Home - PALOOKA Random House Explains What Publishers Do Random House has put out a video that explains just what it takes to produce, distribute and sell a book and who does it. The video, hosted on YouTube and embedded below, reminds me of a document leaked to Digital Book World from Hachette in December, which explained why publishers were relevant in a world where one could easily self-publish. Until we published it, the document had only been circulated by Hachette internally and to authors and agents. It spoke of the four major areas in which the company felt it added value: content curation; investment in ideas; sales, marketing and brand-building; and legal, including copyright protection. The idea of the document was to brand publishers as powerful partners for authors. Hachette leaked it to us, I think, to make a statement within the publishing industry. In addition to this video, Random House also recently produced another video about what it takes to produce an audio book. Judge for yourself: The audio studio video: Related posts:
46 Calls for Submissions in April 2020 - Paying markets There are more than three dozen calls for submissions in April. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays. I post the following month's calls for submissions toward the end of every month. But as I am collecting them, I post them on my page, Calls for Submissions. You can get a jump on next month's calls for submissions by checking that page periodically throughout the month. Also see Paying Markets for hundreds of paying markets arranged by form and genre. Happy submitting! West Branch. Hybrid: Future//Tense: Gender. *Space and Time. Havok. Excession Press. *Flame Tree: Strange Lands Anthology. *Voiceworks. Scum. Cricket Media: Faces: New Zealand. Narrative. Epoch Magazine is edited by faculty at Cornell University. Translunar Travelers Lounge. *Ghost Anthology. *Trench Coat Chronicles. Rattle: Service Workers. Catapult: Genre: Nonfiction: Queer Life. Human/Kind. FIYAH.
short stories at east of the web A game of Scrabble has serious consequences. - Length: 4 pages - Age Rating: PG - Genre: Crime, Humor A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger. - Length: 7 pages - Genre: Fiction, Humor ‘Bloody hell!’ - Genre: Humor Looking round he saw an old woman dragging a bucket across the floor and holding a mop. - Length: 3 pages Henry pours more coal onto the hearth as a gust of wind rattles through the cracked window frame. - Length: 14 pages - Genre: Horror ulissa Ye relished all the comfortable little routines and quietude defining her part-time job at The Bookery, downtown’s last small, locally-owned bookstore. - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: U The forest looked ethereal in the light from the moon overhead. - Length: 15 pages - Age Rating: 18 Corporal Earnest Goodheart is crouched in a ditch on the edge of an orchard between Dunkirk and De Panne. - Genre: Fiction - Length: 20 pages
The (Submission) Grinder Literary-Speculative Issue Guidelines Please read these guidelines. Following them will greatly improve your chances of our publishing you. Orca pays $25 for publication rights and provides one pdf contributor copy. Print copies are available at a discount. Please note that when you submit your work to Orca, you’re adding yourself to our contact list and, thus, consenting to receive our monthly Mailchimp newsletter in your email. The newsletter is very brief, and contains info about issues, deadlines, and our monthly blog. Jump to: Submission Specs Translations Responses Withdrawals Payment Rights Orca publishes three times a year: the March and November issues are dedicated to literary fiction, and the July issue contains literary speculative work. Submissions are open year-round. Subscribers can submit to us for free, even when the free portal is closed, by emailing. Before you submit, it’s important to understand what we mean by Literary and Speculative. Submission Specs: Translations: Responses: Withdrawals: Payment: Rights:
The #1 Choice for Sample Letters Story Collection Contests | The Short Review Serena McDonald Kennedy Award (novella or short story collection, deadline August 31st 2013) The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction (annual deadline February 28th) Black River Chapbook Contest (twice-yearly, May 31st and Oct 31st) Burnside Review Fiction Chapbook Contest (Dec 31st 2012) CAL Scribe Fiction prize (Australian citizens over 35) Calvino Prize (any fiction including short stories, annual deadline Oct 15) The Camber Press Fiction Chapbook Award (10,000 words, no current deadline) Diagram Chapbook contest (deadline April 1 2013) Doire Press Chapbook Contest (Jan 9th 2013, entrants must not have already published a short story collection, email and postal entries) The Doris Bakwin Award for Writing by a Woman (prose fiction – a collection of short stories or a novel or memoir, deadline Dec 1st in odd-numbered years, 2011, 2013, 2015 etc…) Drue Heinz Literature Prize (deadline June 30th 2013) Noemi Press Chapbook Award () The G. Stephen F.
Submit – petrichor OUR READING PERIOD FOR THE SUMMER ISSUE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 1st. Poetry: Send a single attached doc or docx file of no more than three poems, unpublished elsewhere. Visual Poetry: No more than five separate PNG files, or a single PDF. Video Poetics: gif? mov? Why not. Poetics Essays: Send only one, about 1250 words long. Bios: Should be 2-3 sentences, third person. Send Stuff To: petrichorpoems at gmail dot com. A digital archive of text & image, petrichor publishes your reverse villanelles, collage clips, double/triple haibun, asemic cryptolectics, semiotic pictographs, or just something new.
Using the Dictionary to Discover Writing Prompts -- Writing Prompts from the Dictionary Sometimes new words can suggest entirely new directions for your writing. Let chance lead you to words -- and then to themes and stories -- you might not have come to on your own. Time Required: at least 30 minutes Here's How: Open the dictionary up to a random page. With your eyes closed or averted, point to a random place on the page.Open your eyes and write that word down at the top of a piece of paper.Repeat the above steps two more times, so that you have three words at the top of your piece of paper.Using a timer, freewrite for 15 minutes, being sure to incorporate each of your three words into the piece. Tips: Write for the entire time, even if you feel stuck or frustrated. What You Need Dictionary or other bookPaperPen or pencil.Timer
The Iowa Short Fiction Award | University of Iowa Press Eligibility Any writer who has not previously published a volume of prose fiction is eligible to enter the competition. Previously entered manuscripts that have been revised may be resubmitted. Writers are still eligible if they have published a volume of poetry or any work in a language other than English or if they have self-published a work in a small print run. Writers are still eligible if they are living abroad or are non-US citizens writing in English. Current University of Iowa students are not eligible. Manuscript The manuscript must be a collection of short stories in English of at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages. Publication Award-winning manuscripts will be published by the University of Iowa Press under the Press's standard contract. Submission Manuscripts should be mailed to:
Welcome - COVID International Community Support Group Chiang Mai Wind Publications Submission Guidelines | The Short Story The Short Story Competition 2014 will begin on May 15th. Please don’t send anything until that date. It won’t get read. Please take time to read these guidelines. If you don’t, the dolly will be out of the pram before I even start to read your story. No-one wants that. Word limit: 1,000-5,000 (maximum).Entry fee: £5 (via PayPal only). By submitting your work to The Short Story you agree in the first instance: to grant The Short Story first rights (the right to publish your story before anyone else in print or online)to grant The Short Story non-exclusive rights to your work, including the right to include your work in an anthologyto grant The Short Story the right (but not the obligation) to store your work indefinitely You retain all other rights. When winners are announced all those who have not been successful are automatically granted back first serial rights. Show don’t tell – I can’t stress this point enough. 5. 6. 7. 8.