We had an amazing time, probably helped by being very lucky with the weather, and definitely picked a good time of year to visit Scotland.
Free to enter writing competitions
Thanks to Suzan Lindsay for the link to this competition from The Welkin Press. They want up to 100 words. There are 5 themes and the best in each will win £30.
And thanks to Fiona for this one from Curtis Brown on the theme of landmarks. They want a few more words - up to 300, and offer a potentially bigger prize of a Curtis Brown gift voucher valued at £300, and a year's membership to The Writing Studio.
Other publication opportunities
If you write short literary fiction (3,000 to 8,000 words) you might be interested in submitting to One Story. They pay $5,000.
Thanks to Fiona for pointing out that Myslexia "have lots of submission opportunities and for most you don’t have to subscribe to the magazines."
The latest issue of Writing Magazine has, amongst many other things, 'tips on writing for the womag market'. It includes alternative markets and uses for womag type fiction. In case you missed it, last week Liz Filluel wrote a post about using work originally written for womags in a completely different way.
Here, here and here, are examples of how I've re-homed some of the stories I've had published in magazines over the years.
4 comments:
Glad you had such a great trip Patsy and with such amazing weather. Thanks to you and Suzan for the competition info too.
I’m doing a talk at a writing group next week on getting published (story in this week’s PF so that’s helpful) and winning competitions (conveniently won a flash fiction competition last week but can’t read at the festival as I’m doing the talk!). I’m preparing a list of resources and tips for them and this blog will be top of my list. Thanks so much for keeping it going Patsy, even when you’re on remote islands!
Thank you, Suzan Fiona and Patsy. Well done, Fiona! Had two rejections from TPF a couple of weeks ago... and await another one from yesterday's sub (don't be so negative, I hear you say!). I am issue buddies in BOWW with another three from here. Alyson H: In the club; Patsy: The cookie monster as these are reprints. Your article was pretty comprehensive, Patsy - and a double-page spread! Hope you make more traffic for the blog from it.
I'm glad you had a good trip, Patsy.
Well done to all with positive news. I'm still getting my head around the news about fiction feast.
It's been a blow and I admit that I've been feeling pretty miserable about it. I don't how long we'll be waiting for clarification from them. It could be months.
I know I shouldn't allow my mood to be dictated by the fickle womag market but sudden changes for me, as an autistic person, are difficult.
Well, I guess it's about achieving success in a different way from now on.
I can't get my stories in TPF, no matter how hard I try!
I forgot to add that the story glory project has gone under after just 4 months. That was another out of the blue disappointment. Not a great week for me!
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