September 30, 2013
As an author, editor, professional submitter, and poet, I end up talking about contests a great deal. A lot of writers enter contests but as a general rule we do not review contests on Authors Publish, this is because there is an entry fee attached. The first time I ever confronted a contest I was…
Much to the relief of my spouse and daughter, I have finally ditched my much-beloved clunky laptop and upgraded. What a painful process. When we got to transferring the picture files, I was amazed at how colossal the folder was – some for research, but a large part for PR. This aspect of e-publishing had…
September 26, 2013
A lot of the time we focus on publishing but is always important to remember that writing itself is a reward, a pleasure, and a treat. To be able to create something is one of the most exciting and valuable things we can do.
Most people have five senses: Taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing. However when we write we tend to focus on only one of those, sight. This exercise is designed to focus on improving the diversity of our senses when it comes to writing. Set a timer for 15 minutes. This is a short exercise. Now…
Updated April 2019 – They do not copyright their books and if an authors work is plagiarized, they expect the author to protect their own work. This is part of the contract. It is not advisable to publish with them, because of this. The Wild Rose Press is an established small press that publishes full-length…
Tribe is an online journal that is published 12 times a year. It is based out of the UK but publishes work from all around the world. The Tribe is interested in short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and essay. They are also interested in visual art. Tribe is a non-profit literary journal. Tribe’s…
September 19, 2013
I come from a family of four kids with a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname. From oldest to youngest, our first/middle name combinations are of the following origins: French/Hebrew, Greek/Greek, Roman/English and English/English. Our parents’ names are English. My five nephews have names ranging from Greek to Irish. The moral of this story is that not all…
The Denver Quarterly just reopened to submissions after being closed since May. The Denver Quarterly is a print journal that is reknowned for publishing some of the best fiction, non fiction, and poetry. They are a university publication that has been around since 2005. Issues are available on the website and also at various bookstores…
This market is now permanently closed to submissions. Do not attempt to submit. Ditch poetry is a Canadian online literary journal that publishes poetry. They tend to publish works by Canadian authors, although they are open to publishing work by authors of all nationalities. Ditch is open to reprints and simultaneous submissions. Sometimes when I…