MORE BITS & PIECES FOR Writers/Authors #182

REASON TO KEEP WRITING - JOHN FORSYTHE, age 92, actor who made his fortune as TV's affable "Bachelor Father" and the scheming oil tycoon in "Dynasty," and was the mysterious “Charlie” on Charlie’s Angels. Despite his distinguished work in theater and films, Forsythe's greatest fame arose from his role of Blake Carrington in the 1981-1989 primetime soap opera "Dynasty." With his full head of silver hair, tanned face and soothing voice, Forsythe as Carrington attracted the ardor of millions of female television viewers.

COUNTRY KIDS.com - local resource publication for parents of children age newborn to teenage. Accepts submissions on any subject that would help Connecticut parents. Publication is intended as a resource for parents. Guidelines: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=476239&BRD=1665&PAG=461&dept_id=14535&rfi=6

CQ AMATEUR RADIO - hams sharing their knowledge and experience with each other, both on the air and through the pages of ham radio magazines. Guidelines: http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/guide.html

THE WRITE MARKETS REPORT - purchases articles for 2 publications: “WritersWeekly.com” and “The Write Markets Report.” Seeks articles on how to make more money doing what you love....writing, and other forms of home-based businesses, self-employment that may result from writing, self-publishing, corporate writing, ghostwriting, etc. All ideas that help writers support themselves performing the work they love are warmly welcomed. Guidelines: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/guidelines.php

5280 MAGAZINE - premiere monthly guide to the arts, entertainment, dining, lifestyle issues in Denver. Accepts pitches for front-of-the-book section, Atmosphere; for "departments;" and for feature well. Atmosphere stories, lively takes on life in Denver, run anywhere from 50-400/wds. Depts 800-1200/wds, and covers everything from travel to sports to politics. Features 6000/wds/max. Guidelines: http://www.5280.com/about_guidelines.php

AD BUSTERS - audience is global; relishes all truly political materials, whether they be scholarly probes into the decline of civilization, environmental forays into the forests, sci-fi carpet rides into cyberspace or humorous spoofs about commercial culture. Guidelines: https://www.adbusters.org/about/submissions

2010 CV2 2-DAY POETRY CONTEST, Canada – Deadline: July 1, extended to Nov. 1, 2010. Entry fee: $24. The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing is proud to offer the international 2-Day Poem Contest. $500 first prize. Guidelines: http://www.contemporaryverse2.ca/index.php/contests/anniversary-contest

DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST - Deadline: July 31, 2010 Entry Fee: $5 - $10. Guidelines & Entry form: http://www.dreamquestone.com/page2.html

LIST OF WRITERS CONFERENCES BY STATE - http://www.newpages.com/writing-conferences

EPIC's 2011 WRITING COMPETITION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS - accepting entries August 1, 2010. Guidelines: http://www.newvoicesyoungwriters.com/enter.html

2010 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WRITERS GUILD CONTEST - Deadline: Aug. 1, 2010. Entry fee: $5. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Prizes: $100 1st; $50 2nd; $25 3rd, in each category. Guidelines: http://www.jalc.edu/activities/siwg/contest.html

Online Workshop: How to Cut Up to 5000 Wds from Your MSS - Jul 12 - Jul 18, 2010 http://www.savvyauthors.com/event.cfm?EventID=273

Online Workshop: Where to Begin Your Book - Jul 12 - Jul 18, 2010
http://www.savvyauthors.com/event.cfm?EventID=185

Online Workshop: ReVISIONING - Jul 19 - Jul 26, 2010 http://www.savvyauthors.com/event.cfm?EventID=349

Online workshop: Character Driven Plotting – July 26 - Aug 22, 2010
http://www.romance-ffp.com/event.cfm?EventID=162

Online workshop: Deep POV - July 26 - Aug 22, 2010
http://www.romance-ffp.com/event.cfm?EventID=107

LITERARY SCAMS – Writers should bookmark these links & check lists before embarking on any writing venture. A search will give you more links.
http://www.sfwa.org/for-authors/writer-beware
http://www.spamlaws.com/literary-scams.html http://www.bookawards.bizland.com/literary_scams.htm
http://www.authorslawyer.com/litscam.shtml
http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/avoid/av_avoid.php
http://www.squidoo.com/writingscams
http://www.writing-world.com/rights/contests.shtml

MORE BITS & PIECES FOR Writers/Authors #181

REASON TO KEEP WRITING - STEWART UDALL, age 90, former Interior Secretary, sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary during the 1960s. Under Udall's leadership from 1961 through 1968, the Interior Department aggressively promoted an expansion of public lands and helped win enactment of major environmental laws, including ones to protect endangered species. He later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the government's Cold War nuclear programs.

SCOUTING MAGAZINE – pub’d by Boy Scouts of America. Articles are mainly about successful program activities, Boy Scout troops, Venturing crews, features on winning leadership techniques and styles, profiles of outstanding individual leaders, and inspirational accounts of Scouting's impact on an individual, either as youth or while serving as a volunteer adult leader. Guidelines: http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/about/contributors/writers.html

PROCEEDINGS – the flagship mag of U.S. Naval Institute, aims to stimulate, illuminate, provoke, entertain, seeks to engage readers by providing them with information of value to their pursuit of the profession of arms. Several columns to contribute. Guidelines: http://www.usni.org/magazines/AuthorGuidelines.asp

THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY – ecumenical biweekly mag examines developments in the contemporary church and probes the religious and moral issues of our day. Seeks manuscripts that articulate public meaning of faith, such topics as poverty, human rights, economic justice, international relations, national priorities, popular culture, pieces that examine or critique the theology and ethos of individual religious communities. Guidelines: http://www.christiancentury.org/cpage.lasso?cpage=submission

OUTDOOR CANADA MAGAZINE – nat’l mag for those interested in traditional outdoor activities, covers fishing, hunting and related conservation issues. Content is entirely Canadian. Most articles 2000 -4000/wds, shorter pieces 100-600/wds. Guidelines: http://articles.outdoorcanada.ca/outdoor/client/en/homepage/DetailNews.asp?idNews=245856

FORESTRY JOURNAL, UK - monthly mag covering all aspects of sustainable forestry and timber production as a commercial enterprise, w/particular focus on the machinery used in woodland maintenance and timber harvesting. A 'hands-on' magazine, and essential reading for the contractor, machinery operator, estate worker and tree surgeon. Guidelines: http://www.forestryjournal.co.uk/submitart.htm

SinC DESERT SLEUTHS, Phoenix, AZ - Write Now! 2010: Crime Seen, August 14th at The Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix. There are just a few spots remaining for critique sessions with Dr. Allen Kates, so register today before they're completely sold out! http://www.desertsleuths.com

CHEERIOS SPOONFULS OF STORIES CHILDREN'S BOOK CONTEST - Deadline: July 15th, 2010. No entry fee. Cheerios® is searching for the next great children's book author. Guidelines: http://www.spoonfulsofstoriescontest.com

2010 CV2 2-DAY POETRY CONTEST, Canada – Deadline: July 1, 2010. Entry fee: $24. The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing is proud to offer the international 2-Day Poem Contest. $500 first prize. Guidelines: http://www.contemporaryverse2.ca/index.php/contests/anniversary-contest

Online Workshop: Flash Fiction: What is it? Jun 20 - Jul 3, 2010 http://www.savvyauthors.com/members/Admin/event.cfm?EventID=299

Online Workshop: Characterization- Jul 5 - Jul 18, 2010 http://www.savvyauthors.com/event.cfm?EventID=392

Online Workshop: Comics, Graphic Novels, & Manga Jul 5 - Jul 11, 2010
http://www.savvyauthors.com/event.cfm?EventID=356

Online Workshop: How to Write Emotion - July 5 - Aug 1, 2010
http://www.romance-ffp.com/event.cfm?EventID=113

Online Workshop: Sleuth Facts: Real PI Procedures for Your Plots - Jul 5 - Aug 1, 2010 http://www.savvyauthors.com/event.cfm?EventID=181

Online Workshop: Plotting Subplots - Jul 5 - Jul 12, 2010
http://www.savvyauthors.com/event.cfm?EventID=190

LITERARY CONTEST SCAMS – Writers should bookmark this link & check the list before entering any contest. http://windpub.com/literary.scams

MORE BITS & PIECES FOR Writers/Authors #180

REASON TO KEEP WRITING - HORTON FOOTE, age 92, Pulitzer Prize and Oscar winning playwright and screenwriter, movingly portrayed the broken dreams of common people in "The Trip to Bountiful," "Tender Mercies" and his Oscar-winning screen adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird." Foote died in his sleep in his apartment in Hartford where he was preparing work on "The Orphans' Home Cycle," a collection of nine plays, for next September at the nonprofit theater. Foote was nearly 80 when he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for his drama "The Young Man From Atlanta," about a Houston suburban couple in the 1950s trying to understand their son's mysterious death. In 1997, he won an Emmy for best writing for a TV miniseries or special for the CBS movie "Old Man," based on a novella by William Faulkner. Many viewers knew Foote best for his first film credit, the screen adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about childhood and racial injustice in a Depression-era Alabama town. "I knew little about adapting or writing for the screen," Foote later wrote. But the 1962 film won Oscars for star Gregory Peck as lawyer Atticus Finch, and for art direction as well as for Foote.

PHOTO LIFE, Canada - Canada’s leading source for photography including technical knowledge and tips, industry news and events, international travel photography editorials, as well as interviews and profiles of major Canadian and international photographers. Photographs to accompany articles 800-1200/wds. Guidelines: http://www.photolife.com/submission.php

MAKE(technology on your time)ZINE - a do-it-yourself technology mag, Projects, Features, Reviews, and Everything Else. (If you have an idea for something that doesn't fit in one of the first three areas but is still related to do-it-yourself technology, please query. $25-100 for a review. Payment for other types of content negotiated. Guidelines: http://makezine.com/submissions.csp

TRAVEL THRU HISTORY - looking for new writers who want to establish their travel journalism careers. Pubs stories featuring historical, archaeological, and cultural aspects of a destination. Also accept stories about literary journeys and exotic adventures. Guidelines: http://www.travelthruhistory.com/html/submissions.html

PAPER HOUSE GREETING CARDS, UK – accepts artist's submissions for cute, contemporary, humorous, fine art, photographic, traditional and childrens cards. Makes cards for just about every occasion from “New Baby” to “With Sympathy”, for all the “milestone” birthdays and for all the family, Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Valentine's Day. Guidelines: http://www.paperhouse.co.uk/faqs.php

CONTINGENCIES - mag of the actuarial profession, published by the American Academy of Actuaries. It presents both feature articles and more technical articles that demonstrate the ways actuarial science can be used to illuminate many of the most difficult economic and social issues of the day. Guidelines: http://www.contingencies.org/submit.asp#manuscript Editorial calendar: http://www.contingencies.org/kit/calendar.pdf

SinC DESERT SLEUTHS, Phoenix, AZ - Write Now! 2010: Crime Seen, August 14, 2010 at The Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix. Only a few spots remaining for critique sessions with Dr. Allen Kates, so register today before they're completely sold out! URL: http://www.desertsleuths.com

DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST - Deadline: July 31, 2010 .Entry Fee: $5 - $10. Guidelines & Entry form: http://www.dreamquestone.com/page2.html

ANNUAL AD COMMUNITY SHORTS PROGRAM - Deadline: July 31st, 2010. Entry Fee: $25. The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) and The Midwest Independent Film Festival will present the second annual Advertising Community Shorts Program this fall. Guidelines: http://www.midwestfilm.com/pages/ad_community_shorts_submission_deadline_2010/376.php

MARGARET REID POETRY CONTEST FOR TRADITIONAL VERSE – Deadline: June, 30, 2010. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines. Guidelines: http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret

LIST OF POETRY CONTESTS - http://pluginamp.com/network/node/2124

CHEERIOS SPOONFULS OF STORIES CHILDRENS BOOK CONTEST - Deadline: July 15th, 2010. No entry fee. Cheerios® is searching for the next great childrens book author. Guidelines: http://www.spoonfulsofstoriescontest.com

NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL SONG & LYRIC COMPETITION - Over $100,000 cash & prizes awarded; Multiple contests throughout the year. Emerging songwriters don't have to compete with writers who've already had major-label recordings. To add your name to mailing list: http://www.paramountsong.com/song-contests.php

RICHARD J MARGOLIS AWARD – Deadline: July 1, 2010. Nonfiction. $5000 stipend and Month-long residency at the Blue Mountain Center, a writers' and artists' colony in the Adirondacks in Blue Mountain Lake, New York. Guidelines: http://www.margolis.com/award

YOU DO NOT NEED A KINDLE TO READ KINDLE BOOKS - They can be read on PCs, Macs, iPhones, BlackBerrys and iPADs. Download the free software at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=pe_70030_14900930_nav_1/?ie=UTF8&docId=100049

LITERARY CONTEST SCAMS – Writers should bookmark this link & check the list before entering any contest. http://windpub.com/literary.scams

MORE BITS & PIECES FOR Writers/Authors #179

REASON TO KEEP WRITING - KIRK DOUGLAS, age 92, has appeared in over 75 movies, author of 9 books, recipient of an honorary Oscar, is rehearsing his new one-man show "Before I Forget." "But I found it was easier to write a one-man show than to present it," he said in an interview in the theatre lobby. "Because as you know, I have an impediment in my speech because of my stroke. But that's a challenge for me, and I have always welcomed a challenge." He notes in the interview that he's most proud of his work on 1960's "Spartacus," created during the anti-communist paranoia of the 1950s. "It was a low point in our history," Douglas said. "I hired Dalton Trumbo, who spent a year in jail, because he was blacklisted, and I hired him under the false name of Sam Jackson. ... Well, I was ashamed of myself for being such a hypocrite. And in the middle of shooting, I decided to use his correct name. And 'Spartacus' was the first movie to use the correct name of a blacklisted writer. And the blacklist was broken. That's something to be proud of."

MONITORING TIMES - Ameteur radio, broadcasting, antennas, technical, scanning, HF radio, longwave, etc. Consult suggested list of starter topics. Guidelines: http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/write_for_mt.html

POETRY MAGAZINE – accepts submissions year round. Guidelines: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submissions.html

RURAL HERITAGE MAGAZINE – accepts How-to articles on any subject pertaining to draft animals and their uses, Profiles of farmers or loggers who use draft-animal power, Specific farming, ranching, or logging options, Results of work animal and implement auctions, Humorous articles related to general subject matter. Guidelines: http://www.ruralheritage.com/business_office/guidelines.htm

NAVAL HISTORY – all mss are evaluated by a panel of Naval History editors, whose list of accepted and rejected articles is presented at the monthly meeting of the U.S. Naval Institute Editorial Board. 3500 wds/max. Guidelines: http://www.usni.org/magazines/NavalHistoryAuthorGuidelines.asp

NEW MOON GIRLS – portrays girls and women as powerful, active and in charge of their own lives. All material should be pro-girl and focus on girls, women, or female issues, edited by and for girls ages 8-12. Pay attention to upcoming themes. Guidelines: http://www.newmoon.com/content/?id=1006&type=1

ERIC HOFFER AWARD FOR SHORT PROSE - DEADLINE: June 30, 2010. Short Stories, Nonfiction. DETAILS: Unpublished short fiction or essays up to 10,000 words.
Deadlines are quarterly but the prize is awarded annually.
PRIZE: $500 and publication in Best New Writing anthology http://www.hofferaward.com

L. RON HUBBARD'S WRITERS OF THE FUTURE CONTEST - DEADLINE: June 30, 2010
Open to unpublished authors. Fantasy, Sci-Fi or Horror: All types of science fiction, fantasy and horror with fantastic elements are welcome. 17,000 words welcome. $1000 first prize awarded each quarter; one of those winners also receives the $5000 annual "Gold Award" grand prize. Guidelines: http://www.writersofthefuture.com/index2.htm

THE ARBOREALIS PRIZE FOR POETRY, Canada - Deadline: June 30, 2010 Entry fee: $15. First prize: $200 + 2 anthology copies. Winners and selected entries to be published in perfect bound anthology. Open theme. Length: 36 lines max. Open to all Canadian poets. http://www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Arborealis09.htm

ANTIGONISH REVIEW 9th GREAT BLUE HERON POETRY CONTEST - Deadline: June 30, 2010. Entry fee: Canada $25.; the US $30.00 (US funds); All others $40 (US funds)..Poetry must be postmarked by June 30, 2010. Guidelines: http://www.antigonishreview.com/contest.html

GLIMMER TRAIN STANDARD SHORT FICTION - Deadlines: Jan, April, July, October. No entry fee. 12,000/wds/max. $700 +publication in Glimmer Train Stories, +10 copies of that issue. Guidelines: http://glimmertrain.com/test.html

2010 CV2 2-DAY POETRY CONTEST, Canada – Deadline: July 1, 2010. Entry fee: $24. The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing 2-Day Poem Contest. $500 first prize. Guidelines: http://www.contemporaryverse2.ca/index.php/contests/anniversary-contest

ONLINE WORKSHOP: “Beyond Fangs” - 6-28 - 7-14, 2010 http://www.Romance-Ffp.Com/Event.Cfm?Eventid=156

HEART POETRY AWARD - $500 - Deadline: 6-30-10 http://www.nostalgiapress.com/guidelines.htm

AMERICAN POET PRIZE - $500 - Deadline: 6-30-10 http://www.americanpoetryjournal.com

ALEHOUSE HAPPY HOUR POETRY AWARDS - $1000 - Deadline: 7-01-10 http://www.alehousepress.com

INTERNATIONAL POETRY FOR PEACE CONTEST - $500 - Deadline: 7-15-10 http://lindbergpeacefoundation.org/Registration.htm

YOU DO NOT NEED A KINDLE TO READ KINDLE BOOKS - They can be read on PCs, Macs, iPhones, BlackBerrys and iPADs. Download the free software at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=pe_70030_14900930_nav_1/?ie=UTF8&docId=100049

LITERARY CONTEST SCAMS – Writers should bookmark this link & check the list before entering any contest. http://windpub.com/literary.scams