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4. Literature News
Check out these -
a) JK Rowling keeps her word, shares illustrations by children for her new book. https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/jk-rowling-new-book-children-illustration-6430024/
b) Breaking new ground, J.K. Rowling, the creator of the immensely popular Harry Potter series, on Tuesday launched the online serialisation of a new 34-part series, 'The Ickabog', aimed primarily at 7-9-year-olds as bedtime stories but which will appeal to readers of all
ages.https://www.newkerala.com/news/2020/93487.htm
c) Author Annie Zaidi says literature will reflect what has been forced into the foreground. She feels that how we’ll write post the COVID-19 pandemic depends on how long it lasts. https://www.thehindu.com/society/author-annie-zaidi-says-literature-will-reflect-what-has-been-forced-into-the-foreground/article31687057.ece
5. Contests and write for payment (Copy these links, paste each one of them on your browser and check for details.)
a) CRAZYSHORTS! SHORT-SHORT FICTION CONTEST- https://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/crazyshorts/ - $15 ENTRY FEE. Submit July 1-31, 2020. Submit one to three shorts of up to 500 words each. Each entry is considered for publication. Entry fee includes a subscription. First prize $1,000 and publication.
b) INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MEDIA JOURNALISM RELIEF FUND - https://iwmf.submittable.com/submit/41e7f7ce-db40-4ff6-873f-e24450e27497/journalism-relief-fund-
english - The IWMF's Journalism Relief Fund is open to women-identifying journalists in dire straits - journalists who have faced significant financial hardship, lost work, were recently laid off, or who urgently need assistance to avoid severe, irreversible outcomes. This fund will provide small grants of up to $2,000 per request. However, special consideration will be given on a case-by-case basis to those who have greater financial need.
c) ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION -https://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/ - Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine is an established market for science fiction stories. Asimov’s pays eight to ten cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words and eight cents for each word over 7,500. We seldom buy stories shorter than 1,000 words or longer than 20,000 words, and we don’t serialize novels. We pay a dollar a line for poetry, which should not exceed 40 lines.
d) CHICKEN SOUP: AGE IS JUST A NUMBER -
http://www.chickensoup.com - Deadline June 15, 2020. So, you're a certain age now, and you're ready for what's next. You might be enjoying an empty nest, or starting a second career, or winding down a first one. You might be downsizing, or traveling, or caring for elderly parents. You might be going on the adventure of a lifetime or taking long walks in the woods. The one thing you know for sure is that you're not ready to stop living! You feel energetic and young, and there is still so much more to see and do and give and enjoy. We are looking for stories about the humorous or serious sides of life after 60. Limit 1,200 words. Pays $200 and ten free copies of your book.
e) STRANGE HORIZONS - http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/- Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words but prefers under 5,000. Pays ten cents per word. Nonfiction includes essays, interviews, and roundtable discussions. Pays $50 for a column, $40 for a reprinted essay, $80 for
an original essay, $40 to an interviewer, and $40 to an interviewee, $20 to a roundtable moderator, and $20 to each other contributor. Looking for high-quality literary, SF/F, speculative, and slipstream poetry. Pays $50 for poetry regardless of length.
f) DAILY SCIENCE FICTION - https://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines - Daily Science Fiction (DSF) is a market accepting speculative fiction stories from 100 to 1,500 words in length. By this, we mean science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, etc. We will consider flash series-three or more flash tales built around a common theme. We pay eight cents per word for first worldwide rights and nonexclusive reprint rights.g) STRANGE HORIZONS - http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/ - Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words but prefers under 5,000. Pays ten cents per word. Nonfiction includes essays, interviews, and roundtable discussions. Pays $50 for a column, $40 for a reprinted essay,
$80 for an original essay, $40 to an interviewer, and $40 to an interviewee, $20 to a roundtable moderator, and $20 to each other contributor. Looking for high-quality literary, SF/F, speculative, and slipstream poetry. Pays $50 for poetry regardless of length.
h) SAPPHO PRIZE FOR POETRY - https://www.palettepoetry.com/current-contest/ - $20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline June 14, 2020. This contest only accepts submissions from poets who identify as women or non-binary. The winning poet will be awarded $3,000 and publication on Palette Poetry. Second and third place will win $300 and $200 respectively, as well as publication. Submissions are open internationally to any poet writing in English. There is no page requirement, but submission must be no more than three poems.
i) India - Writing contests. https://www.himalayanwritingretreat.com/indias-top-contests-and-awards-for-short-stories/
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6. Charity work.
Take a moment from your busy life to check out Helping Hand
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7. Check out these books By buying these books you are directly helping the maintenance of the iww site.
a) A CHRISTMAS IN SCOTLAND - A travel memoir
b) CHERISHED
c) THE SECOND CHOICE
d) BEFORE THE SUNSET
e) VANISHED GIRL
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