WRITERS’ NEWS
82 OCTOBER 2019 http://www.writers-online.co.ukFLASHES
ONLINE HEALTH MARKET
Folks remedies
PDR Lindsay-SalmonFolks is an online magazine for
determined survivors, publishing
true stories of ‘remarkable people
who refuse to be defined by
their health issues’. The editorial
team hope that by ‘sharing the
experiences of these individuals,
we hope to change people’s notions
about what it means to be normal.’
It is always open for ‘narratively
well-written, humanist stories
about people living with chronic
conditions in a way that neither
reduces them to their conditions, or
objectifies them’, but the story must
go beyond the chronic conditions
to the person and their life. The
condition should be ‘just another
layer in a rich and varied life’.A good Folks story should make
illness relatable, educate readers,
reduce stigma and empower
people, usually in the first person.
Interviews with ‘unique and
articulate individuals who live
with health conditions’ are also
welcomed, as are simple guides
‘that break down a condition
in a relatable, humanist way’,
and profiles of highly-visible
individuals who live with
disabilities or health conditions.
Check out the detailed guidelines
at their website and submit a pitch
or a complete essay, which should
be up to around 1,200 words, by
email: [email protected]
Do inform the editors of anyquality, high-res photos and you or
your subject’s website/social media
handles. There is a good example of
a pitch at the website.
Payment is $400 for essays, $600
for reported profiles, and $800 for
reported features.
Website: https://folks.pillpack.comPicture Postcard
Monthly is run by
Chimes Publishing
and Postcards Ltd,
and edited by Mark
Wingham. Contact
him with ideas and
feedback.
Website: email:
info@picturepost
cardmagazine.
co.uk; website:
http://www.picturepost
cardmagazine.co.ukTrailfinder free
travel magazine
is published four
times a year by
Trailfinders travel
agents.
Website: http://www.
trailfinders.com/
trailfinder-magazineHelen Stiles,
editor of Dorset
magazine,
welcomes news,
letters and stories.
Details: helen.
[email protected];
website: http://www.
dorsetmagazine.
co.ukThe RSPCA
produces two
magazines. Animal
Action is for
junior members
and Animal Life
magazine is sent
to adult members.
Feedback is
welcomed.
Details: email:
comms.hub@
rspca.org.uk;
website: http://www.
rspca.org.ukSarah Akhurst,
editor of free
customer magazine
Co-op Food,
welcomes letters
and feedback.
Details: email:
coopfoodmag@
therivergroup.
co.uk; website:
http://www.coop.co.uk/
food-magazine‘The very reason
I write is so
that I might not
sleepwalk through
my entire life.’
Zadie SmithPublished annually by the Maryland Institute College
of Art, Full Bleed is committed to exploring the
interdisciplinary aesthetic experience and welcomes
controversy and varied points of view.
Submissions are open for ‘criticism, belle lettres,
artwork, design, illustration, fiction, poetry, and graphic
essays’, especially ‘about artists working with, playing
with, re-contextualising, or elevating archival materials...
[and] historical documents’. Submit feature-length
essays, no more than 7,500 words.
Other Columns, 800-2,000 words, include Close
Looks, in-depth appreciations of individual artworks;
Design Futures, where designers propose new ideas
relevant to contemporary challenges facing their
discipline; Cities, where writers examines urban
conditions, innovations, and tendencies; and Studio
Visit, where the writer visits with and interviews a
contemporary artist or designer.Submit through the website by 1 January, 2020.
Response time is slow. All contributors receive a small
payment.
Website: http://www.full-bleed.orgOver the edge
The winners of the Hugo Awards
were announced at the 77th World
Science Fiction Convention in Dublin
in August. The winners were: Best
Novel, The Calculating Stars, Mary
Robinette Kowal; Best Novella,
Artificial Condition, Martha Wells;
Best Novelette, If at First You Don’t
Succeed, Try, Try Again, Zen Cho;
Best Short Story, A Witch’s Guide to
Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies, Alix
E Harrow, Apex (Feb 18); Best Series, Wayfarers, Becky
Chambers. Also presented was the now renamed John W
Campbell Award for Best New Writer, won by Jeannette
Ng (see p79), while the Lodestar Award for Best Young
Adult Book went to Children of Blood and Bone by
Tomi Adeyemi.Hugo victors Get ink
Inscape is the well-established
literary annual from Washburn
University. It publishes fiction,
nonfiction, poetry and visual
art. Read what is available at the
website and follow the guidelines:
there is a lot to fill in on the
submission form.
Submit fiction and non-fiction,
up to 3,500 words, up to five
poems, or up to three pieces of art. The team do
‘appreciate and welcome any form of hybrid or mixed-
genre works so long as they adhere to the submission
standards.’ Just submit under the nearest genre with a
note that the work is ‘mixed’ or ‘hybrid’. The deadline
for submissions to the 2020 issue is 31 October.
Website: https://washburn.edu/inscape/index.html