Participants at yesterday’s “How to Get Published” seminar in Hamilton, led by Brian Henry, heard some advice about how to move from writer to author. Brian said that many agents and publishers are more likely to read your submission if you’ve got proven writing skills—and that means publishing credits. Up your odds of acceptance by writing and publishing articles and short stories.
There are more and more markets for short story writers popping up every day. And you needn’t look any further than your local newspaper.
I’ve been enjoying the winning stories from the Toronto Star’s Short Story Contest for the past three weeks (it sounds like it took a long time, but the Star published one per Sunday). Today’s Sunday Star featured the first place entry, “Take One Down” by Zach Leger. Congratulations to Zach. GTA-area short-story writers should consider entering this contest next year. Your short piece could net you the $5,000 first prize plus the tens of thousands of readers who pick up the Star.
For more contests and markets for your short pieces (and news about future seminars), visit Brian’s blog, Quick Brown Fox.
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Publishing credits behold! New opportunity posted today: “Paperplates” is a literary quarterly, publishing essays, poetry, ficton and reviews. Check it out:
http://quick-brown-fox-canada.blogspot.com/2010/05/paperplates-literary-quaterly.html