January 30, 2008

Paying Markets And Jobs For January 30th

These are NOT recycled guidelines. WritersWeekly.com only features original market listings, received from and approved by the editors at each publication.

Poisoned Pen Press, 6962 E. 1st Ave, Suite 103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251. P(480)945-3375. E-mail editor - at - poisonedpenpress.com. Website http://www.poisonedpenpress.com approx. 36 titles/year. Welcomes new authors. Average first print run is 3K. Offers advance. Publishes book approximately 12-18 months after acceptance. Responds within 3 weeks. Catalogue can be recieved by request online, or by calling 1-800-421-3976 - select option 2. Guidelines online at http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/submission-guidelines.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Well-written mysteries." Payment: "$500 on signing of contract; $500 on delivery of manuscript. Royalties are (9%) of the suggested retail price on the first 3,500 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold, twelve percent (12%) on the next 2,500 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold, and fifteen percent (15%) on all copies sold in excess of 6,000 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold." Manuscripts are 65K-90K words. "Begin with a query letter to our editor. If it is successful, follow with a synopsis and the first 30 pages. Please read our submission guidelines so your pages are ready for our readers. We look forward to your work."
HINTS: "Please carefully proof your documents. Nothing pulls a reader away from a story more than obvious mistakes."

PWC (Painting & Wallcovering Contractor) Magazine, 403 Briarwood Road, Wallingford, PA 19086-6502. P(610)891-8331. F(610)891-7761. Email pwc_editor - at - verizon.net. Website http://www.paintstore.com. Mary Chollet-Lordan, Editor. 75% freelance. "PWC covers all aspects of the painting and wallcovering contracting industry." Rarely works with new writers unless they have extensive industry experience. Circ. 25K. Bimonthly. Pays within 30 days of acceptance. Publishes ms 1 month after acceptance. Buys FNASR, nonexclusive reprint rights. Accepts reprints. Responds 2 weeks. Sample on request. Subscription $19.95 per annum. Guidelines on request.
CURRENT NEEDS: " ONLY topics specifically related to the painting and wallcovering industries; no generic submissions, please " Pays $600+ for 1000-2500 words. Submit query or cover letter and bio.
PHOTOS/ART: Ask on assignment.
HINTS: "Ease up on the generic submissions. The more it has to do specifically with painting/wallcovering, the better."

QC Media, 885 E. Collins Blvd. Suite 102, Richardson, TX, 75081. P(888)860-2442. Email dnielsen - at - qcmedia.com. Website http://www.qcmedia.com. Darren Nielsen, Editorial Director. Freelance varies from 0%-100%. "We are a custom publishing company with more than 130 clients in construction, health care, and other industries." Welcomes new writers. Circulation 1,000 to 15,000+. Publishes 12+ magazines a month. Pays on acceptance. Buys all rights. Accepts reprints. Responds within one week. Writers' guidelines are given along with an assignment.
CURRENT NEEDS: "Business, medical, aviation, lifestyle. We encourage writers to set their own rates, knowing that the more reasonable their fees, the more work we can send their way. We have paid as low as 15 cents per word to as high as $1.20 per word for specialist writing." Articles run 200-2,000 words. Submit with a query, bio, or samples by email.
PHOTOS/ART: N/A
Hints: "The best way to get on board with us is to send good writing samples and set a reasonable rate considering experience and area of specialty. For example, medical writing commands higher rates than general interest, but you must be a good, experienced medical writer to command those rates. We assign articles as needed, providing detailed article descriptions for each assignment as well as sources with contact information."

Sourcebooks, 1935 Brookdale Road, Ste. 139, Naperville, IL 60563. Website
http://www.sourcebooks.com. Submissions should be sent to "Editorial submissions." "We're an independent, general trade publisher. More than 250 books a year across a wide variety of categories, nonfiction, fiction and children's books." Welcomes new authors. Average first print run is 7500. Offers advance. Publishes book approximately a year after acceptance. Responds wtihin 6-8 weeks. Readers can obtain a catalogue online at http://www.sourcebooks.com/content/books_catalogsearch.asp.
CURRENT NEEDS: "We continue to look at all projects across our wide range of core categories. New areas include romance novels and children's books." Payment varies depending on the assignment as well as word amount. Submit cover letter, proposal letter, short examples, bio, and Table of Contents by mail with SASE.
HINTS: "We are very market-sensitive. Authors who are most successful with us have a good sense for how their book fits and stands apart in its category. We encourage authors to visit their local bookstores and look at what else is out there."

Southern Illinois University Press, 1915 University Press Drive, SIUC Mail Code 6806, Carbondale, IL 62901. F(618)453-1221. Email kageff - at - siu.edu. Website http://www.siu.edu/~siupress. Karl Kageff, Editor-in-Chief (American Literature, Film, regional studies, rhetoric and composition); Sylvia Frank Rodrigue, Executive Editor (Civil War and Reconstruction history); Kristine Priddy, Acquisitions Editor (theatre, composition, botany); Bridget Brown, Assistant Acquisitions Editor (communication, poetry). "We are a non-profit, scholarly publisher of works in the humanities and social sciences, including film, theatre and stagecraft, regional and Civil War history, communication, rhetoric, composition, American literature, criminology, aviation, and contemporary poetry. We publish books for scholars and for the general public." Average of 50 titles published per year. Welcomes new writers. Average first print run is 1K. Advances are offered for general audience book authors. Publishes book approximately 12-18 months after acceptance. Responds within 4-6 weeks. Readers can obtain a catalogue by request online, or electronically for older copies. Guidelines online at http://www.siu.edu/~siupress/submission.htm, or by email, fax or mail request.
CURRENT NEEDS: "We are especially looking for regional trade and film studies titles at this time." Average advance is $1500; royalties are 10%+ for trade cloth titles and 7% for net trade paperbacks. Manuscripts average 40,000-100,000 words. Submit book proposal, cover letter, and bio by mail with SASE.
HINTS: "Do not submit a complete manuscript unless we ask you to do so. Do not submit a proposal for a book that is outside the subject areas we've listed above. If you are not sure if a book fits our list, email or send a letter briefly describing the project before submitting a proposal."

Threads, 63 South Main Street, Newtown, CT 06470. P(800)926-8776. F(203)364-1240. Email th - at - taunton.com. Website http://www.threadsmagazine.com. April Mohr, Administrative Assistant. 75% of writers are experts on sewing. "Threads is a garment sewing (including technique, product, inspiration and creative articles) publication for intermediate and advanced sewers." Welcomes new writers, but mostly experts on sewing. Bi-monthly. "Proposals are done in outline form. When proposal has been accepted and manuscript has been requested and received, $150 advanced payment is made. Remaining payment is made after all materials have been received and the article has reached what we call the 'loop' phase of production." Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds within one month. Sample copy for email request. Subscription $32.95; $38.95 in Canada. Guidelines online at http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/th_authorguidelines.asp.
CURRENT NEEDS: See guidelines. Pays $150 per page. Length is given with assignment. Submit per guidelines.
PHOTOS/ART: "Only to support proposed idea. Photos/illustrations do not have to be professional--but may be needed for clarity."
HINTS: "We want authors who are experts in an area of sewing that intermediate/advanced sewers might want to know about. We do not use freelance writers--unless they also happen to be expert sewers."

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Freelance Writers (2) - Two projects - Acne and Skin Cancer. Pays 3.5cents/word.
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