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About Laine Cunningham

Laine Cunningham is an award-winning author, ghostwriter, and publishing consultant who has been quoted on CNN Money, MSNBC.com, FoxNews.com, and other national and international media. Her work has won multiple national awards, including the Hackney Literary Award and the James Jones Literary Society fellowship. She has received dozens of fellowships and residency slots from programs like the Jerome Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, the New York Mills Cultural Center, Wildacres Center for the Humanities, Arte Studio Ginestrelle in Assisi, Italy, the TAKT Kunstprojektraum in Berlin, Germany, Fusion Art in Turin, Italy and The Hambidge Center. She is also the author of the travel memoir "Woman Alone: A Six-Month Journey Through the Australian Outback" and a series of Zen and Wisdom books combining unique inspirational text with beautiful photos.

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Journalism

I had to share this strange yet apparently true factoid about journalists…who show up in the top 10 jobs that attract the most psychotic individuals!

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Literary Magazine

Prairie Wolf Press. The editor says:
Place and description are important to me.  I want to see, hear, and experience a story while reading.  I respond to writing that feels alive, where the writer has tapped into creative energy, and developed real characters, a vivid sense of place, and unique, lively language.

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Google is offering a $25,000 fellowship for journalism.

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Crazy Horse is a highly respected journal. Winning or placing in their contest would be a great victory.

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Another contest that offers prizes in several formats: short story, essay, poetry, and interview.

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This contest specifies that you must submit a collection of short fiction. You can submit a novella for the award but it can’t stand alone; you must submit more than that one work.

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A Room of Her Own (AROHO) offers several prizes. Here’s the information for their Orlando Prize.

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Colorado Review offers $2,000 for a short story.

10 Writing Tips

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Check out these 10 writing tips that are useful no matter what you’re writing. From author Janet Fitch.

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Beth Hayden, a social marketing expert, offers ideas on how to sell books with Pinterest.

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For book authors, here are 20 low-cost ways to market your books.

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GalleyCat’s list of 20 places to market your book for free.

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Bedlam is an independent online arts journal showcasing the work of writers, artists, and musicians from all over the world. The journal is dedicated to promoting work that is passionate, daring, and inspiring.

 

We seek art, writing, and music that demonstrate a dedication to craftsmanship, a willingness to challenge boundaries, and a deep passion for the work. We welcome art that compels, provokes, inspires, or amuses. We’re seeking out manifestos and rhapsodies, confessions and litanies, crimes of passion, stolen moments, and loves. We’re looking for something brave, something gone a bit ’round the bend, something on the run, something gone wild.

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Some basics to remember when planning your submissions here.