harvest is seeking fiction and non-fiction between 3,500 and 6,000 words and poetry up to 100 lines for its inaugural issue. Brought together by students of RMIT’s Professional Writing and Editing course,harvest magazine is (in their own words) "born out of our desire to produce a tactile and engaging publication for a well-read audience. An audience who believes that good writing can be both attractive and intelligent." They are interested in nurturing new and emerging writing, but also welcome submissions from more established writers, and they say they'll provide feedback on any work you submit.
Send them a pitch for your non-fiction idea or mail them your stories and poems. Closing date for non-fiction pitches is November 2. Closing date for final non-fiction, fiction and poetry submission is November 30. Payment is $100 for non-fiction and fiction pieces, $60 for a single poem and $100 for a poetry feature.
For more information and detailed submission guidelines, please visit their website: http://harvestmagazine.wordpress.com/
(Interestingly, the word "postmodern" is banned from use in author bios. Do you feel gypped? I know I do.)
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
National Novel Writing Month
November 1 2007 marks the beginning of the eighth annual (Inter)National Novel Writing Month, which means that there are still two weeks for you to sign up before the madness begins!
Every year, thousands of ordinary people from around the world (many of whom are writers, but even more who have never written anything before in their life) take part in NaNoWriMo, a hands-on writing adventure in which participants are asked to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Pressure much? Don't worry: there are no losers. No official prizes, either, but on the other hand, you might just learn how to turn off that nasty inner editor who is stopping you from getting all those words down on the page until they're absolutely perfect ... you're going to change it all when it's finished, anyway. Write now, edit later.
Needless to say, NaNoWriMo is hugely community-driven. No one understands your novelling woes better than those of us who are going through the same thing. As usual, we will be holding a local kick-off party at midnight on November 1 and other write-ins throughout the month. Last year, we ran an unofficial writing competition with the team from Illinois, US. We're demanding a rematch this year, and every writer counts.
Visit http://www.nanowrimo.org for more information. Be sure to check out the Perth, Australia forum and say hi to the local community. Or email Perth's Municipal Liason, Elaine, at perth_australia@nanowrimo.org. See you in November!
Every year, thousands of ordinary people from around the world (many of whom are writers, but even more who have never written anything before in their life) take part in NaNoWriMo, a hands-on writing adventure in which participants are asked to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Pressure much? Don't worry: there are no losers. No official prizes, either, but on the other hand, you might just learn how to turn off that nasty inner editor who is stopping you from getting all those words down on the page until they're absolutely perfect ... you're going to change it all when it's finished, anyway. Write now, edit later.
Needless to say, NaNoWriMo is hugely community-driven. No one understands your novelling woes better than those of us who are going through the same thing. As usual, we will be holding a local kick-off party at midnight on November 1 and other write-ins throughout the month. Last year, we ran an unofficial writing competition with the team from Illinois, US. We're demanding a rematch this year, and every writer counts.
Visit http://www.nanowrimo.org for more information. Be sure to check out the Perth, Australia forum and say hi to the local community. Or email Perth's Municipal Liason, Elaine, at perth_australia@nanowrimo.org. See you in November!
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