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Writers' Markets 
by Sylvia Bright-Green
CRESCENT MOON PRESS CONTEST
Send a query letter and the first three pages of your completed full-length manuscript. Five manuscripts will be chosen for the final round, and the authors will be notified to submit the entire work within twenty-four hours. The first place manuscript will receive a $100 American Express card and a contract for publication. Places 2-5 will also be eligible for, but not guaranteed, a contract, as well. Entries are subject to the following rules: the manuscript must be complete at the time of entry, and belong solely to the entering author. It must be an original work, never before published online or in print. The winning author must sign a standard Crescent Moon Press contract, and agree to abide by all terms of said contract. Deadline October 31, 2007. Crescent Moon Press is a publisher of Romantic Science Fiction and Fantasy seeking creative storytelling and original style.
PAY: $.05/word
A magazine created for boys from 6 to 13 years, with youngsters 8, 9,and 10 the specific target age. Our point of view is that every young man deserves the right to be a young boy for a number of years before he becomes a young adult. BOYS' QUEST looks for articles, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that deal with timeless topics, such as pets, nature, hobbies, science, games, sports, careers, simple cooking, and anything else likely to interest a 10-year-old boy. Each issue revolves around a theme.
Submissions to: The Editor - Boys' Quest, P.0. Box 227, Bluffton, Ohio, 45817-0227
PAY: $.05/word
A magazine created for boys and girls from 6 to 13 years, with youngsters 8, 9, and 10 the specific target age. The magazine is designed as an activity publication to be enjoyed by both boys and girls on the alternate months of Hopscotch and Boys' Quest magazines. Our point of view is that every child deserves the right to be a child for a number of years before he or she becomes a young adult. Fun For Kidz looks for activities that deal with timeless topics, such as pets, nature, hobbies, science, games, sports, careers, simple cooking, and anything else likely to interest a child. Each issue revolves around a theme.
Submissions to:
The Editor - Fun For Kidz, P.O. Box 227, Bluffton, Ohio, 45817-0227
PAY: $.05 - $.10/word
Darker Matter is an online science fiction magazine that publishes science fiction stories. We prefer short stories of 500 to 4,000 words, but also accept stories up to 6,000 words. The name of the site is Darker Matter, which reflects a slight editorial bias towards darker science fiction stories. We also consider stories that are closer to fantasy but with a science-fiction basis. Please note: Darker Matter is NOT a horror magazine, and does not publish horror stories.
http://www.writergazette.com/send/users/link.php
PAY: $15 - $50
A literary journal dedicated to publishing quality fiction, poetry, essays, photographs, artwork, and interviews. We place no limitations on style or content. Our only criterion is excellence. If your writing has an original voice, substance, and significance, send it to us. We will publish distinctive, intelligent writing that has something to say and says it in a way that captures and maintains our attention.
Contact Editor at: papers@ccaii.com
GOD ALLOWS U-TURNS - PARENTS SETTING BOUNDARIES
PAY: $30 plus book
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 31, 2007 Seeking stories primarily about overcoming challenges with adult children who overstep boundaries. Have you been victorious in overcoming enabling patterns? How has parenting (or grand-parenting) a difficult adult child brought you closer to God?
E-Mail: editor@godallowsuturns.com
GOD ALLOWS U-TURNS - BOOMER BABES ROCK!
PAY: $30 plus book
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 31, 2007
True faith-filled stories by, for, and about baby boomer women. From empty nesting to menopause, no subject is taboo. Have you stopped sweating the small stuff? How is God changing your perception of the world in your boomer years? What new path has he led you on?
E-mail: editor@godallowsuturns.com
GOD ALLOWS U-TURNS - WRITING FROM THE HEART AND SOUL
PAY: $30 plus book
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 31, 2007
Do you have a passion for the written word? Perhaps you write on your lunch hour at work, or journal every day, or maybe you make a living as a writer, it doesn't matter. If you view your world from the eyes of someone who writes, share your true faith-filled story with us now. How has God blessed you in your journey as someone who writes?
E-mail: editor@godallowsuturns.com
WANTED: FUNNY, TRUE STORIES
PAY: $50 - $125
Meadowbrook Press is working on a series of hilarious anthologies featuring funnier-than-fiction tales about the "misadventures" of life. The first anthology in the series, The Breast-feeding Diaries, will be available in November 2007. In the meantime, we're planning many more titles in this funny series, and we want to hear your stories! WANTED: Short, funny, true stories recounting the "misadventures" from weddings/honeymoons, pregnancy/ childbirth, or the baby/toddler years for an upcoming series of anthologies to be published in book form by Meadowbrook Press. STORY LENGTH: Up to 800 words
E-MAIL TO:
awiechmann@meadowbrookpress.com
with subject line "Anthology submission."
Please indicate the submission category: wedding/ honeymoon, pregnancy/childbirth, or the baby/toddler years.
A CUP OF COMFORT--CALL FOR INSPIRING TRUE STORIES: ALZHEIMER'S, BREAST CANCER, DIVORCE
The Cup of Comfort book series is seeking submissions for publication consideration in three new books. Stories must be true, uplifting, and 1000 to 2000 words. For writer's guidelines:
www.cupofcomfort.com/share.htm
A CUP OF COMFORT FOR CHILDREN AND SPOUSES OF PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S
What happens when the person who raised you or the person with whom you raised your children slowly becomes a child who doesn't know you? What if that loved one changes so drastically that he or she is virtually a stranger to you? What if that person is difficult to deal with and requires substantial assistance? How will the reality of having a spouse or parent with Alzheimer's affect you and your family-emotionally, financially, physically, socially, personally, professionally? The inspiring stories in this collection will answer those questions and more-and will show how love prevails and how lives thrive when a spouse or parent has Alzheimer's.
$500 grand prize; $100 each, all other published stories; plus copy of book.
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2007
A CUP OF COMFORT FOR DIVORCED WOMEN
Divorce in the 21st century should come with an instruction manual, a release valve, and a support system. This anthology will serve essentially those three purposes, in the form of comforting, insightful, and inspirational stories about surviving and thriving during and after divorce. We seek uplifting, contemporary stories-including but not limited to: dating, children, relationship with ex, in-laws, finances, friends, solitude, personal transformation, healing, revenge, mending fences, the ex's new wife or lover, empowerment, rediscovery of self. The majority of stories will be written by women who are or have been divorced. Stories can be poignant, irreverent, humorous, witty, or wise.
$500 grand prize; $100 each, all other published stories; plus copy of book.
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2007
A CUP OF COMFORT FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS
It has been said that ìstories are medicineî and that ìone of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is to share our stories.î This collection will include compelling, inspiring, and uplifting personal essays about the experiences and emotions of living with-and living after-breast cancer. Possible story themes include but are not limited to: diagnosis, treatment, emotional impact, support systems, healthy lifestyle practices, emotional healing, coping mechanisms, impact on loved ones, effect on friendships, effect on career/work, effect on romance/intimacy, life lessons learned, personal transformation, silver linings, gratitude, triumph over trials, body image, and more. All themes and writing styles considered, as long as the story is positive.
Exclusively for the Breast Cancer Survivors volume, Adams Media is working in partnership with Redbook Magazine and will award a $5,000 grand prize, a $5,000 donation to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in the grand prize winner's name, and bonus prizes to three runner-up stories.
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2007
[Editor's Note: Please feel free to contact Sylvia Bright Green via e-mail if you would like to provide feedback on her Markets column or if you'd like her to be on the lookout for specific types of listings.]
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