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Volume 11, Issue 45
November 11, 2011

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FFW SMALL MARKETS

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101 Best Websites for Writers 
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Editor: C. Hope Clark 
Mailto: Hope@FundsforWriters.com 
Web Site: www.fundsforwriters.com 

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EDITOR'S PIECE OF MIND
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ORIGINAL

I was outlining a book, a potential how-to book. I'd 
collected all sorts of ideas from blogs and authors I
admire. Stacks of these thoughts piled around me, categorized
into Part I, Chapter 3, and so on. But for some reason, 
the message wasn't gelling. For two months I worked on 
this book, trying to get it rolling. Even the book proposal
stank.

All these marvelous words of advice, yet I could not
mesh them together into the lesson I wanted to teach.
That is . . . until I realized I wasn't writing MY book.
I was penning a collage of others' ideals. No wonder
the theme was in a jumbled mess. I was building on
a foundation that wasn't my own. 

How did I expect the words to flow when they weren't mine?

Whether writing magazine articles, blog posts, novels
or how-tos, be careful that you don't fall in love with 
someone else's concept, phrase or fancy. I see it all
the time. Heck, I'm tempted to do it myself - often.

When you commit to a blog or column, you learn after
several months that tenets and views become harder to
find. You have to think harder, scan wider, and all too
often sit staring at your monitor as if an intense glare
will make the words pop out on their own. 

I subscribe to a handful of blogs. More than I ought to
be reading, frankly, but regardless, I like several of
them because of their savvy ideas. When someone strikes
me with their creative genius, a concept so sharp and
yet so simple, I can't help but want to piggy-back off
of it. Many blogs are founded on that method. It's the
quickest way to fulfill your obligatory blog post . . .
find a great mind and spin your view of it. Okay on
occasion, but only if you are truly original in how
you take it to another level.

Not only are you shortchanging yourself by lazily
avoiding the sweat that comes from a deeply dug up
philosophy, but most of your readers can sense it when
you copy. 

You do not want to be known as the writer who writes
like someone else, or thinks like someone else. You want
to be the first, the foremost, the unique, the authentic
you. And if that means throwing away copies of others'
stuff so you don't fall into the trap of copying ideas,
then so be it. That blank screen is intimidating as heck,
but it makes you a better, more respected writer. 


Hope Clark




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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WISE WORDS TO LIVE BY
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I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, 
writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for 
someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness 
and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that 
person could be me.

~Anna Quindlen



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GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTESTS 
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PIXELHOSE FICTION AND NONFICTION WRITING CONTEST
http://pixelhose.com/fiction-and-nonfictio-writing-contest/ 
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NO ENTRY FEE
Deadline December 7, 2011. Categories fiction, nonfiction
(creative or essay). $300, $150 and $50 prize monies in
each category. Limit 5,000 words. Previously published 
works are accepted so long as pixelhose.com can legally 
obtain free, one time, one site, permanent web publication 
rights. The contest may be extended at pixelhose.com 
discretion until a minimum of 500 entries have been 
submitted.

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PRINT EXPRESS CONTEST
http://www.printexpress.co.uk/blog/2011/10/17/the-print-express-poetry-competition 
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NO ENTRY FEE
To enter, email poetry@printexpress.co.uk with a poem that 
you've written - no more than 45 lines - on a topic of your 
choice before November 30, 2011. You could win £150. Poems 
must be in English, and no longer than 45 lines. 

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HUMOUR VERSE COMPETITION
http://www.flash500.com/index_files/humourverse.html 
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ENTRY FEE: £3, then £2.50 for each poem thereafter.
Any form of humour will be accepted, in any style, but the 
content must be original and it has to make us smile. Anything 
from a limerick to a poem of 30 lines in length is accepted.
The competition will be run quarterly with closing dates 
matching the Flash 500 competition: 31st March, 30th June, 
30th September and 31st December. The results will be 
announced within six weeks of each closing date and the 
three winning entries each quarter will be published on 
the website.

First: £150 plus publication in Words with JAM
Second: £100
Third: £50

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RAMSFIELD PRESS HOLIDAY CONTEST
http://www.ramsfieldpress.com/holiday-writing-contest.html 
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NO ENTRY FEE
Write a short piece about a year end holiday celebration. 
It can be Christmas, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Kwanza, New 
Year's, the Solstice, or whatever holiday you celebrate. The 
length should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words. If you have 
a specific reading demographic in mind (YA, Children, etc.), 
please indicate it. Post your story to your Google Docs account 
with permission to share with moserbill37@gmail.com. The prize 
for the winner of this contest is $25 and publication on this 
website. Deadline December 19, 2011. Publication of the winner 
will be shortly after the contest ends, toward the end of December. 
This contest is sponsored by an anonymous donor, the spirit of 
giving, and the letter A and the number 2.

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BETHLEHEM WRITERS ROUNDTABLE SHORT STORY AWARD
https://sites.google.com/site/bethlehemwritersroundtable/short-story-contest 
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$10 ENTRY FEE
Now accepting submissions of short fiction or memoir 
(2,000 words or fewer). Deadline January 31, 2012. 

First prize: $200 and consideration for inclusion in the 
upcoming BWG anthology, Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny, 
and Strange Tales, scheduled for publication in late 2012. 
If it is not accepted for publication in the print anthology, 
it will be featured in an upcoming edition of the Bethlehem 
Writers Roundtable. There is no guarantee of print publication.
Second prize: $100 and publication in the Bethlehem Writers 
Roundtable. Third prize: $50 and publication in the Bethlehem 
Writers Roundtable. Honorable Mentions: Stories may be 
selected for Honorable Mention and offered publication in 
the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable. 



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JOBS/MARKETS 
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WHITE CAT PUBLICATIONS
http://www.whitecatpublications.com/?page_id=225 
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Short Stories - Up to 5,000 words in length, 5 cents/word 
up to 2,500 words. Reprints at 1.5 cents/word. 

Flash fiction - Up to 1,000 words. $25 per story.

Interviews - Query first. The rate is $25 per interview.

Reviews - Query first. The rate is $25 per review.

We are interested primarily in good quality writing, 
and, although we lean heavily towards stories with a 
strong element of suspense, are open to stories in all 
genres save erotica.

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STRAND MAGAZINE
http://www.strandmag.com/htm/strandmag_guidelines.htm 
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We are interested in mysteries, detective stories, tales 
of terror and the supernatural as well as short stories. 
Stories can be set in any time or place, provided they are 
well written, the plots interesting and well thought.
We are interested in stories of almost any length, but 
preferably the 2,000-6,000 word range. However, we may 
occasionally publish short shorts of 1000 words, and 
sometimes we may consider even a short novella. At the 
moment, our payment rate for stories is $25-150. No 
submissions accepted by e-mail.

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LOST TREASURE
http://www.losttreasure.com/contact 
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The magazine is available in both traditional printed-on-paper, 
magazine format and digital PDF format, allowing worldwide 
distribution and the ability to use computer search techniques 
to quickly find information inside each issue, a further aid 
to people wanting to find treasures on their own. Each issue 
contains vibrant tales of a historical nature and educational 
tips on the latest methods and equipment to find lost 
treasures of all types. Pays four cents/word.

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MACROBIOTICS TODAY
http://www.ohsawamacrobiotics.com/index.php 
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Steeped in the George Ohsawa tradition, Macrobiotics Today 
provides issues, information, and articles on diet, health, 
and environmental consciousness from a macrobiotic 
perspective that combine traditional macrobiotic views on 
physical, emotional, and spiritual health with contemporary 
thinking and scientific knowledge. Pays up to $50 for 
articles of 1,000 to 2,500 words. 

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MIDSTREAM
http://www.midstreamthf.com/ 
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We continue to welcome submission of manuscripts that 
deal with Jewish life and culture worldwide, past and 
present, with particular emphasis on contemporary Jewish 
affairs, political, social, and cultural, in America and 
in Israel. Midstream publishes many articles, at least 
one short story (fiction), and from three to ten poems 
per issue. Articles normally run from 2,000 to 4,000 words 
and fiction from 2,000 to 5,000 words. 

Poems and short fiction should center on Jewish themes 
and Jewish life, but poems of a general nature should at 
least contain Jewish metaphorical allusions. Book reviews 
on current titles run from 1,000 to 2,000 words; review 
essays that are more extensive in reach and depth from 
2,000 to 4,000 words. Writers of unsolicited articles, 
memoirs, short stories, and poems need not contact the 
editor before submission, but it is advisable that book-
reviewers send an e-mail description of the book they want 
to review and a note detailing their expertise in the field, 
since the editor normally chooses such titles and assigns 
reviewers. Midstream does not normally publish very short 
reviews or articles of less than 1,000 words. Payment for 
published manuscripts is calculated at five cents a word 
for prose, $25 for a published poem, and three complimentary 
copies of the issue containing the writer's work. 





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Call for Entries: Poets and Writers!

Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest. 
Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject or write a short story,
5 pages maximum length on any theme, single or double-line spacing, 
neatly hand printed or typed.

Writing First Prize: $500, 2nd: $125; 3rd: $100

Poetry First Prize: $250, 2nd: $125; 3rd: $50.

Entry fees: $5 per poem, $10 per story.

Postmark deadline: December 31, 2011.

Visit http://www.dreamquestone.com  for details and enter!


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DR. DORIS MUELLER POETRY AND PROSE CONTEST
http://www.missouriwritersguild.org/mwg_contests.shtml 
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ENTRY FEE $3 or $7

Dr. Doris Mueller was a passionate educator, author and poet. 
She was also a long-time member of the Missouri Writers' Guild. 
As part of her legacy, the 2011 MWG Board of Directors has 
established this contest, with proceeds beyond the prize money 
to go toward an annual scholarship to be awarded to a creative 
writing or English student enrolled in a program in a Missouri 
college or university. Categories: 

Fiction suitable for children: TOPIC: Imaginary friends
Short story (YA or Adult): TOPIC: Same topic or one of your own!
Poetry: TOPIC: Open

First, second and third prizes in each category will be 
awarded $100, $50 and $25 respectively, plus certificates. 
Three Honorable Mentions in each category will be awarded 
certificates. Deadline November 30, 2011. 

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ANOTHER FANTASTIC REASON TO ADVERTISE IN FUNDSFORWRITERS

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