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CREATIVE FREELANCERS CONFERENCE

Registration has opened for an exciting new conference that brings together an array of creative freelancers, including graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, and freelance writers. To my knowledge, this is the only major event to gather these various freelancers under one roof—so I'm excited about the various opportunities it will provide to readers of this newsletter.

If you're interested in learning more about this event that will take place in Chicago on August 27-29, check out www.creativefreelancerconference.com, which provides more information, including how to register.

ATTENTION WOMEN WRITERS - Please read carefully!

Sellingham Publishing is currently accepting submissions for the publication of an anthology of stories entitled "When Mother Died."

Below please find submission guidelines. If you would prefer to receive this as an attachment please send email to SellinghamPublishing@yahoo.com. If you wish to receive it via US Postal Service, please send a self addressed stamped envelop to the following address:

Corlis F. Carroll, Editor
Sellingham Publishing
1855 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203

If you are submitting work, please send email indicating your desire to participate in this project to SellinghamPublishing@yahoo.com. This helps us to prepare our editorial staff with regard to the quantity of work anticipated.

Submissions will only be accepted until August 31, 2008. It is the editor's belief that submissions challenged by an urgency due to limited time constraints convey an authenticity and edge to the work that contributes to an enhanced quality that lengthy deadline options can otherwise compromise.

Submissions must be non-fiction and can be in the form of poetry,
eulogy or memoir.

Your submission must include the following:

Cover letter to include a statement as to why you would like to see
your work published in this anthology.

A brief summary (100 words or less) of the author's background.

Submissions must be in English, double-spaced with 1 inch margins in 12
point type on white paper.  Your name and page number must appear on
every page.

Submissions must not exceed twenty pages (page described above).

Email submissions are not accepted.

Include a stamped self-addressed envelope for return of your submission
if it is not accepted for publication.  Include a self addressed,
stamped blank postcard for acknowledgment of receipt of materials if
desired.  International submissions will not be returned.  Notification
via email only will be provided to International Submissions.

Only send copies of your materials.  Keep original work for your own
files.

Your complete daytime contact information including telephone and email
must accompany your submission.

Only one submission per person will be considered. (1 poem, 1 eulogy or
1 memoir)

Mail your submission in a page-size envelope. Submissions should not be
stapled or folded and your envelope must reflect your name and address.

Simultaneous submissions to other publications is not allowed.  You
will be notified by October 31 if your work has been accepted for
publication.

Submission fee for inclusion in this anthology should accompany your
submission and should be a postal money order or personal check payable
to Sellingham LLC in the amount of $20.  A portion of the proceeds will
be donated to the Arthritis Foundation for research into the causes and
cures for Rheumatoid Arthritis, an illness that caused pain and
suffering for over 70 years for the mother of the editor, Dorothy Mae
Sellingham Carroll (1913-2004).

Payment for your submission if accepted for publication will be a
signed first edition copy of the anthology, "When Mother Died" and $50
payable 3 months after publication.

As acknowledgment of and agreement with the terms for inclusion in this
publication, print this email and sign and date it before a Notary
Public and include it with your submission.  Your signature
acknowledges your understanding and acceptance of this agreement and
grants permission for the editor of the anthology "When Mother Died" to
publish your submission in the first and all subsequent editions of
this anthology, to promote the sale of "When Mother Died"  through book
signing but promotion shall not restricted to book signing. 

We look forward to receiving your  submissions.

 

 

 
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