WOW, Women on Writing, shared this list and more in their latest newsletter. Most of these opportunities don’t have deadlines. Please let us know if you try any of these or have questions. Insider – Essays businessinsider.com Senior Editor Conz Preti is looking for pitches on the topics of parenting, health, relationships, retirement, and more. Pay:
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Spring 2024~~Prior Contest Winners
The Memoir Contest Winners Are We’d love to have you enter our current contest. Click on either Current or Latest Contest for submission information. The winners of Writer Advice’s Flash Memoir Contest are Laura Winig, whose piece, “The Changing Room” appears this week. Eveline Pye, whose piece, “Five Stages of Enlightenment” will appear on April
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Spring 2024~~Interview
“The characters who best grab audiences are the characters that are real.” ~~Emily B. Rose Obsessed With Mermaids and Wanting to Belong An Interview with Emily B. Rose by B. Lynn Goodwin Ever wanted something without knowing why? Ever searched for explanations just beyond your reach? Debut author Emily B. Rose’s main character, Kenna has
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Spring 2024 ~~ Writing Advice
“Hook your readers and draw them into your world.” ~~Anoop Judge Ways to Begin a Story: Crafting the Perfect Opening The author of this article, Anoop Judge, is also the author of No Ordinary Thursday, a family drama of secrets, misconceptions, and tragedy, She’s the author of three additional books and is also a writing
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Spring 2024~~Hooked on Books
Do you have a book you’d like reviewed? Use the contact box on the home page to let us know about it. Reviews matter and ours can be reprinted on your webpage as long as you credit Writer Advice. Finding Fran: A Midlife Moxie Novel (2) By Nancy Christie ISBN #; 979-8350942248 Book Baby
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Spring 2024 ~~ Marketing
EDITOR’S NOTE: I shared this earlier, as a post from a WOW book tour, but felt it was worth repeating. Thanks for sharing your experiences, Kim. If you have a marketing story you’d like to share or a question you’d like to ask, please send your query or question through the contact box on the
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Prior Contest Winners~~ Micro Fiction
Congratulations to our nine Flash Micro Winners. Interested in our Flash Memoir Contest? Go to https://writeradvice.com/latest-contest-information/ to read all the details. Flash Micro Winners Some sent Dribbles (50 words), some sent Drabbles (100 words), and some sent Micros (up to 500 words). Our winners had pieces that resonated—often because of the ending, sometimes because of the
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Spring 2024 ~~ Markets & Contests
Contest winners and finalists gain credibility with agents and publishers. What are you waiting for? Opportunities for June and Beyond This is a mixture of publication opportunities, and each link below shares lots of places seeking your work. Tell me what, exactly, you are looking for, and I’ll see what I can come up with.
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up We want to share your stories about your publishing journey and your writing life here. Write to entertain, to enlighten, and to advise (but not preach). Write to share your gratitude, amazement, and disbelief. Share the good, the bad, and the silly, but don’t share them all in
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Winter 2024 Interview
“…confidence is one of the most important aspects of becoming a published writer.” –Joan Gelfand “Develop a unique premise.” ~~ Jill Hedgecock Outside Voices: A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution Written by Joan Gelfand ISBN#: 979-8888450048 Post Hill Press (January 16, 2024 Go With The Flow Joan Gelfand’s memoir, Outside Voices: A Memoir of the
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Winter 2024 Marketing Advice
“I know how teens sound and I know what they want at least as much as they do.” ~~B. Lynn Goodwin Take a Look at the Disrupted Blog Tour I strongly recommend WOW’s blog tours for any woman who wants to promote her book. Or invent your own blog tour. Disrupted is the title of
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Winter 2024 More Markets than Contests
“If you don’t submit, you won’t get published.” ~~ B. Lynn Goodwin March Deadlines for Paying Markets Seeking Work These markets come from an article written by Erica Verrillo who is the president at American ME and CFS Society. Which are right for you? Hexagon. Genre: Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic
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