September Publishing Newsletter

Content:

- WRITER’S RESIDENCIES

- FREELANCE WRITING

- WRITING CONTESTS

- WRITER'S RELIEF FUNDS

Hello friends, I hope your summer has been filled with lots of reading and lots of sunshine. In many ancient cultures, the month of September was the beginning of a new year - new beginnings.

See here where next year's writing vacation could bring you, which freelance writing opportunities are out there, learn about writing contests, and even what writer’s relief grants are offered in these often trying times.

FREE WRITER’S RESIDENCIES:

Elsewhere Studios The Residency Program provides space and time for artists & writers. We have set subsidized residency fees between $600 and $850 (depending on space). March 1, 2021

https://www.elsewherestudios.org/the-residency-how-to-apply

Jentel Arts Residencies One month-long residency taking place January 15th – May 13th.  Any visual artist or writer over 25 currently residing in the United States or any US citizen living abroad is eligible. Each resident receives a $400 stipend. The cozy and comfortable writer studios have Wifi access. Location Banner, Wyoming. Deadline September 15

https://jentelarts.org/apply/.

The Siena Art Institute’s 2021 Summer Residency Program 

One month in the beautiful historic city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy, grants resident artists a studio space at the Siena Art Institute and a private one-bedroom apartment in the historic city center, as well as airfare. Deadline Sept 30

https://www.sienaart.org/Residencies/Summer-Residency-Program/Summer-Residency-Description/

Monson Arts’ Residency Program

Support for emerging & established artists & writers. During each of our 2-week & 4-week programs, 5 artists & 5 writers are invited to Maine’s North Woods. Get a private studio, all meals & a $1,000 stipend. Deadline Sept 15

https://monsonarts.org/residencies/

FREELANCE WRITING: Shenandoah

Short stories and creative nonfiction (essays, memoir, etc.) should be under 8,000 words. Novel excerpts under 8,000 words will be considered with great enthusiasm. Pays ten cents per word up to $500. Deadline Aug 31

https://shenandoahliterary.org/submissions/

Smarter Travel

They accept multi-page slideshows and both short- and feature-length stories on a range of consumer travel topics, including booking strategies, saving money, avoiding scams, packing tips, best places to go, travel tech, travel trends, and travel tips that represent all kinds of travelers and travel experiences. Payment: $500 for long-form articles and multi-page slideshows, and $100 to $250 for shorter posts.

https://www.smartertravel.com/submission-guidelines/

Write for Colorado Life 

Colorado Life Magazine is a magazine that explores Colorado. We are Colorado’s only statewide general-interest magazine. From the prairies to the mountains to the western slope, we take our readers on unforgettable trips through the Centennial State. Pays ca. $0.25/word.

https://www.coloradolifemagazine.com/Contribute/

Authorpreneur 

This issue will focus on how to be a career author, from planning your writing products to managing your list. From taking care of your health and wellbeing to becoming a speaker and coach, from creating a sales funnel to earning passive income, and more. Publication date: January 2021. Deadline for queries: September 15

https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contact.php

Wanderful

The magazine is committed to high-quality, interesting, and useful content to women travelers, conversations related to feminism, women’s safety and violence against women, issues concerning women’s bodies, and other subjects. Payment $50 per article

https://sheswanderful.com/write/

Chatelaine The woman magazine is organized into five sections: Style and Beauty, Home, Health, Life & Food. Feature articles are social issues, controversies, culture, crime, etc., while the Health section covers the latest news & studies, gives fitness & workout tips, and explores hot-button issues. Pay is $1/word. Pitch your idea first

https://www.chatelaine.com/about/writers-guidelines/

WOW - Women on Writing 

Open to general queries, as long as it relates to the craft of writing and publishing. All articles must have takeaway value for fellow writers." Pays $50 - $75

https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contact.php

Common Ground

Articles of 600 to 1,500 words will be accepted. Articles can be enhanced with a compelling photo or graphic. They pay 10c/word. Common Ground is Western Canada’s biggest & best-loved monthly magazine dedicated to health, wellness, ecology, and personal growth. 

https://commonground.ca/contributors-guidelines/

Lake Superior Magazine

The Magazine features generally paying $200 to $400. Top dollar is earned by a well-written and researched manuscript-photo package. Lake Superior Magazine is a bi-monthly full-color consumer magazine that focuses exclusively on the Lake Superior region – history, current events, lifestyles, environment, tourism. https://www.lakesuperior.com/aboutus/submission-guidelines/editorial-guidelines/

WRITING CONTESTS:

Writers Digest Personal Essay Awards

Grand prize $2,500, publication in Writer's Digest magazine, and a paid trip to the Writer's Digest Annual Conference. Second prize receives $1,000 and publication. Limit 2,000 words. $25 Entry Fee. Deadline Sept 15

https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/personal-essay-awards

The QueryLetter Writing Contest

Prize: $500 top prize for a back cover blurb of 100 words or fewer that sets the stage for a novel, establishes the characters, and raises the stakes in a way that makes readers want to find out more. Prize: $500 top prize. Deadline: Sept 15

https://www.queryletter.com/contest

Bodley Head/Financial Times Essay Prize 

Open to anyone between 18 - 35 years old.  "A dynamic, authoritative, and lively essay of no more than 3,500 words in English, on any subject." Prize: ￡1,500 cash and an e-publication with The Bodley Head & publication in the Financial Times. Deadline Sept 24

https://survey.ft.com/jfe/form/SV_6u24tomtuVl85g1

Victoria BC Literary Festival Writing Competition

Short story: 1500 words, taking into consideration the theme of the 2019 VLF festival: Hats Off. Prize: First prize will receive 350 CDN$. Deadline Sept 30

https://www.victorialiteraryfestival.com/short-story-contest-2019/

Chicken Soup for the Soul 

Stories about Self-care and Me Time. Genre: True stories. Payment: $200. “We are looking for your stories about how you neglected your self-care and then how you realized its importance and so you now engage in it." Deadline: Sept 30

https://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/possible-book-topics

Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

The first-place winner will receive $1,500 and publication. The 2nd-3rd-place winners will receive $500 each. Stories must be original unpublished fiction, max 3,500 words. Open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more. $15 Entry. Deadline Sept. 30

https://shortstorycompetition.com/

Zoetrope Short Story Prize

First prize: $1,000. Second prize: $500. Third Prize: $250. The three prizewinners and seven honorable mentions will be considered for representation by several Literary Agencies. All genres of literary fiction. Entries must be: unpublished; strictly 5,000 words or fewer. $30 Entry Fee. Deadline Oct 1

https://www.zoetrope.com/contests/stories-2020/

Larry Brown Short Story Award

The winners will receive the following prizes: first $500, second $50, third $50, and fourth and fifth will receive a copy of the book Tiny Love: The Complete Stories by Larry Brown. Each prize winner will be published in the January 2021 issue of Pithead Chapel. The submitted story must be less than 4,000 words. $10 Entry Fee. Deadline Oct 31

https://pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

John Steinbeck Award for Fiction

Aesthetically, we are open to most styles and approaches, including experimental and literary. All works should be stand-alone short stories, not chapters of a longer work. Please limit prose submissions to 5,000 words. $1,000 for the winning story. $20 Entry Fee. Deadline Nov 1 

https://www.reedmag.org/john-steinbeck-award-for-fiction

RELIEF GRANTS:

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CERF and Relief Grant

Residents or work in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the last two years? CERF+ is launching the COVID-19 Relief Grant program to provide financial assistance to professional artists working in craft disciplines who are facing dire circumstances from the COVID-19 crisis. It will provide a one-time $1,000 grant to meet urgent food, housing, and health insecurities. Deadline Sept 9.

https://cerfplus.org/cerf-covid-19-relief-grant/ 

Virtual Mini-Lesson Grants for Arizona Artists

Artists will be compensated $500 to produce one mini-lesson video, with the opportunity to produce up to three for a total of $1,500, plus an additional $125 stipend to attend virtual training.  Deadline Sept 10

https://azarts.gov/news/teaching-artist-opportunity-virtual-mini-lesson-grants/

Cullman Center Fellowships

They award up to 15 fellowships a year to outstanding scholars and writers— Foreign nationals conversant in English are also welcomed. Award: A stipend of up to $70,000, an office, a computer, and full access to the Library's physical and electronic resources. Deadline: Sept 25

https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/center-for-scholars-and-writers/fellowships-at-the-cullman-center

Arts Council England Project Grants

Project Grants is open to anyone who needs funding for an arts, museums, or libraries project that shows public benefit. Updated guidance to support more individuals and creative practitioners during the Covid-19. 

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news-and-announcements/NLPG-whats-new

StARTS Short-Term Artists Residencies - Illinois

The StARTS Program provides support of up to $4,500 to eligible Illinois not-for-profit organizations, schools, and school districts for short term residencies. This is an open deadline program. Applications must be received no less than eight weeks before the project start date as identified in the application. 

https://arts.illinois.gov/starts-program-short-term-artists-residencies

Arizona Research and Development Grants

R&D Grants provide funding support to Arizona artists as they work to advance their artistic practice, expand their creative horizons, and deepen the impact of their work. Applicants may request from $3,000 - max. $5,000.  Deadline Oct 15

https://azarts.gov/news/apply-now-2021-research-development-grant/

Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Grants

Foundation grants give professional journalists the funding they need to cover issues of national and international importance with insight and integrity and help others refresh their skill sets or prepare for new careers in journalism. Grants range from $5,000 to $7,500. Grants requests must be submitted in writing by April 30 for consideration during the year’s first grants period and by Sept. 15 for second-half consideration.

https://scripps.com/foundation/journalism/grants/

Enjoy a long, relaxing Labor Day weekend, full of good books!

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