Organizing PRocess

1. Submittable - has deadlines and ways to save drafts and submit https://www.submittable.com/

2. most recent draft is this doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kRk6owxK4ikNu-rE7tqA-9JzmZC5_pVpfvTufAjgovw/edit

3. this old spreadsheet has old resources, opps, contact info, etc https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fgxbTws-yAUkMRNvDEfMRIaloVp2IBrOLyzZFcj7obE/edit#gid=6

4. google calendar is supposedly going to send updates etc https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/month/2019/6/1?tab=mc

5.  https://www.authorspublish.com/40-literary-journals-that-pay/ LIT JOURNALS THAT PAY! useful to harvest

6. https://www.freedomwithwriting.com/freedom/uncategorized/36-magazines-blogs-that-pay-writers-1000-per-article/ BLOGS ETC THAT PAY! useful to harvest

New Pub Possibilities

1. https://overland.org.au/2018/11/seeking-a-new-fiction-editor/ - Please submit a brief writing and editing CV (up to two pages) via this Submittable link, and a few paragraphs addressing the criteria above, and outlining your visions for fiction at Overland. We would be particularly interested in hearing your thoughts about contemporary Australian fiction and the role that fiction plays in culture and literature.

In keeping with Overland’s foundational principles, we encourage applications from editors from underrepresented backgrounds. (JH) NA

2. https://fountainmagazine.com/about/the-fountain-essay-contest-2018 - The question is: Why do we feel grateful? What should be we grateful for? And even, should we still be grateful when we’re depressed or when our lives are a mess? For this year’s Essay Contest, we want to hear from you. What are you grateful for? Who are you grateful to? Are you grateful? We can’t wait to read your responses. DO IT!!!!!

• Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2019 
• 1500 - 2500 words
• essay: well-developed argument
• model is Aristotelian, beginning, middle, end
• intro exposition conclusion
• THESIS - intro should end with thesis
• ARGUMENT - middle, illustrate your thesis
• CONCLUSION - obvious

3. http://www.benningtonreview.org/submit/

For fiction and creative nonfiction, please send no more than thirty pages per submission; any excerpts from a longer project must work as self-contained essays or stories.

November 1, 2018 to May 15, 2019.

(JH: I want to play too)

For film writing (and/or television writing), we are not looking for evaluative “reviews”; rather, please send essays  that engage with cinema in a unique and/or personal way. We want writers who are aware of the greater cultural, aesthetic, and social significance of their subject, be it domestic, international, avant-garde, classic, or contemporary cinema. We will also consider pieces on television, video art, viral videos, Vines, or any of the other alternative forms that moving images might take. Our preferred length for film writing is 10 to 20 pages. Pitches are welcome and encouraged.

(AA could be many things)

4. https://www.freedomwithwriting.com/freedom/uncategorized/nelson-algren-literary-awards-3500-short-story-prize-submission-guidelines/

Stories should be 8,000 words or less.

Writers are allowed to submit a maximum of 2 entries. There is no submission fee.

The deadline for submission is January 31st, 2019.  DO IT!!!!!

Nelson Algren was a novelist famous for books such as A Walk On the Wild Side, and The Man with the Golden Arm.  According to Wikipedia, Algren portrayed the world of “drunks, pimps, prostitutes, freaks, drug addicts, prize fighters, corrupt politicians, and hoodlums.”

5. https://themastersreview.submittable.com/submit/26106/new-voices-free

Submissions for our New Voices category are open year round. New Voices is  open to any new and emerging author who has not published a work of  fiction or narrative nonfiction of novel length. You must not have a  novel forthcoming at the time of submission.

• New Voices submissions are open to new and emerging writers only (no novel-length published work forthcoming at the time of submission).
• We accept fiction and narrative non-fiction. We do accept a variety  of genres and styles, our only requirement is that you show excellence  in your craft. We want to be wowed. Bend genres, experiment with structure, and write your heart out. But please, send us polished work.  Our aim is to showcase writers who we believe will continue to produce  great work. Send us only your best.
• We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us if your work is picked up elsewhere.
• All submissions must be less than 7,000 words.
• We do accept multiple submissions.
• Please include a cover letter with your publication history (AA: chicken soup thing)

6. http://www.sps.com/poetry/

As many as you can by Dec 31

7. http://www.futurescapes.ink/#contest

For 2018, the Futurescapes Contest theme is “Cities of Promise.” We’re seeking stories set in a near-future city where significant strides have been made toward addressing the complex intersection of homelessness, mental health, and drug and sex trafficking.
Dec 31st

up to 8k words   DID IT

working on it

8. https://www.shortstoryaward.co.uk/awards/2019/
for future: only to a person who HAS been pub in UK

9. https://litmag.submittable.com/submit
for future: FEb

10. JH Novel Mystery http://mysterywriters.org/about-mwa/st-martins/ DID IT

selling stuff

selling, converting to cash, getting rid of stuff, etc

Stuff

* - big mac (?)
* - Big mac software (?)
* - mac keyboard (?)
* - J leather jacket (?)
* - A leather coat (?)
* - old camcorders (?)
* - Marantz (?)
* - large scanner (?)
* - large printer (?)
* - Printer paper (?)
* - dehydrator (?)
* - wheatgrass juicer (?)
* - DT speakers (?)

* - leather skirt
* - clothes, general
* - computer bags
* - car tyre thing
* - old digital camera (no lens)
* - old analog camera
* - guitar pegs
* - Kindle HD
* - Kindle
* - old phone
* - USB headphones/mic
* - London Fog coat

- suits
- iPad pro
- curio cabinet CL
- 2 nitestands CL
- nitestand CL
- sundry CDs'
- sundry decor
- table in carport CL
- law stand CL
- end table with casters CL
- watch
- sewing machine (?)
- Narnia set (?)
- hat (?)

art galleries

blue spiral   http://www.bluespiral1.com/SlideSubmission.cfm

more later

http://www.amerifolk.com/artist-submissions/  - saw them today (dec 7) very bearish on our prospects but esy enough to apply

Submitting work for consideration:
Artists should send 10 to 15 images, include title, materials & size with each piece.

Email submissions should be sent to:
folkart@amerifolk.com

Mail photographs to:
American Folk Art & Framing
64 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville NC 28801

General Dump - to do

hoping today but hard to obligations of a quasi social nature -

fb/cl post sale ads
vacuum
demo steamer
violin
80s octo
write 80s update email
write bro
look at livescription & answer
ID 4 more to sub
sub (online if available, in post otherwise)
TF questions
clean kitchen
blog quilt (other comp)
video dwld (other comp)


general

solve problem
learn joomla
find salvation army for stuff
aff mktg 1 hr/day
weekly sub
violin ongoing - Bach for actual performance
DL sundays
$ update 1x/wk
create systems
optimize space
eliminate extra
sell repurposed nightstands

more later

starting again, one way or another

http://www.all-story.com/submissions.cgi

sending this out in the mail

other news

1) the Chicken Soup thing I submitted did get accepted :) 

2) two things I submitted re art (free) also

I will update this more in a serious way by the end of the weekend


process:

1) AA art sub (paid or unpaid)

2) JH paid wtg sub & pitch - IE https://theestablishment.co/pitch-us-b0788d803a0b

3) JH unpaid sub (truth out, etc, old SERMCAP wtg, w/ Patreon link

4) AA paid wtg sub (if time, etc, maybe list of topics) IE this one http://ed2010.com/job/freelance-wellness-writer/


I have to look at the whole process and see if i want to start over or continue where I left off. Technically we want to collect 99 rejections so as soon as something comes in (IE chicken soup) I have to add more.

Prob add more because i started this in october and thus have till oct 2017 to do this

Going to keep a proper tally again:
when subbed, I put SUB in bold, then when accepted, removed off list & put on ACCEPTED list/blog; when rejected, remove SUB and leave on list

rejected list (goal is 99 by Oct)

1. Chicken SOup JH teacher inspiration
2. online fiction 
3. fiction PRINT (15K words)* 
4. poetry PRINT  
5. nonfiction PRINT (15k words)*
6. binge
7. travel poem
8. james hurst 1
9. james hurst 2
10. new york encounter
11. glamour mag
12. furious gazelle 
13. Porkbelly Press - Chapbook Cover Artwork
14. IMAGE journal JH
15. SUB - Zoetrope JUly 23 JH
16. SUB - Diverse Writers grant
17. SUB - Diverse Worlds grant

as can be seen, 99 - 14 = 85 more to go

accepted list:

1. Chicken Soup AA
2. Art 1 AA
3. Art 2 AA


my goal is to sub to 5 things by the end of the  weeekend

UPDATE - to this on 7.29.2017 http://speculativeliterature.org/grants/slf-diverse-writers-and-diverse-worlds-grants/ - 2 grants (added above)

Copying this verbatim

nothing like a big life transition in every way (living situation, work, etc) to make you drop balls. So I massively dropped this one.

But this article reminded me of all the places for where it is worthwhile to submit to

from Columbia Journalism Review http://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/freelance-journalists-best-gigs.php?Daily

"Mel Magazine

What it is: The LA-based publication aimed at men focuses on culture and lifestyle topics including health, sex, and relationships. Launched by Dollar Shave Club in 2015, some of its recent content includes training advice for men who don’t have free time, and a case against those who mock the font Comic Sans. Mel Magazine has a detailed outline on how to pitch them, along with contact information.

What they pay: According to Who Pays Writers, a website where writers can anonymously report rates, the only reported rate for the publication is 50-cents per word for a 3,000-word, heavily reported piece.

What freelancers say: The editors are truly invested in making stories the best they can be, Tonya Riley tells CJR. “[Executive Editor Zak Stone] has been really good at helping me reframe my stories,” she says. Now working on her 10th story for Mel, Riley (bylines include Mic and Fusion) says her editor takes the time to work through stories with her–taking them from the idea stage to the bigger picture.

For Riley, good pay and great editing are top priorities, so she says freelancers should keep that in mind when weighing the benefits of an opportunity. “People shouldn’t be discouraged from working with them just because they are a smaller name because you really get quality editing, and also the pay is very above average for most digital rates.”

Elon Green, who also has freelanced for CJR, and writer Devon Maloney credited Mel with taking on ambitious stories, regardless of whether they have a timely news peg. “I was given a lot of freedom to explore topics other outlets might not have taken a risk on,” says Maloney.

Related: The Washington Post’s secret weapon

Pacific Standard

What it is: Created and owned by the nonprofit Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media, and Public Policy, Pacific Standard sets out to dive into some of the problems plaguing society while highlighting the people who have offered solutions. The publication is based in Santa Barbara, California. Pacific Standard Editor in Chief Nicholas Jackson prides himself on having a good relationship with freelancers. He tweeted earlier this month about the importance of paying promptly and valuing writers. Pacific Standard posts guidelines for writers on its website.

What they pay: Average rate is 50 cents per word, with one person reporting making $1.33 per word, according to Who Pays Writers.

What freelancers say: Alissa Greenberg, a freelancer who has written for The Atlantic, Time, and Roads and Kingdoms, tells CJR that Pacific Standard was her best overall experience. Greenberg worked with culture editor Katie Kilkenny on a piece about the history of the Black West—which will appear in the March/April issue. Greenberg says Kilkenny was always responsive and available to offer feedback along the way. “It was very collaborative in a way that made me feel like I had the power to shape the story, but I was supported if I was unsure which way to go,” she says. “I understood why my editor was making the changes that she was making and there was room for me to push back and explain this is why I think we should save this or keep it this way.”

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It's important to me that we pay fast and fair (& don't ask freelancers to invoice us). & that the editor-writer relationship is a good one.

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Los Angeles Times

What it is: The daily newspaper of Southern California has 1.4 million print readers daily, and 39 million monthly web visitors. As a newspaper that has science, auto, travel, and opinion sections, there are a wide range of possibilities for the types of stories freelancers could pitch the paper. Contact information for all the staff is available on The LA Times’ directory page, along with a few guidelines on how to pitch the paper for certain sections, such as travel.

What they pay: Twenty cents per word for an opinion piece in 2015 is the last reported figure for the newspaper. A review of other years suggests the paper pays a higher word rate for stories that require reporting. In 2014, a freelancer received 53 cents per word for a roughly 1,500-word profile.

What freelancers say: Mythili Sampathkumar, who focuses on science reporting, worked as a stringer for the paper while she was at the United Nations climate talks in Morocco. Sampathkumar (bylines include ThinkProgress and The UN Dispatch) says she most valued the feedback she received and the respect editors gave her. “Alex Zavis (a foreign desk editor) really helped me to write for more of a general audience and was always available to answer questions, but understood that I had some expertise too.”

Quartz

What it is: Created in 2012, the digital only outlet has a stated goal of shaping content for apps, mobile, and tablets, often featuring quirky stories including theories on what the next Star Wars movie title means and Snapchat’s struggle with fake news. “The Complete guide to writing for Quartz Ideas” is available on its website.

What they pay: Rates ranged from seven cents to 33-cents per word, with most reporting they received payment in one month’s time.

What freelancers say: Freelancers who spoke with CJR most appreciated the responsiveness of Quartz’s editors. It made the editing smoother and the overall process much faster. “It was the kind of feedback I like to receive, which is first more general notes from an editor, and then a chance for me to alter the story to be more along the lines of what they are asking for, rather than an editor going in there and just hacking away at it,” one freelancer tells CJR. Another writer, Lydia Namubiru, agrees that the editors made the experience worthwhile. Namubiru, a journalist based in Uganda, says Quartz’s Africa Editor, Yinka Adegoke, is wonderful to work with. “He’s invested in the story and he wants it to come out right. His editing is very detailed and also he’s hands off,” she says. “He tries to make me do the story that I say I will do, and he trusts me to know what’s going on.”

The Guardian

What it is: The Guardian is considered a global publication with verticals specific to the UK, US, and Australia. US features editor Jessica Reed wrote a post on what she looks for in pitches, and there is a separate writeup available for those interested in pitching the opinion section.

What they pay: Who Pays Writers pegs the average pay rate at 38 cents per word.

What freelancers say: Freelancers say there are two main reasons they enjoy working with The Guardian. The first is the editing experience. Second is exposure. The Guardian US attracts about 120 million page views per month. Green notes that writers have to weigh the overall benefits they will get out of the experience. “There is always a calculation that everybody makes—well at least I make it—and I think either you are writing a piece because you love the publication, or you love the editor, or the money is really good,” says Green.“There are publications that don’t pay a lot of money and have flat rates for everybody on the web, but those could be the few publications that I’d still write for because the editing is so good or because it’s a very big platform.”

The New Yorker

What it is: The New Yorker is often thought of as the creme of the crop among magazines. Google “How to freelance for the New Yorker,” and there are a handful of articles offering advice and personal stories on what worked. Here’s a rundown of how to contact various sections of the magazine.

What they pay: As far as rates go, most freelancers turn to The New Yorker for the byline than the money. Rates of 17 to 20 cents per word for pieces 1,500 words or longer were reported in 2016.

What freelancers say: Despite The New Yorker’s long history, freelancers appreciated the fact their unique voice was never lost in the editing process. Additionally, those who wrote for print or web respect the attention and engagement they received from editors. Jacob Kushner, who has freelanced for 10 years with a focus on human rights (bylines include include Pacific Standard and Vicemagazine), says engagement with the editor is his highest priority when freelancing. “It’s not just about having good editors, there are good editors everywhere. But often you have editors that just don’t have time,” says Kushner. “If your editor can’t give you the time of day, much less improve your reporting and writing, you’re not going to get better.”"