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THE WRITER'S MIND

FRIENDSHIP STORIES SOUGHT

Essay contest

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Alyice I. Edrich
Compiler of Krack'd Pot Moms

Submission Guidelines

1. All stories must be true, accurate, and clean.
2. You must make us laugh out loud when we read your submission. We must be able to relate to what you are feeling. There doesn’t have to be a specific lesson learned, but rather an implied ‘ah-ha’ moment. We want you to touch our hearts and souls.
   (Think Barbara Johnson, Caroline Rhea, or Erma Bombeck.)
3. Tell your story without rambling or dictating a lesson to be learned. Make sure to use drama, description, and dialogue.
4. Stories should be between 750 and 3,000 words in length. Please include a working title. All submissions must be the original, unpublished work of the entrant.
5. No simultaneous submissions.
6. Email submissions are preferred, but follow these guidelines CLOSELY:
   Email submissions should be send to:
   dabblingmum @ yahoo.com. In the subject line, include the words "Krack’d Pot Moms SUBMISSION" or your email will NOT be opened. This is a security measure to prevent the introduction of viruses into our system. Include your contact information.
7. Snail mail submissions may be sent to:

   Alyice Edrich
   Krack’d Pot Moms
   205 East Street
   Merrill, WI 54452

   Be sure to include a SASE or email address if you would like a response to your submission. If neither a valid email address or SASE is included, you will not receive a reply unless your submission is accepted. NOTE: If you submit your story via snail mail, please also have the story available electronically. If your story is selected for publication, we will request it electronically via email or on CD ROM or disk.

8. You may submit as many stories as you wish, however, not more than two stories will be published in this particular volume from any one writer.
9. By submitting your story to Krack’d Pot Moms, authors hereby grant Obadiah Press the first right to publish their story in this anthology. Obadiah Press may also use the story for promotional purposes in conjunction with the publication of the book including on their web site and/or in Obadiah Magazine, if desired. Authors retain the right to republish the work elsewhere as a reprint in any form after it is released in the anthology; however, this republication should give attribution to the volume in which the work first appeared.
10. Submissions will be judged on language skill and writing ability, originality, creativity, and the ability to make the reader laugh. Learn more about writing at

Possible Future Editions....

My name is Robert Blodgett. I am the author of a book called "Family First: Tales of a Working Father." I'm working on my second book with Ascension Press publishing. Its part of a series of a books...the first of which was just released in September. Already, the book has sold close to 12,000 copies.

The book I'm working on is called Amazing Grace for Fathers. It is intended to celebrate the joys, challenges, and experiences of fathers and fatherhood. Written for fathers, it will contain articles (long and short), poems, jokes, anecdotes, odes, and more about and for fathers. This is a great chance for any writer to tell everyone about dad, or share your stories of his heroism, humor, weirdness or just plain-old fatherly love with the world.

Length

Each article should be approximately 50-3,000 words (exceptions can be made, but this will give you a general range).

Deadline

Articles can be submitted at any time. If you wish to be considered for this first collection of articles and submissions for the Amazing Grace for Fathers book, please submit your writing on or before February 1, 2003.

General Considerations

If you have a longer story in mind, you are welcome to submit a short summary of this story (one to five paragraphs) or the actual "first draft" of the full story.

If possible, please use the font "Geneva" (or other sans-serif type); Size: 12 pt.

Allow one inch on all margins of document, top, bottom, left, right. Use double space. Capitalize God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit and/or other divine pronouns.

Numerals: Age is always given in numerals; Spell out numbers below 10, use figures for 10 and above. For other style questions: Catholic News Service Stylebook on Religion; United Press International Stylebook. Please spell-check your submission. Text should be left-justified with ragged right margins. Please do not use spaces in place of tabs and use only one space following punctuation between sentences. Indicate italicized type by using all caps in the word or phrase. Include a short biography of yourself. Include your name, street address, phone, and email address with the submission.

We prefer originally stories that have not appeared in other publications, but this is not mandatory.

We reserve the right to edit all submissions for clarity and length and other company policies.

Response Time

We will typically let you know within 3-6 weeks as to whether we will or will not use your story.

Compensation

Compensation is commensurate with the length of the submission and varies according to the different books in the Amazing Grace Series. Compensations varies from basic author recognition, to a free book, to web links, to a few hundred dollars. For the Amazing Grace for Fathers Book, compensation will range from a free book to $100 and special discounts on the purchase of additional books.

Copyright

The writer retains the copyright for the story. I will not claim any rights to the overall story and the writer is free to submit it elsewhere. Ascension Press does receive complete, unrestricted rights to the actual version of the story supplied to use in any format, including print, audio, video and electronic formats once it is submitted. If the story is supplied to any other entity, it must differ in some manner to the story supplied or permission to use the exact version of your story must be received in writing from the Publisher.

Pictures

Should we accept your story, you will asked to submit pictures of you and, very possibly, other people or places that relate to your story. These pictures will, in most cases, be used just on the Amazing Grace website in connection with this particular book. You are welcome to mail the photos or scan them and email them in a PC format and save them as EPS, TIF, or JPEG files at a 300 dpi resolution. You can send these files to the email or mailing address below.

To submit a story, please e-mail it or mail it directly to

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Robert Blodgett

Author: Family First: Tales of a Working Father

10398 Pacific Center Court

San Diego, California 92121

v: 858.410.4651 or 619-465-7327

f: 858.410.4770

J.M.H. Creative Solutions seeks handwritten letters

Purpose:

These letters will be used in a book in progress teaching individuals how to recapture the lost art of letter writing. Letters will be published in the author's original hand. (unless paraphrased or quoted within the text) These letters are meant to serve as an example in this "how-to" guide.

Specifications:

Please use plain paper, ruled notebook paper or stationery designed by the author of the letter.

Paper should be no larger than 8 1/2 x 11 inches, but no smaller than 3 x 5 inches.

Letter length: please try to avoid letters longer than two pages written on both sides. Say what you have to say, though. Please write clearly. If it can't be read, it can't be accepted. Type written submissions are acceptable, but not encouraged.

Avoid vulgarity, explicit language, offensive material and adult content.

Writers may submit to more than one category more than one time, but this will not guarantee publication. Between one and two letters will be chosen for each mentioned category by one author.

If writers wish to remain confidential or use a pen name, requests may be made in cover letters.

Categories:

Letters to the Lord: prayers, praises and thanks.
Parents to their unborn babies: wishes, blessings, hopes, dreams, etc.
Parents to their children both young and adult.
Letters to yourself: exploring yourself through letter writing instead of traditional journals.
Grandparents to their grandchildren both young and adult.
Letters to someone distant: away for college, military or distant relatives.
Letters to lovers or admirers: romantic love letters for your lovers or to someone you're admiring for afar. (An example of where pen names and anonymous submissions might be necessary.)

All submissions must include the following:

Cover letter containing a brief bio (25-50 words), permission to post the letter to website (typed out, not handwritten scans) if not published in the book (honorable mention), a brief description of the letter written.

SASE for reply and/or return of materials (make request in cover letter and it shall be granted).

How to submit:

J.M.H. Creative Solutions
Letter Submissions
P.O. Box 2443
Lewiston, ME 04241-2443

Queries are not necessary unless writers have a suggestion for another category to propose.

Deadline: 06/30/03 (with the possibility of an extension)All submissions considered on an individual basis. This is a paying market ($25.00 per accepted letter, $10.00 for paragraph excerpts) paid when book is published) along with a byline, author's biography and reference. Please allow ample time for reply as the deciding process will happen when the bulk of the submissions are received.