Radio interview with author Steve Burt

Here’s hilarious and touching holiday story (around 12:20) from my dad’s appearance on this radio show:  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/41664856

$5,000 prize for 2013 novel set during a past war

Dec. 1, 2013 deadline; book must have been published in 2013; details HERE:

http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/w_y_boyd_literary_award

Win your children’s book on audio!

$4.99 entry fee; deadline Dec. 15, 2013; details HERE:

http://www.writermag.com/contests/book-audiologist-award-contest/

Pushcart Press Editors’ Book Award

deadline Nov. 15, 2013; $1,000 prize; for a fiction or creative nonfiction manuscript that has been submitted to but not accepted by a commercial publisher; details HERE:

http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/editors_book_award

Silverfish Review Press contest for book-length poetry

Oct. 15, 2013; cash prize plus 25 copies of book; details HERE:

http://www.silverfishreviewpress.com/?page=award

Picture book contest for people of color

deadline Sept. 30, 2013; Lee and Low; details HERE:

http://www.leeandlow.com/p/new_voices_award.mhtml

Chronos Books seeks history-related manuscripts

Details HERE:

http://www.o-books.com/jhp-get-published.html

IndieRaders pays for published reviews

Seeking people who have published reviews in major news outlets, but open to all; pays $20; for details email amy@indiereader.com

Harper Collins launches new digital thriller/crime/mystery imprint

The William Morrow Imprint is called “Witness.” Authors receive 25% up to 10,000 copies, then it goes up to 50 percent. Royalties paid month. Details HERE:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/57027-harpercollins-plans-digital-original-mystery-line-witness.html?utm_source=MegaList&utm_campaign=e6b1d94ccc-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-e6b1d94ccc-304656029

Polis Books seeking new fiction authors

Crime Fiction; Sci Fi; Fantasy; Romance; Erotica; Commercial Women’s Fiction; details HERE:

http://www.polisbooks.com/submissions/