Publisher's Desk For August 16th

Publisher's Desk For August 16th
Almost 700 Paying Fiction And Poetry Markets Now available at WritersWeekly.com - Writing-World.com's Guide to Paying Markets for Fiction and Poetry The largest, most up-to-date list of publications that PAY for short stories and poetry. Whether you write mysteries, romance, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, mainstream or literary stories, or poetry in any genre, you'll find markets here. This guide offers nearly 700 listings of PAYING fiction and poetry markets. http://www.writersweekly.com/books/2604.html Fall 24-Hour Short Story Contest Now Open For Entrants! Start time for the Fall 2006 24-Hour Short Story Contest will be at 12:00 p.m. (noon) central time on Saturday, September 23, 2006! Participation is limited to 500 entrants. Contests usually fill up, so don't delay if you want to participate! You can see the list of prizes (first prize is $300, second is $250 and third is $200 - plus 82 other prizes!) and sign up here: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html New Classes Start September 11th! - Remember, Write and Publish Your Life Story by Angela Hoy - How To Write A Cookbook And Sell It! - Marketing Boot Camp For Freelance Writers - Cash in on Newsletter Writing and Publishing - Cash in on Teens and Tweens! - Writing As Healing: The Power Of Personal Stories - Finish Your Novel in 8 Weeks! - Creating Three Dimensional Characters - Six Secrets To The Perfect Plot - The Art of the Press Release (mini-course) Class descriptions and prices: http://www.writersweekly.com/wwu/courses/ Have A Need For Creative Freelancers? http://www.writersweekly.com/phpBB2/index.php?c=2 Are You Missing The Party? The Freelance Writing Forum is very active and we'd love to have you join us! http://www.writersweekly.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=15 Need Our Advertising Rates? See: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/adrates.html Writer's Guidelines Database http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewforum.php?f=12

Letters To The Editor For August 16th
This Week:

• Query Upside-Down for the Trades
• SideStepping Traditional Publishers: Why So Many Authors Choose to Self-Publish
• Traditionally-Published Author Weighs In
• A Journalist Weighs In
• Another Self-Published Booklocker.com Author Lands Traditional Contract

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