A Cappela Newsletter for Writers September/October 2006
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Your monthly newsletter from Patrika, your Author’s Advocate™
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IN THIS ISSUE:
*Who We Are The one-stop shop for authors.
*Book Gossip Will J .K. Rowling kill off Harry Potter in the last book of the series?
*Word Trippers When to use who/that
*The Editor’s View Timing is everything
*Pat’s Picks Get a third of a million e-books - free!
*Writing Tip Find out if your book is marketable
*Markets Seven exciting venues for your works
*Contests Twenty two for Sept-Nov.
*Media Contacts Find an agent; get reviewed or interviewed
*Writing Q&A Is it worthwhile to market to libraries?
*Wordplay New words added to dictionary
*Quote of the Month The three rules for writing a novel.
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Timing is everything
Fall has always been the busiest season for book sales. Think about it: as winter approaches, don't you prefer to stay in and cuddle up with a good book? In the fall, people begin preparing for the holiday season, and books also make great gifts. Clearly, the fall represents the best opportunity for any independent author, like you, to launch his/her book. While the leaves fall off the trees, book sales bloom and rise to almost double what they are in the Spring.
Self-publishing works, but it is important to get your timing right. If you have a completed manuscript, now is the time to get it critiqued and/or edited. A good critique will let you know if a market exists for it and the size of that market, which in turn will help you determine how many copies to have printed. And no book should go out without first receiving a professional edit.
We’re here to help you with those steps, but we can’t do anything until you’ve written that book.
So dig out your sweaters, turn up the heat, and get to it!
Patrika
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Book Gossip
LONDON - Author J.K. Rowling, speaking on London TV on June 26, said two characters will die in the last installment of her boy wizard series, and she hinted Harry Potter might not survive.
A Tennessee farmer whose pig recently posed for a new edition of Charlotte’s Web won't be going to market. E.B. White’s children’s classic tells how a clever spider named Charlotte saves Wilbur the pig from slaughter. HarperCollins Publishers shot photos in mid-June on the farm on John L. Batey near Nashville for the new edition. Batey told a reporter the piglet was destined to be sold within the year. Then the phone at Batey's farm started ringing, and the publisher in New York urged clemency for the pig. Batey since has named the pig Wilbur and pledged to keep him forever in a specially built pig pen. A nutritionist will be consulted on developing a special diet so Wilbur doesn't pig out…
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BOOK GOSSIP
8/06 The Lulu Blooker Prize, the world's first literary prize for books based on blogs or websites ("blooks"), has announced an international line-up of judges for its 2007 prize, plus a five-fold increase in its top prize.
Books that began as blogs have emerged as publishers mine the Internet for the best examples of blogs, a self-publishing genre that recent studies cite as the largest new media form. The growing attention paid to blooks also reflects growing mainstream recognition of what is being called "trickle-up writing" or "bliterature" - writing that starts online. Technorati.com, the web's leading search engine for blogs, now tracks 50 million blogs, although some estimates put the total number even higher.
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WRITING TIPS
How do you find out if your book is marketable? One way to find out what’s being published and selling well today is to check your subject against Amazon’s list of best sellers. You’ll find a list of top sellers at Amazon at http://tinyurl.com/rsb83. Then check your competition to find out what you offer in your book that is unique and/or better than the ones already out there.
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Word Trippers
That/who: one of the most common grammatical errors is using “that” rather than “who” when referring to a person. It is never”It was John that went to the store.” The correct form is, “It was John who went to the store.”
Media Contacts
This new column is for those of you looking for ways to get your writings reviewed, to get a radio or TV interview, or in some other way promote your writing.
Get an Agent
Avenue A Literary (www.avenuealiterary.com) was formed earlier this year by Jennifer ayea, a former agent and director of foreign rights for icholas Ellison, Inc., a division of Sanford J. Greenburger ssociates. Cayea says, "Our authors are dynamic and iverse. We seek strong new voices in fiction and nonfiction and are fiercely dedicated to our authors."419 Lafayette St., 3rFloor, New York ,NY 10003. Phone: (212)624-5859 Fa: (212)228-6149 E-Mail: info@avenuealiterary.com
Get Reviewed
Small Press Review Len Fulton P.O. Box 100 Paradise, CA 95967
Get Interviewed
Alive & Well (Lifestyle show on American Life TV national cable network. Reaches 14million Baby Boomers) Interviews authors of books on natural health, natural beauty, natural foods, healthy travel, spas, environmentally friendly & sustainable living. Also healthy shopping and healthy recipes. Pitch by email only to Linda Flores, Booker, at media@aliveandwell.tv
Universal Spiritual Connection radio show. Host: Rev. May Leilani Schmidt Phone: (480) 225-6198 http://www.achieveradio.com/~leilani
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WRITING TIP
What setting will you use for your novel?
According to statistics put together by R.R. Bowker, New York and London are the most popular settings, and American like their mysteries and romances set in the misty bogs of Scotland and London’s Trafalgar Square.
Other popular locales are Los Angeles (including Hollywood), Chicago, San Francisco and Washington D.C. The only non- U.S. city other than London to make the top 10 settings was Rome, and California was the setting for more novels than any other state, followed by Texas, Florida, Virginia and North Carolina.
MARKETS
~GOOD HOUSEKEEPING addresses 25 million women. Most are married with children (anywhere from newborn to college age) and work outside the home. Submissions will be reviewed only in Real Lives, 400- to 600-word features on people involved in inspiring or heroic pursuits. We will also review health narratives – stories of women (or a family member) who've overcome a significant medical problem, undergone a medical "first" or had a dramatic rescue. It's best to familiarize yourself with the tone and content of Good Housekeeping before you query us. (Back issues will likely be available at your local library.) Submissions in categories other than those listed above will not receive responses. Queries should be typed, and when possible, should have clips of previously published articles attached.
You must included an SASE to receive a reply. Please allow 2 to 3 months for a response. Send submissions to: Good Housekeeping Article Submissions, 300 W 57th Street, 28th floor, New York, NY 10019 High paying market. Pays on acceptance.
~THE FEMINIST PRESS http://www.feministpress.org/about/index.cfm?fa=special The NSF and the Feminist Press are working on a project to get more young women interested in the field of science. In order to do this, we will be publishing a wide variety of science oriented books, ranging from science detective stories to manga. Need exciting and accessible mystery stories that are appealing to non-scientific readers. They need to show, not tell, how science works, and they need to be an inspiration for the next generation of girls who will become the scientists of the future. All proposals will be reviewed. Several proposals will be offered standard contracts. Deadline October 31, 2006.
~THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE covers everything from fact to fiction to talk of the town and is currently seeking freelance writers. Submissions should be sent by e-mail to the appropriate department: Fiction: fiction@newyorker.com The Talk of the Town: talkofthetown@newyorker.com Shouts & Murmurs: shouts@newyorker.com Poetry: poetry@newyorker.com Newsbreaks: newsbreaks@newyorker.com No fax or attachments: submit in body of an e-mail or by snail mail to the appropriate department at The New Yorker, 4 Times Square, NewYork, NY 10036. No more than one story or six poems should be submitted at one time; poetry submissions should include the poet’s name in the subject line. We prefer to receive no more than two submissions per writer per year, and generally cannot reply to more. We do not consider simultaneous submissions or material that has been previously published. http://www.newyorker.com/site/contact/#submissions
~CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE TEENAGE SOUL pays $200 for each published story. The general theme of the book focuses on the tough stuff and difficulties associated with relationships, friendships, family matters and self-image. They want first-person, non-fiction narratives. Learn more: e-mail chickensoupforteens@yahoo.com
~BELLY DUJOUR http://bellydujour.com/ The definitive source for all-around eating enthusiasts. Articles need be informative, witty, and approximately200words, reflecting our belief that all content should be short and savory. We pay $100 per piece (roughly 50 cents/ word) except on the rare occasion where a substantially smaller or larger word count is deemed necessary from the outset. Interested parties are asked to send previous writing samples and a clear and concise pitch for a story idea.
~OUTDOOR AMERICA is the award-winning quarterly membership magazine of the Izaak Walton League of America. Each issue is filled with entertaining and education articles about the exciting conservation work of IWLA members, as well as dazzling photography. We also provide in-depth coverage of broader conservation subjects such as national energy policy, sprawl, and wetland loss. Visit our main site, the Izaak Walton League of America at http://www.iwla.org/ and download our .pdf file for submission guidelines and instructions at http://www.iwla.org/fileadmin/template/docs/OA_SubmissionGuidelines.pdf
~SIMON & SCHUSTER - STAR TREK We're looking for exciting science fiction stories featuring Star Trek characters established on screen, in either The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, or Star Trek: Enterprise. Do NOT submit proposals for stories focusing on your own original characters, or characters invented for previously published novels. Star Trek novels are generally 100,000 words in length (about 400 manuscript pages). We cannot accept proposals for short stories, poetry, biographies, or reference books. http://www.simonsays.com/content/feature.cfm?feature_id=439&tab=24
CONTESTS
~Deadline September 15, 2006. NEW YORK STORIES FICTION PRIZE — $15 ENTRY FEE http://www.newyorkstories.org/Contest%20Guidelines.htm New York Stories is offering $500 for First Prize and $250 for Second Prize in its Fiction Prize Competition. The First Prize Winner will appear in the Winter 2007 issue. Second Prize and five Honorable Mention winners will be cited as well. Stories may not exceed 6,500 words.
~Deadline September 15, 2006. GRAYWOLF PRESS NONFICTION AWARD — NO ENTRY FEE NOTED http://www.graywolfpress.org/ Graywolf Press is pleased to announce the third annual Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. A $12,000 advance and publication by Graywolf in 2008 will be awarded to the best previously unpublished, full-length work of literary nonfiction by a writer not yet established in the genre.
~Deadline September 30, 2006 ONCEWRITTEN.COM WINTER POETRY CONTEST http://www.oncewritten.com/WritingContests.php $15 ENTRY FEE. Our no-limits poetry contest. We're looking for outstanding poetry by new voices, and although we are open to everyone, this is the perfect contest for new poets. First Prize: $500.Runner Up: $100..
Deadline: September 30 Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest $3,500 in prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. Winning entries will be published. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, ATTN: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2006). For more information: http://www.winningwriters.com
Deadline September 30 Whim's Place Flash Fiction Contest. First prize: $250; Second prize: $150; Third prize: $100; 5 Honorable mentions of $50 each. Entry fee is $5, payable via regular mail or online. Entries must be 500 words or less; any topic, any genre. Winners will be announced November 1. For more information: http://www.whimsplace.com/Contest/Contest.asp
~Deadline September 30, 2006. DIANA BREBNER PRIZE FOR POETRY - CANADA http://www.arcpoetry.ca/mag/contests/diana_brebner_prize.php ---ENTRY FEE $14 for up to two poems and includes a one-year subscription to Arc. $500 first prize. Length of each poem must not exceed 30 lines (including spaces). Entrants must be residents of the National Capital Region and not have yet published their poetry in book form.
~Deadline September 30, 2006 IOWA SHORT FICTION AWARDS ---NO ENTRY FEE http://www.uiowa.edu/uiowapress/submissions.htm#SHORTFICTION Any writer who has not previously published a volume of prose fiction is eligible to enter the competition. Previously entered manuscripts that have been revised may be resubmitted. The manuscript must be a collection of short stories in English of at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages. Award-winning manuscripts will be published by the University of Iowa Press under the Press’s standard contract.
~Deadline: September 30 TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST $3,500 in prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. Winning entries will be published. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, ATTN: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2006). For more information: http://www.winningwriters.com
~Deadline September 30, 2006 WHIM'S PLACE FLASH FICTION CONTEST First prize: $250; Second prize: $150; Third prize: $100; 5 Honorable mentions of $50 each. Entry fee is $5, payable via regular mail or online. Entries must be 500 words or less; any topic, any genre. Winners will be announced November 1. http://www.whimsplace.com/Contest/Contest.asp
~ Deadline September 30, 2006 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS POETRY PRIZE http://www.ohiostatepress.org /---$25 ENTRY FEE The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, selects one full-length manuscript of poetry each year for publication by The Ohio State University Press. In addition to publication, the winning author receives the Charles B. Wheeler prize of $3,000. Entries of at least 48 typed pages of original .
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~Deadline October 1, 2006. BARRY HANNAH FICTION — $10 ENTRY FEE. PRIZE http://www.olemiss.edu/yalobusha/contest.html No limit on number or length of submissions. Winner receives $500, publication in the 2007 Yalobusha Review, exclusive publication on our website, and two contributor's copies. We retain first North American rights.
~ Deadline October 2, 2006. CREATIVE NONFICTION CONTEST - SILENCE KILLS — $20 ENTRY FEE. http://www.creativenonfiction.org . For a special issue titled "Silence Kills," Creative Nonfiction seeks essays investigating the need to break dangerous silences within the healthcare community, which comprises professionals, patients and others. Potential topics might include errors, rule-breaking and institutional unwillingness to confront incompetence, but possible subjects are limitless. One $1,000 and three $500 cash prizes and publication will be awarded to the best essays submitted. Winners will be paid upon publication of the issue. Reading fee includes a 3-issue subscription to Creative Nonfiction. All submitters will receive a copy of the "Silence Kills" issue, due out in 2007.
~Deadline October 1, 2006 THE JOY HARJO POETRY AWARD and THE RICK DEMARINIS SHORT STORY AWARD http://www.cutthroatmag.com/guidelines.html – $15 ENTRY FEE First Prize in each genre: $1,250, publication in CUTTHROAT Second Prize in each genre: $250, publication in CUTTHROAT. All finalists will be acknowledged in CUTTHROAT and considered for publication. Winners announced in POETS & WRITERS and the AWP Chronicle. Submit up to three unpublished poems (100 line limit for each) or one unpublished short story (5,000 word limit), any subject, any style. Winners announced in December 2006.
~Deadline October 1, 2006 NIGERIAN SCREENWRITING CONTEST – $25 ENTRY FEE http://nigerianscreenwritingcontest.ugal.net/home/ No entrant may have earned money or other consideration as a screenwriter for theatrical films or television, or for the sale of, or sale of an option to, any original story, treatment, screenplay, or teleplay for more than $6,000. Length of screenplays should be no less than 90 pages and no longer than 130 pages. No less than 15 pages of the script can be set in Nigeria.
~Deadline October 27, 2006. Contest: 2006 Flash Fiction Contest "Mirrors and Masks". Mindprints, A Literary Journal, a forum for writers and artists with disabilities or for those with an interest in the field, is offering its first flash fiction contest. Theme is "Mirrors and Masks" and entry fee is $5 US. Details at http://www.imindprints.com/
~ Deadline October 31, 2006.ELIXIR PRESS POETRY CONTEST – $25 ENTRY FEE http://www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html#book ---Elixir Press is sponsoring a poetry contest open to all poets writing in English. There will be a Judge's Prize of $2,000 and an Editor's Prize of $1,000. Both winning manuscripts will be published by Elixir Press. All entries will be considered for publication.
~ Deadline October 31, 2006. HOLLIS SUMMER POETRY PRIZE – $20 ENTRY FEE http://www.ohiou.edu/oupress/poetryprize.htm ---The winning manuscript will be published by Ohio University Press the following year and will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000. Manuscripts of 60 to 95 pages.
~Deadline October 31, 2006. ONCEWRITTEN.COM FALL FICTION CONTEST http://www.oncewritten.com/WritingContests.php $20 ENTRY FEE. Perfect for new and emerging writers, the Fiction Contest is looking for exciting new voices in the world of short stories. Winners will receive cash compensation, publication in our Off the Press e-zine and publication on our website.First Prize: $1,000. Runner Up: $100.
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~Deadline November 1, 2006 THE STORY AWARD ---$75 ENTRY FEE http://www.thestoryprize.org/information.html The Story Prize is an annual book award honoring the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction with a $20,000 cash award. Each of two runners-up will receive $5,000. Eligible books must be written in English and first published in the United States during a calendar year. Publishers, authors, or agents may enter eligible works of short fiction. Books published from January through June must be submitted by July 15. Books published from July through December must be submitted by November 1.
~ Deadline November 1, 2006. AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW http://www.engl.unt.edu/alr/contest.htm ---$10 ENTRY FEE The winner will receive $1,000 and publication in our Fall 2007 issue. Submit up to three poems per entry. The poet's name should not appear on the manuscript but on a cover page with title, address, and phone number. Entry fee includes one year subscription. (Note: Multiple entries are acceptable, but only the first entry includes a subscription.)
~Deadline November 1, 2006. BAKELESS LITERARY PRIZES http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc/bakeless / $10 ENTRY FEE The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference of Middlebury College sponsors the Bakeless Literary Publication Prizes, an annual book series competition for new authors of literary works in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Entries accepted September 15, 2006 to November 1, 2006. The Bakeless Prizes require that poetry manuscripts contain at least 50 pages of text; fiction, which includes novels and short-fiction collections, 150-450; creative nonfiction, 150-300.Winners of the Bakeless Prizes will have their book-length manuscripts published by Houghton Mifflin in its distinguished Mariner Original Paperback line. In addition to the publication prize each winner will be awarded
WRITING Q&A
Q. Is it worthwhile to market to libraries ?
A. Libraries represent a target market of 117,418 locations, divided into many sub-markets. In addition to the 9074 public libraries, there are libraries in colleges, as well as public and private schools. Libraries serve governmental agencies (i.e., prisons) and the armed forces personnel. And there is a category for special libraries including corporate, medical, law and religious libraries. Worthwhile? You bet!
Wordplay
Nearly 100 new words that will appear in the fall in the best-selling 'Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. Here are a few of them:
mouse potato (n) 1993: slang: a person who spends a great deal of time using a computer
ringtone (n) 1983: the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call
spyware (n) 1994: software that is installed in a computer without the user's knowledge and transmits information about the user’s computer activities over the Internet
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Quotes of the Month Poetry is like fish. If it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the cat. -- Osbert Sitwell
Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. -- Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. --W. Somerset Maugham
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