Literary agents - help, advice and UK agent listings. 1. What do you call them and where do you find them? Literary agents are also correctly known as authors agents - but you'll also find people talking about book agents, publishing agents, fiction agents, writers agents or even writing agents. The best term to use, though, is certainly just "literary agents". In terms of where to find them, you can get a basic list of (nearly all) agencies at the Association of Authors Agents. For much the same sort of thing in printed form, try the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. 2. Hmm. 3. The normal practice is to send, by post or email, depending on the agent: (i) the first three chapters or approx 10,000 words of your manuscript, (ii) a synopsis of the whole thing, and (iii) a covering letter which is a very short introduction to you and your book.
WOWFOWCUT3 from video jon on Vimeo. 4. JK Rowling was a nobody. 5. Yes, of course ... if your work is strong enough. Poetry Competitions 2012 | Poetic Republic | eBooks. Poetry Publishers Willing to Receive Submissions Electronically. Poetry Magazines - ARTEMISpoetry. ARTEMISpoetry aims to be a showcase for the best in women’s writing from established and new women poets. Each issue includes poetry, reviews, articles and artwork, circa 60pp per November issue and significantly more in the May issue, which normally includes the winning and commended poems from the Second Light Poetry Competition. The journal is published by Second Light Publications, the publishing imprint of Second Light Network for women poets.
Second Light’s founder and co-ordinator, Dilys Wood, believes that, despite an abundance of women poets writing today, many do not promote their work sufficiently to leading magazines and that fewer good women poets than good male poets are published. “Hooray for ARTEMISpoetry!” Said UA Fanthorpe when asked to comment. “Why are women so good at poetry? Like Artemis the archer, they see so clearly, and they aim straight for the mark. Twice-yearly in May (64 – 80pp and November (60 - 64pp), A4 format. Subscription Rates (including p&p): Poetry Magazines - Free access to UK poetry magazines from the Poetry Library Collection. Beautiful photo books and book printing. Make your own book. Submissions | Literary Laundry. We look forward to discovering great literature and encourage all writers to submit their work. Literary Laundry rejects the belief that authors must pay in order to have their work read.
We therefore require no submission fee. Literary Laundry Competitions Each issue of Literary Laundry is accompanied by a writing competition. All pieces submitted to us for review will be entered into consideration for our Awards of Distinction. . $500 for best poem $500 for best short story In addition to considering undergraduate works for the Awards of Distinction, we will also consider them for the following undergraduate awards: $250 for best poem $250 for best short story Lastly, each issue of Literary Laundry will feature the work of one visual artist. Submissions for our seventh issue are due December 15, 2012. The Vitalist Series Literary Laundry also publishes hard-copy, book-length collections of poetry and fiction. See the submission policies below for further details.
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