Volume 12, Issue 5
February 3, 2012


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FUNDS FOR WRITERS

Chosen for Writer's Digest Magazine
101 Best Websites for Writers
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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Keeping the birds fed. Love my chickadees, cardinals, Carolina
wrens and finches. Anytime now, the goldfinches ought to be
arriving. Note the T-shirt, given to me for donating monthly to
the Pets, Inc. animal shelter here in Columbia, previous home
to my son's beautiful black lab Harper.

Editor: C. Hope Clark
Mailto: Hope@fundsforwriters.com
Website: http://www.fundsforwriters.com
Newsletter: ISSN: 1533-1326

Our subscriber list is NOT made available to others. Use
information listed at your own risk. FundsforWriters gives
no warranty to completeness, accuracy, or fitness of the
markets, contests and grants although research is done to
the best of our ability.



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EDITOR'S THOUGHTS
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Read newsletter online at: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/FFW.htm
Read past issues at: http://www.aweber.com/z/article/?fundsforwriters

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Volume 12, Issue 5
February 3, 2012


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FUNDS FOR WRITERS

Chosen for Writer's Digest Magazine
101 Best Websites for Writers
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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Editor: C. Hope Clark
Mailto: Hope@fundsforwriters.com
Website: http://www.fundsforwriters.com
Newsletter: ISSN: 1533-1326

Our subscriber list is NOT made available to others. Use
information listed at your own risk. FundsforWriters gives
no warranty to completeness, accuracy, or fitness of the
markets, contests and grants although research is done to
the best of our ability.



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EDITOR'S THOUGHTS
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Read newsletter online at: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/FFW.htm
Read past issues at: http://www.aweber.com/z/article/?fundsforwriters

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WHAT IS YOUR GOAL THIS YEAR?

Nope, this is not another New Year's resolution piece.
I simply want you to define, in one sentence, what you
hope to accomplish in 2012 . . . with your writing.

Sounds simple, but many writers can't do this. They
actually fight it. Focusing on writing might mean they're
accountable, when many writers want the freedom of no
deadlines or parameters. After all, isn't that the definition
of an artist? Complete freedom of expression?

The problem is, most people cannot function when they have
no limitations. How do they know when to do something?
When is it due, or late, or accomplished? Then others make
lists, spreadsheets and notes on calendars. Benchmarks and
tallies. And that's as far as they get.

Pick one project that will represent you well in 2012.
Then center your world around it.

Let's say . . . write a novel.

When you're enticed to enter a contest, don't do it, unless
it's for a novel. When you see a retreat, don't go, unless
you go to write the novel. When you attend a conference,
only go to further your novel. When you see a Chicken Soup
that catches your fancy, only do it if you've already worked
on your novel for the day.

Nothing gets done unless it's affiliated with the novel.

What if you write magazine articles?

Quit reading about self-publishing. Quit puttering with
short stories. Put aside the poetry. You are a magazine
writer. It's what you breathe each day. You have magazine
editors on your Twitter account, and scout for them to
mention their needs. You read magazine blogs leaving
comments in hopes of being recognized by the editor.
You pitch to print, online and blog editors, trying to
break in from any angle.

Focus and diligence. We hear it all the time. But all too
often it's only after we drop in the bed and take note
of our day, that we realize we let it slip by. We didn't
touch the novel. We didn't find a new magazine market.

But we're multifaceted creatures. Fine. Just keep your
priorities. Don't play and dabble in other writing until
after you've worked. Your 2012 project is your job.

Build a fire under your 2012 project. It's the only
thing on your horizon. It's difficult, but if practiced,
by the end of the year, you've become an expert and
accomplished enough to be proud of.

Define your 2012 goal. Then use it to define yourself.


Hope

NOTE:

LOWCOUNTRY BRIBE is in production! Not quite ready at
Amazon and the publisher's website, but it will be next
week. And it will be ready for my presentation in pretty
Beaufort, SC area on February 21. You can visit with me as
I discuss Funding Streams for Writers and how Lowcountry Bribe
came to be. Books will be available!

Event sponsored by ProWriters of Beaufort as well as
the Beaufort Arts Council. http://beaufortcountyarts.com/



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THE BLOG - http://www.hopeclark.blogspot.com
TWITTER - http://twitter.com/hopeclark
FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/chopeclark
ABOUT.ME - http://about.me/hopeclark

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THE 2012 BYLINES DESK CALENDAR IS BACK!

The 2012 Bylines Desk Calendar contains pieces from 53 writers
in 25 states, plus Ireland and the UK. If you've never seen a
Bylines Calendar, you're in for a treat. Each week contains a
short nonfiction piece from writers just like you. Even Hope has
a piece in this edition! This spiral bound week-to-week calendar
conveniently lies flat on your desk, for easy use. It's the
perfect size for . . . your desk, and since it's all about
writers, it's entertaining and educational as well as practical.

www.fundsforwriters.com/Bylines.htm


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TOTAL FundsforWriters

The ultimate FundsforWriters with 75 or more grants, contests,
markets, publishers, agents and jobs delivered to your email
every two weeks. $15 per year. What a deal.

www.fundsforwriters.com/total.htm 




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WORDS OF SUCCESS

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be
a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining
an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on
indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be
hatched or go bad".

C.S. Lewis


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SUCCESS OF THE WEEK
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Dear Hope,

Thank you for the encouragement you send out over the bandwidth
that helps writers discover and rediscover the motivation and
means to take a chance, to try their wings, to press on.
Pouring over the market listings in your newsletters, I found
callouts for the Bylines calendar and for Sasee magazine. I'm
doing my happy dance in January because I have a piece in the
2012 Bylines calendar (you're in that one, I hear, which makes
it extra special!), and my second acceptance for Sasee, Dancing
with Giants, is in this month's issue.

Thank you again for lighting the writing path for so many of us!

Amy Mullis
www.mindovermullis.com


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ARTICLE
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How to Find Time for Writing When Your Plate is Full

By Christine Hucko

When Julia Cameron wrote the book The Right to Write,
she knew that most writers were hungering for the same
thing: more time.

“If only I had more time,” writers often say, “I would
start the novel I’ve been wanting to write,” “I would
flesh out that article idea,” or “I would enter some
contests.”

But do we really need long stretches of “me time” to
complete projects and reach our short- and long-term
writing goals? Julie Cameron, for one, doesn’t think
so.

“One of the biggest myths about writing,” she said in
her book, “is that in order to do it we must have great
swaths of uninterrupted time.” She goes on: “Enough
stolen moments, enough stolen sentences, and a novel
is born—without the luxury of time.”

Renate Wildermuth of Pennsylvania is living proof that
it’s possible to meet your writing goals when your plate
is already full. While taking care of two small children
she has finished a novel and is working on a second one;
she has published articles in the San Francisco Chronicle
and the Miami Herald; and she has contributed commentary
to North Country Public Radio.

How does she do it?

She wrote her first novel while her youngest child took
naps. “The rest,” she says, “I squeeze in in Sesame
Street-long swaths.”

When an idea pops into her head, she looks for the
nearest napkin or piece of paper and jots it down before
it has a chance to slip away.

In this seize-the-moment fashion, she then transfers
those ideas to a computer, she gets in touch with editors,
and she writes query letters. By grabbing onto whatever
bits of time she can find—however small—she gets things
done and makes progress.

“I think writing is like saving money,” she says. “A
dollar here and there adds up, and so does a page here
and there. Better to write a little than not at all.”

When I asked author, book editor, and developmental
writing coach Lisa Dale Norton if she thinks it’s possible
for writers to reach their goals by making use of whatever
time is available, she said, “It depends on what those
writing goals are,” but if the goal is to “complete a
polished manuscript for publication, the answer is:
Absolutely.” You can reach your writing goals, Lisa says,
“by carving out little spaces of time.”

Lisa knows this well. She began writing her memoir Hawk
Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills while
teaching full time. The trick is to get the most out of
the spaces of time you carve out for yourself. But how?

“First, you must be firm, focused, and dedicated,” Lisa
says. “Second, you must leave off each day’s writing in
a pregnant place. End on the upbeat, as we would say in
music, leaving the creative soul hanging, waiting to
respond to the unfinished thought.”

When she’s really busy, Lisa sets a writing appointment
with herself, “and then I show up for that appointment,”
she says. “I turn off the phone. I refuse to leave the
house. I lock my door. I go inside, in every sense of
the word. That is the only way I can get any writing done
when I am busy with my clients, and speaking and teaching.”

Like many others, she tries to write in the morning before
the world steps in with its demands, and she keeps her
writing-related materials separated from other work, such
as bills, and business or personal correspondence.

Looking at Renate and Lisa, who have both achieved so much
as writers by “stealing moments,” Julia Cameron would
probably say, “See, I told you it’s possible!”

“The trick of finding writing time is to make writing time
in the life you’ve already got,” Cameron says. “If we learn
to write from the sheer love of writing, there is always
enough time, but time must be stolen like a quick kiss
between lovers on the run.”

BIO
Christine Hucko is a freelance writer and editor. Her work has
appeared in newspapers and magazines, and she regularly edits
articles for an academic journal. www.christinehucko.com 

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COMPETITIONS
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DISCOVER MYSTERY AWARD
http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/contest/
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$20 ENTRY FEE
Poisoned Pen Press would like to announce the first annual
Discover Mystery Award, a first book contest for unpublished
writers trying to break into the mystery genre. This spring,
join us by entering your mystery manuscript of 60,000-90,000
words in an effort to win a $1000 prize, the Discover Mystery
title, and a publishing contract from Poisoned Pen Press.
Deadline May 31, 2012.

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BIRDS AND BLOOM BACKYARD BLUNDER CONTEST
http://www.birdsandblooms.com/Contests/Backyard-Blunder-Contest
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NO ENTRY FEE
Do you have a funny birding or gardening story to share
from your backyard? We want to hear it! Send us your best
"backyard blunder," and the winning story will receive $500.
To enter, email your true story (no more than 400 words) to
contests@birdsandblooms.com. Please put "backyard blunder
contest" in the subject line. Deadline March 15, 2012.

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THE EAST INDIA PRESS SHORT STORY CONTEST
http://www.nightingalenovel.com/contest.html
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NO ENTRY FEE
Win $1,000 cash prize plus your story will be published as
an opener to the Nightingale enhanced novel, as well as a
stand-alone e-book. East India Press will also consider
your novel submission for publication. Open to all – any
nationality, any age – with teens especially encouraged to
enter. Your story must be no more than 2,500 words long.
Deadline March 1, 2012. Only one submission per person.

This contest is sponsored by East India Press and David
Farland, author of over fifty published novels and anthologies,
a former prize writer himself, who launched his novel writing
career with a short story written for a contest much like this.
When he was discovered, agents stood in line for the chance to
be his publisher.



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GRANTS
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OCEAN SCIENCE JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP
http://www.whoi.edu/osj/
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WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellowships were established
in 2000. The OSJ program is designed to introduce science
journalists to the interdisciplinary and wide-ranging fields
of oceanography and ocean engineering. Through seminars,
laboratory visits, and brief field expeditions, Ocean Science
Journalism Fellows gain access to new research findings and
to fundamental background information in engineering, marine
biology, geology and geophysics, marine chemistry and
geochemistry, and physical oceanography. Our program is a
one-week, residential experience open to professional writers,
producers, and editors working for print, broadcast, radio
and Internet media. The ideal candidate will have at least
two years of writing, producing, or editing experience for
a general-interest audience. Freelancers, book authors, and
writers from nontraditional media may also be considered,
but should be able to show a substantial portfolio of work.
We will begin accepting applications on January 9, 2012.
All applications and supporting materials must arrive by
mail no later than May 15, 2012.

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MCCLOY SCHOLARSHIP FOR MYSTERY WRITING
http://mysterywriters.org  (click McCloy Scholarship in the sidebar)
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NO ENTRY FEE OR MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED.
Unpublished mystery writers, don't wait until the postmark
deadline of Feb. 29, 2012, to decide to apply for a scholarship
to cover your tuition for courses, classes, workshops, or other
live (not online) educational programs to improve your writing
skills. Every year, two scholarships of up to $500 each are
awarded in the McCloy-MWA Scholarship Program. The samples of
mystery writing to submit can be three chapters of a novel or
nonfiction, or three short stories or essays, or a full-length
script. Applicants even get feedback from one or more of the
five judges, who are commercially published in mystery fiction,
nonfiction, and scriptwriting.

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ARTIST TRUST FELLOWSHIPS - WASHINGTON
http://artisttrust.org/index.php/for-artists/money#fellowships
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Deadline: February 26, 2012. Artists practicing in Craft,
Literary, Media and Music Arts in Washington State are eligible
to apply for the 2012 Artist Trust Fellowship. This program
recognizes practicing professional artists of exceptional
talent and demonstrated ability, acknowledging an artist's
creative excellence and accomplishment, professional
achievement and continuing dedication to their artistic
discipline. Grant amount $7,500. Sixteen artists awarded.


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FREELANCE MARKETS
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DELAWARE BEACH LIFE
http://www.delawarebeachlife.com/contactus.asp
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Delaware Beach Life is the only full-color glossy magazine
focused on coastal Delaware's culture and lifestyle.
Entertaining feature stories, in-depth analysis pieces,
profiles of interesting people, observations, opinions,
listings with recommendations, and regular columns with
flair, humor and insight. Almost all freelance written.
Query to info@delawarebeachlife.com Pays up to $750 for
features up to 3,000 words. Pays up to $250 for columns
up to 1,200 words. Pays up to $300 for fiction up to
1,500 words.

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SHEccessful MAGAZINE
http://www.smartrecruiters.com/SHEccessfulMagazine/521903-freelance-editorial-writers-for-women-s-magazine
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SHEccessful Magazine is a national bi-monthly publication
that seeks to highlight not only women of professional
success but also women of personal success. This magazine
features successful women, promotes business owners and
offers insightful articles and cover stories that will
inspire and empower women nationwide. We are looking for
writers with an established track record to contribute
approximately 1,000 to 3,500 words each month for our
printed and online magazine. Apply online first. Then submit
writing samples to editor@sheccessfulmagazine.com 

Celebrity Features & Interviews, 1,500-3,500 words,
2 photos - 35 cents/word

Feature story, 1,500-3,500 words, 2-5 photos –
15 cents/word

Articles, 1,000-1,500 words, 3-5 photos – ten cents/word

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ESCARPMENT VIEWS
http://www.escarpmentviews.ca/index.php/editorial-guidelines/
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Good writers should query us with great ideas about noteworthy
houses, impressive gardens, quaint shopping districts, local
history, art studio tours, local wild plants and animals, noble
community efforts and individuals’ achievements. We want to
explore the best of what’s located in Escarpment country and
we need contributors who are based all along it. We pay
professional freelance writers 40 cents a word for first
Canadian serial rights in English. Escarpment Views is a
quarterly magazine dedicated to the people who cherish the
beauty and uniqueness of the Niagara Escarpment. Its readers
choose to live and work in the communities along this natural
and geological wonder.



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JOBS
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WRITER-EDITOR
Location Washington DC
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/307392400
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As a Writer-Editor, you will provide a wide range of support
including planning, budgeting, writing, editing, and producing
manuals, handbooks, and other publications for all agency
vehicles. Employer US Dept of the Treasure, Comptroller of
the Currency.

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WRITER-EDITOR
Location Atlanta, GA
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/307725300
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Deadline February 8, 2012. Conducts Internet research and/or
interviews to gather content and context for written documents.
Provides editorial support for controlled correspondence,
briefing memos and other written materials. Diplomatically
resolve differences between authors and other professional
staff concerning style, structure and content of written
materials. Incumbent drafts high-level correspondence on
behalf of the director and prepares documents that represent
CDC policy to Congress, the Administration, and partners.
Employer Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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TECHNICAL WRITER
Location Montgomery, AL
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/305927500
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Deadline February 9, 2012. Employer Federal Emergency
Management Agency. This position will serve as a technical
writer in an organizational element having the responsibility
to independently coordinate production of highly complex and
diverse Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and
Explosive (CBRNE) curriculum training. This position starts
at a salary of $47,448 (GS-09). Apply for this exciting
opportunity to become a member of the Curriculum Development
and Evaluation office, Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP)
Team in the Department of Homeland Security.



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PUBLISHERS/AGENTS
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LYNN C. FRANKLIN ASSOCIATES, LTD.
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/LynnCFranklin/
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Lynn C. Franklin Associates, Ltd. is a literary agency that
represents primarily non-fiction—including memoir, biography,
current affairs, spirituality, psychology/self-help,
alternative medicine—and is, more recently, expanding its
list in the fields of literary, commercial/genre, and YA
fiction.

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JEANNE FREDERICKS LITERARY AGENCY, INC.
http://jeannefredericks.com/submission-guidelines
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You are invited to submit your nonfiction book idea to the
Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency if:

==your proposed book offers fresh, authoritative information
or advice needed by a sizable population
==you are an established expert in one of the subjects listed,
==you have at least some media experience

Book subjects represented by the Agency:

Health/medicine/integrative health/science
Nature/environment/animals/pets
Gardening
Business/real estate
Popular reference/careers
History/biography
Home/decorative arts/antiques
Travel
Cookbooks
Fine arts/crafts
Sports/recreation/fitness
Psychology/self-help/parenting/inspirational

The Agency does not represent fiction, true crime, juvenile,
textbooks, poetry, essays, screenplays, short stories, science
fiction, pop culture, guides to computers and software, politics,
horror, pornography, books on overly depressing or violent
topics, romance, teacher’s manuals, or memoirs.

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FREDRICA S. FRIEDMAN AND COMPANY, INC.
http://www.fredricafriedman.com/submissions.html
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Fredrica S. Friedman & Co., Inc. accepts query letters by
email for both fiction and nonfiction representation. We DO
NOT, however, represent poetry, plays, screenplays, children’s
books, sci-fi/fantasy, or horror.


 

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HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK

Course offering from writer Alexis Grant

Want to accomplish big things in 2012? Hoping to make this
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grow your blog or reach other writing goals?

If you’ve joined Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook but aren’t
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