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This information is provided as it comes in for anyone interested in information and opportunities for writers. If you have information to add, send it to contact@artists.co.nz
COMPETITIONS
For complete rules and entry forms, or to submit your entry online, visit http://www.writersdigest.com/specialoffers.asp?DMannual051805
Bruce Mason was one of New Zealand's most significant playwrights: he wrote over thirty plays, several of which have since become classics, and was also a busy actor and critic. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Literature by Victoria University in 1977, in 1980 was made a CBE, and in 1982 was given the New Zealand Literary Fund Award for Achievement. Bruce Mason died in 1983.
The Sunday Star Times Bruce Mason Playwriting Award recognises achievement by a playwright at the beginning of a career. The $7,000 award is supported by Independent Newspapers Ltd and administered by Playmarket. Applications should be sent to Playmarket; deadlines each year are around September/October - Playmarket News carries full details. Applications should include name, full contact details, a CV outlining playwriting experience and letters of recommendation from one or two referees who have an up-to-date knowledge of your work. No script is needed. A panel of experienced theatre practitioners select the winner.
CALLING ALL WRITERS!
Attention Teenagers! Re-Draft is a publication for you to read and submit your work to - entry is free, but only the best will be chosen. For further info, contact: young.writers@xtra.co.nz
Year 9 and above - can join the SMORGASBORD PROGRAMME
Services listed in current WRITER'S DIGEST WRITING CLINIC
WRITERS & EDITORS NEEDED!
List your services at http://www.authorsandexperts.com/resource.html
or call 480/940-8182 & let clients find you. Only $39/listing/yr.
PUBLISH YOUR BOOK
Ivy House Publishing Group considers all subjects.
Write: thepublisher@ivyhousebooks.com or
Call (800)948-2786.
SCRIPT VIKING
No success getting agents or studios to read your script or novel? We have Hollywood connections - will read, evaluate, rewrite, sell at http://www.ScriptViking.com
Work Opportunities
Clarion Books publishes hardcover originals for children. They publish 50 titles a year and prefer writers to query with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Clarion is highly selective in the areas of historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction.
Avalon Books publishes 60 titles a year, 80 percent of them by unagented writers. They offer more than $1,000 for advances and pay 5 to 15 percent royalties. The editors say, "Right now we are concentrating on finding talented new mystery and historical romance writers with solid story-telling skills."
Leisure Books publishes 160 titles a year. They pay a royalty on retail price and offer negotiable advances. Their guidelines are available online, though they do not accept simultaneous submissions. Leisure Books is currently seeking historical and time travel romances.
Contact infomation on for the three publishers above requires subscription to site WritersMarket.com.
Articles wanted… Outdoors articles and photos wanted. Editor, "40 Degrees South" magazine, 49 Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tas 7000, Australia. Send $AUD8 for a sample issue first (it’s a glossy like NZ Geographic).
Writer – Space Tourism
Global. Writers are needed to submit articles to magazines and newspapers. The aerospace industry needs help to promote space tourism. Contact: tony@eSpaceTickets.com or visit www.eSpaceTickets.com.
Writer for educational children’s website. Content writers wanted for educational children’s web page: 6-12 years 12-17 years, male and female. Content should have universal appeal eg short stories, animations, games, email etc. Contact Rick Lewis, Business Manager, Kids Matter.com email: rickl@kidzmatter.com
Market: Organic Living Magazine. The Organic Living reader is a very aware consumer, with ages ranging from young families to senior citizens. Freelancers are welcome especially in the areas of health, nutrition and anything to do with parenting or children’s issues. Send the editor 2-3 outline ideas with an example of a previous relevant article. Recent articles include: how to spice up your sex life using natural products, alternative fuels, eco friendly children’s clothing, organic beers, plus recipes, product news and readers letters. Contact: Niky Keane, Organic Living Magazine Limited, 4b South Park Road, Harrowgate, HG1 5PD, Tel: 01423 707052 email: info@organicliving.co.uk, website: www.organicliving.co.uk
Teen Magazine, Australia. Girlfriend targets girls between 12-19 and offers advice, celebrity news and interviews, competitions, real life stories and tips on beauty, health and growing up. Girlfriend accepts freelance articles and interviews but only buys material which cannot be written in-house. The style of the magazine is upbeat and lively. The editor prefers a short query outline prior to sending an article. Payment is negotiable and made on publication. Recent articles include: My best friend is famous, Is he sending love signals? And I want what she’s got. Send to: Donna Mitchell, Editor, Girlfriend, Pacific Publications, 35-51 Mitchell Street, McMahons Point, NSW 2060. Tel: 02 9464 3300, Fax: 02 9464 3483.
e-Publishing Websites & Information:
www.writersdigest.com/specialoffers.asp?DMfyv041003
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Don't be writerly—avoid formal, stiff language
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* Additional postage required for non-US orders. See Web site for details:
www.authorlink.com
buys and sells rights to unpublished manuscripts, offers the latest industry news, hosts an electronic bookstore and ranks e-books for quality.
www.e-rights.com
helps self published writers understand the legal questions surrounding the publication of e-books.
www.iUniverse.com
a new kind of book publisher, working with authors to publish and sell their books, by making use of the web, print on demand and e-books they hope to give everyone the opportunity to get published.
www.authorsden.com
a site focused on discovery, sharing and promotion that acts as a universal stepping stone for published and unpublished authors.
www.playmarket.org.nz
New Zealand's script advisory service and playwrights' agency
Tip from tutor Joan Rosier-Jones. NEVER e-mail your manuscript to a publisher or editor unless specifically asked to do so. An e-mail query letter is fine, but no attachments with thousands of words. That’s guaranteed to put you off-side and sin-binned!
Links
The NZ Book Council, along with Creative NZ, has developed a comprehensive website "for the promotion of new zealand books and writers to a local and international audience". You will find it at: www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil
Check out this site to see about their annual mentorship programme for screenwriters.
www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au - This gives details of Asialink Literature Residencies in Asia next year for up to four months in China, Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
www.nzwriters.co.nz information for writers.
Here are some paying markets for fiction:
DREAM FORGE e-Maga-Weba-Zine http://www.nauticom.net/www/drmforge
E-Scape http://www.interlink.com/guide.html
FictionNet http://www.FictionNet.com/
Millennium http://www.gnpl.com/magazine
Mind's Eye Fiction http://tale.com/
OMNI http://www.omnimag.com/
Place http://www.cranepub.on.ca/place
Rain Crow's 32-pages http://rain-crow-publishing.com/32pp/
Rictus http://www.rictus.com/
Sci-Fi WEBzine http://www.sci-fi-mag.com/
Speculative Fiction and Beyond http://www.imagine-net.com/speculative-fiction
Tomorrow Speculative Fiction http://www.tomorrowsf.com/
Note the heavy emphasis on science fiction; writers of other genres have fewer markets.
You could also take a look through the following lists:
Critters Source List: http://www.nyx.net/~kreme/scifi.html
The Gonzo list: http://www.sunray.com/gonzo/ezines.htm
John Labovitz's E-zine List: http://www.meer.net/~johnl/e-zine-list/
The Market List: http://www.greyware.com/marketlist/
Rain Crow Publishing's Writers Market: http://rain-crow-publishing.com/market/literary.html
Speculations: http://www.speculations.com/
Speculative Fiction Markets: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/mag.html
Here are some more useful sites
http://www.inkspot.com/ Many links. Childrens' writer Marketplace. Host answers questions, writers air views. Go here to subscribe to Inklings, magazine of 10 pages fortnightly, emailed free. Read it quickly, bookmark what looks interesting -- or use up a lot of paper to print it out. Discusses agents. Online'Ask the Experts'feature. Enter your email address to be in draw for a free book each month.
http://www.readersNdex.com/ Contains Tip Sheets, eg. Mistakes Beginning Writers make. Info on authors. Links to PAPYRUS, an online mag by Affican-American writers, WINGS, an online teenage magazine.
http://zuzu.com/ "zuzuís Petals" pages. Links. Twice-yearly poetry competitions.
http://lwww.writersdigest.com/
http://home.sprynet.com/Sprynet/dwilton/etymal.htm Dave Wilton's Etymology Page.
http://come.to/writing Writer's Page.
http://members.aol.com/SSmagg/7index.html Short stories magazine. http://www.purefiction.com Lots of writing advice. http://mav.netiquidelines/writing.html writer's Guidelines Database. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ "Purdue Online Writing Lab". Good instructional handouts. Links to similar resources. http://www.storybytes.com/ To subscribe free to "StoryBytes" and emailed storied with word counts to the power of 2, go here to subscribe. Most are 512 words. There's been a very clever 8 - word play' http://www.arachna.co.nz/nzsa Society of Authors, used to be called PEN.
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