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Oregon Literary Fellowship FY 2020

July 31, 2021Contests, Fellowship, LiteraryAuthors, Award, Categories, Develop, Entry, Guidelines, Information, Literary Arts, Literary Magazines, Magazines, Manuscript, Monetary Prize, Oregon, Oregon Literary Fellowships, Project, Publishers, Rules, Small Presses, Sponsored, Stories, Submission, Submit, Writers, Writingpdpabst

Oregon Literary Fellowships are intended to help Oregon writers initiate, develop, or complete literary projects. Fellowships are also awarded to support Oregon’s independent publishers, small presses, and literary magazines. Monetary prizes for the fellowships range around $3500 and $10,000 with several being given out in various categories.

This fellowship is sponsored by Literary Arts with a deadline of September 17, 2021. And though being a resident of Oregon is one requirement, be sure to read the entire guidelines and categories before entering.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Bath Children’s Novel Award

July 20, 2021Contests, Literary#WritingCommunity, agent, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Bath Children's Novel Award, Bell Lomax Moreton Agency, Book Deal, books, Competition, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contract, Cornerstone Literary Consultany, Course, Cuộc thi, Deal, Конкурс, Edit Your Novel the Professional Way, editor, Entry, 경연 대회, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Independently, Information, International, Διαγωνισμό, Jane Brittan, Judge, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Lauren Gardner, Learning, Longlisted, Lucy Van Smit, Macmillan, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, Natjecanje, Novelists, Opportunity, Orphans of the Tide, paligsahan, Particpant, Penguin Random House, Published, Publishing, Rules, Sallyanne Sweeney, Shortlistee, Six Figure Deal, Sophie Cameron, Soutěž, Stories, Struan Murray, Submissions, Submit, Tävling, United Kingdom, Unpublished, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Winners, Writers, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

The Bath Children’s Novel Award is an international writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. This years judge is literary agent Stephanie Thwaites of Curtis Brown literary agency. The winner will receive £3,000 (approximately $2168 USD). And the most promising longlisted novel will recieve the Edit Your Novel the Professional Way from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy.

Some of the past participants and winners have gone on to getting agents and/or publishing deals. Inaugural winner Lucy Van Smit was swiftly signed by literary agent Sallyanne Sweeney. Jane Brittan attracted a Carnegie Medal nomination for her indie-published debut. Shortlistee Sophie Cameron signed a book deal with Macmillan Children’s after accepting representation with literary agent Hellie Ogden for her YA novel Out of the Blue. Struan Murray signed a six figure deal with Penguin Random House for his novel Orphans of the Tide.

Entry for the award ends November 30, 2021 (and remember, this is UK time zone)! For complete guidelines and entry fee information, go here. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artists Fellowships. Deadline Approaching

July 13, 2021Fellowship, LiteraryApplicants, Artist, Author, Award, Categories, Choreography, Competition, Competitive, Creativity, Criteria, Delaware, Delaware Division of the Arts, Disciplines, Emerging, Established, Folk Art, Guidelines, Individual Artist Fellowships, Jazz, Judges, Literature, Masters, Media Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Monetary Prize, Music, Musicians, Quality, Resident, Rules, Skill, Submission, Submit, Visual Artspdpabst

Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships (FY 2022) is a competitive award based on quality as demonstrated by creativity and skill in an art form. Applications are accepted in eighteen artistic disciplines in the fields of choreography, folk art, jazz, literature, media arts, music, and visual arts. Applicants can be emerging or established artists. (I think these are one year.) The Masters Fellowship is available in select disciplines on a three-year rotating basis to artists who meet specific criteria.

Judges are anonymous. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation assists with the administration of the program. Awards are $3,000 for Emerging; $6,000 for Established; and $10,000 for Masters. Deadline to submit is August 1, 2021. Artists MUST have been a resident of Delaware one year prior to submission, and has to remain a resident of Delaware during the entire fellowship. For complete categories and guidelines, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Sourcebooks: Romance Submissions

August 10, 2020Literary, Publishing OpportunityAcquiring, Agented, Amanda Bouchet, Authors, Casablanca Imprint, Comtemporary Romance, Erotic Romance, Fiction, Genres, Historical Romance, Katie Ruggle, Manuscripts, Marie Harte, Opportunity, Paranormal Romance, Publishing, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Sharon Sala, Sourcebooks, Subgenres, Submissions, Submit, Unagented, Writer, Writingpdpabst

Sourcebooks

While Sourcebooks only accepts virtually all agented submissions, they’re doors are wide open for romance fiction subs—even from unagented writers! They are acquiring single-title romance fiction for their Casablanca imprint. Some of the subgenres they’ll accept are:

paranormal romance
romantic suspense
contemporary romance
erotic romance
historical romance (prior to 1900 only)

Please note, this is not an exclusive list as they state they’ll consider all subgenres. The manuscripts they’re looking for should be between 85,000-100,000 words. To get an idea of some things they like, check out a few of their recent authors’ books.

For complete criteria and to learn how to submit, go here. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Bath Children’s Novel Award

July 31, 2020Contests, Fellowship, Literary#WritingCommunity, agent, Authors, Bath Children's Novel Award, Bell Lomax Moreton Agency, Book Deal, books, Competition, Contract, Cornerstone Literary Consultany, Course, Deal, Edit Your Novel the Professional Way, editor, Entry, Guidelines, Independently, Information, International, Jane Brittan, Judge, Lauren Gardner, Learning, Longlisted, Lucy Van Smit, Macmillan, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, Novelists, Opportunity, Orphans of the Tide, Particpant, Penguin Random House, Published, Publishing, Rules, Sallyanne Sweeney, Shortlistee, Six Figure Deal, Sophie Cameron, Stories, Struan Murray, Submissions, Submit, United Kingdom, Unpublished, Winners, Writers, Writingpdpabst

The Bath Children’s Novel Award is an international writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. This years judge is literary agent Stephanie Thwaites of Curtis Brown literary agency. The winner will receive £3,000 (approximately $3846 US). And the most promising longlisted novel will recieve the Edit Your Novel the Professional Way from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy.

Entry for the award ends November 29, 2020 (and remember, this is UK time zone)! For complete guidelines and entry fee information, go here. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artists Fellowships. Deadline Approaching

July 29, 2020Contests, Fellowship, LiteraryApplicants, Artist, Author, Award, Categories, Choreography, Competition, Competitive, Creativity, Criteria, Delaware, Delaware Division of the Arts, Disciplines, Emerging, Established, Folk Art, Guidelines, Individual Artist Fellowships, Jazz, Judges, Literature, Masters, Media Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Monetary Prize, Music, Musicians, Quality, Resident, Rules, Skill, Submission, Submit, Visual Arts, Writerpdpabst

Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships (FY 2021) is a competitive award based on quality as demonstrated by creativity and skill in an art form. Applications are accepted in eighteen artistic disciplines in the fields of choreography, folk art, jazz, literature, media arts, music, and visual arts. Applicants can be emerging or established artists. (I think these are one year.) The Masters Fellowship is available in select disciplines on a three-year rotating basis to artists who meet specific criteria.

Judges are anonymous. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation assists with the administration of the program. Awards are $3,000 for Emerging; $6,000 for Established; and $10,000 for Masters. Deadline to submit is August 3, 2020. Artists MUST have been a resident of Delaware one year prior to submission, and has to remain a resident of Delaware during the entire fellowship. For complete categories and guidelines, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

#PitMad is March 5, 2020

March 3, 2020Contests, LiteraryAdult, Age Category, Agents, Authors, Brenda Drake, Community, Editors, Event, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Hashtags, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, Publishing, research, Rules, Submit, Twitter, Writers, Young Adult Editpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! This Thursday, March 5, 2020 is the infamous #PitMad founded by Brenda Drake, now ran by a full committee (yeah, it’s grown that much!). This event will run between the hours of 8am-8pm (EDT). Common age category and genre hashtags are below.

Age Categories:
#PB = Picture Book
#C = Children’s
#CB = Chapter Book
#CL = Children’s Lit
#MG = Middle Grade
#YA = Young Adult
#NA = New Adult
#A = Adult

Genres/Sub-genres:
#AA = African American
#AD = Adventure
#CF = Christian Fiction
#CON = Contemporary
#CR = Contemporary Romance
#DIS = Disabilities
#DV = Diversity
#E = Erotica
#ER = Erotic Romance
#ES = Erotica Suspense
#F = Fantasy
#H = Horror
#HA = Humor
#HF = Historical Fiction
#HR = Historical Romance
#INSP = Inspirational
#IRMC = Interracial/Multicultural
#MR = Magical Realism
#M = Mystery
#Mem = Memoir
#LGBT
#LF = Literary Fiction
#NF = Non-fiction
#R = Romance
#P = Paranormal
#PR = Paranormal Romance
#RS = Romantic Suspense
#S = Suspense
#SF = SciFi
#SPF = Speculative Fiction
#T = Thriller
#UF = Urban Fantasy
#W = Westerns
#WF = Woman’s Fiction

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA Fiction.

L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contest

September 16, 2019Contests, LiteraryAnnual Prize, Artists, Artwork, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contest Rules, Cuộc thi, конкурс, Entrants, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Illustrators, Illustrators of the Future, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, L. Ron Hubbard, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, Natjecanje, No Fee, Opportunity, paligsahan, Professional, Publication Rights, Quarterly Prize, Science Fiction, Short Story, Soutěž, Submissions, Submit, Tävling, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Winners, Writers, Writers of the Future, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest entries ends on September 30, 2019. So, hurry and get your submissions in.

Writers
L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All awards are adjudicated by professional writers only. Prizes every three months: $1,000, $750, $500, with an annual grand prize: $5,000 additional! If you have not read the contest rules, please click here before submitting. To enter, go here.

Illustrators
L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new science fiction and fantasy artists worldwide. No entry fee is required. Entrants retain all publication rights. All judging by professional artists only. $1,500 in prizes each quarter. Quarterly winners compete for $5,000 additional annual prize! If you have not read the contest rules, please click here before submitting. To enter, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Oregon Literary Fellowship FY 2020

July 24, 2019Contests, Fellowship, LiteraryAuthors, Award, Categories, Develop, Entry, Guidelines, Information, Literary Arts, Literary Magazines, Magazines, Manuscript, Monetary Prize, Oregon, Oregon Literary Fellowships, Project, Publishers, Rules, Small Presses, Sponsored, Stories, Submission, Submit, Writers, Writingpdpabst

This fellowship is sponsored by Literary Arts with a deadline of August 2, 2019. And though being a resident of Oregon is one requirement, be sure to read the entire submission information, guidelines and categories before entering.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artists Fellowships. Deadline Approaching.

July 22, 2019Contests, Fellowship, LiteraryApplicants, Artist, Author, Award, Categories, Choreography, Competition, Competitive, Creativity, Criteria, Delaware, Delaware Division of the Arts, Disciplines, Emerging, Established, Folk Art, Guidelines, Individual Artist Fellowships, Jazz, Judges, Literature, Masters, Media Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Monetary Prize, Music, Musicians, Quality, Resident, Rules, Skill, Submission, Submit, Visual Arts, Writerpdpabst

Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships (FY 2020) is a competitive award based on quality as demonstrated by creativity and skill in an art form. Applications are accepted in eighteen artistic disciplines in the fields of choreography, folk art, jazz, literature, media arts, music, and visual arts. Applicants can be emerging or established artists. (I think these are one year.) The Masters Fellowship is available in select disciplines on a three-year rotating basis to artists who meet specific criteria.

Judges are anonymous. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation assists with the administration of the program. Awards are $3,000 for Emerging; $6,000 for Established; and $10,000 for Masters. Deadline to submit is August 1, 2019. Artists MUST have been a resident of Delaware one year prior to submission, and has to remain a resident of Delaware during the entire fellowship. For complete categories and guidelines, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

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