for Getting Lots of Great Reviews plus 1,200+ reviewer contact links
https://books2read.com/u/mZ5nx5

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018RA72LY/

and:  111 Tips to Create Your Book Trailer

How to Create, Where to Upload, and How to Market Your Videos 

https://books2read.com/u/mVZkjr

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CHWX6X2/

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Like any other product on the market, people rely on the recommendations of others when they choose a book to read. As a self-publisher, success rests on the number of readers on Goodreads, on Amazon, and on blogs who will give your book a 5-star review. 

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