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August 23, 2019
10 PAYING/NO FEE Literary Magazines – Deadlines: Aug. 30 – Sept. 30, 2019
Why not take a chance in one of these contests or in Writer Advice’s Summer Flash Contest at https://writeradvice.com/latest-contest-information/
The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines from August 30 – September 30, 2019.
This list focuses on poetry submissions/contests, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines.
Carte Blanche
DEADLINE: Aug. 30, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations. comics, photography
FORMAT: online
PAYMENT: “carte blanche pays a modest honorarium per submission.”
Westerly
DEADLINE: Aug. 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, reviews
FORMAT: online and print
PAYMENT:
“Poems: $120 for one poem or $150 for two or more poemsStories: $200Articles: $200Visual art/Intro essay: $120Reviews: $100Online Publication: $100″
apt
DEADLINE: Aug. 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: Climate Change
FORMS: poetry, fiction, essays, drama, comics and graphic narratives, hybrid work
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August 16, 2019
What to Say to a Writer
Lenore Franzen gets it IMHO.
By Lenore Franzen
At my writer’s group recently, we were going around the circle and checking in—giving the others an update on our own writing, perhaps raising an issue we’d been facing. One woman, when it was her turn, expressed frustration over a question she is asked often by those who know she’s working on a memoir. “When are you going to get your book published?”
When indeed. For anyone who doesn’t make a habit of wrestling with words and calling it her livelihood, let me tell you a secret. This is the question every writer dreads. It’s a question that pokes us, taunts us, by way of saying there should be a measurable outcome to everything we do and perhaps we’ve chosen the wrong thing to spend our time on.
A journalist writes to meet a deadline. An academic writes to stay relevant. A copywriter writes to sell.
The…
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August 12, 2019
Current Flash Contest
Here’s the link to the current flash contest on Writer Advice: https://writeradvice.com/latest-contest-information/
Take a look. Think about the value of a detailed, personal evaluation plus the possibility of winning a prize and being published.
Seriously, what have you got to lose?
Please read the directions carefully and edit your work before submitting.
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July 29, 2019
Up-and-Coming Topics For Future Blog Success
By Guest Columnist Kelly Adams
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If you’re looking to get into the blogging scene, you’re going to need a hook. Blogs are a rather common these days, with most sites having some sort of blog function, and plenty of individuals starting their own sites to function as anything from public journals to miniature digital magazines.
In order to get yours to take off amidst this sea of blog content, you need a few things: that unique spark in your personal voice, an approachable style and appealing domain…. But you’ll also need to find an overarching topic that fits a given trend or serves a specific purpose. If you’re starting yet another fashion, travel, or food blog, you’d better have some incredible content (or some generous investors) if you’re hoping to get noticed. If you can catch a rising trend, though, you might be able to get in early and establish yourself as a go-to voice in a buzz-worthy area.
This list is going to cover some of the most exciting and potentially profitable up-and-coming blog topics that you could throw your weight behind in order to find success with your online writing.
VR & AR
These two technologies certainly fit the “up-and-coming” label, and are sure to become popular topics for blogging in the near future. VR may not have made quite as big of an impact as many had hoped when it first became widely available, but since then it’s been developing quite a lot of inroads when it comes to exciting games, titles, and applications. Games like VRChat and others have been proving the tech’s capabilities, and slowly but surely VR is beginning to resemble what we all hoped it might become. Naturally, this means more people are becoming interested as well.
AR, meanwhile, has yet to become a widespread, readily available technology – which actually makes it an even hotter topic. Being able to speculate about possible ideas and applications for AR technology makes it a rich well of a blogging subject. And for that matter, tracking the actual developments, following showcases at major tech conferences, and providing concrete information that an increasingly intrigued public is thirsty for can give your blog genuine utility
Online Sports Betting
Online sports betting is not at all like VR and AR in that it isn’t anything new. Rather, it’s an international industry that seems to get more popular every year, and within which billions and billions of dollars change hands. This doesn’t mean that it isn’t changing, however, and some of the changes indicate that there’s plenty of room for enjoyable and informative blogs in this area.
For one thing, the industry is more and more geared toward an online audience, and it’s not uncommon for sites with betting activity to present editorial content of their own – even when a sport is not active. Currently, in the middle of the summer, hubs for NBA bettingcontent are still carrying articles updating readers on player activity and team transactions. This indicates that the very activity of betting can be paired essentially with sports journalism. Now, combine this with the fact that online sports gambling is only just emerging (at least legally) in the U.S., and there could be significant opportunity. Right now sports fans in the U.S. are excited about betting, but in many cases unfamiliar with it. Thus, a blog that presents basic information, some of the articles like the ones referenced regarding the NBA, and analysis of betting odds, could have a large audience from day one.
Space Travel
This topic might seem odd to be promoting as an “up-and-coming” topic, seeing as how space travel has been happening for so long it almost seems old fashioned. But it’s the changes and developments in space travel that can make it an especially exciting blogging topic. While it’s true that professional astronauts and scientists have been visiting and studying space for years, we’re rapidly approaching various changes and advancements – not the least of which is that we’re nearing the point at which regular commercial space flights are possible.
Companies like SpaceX and others have been developing the technology required to make space travel widely available for years now, and thanks to recent breakthroughs, some are estimating that it could happen as soon as next year.Tracking developments like these, the technology that goes into them, and the people making it happen has all of the makings of a truly enticing blog. Throw in some coverage of the increasingly active chatter about putting a human on Mars, and there’s really a lot of material to cover!
If you would like to be a guest columnist, contact lgood67334@comcast.net
July 22, 2019
Twitter Short Story: Never Too Late From Wannabe to Wife at 62 by B. Lynn Goodwin
Hope you check out Never Too Late: From Wannabe to Wife at 62. Though there’s no sample here, there’s a free one on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Never-Too-Late-Wannabe-Wife/dp/1633936082/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1541908134&sr=8-1.
Performed by Val Cole
Never Too Late: From Wannabe to Wife at 62 by B. Lynn Goodwin
Can a 62-year-old woman who’s never been married find happiness with a 2-time widower seeking his third wife on Craigslist? And what does “Motor hums unless it hesitates. Gears probably need a road test” really mean?
July 12, 2019
Ballpoint Brontosaurus
Great ideas. How will you use them?
By Cathy Elcik
In a world where writing means the syncopated click of touch typing onto a screen filled with digital words, trailing black ink across the white pages of a notebook feels like a Brontosaurus wailing at a meteorite of progress, but I still prefer a ballpoint dinosaur to electronic progress. I prefer paper to computer screens. I prefer ink to pixels.
Just as the scriveners of Melville’s time might have taken one look at a ballpoint pen and said they’d prefer not to upgrade their quills, I’m suspicious of the cursor on my laptop that blinks with the impatience of a tapping foot. I prefer the quiet patience of blank paper spread out like a field of fresh snow inviting me to make my mark.
A laptop may be able to perfectly typeset my thoughts as I write them, but a first draft has no business being easy…
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May 5, 2019
Sharing Publicity from Women Writers (April)
Check the lower left corner. And take a look at the book on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Never-Too-Late-Wannabe-Wife/dp/1633935256/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541908134&sr=8-1&keywords=Never+Too+Late%3A+From+Wannabe+to+Wife+at+62, by clicking on “Look Inside.”
Like what you see? Keep reading. At the same time you’ll be helping Koehler Books and author B. Lynn Goodwin. Many thanks!
Check out the other books as well. When you read a book you like, leave a review on Amazon. Soooo appreciated.
May 3, 2019
Orca Blog for May: Your Critical First Impression
Excellent observations and examples.
Most writers know that readers for literary journals have to
review hundreds of submissions. In practical terms this means readers may only
give each submission a paragraph or two to make a good impression before
deciding to reject or consider the piece further. That doesn’t give a writer
much of a chance. So what should a writer try to do to engage an Orca reader?
Your opening can establish character, setting, point of
view, conflict, and other aspects. But more importantly it must establish the
voice of the story, and create some connection to the character’s situation,
also known as the stakes.
Let’s look at a couple of examples, one that doesn’t quite
work, and one that does:
Here’s a first paragraph, written by me to approximate many
of the stories we receive in our submission queue:
Jim Stone walked past the gates of O’Hare’s spacious Terminal B, checking his…
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