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Rubicon Press's Midwinter Chapbook ContestRubicon Press's (AB) invites entries for the Midwinter Chapbook Contest. Prize: $100 and publication of the winning manuscript; also ten complimentary copies of chapbook. Entry fee: $20. Deadline: January 20, 2007. More details...
Election 2006 Information If you’re looking to get the greatest in election coverage (that’s assuming you haven’t had enough already), here’s a one-stop shop for election-related information. ...
Robert Kroetsch Award For Innovative PoetrySnare Books invites entries for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. The prize is awarded annually to the best poetry manuscript by an emerging Canadian writer (who has published two books or less). Prize: trade paperback contract with Snare Books and $500. Deadline: January 31, 2007. Entry fee: $30 (cheque payable to "Livres Snare"). Include business size SASE with entry. Mail to: The Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, c/o Snare Books, #1A 4302 St. Urbain Street, Montreal...
Books on Book Marketing and Promotion Every Writer Must ReadBook Marketing and Promotion Books Whether you’re looking to build your business, or you’re a writer who wants to make more money from your writing, you’ll find this list of books to be interesting and informative. This list covers marketing and promotion for your business. Titles include: Promoting your books is crucial to your success. If the publisher [...]
The Debate Over the Use of "Civil War" This week, you’re going to hear a lot about “civil war.” I’m not referring to the one many allege is occurring in the Middle East. (I say ‘allege’ because some...
CNN Hosts "E-lection Nite Blog Party" It looks like the blogosphere is going to play quite the role this election year. CNN plans to host more than two dozen bloggers from across the political spectrum. Check...
19th Annual Short Grain ContestGrain invites entries for the 19th Annual Short Grain Contest. "Four categories, six grand in prizes, rock-star judges, starmaking-cred and other spoils to the victors." Categories include: Dramatic Monologue (500 words max), Postcard Story (500 words max.), Prose Poem (500 words max.), and Long Grain of Truth (non-fiction, 5000 words max.). Entry fee: $30 for two entries (includes subscription). Deadline: February 28, 2007. More details...
Winnipeg-based press seeks manuscriptsTurnstone Press (Manitoba) is currently accepting fiction and poetry manuscripts. Publishes twelve to fifteen books each year in short print runs. Canadian writers only. More details...
Australian magazine seeks poetry exploring "the end of the world"papertiger (Australia) seeks poetry for it first themed issue (#7). Theme: "the end of the world". Examples: natural disasters, comets, terrorism, lost job, break-up, cancer, etc. Send poetry (including multimedia i.e. video, audio, Flash-animated), poetry-related visual art and photography, and essays. Deadline: March 1, 2007. More details...
Call for papers on the work of Bronwen WallaceThe Queens University Department of Women's Studies invites papers for the Interdisciplinary Activist/ Academic Conference in Kingston, Ontario (March 2008). Seeks proposals for individual papers, panels, round-tables, poetry and literary readings, performance pieces, etc., as they relate to Bronwen Wallace’s work Deadline: January 15, 2007. More details...
The Author’s Business PlanPriya Shah sent me this article, and I thought it was important enough to reprint here. I hope you find it helpful. The information is excellent. 5 Article Writing Tips To Boost Traffic And Readability Writing articles for the internet is not the same as writing for print media. There are some common mistakes that writers make [...]Expert book marketer and entrepreneur Warren Whitlock has posted a gift on his blog for his subscribers. It’s called The Author’s Business Plan You can get...
Brainstorming Your Blog ContentFace the fact: your blog needs to be regularly updated to maintain its readership! Hence, you must always find fresh topics to write about, and we’re going to discuss how to do just that in this article. We have discussed how to write attractively, so now we are going to discuss what we are going [...]
Offpage Search Engine OptimizationWe’ve already optimized our blog to rank well for search results of certain keywords that we’re targetting, but here’s the bad news: it affects your ranking in only very minor ways. However, don’t skip this step as every little bit helps when you’re competing for search engine rankings. Next, you need to optimize for offpage search [...]
Malahat Review Long Poem PrizeThe Malahat Review invites entries for the 2007 Long Poem Prize. Prizes: two awards of $500 each, plus payment at the rate of $35 per printed page upon publication. An entry comprises a single poem or cycle of poems, 10-20 published pages (a published page: 32 lines max. including breaks between stanzas). Entry fee: $35 (includes subscription). Deadline: February 1, 2007. More details...
London-based literary magazine seeks work for premiere issueWhite Chimney, a London-based literary magazine devoted to promoting the work of unpublished writers, seeks poetry, short stories, articles, and interviews related to the creative writing industry for its premiere issue. No preference on style. The magazine will be A4, black and white, and approx 32 pages. Payment: contributor's copy. Submit up to 5 poems, 2 short stories, or unlimited interviews or articles as as Word attachments to: white_chimney@yahoo.co.uk
2007 Pinewood Haiku ContestEntries are invited for the 2007 Pinewood Haiku Contest. First prize: $100US. Winners will be published in the April 2007 issue of Wisteria: A Journal of Haiku, Senryu, & Tanka. Entry fee: $2US per poem; 3 poems for $5US. Deadline: February 14, 2007. More details...
FREEDOM WRITERS (Film Journal)ATo Sir, With Love for the hip-hop generation, Freedom Writers is a teacher-turns-around-ghetto-classroom genre film filled with clichés. But it's hard not to root for a dedicated and innovative educator and the ways in which she connects with her class full of at-risk students.
Blogs: More Traffic SourcesGetting links from other websites is not the only way to attract visitors to visit your blog. This time, we are going to explore alternative methods to attract high quality traffic with both free and paid methods. The first thing you can do to generate traffic is to recycle all the content you have written [...]
Monetizing Your BlogYou have been working hard to produce good-quality, original content on your blog and you have attracted a decent amount of traffic by doing so. However, money is not going to appear out of thin air just because you have traffic. You have to turn your traffic into money. There are several ways to generate [...]
Download over 700 Different Packages for FreeThe Supergifts There have been a lot of free memberships online this year. Some of them were good, and some of them weren’t. This is one of the best. You’ll find just about any resource you can imagine, including software, ebooks, free advertising, scripts for your website, and other tools to help you build your business. Before you [...]
Online journal seeks "chick lit" (pays)Online journal The Chick Lit Review (US) seeks stories for and about chic young women in their 20s/30s. Themes: love, friendship, career, etc. Submitted short stories should be light-hearted and entertaining, 2500 words max. Also accepts “chick lit” novel reviews. Payent: $50US for short stories; $25US for book reviews. More details...
Three Editors Down, How Many More to Go? Recently, three newspaper editors were given the boot because owners weren’t happy with bottom lines. Editor & Publisher's Joe Strupp rings the alarm on bottom lines becoming top priority and...
Billionaires submit bid to buy Tribune Company Sources are spreading the word: Billionaire Eli Broad and Ron Burkle have submitted a bid to buy the Tribune Company. Originally, Broad and Burkle expressed individual interest in purchasing the...
Job Listings for Week of November 6th Online opportunities are growing by leaps and bounds. Now is a great time to get into this side of the writing biz because the demand is so high. Happy job...
On Page Search Engine OptimizationNow, you should have a blog full with content you have passionately written. it should be interesting reading for the community of your chosen niche, instead of some boring autobiography about your daily events. However, no matter how delicious your content is, if there is nobody to read it you can’t generate profit from it. Traffic [...]
Off Page Search Engine Optimization Part IIIn the last article, we talked about how getting high quality links from authoritative websites in your field can boost your search engine rankings. This time, we’re going to further explore linking strategies and how to determine and obtain high quality links. We’re also going to talk briefly about Google’s Page Rank. First, let’s examine [...]
Friends: A Contest for WritersDeadline extended. The Manitoba Writers' Guild invites entries from Canadian writers for Friends: A Contest for Writers. Genres: non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. Theme: the importance of friends. Prizes totaling over $7500. Entry fee: adult - $15; youth (15-17) - $10. Deadline: January 15, 2007. More details...
Top 4 Myths about Blogging Blogging: it ranges from casual hobby to hardcore addiction. Either way, it’s impossible to deny its reach. Yet, some writers still worry about taking the freelance plunge in this medium....
Top Pro Thinks Pro-Am Reporting Has Promise A few months ago I blogged about Jay Rosen’s project, NewAssignment.Net. John McQuaid, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist has joined Rosen’s news experiment as a contributing editor. In a Q&A...
Borat up for writers award (ITV.com)Box office comedy Borat has gained more Oscar momentum after being nominated for a 2006 Writers Guild of America Award. The largely improvised faux documentary about a boorish Kazakh journalist is up for Best Adapted screenplay.
Ramble Underground seeks workRamble Underground(US) seeks fiction and poetry for their Summer and Fall '07 Issues. Wants work that demonstrates "literary bravery and honesty". Canadian writers warmly encouraged to submit. More details...
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