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Conference and Contest

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PAMLICO WRITERS CONFERENCE
When: Saturday, March 2
Where: Washington Civic Center, 116 N. Gladden St.
Information: Marni Graff, bluevirgin.graff@gmail.com
Writing in Our Time is the conference theme. The Saturday conference keynote speaker will be Bland Simpson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at UNC-Chapel Hill.  An author and playwright/composer/lyricist, he is a longtime member of the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers and is a recipient of the North Carolina Award in Fine Arts (2005), the state’s highest civilian honor. The conference will start with a panel discussion on Publishing in our Time.  Three morning and three afternoon writing workshops/lectures will follow, each with timely writing themes.  Leading local and area writers will participate in the discussion and host the working sessions.  A box lunch will be served before the keynote speech. A Pamlico Writers Competition awards ceremony and reception will be held at 6:30 pm following the conference.

Literary Magazine/Contest

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The Blotter is one of the few literary magazines that still has a print run of 8,000 copies…and that’s every month! They’re reaching for 10,000 so they’re a great place to submit.

Their annual contest is still running. Submit any book-length fiction, including young adult, short story collections, literary novels, commercial novels (like sci-fi, horror, mystery, thrillers, romance, etc.), mainstream, and novellas.

Marketing

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Shelf Unbound is a magazine that is distributed to booksellers nationwide. They accept books from independent, small and self-publishers, which is can still be difficult to find.

Writing Tips

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Great blog entry from Camille Dungy on one very important aspect of writing.

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The New York Times has a great article about how some self-publishers are making it. Nowadays authors have two general routes to follow: sending to traditional publishing houses or self-publishing. Often I recommend that my clients take both paths at once. That recommendation can depend on the genre in which they’re writing but for many, it reduces the time and frustration of publishing.

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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Some basics to remember when planning your submissions here. 

Resilience Combats Rejection

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Check out this article on how to handle the rejections that are a part of every writer’s life. Mark McGuinness has a background as a psychotherapist before becoming an author’s coach, so his advice is founded in longstanding theories and practices.

Joan Gelfand recently shared this:

According to Writer’s Relief, the writer’s submission service, the average writer has a 4% acceptance rate. A good writer has a 10% rate and if you’re really lucky 20% and higher.

 

Make the Most of Rejection

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This essay provides 5 tips for handling rejection letters. They range from honoring your very real emotional response to moving on to the next opportunity.

Contest: Emerging Southern Writer

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EMERGING WRITERS CONTEST

Deadline: January 7

Award: $300 / $200 and invitation to Symposium

Fee: $15

Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 Southern Writers Symposium Emerging Writers Contest. This year categories will feature fiction and poetry. The contest is open to writers who meet at least two of the following criteria: currently live in the South; are natives of the South; write about the South. Additionally, writers must have not yet published a full-length volume in the genre that they are entering. For example, writers are still eligible for the emerging fiction writers contest if published in volume form in nonfiction or poetry. Manuscripts of fiction considered: up to 5,000 words, typed and double-spaced. Poetry considered: a single poem, or up to five to be counted as a group, typed. Entry must not have been previously published in any form. Entry must not have previously won recognition in any other contest. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.

 

Contest: Multiple Fiction Categories

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PRESS 53 OPEN AWARDS

Deadline: March 31

Award: Five beautiful etched-glass awards (personalized award certificates for Second Prize and Honorable Mention) and publication

The sixth annual Press 53 Open Awards is now accepting submissions. Five Categories, three Winners in Each: Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short-Short Story, Short Story, Novella (Finalists and Winners Announced No Later Than June 28, 2013). Five Industry-Professional Judges. Thirteen opportunities for publication: First Prize, Second Prize, and Honorable Mention in Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short-Short Story, Short Story, and First Prize in Novella will be published in the 2013 Press 53 Open Awards Anthology.