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Unsorted [/writers] Nebraska Center for Writers - Jobs for Writers Scams, Bad Apples & Warnings [/writers] Absolute Write - Bewares, Recommendations, & Background Check Wendi L. Cali - Top Ten Things to Know About Contest Scams A.C. Crispin -Caveat Emptor - from Writer Beware Blog National Writers Union - Writer Alerts! Preditors and Editors - reports on publishers, agents and more Victoria Strauss - Writer Beware - the article Winning Writers - 13 Warning Signs of a Bad Poetry Contest Write4Kids - How To Tell If A New Or Small Press Is Legitimate Writer Beware - the web site that names names! SFWA - Literary Contests and Vanity Anthologies Writer Beware Blog Writers Weekly - Whispers And Warnings Marcia Yudkin - You Too Can Sniff Out Scams! Grants, Prizes & Contests [/writers] INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS • Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. No fee. $ prizes. Deadline more-or-less 15 April (every year). • L.Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future contest • Winning Writers - Wergle Flomp parody poetry contest - No entry fee. $ prizes. Entries accepted August 15-April 1 COLLECTED LISTING C. Hope Clark - Funds for Writers Poets & Writers Magazine - Grants & Awards page Poets & Writers Magazine - Submission Calendar for writing contests, grants, and other literary awards. Miss Snark's blog [/writers] For in-depth information on queries, manuscripts, writing a synopsis, hooks and MORE! check out Miss Snark's blog. Use the search field in the upper left corner to wade through the thousands of posts if you need information on a particular subject. Miss Snark sponsored multiple CRAPOMETER sessions during which she went through hundreds of reader-supplied samples and commented on what would get a "send more" from her and what was just lame. Track those sessions down for an in-depth tutorial on what works and what doesn't. She pulled no punches but underneath it all was a heart of gin and a helping hand. The comments from Snarklings add to the info-laden site. Check it out! As of 20 May 2007, Miss Snark stopped blogging. However, she left her archives on the Web for inquiring minds to explore and absorb. Follow @queryshark on Twitter. |
Submitting [/writers] Sal Towse - Links to Online Submission Guidelines - Agents, Publishers, Markets for Writers John Gregory Betancourt - The Obligatory Manuscript Format Article Harvey Chapman - Submitting a Manuscript to an Agent or Publisher Critters - The Black Hole - market response time data Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Making Light) - Slushkiller Larsen Pomada Literary Agents - Make Yourself Irresistible. Chuck Rothman - What Is a Word? - word counts Bill Shunn - Proper Manuscript Format BOOK LENGTH MSS Lars Eighner - So, what does a manuscript look like? - part of Eighner's online writer workshop Lars Eighner - Manuscript Checklist - things NOT to do TNH on Rejection - Slushkiller Crawford Kilian - Advice on Novel Writing - Crawford Kilian - Write A Novel: an online guide for fiction writers Chuck Rothman - Hunting for a Literary Agent - including contact, outline & sample chapters Robert J Sawyer - Manuscript Format Checklist Marcia Yudkin - The Ten Most Common Reasons Book Proposals are Rejected — and What These Reasons Really Mean NON-FICTION Adler & Robin Books, Inc - How to Write a Computer Book Proposal Adler & Robin Books, Inc - How to Write a Trade Book Proposal - with sample proposals Mary Embree - Seven Vital Elements of a Successful Nonfiction Book Proposal Jane Friedman - Start Here: How to Write a Book Proposal Writer's Relief - How to write a nonfiction book proposal QUERY Crawford Kilian - Writing a Query Letter Lynn Flewelling - The Complete Nobody's Guide to Query Letters SYNOPSIS Beth Anderson - Writing the Tight Synopsis Lisa Gardner - Conquering the Dreaded Synopsis and other links and articles Marg Gilks - How to Write a Synopsis Crawford Kilian - The Story Synopsis Dee-Ann Latona LeBlanc - Writing a Synopsis from the Ground Up Lee Masterson - Mastering the Dreaded Synopsis - Condensing Your Novel Margaret Moore - Evolution of a Synopsis John E. Stith - Hunting for an Agent (with Sample Synopsis) ARTICLES/SHORT WORKS Roger MacBride Allen - Quick and Easy Tips on Professional Manuscript Submission Marion Zimmer Bradley - An Editor Answers the Question: Why Did my Story Get Rejected? John Hewitt - How to Write a Query Letter Vonda McIntyre - Manuscript preparation George Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer - Writer's Guidelines for Weird Tales - entertaining and useful advice for all story writers George Scithers - A Weird Tales® Editorial on Sending in Stories - a companion to the Writer's Guidelines Marcia Yudkin - For Magazine Writing Beginners: Smart Moves for Breaking In |
Markets [/writers] Absolute Write - Markets Online Sal Towse - Links to Online Submission Guidelines - Agents, Publishers, Markets for Writers Craigslist - search for jobs in market areas: Boston, SF, NY &c. Jacqui Bennett - Writers Bureau Market Lists - UK Sarah Brand - Speculative Fiction Markets Cheat Sheet Burry Man's Writing Center - Fiction & Poetry links and more Dan Case - Writing for Dollars - markets Ralan Conley - Market Lists: SF & Humor Duotrope - fee-based market listing. Free trial followed by $5/mo fee. Dark Echo - Links to Horror Market Resources Freelance Writing - Guidelines Database and more Caren Gussoff - Lit Fic Mags for Spec Fic Writers 101: Five Things You have To Know Christopher Holliday - The Market List - for Genre Fiction Writers Angela Hoy - WritersWeekly.com - markets & more Mary Soon Lee - Speculative Fiction Markets Mary Anne Mohanraj - Literary Markets Nebraska Center for Writers -Literary Magazines Kathy Ptacek - Gila Queen's Guide to Markets - articles, resources and subscription e-mail'd markets updates Speculative Fiction Resources Sunoasis - Writer's Guide to Finding Jobs Online tutorial Meg Weaver - Wooden Horse Publishing - a markets resource, not a publisher, despite the name Writers Write - Paying Markets dmoz - List of E-zine Directories dmoz - Online Literary Magazines Samir Husni - Mr. Magazine's magazine list Media UK Directory Random House - An Index of Literary Magazines SFWA - List of "pro" Markets Marcia Yudkin - Finding Hidden Markets see also [non-fiction][journalism & freelance jobs] |