WRITERS’ NEWS
88 NOVEMBER 2019 http://www.writers-online.co.ukA new print and
online literary
journal, Middle
House Review
wants work
that ‘will still be
standing after
the dust from
the bomb of
submissions has
settled’. It publishes
poetry (send 3-5),
fi ction (under
7,000 words) and
fl ash fi ction (up
to 2,000), through
the website.
Response time
is ‘around sixty
days’. Payment is
$25 for First North
American Serial
Rights.
Website: http://www.
middlehouse
review.comFeminist-friendly
fi ction, non-
fi ction, poetry and
reviews are wanted
by Australian
online literary
magazine Scum.
Submissions
should be a
maximum 1,000
words, or 50 lines
for poetry. Submit
no more than three
poems. Submit
by email between
the 1st and 7th of
each month only,
to submissions@
scum-mag.com
Payment is Aus$60
per piece.
Website: http://www.
scum-mag.comGood Movies for
Kids website is
happy to hear from
people interested
in writing reviews
for children’s fi lms
old and new. Send
pitches by email to
hello@goodmovies
forkids.co.uk.
Website: http://
goodmoviesfor
kids.co.uk/‘Editing might be a
bloody trade, but
knives aren’t the
exclusive property
of butchers.
‘Surgeons use
them too.’
Blake MorrisonFLASHES
Fortress Press
is an American
independent
Christian publisher
which produces
idea-based books for
general readers, clergy,
students, and scholars.
Titles for general
readers intersect
religion with topics in art, literature, and culture,
and strive to reach general readers who are culturally
engaged and grounded in fresh, substantive, timely,
and inspiring theological reflection. Recent or
forthcoming titles range from Hemingway and Ho
Chi Minh in Paris: The Art of Resistance by David
Crowe to Sex, God and Rock and Roll by Barry Taylor
to 30-Day Journey with Jane Austen by NatashaDuquette.
Education titles should be suitable for use in a school
or educational setting, academic titles explore issues
of Christian faith at a post-degree level while books
focused on ministry should be attuned to the needs
of clergy, whether preaching, serving, counselling,
planning, administering or some other aspect of
professional ministry.
Initially send a pitch by email to one of these editors:
Non-Fiction General Reader, Theology and Culture:
Emily Brower, [email protected]; Ministry
& Professional Resource: Scott Tunseth, tunseths@
fortresspress.com; Education, Academic or Christian
History: Neil Elliott, [email protected]
Details: Fortress Press, 1517 Media, 8th Floor,
510 S Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55402;
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1209, USA; website:
https://fortresspress.com/submissionsGet into Fortress
A gi-normus opportunity
GLOBAL SPIRITUAL MARKET
ONLINE SPECFIC MARKET
Gary DalkinJenny RocheThe Snapshot Press Book Awards are inviting
entries of book-length collections of haiku,
tanka and other short poetry.
Award winners will have their collection
published by Snapshot Press.
To enter, send collections of between 60 and
100 original short poems between 1 and 25 lines.
Prose poems or haibun must not be longer than
200 words. Individual poems may have been
previously published but the collection as a whole
must be unpublished as a single-author book.
The entry fee is £30.
The closing date is 30 November.- Snapshot Press is also inviting entries for
the Haiku Calendar Competition 2020. Submit
original haiku. Twelve haiku will be selected
as monthly winners. £400 prize money will be
shared between the winners. Entry costs £10 for
up to four haiku and £20 for up to 12 haiku.
The closing date is 31 January 2020.
Website: http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk
Snapshot seeks
short poems
The Hawking Index is
the tongue-in-cheek name
given by mathematician
Jordan Ellenberg to his
formula for calculating
which books Kindle readers are least likely to finish. The Index was
named after Stephen Hawking’s famously oft abandoned A Brief
History of Time.
The website For Reading Addicts reports that the current top
five unfinished books are Hilary Clinton’s Hard Choices, Capital by
Thomas Piketty, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Thinking,
Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnneman and, still in the top five, A
Brief History of Time.
Meanwhile the most given-up-on classics are Catch-22 (Joseph
Heller), The Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien), Ulysses (James Joyce),
Moby Dick (Herman Melville) and Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand).
The top five most abandoned contemporary books are: The
Casual Vacancy (JK Rowling), Fifty Shades of Grey (EL James), Eat,
Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
(Stieg Larsson) and Wicked (Gregory Maguire).What’s on
your pile?Science fiction and fantasy stories of
5,000-25,000 words are wanted for
the GigaNotoSaurus webzine which
publishes one story each month and
pays $100 on acceptance.There are no strict guidelines as
to the kind of stories that might
be liked, you are just invited to
submit the story ‘you really believe
in’. Editors are actively looking to
include stories from a ‘diverse range
of cultural backgrounds, sexual
orientations and genders’. You can
read content on the website.All submissions must be
previously unpublished, includng
self-publication. There is a link to
Standard Manuscript Format on
the website and your story, one
only, should be submitted as an rtf
file using the Submittable link on
the website.
Website: https://giganotosaurus.org