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1996 Songwriter's Market: Where & How to Market Your Songs (Songwriter's Market)
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An annually updated book that's essential for anyone who wants to make money off of writing music, regardless of genre. read more »
2000 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 2000)
 | author: Chantelle Bentley asin: 0898799155 binding: Paperback list price: $23.99 USD amazon price: $23.99 |
Writer's Digest's annual Poet's Market offers great entertainment value. Sure, it lists a whopping 1,100 journals and magazines, 500 book publishers, and 200 chapbook publishers of poetry. Of course it is a great resource for information on contests, awards, conferences, workshops, organizations, publications, and Web sites of interest to poets. This year's edition even features bold new icons, so that you can expediently locate new markets, significant contact- information changes, online publishers, and publishers that actually pay real money for poems. read more »
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Sourcebook: Where to Sell Your Manuscripts (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's
 | asin: 0898797624 binding: Hardcover list price: $19.99 USD amazon price: $19.99 |
Focus is a big piece of the puzzle in a writing career: focus on your work, on making time for it, on getting it out. This source book for SF scribes and fantasists is commendable for its focus, providing a range of information on placing speculative stories and novels (but isn't it all "speculative?"), on genre-friendly agents, contests, etc. The various markets are divided into categories--"Primary," "Other," "Overseas,"--and with this tome in hand, a strategy for getting into print shouldn't be hard to devise. Except now you actually have to do the writing.
Money for Writers: Grants, Awards, Prizes, Contests, Scholarships, Retreats, Resources, Conferences, and Internet Information
 | asin: 0805053123 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95 |
Whether you've already written your masterpiece and feel it's award worthy or you just can't seem to find the time or place to get those words on paper, Diane Billot's Money for Writers is invaluable. Billot lists hundreds of writing grants, contests, prizes, and such, from the Senior Poet Laureate Competition's $50 prize (plus publication and chapbook) for a U.S. poet over the age of 50 to the $250,000 awards in Health Policy Research. read more »
