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Hurry Up to Apply for these Grants

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Grants for Writers, Fellowships, Residencies, and Free Retreats, and Freelance Offers … Lots of great Opportunities for Authors. Don’t miss the deadlines.
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Like the Palm Springs Area?
Joshua Tree National Park Artist-in-Residence
1-room, dormitory-style apartment + small travel reimbursement
Choice of residency for the month of October 2018 or the month of April 2019
Applications must be sent by email to jotr_education@nps.gov
$45 fee, Deadline April 30
https://www.nps.gov/jotr/getinvolved/...


Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio, Italy, Residencies
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers a unique opportunity for focused work on the tranquil shore of Lake Como for one month. The Center brings together leading artists, academics, practitioners, and also policymakers for up to one month, fostering cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue to shape thinking and catalyze action around the Foundation’s strategic goals.

The open application period for Academic Writing Residencies is now open, with a deadline of May 1, 2018. The next open call will begin October 1, with a deadline of December 1, for residencies in 2020.

The Rockefeller Foundation is attracting a greater number of geographically diverse, highly distinguished artists working in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the United States.
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org...

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Great River Writers Retreat
Open to residents of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin writing in any genre. The winning writer will stay from Sept 4th through 10th, 2018 at the Benet Retreat House in Rock Island, Illinois and receive three meals a day, a travel stipend, and an invitation to give a reading in the Quad Cities. Deadline June 1
http://www.mwcqc.org/contests/writers...

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PlySpace Artist-in-Residence
It’s a new, immersive Artist-in-Residence program based in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie, Indiana. Residents are provided with personal living spaces with individual or shared bathrooms, and personal studio spaces. Residents receive a $500 stipend toward travel, paid upon completion of the program. Resident Fellows are eligible for additional project funding. Residents may stay between four and 12 weeks. Applicants should be dedicated practitioners in their field and able to work safely and independently for the entire residency period to which they are assigned. Applicants should not be enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of application and must be over 21 years of age.
https://www.plyspace.org/
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Hypatia & Holly House
Near Shelton, WA, close to the Olympic National Forest. Women in the arts, academe, and entrepreneurship may apply for a 1-3 weeks residency. $20 fee
Application deadline May 15 (for January-March 2019)
http://hypatiainthewoods.org/apply/

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Hypatia & Holly House
Near Shelton, WA, close to the Olympic National Forest. Women in the arts, academe, and entrepreneurship may apply for a 1-3 weeks residency
$20 fee. Application deadline May 15 (for January-March 2019)
http://hypatiainthewoods.org/apply/

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YEARLY opportunities:
Such as this one:
BBC Ntl. Short Story Award
Prize of £15,000 for the winner
No entry fee!
http://bbc.in/2FQFxrS

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More free Writer’s and Artists Residencies – Offered Every Year
http://content-on-demand.blogspot.ca/...

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Don’t Miss These Lucrative Writing Contests:

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Heroes Voices Poetry Contest
Open to all veterans who have served in the US armed forces. 1st prize $1,000. 2nd prize $500. 3rd prize $250. 4th prize $100. Theme: The Soldiers’ Journey: Poems about being a soldier/veteran.
No Entry Fee! Deadline April 20
http://heroesvoices.org/contest/

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Spring Travel Writing Contest
The winner will receive $1,000
Stories can be fiction, nonfiction or essay, but please indicate which genre at the top of your manuscript. Entries should be between 800 and 5,000 words.
$20 Entry Fee – Deadline May 31
http://nowheremag.com/contests/

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Fiction Writing Award
Ghost stories, paranormal or supernatural theme are welcome. Story length between 1,500 – 10,000 words. Twice each year TGS will award $1,000 and publication to the winner of this short story competition
$20 Entry Fee, Deadline April 30
http://www.theghoststory.com/tgs-fict...

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William Falkner Writing Competition
Entries are accepted now in eight categories (see below): Novel, Novella, book-length Narrative Non-Fiction, Short Story, Essay, Poetry – unpublished work only. Novel/Book-length Fiction – Limit 100,000 words. Prize $7,500. Nonfiction Book Prize – Limit 75,000 words. Prize $2,000.
Entry Fee $10-$45. Deadline May 1
https://wordsandmusic.org/william-fau...

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Wundor Short Fiction Contest 2018
Whether it takes you one page or your manuscript is a little thicker, we would like to read it. Word count of your submission max. 45,000 words. The winner will receive £500.
Deadline 31 May 2018
http://www.wundoreditions.com/
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The Sunday Times Short Story Prize
It is the world’s richest short story competition, with the winner receiving £30,000 (US$40,000). Entries are expected to open at the end of June and close in late September 2018
https://shortstoryaward.co.uk/

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The Manchester Writing Competition
This is the UK’s biggest literary awards for unpublished work, offered by the country’s most successful writing school. The Competition was established by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy in 2008 and has awarded more than £155,000 to writers.
Each year two £10,000 (USD 16,000) prizes are awarded:
The Manchester Poetry Prize for best portfolio of poems and the Manchester Fiction Prize for the best short story. Designed to encourage and celebrate new writing across the globe, the competition is open internationally to new and established writers.
Deadline Sept 14, 2018
http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/writingcompetit...

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John Steinbeck Award for Fiction
This award is for a work of fiction or non-fiction, up to 5,000 words
Applications from June 1 to Nov 1, 2018
https://www.reedmag.org/submit
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Disney Screenwriting Fellowship
For over 25 years, the Disney | ABC Writing Program has been lauded as one of the most successful writer programs in the entertainment industry. Applicants must be able to legally work in the United States and be at least 21 years of age.
Writers become employees of Disney│ABC Television Group and will be paid a yearly salary $50,000 plus any applicable benefits for which they are eligible in accordance with the then-current Company benefits.
https://disneyabctalentdevelopment.co...

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For Writers in GERMAN Language:
What’s called Fellowships or Writer’s Residency in Great Britain, USA or Canada has an equivalent in Germany: STADTSCHREIBER

“Stadtschreiber” sind Autoren, die für einige Monate kostenlos
in einem – oft historischen – Gebäude in Deutschland leben und arbeiten können. Dies ist auch mit einem monatlichen Stipend von tausend und mehr Euro verbunden.
Zudem ist es eine Möglichkeit, mittels Lesungen und durch persönliche Kontakte den Leserkreis zu erhöhen. Und natürlich auch mehr Bücher zu verkaufen. Eine kostenlose Werbung … da auch die regionalen Zeitungen oder der Rundfunk über den Autor und seine/ihre Bücher ausführlich berichten. Alles in Allem: eine Win-Win Situation! Hier einige Beispiele:
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5 Monate Aufenthaltsstipendium im Nordseebad Hamburg-Otterndorf
900 Euro monatlich plus kostenloses Wohnen im klassizistischen “Gartenhaus” am Süderwall
Bewerbungen bis 30.09.2018 (jährlich) – Mai bis September
http://www.literaturport.de/preise-st...

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Der Erfurter Stadtschreiber-Literaturpreis
Mit der Verleihung des symbolischen Amtes des Erfurter Stadtschreibers ist für 4 Monate Unterkunft & ein Stipendium verbunden
http://www.erfurt.de/ef/de/engagiert/...

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5 Monate Stipendium “Stadtschreiber in Rheinsberg”
Details in unserem Artikel:
https://ebookautoren.wordpress.com/20...

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Mainzer Stadtschreiber
Literaturpreis, dotiert mit 12.500 Euro, das Wohnrecht in der Stadtschreiberwohnung im Mainzer Gutenberg-Museum sowie die Produktion einer ZDF Dokumentation nach freier Themenwahl beinhaltet.
https://presseportal.zdf.de/pm/mainze...

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Stadtschreiber in allen Variationen…
Manche beflügeln auch das literarische Leben eines Ortes …
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/b...
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Good Luck and Have Fun Writing!
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65 Tips How to Write Catchy Blog Titles

It’s one thing to write great content, but it’s another challenge to get it read and ranked. If your blog titles are boring your blog post will fail no matter how good your article has been written. Enticing titles are what sells your content. To make your headline work, you have to really understand what drives readers to click on, read, share, or interact with your content’s titles or headlines. Find lots of possible headline starters here:
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The most important rule of titles is to respect the reader experience. If you set high expectations in your title that you can’t fulfill in the content, you will lose readers’ trust. Just because you have to be accurate doesn’t mean you can’t find ways to make your title pop.

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Focus on the word “who”: Headlines including the word “who” generated a 22% higher click-through rate than headlines without it. And headlines with eight words had a 21% higher click-through rate than the average title. Keep it short and sweet. Your blog post title will be used as the title tag that appears in the search results. It’s a good idea to keep it below Google’s display limit of 70 characters so that it will appear in its full glory in the search engine results.

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9 Steps to Take Advantage of Time Savers

Using these tactics should allow you to reach more social media followers and readers in less time – and to post your book sales campaign.

Social Media certainly is meant for networking, NOT for advertising.  However, sometimes there is an exemption, such as a book launch, pre-sale campaign, Amazon Free Days or a Kindle Count-down sales campaign, that you want to announce as often as possible to reach all your followers.

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Your First Step: Connect Your Social Media Accounts
As more writers...

Celebrate NaNoWriMo

Celebrate NaNoWriMo:  Next Wednesday is the start for hundred-thousands of writers worldwide: November is NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month.
Have you considered to participate in this writing challenge which means writing at least 50,000 words during the month of November?
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The NaNoWriMo is a non-profit effort, run mostly by volunteers. It all began almost 20 years ago and grew into half a million writers from 663 regions worldwide.  The regions are supported by mentors called Munici...

How Amazon Hurts Authors & Publishers

Writer and journalist Douglas Preston explained in the New York Times:
“In March, Amazon quietly changed the way it sells books when allowing third-party sellers to trick Amazon’s customers by selling books as “new” that may not come straight from a publisher or its wholesaler. These third-party sellers are now featured atop the primary purchase button for new books. This was always the spot for Amazon’s own inventory, delivered directly from the publishers or indie authors.”

“Approved third...

Amazon’s Worst Attack on Authors & Publishers

Writer and journalist Douglas Preston explained in the New York Times:
Month’s ago, Amazon quietly changed the way it sells books when allowing third-party sellers to trick Amazon’s customers by selling books as “new” that may not come straight from a publisher or its wholesaler. These third-party sellers are now featured atop the primary purchase button for new books. This was always the spot for Amazon’s own inventory, delivered directly from the publishers or indie authors.

Approved third...

$14,000 Fellowship for Emerging Writer – Deadline 12/4

 

BuzzFeed’s Executive Editor of Culture, Saeed Jones, explained “when we expect young writers to get experience via unpaid internships, we’re actually saying we want only wealthy people writing about American culture in an influential way.  That’s what we get, right?  Or rather, that’s what we’ve gotten used to accepting as normal when in fact, it’s a kind of fiction. Diversity is a reality.

So, in order to do my part to support being in step with reality, I’m really excited about creating...

TRAUMBERUF PILOT? Wirklich?

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Laut einer Schulabgängerumfrage lagdie Tätigkeit als Pilot an dritter Stelle von allen Wunschberufen.  Das bedeutet auch, dass sich hunderttausende junger Leute für den Pilotenberuf interessieren.

“Hätte ich das nur alles vorher gewusst, wäre meine Flugausbildung ganz anders verlaufen”, so dachte ich oft im Nachhinein.  Warum findet sich keine Beratung zu dem Thema?  Jetzt weiß ich es  besser: Die Komplexität und der Arbeitsaufwand dafür sind unglaublich hoch.

Aber ich habe diese Aufgabe i...

How to Sell Your Book to the Film Industry

Book adaptations into a movie have become one of the fastest growing, most reliably profitable and attractive markets for producers in Hollywood, e.g. Harry Potter or the Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
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Which Avenues Can an Author Go to Have Their Book Manuscript Turned into a Movie? When it comes to film adaptations, some books are more ideally suited for a movie of the week or TV series than for feature films. There are several directions one can follow – or all of...

Country Road 309 in New Zealand

A (very) short excerpt from an upcoming novel of New Zealand by Dr. Lawrence Winkler: The Bolthole

When Dr. Sababa first arrived in New Zealand, some thirty years earlier, he and Jane hitched the western entrance of the Tapu, to the trailhead of the Pinnacles Walk. This was where they discovered the love for moreporks in the moonlight and glow worms in gold mines, and each other.

They watched the meteors flash across the Southern Cross at night. “Maybe some day, I’ll buy you a place with a go...