As of 10AM (U.S. eastern time) all 12 complimentary gift e-books, as offered in our newsletter (which went out this morning), have been ordered! Thanks to all of you for participating. More later–must get back to fulfilling the requests!
The Editor of the two-volume Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: An Encyclopedia (to be published by Greenwood Press in 2007) seeks contributors for unassigned entries.
The project includes thematic essays (5000 words) and entries ranging from 250-1000 words. “Preference will be given to college professors, published writers, and advanced graduate students, but others qualified to write about women in science fiction, fantasy, and related genres in work in English from the 19th century to the present, covering fiction, nonfiction, film, television, art, comics, graphic novels, music and poetry will also be considered.”
Payment for accepted essays/entries will be the 2-volume encyclopedia set, plus an honorarium ($250 for thematic essays, $50-$100 for entries).
For more information, see the full call for contributors.
Important update for poets and essayists. Check out the very latest directory of paying poetry markets and directory of paying essay markets. “Dead” markets have been removed from the last editions (dating back to September); nonetheless, we’ve managed to expand both e-books–nearly 100 markets in each! Be sure to download the previews–complete with free sample listings. Enjoy!
Here’s an important reminder for all practicing writers in the U.S.: postal rates change as of January 8, 2006 (this Sunday). I managed to buy a bunch of 2-cent stamps to use with my trove of 37-centers yesterday (and also extended my P.O. Box rental for another year). So if you plan on mailing any submissions or taking care of other postal business in the immediate future, make it very immediate to take advantage of the current rates, and be sure to remember to include appropriate added postage for any SASE’s (last time the rates went up I ended up having to hunt for submission responses months later from more than one journal that simply did not use the old SASE, and wouldn’t/couldn’t make up the difference on its own).
No, it isn’t November. We’re still in January. And it’s time for the Preditors and Editors annual Readers’ Poll.
If you’re a fan of our free monthly e-newsletter, now two years old, please express your support by taking just a moment to vote for your friendly e-zine editor (me, Erika Dreifus), right here. I don’t want to fill all the e-mailboxes of our 1200 subscribers with a notice just about this poll (which is open until January 15), so please vote and spread the word to your fellow Practicing Writer subscribers! Thank you so much!