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Volume 1, Issue 19           -          August 6, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters

   9. Your Subscription



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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Frequently FFW talks about finding grants and partners to
support your work.  Most of the time, the grants are in
relation to writers' work of nonfiction since they are
related to a cause, goal, or social situation.  What about
fiction?

You fiction writers can likewise partner with groups or
find grants.  Every fiction novel has a point, focus,
critical point, or flavor.  Say your story involves a young
girl's life that is floundering in a dysfunctional family.
Can't you research with a foundation or organization that
deals with family problems, abuse, and mental trauma?

Not only can you gain much insight into your character's
development, but you may just be able to gain financial
support.  And if your charitable organization doesn't have
the funds to offer you, why not gain their promotional
support?  Utilizing their network and capitalizing on their
advertising and promotion can likewise increase the market
of your writing.

Think about it.  The sky's the limit on this one, folks.


					 Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   Happiness?  It is an illusion to think that more
comfort means more happiness.  Happiness comes of the
capacity to feel deelpy, to enjoy simply, to think freely,
to risk life, to be needed.

		 ~Storm Jameson~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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(Congratulations, Tracy-)

The Frankfurt E-book Awards are being presented for the first
time in 2000 at the famous Frankfurt Book Fair in late October.
Authors can only be nominated by their publisher, and publishers
  are limited to twenty nominations.  The major prize is $100,000
(US) cash.  The Award is sponsored by people and corporations
including Glassbook, Microsoft, Nuvomedia, Softbook and Contentville.

I found out on Friday that Hard Shell Word Factory have nominated
my new historical romance, DIANA BY THE MOON, for the award.  This
is quite an honour, as DIANA was chosen from amongst 190 titles
that Hard Shell currently offer.

The finalist for each category will be announced on October 1,
and the winners and grand prize announced at the Book Fair in
Frankfurt on October 22.

Tracy Cooper-Posey, (tracy@...)

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NOTE:  A subscriber wrote me from India this week, but I
inadvertently deleted his email.  Please get back in touch with
me, and I will try to answer your questions.


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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS GET RESIDENT SCHOLARS FOR SECOND YEAR

Take a look at the above named grant program identified below
under  Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week.  You may not be
in New Jersey, and you may not have a local school that is
participating in this particular grant program.  However,
what is to stop you from devising a similar program locally
in your own school district?

All over the country, grants small and large are designed
to bring art, culture, and humanities into schools.  Being
an artist in residence offers you several opportunities:

1. A chance to serve your community;
2. A chance to intrigue children with writing and reading;
3. A chance to make a few dollars through the grant;
4. A chance to become better known as the writer you are;
5. And ultimately, a chance to increase your audience for
	 the sales of your book(s).

You don't necessarily have to go through National Endowment
for the Humanities for the funds.  Corporations, foundations,
and even your local businesses and banks are possibilities
as fund sources.  Think of the press for all concerned - the
school, the business, and yourself.

And since you are a writer, offer to write the grant
yourself.  Partnering with a teacher or two from the school
opens the door to education institution restricted funds.

Got your wheels turning, huh?  You are a writer.  Use it
to create your own opportunity.

copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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National book publisher seeks inspirational or incredible,
life-defining or life-changing, empowering or epiphanous
experiences TRUE stories.

To be published in a book by Adams Media Corporation
(Boston, MA),spring 2001.

$100 paid for each story published; $1,000 grand prize for
"best" story.

Stories must be true and original (your work). Unpublished or
previously published material for which entrant owns all rights.
Submit as many stories as you like.

Story length: 1,000 to 2,000 words.

Submission deadline: September 01, 2000.

The publisher reserves nonexclusive, one-time, North American
book & electronic rights.

No entry or reading fees!

To request Submission Guidelines: wordsinger@... (e-mail)
or P.O. Box 863, Eugene, OR 97440 (include SASE).

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The Bay Area Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
         Foundation Accepting Applications for Three Grant
         Programs

   Deadline: August 15, 2000, various

   The Bay Area affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
   Foundation (http://www.komen.org/) is dedicated to
   eradicating breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by
   advancing education, support, screening, and treatment.
   Three grant programs are available for agencies in the
   San Francisco Bay Area's nine-county region: Enabling
   Grants are available to 501(c)3 organizations for up to a
   maximum of $5,000 for projects exclusively related to
   breast health and breast cancer (applications accepted
   year round). Major Grants (over $5,000) can address
   education, outreach, treatment, complimentary therapies,
   or a combination of these (applications must be postmarked
   by May 31 of the application year). The Golden Opportunity
   Challenge Grant is for Mammography Screening and
   Diagnostic Services for the Underserved, with up to
   $250,000 available (application deadline is August 15,
   2000). Visit the San Francisco Chapter of the Susan G.
   Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's Web site for more
   information on these programs.

   Contact:
   Grants Committee
   Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
   Bay Area Affiliate
   The Presidio
   P.O. Box 29316
   San Francisco, CA 94129-0316
   Tel: (415) 561-3377
   Fax: (415) 561-3378
   E-mail: grants@...

   RFP Link: http://www.sfkomen.org

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Collaborative Composers Fellowships

To assist composers and their collaborators to create or
complete works.  Collaborators may includes librettists,
video artists, filmakers, poets, and choreographers.
Grants from $5000 to $35,000.
Contact:
Music Program Director
National Endowment of the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington DC  20506
202-682-5445

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Fellowships for Professional Theatre Presenters

For individual and consortia presenters, as well as state and
regional arts agencies and organizations to broaden access to
professional theatre.  Grants from $7500 to $75,000.
Contact:
Theatre Program Director
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington DC  20506
202-682-5425

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Fellowships for Creative Writers and Literary Translators

For published poets, authors of fiction and belle lettres, and
translators from other languages into English to advance the
careers of exceptionally talented, creative artists and
literary translators.  Fellowships of $20,000 for creative
writers, $10,000 to $20,000 for literary translators.
Contact:
Literature Program Director
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC  20506
202-682-5451

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The American Participant Program

For individuals involved in literature or the arts to stimulate
the productive exchange of ideas and knowledge between foreign
audiences and Americans who are foremost in their fields.
Participants visit at least two countries for a period of two
weeks, where they perform speaking engagements.  Benefits:
travel abroad, a per diem payment of $100 per working day while
away, and all related expenses.
Contact:
United States Information Agency
301 4th Street, SW
Washington DC  20506
202-619-4700

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Grants for Audience Development Projects

For individuals, groups and organizations to support innovative
promotions of contemporary literature, such as regional book
fairs, exhibits of literary works and syndicated review networks.
Grants from $2000 to $20,000.
Contact:
Literature Program Director
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington DC  20506
202-682-5451

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The South Carolina Arts Commission keeps an approved artist
roster, a listing of artists in all art forms whose work has
been reviewed by a panel of professional artists and educators
in their field and has been evaluated as being artistically
qualified to work in Arts Commission programs.

Selection to the Approved Artist Roster allows artists to be
contracted for work in Arts Commission Arts Education programs,
Arts in Basic Curriculum programs, school district talented
and gifts programs or other programs coordinated by the
Commission.

For more information on the Approved Artist Roster, contact
the South Carolina Arts Commission at 1800 Gervais Street,
Columbia, SC  29201, 803-734-8696.

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The Artists-in-Communities Residency Program puts one or
two artists into a community to develop a program using the
arts with wide community involvement.  For more information
contact the Arts Commission at 1800 Gervais St, Columbia,
SC 29201, 803-734-8696.

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The ELF, Eastern Literary Fellowship, annual conference will
be held on October 27-29, 2000 at Smokey Shadows Conference
Center in Pigeon Forge, TN.  All genre of authorship will be
covered by a professional staff, along with Conference Writing
competitions in all areas, and personal critiques of manuscripts.
Agents, publishers, and editors will be a part of the staff.
For more information, contact The ELF, Bonnie A. Jones,
Executive Director, 204 South Holland St, Clinton, SC  29325,
964-833-5991 or email: theelf@....

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NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS GET RESIDENT SCHOLARS FOR SECOND YEAR
NEH and the New Jersey-based Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
have agreed for a second year to support the Humanities Scholar
in Residence Program now in place in New Jersey schools.  The
program brings outside humanities educators into selected New
Jersey schools to serve as consultants for invigorating the
schools' humanities curricula.

The NEH-Dodge Humanities Scholar in Residence Program is open
only to New Jersey public middle and high schools.  Dodge is
again providing $50,000, with grants of $10,000 to each of
five schools.  NEH administers the program, which provides a
model for enriching grades 7-12 humanities education in every
state.  The application deadline is October 16, 2000.

Press release: http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20000612.html.
Humanities magazine article about the program:
http://www.neh.gov/publications/humanities/2000-05/onsite.html.
NEH contact:
Ralph Canevali at (202) 606-8387 or rcanevali@....
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Post-Doctoral Fellowships for Women Scholars, Scientists,
Artists, and Writers
Office space, auditing privileges, and access to libraries
and other resources. Residence in the Boston area and
participation in the Institute community are required
during the 11-month fellowship appointments. For more
information, visit http://www.radcliffe.edu/bunting.

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Deadline: August 14, 2000

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Fiscal Year 2000
Funding Initiatives The mission of the National Endowment for
the Arts is to foster the excellence, diversity, and vitality
of the Arts/Humanities in the United States, and to broaden
public access to the Arts. The NEA is currently offering grants
to organizations for projects in dance, design, folk and
traditional arts, literature, media arts, museums, music,
musical theater, opera, theater, visual arts, and
multidisciplinary projects that correspond to the following
agency goals:

Access: For activities including exhibitions, performances,
distribution of artistic work, and innovative uses of new
technology that enhance public access to the arts, and for
touring and outreach projects that involve diverse communities
and reach new audiences.

Education: For activities that promote the arts as an integral
part of education for Americans of all ages, and for
professional development opportunities for artists, arts
professionals, and teachers and others working in the arts
with students at the elementary or secondary school level.

Heritage/Preservation: For festivals, exhibits, and other
presentations that increase the public's appreciation for
cultural traditions; for apprenticeships and other forms of
instruction that pass artistic traditions on to future
generations; and for the documentation, recording, or
conservation of highly significant works or collections of
art or of cultural traditions or practices.

Contact:
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20506
Phone: (202) 682-5400
E-mail: webmgr@...
RFP Link: http://www.arts.endow.gov/guide/Orgs01/OrgIndex.html

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Deadline:October 3, 2000

Applications Available for the New York Foundation for the Arts
Artists' Fellowships for New York Artists

The NYFA Artists' Fellowships are $7,000 cash awards made to
creative artists living and working in the state of New York
for use in career development. To be eligible, applicants must
be 18 years of age or older and have resided in New York State
and/or one of the Indian nations located in New York State for
at least two years at the time of application; artists currently
enrolled in a degree program of any kind are not eligible. The
following categories will be supported in the 2000-2001 cycle:
computer arts, crafts, film, nonfiction literature, performance
art/multidisciplinary work, poetry, printmaking/ drawing/artists'
books, and sculpture. Applications available online.

Contact:
Tel: (212) 366-6900 ext. 217
E-mail: jfeil@...
RFP link: http://www.nyfa.org/artists_fellowships/index.html

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The Center for Land Use Interpretation's Wendover Residence
Program Accepting Applications

The Wendover Residence Program makes the Center for Land Use
Interpretation's resources at Wendover, Utah, available to
selected artists and researchers to produce work related to
the environs. In addition to a place to live, a large studio,
and an exhibition space, a $250.00 per week stipend is awarded
to participants in the program, as well as support for travel
and materials expenses.

Contact:
Wendover Residence Program Application
The Center for Land Use Interpretation
9331 Venice Blvd.
Culver City CA 90232
Tel: (310) 839-5722
Fax: (310) 839-6678
E-mail: clui@...
URL:http://www.clui.org/museum/wendapp.html

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KENNAN INSTITUTE SHORT-TERM GRANTS

The Kennan Institute offers short-term grants to scholars
whose research in the social sciences or humanities focuses
on the former Soviet Union, and who demonstrate a particular
need to utilize the library, archival, and other specialized
resources of the Washington DC area.  Academic participants
must either possess a doctoral degree or be a doctoral
candidates who have nearly completed their dissertations.
For non-academics, an equivalent degree of professional
achievement is expected.

Short-term grants provide a stipend of $100 per day.  There
is not official application form for short-term grants.  The
applicant on preferred dates of residence in Washington DC,
and two letters of recommendation specifically in support
of the research to be conducted at the institute.

Recipients are required to be in residence in Washington DC
for the duration of the grant.  Four rounds of competitive
selection are held each year.  CLosing dates are June 1 and
September 1.  Applicants are notifed roughly six weeks later.
Open to US citizens, permanent residents and non-Americans,
although funds for non-Americans are limited. About one in
three American applicants and one in six non-American
applicants are awarded grants in each round.

The Kennan Institute
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC  20004-3027

Jennifer Giglio
202-691-4246
Email - giglioje@...

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Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Program
for humanities doctoral students

$1500 to students making timely progree toward completion of
degrees in American Studies, Art History, Classics, Comparative
Literature, Cultural Anthropology, English Literature, Foreign
Language and Literature, History, History and Philosophy of
Science, Musicology, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and
Religious Studies.  US Citizens or Permanent Residents.

Woodrow Wilson Practicum Grants
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
CN 5281, Princeton, NJ  08543-5281

URL - http://www.woodrow.org/phd/practicum/index.htm



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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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South American Explorer, 126 Indian Creek Road, Ithaca, NY
14850. P(607)277-0488. F(607)277-6122.
Email explorer@....
Website http://www.samexplo.org.
Don Montague, Editor-in-Chief.

A 64-page magazine with articles on Latin American adventure
travel, scientific discovery, history, archaeology,
mountaineering, native peoples, languages, anthropology,
and more. Welcomes new writers. Pays on publication. Publishes
ms 3-12 months after acceptance. Buys first N.A. rights. Rarely
accepts reprints. Responds 1 month. Guidelines online at:
http://www.samexplo.org/saemag.htm. CURRENT NEEDS: "Feature
articles (3000 to 5000 words) and reviews of new books." Pays
$50-200 for features; $10-40 for book reviews. Submit query or
complete ms with cover letter, photos and bio by mail with SASE.
PHOTOS/ART: Payment for photos used on cover negotiable.

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THE SIR PETER USTINOV TELEVISION SCRIPTWRITING AWARD

Are you under 30 years of age and a non-US citizen living outside
of the US? Can you create a completed half-hour to one-hour
English language television drama script for a family audience?
If so, you may be eligible for a US$5000 stipend and the
opportunity to work with an established writer as mentor to help
develop your skills in the craft of writing for television.

The International Council, recognized worldwide since 1969 for
its celebration of world-class international programming through
its International Emmy Awards, will also recognize excellence in
the writing of television programs for a family audience.

Sir Peter Ustinov, the quintessential writer / director /
performer, has graciously given his name to The International
Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
for the Foundation's Television Scriptwriting Award.

The competition is designed to motivate novice writers, worldwide,
and offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead
to a successful career in television scriptwriting.

The Award Winner will receive US$5000 and the opportunity to work
with an established writer as mentor. The deadline for submissions
is September 1st of the current year and the Winner will be
presented with the award in November at the International Emmy
Awards Gala in New York City.

Rules of Application:
The Scriptwriter cannot be a United States citizen nor resident.
The Applicant may not have reached his/her 30th birthday as of
December 31st of the current year.
The Applicant must deliver an original, completed Drama script
for television, written in English - a minimum of a half-hour
and a maximum of one-hour in length - for a family audience.
The Program should be a stand-alone, not a program that is part
of a series.
All Applicants must provide a completed Entry/Release form to
be eligible.
Applicants may not have had a script produced on television
prior to date of entry.

Deadline for submissions is September 1st of the current year.
The winner will be presented with the award in November at the
International Emmy Awards Gala in New York City.

Scripts should be mailed prepaid to:
The International Council of NATAS Foundation
Ustinov Script Competition
142 West 57th Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10019 USA
Phone: (212) 489-6969 Fax: (212) 489-6557
email: intcouncil@...

http://www.iemmys2000.com/foundustinov.htm

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The Canongate Prize
Commit the oldest sins, the newest kinds of ways
(Henry IV Part 2)

Will £30,000 pay for your sins?  This is Britain's biggest and
most democratic award for new writing.

£30,000 of prizemoney will be divided between 15 equal winners.
Their work will be made available for newspaper serialisation,
be examined for TV and film potential, and be anthologised in
a book.

The Canongate Prize is open to all writers, from anywhere in
the world, whether professional or amateur.

Waterstone's, The Herald, The Sunday Herald, Channel Four and
Canongate Books are now inviting you to enter.

Submissions must be unpublished prose of between 2,000 and
5,000 words and address this year's theme of "Sin".

The closing date for entries is 31st August, 2000.

Entries may be in any style or genre and deal with any kind of
material, whether fact or fiction.

All new writing is welcome. Journalistic investigation, open
essay, dramatic dialogue, travel writing, political polemic,
short story...

Entries may be sent to:

The Canongate Prize
Canongate Books
14 High Street
Edinburgh EH1 1TE
Scotland
UK

Or visit either the prize website: www.canongateprize.com
Or Waterstone's website: www.waterstones.co.uk

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WomenAsia.com (http://www.womenasia.com)

Looking for articles of business and technology-related
topics.  Especially interested in pieces that concern
Women in Business in the global marketplace, technology,
and its trends, and professional issues that affect women's
work and life.  Remember our readers are high-level
executives and entrepreneurs looking for practical information
about the changing marketplace and its effect on careers.

Put "Editorial Submissions" in the email subject line.
Send piece in plain text in the body of the email.
In 50 words or less, tell of your professional qualifications.
Send clips or include URLS of sites that contain your clips.
Work must be yours and original.  Payment is negotiable.
We also accept non-paid articles for those wishing to write
as an "expert" to promote their business.  For paid authors,
we pay within 30 days of acceptance of the article.

EMAIL - Editorial@...

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The Poynter Institute Southern and South Africa Journalism
Fellows Program:The Poynter Instiutute for Media Studies offers
five fellowships to journalists of news organizations in the
South Africa and Southern African region. The applicants should
be accomplished journalists with a commitment to coach and
train their colleagues. Awards are three weeks in duration
and include tuition, air travel, hotel, meals, and incidental
expenses. Fellows will attend a week of a regular Poynter
seminar, a week of a special seminar, Coaching the Coaches,
and a week in a U.S. news organization on a professional
internship. Contact: Hugh Lewin, Executive Director, Institute
for the Advancement of Journlaism, 9 Jubilee Road, Parktown,
Johannesburg 2193, South Africa; Tel: (27 11) 484-1765;
Fax: (27 11) 484-2282; E-mail:iaj@...; or contact:
Paul Pohlman, Associate Dean, The Poynter Institute, 801 Third
Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; Tel: (727)821-9494;
Fax: (727) 821-0583; E-mail paulp@...; Web Site:
http://www.poynter.org

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Institute of International Education (IIE), North American
Journalist Exchange: This exchange allows journalists from
Canada, Mexico and the United States to work directly with
host publications in Canada, Mexico and the United States,
reporting on key issues for their home publications, and
obtaining first-hand experience in each others' country. The
program is approximately three months in duration, commencing
in April. Applicants are required to have three years of
professional experience as a print journalist (newspaper or
periodical), current employment as a journalist with an
independent media organization, a personal commitment to
journalism, and the ability to function in the language of
the host country. Journalists will receive a monthly stipend
to cover living expenses, insurance coverage, international
travel and visa sponsorship. Facilities will be provided to
enable journalists to research and write stories of their
choice on key international issues for their home papers.
Contact: Patricia Link, Scholarship and Training Services,
800 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3680; Tel:
(212) 984-5390; Fax: (212) 984-5393; E-mail: plink@...
DEADLINE: November 30

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Freedom House: The Freedom House conducts the Investigate
Media Fund, a small group of grants program for the
investigative journalists from Central and Eastern Europe
(including Russia and Ukraine), who are conducting cross-
border investigations on crime or corruption. Applicants
must be experienced and respected journalists with a
national or regional audience in Central and Eastern Europe,
Russia, and/or Ukraine. Applicants must be citizens of a
CEE/NIS country. Grants range from $500-$2500 and can be
used to cover travel, lodging, research or other related
costs. Contact: Paula Gibbons, Director of Exchange Programs,
Freedom House, 1319 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036;
Tel: (202) 296-5101; Fax: (202) 296-5078; E-mail:
fh@...; Web Site: http://www.freedomhouse.org


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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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The Embrys Journal invites submission of previously
unpublished short fiction, essays and poetry.  Send to
Journal Editor, PO Box 8813, Greenville, SC  29604.
Include SASE.  Reading period August 15 - December 1, 2000.
The journal is published each April.  Contact Jeanine Halva-
Neubauer, Enbrys Journal editor at 864-455-4652.

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Osborne/McGraw-Hill (http://www.mcgraw-hill.com), an East Bay
computer book publisher, seeks individuals with proven project
management experience to take multiple titles from initial
manuscript to published book, working closely with acquisitions
editors, authors, copy editors, proofreaders, indexers and
typesetters.

Two years editorial book or magazine experience, ability to
manage multiple projects and deadlines, strong interpersonal
communication and problem-solving skills and excellent eye for
detail required. Copy editing, proofreading and knowledge of MS
Word and Windows are essential. This is not a writing position.
Salary range is $33,000 to $41,000.

For consideration, please send resume and salary requirements to
Valerie Thibault, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2600 Tenth Street,
Berkeley, Calif. 94710. Fax (510) 549-6609 or e-mail
(osborne_careers@...). No phone calls, please.

(Thanks to Jade Walker and Inscriptions Magazine for this one.)

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Community Moderators will spend seven to 10 hours per week
facilitating and tracking activity within their communities,
reporting on question and answer discussions, following up on
member feedback and sending updates. Q&A topic areas will include:
The Web, Games, Consumer Electronics, Books, Movies/TV, Sports/
Fitness, Music, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Personal Finance
and Entrepreneurship, among others. Community Moderators will
receive a monthly stipend of $250.

Send resume and cover letter (including salary requirements) via
e-mail (commjobs@...). Please reference the position
for which you are applying in the subject line.

(Thanks to Jade again.)
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Writers Wanted!
Writer Online has just raised its payment rates and is seeking
non-fiction, fiction and poetry.
Check out our new guidelines at
http://www.novalearn.com/wol/guidelines.htm.

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Performing Arts Showcase 2000 and Arts Education Booking Conference

October 1-2, 2000

The Performing Arts Showcase will take place in Columbia at the
Columbia Music Festival Association Artspace Sunday, October 1, 2000
from 9 AM until 5:30 PM.  Features 10 minute performance by 20
US performing artists, block booking session, gala.  The Booking
Conference will take place the next day, Monday, October 2, 2000
9 AM - 3 PM at the Sheraton Hotel in Columbia.  Brings educational
presenters and professional visual, literary, and performing artists
together to discuss residency programs and other arts education
programs for the 2000-2001 school year.  Last year over 135 artists
exhibited their work and more than 450 sponsors took advantage
of this opportunity to interview artists for possible participation
in their school arts education program.

URL - www.state.sc.us/arts/showcaseannounce.htm

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Grants Officer

Based in Chicago.  Position is repsonsible for initiating
and maintaining relationships and soliciting funds from
grant makers located in the Midwest and middle Atlantic areas
on behalf of AFSC's regional, national and international
programs.  Edit program proposals, prepare written and
financial reports in keeping with the donor's requirements,
meets/networks with foundation staff.  Knowledge of raising
grants, experience writing and editing compelling proposals,
effective oral and written communication skills, ability to
take initiative, ability to travel frequently.

Requires ability to articulate Quaker spiritual values and peace
and social concerns of AFSC, ability to maintain strong
relations with program staff.  The American Friends Service
Committee (AFSC) includes people of various faiths committed to
social justice, peave and humanitarian service.  Letter and resume
to: Willa Brown, AFSC-HR, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA
19102-1479.  Email - WBrown@...

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Why settle for a byline when you can get a masthead? If the
excitement of a new venture with the security of an established
company (28 years; zero layoffs) interests you, then read on.
You are a driven, self starting journalist with experience
inb-to-b writing. You want to help mold a product from the
ground up. You thrive on developing a beat and securing top-
notch sources. You believe in the value of personal interaction
with your readers and sources. You understand the difference
between nice to know and need to know. You respect and always
meet deadlines. We are a Washington, D.C. area business to
business publisher launching a product on quality assurance.
We offer competitive salaries and benefits. We put primary
emphasis on editorial quality. Learn more about WBII at
www.fdanews.com/about_wbii.html.

Washington Business Information, Inc.
Poised to grow, WBII offers the security of an established
company with the excitment of new ventures. WBII is a business
to business information provider, winner of numerous journalism
award, and founding member of the Newsletter & Electronic
Publishers Association. WBII publishes 14 newsletters, numerous
books and an on-line daily news page covering the Food & Drug
Administration (www.fdanews.com), as well as hosting conferences
for the industries it serves -- pharmaceuticals, medical devices,
medical testing labs, consumer products, transportation,
government contractors, and small businesses. WBII combines
the best of a casual work environment with a high demand for
editorial quality. Established in 1972, WBII employs about 25
staff plus numerous contractors.
Company Contact: Sean Oberle
Company URL: http://www.fdanews.com
Company Address: 300 N. Washington St
Ste. 200
Falls Church, Virginia 22046
United States
Phone Numbers: 703/538-7658 -- 703/538-7600
703/538-7676 (fax)

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At BOOKSPAN, we not only love great books, we appreciate great
copy writing! Our Copy Writers have helped us become the
preeminent marketer of Specialty Book Clubs via direct mail
and e-commerce. A division of Time Inc. and Bertlesman, created
by the partnership of Doubleday Direct and Book of the Month
Club, we have several terrific career opportunities in our
GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND location. Positions are available
writing for General Interest, Mystery, Religious and Computer/
Technology Book Club promotional catalogs. All candidates
should have 2+ years experience writing about books/magazines
and/or a direct marketing writing background. Mac Word
proficiency is needed along with the ability to thrive in a
fast-paced, high volume environment. We offer a competitive
salary and excellent benefits. Please send resume with salary
history/requirements to the location of your choice. BOOKSPAN,
Att: Anne Marie Fernandez, Job Code: C, 401 Franklin Avenue,
Garden City, NY 11530, Fax# 516-873-4856,
E-mail: annemarie.fernandez@...

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American Woman Road & Travel
http://americanwomanmag.com/company/writerguide.html

Pays from byline up to $250, articles up to 1500 words.

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The Artist's Magazine
http://www.artistsmagazine.com/tam_gl.html

Pays $200 to $350, articles 1,200 to 2,200 words.

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Leading fashion publication group seeks an energetic and
talented writer/reporter to write news stories. Must have
strong writing and editing skills and be able to meet deadlines
and generate story ideas. Two to three years magazine or
newspaper experience necessary. Quark experience a plus.
Candidates should fax resume and cover letter indicating
salary requirement and salary history to (212) 769-9131, or
mail to Fashion Market Magazine Group, Human Resources, 330
West 38th Street, Suite 1500, New York, NY 10018. You may
also e-mail to ojnom@...

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Director - Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
Deadline October 15, 2000
Graduate degree.  For more info contact:
Ann Norris, Search Committee Chair, PO Box 3925
Wilmington, DE  19807
Email - ArrowmontSearch@...
URL - www.arrowmont.org

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Temporary Folklorist

Folklore and Traditional Arts Program at SC Arts Commission.
Open till filled.  Start September.  Funded for one year.
Extensive travel. $2500 per month plus benefits.  Conduct
primary cultural documentation; emphasis on African American
traditional culture in Charleston and surrounding counties.
Develop programming initiatives in the SC National Heritage
Corridor.  BA degree (MA preferred) in Folklore, American
Studies, enthnomusicology, or related field; two or more years
in public sector folklore including video and audio collection
methods.  Submit resume and cover letter to:
Human Resources, SC Arts Commission
1800 Gervais St, Columbia, SC  29201

URL - www.state.sc.us/arts/position_folklorist.htm

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Proposal Writer

Individual would be responsible for developing, writing,
editing and reviewing a wide variety of funding proposals
related to foundation and individual donors and prospects,
both on a national and international scale.

Send resume and salary requirements to:
ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
ATTN: ALSAC Recruiter
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN  38105
Email - alsac.recruiter@...
URL - http://www.stjude.org

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NewsRadio 590 KLBJ has a full time opening for an experienced
news anchor/reporter. Successful candidate will have a proven
track record of aggressive news coverage, and the ability to
both anchor and report, meeting the high standards of this
station. Please send tape, resume, and writing samples to:
EEO Coordinator, News Reporter Position, 8309 North IH 35,
Austin, TX, 78753.
Job Type : Reporter
Salary Range : $22,000 - $32,000
Travel Required:  10% - 20%
Preferred Experience: 2 yrs. news reporting
Job Available : August 15, 2000
Dave Isaacs  E-Mail Address: disaacs@...

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Duties: On-Air News and coverage of local News including meetings,
Community events, enterprise stories, natural disasters and crime.
Attend weekly Department Head staff meeting. Work with News
personnel at other company stations. Minimum Qualifications:
Positive, enthusiastic attitude, experience covering and reporting
news, good dress and grooming habits, good English language
speaking and writing skills and the ability to handle on-air
duties and operate broadcasting equipment. The ability to use a
word processor and operate menu-driven software such as Associated
Press Newsdesk and Microsoft Works. The flexibility to cover night
and weekend meetings and news events. Driver's license, good
driving record. Desirable, but not required: College credit or
degree, familiarity with the Internet, sports or other remote
broadcasting experience. Public speaking experience. The Company:
KTIC and KWPN are an AM/ FM combination located in West Point,
an agriculture-based town of 3,250 in Northeast Nebraska. The
stations are owned by the Nebraska Rural Radio Association.
KTIC is programmed to appeal to farmers and stockmen, featuring
numerous daily market and weather reports plus Country music.
KWPN is programmed to serve the general needs of area residents,
featuring Local News, Sports, Weather and Public Service. The
main service area includes eight counties.
Job Type : Reporter
Salary Range : Depends on experience
Travel Required:  No Travel Required
Preferred Experience: 1 year or more
Job Available : August 11, 2000

Contact: Charlie Brogan
Company URL: http://www.kwpnfm.com
Company Address: Box 84
West Point, Nebraska 68788
United States
Phone Numbers: 402-372-5423
402-372-5425 (fax)

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Grant Writer

Robert J. Miller and Associates, Inc., a national grants
development and fund-raising consulting firm in Buffalo, NY
seeks an experienced grant writer.  A dynamic seasoned
professional with exceptional communications skills will be
given opporunity to develop creative grant seeking strategies
fro hospitals and medical centers, public school districts,
private schools, and other non-profit organizations.

Email - rjma@...
URL - http://www.rjma.com
Send resume with cover letter to:
Human Resources Department
Robert J. Miller and Associates, Inc.
124 Delaware Street, Tonawanda, NY 14150

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DOG FANCY
Editor: Steven Biller; Managing Editor: Martha Everrett
P. O. Box 6050, Mission Viejo, CA 92690

DOG FANCY is a monthly magazine devoted to the care, enjoyment
and responsible ownership of dogs. CIRC: 306,000 (audited).
AUDIENCE: College-educated, middle-class adults interested in all
aspects of companion dogs: training, health, behavior, activities
and care. NEEDS: Dogs are the focus of all articles. Well-written,
thoroughly researched articles about health, nutrition, care,
grooming and training. LENGTH: 850-1,200 word articles accompanied
by high-quality color slides or photographs. RTS: FNASR on an
exclusive basis, plus non-exclusive rights to use the article in
electronic media; non-exclusive rights to use articles, name of
author, image and bio in advertising and promotion. Contractual
agreement required. PAYMENT: On publication. Features: between
$400 and $600 depending on complexity of the topic and number of
sources. Departments pay between $150 and $300. RT: Allow 8 to
10 weeks on query letters. SAMPLE COPIES: Available for $5.00.
COMMENTS: Writers' Guidelines and detailed Photographers'
Guidelines are available online. Dog Fancy does not publish poetry,
fiction, or articles in which dogs speak as if human. SUBS: Dog
Fancy does not accept unsolicited mss. Submit queries by mail only
and enclose a SASE. Include published writing samples and a resume
if possible. Query letters should offer well-focused idea,
descriptive information about how topic will be pursued, and a
preliminary idea of who sources will be. Background information
and writing credentials are helpful as well. If a query is
accepted, articles are submitted on spec. TIPS: "Read the magazine
before pitching ideas. Our readers respond to our editorial mix,
voice, and personality. Your work should fit in seamlessly." (JE)
      URL/GL: http://www.dogfancy.com/



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7. ADS & OPPORTUNITIES

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Charitable organizations, foundations, contests, awards,
and markets are invited to publish their opportunities for
our writers free of charge.  Send them to HopeClark1@....

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The Reader's Niche (readersniche.com) is a new Web-zine for
the selective reader featuring book reviews; a book club;
articles and news about books, writing, and the publishing
industry; and much more. Free classifieds for a limited time.
Seeking articles and reviews. Contact Camille at
readersniche@....

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1st Books Library is THE online publisher for subscriber to
FundsforWriters.  With over 4000 titles to their credit,
they offer ebook, paperback, RocketeBook and hardback
publishing.  Hope Clark has chosen 1st Books Library as her
publisher for FundsforWriters - The Book.

Contact 1st Books immediately and make your dream a reality.
Email - Paul@...  (mention Hope Clark or FFW)
URL - www.1stbooks.com

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Do you love women's history?  Then check out
http://www.historyswomen.com!

History's Women is an online magazine highlighting the
extraordinary achievements of women throughout history.  It
is full of profiles of great women, and also welcomes
submissions from its readers.  To subscribe to the weekly
newsletter email:  h-w-subscribe@...     or go to
http://www.historyswomen.com/subscribe.html.

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Interested in the best web sites for writers? Want to see
what guest authors write about process and marketing and
maybe contribute your own thoughts? Subscribe to Haven's
List, a monthly newsletter for writers. There's no charge.
Just send an e-mail to LGood67334@... and put subscribe
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Add it Free to EzineLinks Searchable Database!
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Word Weaving Webzine seeks articles, book reviews, and
web site reviews for its publication.  For Guidelines, visit
http://www.wordweaving.com/submission_guidelines.html
or email editor Cindy Penn at WordWeaving@....


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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@...
HopeClark1@...

7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

Copyright 2000, C. Hope Clark

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GREETINGS all from NEW ORLEANS.  About to head out for beniet and
cafe au lait at the Cafe Du Monde and thought I would get this issue
out to you first. Have a great weekend!   HOPE


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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 18           -          July 30, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters

   9. Your Subscription



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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What are some of your successes?  I am dying to hear if any
of you have been able to find a little bit of change from
these listings.  Or maybe you've applied and are awaiting
a call or email from the judge, committee or editor.  We
are all in this family of writers, authors, and scribes
together, and the support we can give each other is worth
its weight in gold.  Give someone a little 'hope' that
someone does win the prize, gain the grant, or achieve
publication.  Spread the news, gain some free promotion,
and give someone else a reason to continue writing.

Send me your 'news' and spread it around.  Let us pretend
your success is our success, too.

					 Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

I never know what I think about something until I read what
I've written on it.
	      ~William Faulkner~




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2.  YOUR MAIL

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  Hope-

First of all, I eagerly ready your ezine, and extend thanks
for your efforts.

Secondly, I read the paragraphs on state funding from SC,
and wonder if you can tell me/readers how to find out what
the funding in a given state is.  In my case, that would be
Texas.  To whom would we write? Where would we look for
information as to what is being looked for, so a request can
be targeted to that issue?

On a more personal concept, I am 61 yoa, having begun my published
freelance writing approximately a year ago.  (I have been writing
non-fiction articles. I have been hard copy and electronically
published. )

Any input you would provide, will be of tremendous interest.

Thank you most sincerely for your consideration, and your efforts in
presenting FundsforWriters.

Sandra Lee Larsen
San Antonio, TX

NOTE:  I forwarded Sandra the following sites similar to SC's.
I also mentioned to her that FundsforWriters - The Book, is
forthcoming in ebook and paperback form.  Be watching for it!!

§ Texas
http://www.arts.state.tx.us/ (Texas Commission for the Arts)
http://www.public-humanities.org/  (Texas Council on the Humanities)
http://www.main.org.txarts/home.html (Texas Commission on the Arts)

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Hi Hope,

     Thank you so much for this service.  I haven't availed myself
of any of the listings yet, but may I also thank you for listing
NEH resources.  I've been an NEH Scholar twice--once at Emory U &
once at Duke--and it is the finest use of tax funds I have ever
heard of.  NEH is a great source of support and resultant resources.
Thanks again.

     Cordially,
Larry Retzack


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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - Celebrity Causes Can Be Yours

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Heard of For All Kids Foundation?  Take a look at Rosie
O'Donnell's organization below under the grants category.
The point is, most celebrities have some sort of charitable
cause or foundation.  Now your point is to match what you
need to the right celebrity.

Okay, we all are writers, right?  However, we are writing
about something.  And that something has to have a famous
person somewhere with similar interests or causes.

Take a look at some of the following causes and see who
is promoting them:

Bill Gates - education at all levels
Barbara Bush - literacy
Dan Jansen - education and youth sports
John Starks - academic scholarships, recreational development
Chuck Norris - youth sports
Tiger Woods - many different areas

And in some situations, I have actually advised readers to
write the celebrity of their choice who had shown an interest
in their subject matter even if no foundation was available.
Celebrities are always looking for a good cause, so if you
have a well-written proposal and a focus on your goal, use
your writing skills to write what grantwriters call a "position
paper" on your proposal. You never know what can come of it.

You never know until your try.  And all they can say is no.
So shoot for the stars and see what dream may come your way.

copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark


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The For All Kids Foundation, Inc. was established in February
1997 by motion picture and television personality Rosie
O'Donnell to help support the intellectual, social and cultural
development of at-risk and underserved children throughout
the United States.

The Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations
dedicated to helping children and their families through
child care, education, health care and other essential programs.
At least sixty percent of our grants are awarded to child care
programs.

Grants are awarded to organizations with IRS §501(c)(3)
classification only as described in §509(a). These nonprofit
organizations can apply for one grant per year. Grant disbursements
are scheduled to occur twice per year in February and September.

Organizations applying for funds should submit a letter of intent
of no more than three (3)-typewritten pages. The letter of intent
should briefly state the history and mission of the organization.
In addition, the letter should outline the proposal and include
the project goals, the population served and the amount of funds
requested.  The Foundation's staff will review the information and
those organizations demonstrating the most promise will be invited
to formally apply for funds.

http://rosieo.warnerbros.com/cmp/allkids/grant.htm

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REAL WRITERS SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Short fiction
Subject/theme: Open ("but entrants should look elsewhere for
	 inspiration than the ubiquitous Millennium.")
Length: 5,000 words maximum
Prizes: 1st £1,000
Fee: £5 (US $10) per story, or £8 (US $15) per story with
	 optional one-page commentary.  Cheques should be in
	 sterling only, payable to Real Writers, or pay by
	 credit card (Visa or MC).  All credit card payments
	 subject to additional US $2 handling fee.
Deadline: September 30
E-mail entries: Yes, via e-mail address below, in PC text format
Contact: Real Writers, P.O. Box 170, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
	 S40 1FE, England
	 e-mail: realwrtrs@...
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To enter your screenplay in Final Draft/Express.com "Big Break"
contest, please follow these instructions for paying by check or
by credit card. The entry fee is $45 from March 15 through June 30;
and $55 from July 1 through Sept. 30.

Print off form from online and mail the form and your screenplay
to Final Draft, Inc. 16000 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 800, Encino,
CA 91436.
If you'd like a one-page coverage report from an industry
professional, write in your fax number at the bottom of the
page or send a self-addressed envelope with your Submission.
For more information on Final Draft, please visit
http://www.finaldraft.com.

All entries must be Submitted by Sept. 30, 2000.
All Submissions should be full-length, standard industry format
written in English. Please include your name, address, phone number
and e-mail on the title page of your screenplay.

Ten winners will be chosen by a Selection Committee of Entertainment
Industry Professionals. Winners will be announced and publicized
on November 1st.
The first prize winner will receive $10,000, round-trip airfare to
Los Angeles, 3 nights hotel accommodations, will meet studio
executives.
The screenplay will be Submitted to a major Hollywood literary agent.
The second prize will receive $5,000, round-trip airfare to Los
Angeles,
3 nights hotel accommodations. The screenplay will be Submitted to a
major Hollywood literary agent.
The third prize winner will receive $3,000, round-trip airfare to
Los Angeles, 3 nights hotel accommodations. The screenplay will be
Submitted to a major Hollywood literary agent.
The fourth prize winner will receive $2,000 and the screenplay will
be Submitted to a major Hollywood literary agent.
The fIfth prize winner will receive $1,000 and the screenplay will
be Submitted to a major Hollywood literary agent.
Prize winners 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 will have their screenplays
submitted to a major Hollywood literary agent and receive the
latest version of Final Draft software.

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The National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals in
response to the following problem statement.  Proposals must be
submitted at theOctober 15, 2000 deadline to the Division of
Education Programs.

The teaching of world history in the schools as well as in the
undergraduate curriculum has expanded rapidly over the last
decade. Over 30 states now mandate the teaching of world history
or global studies, and many colleges have replaced general
education requirementsfor Western civilization courses with
world history courses. The training of school teachers and
college faculty to teach world history has lagged behind
developments in research and the production ofmaterials.
Scholarship dealing with various aspects of world history is
increasingly robust; professional associations and periodical
journals now serve the field; and a growing array of textbooks
and comprehensive historical analyses are appearing.  Resources
and effective presentation strategies, however, are not readily
available to all practitioners.

The Endowment seeks to support the construction of a web site
rich in materials and sophisticated in the application of
interactive technology.  A successful proposal will demonstrate
an understanding of the best current scholarship and respond to
the needs and requirements of those who  teach world history in
the schools and at the undergraduate level.  Educators at all
levels should be involved in the conception, design,
implementation, and use of the site.  Collaboration is encouraged.
In  proposing such a product, applicants should demonstrate an
awareness of  the existing electronic resources for the teaching
of world history and  build on their strengths.  A compelling
proposal will also display  awareness of the importance of
offering links between the teaching of  world history and the
teaching of related subjects, such as world  literatures and
languages, art, music, religion, and archaeology.

Applicants should use the Education Development and Demonstration
guidelines from the Division of Education Programs.  Proposals
should conform to the size, scope, and instructions for National
Education Projects.  The 15% minimum cost sharing expectation
applies.  To request a  set of guidelines, please call
202/606-8380 or go directly to the Endowment's website
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines.html.

Applicants should consult with program officers before the
application deadline of October 15, 2000.

For more information, please contact
   Bruce Robinson, 202/606-8213
          Ralph Canevali, 202/606-8387
          Judy Jeffrey Howard, 202/606-8398

  Division of Education
  National Endowment for the Humanities
  1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  20506

  phone:  202/606-8213  fax:  202/606-8204
         e-mail:  brobinson@...

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Deadline: November 15, 2000

Applications Available for the Archives Research Fellows Fund

The Archives Research Fellows Fund, a program of the IU Center
on Philanthropy , is a competitive grants program that awards
grants of up to $4,000 in any discipline for research that
requires use of the collections of the Philanthropy Archival at
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

The Philanthropy Archival Collection offers a diverse array of
primary source materials documenting the history of philanthropy.
The distinctiveness of the Philanthropy Archival Collection is
its emphasis on the papers of volunteers, trustees, community
leaders, and others whose personal experience in philanthropy
is unknown, overlooked, or ignored. For more information on the
Philanthropy Archival Collection visit:
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/.

Visit the IU Center on Philanthropy Web Site for more program
information and application guidelines.

Contact:
Kathy Keirouz
IU Center on Philanthropy
550 West North Street
Suite 301
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3272
Tel: (317) 684-8957
E-mail: keirouz@...
RFP Link: http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/ResearchArchives.htm

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Deadline: Open

National Organizers Alliance (NOA) to Offer Pension Plans for
Social Change, Arts/Humanities, and Service Agencies

The mission of the National Organizers Alliance (NOA) is to
advance progressive organizing for social, economic, and
environmental justice and to sustain, support, and nurture
the people of all ages who do it. Towards this end, NOA has
pioneered a pension program to help experienced organizers,
especially women, remain in the field and encourage younger
practitioners to view social change as a long-term career.
To participate in the NOA Retirement Pension Plan, you must
be a social change, Arts/Humanities, or service agency with at
least one paid-up NOA member on staff, and must agree to the
basic NOA principles.

Contact:
National Organizers Alliance
715 G Street SE
Washington DC 20003
Phone: 202-543-6603
Fax: 202-543-2462
E-mail: noa@...
URL: http://www.noacentral.org/

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Deadline: October 1, 2000; April 1, 2001

Starbucks Foundation Offers Literacy Grants

The mission of the Starbucks Foundation is to create "hope,
discovery and opportunity" in communities where Starbucks does
business. The foundation's efforts to aid less fortunate
populations currently focus on literacy in the following areas:
Children (0-5) and Families; Tutor/Mentor Promotion; and Writing
Programs for Older Youth (12-21). The literacy grant program's
Mini Grants ($1,000) are sponsored by Starbucks partners
(employees) who link with literacy programs in their communities
(applications available from local Starbucks stores or from
regional marketing offices). The program's Opportunity Grants
(up to $10,000) are focused on the three areas listed above
and require engagement with Starbucks resources (partners,
stores, customers) at the local level (organizations invited
to apply after review of initial concept paper). Applications
are accepted from 501(c)3 and other tax-exempt organizations
only. See the Starbucks Foundation Web site for complete
guidelines and application information.

Contact:
Literacy Hotline: (206) 447-7950 ext. 87022
http://www.starbucks.com/company/literacy.asp?
nav=3a&sid=S3FFL7RSWJ1P8NDR4DF7JLT0M7KF339D

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Deadline: November 1

The National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
Announces the Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program

The Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program in conjunction with
the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
recognizes and extends outstanding teaching and student
learning in public secondary schools that serve economically
disadvantaged students. Grants will be awarded to applicants
who develop an outstanding lesson plan or a thematic unit.
The proposed lesson plan may focus on any academic or
vocational-technical subject but should be original. Up to
400 grants worth $2,500 will be awarded per year. Grant funds
must be used for resource materials, supplies, equipment,
transportation or other costs related to field trips, software,
professional fees, and other items required to implement and
assess the proposed unit. Eligibility is limited to teachers
and paraprofessionals who work with students in any grade from
six to twelve in a U.S. public secondary school. At least 40
percent of the school's student population must be eligible for
the free or reduced school lunch program. Applications are
available online.

Contact:
NFIE/JF
1201 Sixteenth Street, NW
Suite 416
Washington, DC 20036-3207
Tel: (202) 822-7840
RFP Link: http://www.nfie.org/jf6.htm
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Deadline: Various

International Reading Association Has Various Grant and
Award Opportunities Available

The International Reading Association , an organization
dedicated to promoting levels of literacy and quality
reading instruction, honors outstanding achievement in
literacy and reading instruction with several award and
grants programs. The Association's programs include:

Children's Literature Awards
Council Service Awards
Dissertation Awards and Grants
International Reading Association Literacy Award
Media Awards
Professional Development Awards
Research Awards and Grants
Service Awards
Teachers' Awards and Grants

Interested Applicants should visit the Association's Web site
for program guidelines and application information.

Contact:
RFP Link: http://www.reading.org/about/whatwedo/awards/
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Deadline: Various

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational
Foundation Welcomes Applications for Fellowships and Grants

The AAUW Educational Foundation helps women around the world
to pursue their personal and professional goals through
fellowships and grants. The Foundation will be awarding the
following:

University Scholar-in-Residence
Research Scholar-in-Residence
American Fellowships
Career Development Grants
Community Action Grants
Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships
International Fellowships
Selected Professions Fellowships

Contact:
AAUW Educational Foundation
1111 Sixteenth St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 728-7602
E-mail: foundation@...

URL: http://www.aauw.org/3000/fgabod.html
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Deadline: Various

Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) Seeks
Applicants for Fulbright Grants

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) was
established in 1947 to cooperate with the U.S. government in
the administration of the Fulbright Scholar Program. Fulbright
grants are awarded to American students, teachers, and scholars
to study, teach, lecture, and conduct research abroad and to
foreign nationals to engage in similar activities in the United
States. Individuals are selected on the basis of academic or
professional qualifications and potential, plus the ability and
willingness to share ideas and experiences with people of
diverse cultures.

Contact:
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street NW Suite 5L
Washington DC 20008-3009
E-mail: scholars@...
URL: http://www.iie.org/cies/

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Deadline: Various

MacArthur Foundation's Global Security and Sustainability
Program Accepting Research Project Proposals

The MacArthur Foundation's Program on Global Security and
Sustainability encourages examination of issues of conflict
and cooperation within and among nations. The program's work
is organized around six areas of interest: Arms Reduction and
Security Policy, Ecosystems Conservation, Population, Concepts
of Security and Sustainability, New Partnerships and
Institutions, and United States Interests and Responsibilities.

Collaborative Research Competition

The Foundation invites proposals for collaborative research
grants on new approaches to governance in the context of rapid
globalization.

Initiative in the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union:
Research and Writing Grants for Individuals

These grants support research and writing projects that have
practical applications for policymaking and society.

Initiative on Population, Consumption, and the Environment

This initiative supports research and practice focusing on
interactions among demographic changes, consumer demand, and
environmental factors in tropical coastal and marine areas.

Research and Writing Competition

The MacArthur Foundation is seeking research and writing projects
that promise to illuminate the dynamics of international security,
sustainability and cooperation.

Contact:
Program on Global Security and Sustainability
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
140 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603 USA
E-mail: 4answers@...
URL: http://www.macfdn.org/programs/special_grant_competitions.htm

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P.O. Box 40339
Washington, DC 20016
Voice: (202) 362-0260
Email: fundfij@...


The Fund for Investigative Journalism gives grants, ranging from
$500 to $10,000, to reporters working outside the protection and
backing of major news organizations. These grants are limited to
journalists seeking help for investigative pieces involving
corruption, malfeasance, incompetence and societal ills in
general as well as for media criticism.

There is no application form. The applicant must write a letter
outlining the story, what he or she expects to prove, how this
will be done, and the sources for the proof. The letter must be
supported by a resume, budget, writing samples, and a letter of
commitment from an editor or publisher to consider publishing or
broadcasting the final product. All entries must be on 8-1/2 by
11 inch paper, with the exception of foreign applications. Do not
send tear sheets of articles which are larger than standard
letter size paper. Send only through the US Postal Service.
A post office box will not accept FedEx or DHL.

The FIJ Book Prize will be decided at the November board meeting.
The best book will be selected from applications The Fund has
chosen during the year, up to and including the November meeting.
The November award will either add $15,000 to one of the book
proposals already selected or constitute a $25,000 prize for a
new and compelling entry. Do not send books that have already
been published or proposals that are not eligible for a Fund grant.

The board meets three times in March, July and November.
Application deadline is the first of the preceeding month.

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The Dick Goldensohn Fund is accepting grant applications

101 West 23rd Street,PMB 2245
New York, NY 10011
   Contact: Program Coordinator
E-mail:grants@...
Web Site: http://www.dickgoldensohn.org

The Dick Goldensohn Fund is accepting grant applications from
journalists, publications, reporters, editors,and others for
projects that investigate abuses of the public trust, spotlight
overlooked aspects of contemporary life or promote social,
political and economic justice. The typical grant is for around
$1,500, although requests for larger or smaller amounts are
considered. All applications must be received by August 12, 2000.
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Princeton University
Ferris/McGraw Fellowships

Humanities Council at Princeton University
122 East Pyne
Princeton, NJ 08544
   Contact: Marjorie Asbury
(609) 258-4713
(609) 258-2783 FAX
E-mail: asbury@...
URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~humcounc/

Visiting appointments, commuting or residential, for
distinguished writers and journalists to teach 12-week seminars
at Princeton, fall or spring term. Seminars meet weekly for 3
hours, with approximately 18 students chosen by the professor.
For academic year 2000-2001, stipend is $53,000 for writers in
residence and $21,200 for commuting appointments.
Deadline: November 1.

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National Endowment for the Humanities and Dodge Foundation
         Offer Funding for Humanities Programs in New Jersey
         Schools

   Deadline: October 16, 2000

   The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
   (http://www.neh.gov/) and the Morristown, New Jersey-based
   Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (http://www.grdodge.org/)
   have agreed for a second year to support the Humanities
   Scholar in Residence Program in New Jersey schools. The
   program brings outside humanities educators into selected
   schools to serve as consultants for improving the schools'
   humanities curriculum. The program, which is designed to
   help schools rethink how they teach history, literature,
   and foreign languages and cultures, will provide grants of
   $10,000 to each of five schools.

   The NEH-Dodge Humanities Scholars in Residence Program is
   open to public middle and high schools in New Jersey. NEH
   administers the program and conducts the review process.
   For information and guidelines, contact the NEH Division
   of Education Programs.

   Contact:
   NEH Division of Education Programs
   Tel: (202) 606-8380
   E-mail: education@....

   RFP Link: http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20000612.html



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Arabia.com
PO Box 911288
Amman, 11191 Jordan

Elizabeth Frantz, Editorial Assistant
freelance@....
(962 6) 515 4238
http://www.arabia.com/

Arabia.com is the leading Arab Internet portal, offering a
branded network of online services in Arabic and English since
1995. Content channels such as news, business, sports,
technology and life keep global audiences updated with the
latest relevant news and information affecting their lives and
businesses. Reaching out to 22 Arab countries with customized
news, Arabia.com offers a mix of international and local
coverage.

Original news articles and features in either English or
Arabic are considered. Our content varies from news and
business to sports and lifestyle. We also have a section
devoted to Arab Americans and welcome relevant submissions.
Payment varies from article to article.

Submissions should be e-mailed to freelance@....

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Romantic Traveling Newsletter
Contact: Sheila O'Connor, Associate Editor

Romantic Traveling Newsletter, the newsletter for new and
long-time lovers, is holding a competition.
Deadline November 30, 2000.

Prizes are: 1st prize $100 and a one year subscription.
       2nd prize $50 and a one year subscription
       3rd prize a one year subscription to the newsletter.

Selected entries will be published in Romantic Traveling.
Have you ever been to a romantic hotel or inn or destination
here or overseas? Write and tell us about it in 300-500 words.
Entry fees are $5 one entry, $9 for two or $12 for three.
Subsequent entries are $3 each.

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The TTA Literary Prizes
Web Site: http://www.tta-press.freewire.co.uk/competition.html

£2,000 in prizes. The TTA Literary Prizes operate under the
auspices of TTA Press, but the TTA editorial staff will take
no part in the judging procedure. The competition is not
restricted to the type of material that appears in The Third
Alternative and entries are not being considered for
publication in that magazine. Peter Tennant will act as the
Prize Administrator.

There is a first prize of £1,000 (1,000 pounds), a runner up
prize of £500 (500 pounds) and five second runner up prizes of
£100 (100 pounds) each.

There is no official entry form, and writers may enter as
often as they wish provided each individual story is
accompanied by an entry fee of £5/US$8. Cheques (including
dollar checks), postal orders, etc should be made payable to
"The TTA Literary Prizes".

Stories will be considered within the categories of Science
Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Slipstream and Cross-Genre fiction.

Entries must be no longer than 6,000 words and must be original
work in English which has not been previously published in any
form. Entries must not be under consideration for any other
competitions, under current consideration for publication or
currently awaiting publication.

Stories must be typed double spaced on single sheets of A4
(fullsize) paper. The title page must carry the entrant's
name, address and a contact telephone number and/or email
address. The title of the story must appear on each subsequent
page, but no other author details must be shown. Pages must be
clearly numbered.

Entries should be sent to the Prize Administrator at
9 Henry Cross Close, Shipdham, Thetford, Norfolk IP25 7LQ,
Great Britain, and must be received by the closing date of
31 December 2000. Proof of posting will not be declared proof
of receipt.

Details of the winning entries will be announced in the
March 2001 issue of The Third Alternative magazine, published
on the TTA website and elsewhere. A full list of winners can
also be obtained by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope
to the editorial address: TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham,
Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, Great Britain (email: ttapress@...;
website: www.tta-press.freewire.co.uk).


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The Vicky Metcalf Awards were created in 1963 by the
Toronto librarian whose name they bear. There are now three
separate awards.

A $10,000 cash prize for a body of work, whether fiction,
non-fiction, poetry or picture books.
A $3,000 cash prize for a short story published in an
English-language periodical or anthology.
A $1,000 cash prize prize to the editor responsible for
publishing the prize-winning short story, if published in a
Canadian periodical or anthology.

"The prizes are given solely to stimulate writing for
children by Canadian writers," said Mrs. Metcalf when she
established the awards. "We must encourage the writing of
material for Canadian children without setting any
restricting formulas."

Nominations may be made by an individual person, publisher
or association.

A Body of Work or Short Story Award may be won by a writer
only once.

In the case of the body of work award, the nomination should
be in letter form listing the published works or the nominee
along with the biography of the author.

In the short story category, four tearsheets or photocopies
of the published work must be submitted along with a biography
of the writer, and the name of the editor.

Deadline for nominations is December 31st.
http://www.canauthors.org/awards/metcalf.html

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Canadian Authors Association (CAA)

The CAA Jubilee Award for short stories was established in
1997 by a generous donor who chooses to remain anonymous.
It allows recognition of Canada's outstanding writers of
short stories, who have not been eligible for the CAA Award
for Fiction.

Winners receive $2,500 and a silver medal.

All entries must be collections of short stories by a
Canadian author. The stories must be English-language
literature for adults (not "young adults"). Translations
are not eligible, nor are books published at the author's
expense. The deadline is December 15th.

http://www.canauthors.org/awards/stories.html

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In 1975 the CAA reinstated its awards for literary
achievement, a program originally begun in 1937 with
the creation of the Governor-General's medals for
literature.

The objective of reinstatement of the awards was to
honour writing that achieves literary excellence without
sacrificing popular appeal.

The CAA Award for Fiction was funded by Harlequin
Enterprises of Toronto from 1975 through 1997, for
1998 by Chapters and for 2000 by MOSAID Technology, Inc.

Throughout their existence, these CAA Awards for Adult
Literature have been designed as objective rewards for
excellence. Judging is carried out by panels selected
in confidence. No short lists are published. The Journal
(CBC) has referred to them as "The major awards given
annually by authors to authors."

Entries must be full-length English-language literature
for adults, by Canadian authors. Reprints are not eligible,
nor is self-published work or work which has been published
at the author's expense. Winners receive $2,500 and a silver
medal. The deadline is December 15th.

http://www.canauthors.org/awards/fiction.html

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CAA Birks Family Foundation Award
History and Nominations
This award is made possible through the generosity of the
Birks Family Foundation. It is for a biographical work about
a Canadian, written by a Canadian.

Entries must be full-length English-language literature for
adults, by Canadian authors. Reprints are not eligible, nor
is self-published work or work which has been published at
the author's expense.

Winners receive $2,500 and a silver medal.

The deadline is December 15th.

http://www.canauthors.org/awards/biography.html

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Shangri-La
MD Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Tripureswor
P.O. Box 3525
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel:              977-1-260418
Fax:             977-1-261159

Kamal Tuladhar, Associate Editor
Email:          nttj@...
http://www.catmando.com/sl/

Shangri-La is the in-flight magazine of Royal Nepal Airlines.
The magazine is published quarterly: January, April, July,
and October. Articles are generally limited to Nepal. We look
for articles about Nepal that are light but intelligent and
well-researched. Possible subjects include: adventure sports,
ethnology, natural history, art and architecture, environmental
issues, festivals, and history. Articles should have a very
specific focus, such as a particular ethnic group, temple
complex, deity, village, issue, or event.

We are not interested in visitor impressions of the country,
articles researched from guidebooks, or general pieces about
subjects such as "Trekking in Annapurna" or "Visiting Chitwan
National Park". Your information and angle should be fresh and
unique. Current and accurate information is absolutely
essential. Writers should be sensitive to our audience.

Since we are an inflight magazine, international travellers
are naturally included in our audience, but many of our readers
are Nepalese who are familiar with the subjects of our articles.
We do not want articles that objectify people of Nepal or other
countries.

FEATURES: Shangri-La publishes three or four features about
Nepal per issue. We generally look for a mix that includes
one article in which the Kathmandu Valley is featured
(architecture, religion, culture, or history, for example),
one about adventure sports or an area outside the Valley, and
one about natural history or conservation and the environment.
All features should be between 1,000 and 1,200 words, including
sidebars.

PHOTO ESSAYS: Shangri-La generally publishes one photo essay
about some aspect of Nepal per issue. Examples of past photo
essays include "Work and Worship Ñ The Women of Nepal", "Young
Faces", "The Night of Lord Shiva" (Shivaratri), and "Mustang Ñ
The Land of Lo". We welcome suggestions for themes from writers
and photographers. Ideally you will present us with both text
and photographs, but we sometimes assign writers to provide us
with text for a package of photographs that has been offered to
us. Text for photo essays averages 500 words in length. We
generally use eight to twelve photographs.

FLYING HIGH: This department features a domestic destination
served by Royal Nepal Airlines. We select one airport and
inform readers about cultural, historical, or other tourism
aspects of the area (for example, Jumla as the starting point
for a trek to Rara Lake).

Must be typewritten, triple-spaced, and within conventional
margins. The author's name, address, telephone number, e-mail
and fax number (if overseas) should appear on the title page.
Place your name and page number in the upper left-hand corner
of each succeeding page. We welcome computer diskettes, either
DOS or Macintosh. We use Microsoft Word; manuscripts on disk
should be in word or in plain text (ASCII). Diskettes will be
returned, but include a hard copy as well.

We suggest that you send us a query letter, but this is not
essential. Overseas writers should send queries by fax or
e-mail. Unless we indicate otherwise, all material is
submitted on speculation. Please allow six to eight weeks
for a response. When we purchase an article, we purchase
publication rights for East, Southeast, and South Asia. We
have no objection to text being simultaneously published in
Europe, Australia, or America, but not in Asia. Please let
us know about all previous and simultaneous publications.
Payment is made one month after publication. We pay NRs. 1
per published word and also provide two copies of the
magazine. For inside photos we pay NRs. 1,000 and for cover
photos we pay NRs. 1,500. Payment is made only in Nepalese
Rupees to all writers residing in or presently in Nepal,
whether Nepalese or foreign. We are required to deduct a
10% government tax for all, whether Nepalese or foreign.
Overseas writers are paid in US dollars as per the current
exchange rates established by His Majesty's Government.
Foreign currency checks will be issued about two months
after publication (payments in US dollars take longer due
to government currency regulations). Writers present in
Nepal will be asked to pick up payment. Checks will be
sent via DHL to writers abroad. We pay for the shipping of
slides you send to Shangri-La only if the material was
specifically solicited by the editor. We also pay for their
return overseas by DHL or another international carrier.
Always include a current fax number so we can contact you.


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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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US-NY-Scarsdale-Freelance writer/editor

National research organization with workplace focus seeks
experienced freelancers for recurring short-term, fast-
turnaround projects for print and web site. Subject areas:
human resources, labor-management issues, organizational
performance. Write news releases, rewrite/edit meeting
transcripts, create case studies from multiple sources.
Internet savvy and MS Word essential. Respond to:
cnardi@.... Salary hourly or per project,
depending on nature of the project.

Position Type: Part Time, Contract
Carol Nardi
cnardi@...
Work in America Institute
700 White Plains Road
Scarsdale NY 10583
Fax: (914) 472-9606
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Freelance Writers
National publisher seeks extraordinary, inspirational TRUE
stories for book-length anthology, to be published spring
2001. $100 each published story, plus a shot at the $1,000
grand prize. Length: 1,000 to 2,000 words.
Deadline: October 01, 2000. No entry or reading fees! For
Submission Guidelines: wordsinger@... or P.O. Box 863,
Eugene, OR 97440 (SASE).
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Meetings in the West magazine & Meetings South magazine,
550 Montgomery Street, Suite 750, San Francisco, CA 94111.
P(415)788-2005. F(415)788-0301.
Website http://www.meetingsweb.com.
Christa Palmer, Editor (cover stories, features);
Leesa Witty, Managing Editor (destination articles, features).
80% freelance. "We are a travel trade publication written to
an audience of meeting/event planners. We profile destinations
and write feature articles with this audience in mind."
Welcomes new writers. Circ. 28K. Monthly. Pays within 30 days
of receipt of invoice. Period between acceptance and
publication varies depending on subject matter. Buys first
rights. No reprints. Responds 1 week. Sample copy should be
requested when submitting cover letter, clips and resume.
Subscription $35. Guidelines should be requested when
submitting cover letter, clips and resume. CURRENT NEEDS:
Writers. "We prefer to receive clips and a resume and then we
will assign stories based on the writer's familiarity with an
area and interests." Pays $0.14-0.50/word, depending on
experience, for 1500-3000 words. Submit clips, resume and
cover letter by email (preferred), mail or fax. Include a
request for guidelines, sample copy and editorial calendar.

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ELEMENTARY EDUCATORS TO WRITE FREELANCE
We are a new supplemental educational publishing company
looking for former or current elementary educators to write
both workbook/activity books and resource/idea books for the
K-6 teacher market. Prior experience writing these types of
materials is preferred, though not essential. Ability to work
within a given template in Quark is preferred. Pay fluctuates
depending upon experience, type of product, and time needed
to complete the project. Please visit our website at
www.TeachNow.com for more information about our company. And
please forward your resume to ljs@... or fax it to
(714) 796-9147.


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7. ADS & OPPORTUNITIES

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The Reader's Niche (readersniche.com) is a new Web-zine for
the selective reader featuring book reviews; a book club;
articles and news about books, writing, and the publishing
industry; and much more. Free classifieds for a limited time.
Seeking articles and reviews. Contact Camille at
readersniche@....

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   3. Article of the Week

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   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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This week in South Carolina, the SC Arts Commission approved
$1.8 million in grants to individuals, organizations and
educational institutions.  Four $7500 Artist Fellowships
went to individuals for literature, music composition, music
performance, and visual arts.

Every Arts Commission in the US has these announcements at
some point during the year.  Are you familiar with the one
in your state?  And if you are from another country, are you
aware of when announcements are made from the entities that
promote grants for culture?

I cannot emphasize enough becoming familiar with the entity(ies)
in your area or region.  Learning what they are looking for
better enables you to find funds.  And if they don't have the
funds for you, they may lead you to another entity that does.


					 Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself;
but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not
sure of you.
	       ~Stewart E. White~




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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hope-

Thanks for mentioning my goals to get funding help, with all
I am doing for abuse victims in the 9th's newsletter.  I have
done a lot on my own and still have hope I will get help I
so desperately need to continue.  I founded the forums,
newsletter, and web sites to help abuse in our lives become
known.  I am currently working on the abuse book.  Thanks.

Love, Irene

New Site Everyone!
http://home.earthlink.net/~aaapi/index.html

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Bravo, dear Hope.  I wrote off to the romance/women's
fiction publisher.

Love, Joan


LEARN MORE - EMPOWERED PARENTING & JOAN'S EBOOKS,
Also, FREE! articles, advice, how-to's:
http://www.celebrityhowto.com/JBramsch.html



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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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Recently, I ran across this article in seeking assistance
for a fellow writer wishing to publish for the blind. It
caught my attention being an award but not the norm we see
in the realm of books and publishing.

Not being well-sighted, I have often wondered what in the
world I would do if I could not read or write.  These
two activities are my life outside my family.  While this
award has been given already in 2000, I wanted it mentioned
for simple appreciation, and for education purposes for our
readers who may be interested in the pursuit of this market.

<<American Foundation for the Blind to Honor
Excellence in the Narration of Talking Books

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) will present its
fourteenth Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Awards to
honor excellence in the narration of Talking Books on Monday,
June 12 at 5:30 p.m. at The Theater at Madison Square Garden
in Manhattan. Rob Morrison, co-anchor, "Weekend Today in New
York," NewsChannel 4, will serve as master of ceremonies.

Talking Books provides recorded literature to 750,000 blind,
visually impaired, and physically disabled Americans. The
program, which originated in 1933 with AFB's invention of the
long-playing phonograph record, is administered by the
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped (NLS) of the Library of Congress.

The Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Awards were
established by AFB in 1986 in memory of its most popular
Talking Books narrator. The event also celebrates the
contribution of Talking Books to the cause of literacy for
blind people, and award presenters (who are visually impaired)
will speak about the importance of reading in their lives. The
highlight of the evening features award recipients giving
readings from favorite works they have recorded.

Three Scourby Awards will be presented—in the categories of
fiction, nonfiction, and a special award this year, classical
fiction. A lifetime achievement award will also be presented.

This year's fiction award recipient is Graci Ragsdale, a
narrator at Insight for the Blind, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for
over ten years, where she has recorded a wide variety of books,
including fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, poetry,
and plays. Prior to her work at Insight for the Blind, she was
a professional voice talent in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, and
became one of the major television and radio voices in the
region. In addition, she served as a volunteer reader for
Dallas Taping for the Blind, and Dallas Radio for the Blind.

In the nonfiction category, the winner is James DeLotel, a
narrator at the American Printing House for the Blind in
Louisville, KY. He has recorded nearly 350 books in the past
22 years, including Ben-Hur, Brave New World, and You Can't
Go Home Again. He has also recorded various works of science
fiction, nonfiction works on subjects ranging from quantum
physics to UFOs, and numerous biographies, including those
about Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, George
Orwell, and Marlene Dietrich. A trained singer, DeLotel has
appeared in over 70 productions with the Kentucky Opera since
1962.

The recipient in classical fiction is Tom Martin, since 1970
a narrator at AFB's Talking Books studios, where he has
recorded nearly 300 titles, including Lady Chatterley's Lover,
Kidnapped, and Silas Marner. An actor since the age of 16, he
has appeared in numerous theatrical productions in both Great
Britain and the United States, on and off Broadway. He is also
known for his television commercials, and appearances in such
series as The Guiding Light, All My Children, and Kraft Theatre.
In addition to his recording for Talking Books, he is also a
narrator for Listening Library.

A special lifetime achievement award will be presented to Ray
Hagen, a narrator at the National Library Services Studios in
Washington, D.C., where he has narrated over 400 titles since
1973 on such diverse topics as celebrity biographies, Jewish
fiction and nonfiction, gay-related fiction and nonfiction,
and comedy. He has also compiled two dictionaries for Talking
Book narrators—Say How?: A Pronunciation Guide to Names of
Public Figures and The ABC Book: Acronyms, Brand Names, and
Corporations—which are updated and distributed to all Library
of Congress studios every six months.

The American Foundation for the Blind—the organization to
which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life—
is a national nonprofit whose mission is to eliminate the
inequities faced by the ten million Americans who are blind
or visually impaired. Headquartered in New York City, AFB
maintains offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and San
Francisco, and a governmental relations office in Washington, DC.>>

Commendable, don't you think?  The American Foundation for the
Blind can also be reached online at afbinfo@... or
http://www.afb.org.

Other sites in this same topic are:

National Braille Press  800-548-7323

Hope Publishing (no relation, I promise)
http://www.hopepubl.com/

Ability.Org
http://www.ability.org.uk/blind.html

The American Printing House for the Blind
http://www.aph.org/

Imperium Proviso Publishing
http://www.imperiumproviso.com/

copyright @ 2000 C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Actors Theatre of Santa Cruz's Playwriting Contests for
West Coast Writers

Second Annual Full-Length Play Contest
Deadline: October 1, 2000

Open to residents of California, Oregon and Washington States.
Guidelines are available by mail from Actors Theatre/1000 Center
St./Santa Cruz, CA or online at http://www.sccat.com.

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MACLEAN-HUNTER ENDOWMENT INAUGURAL AWARD FOR LITERARY NONFICTION

Literary nonfiction
Length: 25 pages maximum
Prizes: 1st CDN $1,500 plus publication in PRISM International
(winning entry will be published and receive an additional
payment of $20 a page for publication as well as a one-year
subscription).
CDN $20 for first ms, $5 for each additional ms.  Canadian
residents may use Canadian funds, but entrants outside Canada
should use American funds to cover the international mailing
costs of your subscription.  Make cheques payable to PRISM
International.
Deadline: September 30
E-mail entries: No; however, entry form available on website
Contact: Maclean Hunter Endowment Literary Non-Fiction Contest,
Creative Writing Program, UBC, Buch. E462 - 1866 Main Mall,
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1, CANADA
URL: http://www.arts.ubc.ca/prism

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Deadline: Various

Grant and Fellowship Opportunities at the American Philosophical
Society

The American Philosophical Society supports several major grant
and fellowship programs to assist the promotion of useful
knowledge. Awards are made for research only. Applicants must
be residents of the United States or American citizens resident
abroad. Foreign nationals whose research can only be carried out
in the U.S. are also eligible. Grants are made to individuals
only. The Society is currently accepting applications for its
Franklin Research Grants, Daland Fellowships in Clinical
Investigation, Sabbatical Fellowship for the Humanities and
Social Sciences, and Slater Fellowship in the History of
Twentieth Century Physical Sciences. Visit the APS Web site
for detailed program information and application guidelines.

Contact:
American Philosophical Society
Independence Mall East
104 South 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
E-mail: eroach@...
RFP Link: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/

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Deadline: Various

The National Endowment for the Humanities Announces "Extending
the Reach" Grant Programs

The National Endowment for the Humanities Extending the Reach
Program is a special initiative to provide new resources for
creative teaching, scholarship, public programming, and
preservation efforts in the humanities by supporting
initiatives in selected U.S. states and territories and by
enhancing work in the humanities at Historically Black,
Hispanic-serving, and Tribal universities. Nonprofit cultural
and educational organizations in Alabama, Alaska, Florida,
Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming
are welcome to apply for grants. The program encompasses three
categories: Consultation Grants, Preservation Assistance Grants,
and Humanities Scholar-in-Residence Grants. Grants for
Historically Black, Hispanic-serving, and Tribal colleges and
universities are also available in the categories of
Institutional Grants and Faculty Research Grants. Applications
for all programs are available online at the NEH Web site.

Contact:
Public Information Office
NEH, Room 402
1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20506
Tel: (202) 606-8400
E-mail: info@...
RFP Link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/extending.html
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Deadline: Various

New York Council for the Humanities Invites Proposals for
Public Awareness Projects

The New York Council for the Humanities funds projects that
stimulate public consideration of the humanities, through
several different kinds of grants. NYCH strongly prefers
that projects supported by its grants be free (or modestly
priced) and open to the general public.

Contact:
New York Council for the Humanities
150 Broadway, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10038
Tel: (212) 233-1131
Fax: (212) 233-4607
E-mail: nych@...
URL: http://www.culturefront.org/culturefront/nych/grants/
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Deadline: Open

The Center for Land Use Interpretation's Wendover Residence
Program Accepting Applications

The Wendover Residence Program makes the Center for Land Use
Interpretation's resources at Wendover, Utah, available to
selected artists and researchers to produce work related to
the environs. In addition to a place to live, a large studio,
and an exhibition space, a $250.00 per week stipend is
awarded to participants in the program, as well as support
for travel and materials expenses.

Contact:
Wendover Residence Program Application
The Center for Land Use Interpretation
9331 Venice Blvd.
Culver City CA 90232
Tel: (310) 839-5722
Fax: (310) 839-6678
E-mail: clui@...
URL:http://www.clui.org/museum/wendapp.html
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Deadline: August 1, 2000

Applications Available for the Casey Medals for Meritorious
Journalism

The Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism honor
distinguished coverage of disadvantaged children and their
families, and the institutions and agencies charged with
serving them. Work published or broadcast between June of
the award year and June of the previous year is eligible.
One first-place winner and up to two honorable mentions may
be chosen in each category. First-place winners are honored
at an awards luncheon at the University of Maryland, receive
a $1,000 award and are eligible to apply for $2,000 study/
travel grants.

Contact:
Casey Journalism Center
4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 320
College Park, MD 20740
Tel: (301) 699-5133
Fax: (301) 699-9755
E-mail: info@...
RFP Link: http://casey.umd.edu/casey/web/medals.nsf
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Deadline: April 1, October 1

Applications Available for Pew Fellowships in International
Journalism

The Pew Fellowships aim to strengthen the U.S. public's
understanding of key international topics by helping to
educate early-career U.S. journalists by providing them
with access to leading international experts in the United
States, and offering them opportunities to do reporting
projects overseas. Funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable
Trusts , the program enables U.S. journalists to study
international issues in Washington, D.C., at The Paul H.
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of
The Johns Hopkins University before traveling abroad. As
part of their four-month program, Pew Fellows travel for
five weeks to the country or region of their choice. While
overseas, journalists work on an important global story,
which they discuss with other Fellows on their return to
Washington. The program offers two four-month programs--in
the fall and spring. All U.S. journalists with at least three
years of professional experience are eligible to apply for
the program. The program is open to journalists from newspapers,
newsmagazines, wire services, radio, television, and on-line
news organizations. Applications and essay guidelines are
available online.

Contact:
Pew Fellowships in International Journalism
Johns Hopkins University - SAIS
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 663-7761
Fax: (202) 663-7762
E-mail: pew@...
RFP Link: http://www.pewfellowships.org/program/
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Deadline: Various

American Library Association "Live at the Library" Program
to Help Libraries Become Community Cultural Centers

The ALA's Live at the the Library 2000, with major support
from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund , and the National
Endowment for the Arts , focuses on helping libraries become
active centers for live cultural programming in their
communities. The authors, and artists, and arts organizations
to present theme-based cultural programs for family and adult
library audiences. The programs will feature "live" appearances
by literary, visual, and performing artists to explore
important issue and ideas that face communities all across
America. Eligible applicants will include libraries and/or
partner artists or organizations. Average stipends will be in
the range of $1,000-$2,000 and require a minimum 1:1 cash match.
Grant funds may be used for artists' fees and travel and program
and promotion costs. Applications and specific guidelines will
be posted online in April in conjunction with the release of the
NEA press release for the program.

Contact:
RFP Link: http://www.ala.org/publicprograms/live.html
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Deadline: Various

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation to Award Research Fellowships

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation is the nonprofit arm of
the Boston-based Kennedy Library and Museum, a presidential
library of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Individuals may apply for:

The Marjorie Kovler Fellowship
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Fellowship
Abba Schwartz Fellowship
Theodore C. Sorensen Fellowship
Hemingway Research Grants
Kennedy Research Grants

Awards range in size from $200 to $3600. Visit the JFK Library
Foundation Web site for application and specific deadline details.

Contact:
Grant and Fellowship Coordinator
John F. Kennedy Library
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125-3313
Telephone: (617) 929-4500
Fax: (617) 929-4538
RFP Link: http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/krg.htm
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Deadline: Various

National Council for the Social Studies Accepting Applications
for Social Studies Award and Grant Programs

Founded in 1921,The National Council for the Social Studies has
grown to be the largest association in the country devoted
solely to social studies education. NCSS engages and supports
educators in strengthening and advocating social studies. Each
year the association recognizes outstanding teachers through
its varied award and grant program which includes:

Teaching Awards
Curriculum Awards
Research Awards
Grants
Service Awards
Writing Awards

Contact:
Ana Post
NCSS Manager of Recognition Programs and Special Projects
National Council for Social Studies
3501 Newark Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Tel: (202) 966-7840
Fax: (202) 966-2061
E-mail: excellence@...
URL: http://www.ncss.org/awards/home.html
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The Journal of Women's History is soliciting articles for a
special issue on women and the state throughout the world
and in all historical periods. We seek manuscripts on a
broad range of topics, such as gender and citizenship,
connections between private life, civil society, and the
state, gender-specific public policy, women as elected and
appointed officials, women and electoral politics, women
and international governmental organizations, and gender
in political language. The issue, guest edited by Susan
Hartmann, will appear in early 2002.

The deadline for submissions is 1 August 2000. Send four
one-sided, double-spaced copies of your manuscript (no more
than 10,000 words, including endnotes) to: Women and the
State, Journal of Women's History, c/o Department of History,
The Ohio State University, 230 W. 17th Avenue, Columbus,
OH 43210-1367.

For more details on submission policy, e-mail jwh@...
or see the Notice to Contributors page in any recent issue
of the Journal of Women's History.

Women and the State
Journal of Women's History
c/o Department of History
The Ohio State University
230 W. 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1367
614-688-3092 (telephone)
614-292-2282 (fax)
Email: jwh@...
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I am seeking additional articles on suicide in early
America (to 1877) (and Britain) for an upcoming volume
from Routledge Press. I currently have pieces on immigrant
suicide in antebellum American cities, servant suicide
in seventeenth-century Anglo-America, suicide in the novels
of Charles Brockden Brown, and comparative rates of suicide
in Northern and Southern communities in the 1840s (among
others). At this point, however, I need three to five more
articles for a viable collection.

Routledge has agreed to bring the volume out in paper as
well as hardback to encourage readership. I am very pleased
with the efforts they have put into marketing the volume I
have just completed for them on domestic violence in early
America, and believe that a collection on suicide, an
understudied subject, particularly in early American history,
will receive considerable attention.

I would very much like to be able to add a comparative
dimension to this volume on suicide in Great Britain (or her
empire (s) ) during the seventeenth, eighteenth and early
nineteenth centuries, if possible. Routledge, of course,
also has a marketing presence in Great Britain.

I anticipate delivering the completed ms. to the press by
August 1, 2000.

If you would like to propose an essay for such a collection,
please contact Christine Daniels at daniels@....
Or send a proposal and a cv to me at: Dept. of History,
Michigan State University, 301 Morrill Hall, East Lansing,
Michigan 48824-1036. Or call: (517) 432-3536.

Christine Daniels
Dept. of History, Michigan State University
301 Morrill Hall
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1036
(517) 432-3536.
Email: daniels@...

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Deadline - August 1, 2000

International Navies Essay Contest
US Naval Institute, Proceedings Magazine
291 Wood Road, Anapolis, MD  21402-5034 USA
410-268-6110
www.usni.org/Membership/CONTESTS.htm

Essay contest with 3000 words max. that must cover stategic,
geographic, and cultural influences on individual or regional
navies, their commitments, and capabilities, and relationships
with other navies.

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Applications Available for National Book Scholarship Fund
         Grants

   Deadline: December 7,  2000

   The purpose of the National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF),
   is to distribute direct in-kind assistance to local
   literacy providers throughout the United States. NBSF
   grants, administered through Laubach Literacy
   (http://www.laubach.org/), are intended to provide books
   from New Readers Press and other materials essential to
   begin a new literacy outreach program or to significantly
   expand an existing effort. To be eligible for a NBSF
   grant, a local provider must: have a clearly defined and
   specific need/project for the materials being requested,
   provide evidence that materials requested will be used to
   begin a new educational program or to expand an existing
   effort, be willing to participate in public relations/
   public awareness activities, agree to provide a written
   report describing how the grant was used and the results,
   and not have received a NBSF grant during the 98/99, or
   99/2000 program cycles. First priority will be given to
   programs that focus on intergenerational or family
   literacy concerns. Grants, made in the form of New Readers
   Press materials, usually range in value from $500 to
   $7,000. Programs applying for a grant must agree to
   provide, from local sources, a cash payment equal to 20
   percent of the total amount being requested in the grant
   application to defray costs of NBSF administration. Visit
   the Laubach Literacy Web site for application guidelines.

   Contact:
   Mara Roberts
   Project Administrator
   The National Book Scholarship Fund
   Laubach Literacy
   1320 Jamesville Avenue
   Syracuse, NY 13210
   Tel: (315) 422-9121 ext. 345

   RFP Link: http://www.laubach.org/NBSF/howtoapp.html


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Applications are currently being invited for research
studentships at Manchester Metropolitan University. Two of
the three research areas specified are in women's or gender
history. Studentships are available from September, 2000.
They pay a bursary of 36,620 p.a. plus university tuition fees.

Women and Crime in England and Wales since c. 1880
Further details at: http://www.mmu.ac.uk/h-ss/heh/3rssdc.htm
Contact: s.dcruze@...

Women's Politics in Twentieth-Century Britain.
Further details at: http://www.mmu.ac.uk/h-ss/heh/3rskhu.htm
Contact: k.hunt@...
Or contact a.kidd@...

Application forms available from: h.m.hill@...

Studentship also available in Environmental history and British
society, 1780-present.
Details: http://www.mmu.ac.uk/h-ss/heh/3rsjha.htm

Shani D'Cruze

Academic Address:
Department of Humanities and Applied Social Studies
Crewe+Alsager Faculty
Manchester Metropolitan University
Hassall Road, Alsager, Cheshire, ST7 2DL
Tel: 0161 247 5416.
Fax 0161 247 6374.
email s.dcruze@...

Home Address:
28 Wolseley Street
Lancaster, LA1 3PH
Phone: 01524 34483.
email: shani@...

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The Association for Canadian Studies is pleased to announce
the financial assistance provided by the Multiculturalism
Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage for the analysis
of multicultural themes in the Canadian high school text
project. The abstract of the project is on our Web site at:
http://www.acs/aec.ca/e_news.html For more information, please
contact: Robert Israel Research Officer (514) 987-7784
acs-aec@...

L'Association d'études canadiennes est heureuse
d'annoncer qu'elle bénéficiera de l'aide
financière du Programme
de multiculturalisme de Patrimoine canadien pour l'analyse des
thèmes multiculturels dans le projet des textes des écoles
secondaires canadiennes. Le résumé du projet se trouve sur
notre site Web à : http://www.acs/aec.ca/fr_news.html Pour
plus d'information, communiquez avec : Robert Israel Agent de
recherche (514) 987-7784 acs-aec@...

  Robert Israel
Research Officer
(514) 987-7784
Email: acs-aec@...
Visit the Grant website at http://www.acs/aec.ca/e_news.html
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Intensities: the Journal of Cult Media is a new refereed
journal which will publish its first issue online in Spring
2001. Intensities seeks articles of 5000-8000 words on cult
media, including cult television, cult film, literary cults
and cult authors, new media cults, cult figures and celebrities,
cult icons, musical cults, cult geographies, historical
studies of media cults and their fandoms, cult genres (eg
science fiction, fantasy, horroe, pulp fiction, Manga, anime,
Hong Kong film etc), theorisations of cult media, relevant
audience and readership studies, and work that addresses the
cult media industry. For further information and submission
guidelines, please visit our website or email the editors.

Sara Gwenllian Jones and Matthew Hills,
Editors,
Intensities: the Journal of Cult Media,
JOMEC, Cardiff University,
Bute Building,
King Edward VII Avenue,
Cardiff CF10 3NB
Wales,
UK
Email: cult-media@...
Visit the Publication website at http://www.cult-media.com

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Deadline August 1, 2000

Todhunter Literary Awards
Limited to Australian Writers

$10 entry fee.  3-5000 words.  Short fiction, essay or play.
$2000 prize with no online entry.  Mail entry to:

47 Kitchener Avenue, Victoria Park, WA 6100 Australia
PH - 08-9362-4399
FX - 08-9470-3675

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Deadline August 31, 2000

Melton Djerriwarrh Festival Literart Competition
Limited to Austrialian Writers

$5 per MS.  4000 words short fiction and open for poetry
Open theme.  $1000 first prize ($500 for 12-16 year olds)
for short fiction and $300 prize for poetry.  Mail to:

Melton Djerriwarrh Festival Literary Competition
PO Box 115, Melton VIC 3337 Austrialia
PH - 039747-8128
FX - 039747-6909

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Deadline September 30, 2000

3rd Annual Write 'em Cowboy Short Story Competition
Limited to Canadian

No fee.  5-7000 words plus one page typed outline plus a one
page sample of their work written in prose.  Theme must be set
in western Canada, part, present or future.  Must be related
to frontier, cowboy, rodeo or rural experience.
$1000, $500, $250 and $100 awards.

Write 'em Bowboy c/o The Western Heritage Centre
1/2 km North of Cochrane on Hwy 22. Box 1477, Cochrane, Alberta
TOL OWO Canada
PH 403-932-3514
http://www.westernheritage.net/shortstory.html

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Deadline September 30, 2000

Western Districts Short Story Competition
Limited to New Zealand

$5 fee.  2000 words.  Open theme.  Prizes $500, $250, $150.
Western Districts Short Story Competition
PO Box 83-065, Edmonton, Waitakere City, NZ
Email - shirdav@...

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Deadline October 1, 2000

O.Z. Whitehead Play Competition
Society of Irish Playwrights
Limited to residents of Ireland
£10 fee per play with prizes of £500, £250 and 100

O.Z. Whitehead Play Competition
Society of Irish Playwrights
Irish Writers' Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland

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Deadline October 1, 2000

Francis MacManus Short Story Competition
RTE, Donnybrook, Dubin 4 Ireland
Limited to Irish Writers

1850-1950 words in Irish or English and designed for radio
broadcast.  No fee.  Prizes £2000 and broadcast, £1000,
£750 and £500.



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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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Woman's Day
Job Title Copy Editor
Industry magazines
Salary Leave Blank
Benefits
Job Duration full time
Job Location New York, New York, USA
Job Requirements Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, the world's
leading publisher of consumer magazines, has an opportunity
for a Full-time, in-house position at Woman's Day magazine.
Edit copy, read page proofs at all stages for editorial and
design sense. Need excellent command of grammar and style,
"sixth sense" about language, good eye for verbal and visual
detail (copyediting test given on site), ability to handle
deadlines (we publish a very manageable 17 times a year).
3-4 years publishing experience required, preferably at a
trade or consumer magazine. Quark or QPS experience a plus.
Fax letter, resume and salary requirements to Diane Oatis,
Woman's Day, 212-767-6421. No calls, please.

About Our Company Our dynamic organization offers a highly
competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, a 401K
plan and potential for advancement.

Contact Ms. Diane Oatis
Address New York
USA
Fax 212-767-6421
Special Instructions NO CALLS, PLEASE.
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Southern Living magazine
Homes Feature Writer
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Southern Living magazine seeks imaginative feature writer
with interior design, art or architecture experience.
Interior design, architecture, English or journalism degree
preferred. 5 years professional experience required; southern
contacts required. Must be willing to travel. Good growth
potential. Competitive salary and benefits package in
outstanding work environment.

Contact Holly Hughey
Address Birmingham, Alabama 35209
USA
Special Instructions Send cover letter, resume and writing
samples to: Holly Hughey, Southern Progress, 2100 Lakeshore
Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209. No phone calls please.

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Roberts Publishing is expanding rapidly with our electronic
book selection. We are in need of good writers and authors,
new and experienced. We have 40 new titles coming available
over the next few weeks, with a listing of 22 more on our
'submissions' page. Please visit our website at:
http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/robertspublishing/index.html
for further info. Also, for a 25% discount on all our books
and other selected services, join our book club. For those
interested in competitions, please see our link to
"The Courtyard" for the Silver Quill Award, where we select
winners monthly for  our anthologies in numerous genres. We
look forward to hearing from you.

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New York University
Adjunct for online class
Temporary assignment
New York, USA
Ability to teach students how to write and package artiicles
for the web. Knowledge of software very helpful. See syllabus
at http://pages.nyu.edu/~lbg1/syllabi/onlinemag.htm

Contact Mary W. Quigley
Address comp, New York comp
USA
Special Instructions e-mail mary.quigley@...

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Cats Magazine
Assistant Editor

Salary under $45,000
New York, New York, USA
We're a small staff and need an all-around well-organized
magazine person with 1-3 years experience; editing departments;
assisgning departments and feature stories; Keep up schedules
and make sure all deadlines are being met; Handle some reader
correspondence; research cat topics for news and to fill out
features; Champion the Web site (learn something about the
technology, help develop the content); Some writing—as you
like; Must be passing familiar with Quark and Microsoft Word;
Must love cats

Contact Beth Adelman
Address New York, New York 10016
USA
Special Instructions e-mail a resume (attachments are fine)
to badelman@... or mail to Beth Adelman, Cats
Magazine, 260 Madison Ave., 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016

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Avenue magazine

New York, New York, USA
Part-time Copy Editor sought by well-established glossy
consumer lifestyle magazine with an upscale international
readership. Successful candidate will be fast, accurate,
detail-oriented, and comfortable in a fast-paced publishing
environment. Copy-editing experience required; familiarity
with Chicago style a plus.

Contact Sian Ballen
Address New York, New York 10022
USA
Special Instructions Fax cover letter and resume to Sian
Ballen, Managing Editor, Avenue magazine, @ fax # 212-755-2846.
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Soaps & News Editors
New York, New York, USA
TV Guide Online, the web's leading site for TV listings and
entertainment information, is seeking TWO Editors for it's
growing Editorial department.

News Editor: Responsible for writing, assigning and editing
entertainment news stories for the TV Guide Online web site.
Writing news stories. Assigning news stories to staff members
and freelancers. Editing news stories. Managing full-time
freelance news writer. Writing and editing feature stories
for the feature section.

Soaps Editor: Responsible for writing, assigning and editing
all Soaps content for the TV Guide Online web site. Writing
soaps news stories, Q&As and features. Assigning soaps content
to staff members and freelancers. Editing soaps content.
Writing and editing general feature stories for the feature
section.

Qualifications:
At least 3 years experience in a writing and editing position
at a magazine or online site. Computer knowledge (Quark) and
web knowledge is preferred.

Contact Human Resources Department
Address New York, New York 10036
USA
Special Instructions Please submit resume (MS Word attachments
only), a brief cover letter, and salary requirements to:
e-mail: hrnewyork@...
fax: 212-852-7328
mail: TV Guide, Inc.
1211 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Fl.
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Human Resources Dept.

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Looking to write for one of the best information sites on the
Web? Insure.com is the leading insurance information Web site,
named by Forbes and Money magazine as one of the top personal-
finance sites. In addition, U.S. News and World Report named
us "Best of the Web" in insurance information.  We seek a
full-time writer for our West Hartford, Conn., headquarters.
You'll be instrumental in helping to develop and launch an
extensive new insure.com site geared toward insurance
professionals. The Staff Writer will cover topics of interest
to insurance professionals and help create online interactive
tools. Duties include tracking trends and writing news and
features. Newspaper or magazine journalism experience required.
Internet research experience helpful. See us at
http://www.insure.com
ATTN: Carol Ferro, Recruiting Manager
76 LaSalle Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
fax: (860) 231-7357

e-mail: recruiter@...
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DoubleTake Magazine
http://www.doubletakemagazine.org/index.html
http://www.doubletakemagazine.org/issues/21/docnotes/index.html
http://www.doubletakemagazine.org/gallery/

This is DoubleTake magazine's home on the Web. DoubleTake
features exciting work by writers and photographers from
America and around the world, connecting readers to important
social issues through compelling photography, fiction,
non-fiction, and poetry. Some of the work published results
from collaborations between writers and photographers, but
most of it has been produced in the usual, solitary fashion.
DoubleTake wants its magazine to appeal equally to both eyes
and ears - a magazine of affecting pictures and evocative
writing. DoubleTake aims to connect readers to important
social issues through the most compelling documentary writing
and photography it can find. Notable Feature(s): Wide on-line
selection of articles from each issue; Documentary Notes every
month; complete archive of back issues .
Contact Information:
Robert Coles, Editor
DoubleTake
55 Davis Square
Somerville, Massachusetts   02144
USA Fax: 617.625.6478


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http://www.historyswomen.com!

History's Women is an online magazine highlighting the
extraordinary achievements of women throughout history.  It
is full of profiles of great women, and also welcomes
submissions from its readers.  To subscribe to the weekly
newsletter email:  h-w-subscribe@...     or go to
http://www.historyswomen.com/subscribe.html.

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Roberts Publishing is expanding rapidly with our electronic
book selection. We are in need of good writers and authors,
new and experienced. We have 40 new titles coming available
over the next few weeks, with a listing of 22 more on our
'submissions' page. Please visit our website at:
http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/robertspublishing/index.html
for further info. Also, for a 25% discount on all our books
and other selected services, join our book club. For those
interested in competitions, please see our link to
"The Courtyard" for the Silver Quill Award, where we select
winners monthly for  our anthologies in numerous genres. We
look forward to hearing from you.

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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<<A New York Times' article described an initiative of the
Pew Charitable Trusts, the $4.7-billion foundation that put
its weight behind causes like global warming, civic
journalism and campaign finance reform when they were first
emerging. Its new crusade is to help shape a national cultural
policy. Over the next five years, the Pew plans to devote
about 40 percent of its culture budget, some $50 million,
to an attempt to get policymakers to focus on issues like
arts financing, intellectual property rights, zoning in
historic areas and an arts curriculum for public schools.
The new effort will involve academic research, opinion polls
and more media coverage, among other things.  Notable
Feature(s): Extensive collection of on-line case studies,
publications, "lessons learned" and other information; grant
procedures and program areas: culture, education, environment,
health and human services, public policy, religion, and the
Pew venture fund for independent and interdisciplinary
approaches to broad areas of significant concern; archive of
grantees' publications and organizational information.

Contact Information:
The Pew Charitable Trusts
2005 Market Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   19103-7077
USA
Telephone: 215.575.9050
Email: webmaster@...>>
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The above article came from Changemakers, a web site on
fundraising in various subjects, one of which is Arts and
Culture.  This is an excellent site to learn from others in
the nonprofit world and the fundraising world and gain ideas
on how to further your own cause.  I have several pages such
as this bookmarked.  They are full of excellent ideas.

http://www.changemakers.net/


					 Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   When your thinking rises above concern for your own
welfare, wisdom which is independent of thought appears.
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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Everyone was on vacation this week.  Hope you all are
having a great time!!  I sure had a good time on my vacation.
In seven days, we rode by van from Columbia, SC to Niagara
Falls, Toronto, Buffalo, Hershey, PA, Gettysburg, PA, and
Washington DC for the big fireworks display.  Wonderful
chance to enjoy your family.  Don't pass up an opportunity
to reacquaint yourself with your kids through a summer
vacation.

Hope

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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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The Public Media Foundation gave $10,000 to The Scribbling
Women (http://www.scribblingwomen.org) for the following
project.  Women authors were studied and their works
published online for all to see and hear the rich talent of
American women in literature history.  Available in audio
for radio broadcast, the works are presented for educational
purpose and enjoyment.  The site is a treasure to behold.

"American is now wholly given over to a d---d mob of
scribbling women, and I should have no chance of success
while the public taste is occupied with their trash--and
should be ashamed of myself if I did succeed."
Nathaniel Hawthorne 1855

The above quote is proudly presented on the site of
Scribbling Women to represent the obstacles and achievements
of female literary genius.  It does make one chuckle when
the reader realizes the caliber of lady scribe Mr. Hawthorne
was mumbling about.  The following stories are represented
through this wonderful project.

The Schoolmaster's Progress
by Caroline Kirkland, published 1844
dramatized by Donna DiNovelli and directed by Martin Jenkins
A tale of mischief, romantic intrigue, and a community's
growing pains on the Western frontier.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs, published 1861
dramatized by Kathleen Cahill and directed by David Zoffoli
The first-person account of the heroism of a mother who
devotes her life to rescuing her children from slavery.

Life in the Iron Mills
by Rebecca Harding Davis, published 1861
dramatized by Karen Cronacher and directed by David Zoffoli
Set against the pounding pulse of the fiery mills, Rebecca
Harding Davis' depiction of two characters' attempt to
escape a life of slavish labor is a ringing condemnation
of the ills of the industrial age.

A Whisper in the Dark
by Louisa May Alcott, published 1863
dramatized by Eliza Anderson and directed by Judy Braha
In this Gothic tale, a young woman's journey through a maze
of family intrigue and into love is haunted by the anguished
whisper of a wronged woman.

Louisa
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, published 1891
dramatized by Eliza Anderson and directed by David Zoffoli
In a gentle story of endurance, hardship, and stubborn
optimism, a young woman refuses to marry a man she doesn't
love, even though his prosperity would save her family from
destitution.

The Yellow Wallpaper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, published 1892
dramatized by Laura Harrington and directed by David Zoffoli
In this classic treatment of the reality behind women's
'hysteria', Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman portrays a late
nineteenth century woman's descent into madness.

A Wagner Matinee
by Willa Cather, published 1904
dramatized by Sara Baker and directed by Martin Jenkins
When Clark Hamilton's aunt, a former musician, travels to
Boston from her home in rural Nebraska, Clark is reminded
of the wrenching contrast between rural and city life, the
dangers of love, and the price his aunt willingly paid for
her life choices.

Jury of Her Peers
by Susan Glaspell, published 1917
dramatized by Donna DiNovelli and directed by David Zoffoli
  A murder investigation at a rural Iowa farmhouse turns
into a study of how men and women experience their worlds
differently.

Hate is Nothing
by Marita Bonner, published 1938
dramatized by Rebecca Johnson and directed by Judy Braha
Rich in ambiance of 1930's urban America, this story of
conflict between a black woman and her mother-in-law
teaches volumes about class and color snobbery in America.

The Bones of Louella Brown
by Ann Petry, published 1947
dramatized Laura Harrington and directed by Robert Scanlan
Ann Petry's comedy of early nineteen-twenties Boston exhumes
not only the bodies of the dead, but the racism of the living.

Visit this site and sample the literary talent as well as
witness what foundation grants can do for the humanities
through such projects as this.  The Foundation responsible
for this effort is:

The Public Media Foundation
100 Boylston Street, Suite 230
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 357-5835
Send inquiries to pmf@...


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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Research Fellowships

Available for study and/or work in American culture and
history through 1876. The AAS library holds a preeminent
collection of 18th and 19th century American newspapers.
Residence at AAS is required.

Contact: John B. Hench, Vice President, American Antiquarian
Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634;
Tel: (508) 755-5221; Fax: (508) 754-9069;
E-mail: cfs@...
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Banking Fellowships for Journalists

Grants 10 fellowships per year through the Herbert V. Prochnow
Educational Foundation of the Graduate School of Banking at
the University of Wisconsin- Madison. A two week program
provides members of the business press with a better
understanding of banking. Applicants must have at least
three years of professional experience. The fellowships
include board, materials, room, and tuition. Selection is
administered by the National Press Foundation.

Contact: Joan N. Pfister, Prochnow
Educational Foundation, 5315 Wall Street, Madison, WI 53718;
Tel: (608) 243-1945; Fax: (608)243-1951;
E-mail: jpfister@...; Web Site: http://www.gsb.org

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Cable News Network International Professional Program (IPP)

A four-week program designed for international editorial
broadcast journalists. Offers structured workshops for
strengthening editorial skills and knowledge of new
technology. Journalists rotate through all news divisions
in Atlanta. Applicants must be employees of organizations
which contribute to the CNN World Report.

Contact: Ms Lou O. Curles, Director, CNN International
Professional Program, One CNN Center, P.O. Box 105366,
Atlanta, GA 30348-5366; Tel: (404) 588-6659;
Fax: (404) 827-3294

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1113 Marginal Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4P7
Telephone: (902) 423-8116
Fax: (902) 422-0881
Email: talk@...

Staff: Jane Buss, Executive Director
Joanne Merriam, Executive Assistant
Conal Donovan, Administrative Assistant

To end Atlantic Book Week, the Writers' Federation of Nova
Scotia, the Nova Scotia Library Association and the Dartmouth
Book & Writing Awards Steering Committee had a party: the
Atlantic Writing Awards ceremony, where the winners of the
Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Thomas Head
Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize,
the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature and
the Dartmouth Book & Writing Awards for Fiction and Non-
Fiction were announced. The announcement of the winners is
available here.

The 1999 winners of the Atlantic Writing Competition for
unpublished manuscripts were announced in February. You can
now enter the 2000 competition:

Deadline: August 4, 2000.
Eligibility: resident Atlantic Canadians who are unpublished
in the category in which they enter.
Categories: Novel, Short Story, Poetry, Writing for Children
and Magazine Article/Essay.
Entry Fee: $15, or $10 for WFNS members, students and seniors
Prizes: Cash prizes from $50 - $200. All entrants receive
comments from the judges on their work.

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AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION
Open to all writers and regions.
Feature-length in U.S. screenplay format
Prizes: 1st U.S. $10,000 plus trip to Hollywood (to meet
producers, agents, and studio representatives) and Hawaii.
Ten finalists receive U.S. $1,000; 20 semifinalists
receive script analysis by The Source Reader Department
(valued at $150).
Fee: U.S. $75 for entries submitted July 31-August 31; $85
for entries submitted August 31-September 30
Deadline: September 30
E-mail entries: Yes; entries must be submitted online.
Note: Scripts must not have been sold for more than $1000
currently under option.  The grand final winners and the
ten finalists will be offered representation through
World Wide Scriptservice.
Contact: International Screenwriting Competition,
P.O. Box 356, Woollahra NSW 2025, Sydney, Australia;
+61 (2) 9326-1344; fax +61 (2) 9936-1483
URL: http://www.thesource.com.au/the-big-australian/
e-mail: info@...

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BOULANGER FACTUAL WRITING PRIZES

Magazine article, personal essay contest
Length: 2,000 words maximum
Prizes: 1st AUD $1,000; 2nd $500; 3rd $250
Fee: AUD $10 per ms.
Deadline: September 30
E-mail entries: No
Contact: Boulanger Factual Writing Prizes, P.O. Box 134,
Craigieburn VIC 3064, Australia; +61 (3) 9308-2258
e-mail: laurent.boulanger@...
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MACARTHUR FOUNDATION 2000 FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED;
FOUNDATION EMPHASIZES "CREATIVE INSTINCTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
SOCIETY AT LARGE."
Among The MacArthur Foundation's 2000 MacArthur Fellows and
artists are scholar, poet essayist Anne Carson; David Isay,
Independent Radio Producer; artist Alfredo Jaar; cartoonist
Ben Katchor; Artistic Director/Choreographer, Susan Marshall;
architect Samuel Mockbee; poet, Professor of English Laura
Otis; poet Lucia Perillo; and Deborah Willis, Curator of
Exhibitions Center for African-American History and Culture
and the Anacostia Museum at the Smithsonian Institution.

The Foundation is emphasizing that "although nominees are
reviewed for their achievements, the fellowship is not a
reward for past accomplishment, but rather an investment
in a persons originality, insight, and potential to effect
positive change. Indeed, the purpose of the MacArthur
Fellows Program is to enable recipients to exercise their
own creative instincts for the benefit of society at large."

The "no strings attached" stipends "in support of people, not
projects", currently come with a stipend of $500,000 to the
recipient, paid out in equal quarterly installments over
five years. Fellows are also offered health insurance for
the duration of the award.

They are "intended to encourage people of outstanding
talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and
professional inclinations. They may use their fellowship
to advance their expertise, engage in interdisciplinary
work, or, if they wish, to change fields or alter the
direction of their careers."

Fellows are selected via nomination by the Foundation's
nominators/talent scouts who are selected for their
expertise and familiarity with exceptionally creative
people in their respective fields.

For more information, visit the MacArthur Foundation's
web site at http://www.macfdn.org

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The Authors League Fund and The Dramatist Guild Fund:
Provides emergency need loans (for rent, medical, etc.)
made to published or produced authors, playwrights,
composers, lyricists and librettists. Send SASE (self-
addressed, stamped envelope) for application:  Susan
Drury, Administrator; The Authors League Fund and The
Dramatist Guild Fund; 330 West 42nd Street; New York,
NY 10036; 212/268-1208

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Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts
The Mega Foundation supports programs and projects in
the arts that are created by the severely gifted, or
concerned with issues of extreme giftedness. At present
the Mega Foundation is reviewing proposals for projects
that include a documentary on Growing Up Gifted, an
exploration of Mathematical Art, a Creativity Retreat,
and an Ultra-High IQ Art Forum and Gallery.

Please visit our projects page for a fuller description
of some of the projects and programs we're currently
involved in.

http://www.megafoundation.org/GrantAreas.html

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Deadline:October 30, 2000

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Accepting
Nominations for Hans Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Award Scholars
in the humanities or social sciences who have held a Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship Foundation's fellowship are invited
to submit their first book-length publication to the eighth
Hans Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Award competition. The winner of
the competition, which honors the late president of the
foundation, will be named in the spring of 2001 and will
receive $2,000. To be eligible, manuscripts must have been
published in 1998 or 1999. Entries will be evaluated on the
quality of the research and scholarship they represent; on the
extent to which they embrace a humanistic approach that puts
the author's findings and conclusions in a larger context; and
on whether they are written in a style that is accessible to the
non-specialist. The final selection will be made based on reviews
by scholars in appropriate fields.

Contact:
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
CN-5281
Princeton, NJ 08543-5281
Tel: (609) 452-7007
Fax: (609) 452-0066
E-mail: charlotte@...
RFP Link: http://www.woodrow.org/rosenhaupt/
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2000 Deadlines: March 15, September 15

Furthermore, the Publication Program of The J.M. Kaplan
Fund, to Award Publication Grants Furthermore encourages
publishing in the fields of cultural history; art,
architecture, and design; conservation; and related public
issues. Nonprofits and trade, university, and independent
presses are eligible for support. Applicants must be 501(c)(3)
organizations. (Trade publishers and public agencies may apply
in partnership with a nonprofit sponsor.) Applications from
individuals will not be accepted.

Grants are made toward the publication of books; to a lesser
degree also for catalogs and pamphlets — specifically, for
their writing, research, editing, design, indexing,
illustration, printing, and binding. Support generally (though
not exclusively) goes to applicants from New York City, New
York State, and the broader Middle Atlantic and New England
regions. Grants range from $1,000 to roughly $15,000 and are
awarded in spring and fall.

Contact:
Ann Birckmayer, Program Associate
Furthermore
PO Box 667
Hudson, NY 12534
Tel: (518) 828-8900
Fax: (518) 828-8901
E-mail: furthermore@...

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Deadlines: November 30

The Rockefeller Archive Center Accepting Applications for
Various Grant Programs

The Rockefeller Archive Center, a division of Rockefeller
University, makes available for scholarly research the
papers of the Rockefeller family and the records of various
philanthropic and educational institutions founded by the
family. The center has also recently begun to collect non-
Rockefeller philanthropic records.

The Rockefeller Archive Center's Grant-in-Aid program is
designed to promote and support research in the archive
collections. The program makes awards of up to $2,500 to
researchers, including doctoral candidates, whose projects
require substantial research at the center. Scholars outside
the U.S. and Canada may apply for awards of up to $3,000.
In addition, the center is currently accepting applications
for the following grants targeted at areas of specific research:
2001 Targeted Research Grant on the History of the Cold War
2001 Targeted Research Grant in the History of the Rockefeller
University
Grant to Support Research in the Paul Ehrlich Collection
Rockefeller Archive Center Residencies in the History of Basic
Medical Research
Visit the Rockefeller Archive Center Web site for specific
program details and to download an application.

Contact:
Camilla Harris
Rockefeller Archive Center
15 Dayton Avenue
Pocantico Hills
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591-1498
Tel: (914) 631-4505
RFP Link: http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/

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The Paul A Witty Short Story Award is given to the author or
an original short story published for the first time during
2000 in a periodical for children.  The award carries a US
$1000 stipend.  The short story should serve as a literary
standard that encourages young readers to read periodicals.
Guidelines are available from the Executive Office,
International Reading Association, PO Box 8139, Newark, DE
19714-8139.  Email: exec@....

Deadline December 1, 2000.

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The IRA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award will be given
every 3 years to a promising new poet of children's poetry
(for children and young adults up to Grade 12) who has published
no more than two books.  The US $500 award is supported by a
grant from Lee Bennett Hopkins.  For guidelines, write to the
Executive Office, International reading Association, PO Box 8139,
Newark, DE  19714-8139, USA. Rmail: exec@....

Deadline December 1, 2000.



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The Reading/Literacy Research Fellowships is a US $1000 award
to a researcher residing outside the US or Canada who has
shown exceptional promise in reading research.  Applicants
must have received the doctorate or its equivalent within the
past 5 years and be members of the Association.  For guidelines
write to Research & Policy Division, International Reading
Association, PO Box 8139, Newark, DE  19714-8139, USA.
Email: research@...

Deadline October 15, 2000.

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FAX 011-582-953-2174

EMAIL  PEWILSON@...
CONFIRMATION NUMBER: 1078126

THE BOGOTÁ BUREAU OF BLOOMBERG NEWS IS SEEKING A BILINGUAL
(SPANISH/ENGLISH) REPORTER. WHILE UTILIZING YOUR TENACITY
AND EXCEPTIONAL WRITING SKILLS, YOU WILL COVER A WIDE
VARIETY OF NEWS TOPICS, WHICH INCLUDE THE COUNTRY'S LEADING
PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES, GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES AND
POLITICAL SITUATIONS.
REQUIREMENTS:
THIS HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND ORGANIZED PROFESSIONAL WILL POSSESS
THE ABILITY TO WORK WELL UNDER PRESSURE AND THRIVE IN A
DEADLINE-ORIENTATED ENVIRONMENT. YOUR INSATIABLE APPETITE
FOR NEWS WILL LEAD YOU TO MAKE CONTACTS AND BREAK STORIES.
THE ABILITY TO WRITE CLEAR AND CONCISE COPY IS ESSENTIAL.
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39-45 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1PQ

Fax: +44 20 7392 6481
E-mail: RECRUITMENT@...
CONFIRMATION NUMBER: 1093735

We are looking for a reporter to help cover some of the
world's biggest banks as well as technology, pharmaceutical
and industrial companies. Successful candidates should have
a flair for writing and attention to detail and accuracy.
REQUIREMENTS:
Some journalism experience required, preferably with a
news agency or newspaper. Good written English and a working
knowledge of German.
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FAIRLADY
Alice Bell, Editor; Phumlani Malinga, Managing Editor
9th Floor, Nasper Centre, 40 Heerengracht, Foreshore, Cape Town
8001, South Africa; or P.O. Box 1802, Cape Town 8000
+27 21 406 2930

FAIRLADY "is South Africa's leading English-speaking fortnightly
general interest magazine, which caters to the 'thirty-something'
reader. [That reader] is more likely to be married or in a
settled relationship, probably with children, is educated and
works, and has high disposable income. She's positively South
African. FAIRLADY, like her readers, is time- and trend-aware,
sophisticated, feminine, insightful, balanced, curious, confident
and witty. Her unique characteristics are topicality mixed with
a potent blend of human interest, emotional escapism, fantasy and
glamour. FAIRLADY has recently undergone a much needed face-lift
and redefining of her positioning. From the relaunch issue of
October 27, 1999, FAIRLADY has a new-look cover and a minimum
guaranteed book size of 144 pages. Editorial sections such as
beauty, fashion, food and decor are grouped together to make a
more coherent reading experience, and the layout of the magazine,
whilst stylish, has become warmer and visually more dynamic.
Readers have responded enthusiastically to the revamp, which also
sees more in-depth and newsy articles plus information on how to
improve and nurture themselves and their lives. One of FAIRLADY's
key strengths is frequency. As a fortnightly, we are in a position
to get the story behind the story on current issues -- enhancing
our topicality and presenting reality in an inspiring way while
all the time keeping a sense of balance and humour...
Demographically, the target reader is thirty-something, educated,
working and more likely to be married, while psychographically,
she is confident, intelligent, enjoys life and has a sophisticated
sense of humour. Emotionally mature, the 'crises' of her twenties
are behind her. If she is older, she is considerably wiser."
Editor seeks "The story behind the hot story; stories that cover
world trends."

DETAILS: Accepts unsolicited submissions. Accepts e-mail queries.
Pays R1,25 per word, on average, depending on article and
experience of writer.  Payment is negotiated per article. Pays
on publication. Writers' guidelines available by request "under
instruction from assistant editor or features editor"; sample
copy available for R9,15 plus postage.
	 E-mail: flmag@...

(Thanks to Global Ink for this piece and the following...)
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PERSONAL FINANCE MAGAZINE
Jackie Cameron, Assistant Editor
122 St. George's Mall, Cape Town, South Africa; P.O. Box 56,
Cape Town 8000, South Africa; +27 (21) 488-4209; fax
+27 (21) 488-4119

PERSONAL FINANCE MAGAZINE is "An Independent News and Media
(Pty) Ltd publication; a quarterly, glossy publication which was
launched in October 1999. The plan is to increase frequency to
monthly. Personal Finance magazine is the sister publication to
Personal Finance newspaper, which is carried in the major English
Saturday newspapers nationwide.  It is a consumer-oriented
publication aimed at demystifying intimidating financial
concepts to help our readers make informed decisions about their
own money. Our first priority is education, but we also like to
have fun. We cut through the industry jargon and guide our
readers through the financial jungle using vibrant graphics, bold
photography and colourful -- and sometimes entertaining --
writing. Our target reader is a man or woman with a tertiary
education and a monthly income in excess of R10 000 a month --
but who is not financially sophisticated. We are trying to draw
in younger readers. We accept balanced, informative articles on
a broad range of financial issues of interest to South Africans,
ranging from offshore investment options to managing debt.
Regular features include a profile, grand obsessions (people and
their collectibles) and investment strategies. We do not accept:
     * Material from financial advisers;
     * Articles aimed at the financial services industry;
     * Articles with specific share recommendations;
     * Advertorial or promotional pieces.
We have a section for news nuggets ('Small Change') and would,
therefore, welcome small, interesting briefs (could include
economic predictions, interesting views, a celebrity's view on
money/how much they earn, money and gossip etc.) P.S. If you can
find a collector of castles (real ones), the editor will be
extremely interested in publishing!"

DETAILS: Accepts unsolicited submissions "sometimes."  Does not
accept material from writers who contribute to rival South African
publications.  Accepts e-mail queries. Pays R1,75/word on
publication, for full copyright; work may not be reproduced in
another publication without permission of the editor. Articles
from back issues on website; sample copy available for R14,95.
(Free copies available only to writers in South Africa.) No
writers' guidelines available.  Articles should not exceed 2,000
words.
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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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Travelocity Magazine
PO Box 619640
MD 1625
DFW Airport, TX 75261-9640

Editor: Chuck Thompson

Travelocity Magazine is a new publication of Travelocity.com
web site. The bi-monthly magazine will be available by
subscription, through the Travelocity.com Web site and at
newsstands. The premier issue will come out in September this
year.

Travelocity Magazine is a travel magazine. They are looking for
articles on destinations, travel tips, technology and the web
related to travel, humor. Feature articles, 1500-3000 words.
Departments, Shorts, 50-500 words, tips, bargains, news on the
travel business. The magazine's target audience is the "web-
fluent" traveler -- users of the Travelocity.com web site, ages
25-45 years old.

Query: by mail to address above.

Pay: $.75-$1.25/word

Travelocity.com is the leading online travel Web site and
provides reservations capabilities for 95 percent of all airline
seats sold, more than 47,000 hotels, more than 50 car rental
companies and more than 5,000 vacation and cruise packages.

(Credit to Writing for Dollars newsletter - www.awoc.com)
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FIVE STAR
Editor: Hazel Rumney
P.O. Box 159, Thorndike, ME 04986

FIVE STAR, Romance and Women's Fiction publisher, publishes 15-20
novels a year. NEEDS: Romance and Women's Fiction novels. LENGTH:
50K-75K wds on average. GL: "Don't send the entire manuscript.
Use standard format, i.e. name, title, page numbers in upper
right hand of page. Submit first three chapters, a synopsis, and
a brief bio in your cover letter. Always enclosed SASE. We
sometimes do free editing for promising writers." Simsubs and
multisubs okay if editor notified; previously published material
not accepted. RIGHTS: All rights belong to the author. PAYS: On
signing of contracts, before publication. $1000 advance, plus
royalties depending on individual contract. RT: 2-3 months. NOTE:
Novels published approximately 6 months after acceptance. TIPS:
"We are looking for the exceptional, the original, the
intelligent and believable in the romance genre, including all
romance subgenres. We are also open to accepting women's fiction,
meaning fiction written by women primarily about women. Good
writing, an individual style, unforgettable characters are
paramount. 100,000-worders have to be worth our time. We prefer
fewer words, higher quality." NOTE: FIVE STAR will soon accept
submissions via e-mail, and is also working on a website. (SS)
E-mail: zoe@...
(Found through Inkspot)
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WINDOWBOX.COM
Editor: Ann Cherin
817 San Julian Street, Ste. 406, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: (213) 622-1999

WINDOWBOX.COM's focus is on container gardening, with an emphasis
on urban, low-maintenance, small-space gardening for
non-gardeners. The site has articles on plants, an experts section
database, a newsletter, as well as a shop offering plants and
kits for small space gardens. FREQ: New articles are continually
added to the experts section database, which is more of a
reference library than a "what's new" feature. The homepage is
updated every day from articles in the database. A newsletter
with other feature articles will be sent out every few weeks.
CIRC: 273K impressions or 23K unique visitors in May. Varies
depending on the season. AUDIENCE: People interested in container
or urban gardening. NEEDS: Articles that are short, simple and
witty. Information should be understandable and interesting to
someone not familiar with garden jargon. Large topics are broken
up into several smaller pieces to make them more accessible to
web users who tend to "scan" rather than read online. LENGTH: 200
to 400 words. RTS: Windowbox.com has non-exclusive ownership
rights, including copyrights, in all material created by its
contractors. Windowbox.com reserves the right to use material
elsewhere on its network and to archive articles indefinitely.
PAY: $10 per article. "We are a tiny company with a big heart,
and can make up what we lack in current financial compensation
with discounts on all the gardening stuff we sell at the Balcony
Store... and a bio featured on our credits page." Writers will
be asked to sign an "Online Article Agreement" and must bill
Windowbox.com monthly for services rendered. Single articles are
accepted from writers. There is no requirement to do a series of
articles. RT: Usually within a week. SUBMISSIONS: Query editor via
e-mail, or send completed articles within the body of an e-mail.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM EDITOR: "Anyone interested in writing
for Windowbox.com should spend some time reading through the
existing content on the site to get a feel for our voice/style/
approach. E-mail me any ideas for articles, or to get on our
e-mail list to get notified whenever we are looking for articles
on specific topics." (JE)
       URL: http://www.windowbox.com
       GL: E-mail Editor
       E-mail: Ann@...
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ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
The Poughkeepsie Journal seeks a creative, enterprising
reporter to cover entertainment in the Hudson Valley. Strong
knowledge of the fine and performing arts is a must, as is
strong news judgment and the ability to consistently produce
high-quality stories. Candidates should possess sophisticated
writing and reporting skills and can transform nuggets of
information into compelling, layered stories. Send resumes
and examples of work to Managing Editor, Poughkeepsie Journal,
Box 1231, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12602.
Or email newsroom@...

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Entertainment editor
The Fayetteville Observer, a 75,000 daily newspaper, needs an
editor for its Weekender section, a guide to entertainment and
leisure activities. We want an editor with flair who can infuse
the section with personality from cover to cover. Duties include
laying out pages, organizing information, writing teasers and
captions, gathering pictures and stories and perhaps writing a
column. Send resume and layout and writing samples to Michelle
Valenzuela, features editor, The Fayetteville Observer, P.O. Box
849, Fayetteville, N.C. 28302.

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Sports writer
The Enterprise, a Hearst Corporation newspaper, is seeking a
writer who is eager and not afraid to take a few chances. This
position is entry-level on the surface, but offers many
opportunities for the right candidate. We are located an hour
east of Houston on the Texas-Louisiana border. Our circulation
is 55,000 daily, 65,000 Sunday and we cover a region of 10
counties, including three major cities. High schools are our
bread-and-butter, but we cover the Dallas Cowboys, Big 12
football and a mid-major university in Beaumont -- which
advanced to play Duke in the NCAA Tournament this past season.
Job responsibilities will include prep features and daily high
school coverage, but opportunities exist immediately for
sidebars on the Houston Astros, WNBA Houston Comets, Texas
Longhorns, Texas A&M Aggies and Lamar University sports.
Contact Sports Editor Gerry L. Dickert by email at
gdickert@... or by mail at P.O. Box 3071,
Beaumont, Texas 77704.

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Federal Times
Staff writers
Federal Times, A Gannett owned business to business weekly,
has positions open for staff writers. Beats include general
assignment and business. Cover a wide variety of federal news,
including labor management and business news. Two to three
years' reporting experience required. Join a first rate team
where advancement opportunities are terrific. Must have BA in
journalism or equivalent experience. MS Word a plus. Send
resume with cover letter and clips to : Federal Times, Human
Resources Department, 6883 Commercial Drive, Springfield, VA
22159. Email to brendajordan@... or fax to 703-750-8129.

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Army Times Publishing Company
Copy editor
Award winning weekly Gannett newspaper group that covers
military personnel throughout the world, needs a copy editor
for its suburban Washington Office. Candidates should have
college degree or significant professional experience.
Qualified candidates will be familiar with the Associated
Press Stylebook, page design and QuarkXpress or other
pagination software. Familiarity with military issues is
desirable. We offer good salary and benefits. Send resume and
clips to Army Times Publishing Company, Human Resources
Department, 6883 Commercial Drive, Springfield, VA 22159.
Email to brendajordan@... or fax to 703-750-8129. M/F/V/D

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Seeking contract writers for client web sites. Responsibilities
include taking client materials and comparing them to best
practices templates to create a customized knowledge-based topic
for corporate intranet. Creating drafts, submitting to Client
for changes prior to publishing. Also responsible for
proofreading and fact checking their own work.

4-year degree or equivalent. CEBS certification, PHR, SPHR
preferred / technical writing.

Experience in benefits, payroll or HR. Must be able to maintain
positive and productive client relationships.

Writers with computer access can work from home. 1 week training
in Stamford, CT – Transportation, food and lodging PAID FOR BY
THE COMPANY for training sessions.

Additional Information
Salary: $30.00 to $38.00 per hour
Position Type: Contract
Ref Code: KV/JPASH/62300

Contact Information
Jennifer Pashkin
jpashkin@...
Smyth Corporate Staffing
19 Court Street
White Plains NY
Ph: 914-761-4770
Fax: 914-761-4794
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Research analyst sought for a multi-racial, multi-ethnic,
multi-religious project on Feminist Sexual Ethics, which
will focus on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The position
will include research on feminist analysis of religious
traditions and law; administrative duties; and web-based
work.

The position is half-time with benefits (annual salary:
$17,050), and is funded through June 30, 2002. Applications
or nominations should include a CV, names of three referees
and a statement of research background and abilities.
Submissions should be sent to: The Employment Administrator,
Brandeis University, Mail Stop 118, POB 549110, Waltham, MA
02454-9110 (please note reference #2498). Applications will
begin to be considered on July 15th, but will continue to be
welcomed until the position is filled. Address questions to:
Laura Beth Deason (deason@...). Brandeis
University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Prof. Bernadette Brooten
c/o Laura Beth Deason
617-493-3344
Email: deason@...



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   3. Article of the Week

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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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The book is at the publisher - FundsforWriters - The Book.
The paperback should take 4-5 months from now and the ebook
about 2 months.  It will be available through 1st Books -
http://www.1stbooks.com.  I will keep you updated and I hope
you get a lot of information from it.

I know I live around reference material - I can't get enough
of it.  Every time I read material that helps me (daily),
I try to file it somewhere.  Guess it is a phobia with me -
or a never-ending habit.  But it has served me well.

So when I could not find what I needed in grant reference
material, I decided this book was needed.  When it is
available, you will be the first to know (other than my
neighbors and family who will hear my whooping and cheering).



					 Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

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Hope
Thank you for your help you're the greatest!

Love Irene
New Site Everyone !!!!!
PI'S Working With Abuse Victims.
http://home.earthlink.net/~aaapi/index.html

ABUSE PREVENTION RESOURSES.
http://homepages.go.com/~great2b/ABUSEPREVENTIONRESOURSES

My Abuse Email Support List
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SSAT NewsLetter On Abuse
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EmaLeigh Delphi Forums Host
Survivors Stand And Tell
http://www.delphi.com/EmaLeigh5
Stand 2
http://www.delphi.com/emaleigh/

My Web Site
http://community.webtv.net/IRENEN/COMEONINFORACUPOF

My Story
http://community.webtv.net/IRENEN/STORIESANDPOEMS

My Friends Poetry
http://community.webtv.net/IRENEN/PoetryByMyFriends

Non Profit Info
http://community.webtv.net/IRENEN/SSATNONPROFIT

Abuser Profile Page
http://community.webtv.net/IRENEN/ABUSERPROFILE

Why Abused Women Stay Page
http://community.webtv.net/IRENEN/WHYABUSEDWOMENSTAY

Lawyers That Work With Abusers
Email Me Their Names To     IRENEN@...
http://community.webtv.net/IRENEN/LAWYERSABUSERS

Stay Safe You Are Worth To Live In Peace

(NOTE: Irene is working with distributing information
on child abuse and domestic violence.  She has been busy
from the sites above!  She wishes to publish in this
arena and is seeking funds.  Send her whatever help you
can since she has such a worthy cause!)



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THE INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION

Following is language from the IRA web site located at
http://www.reading.org  -OR-
http://www.readingonline.org.

The IRA is a wonderful organization well-grounded and
established and obviously making great strides into the
needs of literacy development.  Even if you are not directly
involved or interested in their overall mission (and being
writers, how can you not be), look at the huge number of
awards they offer for writers.

"The International Reading Association is a dynamic and diverse
organization that includes classroom teachers, reading
specialists, consultants, administrators, supervisors, college
teachers, researchers, psychologists, librarians, media
specialists, students, and parents. The Association has more
than 90,000 members in 99 countries and represents over 350,000
individuals and institutions through its affiliated councils
worldwide.

The Association provides opportunities for communication and
professional growth among the various constituencies within the
literacy field: practitioners, teacher educators, and researchers.
Association journals, books, electronic media, and conferences
all support this goal, as does the presentation of research-based
seminars and special institutes. Many of the Association's
committees are actively involved in reading research, and the
Research Division disseminates information and serves advocacy
roles for educators, policymakers, and parents. The grants
program offers financial support to school- and university-based
researchers worldwide, and the prestigious awards program
recognizes researchers at all stages of their careers.

The International Reading Association seeks to promote high
levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading
instruction through studying the reading process and teaching
techniques; serving as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of
reading research through conferences, journals, and other
publications; and actively encouraging the lifetime reading
habit.

Goals
The Association is guided by five goals:

Goal 1:
Professional Development Enhance and improve professional
development of reading educators worldwide.
Goal 2:
Advocacy Provide leadership in support of research, policy,
and practice that improves reading instruction and supports
the best interests of all learners and reading professionals.
Goal 3:
Partnerships Establish and strengthen national and international
alliances with a wide range of organizations, including
governmental, nongovernmental, and community agencies,
businesses, and industries.
Goal 4:
Research Encourage and support research at all levels of reading
and language arts education to promote informed decision making
by reading professionals, policy makers, and the public.
Goal 5:
Global Literacy Development Identify, focus, and provide
leadership on significant literacy issues.

The International Reading Association's leadership explores
many strategies to implement these goals, including establishing
more frequent communications with Association members; developing
a stronger communications network with councils; encouraging a
sense of community between teachers and researchers; ensuring
public dissemination of information through press releases,
position statements, and policy recommendations; and keeping
Association members informed about worldwide literacy issues.

In keeping with its goal of promoting reading and literacy, the
Association regularly honors outstanding achievement in various
fields related to reading and reading education. The Association's
diverse awards program includes honors for teaching, service to
the profession, research, media coverage of reading, and
authorship of children's books. Certain grants and awards are
reserved for professional development programs, for council and
affiliate activities, or for dissertation research. To encourage
literacy efforts outside North America, several awards and grants
are specifically designated for international programs and
achievement."

Children's Literature Awards
Council Service Awards
Dissertation Awards and Grants
International Reading Association Literacy Award
Media Awards
Professional Development Awards and Grants
Research Awards and Grants
Service Awards
Teachers' Awards and Grants

Address correspondence to:
International Reading Association
Public Information Office
800 Barksdale Road
PO Box 8139
Newark, DE 19714-8139, USA
Telephone: 302-731-1600
Fax: 302-731-1057
E-mail: pubinfo@...


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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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The tenth annual Marianne Moore Poetry Prize for a first
collection of poems. Receive $1,000, and manuscript published
by Helicon Nine Editions. The winner and the judge will be
brought to Kansas City to read during the fall at
The Writers Place. The award is given for an unpublished
poetry collection. The next deadline is May 1, 2001.

Helicon Nine Editions, Marianne Moore Poetry Prize,
3607 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64111.
(816) 753-1095.
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Pavement Saw Press
Transcontinental Poetry Award

$1,000, and book published by Pavement Saw Press.The award is
given for a first book of poetry. The next deadline is August 15.

Pavement Saw Press, Transcontinental Poetry Award,
P.O. Box 6291, Columbus, OH 43206. David Baratier, Editor.
baratier@...
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Pushcart Press
Editors' Book Award

20th annual Editors' Book Award for $1,000, and manuscript
published by Pushcart Press. Established to "discover worthy
manuscripts that have been overlooked by today's high-pressure,
bottom-line publishing conglomerates," the award is open to
any book-length manuscript of fiction or nonfiction that has
been submitted to but not accepted by a commercial publisher.
Manuscripts, which must be nominated by an editor at a U.S. or
Canadian publishing company, are accepted from May 15 to
October 15.

Pushcart Press, P.O. Box 380, Wainscott, NY 11975.
(516) 324-7449.
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South Carolina Arts Commission
Professional Artist Fellowship in Literature

$7,500 Professional Artist Fellowship from the South Carolina
Arts Commission. The commission awards one literature
fellowship to a South Carolina resident annually, alternating
between prose and poetry. The next deadline, for poetry, is
February 15, 2001.

South Carolina Arts Commission, 1800 Gervais Street,
Columbia, SC 29201. (803) 734-8696. Sara June Goldstein.
www.state.sc.us/arts
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Virginia Commission for the Arts
Individual Artist Fellowships

Grants are given annually on a rotating basis with other
artistic disciplines. The deadline for the next round of
grants in literature, which will be given to fiction writers,
is August 1.

Virginia Commission for the Arts,
Individual Artist Fellowships,
Lewis House, Second floor, 223 Governor Street,
Richmond, VA 23219-2010.
Mary Poole, Program Coordinator. www.artswire.org/~vacomm
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The YMCA National Writer's Voice
Writers Community Residencies

Writers Community Residencies at YMCA-based Writer's Voice
centers. Each resident will receive $6,000. The residencies
are given to mid-career writers in recognition "of literary
achievement and promise." Residents conduct master-level
workshops and give public readings. Each center selects a
local writer according to its own guidelines.

The YMCA National Writer's Voice,
Writers Community Residencies,
YMCA of the USA Arts and Humanities Office,
101 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.
(800) USA-YMCA, ext. 515.
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Deadline: July 30, 2000

The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
to Fund Fellowship Program

The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
will sponsor up to five non-residential fellows for the
program year September 2000-2001. The program is open to
scholars, educators, writers, and policy practitioners
engaged in work related to the moral dimensions of
international affairs. Junior scholars, mid-career
professionals, and those from developing countries are
encouraged to apply. All fellows must be fluent in English.
The program is open to all international affairs professionals
worldwide. Fellows must submit a proposal for work to be
accomplished during the fellowship period. Projects might
include, but are not limited to: producing a work for
publication, curriculum development, archive, interview or
field research and professional development activities.
Visit the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Web site for specific program information and application
guidelines. Submission forms are available online.

Contact:
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Merrill House
170 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10021-7478
E-mail: info@... (subject heading: Fellows Program)
RFP Link: http://www.cceia.org/fellows.htm
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EXTENDING THE REACH UPDATE
Workshops for Extending the Reach (ER), NEH's special
outreach program, will take place this summer in Seattle
and Spokane, Wash. (June 19 and 21, respectively) and in
Columbus, Ohio (July 19).  Through 2001, the ER program
is seeking project proposals from humanities organizations
in 14 underserved states, Puerto Rico, and historically
black, Hispanic-serving, and tribal colleges and
universities nationwide.

The next ER application deadline is September 11 for
Consultation Grants. These grants provide up to $10,000
to support projects in the early stages of development at
museums, libraries, historical organizations, community
associations, and film/radio/digital media production
outfits.  ER information and application guidelines are
posted on NEH's website at
http://www.neh.gov/grants/extending.html.
Program contacts are Karen Mittelman (kmittelman@...;
202-606-8631) and Fred Winter (fwinter@...; 202-606-8287).
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Program Director's Prizes for Undergraduate Literary Magazines

The Associated Writing Programs announces two $500 cash awards
for the best undergraduate literary magazines published during
an academic year. Instituted by the directors of AWP member
creative writing programs, the prizes are awarded annually
in the categories of content & design.

Submission Guidelines
Undergraduate literary magazines published between March 15,
2000 & March 15, 2001 are eligible for consideration. Magazines
must be staffed & edited primarily by undergraduate students,
& must include some undergraduate writing. Two copies of a
single issue of the magazine should be submitted as
representative of the yearÕs production. The final judges for
content & design will be announced at the conclusion of the
competition.

Winners will be announced in the The Writer's Chronicle &
in other media, & winning magazines will be featured at the
2001 AWP Conference in Palm Springs, California. Prize money
will be sent directly to the winning magazines.

Submissions must arrive at AWP by March 15th, 2001. Send two
copies of one issue to: National Program Director's Prizes,
Associated Writing Programs, Tallwood House, MSN 1E3, George
Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030. Support for the 2000/2001
competition is provided by the Associated Writing Programs.
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WC&C Scholarship Competition

Writers' Conferences & Centers (WC&C) is conducting its annual
competition to provide scholarships for emerging writers who
wish to attend a writers' conference. The scholarships will
be applied to fees to attend any of the member conferences of
WC&C, an association of outstanding conferences, colonies,
and festivals for writers.

For a complete directory of WC&C members, please visit our
list of member conferences and festivals. Or you may purchase
a directory for $7 from the Associated Writing Programs.
Write to: WC&C Directory, Associated Writing Programs,
Tallwood House, MS 1E3, George Mason University,
Fairfax, VA 22030. Checks should be payable to the
Associated Writing Programs.

The competition is open to all writers who would like to
attend a member conference of WC&C. To enter the competition,
please follow the guidelines below. Two scholarships of $500
will be awarded.

Writers' Conferences & Centers is a division of Associated
Writing Programs, a nonprofit association of writers and
writing programs.

Guidelines for Submissions

Submissions in fiction,nonfiction, and poetry will be considered.
Separate submissions in different genres are permitted.
Writers' names must not appear on submissions. A separate cover
sheet must accompany submissions and include the following: genre
and title of submission(s), writer's name, address, and telephone
number. Previous recipients of WC&C scholarships are not eligible
to submit. All manuscripts must be typed. Prose must be double-
spaced. A maximum of 25 pages of prose or 10 pages of poetry will
be considered.
Submissions must be postmarked by April 1, 2001.
A $10 reading fee, either check or money order in U.S. dollars
made payable to Associated Writing Programs, must accompany all
submissions, except those by finalists from the previous year.
Winners will be notified by April 30. All submissions should
include an SASE for notification of results. Manuscripts cannot
be returned. Each winner will receive a $500 scholarship to attend
a WC&C member program; funds are paid directly to the program
selected. (Member conferences reserve the right to determine
participants in their programs; scholars select a first choice
and two alternates.) Winners and finalists also receive a one-year
individual membership in AWP.
Inquiries (with SASE) and submissions should be mailed to
WC&C Scholarship Program
Post Office Box 386
Amherst, MA 01004
Attn: Michael Pettit
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Guidelines for the 2001 AWP Award Series in Poetry, Fiction,
Creative Nonfiction, and the AWP/Thomas Dunne Books Award for
the Novel

The Associated Writing Programs, a nonprofit organization of
writers, teachers, colleges, and universities, sponsors an
annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-
length works--the AWP Award Series. The competition is open
to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality
or residence. Winners in poetry, short fiction, and creative
nonfiction receive a $2,000 cash honorarium from AWP and
publication by a participating press. For the poetry, short
fiction, and creative nonfiction competitions, the AWP Award
Series provides this honorarium in addition to (rather than
an advance against or instead of) the royalties winning
authors receive from the sales of their books.

For the AWP/Thomas Dunne Books Novel Award, Thomas Dunne
Books will offer to enter into an agreement with the winner.
The agreement provides for an advance against earnings of
$10,000 (payable $5,000 on signing and $5,000 on publication),
with all other terms of the offer to be determined by Thomas
Dunne Books in its discretion.

For the AWP/Thomas Dunne Books Novel Award, AWP will submit
the ten eligible entries which it determines to be the best
to Thomas Dunne Books, which will determine the winner from
among the ten entries submitted to it.

In addition to choosing winners, the judges are free to select
finalists. The Associated Writing Programs works to help place
the finalist manuscripts with presses. To date, over fifty
such books have been published as a result of these efforts.

Eligibility
Only book-length manuscripts are eligible. The Award Series
defines "book-length" as: poetry--48 pages minimum text; short
story collection and creative nonfiction--150-300 manuscript
pages; novel--at least 60,000 words.

The AWP Award Series is open to all authors writing original
works in English. No mixed-genre manuscripts can be accepted.
Criticism and scholarly monographs are not acceptable for
creative nonfiction, which the Award Series defines as factual
and literary writing that has the narrative, dramatic,
meditative, and lyrical elements of novels, plays, poetry, and
memoirs.

Manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced on good quality
paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Poetry manuscripts may be single-
spaced. Photocopies or copies from letter-quality printers
are acceptable, but dot matrix is not acceptable.

Each manuscript must include (1) a cover page with the author's
name, address, phone number, and manuscript title; and (2) a
title page with the manuscript title only. The cover page will
be removed so that each submission can be read anonymously. If
the author's name appears anywhere except the cover page, the
manuscript will be disqualified. Do not send acknowledgement
of previous publications or a biographical note.

Manuscripts should not be bound. They should be held together
with sturdy rubber bands or binder clips.

Entry Requirements
A handling fee of $20 to nonmembers and $10 to AWP members.
Make your check or money order in U.S. funds payable to AWP.
Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for notification that
the entry has reached AWP. Notification will include your log
number for the competition; please use this number when
corresponding with AWP regarding your entry.  Also include a
self-addressed, stamped envelope, business size (9 1/2" x 4"),
if you would like direct notification of contest results. Results
will be mailed in August of 2001. Do not include an envelope for
the return of your manuscripts. No manuscripts can be returned.
Send one copy of each manuscript entered, prepared according to
manuscript format guidelines. You may enter in more than one
genre, and you may also enter multiple manuscripts in one genre,
provided that each manuscript is accompanied by its own cover
sheet, postcard, and handling fee. Winners may be required to
submit an affidavit of eligibility and to sign a release agreeing
to the use of his/her name and/or photograph for advertising,
publicity and promotional purposes without compensation
(unless prohibited by law).

Postmark Deadline & Correspondence
Manuscripts must be postmarked between Jan. 1 and Feb. 28 of
2001; manuscripts received after the deadline will be accepted
as long as they are postmarked before midnight on Feb. 28. All
manuscripts and correspondence should be sent to:

AWP Award Series in (specify genre entered)
The Associated Writing Programs
Tallwood House, Mail Stop 1E3
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
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Open: Community service (national).
Nominations and applications for the Horizon Highlight Award, a
feature of horizons: people and possibilities, a monthly online
magazine dedicated to community service and development. The
award will honor individuals and organizations "making a difference"
in their communities. Nominations and applications are due by the
15th of each month; winners will be selected monthly and notified
by mail. Each monthly winner will receive an engraved award and a
$250 American Express certificate. One grand-prize winner will
receive $1,000 at the end of each year.
Contact: Horizon Highlight Award, c/o Enterprise Foundation,
10277 Wincopin Circle, Suite 500, Columbia, Md. 21044-3400;
(410) 964-1230; fax (410) 964-1918; http://www.horizonmag.com
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Open: Volunteerism (national).
Nominations for the Daily Points of Light Awards Program, which
President Clinton reintroduced in January 1998 to honor people
and organizations engaged in exemplary volunteer work and community
service. Awards are made in six areas: continuing relationships with
caring people, safe communities, a healthy start for a healthy
future, quality education for all, opportunities for young people
to serve, and community mobilization. The program is sponsored by
the Points of Light Foundation, the Corporation for National Service,
and the Knights of Columbus. Nominations may be made by letter or on
an official nomination form. Although nominations are accepted
throughout the year, selections are made quarterly, with deadlines
on February 15, May 1, August 1, and November 1.
Contact:
POLF, 1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005-2208;
(202) 729-8184; fax (202) 729-8100; http://pointsoflight.org
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(NOTE:  I included this one due to the frequent requests
I get for info on substance abuse writing.  With this
much funding being now available to Head Start agencies,
now is the time to contact your Head Start agency locally
and offer your services - of course, your services could
be paid for by the grant the Head Start agency receives.
Think about a partnership!!)


Applications Available for Free To Grow Program for the
         Promotion of Substance-Free Communities

   Deadline (Letters of Intent): August 15, 2000

   The Free to Grow national demonstration program, a public
   partnership involving the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
   (http://www.rwjf.org/), the national Head Start program,
   and the U.S. Dept. of Justice, will provide support to
   selected Head Start agencies to adapt and evaluate
   innovative substance abuse prevention models. The program
   will provide $4 million dollars in grants to up to 20 Head
   Start agencies. Free to Grow models incorporate strategies
   to reduce children's vulnerability to substance abuse and
   other high-risk behaviors as they grow older. The primary
   objectives of the program are to strengthen the environ-
   ments (specifically the family and community) in which
   young children are raised. Grant awards will average
   $200,000 per site over four years ($50,000 per year) and
   must be matched dollar for dollar by local sources. Visit
   the Robert Wood Johnson Web site for eligibility details
   and application guidelines.

   Contact:
   Lori Levine, Deputy Director
   Free to Grow
   Mailman School of Public Health
   Columbia University
   60 Haven Avenue, Apt. 1D
   New York, NY 10032
   Tel: (212) 304-6418
   Fax: (212) 304-6420
   E-mail: ls273@...

   RFP Link: http://www.rwjf.org/grant/cfp-free-to-grow.htm
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Theatre BC's 12 Annual Canadian National Playwriting
Competition Mainstage 2000

The "How To Enter" brochure for Theatre BC's 12th Annual
Canadian National Playwriting Competition is now available
on line in .pdf format.  You can download, view and print
the brochure with a free copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader
(link provided).  The (postmark) deadline for entry is
Monday, July 24, 2000.  For details, check the Theatre BC
website at www.theatrebc.org/playcomp=20.
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THE WIN WRITING CONTEST FOR WOMEN AGED 18 AND UNDER.

WIN invites you to recommend our contest to any young women
you know 18 and under, who enjoys writing. We are very excited
at the opportunity to encourage today's young woman to express
her voice in WIN, and to highlight the issues and interests
facing young women worldwide today. Contest details:

CONTESTANTS SHOULD SEND US AN ESSAY ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
TOPICS FOR A CHANCE TO BE PUBLISHED IN WIN AND RECEIVE A CASH
REWARD OF $250 (FIRST PRIZE) OR $175 (SECOND PRIZE). CHOOSE
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

1)The most important issue affecting women in my country is.
2)To grow up as a young woman in my country is...
3)The woman in my country I most admire is...

Essays should be between 1,000-1,800 words.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: September 15.
Mail to Judith Colp Rubin <editor@...>

All contestants will receive an honorable mention on our
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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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Paul Hamlyn Foundation

At this point the Foundation is particularly interested in:

Supporting projects in parts of the country where there has
not been much audience development work so far. Unusual
projects of a high quality, which may show a new approach
to broadening their audiences.

Arts in education - Paul Hamlyn Foundation

The priorities are:

Out of school arts activities for children in places
currently not well served. Partnerships between schools
and other organisations which aim to promote the arts for
pupils. Schemes which give primary and secondary teachers
access to best practice in the performing and creative arts,
thereby enhancing their pupils' own learning experiences.

Awards for Artists - Paul Hamlyn Foundation

A Foundation Award for individual artists was launched in
1993. Concentrating on a different art form each year, they
have gone to composers, choreographers, visual artists
working in the fields of sculpture and installation, and
to poets. Since 1998, they have focused on the visual arts
with a strong emphasis on experiment, innovation and cross
arts collaboration.

Five artists are selected annually to receive £30,000 each
over three years. Selection is by nomination – each year 20
art professionals (including eminent artists) put up the
names of artists who live or work in the UK or Ireland.
These then go forward to a panel of judges and the recipients
are announced in the autumn.

Training Grants for Small Publishers - Paul Hamlyn Foundation

The Training Grants for Small Publishers scheme is now open
to independent companies employing up to 10 people. Grants
are available towards the cost of external or in-house
training for full or part-time staff. In the current financial
year (6 April 2000 to 5 April 2001) the maximum sum available
to any one company is £1,500 and the maximum grant per
applicant is £500.

Training Grants for Freelancers - Paul Hamlyn Foundation

The Skills Training for Freelancers scheme is open to
freelancers who have worked in book or journal publishing
for at least two years. The maximum grant per applicant is
£500, and all applications must be supported by a book or
journal publisher for whom the applicant has worked within
the last two years.

Publishing Training Grants for the Voluntary Sector
-Paul Hamlyn Foundation

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation operates a scheme to support
the training of those working in the voluntary sector who
wish to improve their publishing skills. The scheme is
aimed particularly at organisations whose work is socially
beneficial and who serve those with social, or special,
needs. The objectives are:

To enable employees and regular voluntary staff working for
small independent charities and not-for-profit organisations
to attend external publishing training courses, or
To enable small charities to run in-house publishing training
courses, or provide other publishing training opportunities,
for their staff.

The maximum level of grant per candidate in any one financial
year (6 April to 5 April) will be £500. The maximum grant
available to any one organisation will be £2,500 per financial
year. Organisations wishing to send candidates on courses
costing more than the amount of grant available may apply for
the normal grant and pay the excess from their own resources.
Groups not eligible to apply: umbrella groups or their members;
publishing divisions or departments of institutions; those
forming part of a larger charity.

How to apply

Application forms for the publishing schemes are available
from Maria Karska. Tel. 020 7227 3500; fax. 020 7222 0601;
email maria@...

Training Grants for Booksellers

Small booksellers can benefit from a similar scheme,
administered by the Booksellers Association. The Training
Grants for Booksellers scheme is open to small, independent
booksellers, community,  school, antiquarian, second-hand and
rare bookshops employing eight people or fewer and whose main
activity is retail bookselling. The maximum sum available to
any one firm is £750 per financial year.

Details of the Training Grants for Booksellers scheme can be
had from Alyson Smith at the Booksellers Association.
Tel. 020 7834 5477; fax. 020 7834 8812.

For more information:  http://www.phf.org.uk/
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Online Writers Wanted for Central America – Honduras, Nicaragua,
Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica

Description: Bilingual (Spanish/English) travel writers wanted
to write online reviews and articles for a new global website.
Also, photographers wanted. You should live in one of the
countries listed here. Exciting job opportunities at a rapidly
expanding international web publishing company.

Requirements: Must have a PC and Internet Connection. Excellent
writing skills and experience meeting deadlines is essential.
Pay is based on performance. Contract employment available.
Send a cover letter together with your CV and one brief, 70-90
word travel writing sample to rory1@....

Website: http://www.wcities.com
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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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PIF MAGAZINE, one of the oldest magazines online (circ.
100,000 monthly), seeks fine stories, micros, poetry,
translations, interviews, essays, memoir, hypertext.
Submissions to 4,000 words. Payment to $500. Past writers
include Robert McDowell, Amy Hempel. Interviews with
Michael Cunningham, Rick Moody. Submit electronically.
Guidelines: www.pifmagazine.com/rules.shtml. E-mail:
editor@.... Web site: www.pifmagazine.com.

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Writers Needed for Book
The Book of Charity: True Stories of Giving and Receiving.
Each account (1,000 to 2,000 words) relates how a person has
gone the extra mile to benefit other human beings. The story
can be told by the giver, the recipient or the eyewitness.
Whether describing an act of kindness or forgiveness, or
telling of a monetary donation, the stories in The Book of
Charity bring us face to face with generosity and love.
Contact before August 1, 2000.

Contact:Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, editor
Email: rosorado@...
Address: Red Rock Press, PO Box 190, Telluride, Colorado, 81435
Website: http://www.redrockpress.com/virtue.html
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FREE-LANCE WRITERS - Various regions

Heritage Media Corporation, a publishing company based in
Carlsbad, CA, seeks professional, F/T, free-lance writers to
interview local businesses and write profiles with a historical
perspective.

We currently have openings in the following markets:

Pueblo, CO
Boston, MA
Salt Lake City, UT
St. Louis, MO
Oregon (statewide w/emphasis in Portland)
Phoenix, AZ
Hayward, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
(more markets to be announced)

Because Heritage requires in-person interviews, it is necessary
to live in or near the market area. Candidates must have
experience interviewing and business writing, strong
interpersonal skills, assertiveness and exceptional grammar/
spelling/writing skills. Must also be able to work well
independently and be deadline-oriented. Journalism or freelance
writing background preferred. Knowledge of AP style a plus.

$100-$200 per page depending on market.

Send cover letter (indicating which market you are interested
in writing for), résumé and at least three (non-marketing or
advertising) writing samples or clips to:

HMC
P.O. Box 131270
Carlsbad, CA 92013-1270
Attn: Renee
or by fax to: 800-619-3015

For more information, e-mail rkim@... (include
your name, location and market of interest). Queries about
unlisted or future markets will not receive a response.
Writers also needed immediately to write business-oriented
relocation guides in the following markets:

Austin, TX
St. Louis, MO
Kansas City, MO
Cleveland, OH
Seattle, WA
Los Angeles, CA
Orange County, CA

Familiarity with region's quality of life, economy and business
climate, and the ability to work under deadline especially
valuable.

Send resume and three business-related clips or samples by fax
to 800-619-3015 attn: Betsy L., or mail to P.O. Box 131270,
Carlsbad, CA 92013-1270

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Average price for article $350-500 (depends on subject,
complexity, length) Illustration depends on usage and rights.
Writers, contact Olivia Solis, director of communications
(osolis@...) Artists, contact Gina Wilson, art director
(gwilson@...). P.O. Box 1429, Austin, TX 78767

Deb Swift
Texas Restaurant Association
Email: dswift@...
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The Daily Deal
Freelance Business Writers
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000
Freelance posting

The Daily Deal, a spin-off of American Lawyer Media, is a
newspaper/website focused on mergers and acquisitions and
venture capital financing. We're looking for reporters,
stringers who can handle very tight deadlines. Competitive pay.
Telecommuters welcome. Send resume, clips, links to
mburstiner@...
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Experienced Grantwriters are needed to write case studies on
the following topics:

Grant Evaluation
Getting Funded: Politics of Grantwriting
Writing Styles in Grant Development

To review summaries of the above topcs, visit www.iaogwanc.org.
click on 'certification programs'. click on ' description of
modules' link.

Pay: $25.00 per case study. Author will be credit on our website
and brochure.

jorea69@...

Website: http://www.iaogwanc.org
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Marcom Choices, Northern California's newest magazine for
marketing professionals, seeks freelance writers for articles
of interest to marketing executives. We are ready to assign
articles immediately to qualified writers, and are also
accepting queries for future issues. Familiarity with business/
marketing issues, especially in Silicon Valley and Northern
California, desirable but not as important as your ability to
write professional, interesting magazine-style copy. Pays
$100-$350 per article depending on length and complexity of
research. Please send clips to EMiller@... or fax to
E. Miller at (408) 468-0737.

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Competition Reporter: Work as a daily freelance reporter
covering our three online stock competitions. Your primary
duty would be writing daily "play-by-play" copy detailing
the trading activity and successes or failures of each of
the competitions' leading stock traders. There would be four
daily and two weekly pieces, each approximately 175 words.
Experience and skills required: ? 5+ years professional writing
experience, preferably with a newspaper or other daily.
? Strong grammar and punctuation ? In-depth understanding of
the U.S. stock markets and stock-market trading ? Knowledge of
AP Style ? Strong pluses: Background in finance, sports writing,
and/or stock-competition experience.

This position is ideal for someone that is looking for a long-
term position that doesn't require a huge time commitment.
Currently, pieces take about two hours to prepare (in total),
and are posted by 9 a.m., Monday through Friday.

Interested parties should send their resume, clips and a cover
letter to: Beth Sparrow, MarketPlayer.com, 16 Old Track Rd.,
Greenwich, CT 06830. E-mail: beth@....
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Freelance writing position for monthly newsletter. Qualified
candidates must have some knowledge of the health and life
insurance industry and specific COBRA knowledge is a big plus.
Proven ability to cultivate sources, conduct interviews, develop
clean copy and meet strict deadlines. To be considered please
send clips and resume to: Pamela Resnick, Editor, 125 Eugene
O'Neill Drive, Suite 103, New London, CT, 06320 or e-mail to
pamela.resnick@....
For more information, e-mail Pamela Resnick, Editor, Aspen
Publishers/Bureau of Business Practice, or write to:

Aspen Publishers/Bureau of Business Practice
ATTN: Pamela Resnick, Editor
125 Eugene O'Neill Drive, Suite 103
New London, CT 06320

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Freelance and full-time writers and editors wanted for NYC-
based, venture-backed startup that reviews the reviewers and
keeps track of what the experts are saying. We are after the
very best in writing talent. Requirements: a strong mind,
capable of deep research and clear, reasoned analysis, and
excellent writing skills. Full-time positions are based in
New York City; freelancers can be based anywhere in the U.S.
Flexible salary and rates commensurate with experience, plus
stock options. Instructions for how to contact us are here:
http://www.consumersearch.com/xp6/ConsumerSearch/jobs.xml

For more information, e-mail jobs@..., HR,
ConsumerSearch.com

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RE-WRITERS NEEDED FOR PRESS ITEMS

Here is a great way to make some extra cash by rewriting
press releases and other items. You can do it during your
off hours and with no byline. We'll train you so that you
should be making at least $25 per hour.
We are always interested in feature story writers that have
knowledge of the Internet and computer industry.

For more information, e-mail Michael Doyle, Pres,
aspRegistry.com


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If you are an outstanding writer who likes to be out of the
office digging up stories that will surprise our readers,
send your resume and clips to:
The Fayetteville Observer
ATTN: Michelle Valenzuela, Features editor
P.O. Box 849
Fayetteville, NC 28302
Michelle Valenzuela, otlife@...

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WIN is always seeking articles and stories by and about
women all over the world.  We accept queries about ideas
for journalistic articles, interviews with prominent women,
fiction short stories and more, on any subject relevant to
women.  Readers can visit our website for more details at
http://www.winmagazine.org and queries can be sent to the
publisher, Judith Colo Rubin at jrubin@....

WIN is a nonprofit organization, and we pay $100 for each
article published.



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7. ADS & OPPORTUNITIES

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New eBook for Artists, Writers, Musicians, Actors and More

A new book, "Ignite Your Creative Passion: 104 Insights and
Ideas to Help You Prosper as a Musician, Artist, Writer, Actor
and More," provides both inspiration and low-cost marketing
ideas for people pursuing creative career paths.

"What is it about creative career paths that cause so many
people to look upon them with such disrespect, even disdain?"
ask author Bob Baker. "Let's put an end to this craziness!
There is money to be made, enjoyment to be had and
satisfaction to be derived from just about every creative
path. You just have to put a few basic principles into action
on a regular basis to be successful."

The 42-page title is currently available only in .pdf ebook
format. More information can be found at
http://www.bob-baker.com

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C. Hope Clark
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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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Literature Department
Tel: 020 7973 6442
E-mail: info.literature@...
Live literature development

Development projects with a national remit will be funded
in the following areas: projects, including residences;
networking; research; training; new audience and access
development; broadcasting; new technologies. Tours with
a national remit will be funded through the National
Touring Programme. To discuss your tour and project ideas,
please contact Jill Bellamy, Live Literature officer (ext 6441).
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David Cohen British Literature Prize
This biennial prize is administered by the Arts Council.
A distinguished jury, chaired by the Chairman of the
Literature Advisory Panel, chooses a writer whose work in
the English language over many years and in any literary
genre deserves recognition. The prize money is provided by
the David Cohen Family Charitable Trust. The Arts Council
adds £10,000 to the prize for the winner to use to encourage
a young writer or to give to an organisation which benefits
young writers and/or readers. Public nominations are welcome.

To date, recipients of the prize have been VS Naipaul, Harold
Pinter, Muriel Spark and William Trevor.

Literature Department
Tel: 020 7973 6442
E-mail: info.literature@...
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Raymond Williams Community Publishing Prize
To commend an outstanding creative and imaginative work
which reflects the values of ordinary people and their
lives, and is submitted by non-profit-making publishers
producing books in mutual and co-operative ways. Awarded
annually, the deadline for this is 28 April.

Literature Department
Tel: 020 7973 6442
E-mail: info.literature@...

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Khaleej Times Weekend Magazine, United Arab Emirates

Khaleej Times is a No.1 English language daily newspaper
published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With the
highest ABC audited circulation of
72,000, Khaleej Times reaches out to all parts of the UAE.
Additionally, it covers Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi
Arabia through a dedicated distribution network. It is also
sold on stands in the UK, India and Pakistan.
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/guidelines/khaleej_wkend.htm


Aquarius Magazine, United Arab Emirates
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Aquarius Magazine is a monthly lifestyle magazine in United Arab
Emirates - on the lookout for travel articles, features on
alternative medicine, health news, and fitness features.
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/guidelines/aquarius.htm
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On Spec Magazine
http://www.icomm.ca/onspec

Fiction literary quarterly published by the Copper Pig Writers'
Society is seeking speculative fiction (max 6000 words) -
scifi, fantasy, horror, ghost stories, magic, etc.

Pays $50 to $180 (Canadian) per story and $20 per poem of
four to 100 lines.  Send complete mss by mail only. Guidelines
at web site.  Responds in 12 weeks.  Deadlines: Feb 28, May 31,
Aug 31, and Nov 30.
Box 4727, Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5G6, CA
780/413-0215
Email - onspec@...


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Flower and Garden
http://www.flowerandgardenmag.com
Lawn care, techniques, pests and insects, creative planning,
recipes, garden sites, etc.
Pays $200 for articles of 500 words, and $300-500 for 1000
words.  Buys first NA rights.  Send query or equery with clips
to editor Jonathan Prebich.  Responds in 2 months.
4645 Belleview, Kansas City, MO  64112
EMAIL - kcpublishing@...
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Let's Live Magazine
http://www.letsliveonline.com

Pays $700-$1500 per article for first world and erights to
article sof 1200-2000 words.  Query with published clips via
mail, email or fax to Brechka.  Simultaneous accepted, no
reprints.  Responds in 4 weeks.
320 Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA  90004
323-469-3901
Email - into@...
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Baby Talk
http://www.babytalk.com

Pays $1 per word for first NA rights.  Query in writing
with clips and SASE. Responds in two months.  Articles
focused toward women in last trimester of pregnancy through
baby's first 18 months.  Departments are Healthy Baby,
Your Body and Family Fare.  3-400 words.  Well-written
personal essays are welcome.  Contact Sally Tusa.
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Mean Magazine

Provides a pop culture glimpse to readers.  Provides
edgy creative work in area of nonfiction, however, open
to quality short fiction.  Email query with clips to
main@....
Suite B, 2619 Hyperiod Avenue, Los Angeles, CA  90027
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P/T WRITER IN RESIDENCE
Writers In The Schools (WITS)
(Houston, TX)
Writers In The Schools (WITS) in Houston, Texas, would
like to hire several new Writers in Residence to teach
students grades 3-12 in public schools.

WITS engages children in the pleasure and power of reading
and writing. For more information, see our Web site at
www.writersintheschools.org

These positions are part-time. Each requires 3 hours of
teaching per week, and the pay is $40-50/hour. The
residency lasts from October to May. One residency pays
approximately $3,500; many of our experienced teachers
take on more than one.

Most of the WITS teachers have published literary work.
Many are MFA or PhD candidates in an established creative
writing program. We seek energetic people who can design
a curriculum that will make writing exciting for kids.

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and 8-12
page writing sample to:

Program Director
Writers In The Schools (WITS)
1523 West Main
Houston, TX 77006

or if you prefer to apply via email, use the address
wits1@...

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Northwest Business for Culture and the Arts
(Portland, OR)
Full Time (40 Hrs./Week, M-F)

Northwest Business for Culture and the Arts is seeking an
extremely well organized, computer literate person with
strong communication skills to join our small team.

Duties Include:
General office administration
Phone reception
Financial record-keeping (QuickBooks)
Data base maintenance
Word processing (Word for Windows)
Appointment & meeting scheduling & coordination
Event support
Membership prospect research
Group e-mail and fax communications
Membership billing and acknowledgement
Other projects and administrative support as needed
Minimum Skill Requirements:

Knowledge of the Windows environment (including Word & Excel)
Ability to see the big picture and also attend to the small
details
Ability to manage several projects simultaneously
Writing & proof reading
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Salary range: $21,000 to $25,000. Excellent benefit package.
For more information, contact Virginia Willard or Susan Myers,
503-228-2977.

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PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
The Academy of American Poets
(New York City, NY)
The Academy of American Poets is the largest US organization
dedicated to supporting poets and to fostering the appreciation
of contemporary poetry through awards to poets and through
innovative national programs focused on outreach, publishing,
education, and the World Wide Web.

The Academy seeks a highly motivated individual to assist the
Director of Marketing and Promotion in the coordination of
National Poetry Month and in the maintenance and development
of the Poetry Book Club. Job responsibilities include securing
permissions for the materials mailed to educators, librarians,
booksellers, publishers, and the media during National Poetry
Month; assisting in the editorial process and catalogue
production of the Poetry Book Club; researching and updating
media contacts in the organizational database; and handling
all correspondence related to both National Poetry Month and
the Poetry Book Club. Also assists the Associate Director
with administrative tasks.

Candidates should possess excellent interpersonal,
organizational, and project management skills. Familiarity
with MS Office Suite and ability to learn new software a must.
Knowledge of HTML a plus. Salary starting in mid-20s and
commensurate with experience. Position available in July.
Send cover letter and resume to Dept. PA, The Academy of
American Poets, 584 Broadway, Suite 1208, New York, NY 10012.
www.poets.org

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DEVELOPMENT OFFICER/GRANT WRITER
Brooklyn filmNetworks
(Brooklyn, NY)
Brooklyn filmNetworks, a new non-profit serving NYC independent
film/video/new media makers and aspiring young filmmakers, seeks
motivated and talented Development Officer/Grant Writer.
Responsibilities include grant research and writing (corporate,
foundation, government), drafting budgets, communication with
funding sources, assistance with creation/implementation of
development strategy.

Chance to grow along with a quickly expanding organization.
Requires excellent writing skills, fundraising and budgetary
experience, involvement/experience with the arts, film/video/
new media and/or arts education. Salary paid on commission
basis, commensurate with experience.

Please email resume, references, salary requirements to Judd
Ehrlich at info@... or fax 718.832.3057. For
further info visit www.filmNetworks.org
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Experienced freelance writers needed for Charlotte Place
Magazine. Only those with magazine experience need apply.
Prefer writers from Charlotte area but other writers
invited to apply. If interested please email or fax clips
to Robin at RLMaggy@... or (843)856-7444.

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FREELANCE BUSINESS EDITORS

Web publisher seeks experienced magazine editors to edit 1-3
stories about small business every week. Typical pay is $30
an hour. We produce news and strategic business articles for
a high-profile small business Web site. Stories are 1200-1800
words, and range from news and trend articles to company
profiles and strategic how-to pieces. Business management
topics include business development, finance, global
business, HR, IT, leadership, legal, marketing and sales.
Editors will be given a test story to edit (which we expect
to publish) and paid $30 an hour. We prefer editors who
accept one writing assignment first; they will be paid at
our usual flat per-story writing rate. Please paste your
resume and three of your best business writing samples (text
only) into an email with a message re: areas of expertise to:

Todd Denton, Managing Editor
L2S
E-mail:todddenton@...
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Seeking Professional WRITERS and EDITORS who have a writing
background and specialty in the following fields: On-Line
Business, Web-Business, Site Promotion Expertise, Marketing,
Site Promotion Experts to provide our reader-base with
detailed advice promoting new e-businesses, and Writers who
can inform - through insightful on-line biz writing for small/
medium/new e-business sites - and give our readership tips'n
tricks to improving their visitor-base and web-business. In
short, if you have an On-Line Business Background with writing
credentials, we want to hear from you. Generous Profit-Sharing,
highly visible exposure for our writers, and a certain
opportunity for advancement within DaemusENT Business
Development Systems. Send the editor a blank email with
SUBJECT line "writers" to watchful@... and you will
immediately be sent writer's guidelines and profit-sharing
bonuses. Get in now, we are only accepting the first 30
qualified writers or editors to participate in this exclusive,
confidential e-publication.

6/15; closes 7/15
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Technical Product Writer
Located in Atlanta, GA

Telephone.com the premier Vertical Portal B2B Exchange Internet
web site for telecommunications is looking for a highly talented
technical writer. This candidate will be responsible for
contributing to the design process by writing technical
documentation as well as research and evaluate telecommunication
products. The applicant must have 3+ years experience in the
telecommunications field, and must have an understanding of
various telecommunications products. This position requires
someone that can think quickly on their feet and can interact
with various levels of management.

This is an excellent opportunity to get involved with the
telecommunication's industry leader.

Requirements: BA in journalism or related field, 3 + years
experience, excellent written and communication skills. Please
be prepared to submit writing samples.

Interested candidates please forward resume to jobs@...

6/16; closes 7/16
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Send resume and three writing samples to:
Michael A. Chihak
Tucson Citizen
P.O. Box 26767
Tucson, AZ 85726
mchihak@...

EDITOR AND WRITER sought for newspaper features section. We want
an assistant features editor with time to write in-depth style and
feature pieces for six-day PM with 40,000 circulation in growing
and dynamic Tucson, Arizona. Minimum five years writing and/or
editing experience. Competitive pay, benefits.


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7. ADS & OPPORTUNITIES

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ABOUT SHINE!
Shine is a media and financial services company that serves
both the givers and receivers of charitable funds. At
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8.  CONTACT FUNDS FOR WRITERS

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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@egroups.com
HopeClark1@...

7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 14           -          July 2, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters

   9. Your Subscription



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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Okay, the book is at the publisher.  FundsforWriters - The
Book may just become an actual event after all.  In a few
months, I hope to make a big announcement and see how many
souls are interested in buying a huge version of this
newsletter.

The sources are tremendous, and I dare you to visit each
one of them.  Then I double-dog-dare you to find all the
grants, fellowships, awards, contests, and markets within
them.  The writer that cannot find some funds through that
book does not want to.  I promise.

Wish me luck, and I will let you know when this writer
can be reclassified as "author."  Let's hope.

					 Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   Always think of what you do as easy and it will be.
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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hope,

Just a quick note. I know you are busy.

Thank you for FFW. It's valuable and a great service for
working writers. It would appear to be an excellent resource
for all of us.

-E.D. Easley
former newspaper editor, now fiction author
represented by Cambridge Literary Associates

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Dear Hope,

I read this week's issue of WordWebletter and was delighted
to see that once again, one of my articles has found its way
in your ezine. Thank you!

I'd like to invite you to take a look at my website for
writers, The e-Writer's Place at http://ewritersplace.com.
It has an accompanying ezine, The e-Writer's Place Update
e-Letter, which comes out every 25 days. Issue number three
will be coming out this Thursday, June 29. I am doing a major
re-design of the site and am adding more features which I'm
sure every writer will find useful. The newer, better and
improved site will be ready for public viewing on the 29th.

I'd also like to commend you on the work and research you do
for your other ezine, FundsforWriters. Even though I am yet
to benefit from it, I am sure that a lot of other writers are
already. Would it be possible for you to include grants for
writers in Asia? I'm a starving writer from the Philippines...

Thanks again for letting me ramble on. Again, I wish you all
the best in your ezines. Keep at it!

Cheers,
Shery Ma Belle Arrieta
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Dear Hope:

I have been subscribing to your newsletters for about a month
now and really enjoy reading it. Today I read about Xlibris
in your newsletter & I also read about it in my Writer's
Digest Magazine. I have sinced ordered the kit to see exactly
how this program works.  My book is nearing completion and I
hope to "see it in print" by the end of 2000.
I'll let you know.

Y'all keep up the good work!
Susan Mason
(GA)


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KEYWORDS for GRANT SEEKING

Those of you who have ever tried to list your web site with
Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, Excite, Lycos, etc. know the meaning of
the word KEYWORD.  If order for a search to find your site,
you provide the service with a list of 15-20 keywords that
represent your site so a search by some seeker out there
will match up.

FundsforWriters, for example, would have the KEYWORDS
grants, funds, free, awards, fellowships, writing, essays,
contests, freelance, market, lottery (for you UK folks),
newsletter, publishing, and so on.

In trying to determine where to seek for funds, identify
your own KEYWORDS for your needs.  Don't limit yourself to
grant, book, writing, novel, story, anthology, or article.
What is the topic of your writing?

Let's take a nonfiction on child abuse - a topic on which
I have had several inquiries.  Think along the lines of
abuse, children, violence, rape, molest, volunteer,
hotline, domestic, family, therapy, etc.  If you were
writing the piece for online presentation, you would need
those KEYWORDS to be found by the search engines.  Right?

Then use the same logic when searching for grant sources.
Don't limit yourself to writing grants.  Look at the
groups, charities, foundations, corporations, and clubs
that represent those KEYWORDS.  Then start looking for the
grants ( or awards) they provide.

You are more likely to find assistance through the topic
rather than your purpose to publish.  Just a thought.


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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Preston Education Fund for Girls Accepting Applications

Deadline: Open

In 1999-2000, the Lewis Preston Fund, which is housed at
the Global Fund for Women
(http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/), a grantmaking public
charity that provides assistance to grassroots women's groups
outside the United States, will support approximately 20
groups from around the world with experience, expertise, and
capacity in improving girls' access to education and
activities that have a direct and measurable impact on school-
age girls. Although activities may be carried out in either
formal or non-formal settings, eligible programs should aim
to substantially impart reading, writing, language, math,
and science skills that raise girls' chances of attending
secondary school. Funds will target groups that build
primary schools; pay school fees and staff salaries; buy
uniforms; and provide room and board, books, classroom
furniture, and laboratory equipment (and related activities)
for girls at the primary-school level.

Awards may range in size from a minimum of $10,000 to a
maximum of $50,000. Applicants do not have to be women's
organizations, although they should be able to demonstrate
a strong commitment to gender sensitivity and equity in
all aspects of the organization's leadership, governance,
and program design and implementation.
Applications are available online.

Contact:
The Global Fund for Women
425 Sherman Avenue, Suite 300
Palo Alto, California 94306-1823 USA
Tel: (650) 853-8305
Fax: (650) 328-0384
E-mail: gfw@...

RFP Link:
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/Apply/girls-ed-app.html

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MacArthur Foundation Announces Program to Fund Media Centers

Deadline: August 18, 2000

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
(http://www.macfdn.org/) is inviting proposals
from media centers for projects that use media, primarily
film and video, to foster community problem-solving;
explore welfare, workforce, and related economic issues;
and/or support the development of children and youth. In
December 2000, the foundation plans to make 15 to 25
grants ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 for a total not to
exceed $500,000. The foundation will provide support only
to media centers in the U.S. Media centers are defined as
organizations that, as part of their core mission, provide
community-based groups and independent producers with
access to training and other resources needed to produce,
exhibit, and distribute film and video. (Public television
and public radio stations, elementary and secondary
schools, social service agencies, independent production
companies, community technology centers, and colleges and
universities that provide media training or programming for
the primary benefit of their students are not considered
media centers under these guidelines.) Visit the MacArthur
Foundation Web site for specific program details and to
download guidelines and a cover sheet.

Contact:
Margie Nicholson
Tel: (773) 755-9974
E-mail: mnichols@...

RFP Link:
http://www.macfdn.org/programs/gen/media_centers_2000.htm
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Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Accepting
Nominations for Hans Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Award

Deadline: October 30, 2000

Scholars in the humanities or social sciences who have
held a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
(http://www.woodrow.org/) fellowship are invited to submit
their first book-length publication to the eighth Hans
Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Award competition. The winner of
the competition, which honors the late president of the
foundation, will be named in the spring of 2001 and will
receive $2,000. To be eligible, manuscripts must have been
published in 1998 or 1999. Entries will be evaluated on
the quality of the research and scholarship they repre-
sent; on the extent to which they embrace a humanistic
approach that puts the author's findings and conclusions
in a larger context; and on whether they are written in
a style that is accessible to the non-specialist.
The final selection will be made based on reviews by
scholars in appropriate fields.

Contact:
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
CN-5281
Princeton, NJ 08543-5281
Tel: (609) 452-7007
Fax: (609) 452-0066
E-mail: charlotte@...

RFP Link: http://www.woodrow.org/rosenhaupt/
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Grant and Fellowship Opportunities at the American
         Philosophical Society

Deadline: Various

The American Philosophical Society
(http://www.amphilsoc.org/) supports several major grant
and fellowship programs to assist the promotion of useful
knowledge. Awards are made for research only. Applicants
must be residents of the United States or American citizens
resident abroad. Foreign nationals whose research can only
be carried out in the U.S. are also eligible. Grants are
made to individuals only. The Society is currently accepting
applications for its Franklin Research Grants, Daland
Fellowships in Clinical Investigation, Sabbatical Fellowship
for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and Slater Fellowship
in the History of Twentieth Century Physical Sciences. Visit
the APS Web site for detailed program information and
application guidelines.

Contact: American Philosophical Society
Independence Mall East
104 South 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
E-mail: eroach@...
RFP Link: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/
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Applications Available for the Archives Research Fellows
Fund

Deadline: November 15, 2000

  The Archives Research Fellows Fund, a program of the
  Indiana University Center on Philanthropy
  (http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/), is a
  competitive grants program that awards grants of up to
  $4,000 in any discipline for research that requires use
  of the collections of the Philanthropy Archival Collection
  at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The
  Philanthropy Archival Collection offers a diverse array
  of primary source materials documenting the history of
  philanthropy, including the papers of volunteers, trustees,
  community leaders, and others whose personal experience
  in philanthropy is unknown, overlooked, or ignored. For
  information on the collection, visit:
  http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/.

  For program information and application guidelines, visit
  the IU Center on Philanthropy Web Site.

  Contact:
  Kathy Keirouz
  IU Center on Philanthropy
  550 West North Street
  Suite 301
  Indianapolis, IN 46202-3272
  Tel: (317) 684-8957
  E-mail: kkeirouz@...

  RFP Link:
  http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/ResearchArchives.htm
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Toronto Arts Council Grant Programs
All applicants must be located within or have resided (for
at least two years prior to the date of application) in the
City of Toronto. The City of Toronto is a distinct area within
Metropolitan Toronto and does not include East York, Etobicoke,
North York, Scarborough, or York.
All applicants are urged to consult a Toronto Arts Council
Grants Officer prior to submitting an application to confirm
eligibility. Please note, budget cuts may result in
cancellation or amendment of programs without notice.

Grants to Organizations and Collectives
Grants to Choreographers
Grants to Composers
Grants to Visual Artists
Grants to Writers
Cultural Facilities Support Grants
For more information please visit Toronto Arts Council's website

http://www.torontoartscouncil.org/
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Princeton University Ferris/McGraw Fellowships Humanities
Council at Princeton University
122 East Pyne, Princeton, NJ  08544
Contact: Marjorie Asbury
(609) 258-4713       (609) 258-2783 FAX
E-mail: asbury@...
URL:  http://www.princeton.edu/~humcounc/
Visiting appointments, commuting or residential, for
distinguished writers and journalists to teach 12-week
seminars at Princeton, fall or spring term. Seminars meet
weekly for 3 hours, with approximately 18 students chosen
by the professor. For academic year 2000-2001, stipend is
$53,000 for writers in residence and $21,200 for commuting
appointments. Deadline: November 1.
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NEH-DODGE PILOT LEADS TO NEW PROGRAM
A new NEH program for school teachers, Humanities Teacher
Leadership Awards, will be offered nationwide for the first
time next fall.  All participants in this year's NEH summer
seminars and institutes for school teachers are eligible to
apply.

  The new program provides grants of $2,000 to those who wish
to extend the impact of their summer experience when they
return to their schools. Projects may include developing
curriculum materials, creating educational websites, or
conducting study groups.  The program is based on last year's
pilot project in New Jersey co-created by NEH and the Geraldine
R. Dodge Foundation.

The application deadline for NEH Humanities Teacher
Leadership Awards is November 1, 2000.  Program guidelines
will be mailed to all participants in this year's NEH summer
seminars and institutes for school teachers.  For further
information, contact Jean Hughes at (202) 606-8471 or
jhughes@....  A complete list of the 2000 summer programs
for school teachers is located at
http://www.neh.gov/teaching/seminars1.html.)
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Screenwriters Utopia sponsors the SCREENWRITING
SHOWCASE AWARDS, one of the best screenwriting events
on the web. To enter it is only $25, winners get
cash, exposure and possible representation, a professional
script read, and other prizes. For more details:

http://www.screenwritingawards.com/
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Theatre scriptwriting competition open to all audio playwrights
in any country.  Cash prizes.  Scripts in English.  Winners
announced December 1, 2000.  Deadline September 1, 2000.

http://www.minds-ear.org   OR MindsEar@...
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Deadline September 6, 2000.  Twelve mini fellowships of $500
each being awarded in fiction, poetry, 2-D  visual art, 3-D
visul art, crafts, music composition, performance art, film/
video, choreography and playwriting.  Kansas Arts Commission
700 SW Jackson St, Suite 1004, Topeka, KS  66603-3761

http://arts.state.ks.us   OR  bob@...
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Biennial poetry prize for 48-96 page mss with prize of $1000
and publication.  Send SASE to BkMk Press, John Ciardi Prize
for Poetry, Inoversity of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill
Road, Kansas City, MO  64110   OR  bkmk@...

Deadline October 15, 2000
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The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Deadline July 31, 2000.
The University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Dr, Athens, GA
30602-4901.  ATTN: Jane Kobres.  $10 fee. Mss 200-275 pages.
Guidelines for SASE.  Prize $1000 and publication.
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Best First Private Eye Novel Contest
St. Martins Press and The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA)
175 Fefth Avenue, NY 10003.
http://www.cluelass.com/Groups.html#PWA
Offered annually for unpublished writers.
Deadline August 1, 2000.
Guidelines for SASE or online.  Prize is publication by
St. Martins Press and a $10,000 advance against royalties.
Submission must be a novel in which the main character is
an independent investigator who is not a member of any law
enforcement or government agency, and who receives a fee for
his or her investigative services.
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Deadline September 30, 2000

George Jean Award for Dramatic Criticism
For the best piece of dramatic criticism (article, essay,
treatise, or book) published during the theatrical year, based
on works by authors, critics and reviewers who are US citizens
and whose works are published in books, newspapers, magazines
or other periodicals, or broadcast on television or radio.
Prize - $10,000
Time period - July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000
Administered by Cornell University Department of English
Contact:  Harry Shaw - 607-255-6801
Email: english_chair@...
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Deadline October 1, 2000

Alicia Patterson Fellowships - 8 to 10  print journalists are
selected by two panels of journalist judges after submitting
an application form, a biographical essay, a 3-page proposal,
3 clips, and four letters of reference.  At least 5 years of
professional experience required to pursue independent projects
of significant interest.
Prize - $35,000
Contact: Margaret Engel - 202-393-5995
Email: apfengel@...
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Deadline October 1, 2000

Pew Fellowships in International Journalism
For journalists with at least three years experience.  Up to
15 Pew Fellows come to the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington for
two four-month programs, one in the fall and one in the
spring, to study international affairs, and travel overseas
on a reporting project.  Priority is given to Fellows'
projects focusing on international environment, health and
human services, population and refugees, humanitarian and
human rights issues, economic development and trade or
cultural and religious topics.
Prize - $2000 a month in Washington and free accommodations,
overseas travel costs, and stipend of $2500
EMAIL - pew@...
Director - 202-663-7761
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Deadline December 1, 2000

The Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science

4 to 6 international journalists who write on peace,
international security, or nuclear affairs to the US for
three- months of research and writing.  The Fellows are in
residence at The Bulletin of the atomic Scientists in
Chicago.
Prize - Daily cash allowance, travel, housing, and one
research trip anywhere in the continental US
Contact - Hilary Metcalf   773-834-1746
EMAIL - hillary@...
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Deadline November 1, 2000

IRA Children's Book Award

Author's first or second book for children, published in 2000,
fiction or nonfiction.  Executive Office, International
Reading Association Headquarters, 800 Barksdale Road, Newark,
DE  19711-8139

(NOTE:  I have a copy of this application form and instructions
if you wish to contact me instead.)
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Deadline January 15, 2001

IRA Print Media Award

Outstanding reporting in newspapers, magazines and wire service.
Must be written by a professional journalists, meaning someone
who devotes the major portion of his or her time to that profession
and whose major source of income is writing.

Entries must focus on reading and literacy.  Can be a single
article or series of articles.  ust be published in 2000.  Entries
in any language welcome.

Contact:  Susan Brown, 333 Cougar Trail, Whitefish, MT  59937
406-862-6656 or 406-751-3501
Email - suebrown@...

(NOTE: I also have a copy of this application form and
instructions if you wish me to send to you.  Just email me.)
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William Gray Citation of Merit
Awarded annually to nationally or internationally known person
for outstanding contributions to the field of reading.
Deadline October 15, 2000.
EMAIL - exec@...

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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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Kansai Time Out, Japan

We are looking for articles which entertain while offering
insights into life in the Kansai. The subject range is very
wide, and thus articles on culture, business, the arts, food,
law, sports, cross-cultural understanding and travel are all
welcome. We assume our readers already have some knowledge of
Japan, and so are not looking for 'first impression' articles.
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/guidelines/kto.htm
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The School Magazine, Australia

"The School Magazine is a literary magazine for primary school
children that has been published continuously since 1916 by the
New South Wales Department of Education and Training: we believe
it is the longest-lived children's literary magazine in English
(there is an older one in Swedish). It is subscribed to by close
to 2,000 schools around Australia and a growing number of
families."
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/guidelines/school_mag.htm
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School Journal, New Zealand

The School Journal is a magazine for New Zealand schoolchildren.
It is published by Learning Media for the Ministry of Education
and is distributed free to all schools in New Zealand as well as
to schools in the South Pacific and Papua New Guinea. The
publication has two main uses. It is a magazine that children can
read for their own interest and enjoyment, and it is a classroom
resource, used in the teaching of reading, social studies,
science, and other subjects.
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/guidelines/school_journal.htm
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Ycraze.com is a new concept site, which recently launched
simultaneously in the US (New York) and UK (London) set to
move quickly into Singapore, India and Greece. With localised
offices and content but a global scope, Ycraze unites youth
culture, placing music from Athens on the same page as books from
Miami. Bringing 17-22 year-olds from around the world together to
discover more about their own culture and that of other
countries, Ycraze is looking to cover everything of interest to
Generation Y.
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/guidelines/ycraze_uk.htm
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THE YEAR OF THE ARTIST

The Year of the Artist is a regionally-run programme
celebrating living artists. The year will run from June
2000 and the aim is to put one thousand artists, covering
all art forms, in one thousand places during 2000/2001.
For further information on the Year of the Artist in your
region, contact your Regional Arts Board, or the national
office - Arts 2000, The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row,
Sheffield S1 2BX; tel: 0114 279 6511; fax: 0114 249 5370;
email: info@...
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he Eurasia Foundation is a privately managed grantmaking
organization dedicated to funding programs that build
democratic and free market institutions in the twelve
New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union
-- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Central to the Eurasia Foundation’s mission is the belief
that local communities are best able to determine their own
needs and priorities. The Eurasia Foundation promotes the
development of effective mechanisms for citizen participation
in political and economic decision-making by engaging and
strengthening civil society. In particular, the Foundation
encourages independent media to act as a voice for their
communities and community-based civic organizations to
advocate for public policies that further democratic and
market reforms.

The Eurasia Foundation’s civil society program emphasizes
projects that advance the financial sustainability of and
create a more nurturing legal and regulatory environment
for the civil society sector as a whole. Initiatives that
promote the development of individual organizations are
supported only when the missions of such organizations
promote the Foundation’s overall goals.

http://www.eurasia.org/grant.html


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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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Chicago Magazine
http://www.chicagomag.com/chicagomag/editorial.htm

Procedures. Usually we assign or buy articles only after they
have been discussed in editorial conferences, so put your queries
in writing and send us samples of your best published work. In
your query, tell us why you think your idea would interest our
particular readers and why you are especially well qualified to
write it.

Should we assign the story, you will be contacted by an articles
editor, who will negotiate deadline and payment and outline the
main features of the article we expect to receive. We will then
send you a contract to sign and return.

Payment is on acceptance. What we pay depends on the length of
your manuscript, the extent and nature of your research, and the
importance we attach to the subject. You will be reimbursed for
all reasonable expenses. Although we have paid both more and
less, the following ranges will give you an idea of our rates:

Feature articles (including sidebars) $350-$l,500
Supplemental sidebars                 $150-$250
Short articles (columns)              $275-600

Standards. These are not hard-and-fast rules, and they don't
apply to every article. If you have questions, discuss them with
your articles editor.

l. A well-organized story usually answers a single question --
often a very simple one. You may not know what it is at first,
but after a little research you and your articles editor should
be able to formulate one, and the answer ought to be the core of
your story.

2. Your research should help you support a point of view.

3. A good magazine story is a good story. It doesn't just
describe a state of affairs.

4. A good story usually focuses on individuals.

5. Good stories are rewritten stories.

6. Above all, a good magazine story is believable and fair.
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Children's Nonfiction Freelance Writer

East Coast Studios is in need of two or three experienced
children's book authors. Must be able to write low level
nonfiction material. Will be required to submit resume with
writing history. Experienced only, please.
E-mail (ecs@...).

(Thanks to Inscriptions ezine for this ad.)
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Copywriter

The Writers Bureau (http://www.writersbureau.com), a British-
based distance learning college, need an American copywriter
to adapt existing promotional copy for the American market.
Must be available to start immediately. For more information
contact Susan Metcalfe (sue@...). Please
include your resume or Website address.

(Once again, thanks to Inscriptions - Jade Walker, editor)
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Bon Appetit
6300 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles 90048

Upscale magazine for home entertaining, travel and restaurants.
Query with clips to Barbara Fairchild, executive editor.
Feature articles 750-2000 words.  Pays $500-1800 per feature
on acceptance for all rights.  Accepts manuscripts on disk
and email.  Desire humor, lively writing and sense of fun.
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Caribbean Travel & LIfe
330 W. Canton Avenue
Winter Park, FL  32789

Email - jb2@...
Features: 1500-2000 words - $750 and up
Department articles: 750-1000 words - $500
Short pieces: 250-500 words - $$100-250

First NA serial rights.  Additional fee for electronic rights.
Considers simultaneous queries and mss.  Responds 1-2 months.
Anything new, unusual and interesting about the Caribbean.
Not what everyone else is doing.



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If you haven't seen this yet, at:
http://www.idealist.org/firstjob.html you will find
a detailed introduction for people who are just starting
to look for a job in the nonprofit sector.

Take care, and all the best,

Ami, Russ and Lorene
Action Without Borders
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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters


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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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The most recent poll most definitely indicated a desire for
a longer newsletter.  Most would accept a two parter in
order to get more information.  Actually, that suits me
since I have so much info that gets omitted since most
have time frames, and I was having trouble including all
I had before it expired.

So welcome to a longer FFW.  The requests come in for
international grants, or screenplay contests, or grants
for nonfiction book writing.  As I tell everyone, I will
try to put something for everyone in the newsletters.

Another effort I undertook was creating a manuscript
entitled FundsforWriters - The Book.  In it, I go into
greater depth on nonprofits, obtaining grants, fee versus
nonfee contests and so on.  But I think the best info
offered in the publication will be the grant sites listed.

Yes, I divulge many of the sites I obtain information
from.  The info is listed by general sources, state sources,
and international sources.  If someone cannot find a good
source of funds from the hundreds listed, something is
absolutely haywire!

So please stay tuned for FundsforWriters - The Book.
I believe you will be pleased.


                     Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

  To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people
to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the
three great difficulties in being an author.
          ~Charles Caleb Colton~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hope:

I e-mailed Seth Coberg to find out what was happening with
MyCraft.com and received the following brief message:
out of business.  That was it, just: out of business.  Bummer.
I'm an avid crafter and was hoping to submit.  Oh well.

Thanks for the listings though, keep 'em coming!

Sable Jak

The Screenplayers - Writing tomorrow's films today.
http://www.screenplayers.net
Listen to: "A Phil Byrnes Mystery" on:
http://www.virtuallyamerican.com
Read: "Lessons From A Bug" on:
http://absolutewrite.com
check out great reading on
http://www.mysticvisions.com
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Dear Hope,

First, I love your name:  Hope.  That's the position I'm
in right now, and your newsletter gave me an inkling of
just that tonight.  I read the letter below *after* I read
my first issue of Funds for Writers, and I must tell you,
those were the sweetest words!

I've just relocated to Atlanta three weeks ago, and last
Sunday, I had a major head injury that nearly cost me my
life.  I haven't even found a job yet, and now I need to
rebuild my life, continuing as a writer, completely online,
for at least the next six months till my hair grows back
from where the doctors had to shave and stitch.

Obviously, you haven't helped me *accomplish* anything
yet...but you've given me some hope.

Thank you,
Michelle Young
--
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/stradbroke/2/index.html
co-author, _Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow: Meeting the
Challenge of Our Multicultural America & Beyond_ (Caddo
Gap Press, 1996); _Multicultural Moments from Around the
World_ (1997); author, _Daydream: To Our Mosaic World_,
K-12, in progress; TIPS columnist

NOTE:  If you can help Michelle with advise or contacts,
let her (or me) know.  Show her how great writers can be.



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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - Fly-By-Night on the Internet

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MyCraft.com and FUTUREPIX.COM (http://FuturePix.com) listed
in last week's issue of FundsforWriters proved to be dead
ends.  Since locating their ads about 2-3 weeks ago (I stay
at least that far ahead of myself with the wealth of info
available), the two went out of business.  While I am greatly
sorry and embarrassed about the inconvenience to you, my
absolutely wonderful readers and writers, I decided to rant
a little about the Fly-By-Night characteristic of opportunity
on the Internet.

Jade Walker, Editor of Inscriptions, published an article
on June 19, 2000 about the recent downturn of Internet sites.

"This has been a lousy two weeks for online content providers.
After a sudden drop in tech stocks, several Web ventures have
started to fire editorial staff members, switch to a non-paying
format or close up shop entirely.

I'm not talking about Mary Jane's E-zine of the Week, either.
The big Websites, places that received thousands of hits per day,
are laying off hundreds of freelancers. "

Last week, I mentioned how a subscriber was disgruntled about
nonprofits not being credible just because they carry the
nonprofit title.  I run into the problem of staying on top of
nonprofit URLs all the time.  They change almost as often
as my teenager changes his mind on what he wants to be when
he grows up.

The point I am trying to make here is always do your homework.
While even good businesses have events occur that drive them
out of business, the Internet seems to escalate the rate of
rags to riches and back to rags again over the tangible
businesses on the street.

Always double check your resources, and don't let too much
moss grow under their feet in your bookmark file.  All of
a sudden a site you quoted last week will send an undeliverable
or error message to you the next.  Gotta be quick!  The use
of bad URLs, data, and research can shoot holes in your
credibility as a writer.


copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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The Big Australian International Screenwriting Competition

DEADLINE September 30 2000 - Winner announced January 1, 2001
Screenplay

FEE: US$65 for entries submitted prior to July 31, 2000,
US$75 for entries submitted after July 31 and prior to
August 31, 2000, $US 85 for entries submitted after August
31and prior to September 30 2000

Sponsored by The Source World Wide Scriptservice Pty Ltd
Feature-length in US screenplay format - theme open
PRIZES: Grand Final Winner for Year 2K contest will receive
a 2-week trip for 2 to the destination of their choice.
Either Hollywood/Hawaii or Sydney/Gold Coast. Grand Final
winner will also receive $10,000 in cash as spending money.
10 Finalists will receive a $1,000 cash award. 20 Semi-Finalists
will receive an in depth script analysis by Source Reader
Department valued at $150. All contestants will receive a copy
of the Judges' scorecards.
ONLINE ENTRY preferred.
ADDRESS: International Screenwriting Competition, PO Box 356,
Woollahra NSW 2025 Sydney, Australia.
PH: 612-9326-1344 FAX: 612-9936-1483
WEBSITE: www.thesource.com.au/the-big-australian
E-MAIL: info@...

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Nominations and applications for the Horizon Highlight Award,
a feature of horizons: people and possibilities, a monthly
online magazine dedicated to community service and development.
The award will honor individuals and organizations "making a
difference" in their community. Nominations and applications
are due by the 15th of each month; winners will be selected
monthly and notified by mail. Each monthly winner will receive
an engraved award and a $250 American Express certificate; one
grand-prize winner will receive $1,000 at the end of each year.
Date: Open
Contact: Horizon Highlight Award
c/o Enterprise Foundation
10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 500
Columbia, Md. 21044-3400
(410) 964-1230
fax (410) 772-2701
http://www.horizonmag.com

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Applications for membership to receive product donations,
including computers, software, office supplies, clothing,
and personal-care products.
Who may apply: 501(c)(3) organizations.
Date: Open
Contact: Gifts In Kind International
Attn: TAP
333 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, Va. 22314
(703) 836-2121
fax (703) 549-1481.
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International Center for Journalists
The Ford Environmental Journalism Fellowship
1616 H Street, NW, Third Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Contact: Susan Talalay (202) 737-3700 - (202) 737-0530 FAX
E-mail: knight@...        URL: http://www.icfj.org
This program will send two fellows per year overseas for up
to three months to train journalists and report on critical
environmental issues. In consultation with ICFJ, fellows
will select their host country. While on assignment, fellows
work with host organizations, conducting workshops and
consulting with local media organizations. Preference will
be given to countries with little or no tradition of vigorous
environmental reporting. The program will pay a stipend plus
travel expenses. Application deadline: November 1.
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International Center for Journalists
The Senator John Heinz Fellowship in Environmental Reporting
1616 H Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC 20006
Contact: Susan Talalay
(202) 737-3700  -  (202) 737-0530 FAX
E-mail: heinz@...         URL: http://www.icfj.org
The Senator John Heinz Fellowship in Environmental Reporting
provides one fellow per year with the opportunity to spend
up to three months overseas, training journalists and
reporting on international environmental issues. The selected
fellow is posted in the country of his or her choice;
preference is given to countries or regions in the developing
world or in new democracies. While on assignment, the fellow
works closely with a host organization, conducting workshops,
seminars and lectures and consulting with local media
organizations. This program will pay a stipend plus travel
expenses. Contact the Center or visit www.icfj.org for
detailed program and application guidelines.
Deadline: November 1.
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ArtServe Michigan
Creative Artist Grants

Two Michigan writers recently received Creative Artist Grants from
ArtServe Michigan valued at $6000 each.
ArtServe Michigan, Creative Artist Grants,
17515 West Nine Mile Road, Suite 250,
Southfield, MI 48075.
(248) 557-8288, ext. 14.
Mark Packer, Program Director, Artist Services.
artists@...      http://www.artservemichigan.org
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Each writer receives $500. The annual awards are given to
African-American authors for books of adult fiction and
nonfiction that portray the African-American experience.
Only publishers may nominate books. The next deadline is
December 31.

Black Caucus of the American Library Association,
5 Washington Street, Suite 333, Newark, NJ 07102.
(215) 686-5432. Patricia Kelker, Awards Chair.
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Blue Mountain Center
Richard J. Margolis Award

A creative nonfiction writer wins the 2000 Richard J.
Margolis Award. The winner receives $2,000 and will spend one
month at the Blue Mountain Center, a writers and artists colony
located in Blue Mountain Lake, New York. The award is given to
a promising new journalist or essayist. (See Deadlines.)

Blue Mountain Center, Richard J. Margolis Award,
c/o Margolis & Cohen, LLP, 294 Washington Street,
Suite 610, Boston, MA 02108. (617) 350-5600.
Harry S. Margolis, Contact. http://margolis.com/award
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The Comstock Review
Muriel Craft Bailey Award

$1,000, and poem published in The Comstock Review.
The annual award is given for an unpublished poem.
(See Deadlines.)

The Comstock Review, Muriel Craft Bailey Award,
4958 St. John Drive, Syracuse, NY 13215.
(315) 488-8077. Kathleen Bryce Niles, Editorial Coordinator.
kniles1@...
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Headlands Center for the Arts
California Artists-in-Residence

The Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California.
Artists-in-Residence receive a studio/work space and stipends
of $1,500 to $2,500. The residencies are given annually to
California writers. (See Deadlines).

Headlands Center for the Arts,
California Artists-in-Residence,
944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, CA 94965.
(415) 331-2787, ext. 22. Laura Bradley,
Public Relations Manager. www.headlands.org
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Alice James Books
New England/New York Award

$1,000, and a collection of poems published by Alice James
Books, a not-for-profit poetry publisher run collectively
by its authors. The award is given for a manuscript by a
New England or New York poet. The next deadline is September 1.

Alice James Books, New England/New York Award, 98 Main Street,
Farmington, ME 04938. (207) 778-7071. Peg Peoples,
Program Director. www.umf.maine.edu/~ajb
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Mid-List Literary Award -$1,000, and manuscripts published
by Mid-List Press. The awards are given to writers who have
not published a book.
Mid-List Press, First Series Awards, 4324 12 Avenue South,
Minneapolis, MN 55407-3218.
Marianne Leslie Nora, Associate Publisher. www.midlist.org
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$1,000 grants from the Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial
Fund. Grants of up to $1,000 are given twice yearly to feminist
writers.
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund,
Individual Artist Grants for Women,
P.O. Box 630125, Bronx, NY 10463.
Susan Pliner, Administrator.
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National Arts Club
2001 Medal of Honor for Literature

The award is given for a body of work of literary excellence.
Past recipients include Margaret Atwood, James Merrill, Toni
Morrison, Grace Paley, William Styron, John Updike, Eudora
Welty, and Richard Wilbur. There is no application process.

National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003.
(212) 475-3424.
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  Fellowship Opportunities Available at the Center for
         Advanced Holocaust Studies

  Deadlines: July 15, 2000; August 15, 2000

  The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
  (http://www.ushmm.org/) was established to promote the
  growth of Holocaust studies, including the dissemination
  of scholarly output in the field, and to ensure the
  ongoing training of future generations of scholars
  specializing in the Holocaust. The fellowship program is
  designed for scholars at all stages of their academic
  careers. The museum currently has two fellowship
  opportunities available: Fellowship on the Persecution
  of Homosexuals Under the Nazi Regime (deadline: August
  15, 2000) and Flight and Rescue Fellowship for Foreign
  Affairs  Practitioners, Human Rights Professionals
  (deadline: July 15, 2000). Each program includes a
  monthly stipend and round-trip travel to and from
  Washington, D.C. Visit the Center's Web site for
  fellowship details and application guidelines.

  Contact:
  Sarah Weinstein
  The Visiting Scholars Program
  Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
  United States Holocaust
  100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
  Washington, D.C. 20024-2126
  Tel: (202) 488-6113
  E-mail:  akornblum@...

  RFP Link: http://www.ushmm.org/research/fellows.html
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The Amber Foundation is a nonprofit organization set up to
help women of vision start new online businesses or help an
existing one make a needed step forward.  Each month, the
foundation will award a grant to the best "mini" business
plan received.  Submissions will be judged in the
following three areas: completeness of plan, originality
of concept, and long-term prospects for success. Applicants
must first be a member of the WomensNet Network to be
eligibile (membership is free).  The first grant will be
$500, and may be spent according to the recipient's needs.
The foundation goal is to become an online incubator for
new Internet ventures.  Applications and guidelines are
available online.

Contact:
http://www.womensnet.net/amber fs.html
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Deadline - July 14, 2000

The Eli Lilly and Company (http://www.elililly.com) 2000
Reintegration Awards program recognizes programs and
individuals across the nation who have made outstanding
achievements to help reintegrate persons with schizophrenia
into their communities.  The awards will be presented
October 21, 2000 in Washington DC.  Winners will receive a
trophy, travel expense for two to the award event, and
grants to their institutions to further the success of their
process.  $5000 and $2500 awards.  An honorary $5000 award
goes to a journalist, government official, and a public
figure who have worked to raise awareness of schizophrenia
and related disorders on a national level.  The $5000 is
contributed on their behalf to a facility or advocacy
program of his/her choice.

Lilly Reintegration Awards
734 N. LaSalle #1167
Chicago, IL  60610
Email- lillyawards@...

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Deadline - July 10, 2000

WNBA and American Express Honor Women Entrepreneurs

Awards will be offered to two outstanding women:
a WNBA player who has established a successful foundation
or small business; and a small business owner who embodies
the entrepremeurial spirit.  Each winner receives a $10,000
cash award and a laptop computer.  Both will be honored at
a televised WNBA championship series game.  Write an essay
of 100 words or less explaining the nominee's achievement
and submit online at:
http://www.wnba.com/news/amex00.html

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Deadline December 15, 2000

Merrill Lynch Welcomes Applications for Innovation Grants

$180,000 in grants will be awarded to eligible PhDs who most
effectively present the potential commercial applications of
their dissertation topics.  Merrill Lynch wishes to stimulate
inventiveness by challenging these scholars in the sciences,
liberal arts and engineering areas to examine their research
in light of real world applications.

Winning proposal received $50,000, two second place prizes
of $20,000, and three third place grants of $10,000 and
six distinguished proposal grants of $5000 each.  Application
online at:  http://www.ml.com/innovation.

The following FundsforWriters poll is now closed.  Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: Funds for Writing has a tremendous
amount of information for its weekly
newsletter.  Would you like to see the
newsletter remain at its present size
or change?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Remain at the present size, 11 votes, 22.45%
- I would read a two part newsletter, 27 votes, 55.10%
- I would accept an attachment, 2 votes, 4.08%
- I want more in any free format, 9 votes, 18.37%
- No opinion, 0 votes, 0.00%



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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 12           -          June 18, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters


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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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<<Field Poetry Prize for a poetry manuscript 50-80 pages.
$1000 and publication. Oberlin College Press, Field Poetry Prize>>

Oh, darn darn darn.  A subscriber noted that the above
competition had closed by the time I sent it to everyone.
Please accept my apologies.  I won't make excuses other than
I am just as busy as the next guy.  I will do my utmost,
level best to bring you updated and current material, and
if something slips by me, please let me know.

<<Chicano Literary Prize
Our website information:
http://www.hnet.uci.edu/spanishandportuguese/contest.html
For future reference: all email must now be sent to cllp@...
Attention: Sandra>>

I also received the above information back from the Chicano
Literary Prize about an erroneous URL and updated email.

I am getting requests from all over as well for specific items.
I will do my level best to include them as well.  As the poll
indicates (see P.S. below), I have TONS of information, and
frequently I am preparing newsletters weeks in advance to
contain it all.  Hang in there with me, and I will attempt to
keep it coming to you.

(Sounds like an ebook is needed, what do you think?)

                     Hope
PS
Voted yet???
http://www.egroups.com/surveys/FundsforWriters?id=202534
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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

         ~Thoreau~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hi Hope,
I will be cutting down a film script I'm working on to
submit to the 'writers of the future' contest.
Thanks for all the helpful sources and contacts.

Do you have an 'archive' of past issues , or do you have any
info on fairly recent contests,grants,or writing courses in
the United Kingdom?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Tony

(PS - Archives are available at
http://www.egroups.com/group/FundsforWriters)

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Hi Hope...

As a new subscriber, I have been enjoying your newsletter.
Keep up the good work!

Kim Baldwin Radford
Tamatave, Madagascar



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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - Business As Usual

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I received an email from a subscriber who knew someone who
was possibly scammed by a nonprofit group.  The term
nonprofit, to that person, meant trustworthy and honest, and
needless to say, that person was grossly upset and disappointed.

Nonprofit does not mean the group is any better reputably than
the store down the street or the service around the corner.
A nonprofit still has to cash flow, be liquid and exist with
finances in the black like any business.

As I always preach, put yourself in their shoes.  Sure, you are
trying to accomplish good things through your nonprofit status.
You solicit funds and keep a bank account like everyone else.
What do you do when your expenses exceed your plans - or your
income falls short of your needs?  You are not only responsible
for managing this nonprofit "business" but you are also
charged with managing funds donated to you by trusting
souls who gave you funds to do great deeds for humanity.

While nonprofits are not in existence to make a profit
for an owner, they still are in business and use the same
tools to operate as a shop in the mall.  And nonprofits are
in competition with each other at times.  And a good net
income for the nonprofit can mean an increase in pay and
benefits for the employees of that nonprofit.  Nonprofits
still have credibility issues just like businesses have PR.

This individual commended along the lines of
"I fell into thinking that
Nonprofit + Ph.D. +  contract = ok to trust.
Check people out if you can!"

He/She is right on all counts.  Always check out who you
contract with.  Nonprofits are no different than any for
profit business. They are still a business and warrant
your caution as in any other business transaction.  While I
am not stating be paranoid about nonprofits, I am saying
consider nonprofits "Business as Usual."

copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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Applications for grants to link social-science research to
advocacy work in civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-
poverty efforts.
Who may apply: Advocacy and social-science-research teams,
advocacy groups with the ability to carry out research
themselves, and social-science researchers at universities,
research centers, and related institutions.
Date: Open
Contact: Poverty & Race Research Action Council
1711 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 207
Washington 20009
(202) 387-9887.

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Applications for support from the NewDeal Foundation, which
donates computer hardware and software to promote computer
literacy and provide Internet access to non-profit
organizations. The foundation's support entails the
installation of its Discovery Media Labs, which are computer
networks for organizations with limited access to high
technology, and donations of software from NewDeal Inc. and
other vendors that offer educational and office-based programs.
The foundation restricts the operation of its Discovery Media
Labs to the continental United States, but applications for
software are accepted from any country.
Who is eligible: Organizations that are tax-exempt under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or their
international equivalents.
Date: Open
Contact: NewDeal Foundation
1218 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Mass. 02138
(617) 661-6094
fax (617) 576-3899

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Nominations for the Daily Points of Light Awards Program,
which was reintroduced in January 1998 by President Clinton
to honor people and organizations engaged in outstanding
volunteer work and community service. Awards are made in six
areas: continuing relationships with caring people, safe
communities, a healthy start for a healthy future, quality
education for all, opportunities for young people to serve,
and community mobilization.
Who may apply: Nominations may be made by letter or by
obtaining an official nomination form. Although nominations
are accepted throughout the year, selections are made on a
quarterly basis, with deadlines of February 15, May 1,
August 1, and November 1. The program is sponsored by the
Points of Light Foundation, the Corporation for National
Service, and the Knights of Columbus.
Date: Open
Contact: POLF
Daily Points of Light Awards
1400 I Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington 20005
(202) 729-8184
fax (202) 729-8100
http://pointsoflight.org

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The Orion Society To Award Stories in the Land Teaching
         Fellowships

  Deadline:  August 1, 2000

  The Orion Society's (http://www.orionsociety.org/) Stories
  in the Land teaching fellowships are designed to help
  teachers foster an education of place through the study
  of local landscapes and histories, the reading of regional
  literature, and through the encouragment of creative
  responses from students to their home communities. The
  Society awards year-long fellowships to elementary and
  secondary school teachers in the U.S. and Canada each year.
  The $1,000 stipends are meant to be applied to activities
  and teaching resources that help the instructor achieve a
  bioregional sensitivity in the classroom. Application
  guidelines available online.

  Contact:
  Stories in the Land Teaching Fellowships
  The Orion Society
  195 Main Street
  Great Barrington, MA 01230

  RFP Link: http://www.orionsociety.org/teachfellow.html

  For additional RFPs in Education, visit:
  http://www.fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/education.html
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THE CANONGATE PRIZE FOR NEW WRITING*

Open to: All
Genre: Prose.  "Entries may be in any style or genre,
and deal with any kind of material, whether fact or fiction.
All new writing is welcome.  Journalistic investigation,
open essay, dramatic dialogue, travel writing, political
polemic, short story..."
Subject/theme: "Sin"
Length: 2,000 to 5,000 words; submit no more than three entries
Prizes: £2,000 each to 15 equal winners.  "Their work will be
made available for newspaper serialization, be examined for TV
and film potential, and be anthologised in a book."
Fee: None.  Deadline: August 31.  E-mail entries: Yes
Contact: The Canongate Prize, Canongate Books Ltc, 14 High St.,
     Edinburgh EH1 1TE, Scotland
     URL: http://www.canongateprize.com/prize.htm

*Source: Canongate Prize website
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EXETER POETRY PRIZE

Open to: All
Genres: Poetry
Subject/theme: Open
Length: Single poems up to 45 lines maximum
Prizes: 1st £2,000, 2nd £1,000, 3rd £500, £150 special award
(Exeter entrants), plus publication
Fee: £4 for first poem, £3 each thereafter
Deadline: August 31
E-mail entries: No
Contact: Exeter Poetry Prize, Exeter & Devon Arts Centre,
Bradninch Place, Gandy St., Exeter EX4 3LS, England;
+44 (01392) 219-741
e-mail: edac@...
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The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire was
founded in 1907 to provide a place where creative artists
could find freedom to concentrate on their work. This
remains its guiding purpose today. Writers, Composers,
Visual Artists, Photographers, Printmakers, Filmmakers
and Architects come to the Colony each year from all parts
of the United States and abroad. They take advantage of
uninterrupted time and seclusion in which to work and they
enjoy the experience of living in a community of gifted
artists. Colonists say that the opportunity to be in an
atmosphere where their work is of paramount importance
has changed their lives.

The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire offers
both emerging and well-established artists of all disciplines
an ideal place to work. The MacDowell Colony is the oldest
and largest artist colony in the United States. Over 4,500
creative artists have worked there including some of the
most celebrated artists of this century.  The Studios at
the MacDowell Colony-The Community in Residence.
Construction is completed on Calderwood, our new writers'
studio. MacDowell is pleased to offer financial assistance
to resident artists through our grants program. The Edward
E. Ford Foundation has initiated a fellowship for teachers.
Learn the History of the MacDowell Colony. How to Apply
(including Application forms, Guidelines, and Work Sample
Requirements). Please contact us to find out more on how
to apply or to support this unique institution which
makes an important contribution to the cultural life in
America.

http://www.macdowellcolony.org/
Voice: (603) 924-3886
Fax:  (603) 924-9142

The Admissions Coordinator
The MacDowell Colony
100 High Street
Peterborough, NH 03458
(603) 924-3886
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YEAR 2001 NEW JERSEY ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS
The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) has announced the
availability of year 2001 New Jersey State Council on the
Arts (NJSCA) individual artists fellowship guidelines and
applications.

The funding categories for 2001 include crafts, sculpture,
photography, interdisciplinary performance, prose, poetry,
and playwriting. The postmarked deadline for applications
is Friday July 14, 2000.

To be eligible, one must be an artist in one of the
disciplines offered and a permanent New Jersey resident.
To request a copy of the fellowship guidelines and an
application, call MAAF at 410-539-6656 x101

During May and June of 2000, NJSCA will hold a series of
technical assistance workshops throughout the state in
order to address the application process. For more
information, contact NJSCA at 609-292-6130.
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Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc.
National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
IRE/NICAR Minority Fellowship, 138 Neff Annex
Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO 65211
Contact: John Green, membership coordinator
(573) 882-2772           (573) 882-5431 FAX
E-mail: info@...        Web Site: http://www.ire.org
The IRE/NICAR Minority Fellowship covers travel,
accommodations, registration fees and membership costs to a
national or regional conference or a computer-assisted
reporting boot camp. The goal is to improve representation of
racial/ethnic minorities at gatherings of the nations leading
journalists. Criteria include: racial or ethnic diversity,
financial need, ability and demonstrated commitment to
in-depth reporting. Events are on-going; check Web site for
various deadlines.
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International
Studies, Pew Fellowships in International Journalism
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Contact: Program Director
(202) 663-7761          (202) 663-7762 FAX
E-mail: pew@...
URL: http://www.pewfellowships.org
Intensive four-month program funded by the Pew Charitable
Trusts that provides early-career U.S. journalists with
opportunities to study international affairs and travel
overseas on a reporting project. Fellows study at Johns Hopkins
University's school of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in
Washington in a two-month program of seminars, followed by five
weeks of travel abroad and a final study period in Washington.
Includes a stipend and expenses for travel. Deadlines: April 1
for fall program and October 1 for the spring program.
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Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Pulliam Fellowships for Editorial
Writing

16 S. Jackson Street,  Greencastle, IN 46135
Contact: Fellowship Coordinator
(765) 653-3333       (765) 653-4631 FAX
The $40,000 award will be used by the recipient to study in
a field of interest, to travel either in the United States or
abroad or both. The fellowship is designed to increase the
writer's understanding to better serve the reading public.
To qualify, applicants must have at least three years full-
time editorial writing experience. While there is no
application form, each applicant must submit: 1) a personal
biography, 2) a summary of professional experience, 3) five
samples of editorial or editorial series, 4) plans for using
the award, and 5) a letter of endorsement from the applicant's
employer. Entries must be in English. Deadline: July 3,2000.
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Awards for Original Magazine Work for Young People

Presented by the Society of Children's Book Writers and
Illustrators
SCBWI presents four plaques – one for fiction, one for
non-fiction, one for illustration, and one for poetry – each
year to honor members' outstanding original magazine work
published during that year. The works chosen are those that
exhibit excellence in writing and illustration, and genuinely
appeal to the interests and concerns of young people. Honor
Certificates in each category are also awarded.

http://www.scbwi.org/magmerit.htm
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The Golden Kite Award

An award for excellence in the field of children’s books
Presented by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators
The Golden Kite Award is the only award presented to children’s
book authors and artists by their fellow authors and artists.
Four Golden Kite Statuettes – for fiction, non-fiction,
picture book text, and picture-illustration – are awarded each
year to the most outstanding children’s books published during
that year and having been written or illustrated by members of
the Society Of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. An
Honor Book plaque in each category is awarded as well. A
certificate of acknowledgment is presented to the author of
the picture-illustrated award books.

http://www.scbwi.org/goldkite.htm
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Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

To encourage continuing excellence in the creation of children’s
literature, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators has instituted grant programs. An important
function of the SCBWI is to provide assistance and support to
those working in the children’s book field; therefore we are
pleased to be able to offer the following grants to our
membership.

  Don Freeman Memorial Grant-In-Aid
  Barbara Karlin Grant
  Work-In-Progress Grants

The General Work-In-Progress Grant and the Grant for a work
whose author has never had a book published are funded entirely
by the SCBWI. The Work-In-Progress Grant for a Contemporary
Novel for Young People is funded by the SCBWI and Judy Blume.
The Work-In-Progress Nonfiction Research Grant is funded by
the SCBWI and James Cross Giblin, in memory of his mother,
Anna Cross Giblin. The Don Freeman Memorial Grant-In-Aid and
the Barbara Karlin Grant are funded by the SCBWI and outside
donations.

SCBWI members may obtain grant applications by sending a SASE
to the SCBWI office or by emailing scbwi@... and
requesting. Only one grant may be applied for in any calendar
year. Grants are effective!

http://www.scbwi.org/grants.htm
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The Amber Foundation to Award Grants for Business Plans

Deadline: Open

The Amber Foundation is a nonprofit organization set up to
help women of vision start new online businesses or help
an existing one make a needed step forward. Each month,
the foundation will award a grant to the best "mini"
business plan received. Submissions will be judged in the
following three areas: completeness of plan, originality
of concept, and long-term prospects for success.
Applicants must be a member of the WomensNet Network to be
eligible (membership is free). The first grant will be
$500, and may be spent according to the recipient's needs.
The foundation goal is to become an online incubator for
new Internet ventures. Applications and guidelines are
available online.
Contact:

RFP Link: http://www.womensnet.net/amber_fs.html
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FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

A nonprofit that gives grants to freelance reporters for
original investigative stories and media criticism.  Grants
range from $500 to $10,000 for stories.  A special book award
is made in November each year for $25,000.  Board meets in
March,  July  and November,  Application deadline is the first
of the preceeding month.
Email - Fundfij@...
Peg Lotito - 703-750-3849
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INDIANAPOLIS NEWS PULLIAM JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS

Honors an editorial writer by helping to broaden journalism
horizons and knowledge around the world.  Must have 3 years
experience as full time editorial writer.  Prize $30,000.
Society of Professional Journalists
Mary Giles - 765-653-3333
Email spj@...
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NYFA FELLOWSHIPS

Artists' Fellowships -
$7000 cash awards made to creative
artists living and working in state of NY.  Grants awarded
in 16 artistic disciplines or practices.  Must have lives
in NY for at least 2 years.  Application deadlines in Oct.
each year.  Annoucements are made by mail in mid-April of
following year.  In the 2000-2001 cycle, the following
categories will be supported:
-computer arts, crafts, films, nonfiction literature,
performance art, poetry, printmaking, drawing, artists'
books, sculpture.  Applications downloadable by July 1.
EMAIL - nyfaafp@...
PHONE - 2112-366-6900 Ext 217

SOS Stipends -
Special Opportunity Stipends (SOS) - $50-500 to NY artists
for career advancement.  Three times a year - deadlines
in September, February, and May.
EMAIL tompkins@...
PHONE - 212-366-6900 Ext 216

Fiscal Sponsorship Program
An affiliation between a tax-exempt organization like NYFA
and the project (either an individual or non-exempt
organization) enables the pursuit of grants and contributions
from government agencies, private foundations, corporations
and individuals.  Application deadlines are in March, July
and Novembers each year.
EMAIL - sponsor@...
PHONE - 212-366-6900 Ext 230

(END OF PART 1)

FUNDSFORWRITERS - 1-12 - JUNE 18, 2000
PART 2 of 2

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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES LLC is "establishing a network of top-
flight business journalists worldwide to perform periodic
freelance reporting on business issues for corporate clients in
Europe.  We are seeking credentialed working (or former)
journalists with the knowledge base and contacts essential for
sophisticated, well-written business coverage of socio-economic
and political issues affecting all aspects of international
business. We are currently seeking individuals for coverage in
Greece and Israel. We also expect to initiate coverage of the
rest of Europe (EU), then move to other regions of the world."
For more information, contact Thomas Hasler, Vice President,
at thasler@....
     [Source: AJR Newslink JobLink]
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The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
         to Fund Fellowship Program

  Deadline: July 30, 2000

  The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
  (http://www.cceia.org/) will sponsor up to five non-
  residential fellows for the September 2000-2001 program
  year. The program is open to scholars, educators, writers,
  and policy practitioners engaged in work related to the
  moral dimensions of international affairs. Junior
  scholars, mid-career professionals, and those from
  developing countries are encouraged to apply. The program
  is open to all international affairs professionals world-
  wide (although fellows must be fluent in English).
  Candidates must submit a proposal for work to be accom-
  plished during the fellowship period. Visit the CCEIA Web
  site for program information and application guidelines.
  Submission forms available online.

  Contact:
  Fellowship Program
  Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
  170 East 64th Street
  New York, NY 10021-7478
  E-mail: info@... (subject heading: Fellows Program)

  RFP Link: http://www.cceia.org/fellows.htm
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Writers' Awards Scheme

To provide 15 Awards of £7,000 each to creative writers who
have had at least one book previously published. Awarded
annually, advertised in July. Closing date for applications
is Thursday 28 September 2000.

To add your name to the mailing list to receive an
application form in July, please send your name and address
to Writers' Awards, Arts Council Literature Department,
14 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3NQ.
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The Poetry Fund has been launched to raise vital new money
for future projects - more poets in residence, more poets
in schools, more projects to help poetry thrive. Initiated
by the family of Geoffrey Dearmer, we now have an endowment
fund the annual income from which we can use to fund a prize
for new poets. Already we have received over forty thousand
pounds from individual donations and small trusts in the
past eighteen months, and the Poet In The City group led by
the tireless Rosamund Smith has raised an additional £20,000
from companies and foundations in London for poets to visit
inner city schools. For more information:
Email-  poetryfund@...
URL-  http://www.poetrysoc.com/Fund/fund.htm
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               UPC SCIENCE FICTION AWARD
Open to: All
Genre: Short fiction
Subject/theme: Science fiction
Length: 70-115 pages
Prizes: US $10,000 (approx.)
Fee: None
Deadline: September 15
E-mail entries: Yes
Contact: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Board of Trustees,
     Gran Capita 2-4, Edifici Nexus, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
     +34 (3) 401-6343; fax +34 (3) 401-7776
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EASTERN REGIONAL LIBRARIES STORY WRITING COMPETITION
Open to: All
Genres: Short fiction
Subject/theme: Open
Length: 3,000 words maximum
Prizes: 1st AUD $1,000
Fee: AUD $5 per story
Deadline: September 17
E-mail entries: No
Contact: Eastern Regional Libraries Story Writing Competition,
     511 Burwood Hwy., Wantirna South, VIC 3152 Australia
     +61 (03) 9298-8444; fax +61 (03) 9298-8424
     e-mail: jill@...
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FREELANCE NEWS REPORTERS are sought for a new online news
source based in Cairo, Egypt, that will feature local, regional
and international news.  Freelancers should live in the country
about which they are reporting, and should be able to submit both
short (400-600 word) news pieces and feature-length analytical
pieces (1,500 words).  Interviews will also be essential. Our
coverage will be geared toward an Egyptian/Arab audience.  Rates
depend on writer's experience and length of piece, the amount of
research involved, and the amount of editing required.  For more
information, contact Klara Banaszak, International News Editor,
klara@....
     [Source: WritersWeekly.com]


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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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MYCRAFT.COM (http://www.mycrafts.com) wants freelance writers
to write on topics related to floral and nature crafts
(wreaths, vases, birdhouses, arrangements, organic soaps,
....) MyCrafts.com pays up to 40 cents a word and you will
receive a byline.  Email writing samples and/or crafting
experience to sethcoberg@....

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FUTUREPIX.COM (http://FuturePix.com) wants freelance readers
to read film treatments.  Payment is $12/hour.  Applicants
need excellent reading comprehension and writing skills, and
shold be film enthusiasts able to work quickly and efficiently.
Requires computer with internet access and download capacity.
College students or grads preferred.  Fax resume and or
qualifications to FuturePix at 201-692-3439 or email
ldell@....

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KEYSCOUTER.COM (http://www.keyscouter.com) wants writers
for articles on scouting.  Ideas are: the BSA Council,
families of scouts, district events, youth leadership,
outdoors, etc. Human interest pieces welcome.  Payment is
per piece and regular contributors are needed for as many
as 2-3 articles per week.  Pictures also desired.
Luis Camara Manoel, VP Corporate Affairs, KeyScouter.com,
801-374-7300 or 1-800-342-3740.  Email-luis@....

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FAMILY LIFE

1633 Broadway, 41st Floor, New York, NY  10019
For parents of children 3-12 years of age.  Seeks articles
on day-to-day issues that families face with personal insight
and professional opinion.  For guidelines, email
familylife@....

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EASTERN WASHINGTON PRESS

Seeks nonfiction mss (100 pages +) with regional interest to
the Pacific Northwest.  Pays publication and royalties.  Can
be essays, personal narratives, bios, histories, investigations.
Send synopsis, samples.  Email - spoole@....
Address: Eastern Washington University Press
      Nonfiction Editor
      526 Fifth Street, MS-1133
      Cheney, WA  99004

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KIWANIS

Buys 40 feature articles (avg 2400 words) paying $500-1000
per feature for first serial rights.  40% kill fee.  Authors
always handle major revisions.  Considers simultaneous queries,
mss, and previously published submissions.  Broad range of
interest.
Email preferred. kiwanismail@...
URL - http://www.kiwanis.org
Address to Chuck Jonak with clips.

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WRITTEN BY

Monthly for screen or TV.  Buys 20 feature articles (2-4000
words), 15 department articles (800-1200 words and 10-20
shorts (200-800 words).  Pays $800-1500 per feature, up to
$500 perdepartment article and up to $200 per short piece
for first North American serial rights.  Pays additional fee
for electronic rights.  25% kill fee.  Considers simulaneous
queries, simultaneous mss. and previously published.
Email - writtenby@...
URL - http://writtenby.com
Prefers email to snail mail.  Accepts fiction.
Responds 1-2 months.
Articles should be written from the screen or TV writer's
perspective.  No breaking into the business type stories.

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SPORTS AFIELD

Submit query by email preferably.  Buys 15 features (500-
2000 words) and 20 short pieces (200-300 words).  Pays
$1000-1500 per feature and up to $400 per short piece.
First NA serial rights.  Considers simultaneous submissions.
Accepts fiction.
Seeks wilderness sports stories.  Prefer settings in the U.S.
email - saletters@...
URL - htp://www.sportsafield.com

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NATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINE

For educated laymen with strong interest in natural and life
sciences.  Address query with clips to Bruce Stutz, EIC.
Features (2000-3000 words), department articles (1000-1500),
short pieces (800-1000 words).  Pays 50 cents to $1 per word.
Exclusive worldwide rights.  Considers simultaneous subs.
Responds in 2-3 months.  Authors need indepth knowledge of
subject and credentials or background.
Email - nhmag@...
Address - Central Park West and 79th St, NYC  10024



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8.  CONTACT FUNDS FOR WRITERS

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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@...
HopeClark1@...

7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

Copyright 2000, C. Hope Clark

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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 11           -          June 11, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters


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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation centers on
journalism - good news.  Their donations are substantial as
evidenced by the following two news releases:

-$500,000 donated to the American Society of Newspaper
Editors in Reston, VA to create a program in which
universities, schools and the news media will collaborate
to strengthen high school journalism.

-$9,000,000 (yes, millions) to the International Center
for Journalists in Washington DC to continue the Knight
International Press Fellowships Program, which sends
American journalists, news executives, and business
managers to Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and
other areas working to establish a free press.

Foundations give funds to nonprofits - which we have
learned.  However, some of those nonprofits have the
latitude to give these funds to individuals. Contacting
either recipient above could lead you to an opportunity
depending on your goals and visions.  At least they can
tell you who they have donated to and put you in touch
with the funding source perfect for you.

Through my little column, I will try to update you on
such major funds, and you can take it where you want to go!


                     Hope
PS - Vote in the new poll---
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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road
   Healthy, free, the world before me,
   The long   brown path leading wherever I choose.

         ~Wordsworth~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hope:
Enjoying both newsletters very much. Great job on 1stbooks.com.
I emailed Patrick M. East (my representative) a copy. He's
said he's going to pass it around. Looking forward to the
next article. Thanks so much for your inspiration - you
certainly filter it through both newsletters. I did see a few
ads I'm going to "check out" in FFW (FundsforWriters).
Enjoy your week.
Keep in touch.
Katherine:)

Katherine A. Borges /Author/ Bare Tree -
A Collection of Poetry

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To: HopeClark1@...

Really appreciate the list you have worked on and sent to
all of us.

Annie
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(Here is a wonderful note from Heather in Australia about
FFW.  Thanks, Heather.  I will seek out some more markets
in several countries thanks to requests from Holland,
Australia, and South Africa.)

Hi Hope,

The reason I decided to unsubscribe is simply that I
live in Australia. After several of your newsletters I
realised there simply wasn't enough in it for me.
Don't be sad. You're doing a fine job for all the
others. I just can't keep receiving it when there was
nothing much for me to grab onto. Keep up the good
work.

Heather Goldsmith


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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - Imagine It Is Your Money

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by C. Hope Clark

Many requests come to me requesting grants to write.  Let
me give some simple advice.  Reword that request and change
your mindset.  You will go a lot farther.

Request grants for a cause - for a purpose - not for writing.

Why?  Because the people with the money want to hear you
want to do good deeds.  They want you to help mankind.  They
want you to put their money to good use.

Imagine yourself as a foundation executive director.  You
have the power to say yes or no to individuals and groups
needing grants.  Think of yourself holding the checkbook
on funds given to you to determine who does and does not
get the money.  Really - stop and envision this scenario.

Would you give money to a writer to write?  Or would you
rather give money to a writer to communicate a message,
educate, instill hope, or gain support?  Does this writer
have a mission you wish to support?  Does this writer further
your foundation's goals and that of the people who entrusted
you with the money you write the checks for?

That is the thought process of the executive director,
board director, chairman of the funding committee.  So when
you make application or request for funds from a foundation,
corporation, nonprofit or council, is it a product you can
sell to meet their desires?

You are selling - they are buying.  Polish it till it shines,
then present it in a form that they will recognize as their
responsibility to see succeed.

copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Nominations Open for Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize

  Deadline: August 18, 2000

  The Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize was established
  by Independent Sector (http://www.indepsec.org/) in 1995
  to recognize outstanding published research that furthers
  our understanding of philanthropy, voluntary action,
  nonprofits, and civil society in either the United States
  or abroad. To be eligible, the research article, report,
  or book must have been published within the three
  calendar years prior to the year of the award. Recipients
  of the prize are researchers and practitioners who work
  in or with the voluntary sector and who through their work
  have demonstrated local, regional, national, or
  international impact and recognition. Two research prizes
  will be awarded: a first prize of $1,000 and a second
  prize of $500. Visit the Independent Sector Web site for
  program details and application instructions.

  Contact:
  Independent Sector
  1200 Eighteenth Street, NW
  Suite 200
  Washington, DC 20036
  Tel: (202) 467-6100
  Fax: (202) 467-6101
  E-mail: research@...

  RFP Link:
  http://www.independentsector.org/programs/reserach/VAH_Res
  earch_Prize.html
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THE 2000 DEFINED PROVIDENCE PRESS POETRY BOOK COMPETITION -
$1,000, publication, and 100 author's copies will be awarded to a
manuscript of 48-120 pages, single-spaced. A well known poet will
judge. Submissions should include two title pages, one with
identifying information and a brief biographical note, one with
title only for blind judging; table of contents; and
acknowledgments page. Manuscripts will not be returned.
There is a $20 reading fee (checks to Defined Providence), which
includes a copy of the winning book. Deadline: June 30, 2000.
Previous judges have included Mark Doty and Lola Haskins. The
initial print run will be 1,000 copies. Please visit the web site
for more information on the press: www.definedprovidence.com.
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Annual Nonfiction Award open to all.  Designed to encourage
writers on international relations and to increase the audience
for their books.  Must be submitted by publisher. Prize $50,000.
Contact: Lionel Gelber Prize, Meisner Publicity and Promotion,
112 Braemore Gardens, Toronto, Ontario M6G 2C8, Canada
416-658-5205 (fax) - meisner@...
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Field Poetry Prize for a poetry manuscript 50-80 pages.
$1000 and publication.
Oberlin College Press, Field Poetry Prize, 10 N Professor St.
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH  44074
440-775-8408 (fax)
http://www.oberlin.edu/~ocpress.
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Short Story Competition for writers who have not been
published in a publication with over 5000.  Fee $15.  Story
must not be published. Send SASE for more information to:
Carol Shaugnessy, Hemingway Days Festival, Lorian Hemingway
Short Story Competition, Box 993, Key West, FL 33041
calico2419@...      Prize $1000.
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Theme - Show Us a Literary Fantasy, New York City of Tomorrow
5000 words maximum.  Prize $500.  Fee. All entries considered
for publication.  Contact: Literal Latte NY3K Awards,
61 E. 8th St #240, New York, NY  10003.
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Chicano/Latino Literary Contest for unpublished collection
of short stories in Spanish or English by US citizen or
permanent resident.  175 pages min. $1000 and publication.
Also, transportation to California for award.  No fee.
Fabio Chee, University of California at Irvine, Chicano/
Latino Literary Contest, Dept of Spanish & Portuguese,
322 Humanities Hall, Irvine, CA  92697
http://www.nhet.uci.edu/spanishandportuguese/contest.html
Email - fchee@....
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Residencies for artists/writers from CA, OH, NJ and NC
(NC writers and visual artists only) in 2001.  No fee.
Receive roundtrip travel to San Francisco, a studio/work
space, living quarters, stipend of $500 a month, and
dinner five times a week.  Residencies from 6 weeks to
11 months.  For application, send SASE to Natasha
Garcia-Lomas, AIR Program, Headlands Center for the Arts,
944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, CA  94965.
http://www.headlands.org
Email - staff@....
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Short story, any theme, any length. Prizes $2000, $1000,
and publication in literary magazine.  Fee $15.  SASE to:
Linda Davies, Glimmer Train Press, Fiction Open,
710 SW Madison St #504, Portland, OR  97205
http://www.glimmertrain.com.
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Two prizes of $1000 for unpublished novel and collection
of short stories.  Also, a $5000 publication prize for
one of the winning manuscripts to aid in publication
and distribution of the work.  Submit novel or short
story collection of at least 60,000 words.  SASE to:
Guy Labeda, Utah Arts Council, Original Writing
Competition, Literary Competition Div, 617 E. South
Temple, Salt Lake City, UT  84102
http://www.ce.ex.state.ut.us/arts.
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Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel contest for unpublished authors.
Winning manuscript receives advance.  Submission must
have a disposable synopsis of the entire work, plus
the first few chapters, up to 60 pages max.  Typed,
double-spaced on white letter-size paper with SASE.
Finalists must submit entire manuscript.
Warner Aspect First Novel Contest, Editorial Dept,
1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY  10020.
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The Orion Society To Award Stories in the Land Teaching
         Fellowships

  Deadline:  August 1, 2000

  The Orion Society's (http://www.orionsociety.org/) Stories
  in the Land teaching fellowships are designed to help
  teachers foster an education of place through the study
  of local landscapes and histories, the reading of regional
  literature, and through the encouragment of creative
  responses from students to their home communities. The
  Society awards year-long fellowships to elementary and
  secondary school teachers in the U.S. and Canada each year.
  The $1,000 stipends are meant to be applied to activities
  and teaching resources that help the instructor achieve a
  bioregional sensitivity in the classroom. Application
  guidelines available online.

  Contact:
  Stories in the Land Teaching Fellowships
  The Orion Society
  195 Main Street
  Great Barrington, MA 01230

  RFP Link: http://www.orionsociety.org/teachfellow.html
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The Ohio State University Kiplinger Fellowships in
Public Affairs Journalism, The Ohio State University School
of Journalism and Communication
242 West 18th Avenue,  Columbus, OH 43210-1107
(614) 292-9087      (614) 292-3809 FAX
URL: http://www.kip.program.org
Fellowships are awarded annually to print and broadcast
journalists to attend The Ohio State University's 12-month
masters program. Fellows receive a stipend of $20,000. The
fellowship is open to journalists with at least 5 years
experience. A bachelor's degree and the GRE are required.
The academic year begins in mid-September.
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Tthe 2000 Rome Fellowship, a one-year residency at the
American Academy in Rome. The fellowship is given annually
to a "young writer of promise." There is no application process.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 633 West 155 Street,
New York, NY 10032-7599. (212) 368-5900. Betsey Feeley,Contact.
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The fourth annual APR/Honickman First Book Award. $3,000 and
publication of a poetry collection by The American Poetry
Review with distribution by Copper Canyon Press through
Consortium.  The prize is given to provide a wide readership
for a deserving first book of poems.
The next deadline is October 31.

The American Poetry Review, Honickman First Book Prize,
1721 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. (215) 496-0439.
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Arizona Commission on the Arts
Creative Writing Fellowships

Six $5,000 Creative Writing Fellowships from the Arizona
Commission on the Arts. Arizona residents who are at least
18 years old and not enrolled full-time at a college or
university may apply for the annual fellowships, which
alternate between fiction and poetry. The deadline for the
next round of fellowships, which will be given in fiction,
is September 14.

Arizona Commission on the Arts, Creative Writing Fellowships,
417 West Roosevelt Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003-1326.
(602) 255-5882. Jill Bernstein, Contact.
http://az.arts.asu.edu/artscomm


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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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AJUMP.COM, a travel site that specializes in helping people from
the U.S. travel to China or major cities elsewhere in Asia, will
pay writers $200-500 per project to compile detailed information
on destinations while working closely with editors. Proficiency in
MS Word and Excel is required; familiarity with Asian culture,
history and geography is preferred. FAX a cover letter and resume
to Michael Pan: FAX (510) 497-8901. Phone: (510) 497-8768
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ORIENTATION GLOBAL NETWORK (http://www.Orientation.com) offers
great opportunities for freelance writers to write bi-lingual
topic descriptions in their database. Send your resume and a cover
letter to Valerie Dyrdina (valerie@...). In
the subject please specify the language (other than English) you
intend to work in. Freelance salary: $10.00 to $30.00 per hour.
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INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES LLC (IRL) is establishing a network of
top-flight professional business journalists worldwide to perform
periodic freelance reporting on business issues for corporate
clients in Europe.

We are seeking credentialed working (or former) journalists
with the knowledge base and contacts essential for creating
sophisticated, well-written business coverage of socio-economic
and political issues affecting all aspects of international
business. We are currently seeking individuals for coverage in
Greece and Israel. We also expect to initiate coverage of the
rest of Europe (EU), then move to other regions of the world.

Emphasis is on high quality reporting and analysis. Assignments
will be made by e-mail, telephone, FAX or web page through the
IRL editorial desk. Reports will be sent to the editorial desk
prior to delivery to the client.

IRL will pay its correspondents above average free-lance fees.

For more information, e-mail Thomas Hasler, Vice President,
Intelligence Resources, LLC - thasler@...
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There have been poets in residence in a wide variety of
settings, from Marks and Spencer to the BBC, Chelsea Physic
Garden to Wymott Prison, the Surrey Hills to Worcester
Cathedral. Most residencies last for six months, with the
poet spending one day a week attached to the organisation
and one day writing about it.
http://www.poetrysoc.com/
email-  education@...
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The New Opportunities Fund is a Lottery Distributor created
to distribute grants to health, education and environment
projects across the UK.

By working in partnership with other organisations,
including other Lottery Distributors, the New Opportunities
Fund intends to support sustainable projects that will:

Improve the quality of life for people throughout the UK;
Address the needs of those who are most disadvantaged in
society;
Encourage community participation;
Complement relevant local and national strategies and
programmes.
We shall be working with national, regional, and local
partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors to
fund initiatives, fairly and efficiently. Particular
attention will be paid to those who are most disadvantaged
in society.
In order to achieve a fair distribution of grants, the New
Opportunities Fund always takes into account the different
institutions and circumstances that exist in England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We have offices in
each of the four countries, and set up country advisory
panels where appropriate.

For more information - http://www.nof.org.uk


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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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McMAHON MEDICAL PUBLISHING wants freelance writers to write
clinical and promotional pieces. Some client contact
(pharmaceutical companies) and physician/pharmacist interviewing
are required. Payment is 60 cents a word. Contact Damian McNamara
at dmcnamara@... with cover letter and resume.

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INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF GRANTWRITERS AND NONPROFIT CONSULTANTS
is seeking experienced grant writers to developed a telecourse on
the following topics: Developing Successful Grants, Developing
Foundation and Corporate Grants, Creating Budgets, Developing
State and Federal Government Grants, Grant Evaluation, Grants
Administration, and Desktop Publishing and Writing Styles in
Grants Development.

These courses will be heard 24 hours, 7 days a week through its
voice system. Courses may have graphics and supplement material
which will be accessible through a Fax Back system.

Pay Rate:

Course Length Pay Rate

30 minutes $210.00
45 minutes $230.00
60 minutes $250.00
90 minutes $275.00
In addition, the writer's background and contact information will
be listed in its brochures and web site.

Send resume along with the course title, length, and when you can
have it completed to jobs@...

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Tribal Blues, Inc., A film production company founded by Juno
Oliver, a Directors Guild of America feature film assistant
since 1993, is currently seeking strong character driven
scripts of most genres (NO sci-fi, fantasy, hard action or
horror) to be shot for less than $3 Million.  Stories should
have a humanistic touch.  Multi-cultural stories are of
particular interest.  Send query letter and one or two page
treatment to:

Tribal Blues, 149 5th Avenue, Suite 838, New York, NY  10010
Email - jo@tribal blues.com
Fax - 212-777-0331.

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A leading publisher of B2B newsletters is seeking freelance
writers to produce first-rate copy for its publications in the
following areas:  customer service and retention, employee
recruiting and retention strategies, ergonomics and how
pending OSHA regulations will affect employees, health care,
management techniques that are effective and cutting edge,
marketing strategies and trends.  Writers must have a proven
track record of producing outstanding copy on deadline.
Send resume, cover letter and writing samples to:
Richard Hall, HR Dept, Clement Communications, Inc., Concord
Industrial Park, Concordville, PA  19331. fax 610-558-9368.
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Code Magazine, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 900, Beverly
Hills, CA 90211. P(323)651-5400. F(323)655-8151. Website
http://www.codemagazine.com. Eugene Robinson, Editor in Chief.
75% freelance. A men's style magazine for, though not limited
to, men of color.  Circ. 250K. Monthly. Pays on publication.
Buys all rights. Accepts reprints. Responds within 30 days.
  Guidelines by mail with SASE to Editorial Department.
We need writing that is perceptive, trenchant and, most of
all, HUMOROUS...call it wry, whimsical, ribald, whatever.
Specifically, we currently are interested in fresh gadget/
product writers and travel writers. Pays $1/word for columns
of 750-1000 words and features of 1200-2000 words. Submit query
and clips by mail with SASE. PHOTOS/ART: Contact Albert Smith,
Photo Editor. Pay based on usage.
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AUTHORS NEEDED TO CREATE ONLINE COURSES

The Boston Reed Company is looking for content providers/
authors to write courses covering a variety of different
and exciting categories. Courses will be converted into
online classes to be featured on our website. Courses will
also be marketed online through the California Adult School,
and Community College systems. Combined the Adult Schools
alone send course catalogs to 24 million households in the
state of California. Clearly our association with the Adult
Schools gives us tremendous market potential. Please take a
moment to review our compensation proposal posted on our
authors website: http://www.bostonreed.com/authors

To join our team of content providers simply:

Send an e-mail with your proposed course title, contact
information, resume, and links to any examples of your work
to our Content Acquisition Project Manager Dana Bernard at:
danab@...

Michael Nottingham

For more information, e-mail Dana Bernard, Online Aquisition
Manager, Boston Reed Companyor


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8.  CONTACT FUNDS FOR WRITERS

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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@egroups.com
HopeClark1@...

7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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Hello from Montreal!!!  Hubby and I are up here for a few days - part
business,
part pleasure.  Internet is great, isn't it?  Enjoy this weeks issue!!!
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The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy represents
the fine lady Mrs. Bush has come to epitomize.  The
recipients of these grants appear to be across the board
as to educational groups, nonprofits, and government.  Just
listen to the work being funded in the name of literacy:

-To develop its Family Literacy Program for Hispanic
immigrants - $50,000 to ASPIRA of Miami, FL.
-To bring literary services to convicts at Fayette County
Prison: $49,686 to Fayette County Community Action of
Uniontown, PA.
-To expand the Gwinnet Even Start program by establishing
a book club, take-home literacy packets, and newsletters:
$39,000 to Gwinnet County Public Schools of Sugar Hill, GA.
-To develop the Family Literacy Center, which will provide
services including literacy instruction and a library:
$50,000 to Literacy Program of Clinch Valley Community
Action of Tazewell, VA.
-To expand the Refugee Family Literacy Project by hiring a
home-based literacy instructor and creating a library:
$34,844 to Turning Point of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, SD.

As a writer, can you envision a place for you in projects
like this?  Sure you can.  Instructors, writers, and editors
could find assignments in these projects.  When looking at
foundations and charitable groups in searching for funds,
always make sure you look at what they have already funded.
The list may give you some excellent ideas.


                     Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience,
that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship
but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely.

               -Henry David Thoreau-



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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To: Cindy
Subject: Charlee's interview

Hi,

I just wanted to congratulate you on a job well done.  You
brought out Charlee's passion for writing, her individuality,
and her uniqueness.  It's a great interview.

I've read all of Charlee's books, reviewed a large number,
and think she is great.

Thank you,

Patricia
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Hope,

I was wondering: I will be going away for a few weeks and
using a different account for my e-mail. Since I don't want
to miss a single issue of "Funds for Writers," should I
unsubscribe and re-subscribe at my hotmail account or is
there a way to have it forwarded there without unsubscribing?

BTW, love your e-zine a great deal! Keep up the good work!

Felicia Hodges
Newburgh, New York
jumphigh@...
jumphigh00@...



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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - THE 3 FACES OF A GRANT READER

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by C. Hope Clark

When you submit your grant for consideration, how do
you define your audience?  As a writer, you have to
consider the reader when creating your work.  Writing
a grant is no different.

Actually, a grant writer must write for three styles of
reader, each totally different.  And each is equally
important for the successful grant.

1 - The Sponsor - This reader is looking for a grant that
will meet the vision or goal of the organization.  As
possibly a charitable organization, the sponsor wants
the mission of the charity to be met within the grant.
As a corporate sponsor, the reader is looking for a grant
that gives a good image for the company.

2 - The Reviewer - This reader is looking for all the
right pieces fitting together.  Each grant has criteria
to meet, and this reader reads to identify that all the
requirements are met.

3 - The Accountant - This reader is looking for the best
bang for the buck.  If a budget is required in the grant,
this reviewer will take it apart looking for
inconsistencies.  Don't be surprised if this type
reviewed actually pulls out a calculator to see if the
numbers add up.

When writing a grant for yourself or others, keep in mind
these three personalities.  Omitting one can be devastating
in making the final cut.


Copyright (c) 2000 C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Jun 30, 2000 Deadline

BOOK PRIZE For an outstanding book in English on Japan or
Korea, published during the preceding year. Must be nominated
by publishers. Books may address either contemporary or
historical topics in any field of the humanities or social
sciences. Prize $1000.
Contact: Assn for Asian Studies, John Whitney Hall Book Prize,
Univ of Michigan, 1 Lane Hall, Ann Arbor MI 48109

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Jul 01, 2000 Deadline

FICTION AWARDS For an unpublished short story of 3000
words or less by a resident of the District of Columbia, Maryland
or Virginia. Prizes $500 + invitation to read at literary
conference, $100, $100, $100. Contact: Short Story Contest, F
Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference, The Writers Center, 4508
Walsh St, Bethesda MD 20815

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Jul 04, 2000 Deadline

3RD ANNUAL SCRIPT ACQUISITION CONTEST To encourage new,
groundbreaking scriptwriters & filmmakers to pursue careers
in the fine art of screenwriting. Must be 18. Prize $5000 for
each writing sample accepted as an outstanding production
option. Supplemental awards also. Fee. SASE to: American Dreamer
Independent Filmworks Inc, Box 20457, Seattle WA 98102 OR
206-320-0451 OR 206-320-7724(FAX) OR
http://Adfilmworks.com OR americandreamer@...

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DEADLINE: June 30 2000 - Winner announced by September 30 2000

Siena College International Playwrights Competition
(even-numbered years) Department of Creative Arts-Theatre Program

LENGTH: Full-length plays/3-10 performers/minimal sets
THEME: Open but "no musicals"
PRIZES: 1st $2,000 + production + plus (up to $1,000) expenses for
a campus residency.
Online entry available.
ADDRESS: Department of Creative Arts-Theatre Program, 515 Loudon
Road, Loudonville, NY 12211-1462 USA.
PH: 518-783-2381 FAX: 518-783-4293
WEBSITE: www.siena.edu/theatre
E-MAIL: maciag@...


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DEADLINE: Quarterly (October 1-December 31, January 1 - March 31,
April 1 - June 30, July 1 - September 30 Annually)

L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest

Short fiction, novella - for those writers not professionally
published (more than 5,000 copies) a novel or short novel, or more
than three short stories, or more than one novelet in any medium.

17,000 words maximum
"All types of science-fiction, fantasy and horror with fantastic
elements are welcome [but] we regret we cannot consider poetry or
works intended for children. Excessive violence or sex will result
in disqualification"
PRIZES: Quarterly prizes 1st $1,000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500 +
annual prize of $4,000
ONLINE ENTRY: No
L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of The Future Contest,
PO Box 1630 Los Angeles, CA 90078 USA.
WEBSITE: www.writersofthefuture.com/
E-MAIL: contests@...
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DEADLINE: June 30 2000 - Winner announced by October 2000

Academi 2000 Cardiff International Poetry Competition

FEE: £4 per poem - LENGTH: 50 lines maximum per poem
THEME: Open
PRIZES: 1st £3,000, 2nd £700, 3rd £300, 5 @ £200
No online entry but entry forms can be requested via e-mail
address below.  Also, "We can only accept sterling and regret
that monies in other currencies will be returned…Entries will
be accepted from writers of any nationality and from any
country provided that: (i) they are in English (ii) they have
not previously been published (iii) the author is living (iv)
they are not translations of another author's work."
Entry forms from: Cardiff International Poetry Competition,
3rd floor, Mount Stuart House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff
CF10 5FQ Wales.
WEBSITE: www.academi.org/english/academi.html
E-MAIL: competition@...

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Call for entries for Best Screenplay Award and Best Northcoast
Screenplay Awards.  All genres accepted.  Prizes include $1000,
screenplay reading at the Ohio Independent Film festival in
November, submission to LA literary agent, screenwriting
software and industry script analysis.  Entry fee.  For more
information, contact: Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards,
1121 Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH  44109
216-781-1755
http://www.ohiofest.com
OhioIndieFilmFest@....
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Residency program for writers who have lived in North Carolina
for a year or more.  Grants of $7500 for 3-month residency,
$6000 for 2-month residency, $2400 for 1-month residency.
Contact: Deborah McGill, North Carolina Arts Council,
Residency Program, Dept of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, NC
27699   919-733-2111 X22
http://www.ncarts.org      -     debbie.mcgill@...
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Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  (http://www.wkkf.org/) and administered by the Department
  of Adult Education and the University of Georgia, the
  Cyril O. Houle Scholars in Adult And Continuing Education
  Program is designed to foster the development of emerging
  scholars who will make a significant contribution to the
  field of adult education. The award may be used to fund
  research and/or demonstration projects and support pro-
  fessional development activities. By identifying and
  nurturing a diverse cadre of scholars in adult education,
  the program seeks to make an important investment in the
  future of the field. Nine award recipients (two from
  southern Africa, two from Latin America, and five from
  the U.S.) are selected each year. These individuals must
  have received their degree (bachelor's minimum in Latin
  America and southern Africa, master's minimum in the U.S.)
  in adult education or a closely related field on or after
  January 1, 1994, and must currently be employed in adult
  education. Awards of $20,000 per year for two years will
  be given to scholars to support research and/or demon-
  stration projects with promise to advance the field
  of adult education. Visit the RFP link below for specific
  program guidelines and application materials.

  Contact:
  Cyril O. Houle Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education
  Program
  Department of Adult Education
  The University of Georgia
  423 River's Crossing
  850 College Station Road
  Athens, GA 30602-4811 USA
  Tel: (706) 542-2214 or (800) 816-3382
  Fax: (706) 542-4024
  E-mail: hsp@...

  RFP Link: http://www.coe.uga.edu/hsp/

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Arts and Humanities Research Board (England)

The Research Grant scheme is open to members of the academic
staff of HEIs (Higher Education Institutions). If you are
not a salaried academic member of staff at an eligible HEI
you can also apply. However, you must be able to demonstrate
a strong and current link with the host HEI and it must
support and endorse your application.

To apply for a research grant you should be actively
engaged in research and be of postdoctoral standing. This
does not mean that you must have a doctorate, provided that
you can demonstrate equivalent research experience and/or
training. You should also be the person who will direct the
research project and be actively engaged in carrying it
through.

The Board will support research that seeks to improve or
enhance or develop creativity, insights, knowledge and
understanding in the artistic and creative activities,
history, languages, literatures, and systems of thought
and belief of human beings, both present and past.

The Board has established the following nine specialist
peer review panels to assess grant applications:

Panel 1 - Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
Panel 2 - Visual Arts and Media
Panel 2a - History of Visual Arts and Media
Panel 3 - English Language and Literature
Panel 4 - Medieval and Modern History
Panel 5 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
Panel 6 - Librarianship, Archives and Information Science
Panel 7 - Music and Performing Arts
Panel 8 - Philosophy, Religious Studies and Law

(NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:  While I could not find an amount,
I did note that many grants already granted in 1999 and 2000
were around £5000.)

For more information: http://www.ahrb.ac.uk.
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MATTHEW FAMILY FELLOWSHIP FOR ISRAELI SCHOLARS
The Matthew Family Fellowship for Israeli Scholars, made
possible by a generous endowment from the Matthew Family
Charitable Trust, is intended to foster greater cooperation
between Yad Vashem and other Israeli research and educational
institutions and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The fellowship provides support for an Israeli scholar to
conduct research using the resources of the Museum and other
collections in Washington, D.C. Candidates must be citizens
of Israel and hold a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree, or
have equivalent recognized professional status.

Amount: $5,000
Term: Four to six weeks
Deadline: November 15, 2000

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
Renée Taft, Visiting Scholar Programs
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126

Telephone: (202) 314-0378
Fax: (202) 479-9726
E-mail: rtaft@...

For information on other Center for Advanced Holocaust
Studies programs, contact:

Office of the Director (202) 488-6566
Office of the Historian (202) 314-7866
Publications (202) 488-6585
University Programs (202) 314-7829
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Annual Asian History Book Prize for an outstanding book
on the history of China Proper, Chinese Central Asis,
Japan, Korea, Mongolia, or Vietnam since 1800.  Open to
al.  Cash stipend.  Contact: John K. Fairbank Prize in
East Asian History, American Historical Assn, 400 A. St.SE
Washington DC  20003  - 202-544-8307 (fax)
http://chnm.gmu.edu/chnm/aha     -  aha@...
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Short Stories Wanted: $35,000 In Prizes

Every writer wants to be published. Most like to be rewarded
for their effort. How does $5,000 sound?

WORLD WIDE WRITERS, a British anthology of short stories,
is published six times a year. The publication differs from
others of its kind because it's in book format and each issue
has a short story submitted by two recognized authors --
Alice Munro, William Trevor, Barnaby Conrad, Thomas E Kennedy,
Margaret Graham, Susan Dodd, Ian Rankin, Dick Francis, Helen
Dunmore and John Mortimer to name but a few.

Prize-winners not only have the satisfaction of being
published and paid, they have the additional cachet of
appearing alongside great writers. We charge a reading fee
of $10 a story and EVERY submission is read and evaluated
by an experienced writer. Each issue has $5000.00 in prizes.

Those interested in WORLD WIDE WRITERS can obtain further
information from our U.S. office: World Writers, USA,
P O Box 267, Edgewater, MD 21037-0267
(e-mail: worldwriters@...) or from our web page,
http://worldwriters.net.

John Jenkins, World Wide Writers
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LIFELONG LEARNING


Education and Employment Department
Tel: 020 7973 6821
E-mail: info.education@...
Arts Technologies and Learning Societies Initiative(ATLAS)

A proposal driven fund for the development of digital
technologies within an arts learning context. The ATLAS
fund will be used strategically to facilitate the
development of on-line communications for arts
organisations operating within the cultural sector.

Funds will be restricted to arts organisations (including
the voluntary sector) providing arts learning opportunities,
arts learning information or arts careers information. A
particular priority will be early years arts learning. A
maximum of £6,000 is available to each organisation.

To reduce the administrative burden on arts organisations
wishing to apply for funds, please consult a member of the
Education and Employment Department before submitting proposals.

There is no deadline for the receipt of proposals; funds will
be allocated on a rolling basis until they are fully committed.
ATLAS projects must be completed before the end of March 2001.


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Intuition is a magazine dedicated to exploring and furthering
the higher potential of the human mind.  Although we deal with
topics such as intuition, creativity, and spiritual
development, we try to appeal to a broad readership, since it
is our belief that everyone can relate to these issues in
their lives.  We aim at exploring ways in which these areas of
human experience can improve the quality of life in all areas
of human endeavor: business, education, the arts, physical,
mental, and emotional health, and personal growth.

Articles range in length from 700-5000 words, depending upon
the topic, and payments range rom $25 for book reviews to
$1200 for cover feature-stories.  We welcome unsolicited
ideas from freelancers.  Submit queries with idea, length
and possible interviewees or contacts. Include brief bio,
smaples, and SASE.  No manuscripts except for personal
essays. Response in 4-6 weeks.

http://www.intuitionmagazine.com
Email - IntuitMag@...

Editor, Intuition Magazine
275 Brannan Street, 3/FL
San Francisco, CA  94107

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e-doc,

1100 Wayne Ave, Suite 1100,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
P(301)587-8202. F(301)587-2711.
Email bduhon@....
Website http://www.edocmagazine.com.
Bryant Duhon, Editor.
e-doc magazine covers the document technology underpinnings
of the new economy. We take an application-focused view of
technology, discussing not just what the technology can do,
but what the technology can do for our readers -- primarily
an audience of decision-makers. Circ. 50K. Bimonthly. Pays
on acceptance. Publishes ms 2 months after acceptance. Buys
all rights but the author retains the right to "use research
gathered for the story in other works as well as the right
to use the work in presentations or future works by the
author." No reprints. Responds "no more than a few days."
Sample by email and at website. Subscription free to
qualified subscribers; $120 other. Guidelines at website.
Pay varies, but in general, $0.70/word for articles for
around 1000-2000 words. Submit query with writing samples,
writing interests, and bio by email to bduhon@....

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Inside Stuff, 355 Lexington Ave., 9th Floor, New York,
NY 10017. Website is Inside Stuff section of
http://www.NBA.com. Anna Gebbie, Managing Editor. 70%
freelance. NBA basketball coverage targeted at 14-18 year
olds. Welcomes new writers. Circ. 300K. Bimonthly. Pays on
publication. Publishes ms 3 months after acceptance. Buys
all rights. No reprints. Responds 3 weeks. Sample at
newsstands. CURRENT NEEDS: Celebrity player profiles. Pays
$0.50/word for articles of 250-2000 words. Submit cover
letter, query and resume by mail with SASE.

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CREATIVITY, a monthly magazine for advertising copywriters, art
directors, graphic designers, and those in the periphery of
advertising's creative side, is looking for freelance writers.
Although the magazine is a trade, it has a distinct pop culture
bent and plenty of attitude; in that sense, Creativity has just as
much in common with the old Spy magazine or the present
Entertainment Weekly as with its big-sister publication,
Advertising Age. If you're a writer who can deliver smart,
entertaining, to-the-point articles about issues close to the
heart of advertising creatives, and your prose does not have the
odious smell of rehashed press releases or yawn-inducing stroke
jobs, the editor wants to hear from you. Length of the pieces
varies from 600 to 2,500 words. Pay is fifty cents a word and up,
depending on your experience and the quality of you work and
ideas. Knowledge of the advertising industry a big plus but not a
requirement. Respond to rogier@... with CREATIVITY JOB
in your subject line. Introduce yourself in a few brief
paragraphs, but also give us the proof of the pudding: include two
(ONLY TWO) of your best clips in text (paste job preferred), or
attached in WordPerfect/Word format; Web URLs leading DIRECTLY to
samples of your writing are acceptable also.
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A top national consumer publication is seeking freelance writers
specializing in self-improvement and psychology issues. Candidates
must have 7+ yrs exp writing for major consumer publications and
the ability to write tight, clear, sophisticated, 1500- word
"how-to'' articles based on phone interviews with leading experts.
"We pay our freelancers very well, but require the best in
return." Please send resume and clips to: P.W. Richards, 55
Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.
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Call for writers for 15 minute weekly radio program.  Submit
short stories, poetry.  Contact: Jan Lyle, Dublin South
Community Radio, 01-4930377 OR  astorytotell@....
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Columbia Film Society
(Columbia, SC)
The Columbia Film Society (CFS) seeks Executive Director with
experience and proven potential as a manager, communicator,
fund-raiser, leader, and team player. Extraordinary opportunity
to have an impact on the community arts scene. Responsibilities
include working with the Board and other staff to establish
goals and plans for new and existing programs, leading and
motivating staff and volunteers to achieve these plans, raising
and managing an annual budget of $180,000, and overseeing
community outreach and volunteer development.

The CFS is an exciting, well-supported grassroots organization
that seeks to provide films and videos in a context stimulates
community debate and artistic appreciation. Founded in 1979 as
a non-profit media arts organization, the CFS operates a
repertory film theater (www.nickelodeon.org) and sponsors a
variety of education programs, including visiting media artists,
community forums about social issues raised by films and videos,
and courses in media production. Staff includes Education
Director, Theater Manager, and four part-time employees.

The excellence of our culturally-diverse programming has been
well-recognized in the region, and our recent emphasis has
been on becoming a recognized community center for media
literacy and media arts education. The metropolitan area has
a population of 500,000 and includes the University of South
Carolina (25,000 students) and the state government.

Immediate opening. Salary starts at $22,000-25,000 (depending
on experience) for a full-time position, plus health insurance
and annual leave. The CFS is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative
Action employer. Send a resume and three references to David
Whiteman, President (fax 803-254-0299 or e-mail whiteman@...

Review of applications will continue until the position
is filled.
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Truckin Magazine, 774 S. Placentia Ave., Placentia, CA 92870.
P(714)939-2400. Email truckinmail@.... Website
not yet launched; will be at http://www.GR8RIDES.com. Dan
Sanchez, Editor. 25% freelance. OEM Testing, Custom light-duty
Trucks, Performance Upgrades, Race Trucks. Welcomes new writers
but they "must prove themselves first." Circ. 180K. Monthly.
Pays on publication. Period between acceptance and publication
varies. Buys first N.A. rights No reprints. Responds 5-7 days.
Sample $3.95; $4.95 Canada. Guidelines for SASE to John
Zamarra, Editorial Assistant. CURRENT NEEDS: "Good vehicle
photographers." Pays $350-1500 depending on article and length
for features to 4000 words. Submit query by email, fax or mail.
PHOTOS/ART: Quality, color slides or high-resolution. Pay
depends on usage. HINTS: "Contact us first before you submit
anything. Keep in mind that we are working four months in
advance. Be consistent and submit everything in a clear,
organized fashion."
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Power & Motoryacht, 260 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York,
NY 10016. P(917)256-2276. F(917)256-2282.
E-mail dbyrne@....
Website is currently under construction--will be operational
by the end of the year as http://www.pmyonline.com.
Diane M. Byrne, Executive Editor. 25-30% freelance. The
leading consumer powerboat enthusiast magazine in the United
States, Power & Motoryacht concentrates on boats 24 feet and
larger, particularly the 35-foot-plus market.  Welcomes new
writers; expertise in the boating field is preferred but not
mandatory. Circ. 157K. Monthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes
ms 2 months after acceptance. Buys first N.A. print and
permanent electronic rights. Rarely accepts reprints. Responds
1 month. Sample by mail with 9x12 SASE. Subscription $21.95;
$29.95 Canada; $39.95 other. Guidelines by mail with SASE or
by email.  We need writers who are technical experts in
the areas of maintenance and engineering who can clearly
explain complex topics in a way that is engaging, not dry.
Pays flat fee of $500-1000 for features of 750-1400 words.
Submit query by mail with SASE. Does NOT accept unsolicited
mss.
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THE INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS seeks
a reporter/writer with a minimum of three years' experience to
provide editorial and administrative support to an international
investigative reporting network.  Foreign language a plus.  Send
resume/writing samples to ICIJ, 910 17th St. NW, 7th Floor,
Washington, DC 20006; e-mail info@... or fax (202) 466-1102.
     [Source: Inscriptions]


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TELL THE WORLD about your great product or idea.
Pros write your press release and send it to 5,000
media. Make your name a household word with your
own ezine article to 1,300 editors. Low prices, top
writers, unbeatable results!
http://coldfusion.affiliateshop.com/Link3.cfm?AID=004871

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Webletter' notifies the writing world weekly of the latest
in Word Weaving webzine where contributors post enlightening
reviews, interviews, insights, and guides.  Entwine yourself
in the artistry of writers who can show you how to weave the
written word.

http://www.wordweaving.com
WordWebletter-subscribe@egroups.com

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FREE MEDIA coverage will make your sales soar!
We send your professional press release to 5,000
media. Your ezine article to 1,300. Low prices,
unbeatable results!
http://coldfusion.affiliateshop.com/Link3.cfm?AID=004871

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Got an Ezine?  Newsletter?  Discussion List?
Add it Free to EzineLinks Searchable Database!
http://EzineLinks.com
Funds for Writers is located there.


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The Net's biggest names promote YOUR business.
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Funds for Writers is listed at FreeZinesOnline.
http://Globemark.net/FreeZinesOnline.htm

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Interested in advertising in Funds for Writers?
Contact Hope Clark at HopeClark1@....

To purchase ad space, email fundsads@...
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Word Weaving Webzine seeks articles, book reviews, and
web site reviews for its publication.  For Guidelines, visit
http://www.wordweaving.com/submission_guidelines.html
or email editor Cindy Penn at WordWeaving@....

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AUTORESPONDERS -
For Funds advertising rates, send blank email to:
     Fundsads@...

For a sample Funds for Writers, send blank email to:
     Fundssample@...


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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@egroups.com
HopeClark1@...

7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

Copyright 2000, C. Hope Clark

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The following FundsforWriters poll is now closed.  Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: Contests come with or without an entry
fee.  Many opinions exist as to what is
proper. Do you submit to contests with
entry fees?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- No, 11 votes, 42.31%
- Yes, 3 votes, 11.54%
- Depends on the amount of the fee, 7 votes, 26.92%
- Depends on the amount of the prize, 0 votes, 0.00%
- I compare the fee with the size of the prize, 4 votes, 15.38%
- I don't enter contests, 1 votes, 3.85%



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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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The North Africa Journal
Editorial Board
John F. Kennedy Station
25 New Chardon Street, BX 8012
Boston, MA 02114, USA

Fax:           1-508-270-1462
Contact:       Rose Ryan, Executive Editor
Email:         submit@...
Web Site:    http://north-africa.com/
Guidelines:  http://www.north-africa.com/submit2.htm

The North Africa Journal's mission is to gather and disseminate
current ideas and opinion on North Africa's economies, business
practices, and political situation.

We do pay fees for free-lance writers but we don't have a
specific set of fees. Authors propose documents and how much
they seek and we usually pay what they request. Occasionally we
agree on a fee even before the article is written.

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Center for the Pacific Rim

Winners receive $15,000.  Cosponsored by the Kiriyama Pacific
Rim Foundation and the University of San Francisco Center for
the Pacific Rim, the prizes are given for a book of fiction
and nonfiction that "best contribute to fuller understanding
among the nations and peoples of the Pacific Rim.  Publishers
may nominate books published between November 1, 1999 and
October 31, 2000 by July 1, 2000.

Center for the Pacific Rim, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prizes,
University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San
Francisco, CA  94117-1080 - 415-422-5984.
Jeannine Cuevas, Project Coordinator, cuevas@...
http://www.pacificrimvoices.org

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Short Fiction for Radio Competition - Open to all
Commonwealth citizens.  Open theme.  650 words max (4 minutes
30 seconds).  Cash prizes.  No fee.  Contact:
The Secretary-General, COmmonwealth Broadcasting Assn,
17 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AA, England
44-0171-583-5549 (fax)
http://oneworld.org/cba/dev_pubs/storules.htm
OR cba@....
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  AWARDS FOR ALL


Awards for All is a scheme jointly run by several lottery
distributors in England. The scheme offers a one-stop-shop
service, distributing grants of between £500 and £5,000 to
community and voluntary groups for arts, charities, sports
or heritage activities.
Until June 2000 the scheme is part of the Millennium Festival
and activities must mark or celebrate the Year 2000. A
continuation of the scheme will be announced during the
summer, to start operating in the autumn.

Priority will be given to organisations with a turnover of
less than £15,000 per annum. There are no deadlines for the
scheme and it aims to reach decisions within 12 weeks of
submission of an application.

Further information is available on 0845 600 2040, or from
the website at www.awardsforall.org.uk



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ENGLISH: The University of Southern Indiana invites
applications for a full-time, nontenure position, with
possibility of renewal, as Instructor in Creative Writing
with an emphasis in fiction. Duties include teaching classes
in English composition and creative writing and assisting
with the annual Ropewalk Writers Conference and Southern
Indiana Review. M.F.A. required; some publication desirable.
The University is committed to excellence in teaching,
scholarship, and professional activity, and service to the
University and the community. Applications accepted until
position filled. Women/minorities encouraged to apply.
Submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names/
addresses of three professional references to: Dr. Thomas
Wilhelmus, Acting Chair, English Dept., University of Southern
Indiana, 8600 University Blvd., Evansville, IN 47712. AA/EOE
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Job description:
Responsible for full copy editing of information architecture
reports, strategic vision reports and other projects as
deemed appropriate by Editorial Director. Checks all client
-generated copy for clarity of style and meaning. Provides
cursory or full editing depending upon need. Rewrites or
modifies copy to clarify meaning and to conform to
publication's or client's style and editorial policy. Confers
with Editorial Director and/or writer of original document
regarding any changes made to copy. Coordinates naming/
brainstorming sessions with Editorial Director and appropriate
Account Manager. Works as a liaison between Editorial team
and Copy Editing/Proofreading Team. Maintains standards of
excellence, quality and consistency. Mediates discussions
relating to style and usage, involving Editorial Director
when appropriate. Develops formats and style sheets, or
oversees such development.

Experience required:
- 4 year degree in English literature, journalism, and/or
writing
- Minimum three years experience in related field
- Must possess strong writing/editing skills
- Must possess strong knowledge of grammar and usage
- Experience working with creative writers
Salary range: $28,200-41,000

Contact
Michelle Cavarnos
Yamamoto Moss
252 First Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: 612.573.6207
Fax: 612.342.2424
E-mail: mcavarnos@...
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Well, here's your big chance. Consider this your
opportunity to apply for a freelance position as an
entertainment writer for AOL's Digital City, your local
online city guide for any of these cities: Dallas/Ft Worth,
New Orleans, Houston, New Orleans, Austin, Charlotte,
San Antonio, Memphis and Oklahoma City.

It's easy! If entertainment writing is your thing, just
send an e-mail with two writing samples in the body of
the message (no attachments, please). The samples should
be of an attraction, bar, event, museum or park that's not
already written about in Digital City. Write between
75 and 150 words. If we like what we read, we'll assign you
to rock your city with your words!

We're looking for freelancers to cover the following areas
(please specify which area for which you would like to be
considered):

Bars/Clubs
Local Features/Special Events
Galleries/Museums
Kids & Family
Sports/Recreation/Outdoors
Lectures/Book Signings & Readings
Theatre/Performance

If you have an eye for photography, just send an e-mail with
two photograph samples attached in GIF or JPG file format
(attachments only for photographs, please). The samples
should be of an attraction, bar, museum, or park.
Show us how you see your city!

Send your samples off today with "DIGITAL FREELANCING" in the
subject line of your e-mail (remember, you don't have to be
a professional to apply!) to:

Justin McKinley
DCLAFreelance@...
Editor
Digital City

P.S. Did we mention, it's for AOL? :-)

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Cahners Travel Group’s national newspaper of the travel
industry, Travel Weekly, has several exciting and
immediate openings on its expanding print and web
products.  Strong work ethic, upbeat outlook and sense
of humor required. All positions are located in Secaucus,
N.J., a short mass transit commute from Manhattan.

Travel Weekly is accepting resumes and clips from
established freelance business writers. Travel industry
experience preferred but will consider other business
writing experience. Need excellent reporting skills --
no fluff. Must be able to work on an ad-hoc basis, often
on short notice. Assignments can be handled from a home
office. Will negotiate rates based on experience. Include
the names and phone numbers of two business references.
Mail to Freelance Jobs c/o Travel Weekly, 500 Plaza Drive,
Secaucus, NJ 07094

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FREELANCE BUSINESS EDITORS
Web publisher seeks experienced magazine editors
to edit 1-3 stories about small business every
week. Typical pay is $30 an hour. We produce news
and strategic business articles for a high-profile
small business Web site. Stories are 1200-1800
words, and range from news and trend articles to
company profiles and strategic how-to pieces.
Business management topics include business
development, finance, global business, HR, IT,
leadership, legal, marketing and sales. Editors
will be given a test story to edit (which we
expect to publish) and paid $30 an hour. We prefer
editors who accept one writing assignment first;
they will be paid at our usual flat per-story
writing rate. Please paste your resume and three
of your best business writing samples (text only)
into an email with a message re: areas of
expertise to Todd Denton, Managing Editor, L2S,
todddenton@....
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FREELANCE BUSINESS WRITERS
Web publisher seeks experienced magazine writers
to produce news and strategic business articles
for high-profile small business Web site. Writers
will interview CEOs and founders of hot companies
to uncover the strategies behind their success.
Weekly assignments range from news and trend
articles to company profiles and strategic how-to
business development, finance, global business,
HR, IT, leadership, legal, marketing and sales.
Industry areas include architecture, biotech,
computers, education, engineering, publishing,
medical, legal and retail. Please paste three of
your best business writing samples (text only)
into an email with a message re: areas of
expertise to Todd Denton, Managing Editor, L2S,
todddenton@....
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Maryland daily (23K circulation) seeks a creative,
quick-thinking individual capable of designing and paginating
a four- to 12-page sports section, five nights per week. Good
copy editing skills a must. QuarkXpress knowledge helpful.
Interested individuals should send resume and tearsheets to:
Bob Blubaugh, Sports editor, Carroll County Times,
P.O. Box 346, Westminster, Md. 21158.
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Freelance Production Assistants, Enhanced Television
The Enhanced Television Unit of GO.com is currently producing
ABC's hit show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and will start
work this summer developing ESPN Sunday, and ABC's Monday
Night Football for simultaneous web and television production,
and are in need of two freelance assistants to research content,
build and organize graphics relating to the research, and load
graphics into database for on-demand production.

Ideally we seek candidates who have interest and knowledge in
football and entertainment, and are available 5 days per week
starting in May and lasting through the season. The PAs will be
required to work under pressure and meet deadlines, as well as
possess experience with MSWord, Excel and advanced Internet
research skills. To apply: All interested persons should e-mail
resume, contact telephone number and a brief note to
hr.mail@.... Be sure to list "Production Assistant?
ETV" in the subject heading, and let us know your rate of pay
as well as the source by which you found our advertisement. We
regret that we will only be able to respond to those applicants
whose qualifications meet our interest.
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Stars and Stripes
* Senior Assistant European Desk Editor
Stars and Stripes, a 40,000-circulation daily that serves
the U.S. military community in Europe, is searching for an
individual with strong management and leadership skills for
its editing team in Darmstadt, Germany. The person selected
will assist the European Desk Editor (city editor) with
supervision of our staff of Reporter/Photographers based
throughout Europe. The position requires a bachelor's degree,
or three years comparable work experience, and a minimum of
five years of experience at a daily newspaper and supervisory
experience at the level of assistant city editor or above.
The job is a renewable three-year appointment accompanied
by an attractive compensation package. Our compensation
package, which approximates $70,000, includes a competitive
salary of $42,000 to $46,000, dependent on experience. A
housing allowance; health/life insurance, retirement and
401k benefit programs; moving expenses to include shipment
of one automobile; use of military post exchange and
commissary facilities to include full logistical support;
and travel from and to the United States. Applicants should
submit a resume with references, story clips, and other
pertinent material to European Stars and Stripes, NAF
Personnel, Unit 29480, APO AE 09211, or
e-mail: jobs@....
Please refer to announcement # NAF-SS-99-64.
If you applied for this position in February, you do not
need to reapply.
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The Yakima Herald-Republic
SPORTS WRITER:
The Yakima Herald-Republic, a top 10 APSE section, seeks a
sports writer who can handle everything from outdoors and
recreation features to prep game coverage. We're a 40,000
AM located in Central Washington. Our coverage area includes
34 high schools, two colleges, plus minor-league baseball,
basketball and soccer teams. We're a member of The Seattle
Times Group and an equal opportunity employer with
competitive salary and benefits. Applicants should send
resume and clips to sports editor Gene Warnick at
P.O. Box 9668, Yakima, WA 98909,
or gwarnick@vakima- herald.com
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Dream Job for TV journalist interested in women's issues.
To the Contrary, the weekly all-woman news analysis show
which is in its 9th season on PBS and airs on 230 PBS
stations nationwide, seeks an Associate Producer. This
Washington-based employee will book interviews with Cabinet
Secretaries, members of Congress and others to appear on
the show's panel, discuss topics for use as segments and
in package inserts, come up with segment ideas, edit and
produce packages, perform some travel for packages, edit
and shoot in-studio interviews, research topics on the
internet, update our website, log videotapes, supervise
interns, run graphics, help direct in the control room on
show-tape days and perform a variety of other TV production
functions. Benefits package includes health coverage, pension
benefits and almost a month's vacation. Hours are Mon-Fri
9a-5p. Salary range is entry level: 20-22k. Experience sets
you up to go on to a network field or studio production job.
Ideal candidate is Washington DC-based and two years out of
college with local or cable TV experience. We have no funds
to fly in candidates for interviews nor to move them here.
Submit resumes by fax to 703 524-0121 or 410-486-6799 or by
e-mail to internet:102404.3317@....
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The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, international foundation
dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all
people. The foundation pursues its priorities through
conferences, educational activities, publishing, broadcasting,
online services, fellowships, partnerships, training,
research and other programs. The Freedom Forum consists of
New York operating programs located at 580 Madison Avenue:
Newseum/NY, The First Amendment Center and Media Studies
Center. Freelancers needed immediately to write for flash!
Contract position flash! is The Freedom Forum's website.
Assignments will be to cover specific programs, most programs
hosted by Newseum/NY or First Amendment Center, with occasional
enterprise pieces a possibility. The ability to cover daytime
events is a requirement. Normally, freelancers may receive up
to three assignments each month. Payment will be by the piece.
Fax resume and writing samples to Ralph Izard at (212) 317-6572.



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8.  CONTACT FUNDS FOR WRITERS

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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@egroups.com
HopeClark1@...

7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

Copyright 2000, C. Hope Clark

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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 9           -          May 28, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Conests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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While I suggest writing grants for yourself, another thought
is to write grants for someone else.  A frequent mistake of
many grant submitters is to allow different people to write
different parts of a grant.  You can come to the rescue.

Consider offering your services to non-profit organizations,
charities, schools and clubs to write their grants.  The
writing of a grant is not taken seriously enough by many
in dire need of grant funds.  In reviewing grants, I have
quickly noted those written by multiple parties, and others
written by those with only the project in mind, not the
ability to convince the reader.  Grant submitters
underestimate the value of good writing.

Grant reviewers crave a well-written grant.  The polished
pieces stand out like a light in a dark room.  If you write
a winner, it won't take long for word to get around, and
soon the work will be knocking on your door.

                  Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   The solitude of writing is quite frightening.  It's
quite close sometimes to madness, one just disappears for
a day and loses touch.
            ~Nadine Gordimer~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hope Clark,

Thank you for your thoughtful e-mail.  I appreciate what
you're doing for writers and look forward to Funds for Writers
in the future.

Keep up the good work!

Best Regards,
Don Vasicek
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Great list of grants, Hope! I know you spend a lot of time
doing this. Research takes forever!

Thanks!
Joyce Lavene
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Hi Hope --

Just wanted to join in and tell you what a great job
you are doing in ferreting out funding sources.  You
are staying on topic, keeping it succinct, and making
it easy to read.  What more could we -- as your readers
  -- ask for?

Thanks!  And, again ----------- GREAT JOB!!!


Debby Willett
bzzemom@...
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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - SNARE THE GRANTOR'S ATTENTION

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by C. Hope Clark

A grant's purpose has to be intriguing not unlike that
of a query letter or opening paragraph of a novel.
Newspapers specialize on capturing readers' attention with
unusual use of phrase.  Grants are no different.

In a grant, you are proving to the people with the funds
that your entry is so monumental, that they have no choice
but to write out a check.  Your writing talents must be
used in the body of your grant just as sharp, tight, and
captivating as your essays and short stories.

* Start with a clear, precise description.  No wasted words.
* Hammer the effect of your project if funded.
* Use facts, not flowery phrases. Statistics are great.
* Action words are best.
* Clearly identify the measurement of success in your project.
* Make the problem, the need, and the solution BITE!

Bring tears to their eyes.  Make them anxious to see your
finished product.  Inspire them to place their support
behind you and your grandiose idea.  You are a creative
writer.  Tap your sources to their max, and make that
grant sing!


copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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The main purpose of the KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL PRESS FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM is to share American professional skills with
journalists, news media executives and technical managers
abroad. In addition, this fellowship opportunity is
expected to serve as a valuable means of enhancing American
understanding of other cultures,.

Up to 22 fellows from the United States are selected annually
and sent abroad to work with journalistic institutions or
media outlets that are seeking outside assistance. The
fellowships last from two to nine months, depending upon the
needs and circumstances of the selected countries' media.
The Program is a competitive one, and fellows are selected
and recruited according to several criteria

Expertise in reporting, writing, editing, publication design,
pre-press production, computer technology, circulation,
advertising, marketing and promotion, business management,
and/or press room operations; outstanding personal and
professional achievement in journalism or in related
technical, management, and business aspects of the media;
a spirit of adventure and willingness to face personal and
professional hardship in the field; enthusiasm for the mission.
Note: Special consideration will be given to applicants who
are proficient in languages spoken in the priority regions.

Deadlines
The deadlines for applications are January 15 and July 15.

While overseas, each fellow receives transportation and living
expenses and a modest honorarium. Expenses will be based on the
actual cost of living in each country; the honorarium will be
$100 per day. The program is not under any obligation to pay
spouses' expenses but some consideration for partial support
may be given in special cases of longer fellowship duration.

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The Russell Sage Foundation Accepting Applications for
         Various Social Science Programs

Deadline: Open

The Russell Sage Foundation (http://www.russellsage.org/)
supports basic social science research within three
different programs: Project Awards, Small Grants Program
in Behavioral Economics, and Visiting Scholars.

AWARDS - Project Awards are given to support data gathering
and analysis and the creation of reports in a number of
program areas, including the future of work, immigration,
literacy, and the social psychology of social contact.
Awards, which range from $20,000 to $300,000, average about
$100,000.

GRANTS -  The Russell Sage Behavioral Economics Roundtable
supports a small grants research program to support high
quality research in behavioral economics and to encourage
young investigators to enter this developing field. There
are no limitations on the disciplinary background of the
principal investigator, and the proposed research may
address any economic topic. Applicants must be advanced
doctoral students or junior (non-tenured) faculty members
who have been out of graduate school for two years or less.
The maximum grant amount for the program is $5,000.

SCHOLARS - Application forms for Visiting Scholar positions
(November 15 annual deadline) can be obtained by writing the
foundation. Visit the foundation's Web site for complete
program descriptions and application guidelines.

Contact: Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10021  Tel: (212) 750-6000  Fax: (212) 371-4761
E-mail: info@...

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ANNOUNCING the tenth consecutive New Millennium Writing
Awards. $3,000 in prizes. Winners published twice alongside
famous writers in our Fall and Winter issue, and on the web
at www.mach2.com. Best poem: $1,000; fiction: $1,000;
nonfiction: $1,000. Guidelines: no restrictions on content
or style. Best writers win. Send between now and midnight
June 15, along with $15 check payable to NMW for each story
or article (6,000 words max) or set of 3 poems.

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COMSTOCK REVIEW Fourteen years in publication features
Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award: $1,000, plus $200,
$100 prizes. Seeks well-crafted poetry, free or formal
verse in understandable, grammatically correct English.
Metaphor, fresh imagery preferred. Deadline: July 1.
Entry fee: $3/poem. SASE for complete guidelines. Open
reading periods: January 1–February 28; July 1–August 31.
Comstock Review, Attn. Dept. P.W., 4958 St. John Dr.,
Syracuse, NY 13215.

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MIRIAM LINDBERG Israel Poetry For Peace Prize. A prize of
$1,000 is awarded for best poem on the theme of peace.
Winning poem read at Twentieth World Congress of Poets,
Athens. Submit maximum 5 unpublished poems; name, address
in a separate envelope. Entry fee: $4 per poem, $10 for
three. Deadline: May 15. Miriam Felicia Lindberg Memorial
Foundation, Einstein St. 29, Ramat-Aviv (Tel-Aviv), Israel.
Fax: 972-3-6430741. E-mail: lindberg@....

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Italian Americana, John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award
in Poetry - University of Rhode Island, Providence Center,
80 Washington Street, Providence, RI  02903 401-277-5306

$1000 award given by Italian Americana, a biannual journal
of poetry, fiction, historical articles, book reviews, and
memoirs of Italian-American experience.

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Literal Latte, Poetry Award
61 East 8 Street, Suite 240
New York, NY  10003
212-260-5532
Jenine G. Bockman, Editor/Publisher - litlatte@...
http://www.literal-latte.com

Annual $1000 prize given to an unpublished poem.
Deadline July 15.

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Inkwell Poetry Competition

Inkwell Magazine, the literary journal of Manhattanville
College's Master of Arts Writing Program sponsors this
annual award of $1000 and publication for a single poem.

Manhattanville College, Inkwell Poetry Competition
2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY  10577
914-323-7239

Deadline August 31, 2000.
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Rockefeller Foundation Offers Support to Community Artists

  Deadline: June 15, 2000

  Partnerships Affirming Community Transformation (PACT) is
  a program of the Creativity & Culture Division (formerly
  Arts & Humanities) of the Rockefeller Foundation
  (http://www.rockfound.org/). PACT supports community
  cultural development projects -- projects undertaken by
  artists and other cultural professionals in collaboration
  with other community members to express identity,
  concerns, and aspirations through the arts and media,
  building cultural capacity and contributing to social
  change in the process.

  Grants will be given to a range of projects in which
  community artists or teams use their artistic and organi-
  zing skills to advance the development of an identified
  community, be it geographic (e.g., a neighborhood or small
  town), a community of interest (e.g., shipyard workers,
  victims of environmental racism), or any other affinity
  (e.g., Latino teenagers, elders in a senior center). A
  small number of grants will be earmarked for initiatives
  to help develop the field. Applications must come from
  tax-exempt organizations willing to act in a fiduciary
  capacity as the formal grant recipient. See the founda-
  tion's Web site for complete guidelines.

  Contact:
  PACT
  Creativity & Culture Division
  The Rockefeller Foundation
  420 Fifth Avenue
  New York, NY 10018-2702
  Tel: (212) 852-8286.

  RFP Link:
  http://www.rockfound.org/99prog/creat/PACTrfp2000.html
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Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers is proud to
announce the ninth annual Marguerite de Angeli Contest

The prize of a book contract (on the Publisher's
standard form) for a hard-cover and a paperback
edition, including an advance and royalties, will
be awarded annually to encourage the writing of
contemporary or historical fiction set in North
America, for readers age 7- 10. The award consists of
$1,500 in cash and a $3,500 advance against royalties.

1. The contest is open to U.S. and Canadian writers
who have not previously published a novel for
middle-grade readers.
2. Foreign-language manuscripts and translations are
not eligible.

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS
1. Do not submit art with your manuscript unless you
have illustrated the work yourself. The publisher will
be responsible for selecting and compensating the
illustrator. If you do submit artwork, do not send
originals; photocopies, slides, or prints will
suffice. If you submit a dummy, please also submit the
text separately as detailed in 4, below.
2. No shorter than 40 typewritten pages and no longer
than 144 typewritten pages. Include a brief plot summary
with your covering letter.
3. Each manuscript should have a cover page listing
the title, author's name, address, and telephone number.
The title should also appear on each manuscript page.

The contest is named for Marguerite de Angeli
(1889-1987), children's book author and illustrator of
twenty-eight works. The honors that she received
include the Newbery Medal, two Caldecott Honor Awards,
the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and the Regina Medal.

De Angeli told simple stories about the lives and
dreams of active, impulsive, and inquisitive children.
With books such as Thee, Hannah!, Elin's Amerika, Bright
April, Up the Hill, Henner's Lydia, Petite Suzanne,
Jared's Island, and Yonie Wondernose, de Angeli helped
children of many cultures to understand and appreciate
each other.


4. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced on 8-1/2"
by 11" good quality white paper, and pages should be
numbered consecutively. The type should be easy to
read, preferably 12 point.

5. Photocopies are acceptable if readily legible and
printed on good quality white (not gray) paper.

6. Do not submit manuscripts in boxes. A padded
envelope will do. Please consider sending a manuscript
that does not need to be returned. instead, send a
manuscript that can be discarded at the end of
judging, and a business-size stamped self-addressed
envelope for notification.

MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS
1. Manuscripts sent to Delacorte Press may not be
submitted to other publishers while under
consideration for the prize.

2. Authors may not submit more than two manuscripts to
the Marguerite de Angeli competition; each must meet
all eligibility requirements.

DATES FOR SUBMISSION
1. Manuscripts must be postmarked after April 1, 2000,
but no later than June 30, 2000.

2. Send manuscripts to: Marguerite de Angeli Contest
Delacorte Press/Random House, Inc. 1540 Broadway New
York, NY 10036

Contest results will be announced no later than
October 31, 2000.

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Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Dart Fellowship
University of Washington
School of Communications
Box 353740
Seattle, WA 98195-3740
Contact: Diane Bui, Administrator
(206) 616-3223
E-mail: dbui@...
Web Site: http://www.dartcenter.org
Reporting responsibly and credibly on traumatic events are
among the greatest challenges facing journalists. The Dart
Fellowship in Journalism and Trauma provides mid-career and
senior reporters, editors and producers with an opportunity
for education in the science and psychology of violent
trauma. Fellows attend two days of intensive seminars with
leading clinicians,immediately preceding the annual
conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies. All expenses associated with attending this year's
conference scheduled for November 15-19, 2000 in San Antonio,
Texas will be paid for by the Dart Center and ISTSS.
Deadline is June 30, 2000.
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ANNUAL POETRY PRIZE
For outstanding book of poems written by a living US citizen
and published in the US during the previous year.  Prize
$10,000.  Publishers must submit books.  SASE to: The Academy
of American poets, Lemore Marshall Poetry Prize, 584 Broadway
#1208, New York, NY  10012 or 212-274-3043 or
http://www.poets.org.

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Volume 1, Issue 8           -          May 21, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Fund of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters


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Whoa-the letters are beginning to come in at a pretty
healthy pace.  Just when I think writers are not interested
in a particular area of funds, along comes an email asking
for sources.

One needs a screenwriting fellowship.  Another wishes funds
for research on a historical book, while yet another dabbles
in poetry and song writing.  When I watch the poll and think
no one wants to pay a fee, along comes votes stating others
pay fees if the award is worth the investment.  So many
different tastes and talents!

Writers must think creatively in looking for grants as well.
While I cannot begin to list all available grants, I can
steer folks in appropriate directions.  For example, a
historical novel could be done in conjunction with the
local Historical Preservation Society, State Museum, or even
a town wanting to preserve its history.  Through these venues
writers can find funds.

Don't always think in terms of "writing-type" grants.  Think
of your subject, your area, your goal - i.e., history, music,
children, mental health, education reform, crime.  From that,
expand in your grant searching to non-writing sources.
Partnerships are everything in the world of fundraising.

                  Hope

P.S. - The emails are always welcome.  If you have a particular
area you with help with, drop me a note, and I will see what I
can do.

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

It had long since come to my attention that people  of
accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to
them.  They went out and happened to things.

         ~Elinor Smith~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hope
Thanks I was checking your web site today. I love your
writings. Good work. I didn't know you're from the South too.
Yeah........

Love Irene
My Abuse Email Support List
Send Blank Email To Join To
survivorsstandandtell-subscribe@egroups.com
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My desire is to start an internet based newsletter and I
will appreciate whatever advice from more experienced people
like you.  I'd also be happy to work with any media outfit
that wishes to cover Africa.

Best wishes,
Gilbert Da Costa
dacosta@...

(I included this letter to also aid Gilbert in acquiring help
from his fellow subscribers.  Anyone with words of wisdom for
Gilbert are welcome to email him at the above address.  Last
week I included Gilbert then misspelled his address.  Here
is the corrected version.)

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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - BUT I NEED THE MONEY NOW!

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by C. Hope Clark

Grants are wonderful, without a doubt.  But one must have
a sustaining store of patience to endure the process.
You have the patience, you say, but you need the money now!

Grants and fellowships are not yet available through drive-
up windows.  Grants take careful planning, deliberation
and polished writing to get the gold ring.  Grants are
good; grants are great.  And that is why everyone wants one.
So the competition can be keen.

Chances are you have a project, but cannot find the funds.
Others may find a good grant program, and have to start
catering a project to meet the guidelines.  Doubtful you
will immediately find the grant to match your dream in
quick order.  It is a case of which came first - the chicken
or the egg.

A word of advise is not to rely on solely a grant to get
your project off the ground.  Either work on the project in
the background - kinda like renovating a jalopy in the
garage - or use other means to feed your project and let
winning the grant be a delightful windfall.  In both
scenarios, however, enduring the time is essential along
with a dose of patience.

No writer I know of started writing to make a fortune.
While I know a few that have, they usually paid their
dues, and they did their share of sacrifice and waiting
before opportunity knocked down their doors.  But they
just wrote and kept writing till things fell in place.

We all write because we love it and are good at it.
Not getting a grant won't stop you from writing, and
don't let the ordeal get in the way of your progress.
Grants are competitive.  Put your best foot forward in
your application and continue on with your life.


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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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National Association of Black Journalists

NABJ annually awards atlas two Ethel Payne Fellowships to
journalists interested in obtaining international reporting
experiences through assignments in Africa. The fellowships,
designed for journalists who have a strong interest in
Africa but limited opportunities to cover the continent for
their news organizations, allow the recipients to spend up
to three weeks in Africa and to produce news reports for
NABJ. A panel of judges select the winners based upon the
strength of project proposals to cover news events or issues
that have a major impact on one or more African countries.

Applicants must be NABJ members with at least five years of
experience as full-time journalists or free-lance writers
for a newspaper, magazine or broadcast station. Candidates
must submit an 800-word project proposal, write a 300-word
essay describing the applicant's journalistic experiences,
submit three work samples and submit two letters of
recommendation.

To learn more, contact the NABJ national office at
(301) 445-7100, ext. 104
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The Stanford Chen Internship Fund
A $65,000 endowment has been raised for the Stanford Chen
Internship Fund. Pledges and contributions continue to be
received by AAJA.

Starting in 2000, AAJA will award three internship grants
of $1,500 each. The stipend will be used to defray the cost
of living expenses, pay for transportation to the internship
site or supplement low-paying or unpaid internships. The
focus of the grants will be aiding interns in small to
medium-size newspapers or broadcast stations throughout the
country. One of three grants will be awarded to a resident
of the Pacific Northwest where Stan Chen spent a significant
time as a journalist and mentor. Applications are available
for download.

For more information on the application process or making
donations to the Stanford Chen Internship Fund, contact
April Elkjer at 415/346-2051 x200 or aprile@....

URL: http://www.aaja.org
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The Kaiser Media Fellowships In Health For 2000
In 2000, the Kaiser Media Fellowships Program will award
up to six fellowships to print, television and radio
journalists interested in health policy, health financing
and public health. The aim is to provide journalists with
a highly flexible range of opportunities to pursue
individual projects combined with group briefings and site
visits on a wide range of health and social policy issues.
This program will offer an annual stipend of $45,000
(prorated for length of actual fellowship). Travel for
research purposes is also available.
Contact: For more information, check our website,
www.kff.org; to apply for the 2000 awards, write to:
Penny Duckham, Executive Director of the Kaiser Media
Fellowships Program • Kaiser Family Foundation
• 2400 San Hill Road • Menlo Park, CA 94025
• E-mail: pduckham@....

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$5000 Creative Writing Fellowships from the Arizona
Commission on the Arts.  Must be 18 or older and not
a full-time student.  Next deadline September 16, 2000.

AZ Commission on the Arts, Creative Writing Fellowships
417 West Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ  85003-1326
(602) 255-5882
Jill Bernstein - jbernstein@...
http://az.arts.asu.edu/artscomm

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Van Lier Literary Fellowship and Residency Program

Fellows selected will spend nine months in residence
at the Bronx Writers' Center during which they are
required to design and implement a public service project.
NYC residents under the age of 30 are eligible.

Bronx Writers' Center, Van Lier Literary Fellowships
and Residencies, 1738 Hone Avenue, Bronx, NY  10461-1486
(718) 409-1265 - http://www.bronxarts.org

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LEE & LOW BOOKS announces the first annual NEW VOICES AWARD

Lee & Low Books is pleased to announce the NEW VOICES
AWARD. The Award will be given for a children’s picture book
story by a writer of color. The Award winner will receive
$1,000 and a publication contract. An Honor Award winner will
receive a cash grant of $500.

The contest is open to writers of color who are residents
of the U.S. and who have not previously published a children’s
picture book. Manuscripts previously submitted to Lee & Low Books
are not eligible.

Manuscripts should address the needs of children of color
by providing stories with which they can identify and relate,
and which promote a greater understanding of one another. Of
special interest are stories in contemporary settings.
Submissions may be realistic fiction or nonfiction for
children ages 2 to 10. Folklore and animal stories will not
be considered.

Manuscripts no more than 1,500 words in length, and
accompanied by a cover letter that includes the author’s
name, address, phone number, a brief biographical note,
relevant cultural and ethnic information, and publication
history, if any. Manuscripts typed double-spaced on 8 1/2" x 11"
paper. A SASE should be included for return of the manuscript.
Up to two submissions per entrant submitted separately.

New Voices Award
Lee & Low Books
95 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Manuscripts may not be submitted to other publishers while
under consideration for this Award. Manuscripts will be accepted
from January 1, 2000, through September 30, 2000, and must be
postmarked within that period. The Award and Honor Award winners
will be announced no later than December 31, 2000.
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Anhinga Press, Prize for Poetry, PO Box 10595
Tallahassee, FL  32302   (850)521-9920
Rick Campbell, Director - info@...
www.anhinga.org
Deadline January 1 - April 30 each year.
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Annual Short Story Contest for writers who have not published
in a magazine with a circulation of more than 200.  Prizes
$500, $300, $250 plus publication in review.  Fee $10.  Open
to all.  Contact:  Stanley Elkin Memorial Short Story Contest,
Colorado Review, Depart of English, Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, CO  80523.
http://www.colostate.edu/depts.english/pus/colrev/colrev.htm
OR creview@....
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Fellowships established for new screenwriters.  Up to five
$25,000 fellowships will be available this year.  To receive
an application, visit Web site or send SASE to Nicholl
Fellowships in Screenwriting, 8949 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly
Hills, CA  90211.
http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/nichollappinfo.html.
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Rockefeller Foundation Offers Support to Community Artists

  Deadline: June 15, 2000

  Partnerships Affirming Community Transformation (PACT) is
  a program of the Creativity & Culture Division (formerly
  Arts & Humanities) of the Rockefeller Foundation
  (http://www.rockfound.org/). PACT supports community
  cultural development projects -- projects undertaken by
  artists and other cultural professionals in collaboration
  with other community members to express identity,
  concerns, and aspirations through the arts and media,
  building cultural capacity and contributing to social
  change in the process.

  Grants will be given to a range of projects in which
  community artists or teams use their artistic and organi-
  zing skills to advance the development of an identified
  community, be it geographic (e.g., a neighborhood or small
  town), a community of interest (e.g., shipyard workers,
  victims of environmental racism), or any other affinity
  (e.g., Latino teenagers, elders in a senior center). A
  small number of grants will be earmarked for initiatives
  to help develop the field. Applications must come from
  tax-exempt organizations willing to act in a fiduciary
  capacity as the formal grant recipient. See the founda-
  tion's Web site for complete guidelines.

  Contact:
  PACT
  Creativity & Culture Division
  The Rockefeller Foundation
  420 Fifth Avenue
  New York, NY 10018-2702
  Tel: (212) 852-8286.

  RFP Link:
  http://www.rockfound.org/99prog/creat/PACTrfp2000.html

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Guadalajara International Book Fair
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize in Fiction

Escuela de Escritores SOGEM Guadalajara, Circ. Augustin
Yaez #2839, Guadalajara, JAL.  44100 Mexico
212-650-7925
David Unger, US Rep. - daucc@...

Prize is open to women writers who have published a novel
in Spanish since 1996.  Deadline June 30.

Last winner received $2000, publication in English,
French, and Portugese, and an all-expense paid trip to
the Guadalajara International Book Fair.
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China Based Media Agency seeks journalists interested in
publishing articles and pictures.  Articles will be
translated into Chinese for bilingual publication.
Contact Richard Anderton at suric@....
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Award for best book published in English in the field of
Latin American & Spanish literatures and cultures.  Prize
of $1000.  Contact:  Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Modern
Language Association of America, 10 Astor Place, New York,
NY 10003 or 212-533-0680 (fax) or awards@....


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Internships -- Intern positions for Summer 2000 are filled.
The need for additional interns during the year is possible
so we will continue to accept applications. Applications for
Summer 2001 will be accepted beginning in September 2000 and
the deadline will be Dec. 1, 2000. Summer internships are 10
weeks long and generally start in early June. Positions exist
in reporting, copy editing, photography, online and graphics.
The pay is $500 weekly. Follow instructions below to apply.

To apply - all positions: Send cover letter, resume and up to
10 samples of work to Kathy Pellegrino, Sun-Sentinel
Recruitment Editor, 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 9th Floor, Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301. A regularly updated list of openings
can be found on our Internet site,
www.sunsentinel.com/services/jobs.htm.

The Sun-Sentinel values diversity and encourages those who
share our vision to apply.

Contact e-mail: http://www.sunsentinel.com/services/jobs.htm

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Job title: copy editor
Job description: editing copy for three magazines, all major
national sport-fishing publications; two are bimonthly, one
published 9X/year; generally follows AP style. in new offices
in winter park, florida (where cost of living is very
reasonable). health, 401k benefits.
Experience required: at least a few years with major
publication; we're looking for a very competent, efficient
copy editor who prides him/herself on letting nothing get by.
Salary range: $30-40,000
Contact
Doug Olander
World Publications
460 N Orlando Ave, suite 200
Winter Park, FL 32789
Phone: 407-571-4576
Fax: 407-571-4577
doug.olander@...


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Bakersfield, CA
NEWSROOM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The Bakersfield Californian has a year-round internship
program with eight positions - four in reporting or copy
editing and four in photography. Each is a 13-week long,
full-time internship paying $340 per week ($8.50 per hour).
Californian company policy requires that all new employees
pass a physical, which includes a drug screen. Each
internship offer is contingent on the successful completion
of these tests, which will be arranged and paid for by
The Californian. These examinations must be completed before
an intern starts work. Other requirements include: Valid
driver's license, proof of U.S. citizenship, current DMV
printout. Interns must have their own means of transportation
to and from work. The Californian will try to help interns
find affordable lodging, but the intern is responsible for
making his or her own living arrangements. Applications are
accepted year-round; an applicant should specify dates of
availability in their cover letter. Application packets for
Reporting/Editing/Design interns should include: cover letter,
resume, five work samples, showing a variety of assignments
and/or writing style. For Photography, application packets
should include: cover letter, resume, a page/sleeve of slides
(clips may be included).
Contact:
For Reporting, Editing/Design:
Lois Henry, Assistant Managing Editor;
For Photography: Denis McElroy * Bakersfield Californian
* P.O. Box 440 * Bakersfield, CA 93302
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College graduates committed to print journalism who are
Latino, African-American, Asian American, Native American
or Pacific Islander are eligible for one-year newspaper
internships. Applicants should have a strong desire to
pursue their career in the Pacific Northwest. Interns
spend four months training at each of the following
Washington state newspapers: Walla Walla Union-Bulletin,
Yakima Herald-Republic and The Seattle Times. Interns are
paid and receive housing and medical coverage. THERE ARE
DIFFERENT APPLICATION DEADLINES...THE NEXT IS ON
MARCH 28, 2000...FOLLOWED BY AUGUST 29, 2000.
Contact: For more information write to: The Seattle Times
* Newsroom Intern Coordinator * P.O. Box 70
* Seattle, WA 98111 * (206) 464-2282.
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Internship program provides college juniors, seniors and
graduate students a "sink or swim" atmosphere. Applicants
must have at least one previous internship on a daily
newspaper other than college. Salary is $567 a week for
12 weeks. You should send in a cover letter, resume,
clips (15 to 20) and the names of at least two professional
and one school reference. APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY
AUGUST 19TH, 2000 FOR FALL 2000.
Contact: Send application material to: Sheila Wolfe,
Assistant to the Managing Editor * Chicago Tribune
* 435 North Michigan Avenue * Chicago, IL 60611.
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2-Year Community Reporter Internship
The Press-Enterprise offers a two-year Community Reporter
program designed to prepare journalists with limited
experience for work as reporters. The Press-Enterprise is
based in Riverside, halfway between Los Angeles and Palm
Springs. It has a daily circulation of 170,000 in Riverside
and San Bernardino counties. Those selected for the program
will work as general assignment reporters covering news,
business, features or sports in one of the communities we
serve. Reporters will cover a wide spectrum of stories and
will take part in our in-house training program that
includes workshops on writing and reporting, as well as
legal, ethical and professional issues. The goal of the
program is to prepare journalists for work as reporters at
The Press-Enterprise or at other papers within the highly
competitive Southern California market. Applicants will be
evaluated on their potential to reach this goal within the
two-year scope of the program. Community reporters will be
paid a minimum of $483.60 a week, depending on experience.
The compensation package includes a full range of insurance,
vacation and other benefits. Applications are accepted year-
round for current and future openings.
Contact: Send a cover letter, resume, references and no more
than 12 samples of your published work to:
Joe Happ, The Press-Enterprise, 3512 Fourteenth Street,
Riverside, CA 92501-3878.

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Plants Sites & Parks, 49 Music Square West, Nashville, TN
37203. F(615)321-1525. Email audrey@.... Website
http://www.bizsites.com. Audrey Pennington, Editor. 75%
freelance. PS&P covers corporate location strategies for
companies seeking to expand their business. "We write from
the corporate perspective, focusing on case studies and
expert sources. Articles cover all aspects of location
strategy, ranging from management trends in the workplace
to environmental, financial, facility design and labor
issues." Only works with experienced journalists. Circ.
45K. Bimonthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 2-3 months
after acceptance. Buys all rights. No reprints. Responds
2-3 days. Sample articles at website. Subscription details
at website. Guidelines by email to cshelburne@....
CURRENT NEEDS: Experienced business writers who can handle
industry profiles and articles about workforce development,
global markets and utilities. Pays $0.30-0.50/word depending
on project for departments of 1500 words. Submit cover
letter, bio and clips by mail with SASE or by email.
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Runner's World Magazine, 33 East Minor St., Emmaus PA 18049.
Website http://www.runnersworld.com. Bob Wischnia, Deputy
Editor. 30% freelance. Runner's World is a service-driven
magazine for serious runners, not necessarily fast runners
but anyone who believes strongly enough in running-fitness
to run several times a week. Welcomes new writers. Circ.
530K. Monthly. Pays on acceptance. Period between acceptance
and publication varies. Buys all rights. No reprints.
Response time varies. Sample at newsstands. Subscription $24.
Guidelines by email erica.patton@.... CURRENT NEEDS:
"Variable." Pays $0.50/word upward for columns of 700 words
and features of 2500 words. Submit query by email to
erica.patton@.... PHOTOS/ART: "Little over the transom
freelance; mostly assigned." Pays $400/day. HINTS: "We use
emotional essays from readers that describe a unique running
situation they found themselves in. Most service articles
come from our contract writers."
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SPORTS WRITER-EDITORS,various levels ESPN.COM Bristol, Conn.
RESPONSIBILITIES (varies depending on position):
Provide editing-writing-creative support for ESPN.com.
Research, select, prepare, integrate and post information
on assigned ESPN.com web pages and-or teams. Create, edit
and position audio, video and photo images for use within
feature stories, highlights, recaps, galleries and slide
shows. Includes writing/editing headlines and captions and
monitoring live, on-demand streaming audio/video links.
Create polls and set up, type and edit online chats, as well
as help book guests. Select programming information, write
and edit stories, update broadcast schedules and create/
maintain web pages Implement all multimedia tasks into GO.com
publishing tool.
QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelors'degree in Journalism or equivalent.
Strong sports knowledge and excellent writing/editing skills,
with solid understanding of grammar.  Ability to make informed
choices on "good" news, breaking news, story composition, etc.
Working experience in fast-paced environment. Qualifications
range from 2 to 5 years experience researching, writing and
editing sports, depending on the job opening; some online
content preparation desirable. Skills: Proficiency with HTML
and MS Word; Content Editor and Trapeze experience useful.
Some positions require knowledge of PhotoShop and on-line
publishing software. My require working late nights, holidays
and weekends. Positions in our Latin American group, ESPN.com
en Espanol, require fluency in Spanish.
TO APPLY: E-mail resume to HR.Resumes@....
Please list "Writer-Editors, ESPN.com" in the subject heading;
and let us know the source by which you found our advertisement.
If you are interested in a position in our EES (Latin America)
group, be sure to also include your background-knowledge of Latin
American sports. Resumes with cover letters can also be faxed to
(212) 448-4818. We regret that we will only be able to respond
to those applicants whose qualifications meet our interest. EOE.


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Last week, I touched on the Meyer Foundation in the Pacific
Northwest while the east coast writers drooled at the
opportunities afforded their west coast counterparts.

This week, folks, any of you along the mid-Atlantic part
of this great country of ours are priviledged to have
access to the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.  Their homepage
is http://www.midatlanticarts.org.  Please take a look at
their site as to what they have to offer artists of all
kinds in this region of the country.

To give you a taste of what they have already funded, get
a load of the following:

ARTIST AS CATALYST 2000 -31 residency projects featuring
artists and/or host organizations from Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. Grant Recommendations total $270,225.00.

-Cape May, NJ - The project will host a playwright and a
storyteller to work with students and community elders.
Together, they will create a production that explores
social divisions as seen through beach life in Cape May
in the past and today. The resulting performances of
The Lifeboat Project will include dialogue with school
and community audiences.

Grant: $7,320.00 for a 2 month residency.

-David Greenberger, Greenwich NY with Erie Art Museum,
Erie PA - Greenberger's residency will result in the
creation of a new work, which deals with the issues of
aging in America. Through a series of repeated
interviews and conversations, Greenberger will produce
a printed publication presenting the thoughts of the
elderly, and he will write and perform a one-hour
monologue drawn from the material.
Grant: $4,750.00 for a 1 month residency

-Newark NJ - A creative writing residency in which
lead artist, Margie Shaheed will work with emotionally
challenged female clients of the Family Services Bureau
and with local female writers. The residency will
culminate in a public reading and the publication of
two books, one featuring selected writings by the
participants and the artists, and a workbook by Shaheed,
Writing for Healing.
Grant: $7,000.00 for a 2 month residency.

-Polly Pen, New York NY at McCarter Theatre Company,
Princeton NJ - Composer/author Polly Pen will begin
work on a new musical theatre piece called The Flitch.
The residency will allow Ms. Pen the time and resources
to focus intensively on the creation of a new play and
to extend her ongoing collaborative partnership with
McCarter Theatre.
Grant: $12,250.00 for a 3 month residency

-Armando Passy, Bethlehem PA with Open Space Gallery,
Allentown PA - Accomplished Vietnam Veteran poet
Armando Passy will devote a block of time to creating
a new body of work which will result in a public
reading on Memorial Day, and the publication of a
new chapbook of the artist's poems.
Grant: $7,000.00 for a 2 month residency

Eligible artists are: choreographers, composers,filmmakers,
media artists, playwrights, poets and fiction writers, and
visual artists of all disciplines. Projects featuring
critics and arts writers in all fields are eligible for
support. Grants are awarded in support of extended
residencies at non-profit organizations in the region.
Residency periods of one month (minimum) to six months
(maximum) are considered. Funding includes stipend to the
artist or critic, housing or travel subsidy, and a Project
Support allowance towards supplies, materials,administration
and documentation expenses. Artists may not apply directly
to the program but may approach organizations to solicit
residency opportunities. Organizations apply on behalf of
proposed resident artists/critics.

Contact: Julyen Norman, Senior Program Officer, Mid
Atlantic Arts Foundation. Tel: 410/539-6656 x 114.
E-mail: julyen@...

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Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.

         ~Raymond Inmon~




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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hello Hope,
I liked your advice in your Editor's Thoughts portion of the
current issue of Funds for Writers.  Yes, there are so many
ways to be creative as a writer and be paid for it.  As you
say, if writers depend solely on selling articles, stories,
novels, poems and hope they'll become a household name with
a best seller, they usually just eke out a living...if they do
that. I like your quote,"Use your creative talents and create
a market for yourself."
And school visits can be a delightful way to supplement your
writing income. (Or perhaps the writing income will supplement
the school visits and other appearances!)  I truly enjoy school
visits and the opportunity to encourage young writers.  This also
is leading into holding workshops for teachers to train them to
teach writing to their students.

Mary Emma Allen
Author/Editor/Teacher
http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/jetent/mea
me.allen@...

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Hi Hope-

I am a 38 year old freelance journalist in Nigeria, Africa.
I have followed with a sense of appreciation and admiration
your contributions to some eGroups to which I also belong.  I
subscribe to your wonderful newsletter!  I was particularly
thrilled with your info on jobs/freelance markets of the week.
I'm new to net publishing and all that-though I've used the
email for the past six years.  My desire is to start an internet
based newsletter and I will appreciate whatever advice from more
experienced people like you.  I'd also be happy to work with
any media outfit that wishes to cover Africa.

Best wishes,
Gilbert Da Costa
dacosta@...

(I included this letter to also aid Gilbert in acquiring help
from his fellow subscribers.  Anyone with words of wisdom for
Gilbert are welcome to email him at the above address.)

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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - CONTEST ENTRY FEES

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by C. Hope Clark

This topic tends to pull out opinions I have learned in my
experiences in reading newsletters and participating in
discussion groups.  Should a group charge you for your entry
in their contest?

This question represents the most recent poll of Funds for
Writers.  Not only will it direct me to presenting you what
you want, but it also can be used to educate all parties-
the submitters and the sponsors.  Just when is it considered
proper to charge a contest entry fee?

Some say "Never."  And these people are passionate in their
belief.  Writers are not made of money, that we all know.
And too many awards are not substantial enough to warrant
a fee, thus, leaving the writer insulted.

Some say "Depends on the fee."  Okay, I can buy that.  A
$2, $3, or $5 fee won't break most people.  And frequently
the fee will purchase a newsletter, copy of the winners,
or even listing or publication on a web site.

Then there is the school of thought that says "Weigh the
fee against the amount of the award."  Hmmm.  A $5 fee for
a $50 prize isn't exactly appealing.  But a $5 fee for a
$2000 prize sounds intriguing - downright tempting.

Go to http://www.egroups.com/surveys/FundsforWriters?id=170995
and cast your vote.  Drop me a line if you have an opinion
you wish expressed.  The results should be quite curious, and
hopefully, educational to all of the contest players, both
writers and sponsors alike.

copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark

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4. GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Columbia, MO
MINORITY FELLOWSHIPS @COMPUTER-ASSISTED REPORTING BOOT CAMPS
Minority fellowships are made available to a limited number
of applicants for week-long seminars in computer-assisted
reporting at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Fellowships include an IRE membership, tuition waiver worth
$1,000 and up to $750 for travel and lodging. DEADLINES ARE
OFFICIALLY 60 DAYS BEFORE EACH EVENT. CAR Boot Camps scheduled
for: January 5 - 9, 2000; February 24-26, 2000 (Editor Boot
Camp); March 26-31, 2000; May 7 - 12, 2000; July 21 - 26,
2000; August 6 - 11, 2000. Investigative Reporters and Editors,
Inc. is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to
improving the quality of investigative reporting within the
field of journalism. IRE was formed in 1975 with the intent
of creating a networking tool and a forum in which journalists
from across the country could raise questions and exchange
ideas.
Contact: Applications for boot camps can be obtained from
Laura Ruggiero * (573) 884-1444 * E-mail: laura@....

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Artist Trust, Fellowship Awards
1402 Third Avenue, Suite 404
Seattle, WA  98101
Contact:  Heather Dwyer
(206) 467-8734
http://www.artisttrust.orh

Awards given to Washington State writers every other year.
Next deadline for poets and writers is in 2001.

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Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Competition
PO Box 613PW, Johnston, VT  05656
802-635-2727
Cort Day, coordinator

http://www.vermontstudiocenter.com

Full-month stay awarded to poets, fiction writers, and
non-fiction writers - each valued at $2900.  Deadlines
are in February, June and September.  Next deadline
June 15.

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Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture,
Arts & Letters Prizes
Campus Box 44, Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, GA  31061-0490
Martin Lammon, Editor - http://al.gcsu.edu

$1000 and publication of winning works in poetry & fiction.

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Atlanta Review, International Poetry Competition
PO Box 8248, Atlanta, GA  31106
Dan Veach, Editor - contest@...
http://www.atlantareview.com

1999 award winner received $1999 and publication.

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The SDX Foundation presents $40,000 each year to the winner
of the Eugene C. Pulliam Editorial Writing Fellowship.

The grant goes to an outstanding editorial writer to help
broaden his/her journalistic horizons and knowledge of the
world through travel or study.

The award can be used to cover the costs of any course of
study at a university or college, any travel in the U.S. or
abroad, or any combination of study and travel.

Applicants must have at least three years full-time
editorial writing experience. Applications should be filed
by self-nomination, accompanied by an employer’s endorsement.
Selection is by a panel of professionals designated by the
Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, which funds the fellowship.
Deadline is July 1.

Call or write SPJ's membership director for more information.
Telephone: 765/653-3333; email: spj@...
(Society of Professional Journalists)
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Deadline - June 1, 2000
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize 2000
Open to writers who have published book length collection of
fiction stories or at least three short stories or novellas
in commercial magazines or literary journals.  Prize is
$10,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh
Press.  Entries must be between 150 and 300 typed pages.

Address: Drue Heinz Literature Prize, University of Pittsburgh
Press, 3347 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  15261
http://www.pitt.edu/~press/series/DrueHeinz.html



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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS

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Fresno, CA
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The Noticiero Latino Fellowship Program is conducting a
four-to-six week course aimed at providing radio news
professionals with the opportunity to enhance their skills
in reporting and producing national news. Thanks to a grant
from the John D. and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation,
six interns will be selected this year to take part in this
hands-on experience at the studios of Radio Bilingüe in
Fresno, California. Applicants who are bilingual in Spanish
and English will be given preference. Station-based and
freelance radio news people are encouraged to apply. Since
1991, Noticiero Latino has offered radio news professionals
from around the nation and Puerto Rico the opportunity to
develop their skills through this comprehensive fellowship
program. More than thirty news professionals from stations
in twelve states, Puerto Rico and Mexico City have
participated in the program.
Contact: For additional information or an application, please
contact Producer María Eraña at (209) 455-5783.
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We are seeking talented freelance writers to contribute to
the business section of AsianWeek.

AsianWeek is an award-winning national newsmagazine
covering business, news, culture and entertainment in the
Asian American community. AsianWeek is 21 years strong.

Please send a resume and two writing samples to:
L. Chu
Business Editor
Asianweek
809 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
-or-
FAX: 415-397-7258, attn: L. Chu
-or-
EMAIL: NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE
LChu@...

Telecommuting is ok. This is a part-time job.
This is a contract job.

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Book Trust, Booker Prize for Fiction, Book House,
45 East Hill, London  SW18 2QZ England
(0181) 516-2973
Tarryn McKay, Prizes Asst, tarryn@...

First prize approx. $34,000.  Finalists approx. $1600.
Sponsored by Booker PLC, an international food business
distributor, and administered by Book Trust, the annual
prize is given for a novel written in English by a
citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Ireland, Pakistan,
or South Africa.  Deadline July 1, 2000.

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6. JOBS / FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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The Center for Investigative Reporting is a non-profit news
organization founded in 1977 and located in San Francisco,
California.

CIR research projects expose interns to the workings of
institutions such as banking, insurance, government and the
judicial system. Current projects include investigations into
the environment, education, and the military. CIR interns
have gone on to work for many local and national publications
and news outlets.

Regular starting dates are approximately January 15 and
June 15. The application deadlines are December 1 and May 1.

To apply, send a resume, cover letter stating your interest
and summarizing your background, and a few clips or writing
samples. Published work is not a prerequisite for
consideration. Internships are not exclusively for students;
non-students are encouraged to apply.

For more information about the Center, please go to our
website at www.muckraker.org.

Contact e-mail: center@...
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U.S. News & World Report seeks tech-friendly journalists
to work with the producers of usnews.com. You'll build
world-class content and cutting-edge interactive tools.
Bring your high standards, interest in new technology,
and willingness to contribute to a close-knit team.

* Knowledge of html and familiarity with html editors
* Reporting, writing and editing experience
* Attention to detail
* Internet-savvy and comfortable packaging content for new media
* Programming skills in perl, CGI or Javascript a plus!
* Online marketing or database admin background useful

* Rub shoulders with world-class journalists
* Grow professionally
* Bagels every Tuesday
* Georgetown location in Washington D.C.
* $10 an hour for three months, with possibility to extend
* Full or part-time

Email or fax your cover letter and resume to:
Chris Noonan Sturm
Deputy Editor for New Media
U.S. News & World Report
csturm@...
Phone: 202.955.2124
Fax: 202.955.2441

www.usnews.com
Contact e-mail: csturm@...
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The Midland (Mich.) Daily News is looking for internship
candidates. The position is full-time (37.5 hours/week).
Most interns are treated as general assignment reporters,
picking up stories that don't fall on a particular beat.
Basic duties include covering area colleges and organizing
county fair coverage in the summer. Interns are treated as
a regular staff member. Most interns are asked to complete
one special/in-depth project during their time with us.
Please send resume and recent writing samples to
News Editor Mary Lou Brink at 124 S. McDonald St.,
Midland, MI. 48640.

Contact e-mail: marylou@...
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Seeking an all-purpose copy editor with solid word and page-
design skills for a 45,000-circulation daily south of Boston.
Write Mike Allain, Assistant ME, The Enterprise, 60 Main St.,
Brockton MA 02303; e-mail newsroom@...;
or call 508-427-4023.

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The Fringegolf.com website relaunches in June with fresh
feature content and a new design. We're looking for
original golf feature and lifestyle contributions that
fit the 18-39 age demographic and match the FringeGolf
stance as an alternative to the mainstream golf press.

We pay up to one dollar per published word. Please send
contributor inquiries and story ideas, with a line or
two about your writing credits and background to
editor@.... For articles related specifically
to women's content, please address the same information
to women@....

Website: http://www.fringegolf.com


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COPY EDITORS -- Investor's Business Daily (circulation
297,000 and growing weekly) is seeking sharp, ambitious
journalists to cover some of the most exciting areas in
journalism today. We're looking for talented writers and
editors interested in the stock market, the Internet,
computing trends, the new economy, national affairs,
biotechnology, up-and-coming companies of all kinds,
mutual funds and personal finance. National audience,
competitive salaries and benefits, and strong growth
opportunities. Locations: Los Angeles headquarters and
bureaus in the Silicon Valley, New York, Washington,
D.C., Seattle and San Diego. Please send a resume, writing
samples and cover letter to Susan Warfel, Managing Editor.
By e-mail, at susan.warfel@....
By mail, at Investor's Business Daily, 12655 Beatrice St.,
Los Angeles, CA 90066. By fax, at 310-577-7350. Please
call 310-448-6373 to confirm receipt of fax.
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EDITOR -- Our editors "own" their publications, move up
rapidly, enjoy flexible hours and work-at-home options.
You'll work with a great group of people, get plenty of
management respect, receive full benefits, and earn
$28-$34K. We're a national publisher seeking a sharp
journalist to write for a high-level information service
covering the media. 1-2 years newspaper or magazine
experience, plus copy-editing ability, reporting skills,
and a love of news. Mail or fax resume, cover letter, and
two solid clips to: Senior Editor, Infocom Group,
5900 Hollis St., Ste. R2, Emeryville, CA 94608.
Or fax to (510) 596-9331.
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MANAGING EDITOR -- The Tribune, a 40,000 Knight Ridder
daily is seeking hands-on editor to run the day-to-day
operation of the newsroom. Candidates must have excellent
journalistic, communication and people skills; must
demonstrate sound news judgment; must be critical thinker
who can lead in a competitive environment. We're located
seven miles from the Pacific Ocean, halfway between San
Francisco and Los Angeles. San Luis Obispo is known for
its vibrant downtown, friendly people and unbeatable
weather. Send resume and a variety of non-returnable samples
to: Human Resources, The Tribune, Fax 805-781-7966
PO Box 112, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 EOE
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  Quepasa.com, Inc.
Phoenix
Looking for Journalists to write articles daily for our
Internet site. Requires fluency in Spanish and at least 1
year (preferably closer to 2 years) related experience
professionally writing articles from both news wires and
from interviews. Openings vary, but currently need Sports
and Business Jounalists. Also Community Content
Directors (New York, Los Angeles, Florida)
http:www.quepasa.com
Linda Soifer 800 354-2008 - lsoifer@...

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7. ADS & OPPORTUNITIES

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Webletter' notifies the writing world weekly of the latest
in Word Weaving webzine where contributors post enlightening
reviews, interviews, insights, and guides.  Entwine yourself
in the artistry of writers who can show you how to weave the
written word.

http://www.wordweaving.com
WordWebletter-subscribe@...

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Add your ezine Free to EzineLinks Searchable Database!
http://EzineLinks.com - you'll find FundsforWriters!

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Funds for Writers is listed at FreeZinesOnline.
http://Globemark.net/FreeZinesOnline.htm

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Interested in advertising in Funds for Writers?
Contact Hope Clark at HopeClark1@...
or send blank mail to fundsads@....


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Word Weaving Webzine seeks articles, book reviews, and
web site reviews.  For Guidelines, visit
http://www.wordweaving.com/submission_guidelines.html
or email editor Cindy Penn at WordWeaving@....

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AUTORESPONDERS -
For Funds advertising rates, send blank email to:
     Fundsads@...

For a sample Funds for Writers, send blank email to:
     Fundssample@...


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8.  CONTACT FUNDS FOR WRITERS

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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@...
HopeClark1@...

7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

Copyright 2000, C. Hope Clark

Enter your vote today!  Check out the new poll for the FundsforWriters
group:


Contests come with or without an entry
fee.  Many opinions exist as to what is
proper. Do you submit to contests with
entry fees?

   o No
   o Yes
   o Depends on the amount of the fee
   o Depends on the amount of the prize
   o I compare the fee with the size of the prize
   o I don't enter contests


To vote, please visit the following web page:

http://www.egroups.com/polls/FundsforWriters

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the eGroups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

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               THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

  Volume 1, Issue 6           -          May 7, 2000

  Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

  Mailto:      HopeClark1@... -or-
               FundsforWriters-owner@onelist.com -or-
           FundsforWriters-owner@...


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  You are receiving this newsletter purely as your option.
  If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please
  see the instructions at the end of this newsletter. Our
  subscriber list is NOT made available to others.

  We value every subscriber and respect your privacy.

  The information presented in this ezine is for use at your
  own risk. The editor, authors and others associated with
  Funds for Writers make no warranty as to its completeness,
  accuracy, or fitness for any purpose. Use common sense and
  take normal precautions in how you use this information.

  THIS IS PART ONE OF A TWO PART NEWSLETTER.


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                IN THIS ISSUE

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    1. Editor's Thoughts

    2. Your Mail

    3. Article of the Week

    4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

    5. International Funds of the Week

    6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

    7. Ads and Opportunities

    8. Contact FundsforWriters


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  1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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  Once again, in my rummaging through grant publications and
  reading the news, I have come across a sympathetic grantor
  for the humanities named Meyer Memorial Trust.  They are
  limited to Oregon and Washington State, though.  Most
  foundations have some definitive limitation or cause, so
  this is not unusual.  But read on to my point.

  What caught my attention was two writers' causes.

  1 - An organization in Enterprise, Oregon received $115,000
  to teach writing and encourage emerging writers.

  2 - The Portland Public School received $300,000 for its
  "Community of Writers" program where the school linked
  professional writers to teachers and students.

  Can you envision some program or cause along those lines?
  Note you don't necessarily have to be the party getting
  the grant, just someone benefitting from part of the
  process or the proceeds.

  In the first example, some writer had to teach - and
  probably get paid to do so.  Or a writer could develop a
  teaching program for others to use - and sell it to the
  Enterprise group.

  In the second example, a writer could be contracted with
  the school to participate or even lead the program.  Funds
  could be used for materials.  A module could be created,
  used and copyrighted or sold.  The press alone for a writer
  could be worth the trouble in a city as big as Portland, OR.

  So open your mind and envision the potential in the world of
  grants.  I hope through this newsletter to teach you that
  there is more to earning a living from writing than selling
  an article or killing yourself reaching for a best-selling
  novel.  While both are noble writing efforts, the majority
  of writers barely eke out a living waiting for the
  proverbial ship to come in through that dream-come-true
  book contract or assignment from a glossy magazine.

  Use your creative talents and create a market for yourself.
  Grants can be a way to bridge that checkbook gap and gain
  a network that could accelerate the writer you want to be.


                     Hope

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                  WORDS OF SUCCESS

    The days come and go but they say nothing, and if
  we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as
          silently away.

          ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~



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  2.  YOUR MAIL

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  Hope,

  Thanks so much for putting this list together.  I am a
  returning student who is graduating in May!!!  I'm so excited.

  I am currently working for a small newspaper group who covers
  5 small towns in Texas.  I am also collaborating on a book
  that highlights Texas women and their contribution to Texas
  history.

  This group looks like just what I've been searching for.
  Thanks for the hard work,

  Karen Boozer

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  Friends and subscribers -

  Your answers to the poll have been analyzed.  Amazed at the
  interest across the board, I came to a conclusion that to
  keep from just abolishing any given area, I would combine
  topics weighing the grants, markets, etc. based on the
  percentages below.

  So this week, note the new format. GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS
  are combined.  Many fund providers confuse the three anyway.
  JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS are combined.  Then INTERNATIONAL
  FUNDS remains a separate topic.

  Grants (for individuals only)      19      21.11%
  Grants (for individuals/groups)  8      8.89%
  Awards              8       8.89%
  Contests           13      14.44%
  Jobs               13      14.44%
  Freelance Markets      21      23.33%
  Fellowships(educational grants)  8      8.89%

  As always, your comments are welcomed.

  Also, as always, feel free to forward this letter to others,
  and always entice people to join.  We want to educate as
  many as we can on how to earn a living doing what they love.
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  Hi Hope,

  The Rose & Thorn would be pleased to mention your newsletter
  in our May issue, under Literary Notables.

  Thanks for the terrific resource for writers!

  Best Regards,

  Jasmin Randick
  Publisher/Managing Editor
  The Rose & Thorn
  http://members.aol.com/Raven763/index.html

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  3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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  Newsflash: Author Makes Good Through Nonprofit Route

  by C. Hope Clark

  My office subscribes to The Chronical of Philanthropy.
  "Yawn," say most of you in writer-land.  But the April 6,
  2000 edition contained a feature article entitled "Birth
  of a Notion," an article which involves an author with a
  mission who happened to use nonprofit status to see it
  through.

  Heidi E. Murkoff is the co-author of "What to Expect"
  books for new parents.  Every bookstore carries them, as
  they are a popular series of books for new and expectant
  parents.

  In a charitable effort to better educate pregnant
  inmates in a prison, Heidi handed out free copies of her
  book.  Naive and unexposed to the plight of poverty, she
  suddenly realized the book was written at a level not
  easily understood by most of the women in her audience.

  So she established the What to Expect Foundation, a charity
  focused not only on developing easy-to-read pregnancy and
  childrearing books and videos but also raising money for
  health and literacy programs across the country.

  Heidi and her co-author mother Arlene Eisenberg, hope to
  use the "What to Expect" name to entice its readers to
  come to the charity's aid in raising these funds.  But
  what is astounding is that the charity has also reached
  corporate sponsorship.  Nissan Motor Company donated $1.5
  million in a grant to finance the development of the first
  book entitled "Baby Basic: Pregnancy" due out by the end
  of the year.  Nissan also donated two minivans to aid in
  transporting pregnant mothers to and from doctors' offices.

  Heidi's success story goes on and on.  But what is
  important is the fact that a writer's dream to aid, teach,
  enlighten or entertain has potential for support -
  financial support.

  So get your dream identified, focused and started.  Then
  reach out to those funding streams out there.  You never
  know when one will reach back - with cash in hand.

  copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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  4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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  Ford Foundation Media, Arts, and Culture Grants

  Awarded to public broadcasting, independent production of
  film and video, and radio programming that meets the
  foundation's overall goals to strengthen democratic values,
  reduce poverty and injustice, promote international
  cooperation, and advance human achievement.
  Contact:
  John Phillip Santos, Program Officer
  Media, Arts, and Culture
  Ford Foundation
  320 East 43rd Street
  New York, NY  10017
  Email - j.santos@...
  URL - www.fordfound.org
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  Play writing - National Endowment of the Arts

  Letters of intent to apply for awards through the NEA/
  Theatre Communications Group Theatre Residency Program for
  Playwrights are being requested.  A total of 12 playwrights
  will be selected to receive $25,000 each to develop a new
  work at a host theatre.  While the central focus of the
  residencies is on creating plays, playwrights are expected
  to participate in outreach programs in the host theater's
  community.  In a component that is new this year, host
  theatres will receive $5000 from Seagram/Universal to
  support the work of the resident playwright.  Full
  applications are due June 15.

  Who may apply - Non-profit theatres and US citizens or
  permanent residents who have had a full-length play
  published and/or produced during the past five years.
  Self-publications and student publications are not accepted.

  Contact:
  Sheela Kangal, TCG
  355 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY  10017-0217
  Email - grants@...
  URL - www.tcg.org
  --------------------

  2000 Minneapolis Media Arts Grant Program of the Jerome
  Foundation

  Grants of $8000 to $20,000 will be awarded to individual
  artists.  The program primarily supports film and video
  production in all genres; however, it welcomes other forms
  such as online projects and interactive media.

  Who may apply - Minneapolis residents whos projects have
  budgets of up to $175,000.

  Contact:
  Jerome Foundation
  125 Park Square Court, 400 Sibley Street
  St. Paul, MN  55101-1928
  http://www.jeromefdn.org
  ---------------

  A one-year reporting fellowship for an aspiring Latino or
  Latina journalist to train as a reporter in the nation's
  capitol. The fellowship provides a stipend of $20,000 plus
  benefits. The selected fellow will be placed with the
  Washington, DC-based Hispanic Link News Service, which
  covers national affairs with an emphasis on their impact
  on 32 million U.S. Hispanics. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS IN
  JUNE OF EACH YEAR.
  Contact: Applications and additional information may be
  obtained from: The Hispanic Link Journalism Foundation
  * 1420 N Street NW * Washington, DC 20005 * (202) 238-0705
  * Fax: (202) 238-0706 * E-mail: zapotec@...
  -------------------

  The National Endowment for the Arts is requesting proposals
  leading to one (1) award of a Cooperative Agreement for a
  two year pilot project to devise, implement, document, and
  assess models for the translation of contemporary performance
  work from Asia, Africa, or Latin America that has a
  significant text-based element, and the development of
  educational strategies that will help audiences understand
  the cultural and social context from which the work emanates.
  The initiative will also require implementation of a process
  for dissemination of information about the models, and
  facilitation of the touring of the identified works to small
  and mid-sized communities. Eligibility to apply is limited to
  tax exempt organizations. Endowment funding will be $200,000.
  A one-to-one match is required. Eligibility to apply for the
  Cooperative Agreement is limited to tax exempt organizations.
  Those interested in receiving the solicitation package should
  reference Program Solicitation PS 00-04 in their written
  request and include two (2) self-addressed labels. Verbal
  requests for the Solicitation will not be honored. It is
  anticipated that the Program Solicitation will also be posted
  on the Endowment's Web site at  http://www.arts.gov.

  DATES: Program Solicitation PS 00-04 is scheduled for release
  approximately May 2, 2000 with proposals due on May 31, 2000.

  ADDRESSES: Requests for the Solicitation should be addressed
  to the National Endowment for the Arts, Grants & Contracts
  Office, Room 618, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,
  D.C. 20506.

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Hummel, Grants &
  Contracts Office, National Endowment for the Arts, Room 618,
  1100 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW., Washington, D.C. 20506
  (202-682-5482).

  -----------------

  New England Writers Contests
  Open to all writers.

  13th Annual Free Verse Contest - $300, $200 and $100 plus
  honorable mentions, commendables, editor's choice.
  Unpublished free verse only, 30-line limit.

  4th Short-Short Fiction Contest - $500 award.  Original
  unpublished work no more than 1000 words.

  Deadline for both - June 15
  Winners published in The Anthology of New England Writers
  Contact:
  Frank Anthony, PhD
  New England Writers
  PO Box 483
  Windsor, VT  05089
  Email - newvtpoet@...
  ------------------

  Glimmer Train Summer Very Short Fiction Award

  $1200 and publication, $500, and $300.  $10 entry fee.
  Word count limited to 2000.  First page to include
  name, address, phonem and word count.  Stories will not be
  returned.  Postmark deadline July 31.  Winners notified
  by November 1.  Mail entries to:

  VSF Award, Glimmer Train Press, Inc.
  710 SW Madison #504
  Portland, OR  97205-2900
  URL - www.glimmertrain.com
  ---------------

  DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2000
  THE FIRST ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD 27 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION - Any
  script from any genre will be considered. Submissions must
  be the original work of the applicant and may not be based,
  in whole or in part, on any other fictional or non-fictional
  material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced.
  Entries may, however, be adapted from the applicant's original
  work, which should be noted on the application form. 1st Place
  (1 award): $25,000, a free copy of Screenplay Systems'
  Dramatica Pro or Movie Magic Screenwriter software, and a
  free script consultation. Terms of script consultation are
  defined by each individual consultant. There is an
  Non-refundable Entry Fee of $99 to enter the competition.

  Contact:
  Hollywood 27 Productions, H27 Screenplay
  Competition, 1035 Hannah Avenue, Forest Park, IL  60130.

  Web site:
  http:// www.hollywood27.com
  ------------------

  PEN/JERARD FUND AWARD OF $4,000 WILL BE GIVEN IN 2001
  BIENNIAL PRIZE HONORS EMERGING WOMEN WRITERS OF NONFICTION
  PEN American Center, in cooperation with the New York
  Community Trust, will present the tenth PEN/Jerard Fund
  Award in spring 2001. The $4,000 award is given biennially
  to a woman writer at an early point in her career. The award
  honors a work in progress of general nonfiction distinguished
  by high literary quality. Because PEN believes that the art
  of essay writing is not adequately prized in America and
  that women writers of nonfiction are as deserving of as much
  critical attention as those of fiction and poetry, the
  PEN/Jerard Fund Award seeks out a work of distinction which
  might otherwise go under-recognized. This is the first award
  of its kind established for American women writers of
  nonfiction.

  HOW TO APPLY: The minimum requirement for applicants is the
  publication of at least one magazine article in a national
  publication or in a major literary magazine. Applicants must
  not have published more than one book of any kind. Each
  applicant should submit two copies of no more than 50 pages
  of her English-language booklength work in progress
  accompanied by a list of her publications. Although there
  are no restrictions on the content of the work, the emphasis
  is on the quality of writing rather than the subject. The
  award is not intended to focus exclusively on women's studies
  or personal memoirs; all serious literary subjects are welcome.
  However, manuscripts such as how-to manuals, inspirational
  tracts, cookery, craft, or fashion guides, or celebrity
  biographies will not be considered. Applicants must be
  residents of the United States. There is no restriction on
  the age of the applicant. Manuscripts will be judged by a
  panel of five American writers of nonfiction, at least three
  of whom are women. Manuscripts will be returned only if
  accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope of a
  suitable size.

  DEADLINE: January 1, 2001. (Manuscripts will be accepted
  after September 1, 2000.)


  All submissions and inquiries should be directed to:
  PEN/Jerard Fund Award
  PEN American Center
  568 Broadway
  New York, NY 10012

  -----------------
  THE PEN/NORMA KLEIN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S FICTION

  The sixth PEN/Norma Klein Award of $3,000 will be given
  in the spring of 2001. Established in 1990 in memory of
  the late PEN member and distinguished children's book
  author, the biennial prize recognizes an emerging voice
  of literary merit among American writers of children's
  fiction. Candidates for the award are new authors whose
  books (for elementary school to young adult readers)
  demonstrate the adventuresome and innovative spirit that
  characterizes the best children's literature and Norma
  Klein's own work (but need not resemble her novels
  stylistically).

  The PEN/Norma Klein Award is judged by a panel of three
  distinguished children's book authors.

  Candidates may not nominate themselves. The judges
  welcome all nominations from authors and editors of
  children's books, to be considered in addition to their
  own nominations. Nominating letters should describe the
  author's work in some detail-how it promises to enrich
  American literature for children-and include a list of
  the candidate's publications (either in the body of the
  letter or by enclosing a copy of the candidate's vita).
  Please do not send books with your nomination; the judges
  may request them later.

  Previous recipients of the the award are Cynthia Grant,
  Graham Salisbury, and Angela Johnson, Rita Williams-
  Garcia, and Valerie Hobbs.

  The PEN/Norma Klein Award is made possible by Erwin
  Fleissner.

  Deadline for nominations is December 15, 2000. Write to:

  PEN/Norma Klein Award
  PEN American Center
  568 Broadway
  New York, NY 10012
  --------------

  DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2000

  THE DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE 2000 - For fifteen years
  the Drue Heinz Literature Prize has recognized and
  supported writers of short fiction and made their work
  available to readers around the world. The award is open
  to writers who have published a book-length collection of
  fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in
  commercial magazines or literary journals.

  Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known
  writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Waren,
  Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, and
  Russell Banks. The prize carries a cash award of $10,000
  and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press under
  its standard contract. Manuscripts may be no fewer than
  150 and no more than 300 typed pages.

  Send submissions to:
  Drue Heinz Literature Prize, University of Pittsburgh Press,
  3347 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.

  Web site: http://www.pitt.edu/~press/series/DrueHeinz.html



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  5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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  Internet company specialising in African Business

  Need business writers with sound knowledge of the business
  environment in Africa to come on board, initially on a
  freelance basis. The writers must have excellent knowledge
  from any industry in any African country particularly in
  manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, minerals,
  petroleum, aviation and transport.

  The writers will contribute on a daily or weekly basis,
  articles concerning their particular industry or industries,
  current investment opportunities, latest developments and
  expert advise. Writers will be providing high level business
  information for potential investors.

  If you belief you have a wide range of knowledge about the
  African continent and all the latest developments across
  several industries and countries, then you can consider
  applying for the Editor in Chief role.

  The work, if made full-time, may mean time spent in Africa,
  so if the applicant is not from an African country, they
  must be prepared to travel and work there.

  Any details sent will be reviewed. Applicants can be based
  anywhere at present, though it will be an advantage if the
  applicant is based anywhere in Africa.
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  NAATA Media Fund

  Provides funding for independent productions of new Asian
  American programs for public television.  Awards ranging
  from $20,000 to $50,000 for production only.  Deadline:
  June 2 (receipt, not postmark).
  Contact:
  NAATA Media Fund
  346 9th Street, 2nd Floor
  San Francisco, CA  94103
  Phone - 415-863-0814
  Email - mediafund@...

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  HolaMujer.com is the first bilingual (Spanish and
  English) online network targeting Latina women in
  the U.S. and Latin America. We are also in the
  process of integrating Portuguese language content.

  We are seeking experienced writers who can write
  punchy and compelling content in either English,
  Spanish or Portuguese (preferably writers will
  be bilingual in English and either Spanish or
  Portuguese). Topics to be covered on the network
  include: health, fitness, beauty, style,
  entertainment, travel. Writers with developed
  areas of expertise are encouraged to apply, but
  "jack-of-all-trades" writers are equally welcomed.

  Job Requirements:
  Experience writing for newspapers, magazines, or
  other offline or online publications;
  Creativity in developing innovative topics for online
  articles;
  Able to meet tight writing deadlines;
  Editing experience a significant plus;
  Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese preferred but not
  necessary.
  CONTACT US: jobs@...

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  American-Scandinavian Foundation - $2000 award
  Translation Prize, 15 East 65 Street,
  New York, NY  10021 - 212-879-9779

  Prize awarded annually for the best English translation
  of prose or poetry by a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic,
  Norwegian, or Swedish author born after 1800.
  June 1 deadline.

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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 6           -          May 7, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week

   4. Grants/Contests/Awards of the Week

   5. International Funds of the Week

   6. Jobs/Freelance Markets of the Week

   7. Ads and Opportunities

   8. Contact FundsforWriters


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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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Once again, in my rummaging through grant publications and
reading the news, I have come across a sympathetic grantor
for the humanities named Meyer Memorial Trust.  They are
limited to Oregon and Washington State, though.  Most
foundations have some definitive limitation or cause, so
this is not unusual.  But read on to my point.

What caught my attention was two writers' causes.

1 - An organization in Enterprise, Oregon received $115,000
to teach writing and encourage emerging writers.

2 - The Portland Public School received $300,000 for its
"Community of Writers" program where the school linked
professional writers to teachers and students.

Can you envision some program or cause along those lines?
Note you don't necessarily have to be the party getting
the grant, just someone benefitting from part of the
process or the proceeds.

In the first example, some writer had to teach - and
probably get paid to do so.  Or a writer could develop a
teaching program for others to use - and sell it to the
Enterprise group.

In the second example, a writer could be contracted with
the school to participate or even lead the program.  Funds
could be used for materials.  A module could be created,
used and copyrighted or sold.  The press alone for a writer
could be worth the trouble in a city as big as Portland, OR.

So open your mind and envision the potential in the world of
grants.  I hope through this newsletter to teach you that
there is more to earning a living from writing than selling
an article or killing yourself reaching for a best-selling
novel.  While both are noble writing efforts, the majority
of writers barely eke out a living waiting for the
proverbial ship to come in through that dream-come-true
book contract or assignment from a glossy magazine.

Use your creative talents and create a market for yourself.
Grants can be a way to bridge that checkbook gap and gain
a network that could accelerate the writer you want to be.


                     Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   The days come and go but they say nothing, and if
we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as
          silently away.

          ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hope,

Thanks so much for putting this list together.  I am a
returning student who is graduating in May!!!  I'm so excited.

I am currently working for a small newspaper group who covers
5 small towns in Texas.  I am also collaborating on a book
that highlights Texas women and their contribution to Texas
history.

This group looks like just what I've been searching for.
Thanks for the hard work,

Karen Boozer

---------------
Friends and subscribers -

Your answers to the poll have been analyzed.  Amazed at the
interest across the board, I came to a conclusion that to
keep from just abolishing any given area, I would combine
topics weighing the grants, markets, etc. based on the
percentages below.

So this week, note the new format. GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS
are combined.  Many fund providers confuse the three anyway.
JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS are combined.  Then INTERNATIONAL
FUNDS remains a separate topic.

Grants (for individuals only)   19      21.11%
Grants (for individuals/groups)  8       8.89%
Awards               8       8.89%
Contests            13      14.44%
Jobs                13      14.44%
Freelance Markets       21      23.33%
Fellowships(educational grants)  8       8.89%

As always, your comments are welcomed.

Also, as always, feel free to forward this letter to others,
and always entice people to join.  We want to educate as
many as we can on how to earn a living doing what they love.
------------

Hi Hope,

The Rose & Thorn would be pleased to mention your newsletter
in our May issue, under Literary Notables.

Thanks for the terrific resource for writers!

Best Regards,

Jasmin Randick
Publisher/Managing Editor
The Rose & Thorn
http://members.aol.com/Raven763/index.html

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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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Newsflash: Author Makes Good Through Nonprofit Route

by C. Hope Clark

My office subscribes to The Chronical of Philanthropy.
"Yawn," say most of you in writer-land.  But the April 6,
2000 edition contained a feature article entitled "Birth
of a Notion," an article which involves an author with a
mission who happened to use nonprofit status to see it
through.

Heidi E. Murkoff is the co-author of "What to Expect"
books for new parents.  Every bookstore carries them, as
they are a popular series of books for new and expectant
parents.

In a charitable effort to better educate pregnant
inmates in a prison, Heidi handed out free copies of her
book.  Naive and unexposed to the plight of poverty, she
suddenly realized the book was written at a level not
easily understood by most of the women in her audience.

So she established the What to Expect Foundation, a charity
focused not only on developing easy-to-read pregnancy and
childrearing books and videos but also raising money for
health and literacy programs across the country.

Heidi and her co-author mother Arlene Eisenberg, hope to
use the "What to Expect" name to entice its readers to
come to the charity's aid in raising these funds.  But
what is astounding is that the charity has also reached
corporate sponsorship.  Nissan Motor Company donated $1.5
million in a grant to finance the development of the first
book entitled "Baby Basic: Pregnancy" due out by the end
of the year.  Nissan also donated two minivans to aid in
transporting pregnant mothers to and from doctors' offices.

Heidi's success story goes on and on.  But what is
important is the fact that a writer's dream to aid, teach,
enlighten or entertain has potential for support -
financial support.

So get your dream identified, focused and started.  Then
reach out to those funding streams out there.  You never
know when one will reach back - with cash in hand.

copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANTS/CONTESTS/AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Ford Foundation Media, Arts, and Culture Grants

Awarded to public broadcasting, independent production of
film and video, and radio programming that meets the
foundation's overall goals to strengthen democratic values,
reduce poverty and injustice, promote international
cooperation, and advance human achievement.
Contact:
John Phillip Santos, Program Officer
Media, Arts, and Culture
Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY  10017
Email - j.santos@...
URL - www.fordfound.org
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Play writing - National Endowment of the Arts

Letters of intent to apply for awards through the NEA/
Theatre Communications Group Theatre Residency Program for
Playwrights are being requested.  A total of 12 playwrights
will be selected to receive $25,000 each to develop a new
work at a host theatre.  While the central focus of the
residencies is on creating plays, playwrights are expected
to participate in outreach programs in the host theater's
community.  In a component that is new this year, host
theatres will receive $5000 from Seagram/Universal to
support the work of the resident playwright.  Full
applications are due June 15.

Who may apply - Non-profit theatres and US citizens or
permanent residents who have had a full-length play
published and/or produced during the past five years.
Self-publications and student publications are not accepted.

Contact:
Sheela Kangal, TCG
355 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10017-0217
Email - grants@...
URL - www.tcg.org
--------------------

2000 Minneapolis Media Arts Grant Program of the Jerome
Foundation

Grants of $8000 to $20,000 will be awarded to individual
artists.  The program primarily supports film and video
production in all genres; however, it welcomes other forms
such as online projects and interactive media.

Who may apply - Minneapolis residents whos projects have
budgets of up to $175,000.

Contact:
Jerome Foundation
125 Park Square Court, 400 Sibley Street
St. Paul, MN  55101-1928
http://www.jeromefdn.org
---------------

A one-year reporting fellowship for an aspiring Latino or
Latina journalist to train as a reporter in the nation's
capitol. The fellowship provides a stipend of $20,000 plus
benefits. The selected fellow will be placed with the
Washington, DC-based Hispanic Link News Service, which
covers national affairs with an emphasis on their impact
on 32 million U.S. Hispanics. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS IN
JUNE OF EACH YEAR.
Contact: Applications and additional information may be
obtained from: The Hispanic Link Journalism Foundation
* 1420 N Street NW * Washington, DC 20005 * (202) 238-0705
* Fax: (202) 238-0706 * E-mail: zapotec@...
-------------------

The National Endowment for the Arts is requesting proposals
leading to one (1) award of a Cooperative Agreement for a
two year pilot project to devise, implement, document, and
assess models for the translation of contemporary performance
work from Asia, Africa, or Latin America that has a
significant text-based element, and the development of
educational strategies that will help audiences understand
the cultural and social context from which the work emanates.
The initiative will also require implementation of a process
for dissemination of information about the models, and
facilitation of the touring of the identified works to small
and mid-sized communities. Eligibility to apply is limited to
tax exempt organizations. Endowment funding will be $200,000.
A one-to-one match is required. Eligibility to apply for the
Cooperative Agreement is limited to tax exempt organizations.
Those interested in receiving the solicitation package should
reference Program Solicitation PS 00-04 in their written
request and include two (2) self-addressed labels. Verbal
requests for the Solicitation will not be honored. It is
anticipated that the Program Solicitation will also be posted
on the Endowment's Web site at  http://www.arts.gov.

DATES: Program Solicitation PS 00-04 is scheduled for release
approximately May 2, 2000 with proposals due on May 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Requests for the Solicitation should be addressed
to the National Endowment for the Arts, Grants & Contracts
Office, Room 618, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,
D.C. 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Hummel, Grants &
Contracts Office, National Endowment for the Arts, Room 618,
1100 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW., Washington, D.C. 20506
(202-682-5482).

-----------------

New England Writers Contests
Open to all writers.

13th Annual Free Verse Contest - $300, $200 and $100 plus
honorable mentions, commendables, editor's choice.
Unpublished free verse only, 30-line limit.

4th Short-Short Fiction Contest - $500 award.  Original
unpublished work no more than 1000 words.

Deadline for both - June 15
Winners published in The Anthology of New England Writers
Contact:
Frank Anthony, PhD
New England Writers
PO Box 483
Windsor, VT  05089
Email - newvtpoet@...
------------------

Glimmer Train Summer Very Short Fiction Award

$1200 and publication, $500, and $300.  $10 entry fee.
Word count limited to 2000.  First page to include
name, address, phonem and word count.  Stories will not be
returned.  Postmark deadline July 31.  Winners notified
by November 1.  Mail entries to:

VSF Award, Glimmer Train Press, Inc.
710 SW Madison #504
Portland, OR  97205-2900
URL - www.glimmertrain.com
---------------

DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2000
THE FIRST ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD 27 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION - Any
script from any genre will be considered. Submissions must
be the original work of the applicant and may not be based,
in whole or in part, on any other fictional or non-fictional
material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced.
Entries may, however, be adapted from the applicant's original
work, which should be noted on the application form. 1st Place
(1 award): $25,000, a free copy of Screenplay Systems'
Dramatica Pro or Movie Magic Screenwriter software, and a
free script consultation. Terms of script consultation are
defined by each individual consultant. There is an
Non-refundable Entry Fee of $99 to enter the competition.

Contact:
Hollywood 27 Productions, H27 Screenplay
Competition, 1035 Hannah Avenue, Forest Park, IL  60130.

Web site:
http:// www.hollywood27.com
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PEN/JERARD FUND AWARD OF $4,000 WILL BE GIVEN IN 2001
BIENNIAL PRIZE HONORS EMERGING WOMEN WRITERS OF NONFICTION
PEN American Center, in cooperation with the New York
Community Trust, will present the tenth PEN/Jerard Fund
Award in spring 2001. The $4,000 award is given biennially
to a woman writer at an early point in her career. The award
honors a work in progress of general nonfiction distinguished
by high literary quality. Because PEN believes that the art
of essay writing is not adequately prized in America and
that women writers of nonfiction are as deserving of as much
critical attention as those of fiction and poetry, the
PEN/Jerard Fund Award seeks out a work of distinction which
might otherwise go under-recognized. This is the first award
of its kind established for American women writers of
nonfiction.

HOW TO APPLY: The minimum requirement for applicants is the
publication of at least one magazine article in a national
publication or in a major literary magazine. Applicants must
not have published more than one book of any kind. Each
applicant should submit two copies of no more than 50 pages
of her English-language booklength work in progress
accompanied by a list of her publications. Although there
are no restrictions on the content of the work, the emphasis
is on the quality of writing rather than the subject. The
award is not intended to focus exclusively on women's studies
or personal memoirs; all serious literary subjects are welcome.
However, manuscripts such as how-to manuals, inspirational
tracts, cookery, craft, or fashion guides, or celebrity
biographies will not be considered. Applicants must be
residents of the United States. There is no restriction on
the age of the applicant. Manuscripts will be judged by a
panel of five American writers of nonfiction, at least three
of whom are women. Manuscripts will be returned only if
accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope of a
suitable size.

DEADLINE: January 1, 2001. (Manuscripts will be accepted
after September 1, 2000.)


All submissions and inquiries should be directed to:
PEN/Jerard Fund Award
PEN American Center
568 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

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THE PEN/NORMA KLEIN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S FICTION

The sixth PEN/Norma Klein Award of $3,000 will be given
in the spring of 2001. Established in 1990 in memory of
the late PEN member and distinguished children's book
author, the biennial prize recognizes an emerging voice
of literary merit among American writers of children's
fiction. Candidates for the award are new authors whose
books (for elementary school to young adult readers)
demonstrate the adventuresome and innovative spirit that
characterizes the best children's literature and Norma
Klein's own work (but need not resemble her novels
stylistically).

The PEN/Norma Klein Award is judged by a panel of three
distinguished children's book authors.

Candidates may not nominate themselves. The judges
welcome all nominations from authors and editors of
children's books, to be considered in addition to their
own nominations. Nominating letters should describe the
author's work in some detail-how it promises to enrich
American literature for children-and include a list of
the candidate's publications (either in the body of the
letter or by enclosing a copy of the candidate's vita).
Please do not send books with your nomination; the judges
may request them later.

Previous recipients of the the award are Cynthia Grant,
Graham Salisbury, and Angela Johnson, Rita Williams-
Garcia, and Valerie Hobbs.

The PEN/Norma Klein Award is made possible by Erwin
Fleissner.

Deadline for nominations is December 15, 2000. Write to:

PEN/Norma Klein Award
PEN American Center
568 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
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DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2000

THE DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE 2000 - For fifteen years
the Drue Heinz Literature Prize has recognized and
supported writers of short fiction and made their work
available to readers around the world. The award is open
to writers who have published a book-length collection of
fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in
commercial magazines or literary journals.

Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known
writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Waren,
Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, and
Russell Banks. The prize carries a cash award of $10,000
and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press under
its standard contract. Manuscripts may be no fewer than
150 and no more than 300 typed pages.

Send submissions to:
Drue Heinz Literature Prize, University of Pittsburgh Press,
3347 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.

Web site: http://www.pitt.edu/~press/series/DrueHeinz.html



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5.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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Internet company specialising in African Business

Need business writers with sound knowledge of the business
environment in Africa to come on board, initially on a
freelance basis. The writers must have excellent knowledge
from any industry in any African country particularly in
manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, minerals,
petroleum, aviation and transport.

The writers will contribute on a daily or weekly basis,
articles concerning their particular industry or industries,
current investment opportunities, latest developments and
expert advise. Writers will be providing high level business
information for potential investors.

If you belief you have a wide range of knowledge about the
African continent and all the latest developments across
several industries and countries, then you can consider
applying for the Editor in Chief role.

The work, if made full-time, may mean time spent in Africa,
so if the applicant is not from an African country, they
must be prepared to travel and work there.

Any details sent will be reviewed. Applicants can be based
anywhere at present, though it will be an advantage if the
applicant is based anywhere in Africa.
------------------

NAATA Media Fund

Provides funding for independent productions of new Asian
American programs for public television.  Awards ranging
from $20,000 to $50,000 for production only.  Deadline:
June 2 (receipt, not postmark).
Contact:
NAATA Media Fund
346 9th Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA  94103
Phone - 415-863-0814
Email - mediafund@...

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HolaMujer.com is the first bilingual (Spanish and
English) online network targeting Latina women in
the U.S. and Latin America. We are also in the
process of integrating Portuguese language content.

We are seeking experienced writers who can write
punchy and compelling content in either English,
Spanish or Portuguese (preferably writers will
be bilingual in English and either Spanish or
Portuguese). Topics to be covered on the network
include: health, fitness, beauty, style,
entertainment, travel. Writers with developed
areas of expertise are encouraged to apply, but
"jack-of-all-trades" writers are equally welcomed.

Job Requirements:
Experience writing for newspapers, magazines, or
other offline or online publications;
Creativity in developing innovative topics for online
articles;
Able to meet tight writing deadlines;
Editing experience a significant plus;
Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese preferred but not
necessary.
CONTACT US: jobs@...

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American-Scandinavian Foundation - $2000 award
Translation Prize, 15 East 65 Street,
New York, NY  10021 - 212-879-9779

Prize awarded annually for the best English translation
of prose or poetry by a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic,
Norwegian, or Swedish author born after 1800.
June 1 deadline.

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  Volume 1, Issue 6           -          May 7, 2000

  Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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  6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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  NOTHARVARD.COM (http://www.notharvard.com/jobs/teach.html)
  seeks strong content writers and course instructors to create
  online courses. Pay scale based on length of course, author
  expertise and depth of subject matter. (An 8-lesson course
  starts at $1,500, including bonuses for timely completion).
  As a content author, you should have strong knowledge in your
  area and be able to explain ideas clearly in writing. Course
  authors must also attach saleable materials to their courses.
  These materials can be in the form of books, CDs, videos or
  any other conceivable products.
  ----------------

  FUTUREPIX.COM (http://www.FuturePix.com) wants freelance
  readers to read film treatments. Payment is $12/hour.
  Applicants need excellent reading comprehension and writing
  skills, and should be film enthusiasts able to work quickly
  and efficiently. Requires computer with internet access and
  download capability. College students or grads preferred.
  Fax resume and or qualifications to FuturePix at
  (201) 692-3439; or email: ldell@....
  -----------------

  Experienced freelance reporter in D.C. area to cover OSHA
  and related legal and legislative developments for South
  eastern Connecticut-based business-to-business newsletter
  publisher. Must have strong interviewing skills and ability
  to deliver quality copy on tight deadlines. Journalism
  background and experience in safety reporting preferred.
  Send recent clips and resume to M. Rubin, Senior Editor,
  BBP, 125 Eugene O’Neill Drive, Suite 103, New London, CT
  06320, or michele.rubin@.... No phone calls.
  ----------------

  Web publisher seeks experienced magazine writers to produce
  news and strategic business articles for high-profile small
  business Web site. Writers will interview CEOs and founders
  of hot companies to uncover the strategies behind their
  success. Weekly assignments range from news and trend
  articles to company profiles and strategic how-to pieces.
  Business management topic areas include business development,
  finance, global business, HR, IT, leadership, legal,
  marketing and sales. Industry areas include architecture,
  biotech, computers, education, engineering, publishing,
  medical, legal and retail. Please paste three of your best
  business writing samples (text only) into an email with a
  message re: areas of expertise to
  Todd Denton, Managing Editor, L2S, todddenton@....
  -----------------

  A national magazine about technology in state and local
  government, civic.com, is looking for experienced freelance
  reporters to contribute stories for our monthly publication.
  While experience covering information technology or government
  is preferred, it isn't mandatory. What is important is an
  ability and an enthusiasm to write about topics like
  e-government, telecommuting, privacy, procurement and
  technology legislation expertly and engagingly.

  Civic.com pays competitively and qualified applicants can
  look forward to regular assignments. Applicants should submit
  a letter, resume, and samples of their work, via e-mail or on
  paper, to Managing Editor Jill Rosen, civic.com, 3141 Fairview
  Park Drive, Suite 777, Falls Church, Va., 22042, or
  jrosen@.... No phone calls please.
  ---------------

  ABC News Internships
  ABC News is offering internships to qualified students
  interested in pursuing careers in broadcast journalism.
  Internships offer a stipend of $10/hour and are available
  in several ABC Bureaus across the United States. Internships
  are non-technical in nature and qualified candidates will
  participate in various aspects of the editorial process as
  it pertains to network news coverage. To be eligible,
  applicants must have attained at least a junior year standing
  in an undergraduate program. Previous newsroom and/or print
  experience are preferred.

  ABC News is also offering non-paid/credit only summer
  internships to qualified students interested in pursuing
  a career in broadcast journalism. Interns will be placed
  on ABC News programs and in departments where they will be
  exposed to all aspects of network news. Interns will gain
  knowledge in the production of news programs and in the
  implementation of news coverage. To be eligible, applicants
  must have attained at least a junior year standing in an
  undergraduate program. The internships are non-paying and
  non-technical in nature. Non-paid interns are placed in
  ABC News departments and shows primarily in New York.
  Applicants must receive academic credit in return for
  the internship.

  Interested students should forward a resume and a cover
  letter to:

  Nissa Walton
  ABC News
  47 West 66th Street - 6th Floor
  New York, NY 10023
  Nissa.M.Walton@...
  ---------------

  Minimum Requirements:
  4 yr degree, preferably in Marketing, Communications,
  Journalism, or English. Must have 3 to 5 yrs exp. in
  copywriting of collateral materials. Working knowledge
  of retail merchandising writing and Web writing a plus.
  Thorough knowledge of the agency process. Must be able
  to create copy and concepts using the creative brief
  process.
  Primary Responsibilities:
  Serve as creative advertising practitioner, using
  exceptional writing skills to produce bold, strategic,
  persuasive messages in all print media for our clients.
  Responsible for translating innovative concepts into
  finished copy advertising, brochures, merchandising,
  statement inserts, Web copy, and other collateral material.
  Work as a part of the creative team to achieve objectives
  through creative imagery and effective message strategies
  based on provided creative belief.

  First Union offers a competitive salary and benefits
  package.  Interested, qualified candidates may submit a
  resume for this position.

  Contact Address: Human Resources - INT
  First Union Corporation
  1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.
  Building 3A2
  Charlotte, N.C. 28288-0970
  jobs@...
  -------------

  The WRITE Stuff - Doubleday Direct and Book of the
  Month Club Partnership creates need in GARDEN CITY
  Long Island location. Positions involve writing for
  monthly book club promo catalogs. Must have 1-5 years
  experience with direct marketing and the ability to
  write solid adv copy. Must have a degree, Mac Word
  proficiency, and ability to thrive in fast paced
  environment. Competitive salary, excellent benefits
  and career oppty with our progressive company. Please
  send resume with salary requirements to BOOKSPAN,
  Att: Anne Marie Fernandez, Job Code: CP, 401 Franklin
  Ave., Garden City, NY 11530. Fax: 516-873-4856.
  E-mail: ddi.resumes@.... .

  ----------------

  Soliciting articles for online and possible print series on
  "Faith and Finance." Length: between 2,500 and 3,000 words
  each. We provide detailed outline. No byline -- all stories
  to be rewritten to conform to house style. Rewritten product
  becomes property of the publisher; Author may resell story
  after substantial rewriting. Payment is $400 per story.
  Payment is on receipt of final draft. One rewrite may be
  requested. Kill fee is $200 per story. Writers with personal-
  finance experience ONLY. Please e-mail BRIEF bio and one or
  two writing samples, published or unpublished, to
  moviebugz@....

  -----------------


  David Ogilvy. Al Ries. Luke Sullivan. If you know these
  guys, adhere to their gospel, and can spit out hard-hitting
  concepts & copy overnite, let's talk. We're the world's only
  overnite ad agency for ad agencies and we pay some of the
  top freelance copywriter fees in the business (and you're
  usually paid within 7 days). Qualified freelancers will
  have at least one national award for copywriting, be 100%
  home-based freelance, and have at least 7 years experience.
  Email us four (4) of your best concept pieces for
  consideration.
  Email - jobs@...
  ----------------

  A new publishing company in India urgently needs
  Entertainment Writers in the following cities: San
  Francisco, Los Angeles, New York. Writers should be
  willing to travel to other US cities to interview
  celebrities. The job involves extensive interviews
  with movie and music celebrities. Writers should have
  experience in interviewing superstars. Payment will
  be in the range of US$3000 to US$5000 for a month's
  work. Only writers with extensive publishing credits
  need respond. A leading international Venture Capital
  firm is funding the company. We are in the process of
  setting up our office in the USA. All writers chosen
  by the company will be given a monetary advance for
  the commissioned work. E-mail your complete CV to:
  vinay-chandra@...
  T. Vinay Chandra, 1-7-1233, Adv. Colony, Hnk.,
  Warangal - 506001, INDIA.
  ---------------


  Sports Writer -- Newsday
  There is an opening to cover the New York Jets. We're
  looking for a reporter who can break news on the beat an
  write terrific takeouts and game stories.
  Please contact Steve Ruinsky at 631-843-4832.
  E-Mail: Ruinsky@....
  Address is 235 Pinelawn Road, Melville, N.Y. 11747.


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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 6           -          May 7, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               FundsforWriters-owner@onelist.com -or-
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You are receiving this newsletter purely as your option.
If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please
see the instructions at the end of this newsletter. Our
subscriber list is NOT made available to others.

We value every subscriber and respect your privacy.

The information presented in this ezine is for use at your
own risk. The editor, authors and others associated with
Funds for Writers make no warranty as to its completeness,
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take normal precautions in how you use this information.

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6. JOBS/FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>><><><><><><><><>

NOTHARVARD.COM (http://www.notharvard.com/jobs/teach.html)
seeks strong content writers and course instructors to create
online courses. Pay scale based on length of course, author
expertise and depth of subject matter. (An 8-lesson course
starts at $1,500, including bonuses for timely completion).
As a content author, you should have strong knowledge in your
area and be able to explain ideas clearly in writing. Course
authors must also attach saleable materials to their courses.
These materials can be in the form of books, CDs, videos or
any other conceivable products.
----------------

FUTUREPIX.COM (http://www.FuturePix.com) wants freelance
readers to read film treatments. Payment is $12/hour.
Applicants need excellent reading comprehension and writing
skills, and should be film enthusiasts able to work quickly
and efficiently. Requires computer with internet access and
download capability. College students or grads preferred.
Fax resume and or qualifications to FuturePix at
(201) 692-3439; or email: ldell@....
-----------------

Experienced freelance reporter in D.C. area to cover OSHA
and related legal and legislative developments for South
eastern Connecticut-based business-to-business newsletter
publisher. Must have strong interviewing skills and ability
to deliver quality copy on tight deadlines. Journalism
background and experience in safety reporting preferred.
Send recent clips and resume to M. Rubin, Senior Editor,
BBP, 125 Eugene O’Neill Drive, Suite 103, New London, CT
06320, or michele.rubin@.... No phone calls.
----------------

Web publisher seeks experienced magazine writers to produce
news and strategic business articles for high-profile small
business Web site. Writers will interview CEOs and founders
of hot companies to uncover the strategies behind their
success. Weekly assignments range from news and trend
articles to company profiles and strategic how-to pieces.
Business management topic areas include business development,
finance, global business, HR, IT, leadership, legal,
marketing and sales. Industry areas include architecture,
biotech, computers, education, engineering, publishing,
medical, legal and retail. Please paste three of your best
business writing samples (text only) into an email with a
message re: areas of expertise to
Todd Denton, Managing Editor, L2S, todddenton@....
-----------------

A national magazine about technology in state and local
government, civic.com, is looking for experienced freelance
reporters to contribute stories for our monthly publication.
While experience covering information technology or government
is preferred, it isn't mandatory. What is important is an
ability and an enthusiasm to write about topics like
e-government, telecommuting, privacy, procurement and
technology legislation expertly and engagingly.

Civic.com pays competitively and qualified applicants can
look forward to regular assignments. Applicants should submit
a letter, resume, and samples of their work, via e-mail or on
paper, to Managing Editor Jill Rosen, civic.com, 3141 Fairview
Park Drive, Suite 777, Falls Church, Va., 22042, or
jrosen@.... No phone calls please.
---------------

ABC News Internships
ABC News is offering internships to qualified students
interested in pursuing careers in broadcast journalism.
Internships offer a stipend of $10/hour and are available
in several ABC Bureaus across the United States. Internships
are non-technical in nature and qualified candidates will
participate in various aspects of the editorial process as
it pertains to network news coverage. To be eligible,
applicants must have attained at least a junior year standing
in an undergraduate program. Previous newsroom and/or print
experience are preferred.

ABC News is also offering non-paid/credit only summer
internships to qualified students interested in pursuing
a career in broadcast journalism. Interns will be placed
on ABC News programs and in departments where they will be
exposed to all aspects of network news. Interns will gain
knowledge in the production of news programs and in the
implementation of news coverage. To be eligible, applicants
must have attained at least a junior year standing in an
undergraduate program. The internships are non-paying and
non-technical in nature. Non-paid interns are placed in
ABC News departments and shows primarily in New York.
Applicants must receive academic credit in return for
the internship.

Interested students should forward a resume and a cover
letter to:

Nissa Walton
ABC News
47 West 66th Street - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10023
Nissa.M.Walton@...
---------------

Minimum Requirements:
4 yr degree, preferably in Marketing, Communications,
Journalism, or English. Must have 3 to 5 yrs exp. in
copywriting of collateral materials. Working knowledge
of retail merchandising writing and Web writing a plus.
Thorough knowledge of the agency process. Must be able
to create copy and concepts using the creative brief
process.
Primary Responsibilities:
Serve as creative advertising practitioner, using
exceptional writing skills to produce bold, strategic,
persuasive messages in all print media for our clients.
Responsible for translating innovative concepts into
finished copy advertising, brochures, merchandising,
statement inserts, Web copy, and other collateral material.
Work as a part of the creative team to achieve objectives
through creative imagery and effective message strategies
based on provided creative belief.

First Union offers a competitive salary and benefits
package.  Interested, qualified candidates may submit a
resume for this position.

Contact Address: Human Resources - INT
First Union Corporation
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.
Building 3A2
Charlotte, N.C. 28288-0970
jobs@...
-------------

The WRITE Stuff - Doubleday Direct and Book of the
Month Club Partnership creates need in GARDEN CITY
Long Island location. Positions involve writing for
monthly book club promo catalogs. Must have 1-5 years
experience with direct marketing and the ability to
write solid adv copy. Must have a degree, Mac Word
proficiency, and ability to thrive in fast paced
environment. Competitive salary, excellent benefits
and career oppty with our progressive company. Please
send resume with salary requirements to BOOKSPAN,
Att: Anne Marie Fernandez, Job Code: CP, 401 Franklin
Ave., Garden City, NY 11530. Fax: 516-873-4856.
E-mail: ddi.resumes@.... .

----------------

Soliciting articles for online and possible print series on
"Faith and Finance." Length: between 2,500 and 3,000 words
each. We provide detailed outline. No byline -- all stories
to be rewritten to conform to house style. Rewritten product
becomes property of the publisher; Author may resell story
after substantial rewriting. Payment is $400 per story.
Payment is on receipt of final draft. One rewrite may be
requested. Kill fee is $200 per story. Writers with personal-
finance experience ONLY. Please e-mail BRIEF bio and one or
two writing samples, published or unpublished, to
moviebugz@....

-----------------


David Ogilvy. Al Ries. Luke Sullivan. If you know these
guys, adhere to their gospel, and can spit out hard-hitting
concepts & copy overnite, let's talk. We're the world's only
overnite ad agency for ad agencies and we pay some of the
top freelance copywriter fees in the business (and you're
usually paid within 7 days). Qualified freelancers will
have at least one national award for copywriting, be 100%
home-based freelance, and have at least 7 years experience.
Email us four (4) of your best concept pieces for
consideration.
Email - jobs@...
----------------

A new publishing company in India urgently needs
Entertainment Writers in the following cities: San
Francisco, Los Angeles, New York. Writers should be
willing to travel to other US cities to interview
celebrities. The job involves extensive interviews
with movie and music celebrities. Writers should have
experience in interviewing superstars. Payment will
be in the range of US$3000 to US$5000 for a month's
work. Only writers with extensive publishing credits
need respond. A leading international Venture Capital
firm is funding the company. We are in the process of
setting up our office in the USA. All writers chosen
by the company will be given a monetary advance for
the commissioned work. E-mail your complete CV to:
vinay-chandra@...
T. Vinay Chandra, 1-7-1233, Adv. Colony, Hnk.,
Warangal - 506001, INDIA.
---------------


Sports Writer -- Newsday
There is an opening to cover the New York Jets. We're
looking for a reporter who can break news on the beat an
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- Awards, 8 votes, 8.89%
- Contests, 13 votes, 14.44%
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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 5           -          April 30, 2000

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week - DO I WANT TO BE A NONPROFIT?

   4. Grant Funds of the Week

   5. Contests of the Week

   6. Awards of the Week

   7. International Fund of the Week

   8. Job of the Week

   9. Freelance Market of the Week

  10. Ads and Opportunities

  11. Contact FundsforWriters

  12. Your Subscription



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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The votes are steadily coming in on fund preferences.
The individual grants and freelance markets are leading
the pack, and that tells me much about our readers.  You
are independent sorts who don't want the bureaucracy of
organizations or bosses, and want to make their own mark
on the world.  Fabulous.

Sometimes I think I was born too early. I didn't quite
feel like I belonged to the 70's.  The right thing to
do was find a good employer and be a good loyal employee.
That I did.  The independent entrepreneurs were the wild
people that couldn't cut it in college.  Boy, have times
changed!

People today are free to spread their wings and truly
pick what they want to do.  So what are you waiting for?
Go out there and do it!!

LAST CALL:  Today is the last day to case your vote for
your preference for the funding sources listed in this letter.
http://www.onelist.com/surveys/FundsforWriters?id=80097

                  Hope

P.S.
Feel free to email me with questions-nope, I don't charge.

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

    We're always attracted to the edges of what we are,
    out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.

         ~E.L. Doctorow~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hi Hope:

I think you are doing a terrific job with your newsletter.
I would love the newsletter grant writing.  Your information
is most beneficial!

Barbie Perkins-Cooper
CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS
641 Palmetto St.
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-4440
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Hope,

Thank you.  Your newsletters are nivarna.  Your wings are
ready for a fitting in writer's heaven.

Debbie
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Hi Hope,

First - congrats for starting a great e-newsletter...
It's come around at just the right time for me!

Last fall I wrote my first grant and was awarded $35K to
start a children's health public radio show.  Obviously
I'll ned to find more $ to keep this project going.

Thanks much,

Tanya Ott
Independent Journalist
tanya_ott@...
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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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Do I Want to be a Non-Profit?

by C. Hope Clark

So many grants are designated for nonprofits, and most
writers throw up their hands and pass them by.  Money overflows
out there for nonprofits.  Have you considered starting one?

Myths

1. Nonprofit means you work for nothing.

A nonprofit has to be managed, and the government expects
that person to be paid.  Set yourself up with a salary.
Then, surprise, the nonprofit pays the employer's share of
taxes, medical, matching 401K, or whatever you establish as
benefits within your organization.  You are your own employee!

2. I cannot make a profit.

As an employee, you don't make a profit.  Funds earned by
the nonprofit are for running the entity and promoting its
social cause.  However, a nonprofit making money is able to
give its employees promotions, trips for courses and writing
conferences, supplies, computers, mileage, and any other
expense that you as a self-employed individual would
normally take off your taxes.  The benefits give you the
means to fulfill your dreams and goals.

3. The paperwork is ridiculous.

The paperwork is not much more than that of being self-
employed. You will have to deal with payroll taxes and that
sort.  But in turn, your own personal tax return becomes
simple since you file based on a simple W-2 form from your
nonprofit employer.  And if your non-profit grows large
enough, you hire out that part of the paperwork.

4. It costs too much to file for nonprofit status.

Wrong.  Call IRS.  They should be able to walk you through
the paperwork.  They will send you the forms, and they are
supposed to help you complete and process them, if you do
not understand. Just remember to file with your state, too.
If you are a small sized nonprofit, the whole process could
possibly cost under $100.

So don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. I am not
saying non-profits are a walk in the park.  Anything worth
having is worth working for.  But don't discard those
nonprofit funds available without at least checking out the
advantages of reclassifying yourself as a nonprofit.  The
positives may surprisingly outweight the negatives and help
you reach your goal.

copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANT FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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Barbara Deming Memorial Fund

c/o Susan Pliner, Administrator
PO Box 630125
Bronx, NY  10463

Awards grants up to $1000 to feminist writers whose work
speaks for peace and social justice and who need funding
for special projects.  Send for application.

Deadline June 30, 2000.

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Michigan - Creative Artist Grant (CAG)

ArtServe Michigan, a regranting partner of the Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affaris, oversees the CAG
which provides project funding for the creation of new works
by resident Michigan artists.  Maximum amount $8000.

STEP ONE - Submit a brief application form, applicant/
collaborator resumes, samples of work and description sheets.
Deadline for applications - 5:00 PM Thursday, May 18, 2000
(received NOT POSTMARK).

STEP TWO - A peer panel will select applicants for Step Two
who will be notified by June 15, 2000.  These applicants
will provide a more extensive application receipt of which
must be 5:00 PM Thursday, August 24, 2000.  Two selections
will be made on or before October 1, 2000.

URL -
http://www.artservemichigan.org/docs/press_sub/CAG2001pr.html
Telephone - Mark Packer at 248-557-8288 x14.
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International Documentary Association

Funds documentary work, advocates, and prints lists of
programs and opportunities.  Contact:  International
Documentary Association, 1551 South Robertson, #201,
Los Angeles, CA  90035.
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The PEN Writers Fund is an emergency fund for professional--
published or produced--writers with serious financial
difficulties. Depending on the situation, the fund gives
grants or loans of up to $1,000. The maximum amount is given
only under especially dire circumstances and when monies are
available.

The PEN Fund for Writers and Editors with HIV/AIDS,
administered under the PEN Writers Fund, gives grants of
up to $1,000 to professional writers and editors who face
serious financial difficulties because of HIV or AIDS-
related illness.

The Writers Fund does not exist for research purposes, to
enable the completion of writing projects, or to fund
publications or organizations. The Writers Fund Committee
meets approximately every two months to review applications.

For an application or further information, please contact
Vicki Vinton, Coordinator, PEN Writers Fund at (212) 334-1660,
ext. 101.
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Los Angeles, CA
Disney/ABC Fellowship
The Walt Disney Studios and ABC Television Fellowship Program,
now in it's 11th year, is searching to discover new creative
talent and employ culturally and ethnically diverse new writers.
Up to eight writers will be selected to work full-time
developing their craft at the Walt Disney Studios and ABC
Television. Fellowships are offered in the both feature films
and television. This program is open to all writers. No previous
experience is necessary; however, writing samples are required.
A $33,000 salary will be provided for a one-year period
tentatively scheduled to begin January 2001. Fellows outside
of the Los Angeles, area will be provided with round-trip
airfare and one month's accommodations. Applicants must submit
the following: a single copy of a writing sample; a one page
writng and work history resume; a completed application form;
and a notarized standard letter agreement. You must submit for
only one area - either feature film or television, but not both.
Partner submissions are acceptable only if both writers submit
separate applications under one cover. There is no application
fee. Submissions will be accepted from MAY 1 to MAY 21, 2000.
Finalists will be notified by telephone in late fall 2000.
Contact: For complete submission information and an application,
call (818) 560-6894. You can download an application at:
http://members.tripod.com/disfel/


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5. CONTESTS OF THE WEEK

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Deadline August 1, 2000

Greater Augusta Arts Council announces the 7th Annual Porter
Fleming Writing Competition.  Four categories: Drama, Fiction,
Nonfiction, Poetry.  Open to residents of GA, FL, AL, SC, and
NC.  $5600 in awards.

Send SASE to:
GAAC, Porter Fleming Writing Competition, PO Box 1776,
Augusta, GA  30903.
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Poetry In Motion Contest (http://www.poetry.com)

Create your poem from the selection of words presented. When
finished with your composition, click "submit." Your entry
will be time stamped at the exact second that it is received
by us.

You may play with Poetry in Motion and submit your entry any
time during the day (the day runs from 12:00:00 A.M. to
11:59:59 P.M.EST). You may submit only one entry per day.

Each day, a random time (to the second) is chosen for the
previous day's entries. The 21 entries closest to the random
time are then judged by a panel of editors who select the
$100.00 prize winner. On weekends and holidays, the closest
submission to the random time is the winner. The winner and
the 20 semi-finalists will be published here each day at
10:00 A.M. EST. A new Poetry in Motion Contest will begin
each day at 12:00 A.M. EST at www.poetry.com.

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New Professional Theatre

c/o Sheila K. Davis, Director
New Professional Theatre-Writers Festival
424 W. 42 St., Third Floor
New York, NY  10036

Requests full length plays for the theatre (no screenplays),
musicals accepted with a tape.  Awards 3 prizes of $2000 and
performance.  Title page with name, address, and phone number.
Include bio or production history.  Entry fee - $15.

Email - newprof@...
Deadline June 1, 2000.



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6. AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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The Writers' Group of the Triad
Greensboro Awards, 4642 West Market Street, PMB 343,
Greensboro, NC  27407-1285

Awards $500 awards for Short Fiction up to 4000 words (no
memoirs or essays) and $500 for best group of 5 poems.
Two copies of each essay and two copies from each poem
group, single space poetry (up to 100 lines per poem).
Name, address, phone, email on cover sheet only.  $10 fee.
Guidelines - peggyr221@....

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The Walt Whitman Award

Offers first book publication, $5000, and a one-month
residency at the Vermont Studio Center to an American who
has never before published a book of poetry.  The winning
manuscript is published by Louisiana State University Press.
The Academy purchases more than 8000 copies of the book for
distribution for its members.

Submissions accepted between September 15 and November 15.
Winners announced the following May.  A signed entry form
and $20 fee required.  Must be original poetry by one poet.
Manuscripts must be between 50 and 100 pages, typed single
or double spaced with no more than one poem per page and
without illustrations.  Poems published in magazines can
be included along with a page of acknowledgements.  A
manuscript committed to another press is not eligible.

Mail complete entry, inquiry or request for printed
guidelines (with a SASE) to:

The Walt Whitman Award
The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 1208
New York, NY  10012-3250

For more information, contact:
India Amos, Awards Administrator
212-274-0343 ext 14
212-274-9427 fax
iamos@...
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Society of Professional Journalists
Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award

This award, made annually, recognizes outstanding teaching
ability, contributions to journalism education and
contributions toward maintaining the highest standards of
the profession.

Nominations can be submitted by students, former students,
colleagues or professionals before June 1 of each year to
the Society’s National Headquarters.

The winner is selected by the board of directors and awarded
during the annual convention.

Call or write SPJ for more information.
Telephone: 765/653-3333; email: spj@...


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7.  INTERNATIONAL

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We are an internet company specialing in travel. We are
building websites on tourist destinations throughout Asia.
One of our websites is www.phuket.com.

We are looking for writers to provide content for our
websites. If you are staying in a city or tourist destination
in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, please email me.

Email - mike_choo@...

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Children's Fiction Writer

Ideal receipient to be experienced and published in childen's
fiction aimed at up to approx twelve years of age. The
characters are currently generating merchandise sales and
interest from overseas countries. The concept will initally
target selected countries in Europe and Asia, as well as the
USA, Canada, NZ and Australia. Generous profit share by
negotiation. Before replying, please refer to
www.thesmilestones.com for more information. Only geniune
person's matiching above requirements should apply.

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Kafenio is a new monthly e-zine focusing on European life
and culture. We POA and are in need of freelancers for our
Speakers' Table department. We pay $100 or euro 100 (your
choice) for each column. Word count open. Humor welcome.
Read full writer's guidelines on the site.
You'll find us at: http://www.kafeniocom.com


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8. JOBS OF THE WEEK

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As a web site designed to help scouting units succeed our
editorial needs are for writers who can write content
pertinent to scouting in general, scouts, scout leaders,
and families. These may include but are not limited to:
Reporting on BSA Council and district events, Youth
leadership, Youth outdoor activities, outdoor gear reviews,
etc. Human interest articles are also wanted.

We are interested in paying per piece and would like to
establish a steady flow of articles with those interested
in pursuing this opportunity. Depending on needs weekly
articles may be sought, (as many as 2-3 articles per week).
Pictures, where appropriate are also desired.

Email - employment@...
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New Internet portal site for urban audiences is seeking
polished, enthusiastic writers to cover daily news features.
Writers should be quick-witted, confident, independent but
also fundamentally sound journalists.

For more information contact,

Allen Edwards
News Producer
Volume.com
646-602-4959
allen.edwards@...

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The Family Company

We have an immediate need for a writer to create several
short books that accompany our She's Like Me™ Collecible
Dolls. Each of our dolls is themed, and has a book that
corresponds to it.
This is a work-for-hire situation, however, you will be
give "author's credit" in the form of a by-line on the
title page of each book you do.
Link: http://www.sheslikeme.com

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Great contract opportunity for a writer with a leading
management consulting firm that is committed to changing
society by helping companies to transform their workplaces.

Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. seeks an experienced,
freelance writer to write and edit reports assessing the
workplace culture of client companies for our rapidly
expanding international consulting organization. We work
with companies — from small, privately held firms to
Fortune 500 multinationals — that are committed to being
among the best employers in their industries and
communities. Our specialty: helping good places to work
become great. To that end, we assess workplaces using our
proprietary tools (employee surveys, focus groups, and a
360º instrument) and advise senior management on how to
develop successful people strategies in line with business
priorities. We also design and lead a variety of management
workshops and we conduct high-visibility research and
writing projects, including the “100 Best Companies to Work
For” list, coauthored by Institute cofounder Robert
Levering and published annually in Fortune magazine.

The Freelance Writer job entails working closely with lead
consultants on client reports detailing organizational
assessment findings and recommendations for management
action that will lead clients to improve their workplaces.
The Institute is a fast-paced environment where our primary
focus is the delivery of exemplary quality products and
consulting services.

Responsibilities include:
· write and edit reports from employee survey data
for senior leaders of client companies
· develop a deep command of the analytic framework
the Institute uses to assess organizations and be able to
translate this into written analysis of workplace cultures
· present information in a clear, coherent, concise
and user friendly manner that is appropriate for our
audience: senior leaders of companies from various
industries
· ensure that all written materials are consistent in
style and conform with applicable grammatical and Institute
standards.

The ideal candidate has the following qualifications and
experience:
· extensive professional writing experience in a
deadline-oriented environment
· excellent written and oral communication skills
· exceptional knowledge of English grammar, spelling,
and punctuation rules
· strong editorial and analytic skills and attention
to detail
· ability to work independently with minimal
oversight, under tight deadlines
· ability to clearly and concisely communicate
complex processes for business leaders
· experience in organizational development and
working in diverse business environments
· identification with the mission of the Institute.

Candidates must have relevant writing samples and have
their own resources to work off-site. Hours will vary with
workload, and may range from 5 to 30 hours a week.
Compensation: $40 to $55/hour, depending on experience.

Apply immediately by contacting us in writing:
Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc., attn. John Bouffard
286 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
fax: 415/503-0054; email: john@...
WWW.greatplacetowork.com

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If you have a passion for writing about floral and nature
crafts (wreaths, vases, birdhouses, arrangements, organic
soaps, dried flowers... the list goes on), I want to see
your writing samples. MyCrafts.com pays up to 40 cents a
word and you will receive a byline. If you are an avid
floral and nature crafter, I want to hear from you. You
will be paid on a pre-agreed per project basis and your
final project will be up on the web with your byline. If
you are a writer and a crafter, you are my best friend.
I'm looking for people in the LA area, preferably the
South Bay. Please email me with your writing samples
and/or crafting experience. sethcoberg@...

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OUTDOOR WRITER/EDITOR -- We're looking for someone who
has a keen interest and understanding of outdoor
recreation, from skiing and kayaking to rock climbing and
picnicking. Candidate will work out of one of the premier
outdoor-recreation cities in the West, with 20 world-class
ski resorts within an hour's drive and untold rivers,
trails and Sierra peaks to explore and describe to our
readers. Job requires strong writing, editing and
paginating skills. Send clips, resume and cover letter
to Recruitment Manager Carolyn Lutts, Reno Gazette-Journal,
955 Kuenzli St. Reno, NV 89520. Questions? Call
(775) 788-6427.

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Fairfield County Magazine in Connecticut seeks local
writers to write stories for our HomeWork section (mainly
about home improvement and home-related issues), Helping
Hands section (about nonprofit organizations and volunteers)
and Local Color section (short, witty pieces about fun and
interesting local events or people). HomeWork stories are
1,200 words  and pay $600, Helping Hands stories are 800
words and pay $350, while Local Color stories are 150-200
words and pay $100 each. Anyone who is interested can send
a letter, resume and clips to Trisha Blanchet, Associate
Editor,  Fairfield County Magazine, 49 Richmondville Ave,
Westport, CT 06880. As a regional magazine, we generally
give preference to local writers.



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9. FREELANCE MARKETS OF THE WEEK

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Seeking freelance travel writers to help build online guide.
We're looking for writers who travel _and_ for travelers who
write. In other words, we'll hire unpublished writers, but we
expect quality work. Freelancers can work from anywhere in
the word -- all you need is Web and email access. Please send
your resume, clips, and a list of the areas you are qualified
to write about to:
Heidi Aubrey
Travel Editor
NeoInformatics
1218 3rd Ave., Ste. 1600
Seattle, WA 98101
heidi.aubrey@...

NOTE: We do not send our freelancers on assignment; you must
already be familiar with the area you plan to write about.
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MysteryNet.com

139 Townsend Street, #101
San Francisco, CA  94107

NysteryNet.com is dedicatde to everthing mystery (mysteries,
mini-mysteries, articles, essays, interviews).  Pays $25 to
$1000.  Send for guidelines and submission agreement.

Email: editor@...
URL: www.mysterynet.com
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Dramatics Magazine

c.o Don Corathers, Publisher
International Thespian Society/Educational Theatre Assoc.
2343 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH  45219-2815

Readers are primarily high school theatre students and
teachers.  Needs 4-8 articles per issue (800-4000 words)
on any area of the performing arts, including film and
dance (an interview with someone who has made a significant
contribution to the theatre, an article desrcibing some
innovative approach to blocking, costume design or set
construction, a survey of leading theatre schools
describing what they look for in students, or a photo
spread, with copy, on some ground breaking performer or
theatre group).  Pays $25 to $400 and 5 copies.  Prefers
finished manuscript but will respond to query letters.
Reports in 6 weeks.

Email - dcorathers@...
URL - www.etassoc.org/dram-mag.htm
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Vibrant Life

55 W. Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
Email - vleditor@...
URL - www.vibrantlife.com

A bimonthly mag for 30-50 year olds interested in health
and lifestyle issues from a Christian perspective.
Address query with clips or complete manuscript to
Larry Becker, editor.

Buys 50-60 feature articles (500-1500 words), 12-18
department articles (500-650 words) and 6-12 short
pieces (25-250 words).  Pays $75-300 per feature,
$75-175 per department article and $25-40 per short.
Sends three copies as well.  Considers simultaneous
submissions and previously published submissions.
Send queries to email above.  Guidelines available.
Responds in 1-2 months. Works with new writers.

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Telecommuting Contract Writing/Market Research Assignments.
Typical duration: approx. 12 weeks. An international
publisher of technical/economic evaluations of advanced
technologies, market forecasts, and industry newsletters is
seeking seasoned writers/market researchers who are capable
of preparing complete, self-contained technical/economic
market research reports discussing select components of any
one of the following industries: physical sciences,
biotechnology, chemicals, healthcare, banking, technical
ceramics and advanced materials, electronics, energy,
flame retardancy, food/beverage, Internet, tele-
communications, membranes/separations, plastics, packaging,
waste, water, air  treatment, and many other allied
industries.

In addition to having a broad knowledge of their chosen
industry and economic/market research skills, the successful
applicant must be able to meet publication deadlines and
adhere closely to finished copy format requirements which
are supplied by the publisher (see Author Guide downloadable
from http://buscom.com/guide). A Bachelor's degree is the
minimum requirement for these contract assignments. These
are fixed fee, part-time, contract assignments, starting at
$4,000 and increasing based on publication history and
experience. Royalties are possible and depend on the level
of sales of the title.

Applicants should send a copy of their resume, list of
publications, and a brief cover letter identifying the
industries/technical areas of their greatest interest to:
Technical Writing Position, BCC, Inc., 25 Van Zant St.,
Suite No. 13, Norwalk, CT 06855;
e-mail kgainer@...;
Fax 203/853-0348.


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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 4           -          April 23, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week - FUNDS FOR WRITERS
             (PART 4 - FELLOWSHIPS)

   4. Grant Funds of the Week

   5. Contests of the Week

   6. Awards of the Week

   7. International Fund of the Week

   8. Job of the Week

   9. Freelance Market of the Week

  10. Ads and Opportunities

  11. Contact FundsforWriters

  12. Your Subscription



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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How many times I wished I knew this source of assistance
when I was emailing writers in attempts to finding them
help.  Writing is a "feast or famine" type profession with
the famine by far outweighing the feast.

At times, some individuals get desperate in their famine
period and need financial help.  Well, someone has finally
come along (or they have been there all along and no one
knew it) with a vision to help starving artists.

The Authors League Fund and The Dramatist Guild Fund are
combined to provide an Emergency Fund for Writers.  Their
purpose  is to provide emergency need loans (for rent,
medical, etc.) to published or produced authors, playwrights,
composers, lyricists and librettists.

They can be contacted at 330 West 42nd Street, NY, NY 10036
or 212-268-1208.  Susan Drury - Administrator.  Send SASE
for application.


                  Hope
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Have you voted yet?  Tell us what funds you want us to find.
http://www.onelist.com/surveys/FundsforWriters?id=80097

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all we need to make us really
happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hi Hope:

I think you are doing a terrific job with your newsletter.
I would love the newsletter grant writing.  Your information
is most beneficial!

Barbie Perkins-Cooper
CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS
641 Palmetto St.
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-4440


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Hope,

Great newsletter! (re: FundsforWriters 1-3 - April 16, 2000)
I'm sure it will be a huge success.
I just wanted to make one small comment though:

<< The problem is, smaller contests where you have the best
chances of winning are not rolling in financial means.  To
fund the award money, an entry fee is necessary.  In the
larger contests with the $20-35 fees, the purses are valuable,
the stakes higher, and the rewards huge.  Someone has to foot
the bill.>>

This is entirely not true at all. Entry fees are NEVER
necessary. Inscriptions runs monthly writing contests, with
prizes as high as $75, and we never charge an entry fee.

From what I know about this business, fewer people will enter
a contest if a fee is charged...and that's something I'm not
willing to risk. That prize money comes out of my own pocket
each month and I get hundreds of entries, regardless of the
contest topic.

My advice, only pay an entry fee if the rewards are big
enough. For a prize under $100...the contest should be free.

Jade Walker - MaidenFate@...
Editor of Inscriptions,
the weekly e-zine for professional writers
http://www.inscriptionsmagazine.com


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Greetings Hope,

I subscribe to approximately 50 Internet newsletters and
Funds For Writers is one of the best. Your information is
timely and your newsletter contains -- not the penny-per-
word variety -- real opportunities for serious writers.

Thanks, and Keep up the good work,

Michael Pastore, Editor
BookLovers Review
http://www.cpsweb.com/youthtopia/blreview.htm



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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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FUNDS FOR WRITERS (PART 4 - FELLOWSHIPS)

by C. Hope Clark

Fellowships are a funding tool with a two-fold purpose.
Usually they offer to pay a writer's way to an educational
institution for research, an advanced degree, a project,
or as an assistant on a larger project belonging to a
bigger mission, so to speak.  Guess you can call them
scholarships with a directed purpose.

Sometimes these fellowships are to conferences, workshops,
or retreats.  You will see these on occasion in Writers
Digest and other writing magazines, and they are very nice.

Of course, the problem with struggling writers and
fellowships is the requirement of attendance and the ability
to drop one's other responsibilities.  To some this is not an
issue.  To many writers, the responsibilities of families,
jobs and writing already in the pike prohibit such
opportunity.

But if one has the ability to take advantage of a fellowship,
one absolutely should.  These are fabulous means to giving
full attention to your writing endeavors without the worry of
affording such.  And the concentration of undiluted
creativity can take you endless places and put you in touch
with wonderful networks that could springboard your writing
career beyond imagination.


Copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANT FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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Journalism Fellowships in Child and Family Policy

This new program aims to help professional journalists deepen
their understanding of how public policy affects the lives
of children and families. Journalism Fellowships in Child
and Family Policy offer opportunities to learn and improve
reporting skills without having to relocate. Supported by a
grant from the Foundation for Child Development, and
administered by the University of Maryland's College of
Journalism, the program provides these fellowship options:
Six months of independent study. Fellows receive a $25,000
stipend plus two five-day, expense-paid trips for briefings
and training at the university and the Casey Center for
Children and Families. Fellows, who must take a leave of
absence from their jobs, will produce their findings for
publication or broadcast. Three months of work and study.
Working fellows participate in week-long seminars once a
month at the university and other sites, receiving a $5,000
stipend plus travel expenses. Week-long seminar. Fellows
participate in briefings and training at the university,
receiving a $500 stipend and travel expenses. Customized
beat briefing. Fellows spend an expense-paid week on site
visits and skill-building at the Casey Center. Applicants
must be working journalists with at least five years of
experience and a demonstrated interest in public policy
issues. Fellowships are open only to U.S. citizens or
employees of U.S.-based news operations. The application
deadline is June 1, 2000. For information, contact:
Carol Guensburg, Director,
Journalism Fellowships in Child and Family Policy,
1117 Journalism Bldg., #3116,
University of Maryland,
College Park, Md. 20742-7111.
Phone: 703-812-0545 or, after April 1, 301/405-7200
E-mail: guensbrg@... or,
after April 1, cguensburg@...
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The Starbucks Foundation Literacy Grant Program

The coffee company is committed to support local community
literary organizations in its guest to combat illiteracy in
America.  Focus is on reading programs for children 0-5
and families, tutor/mentor promotion, and writing programs.
Mini-grants given for $1000.  Opportunity grants given for
up to $10,000. Grant applications available through local
Starbucks marketing departments, district and store managers.
Deadline July 1, 2000.

(NOTE:  This grant is for non-profits  - 501 (c)(3)'s.
However, you can be a consultant, teacher or temporary
employee of the non-profit for a proposed project with
your contracted salary or fee paid for by the grant.)
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Deadline - August 1, 2000

The ICFJ-KKC Journalism Fellowship in Japan was established
in 1991 to foster greated understanding and knowledge about
the US-Japan relationship among professional reporters in
the US.  The program is sponsored by the Kezai Koho Center
(Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs) and is
administered by the Washington DC based International Center
for Journalists (http://www.icfj.org).  The program provides
an opportunity for journalists from the US to visit and report
from Japan for their hometown newspapers.

The two-week program is usually scheduled for November and
December and is organized into two parts. The first week is
spent participating in a series of professional appointments
with business, government, and industry leaders, and the
second week is devoted to individual reporting.  The program
covers all travel, living, and program-related costs, including
the advance orientation.

Guidelines:
ICFJ-KKC Fellowship Program
International Center for Journalism
1616 H Street NW, Third Floor
Washington DC  20006
Tel - 202-737-3700
Fax - 202-737-0530
Email - editor@...

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American Library Association "Live at the Library" Program
to Help Libraries Become Community Cultural Centers

  Deadline: Various

  The ALA's (http://www.ala.org/) Live at the Library 2000
  program focuses on helping libraries become active
  centers for live cultural programming in their communities.
  The program, which has received major support from the Lila
  Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund (http://www.wallacefunds.org/)
  and the National Endowment for the Arts
  (http://arts.endow.gov/), will offer grant opportunities
  to libraries, authors, artists, and arts organizations
  to present theme-based cultural programs for family and
  adult library audiences. The programs will feature "live"
  appearances by literary, visual, and performing artists
  who explore important issues and ideas facing communities
  across the country. Libraries and/or partner artists or
  organizations are eligible to apply. The average grant
  will range between $1,000-$2,000 and requires a minimum
  1:1 cash match. Grant funds may be used for artists' fees
  and travel and program and promotion costs. Applications
  and specific guidelines will be posted online in April in
  conjunction with the release of the NEA press release for
  the program.

  Contact:

  RFP Link: http://www.ala.org/publicprograms/live.html
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DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2000
Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences offers
SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIPS for original full-length feature
scripts. The recipients must be willing to complete a new
feature screenplay during the fellowship year. Entries must
have been  written in English. Writers must not have sold
or optioned a feature screenplay or teleplay or earned
money for writing one. Five (5) fellowships of $25,000 will
be offered.

For details send #10 SASE to:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Nicholl
Fellowships, 8949 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills CA 90211

or visit their web site at: http://www.oscars.org



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5. CONTESTS OF THE WEEK

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American Perspectives Competition

MightyWords announces the American Perspectives Competition
for writers and enthusiasts.  Offer your personal perspective
on the nation's mightiest words - the first 10 amendments to
the American Constitution.  Tell us WHAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS
MEANS TO YOU IN TODAY'S WORLD and win $15,000.

Category #1 is for under 18 years old.
Category #2 is for over 18 years old.
Must be residents of the United States.
No entry fee.  Only one entry per person.  Only in English.
Typed and double-spaced.  Footer on each page must include
name, address, phone, email, and category number.  Length
must be between 1000 to 5000 words.

Submit by email to:
AmericanPerspectives@... (txt, doc, or pdf only)
-or-
Mail to:
American Perspectives Writing Competition
MightyWords
2550 Walsh Avenue
Santa Clara, CA  95051

Deadline May 21, 2000  (received NOT postmarked).

The two $15,000 winners will be announced July 4th, 2000.
Winning entries will be published as eMatter on the Mighty
Words site.

Fiction Awards for an unpublished short story of 3000 words or
less by a resident of the District of Columbia, Maryland or
Virginia.  Prizes $500 + invitation to read at literary
conference.

Contact:
Short Story Contest, F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference,
The Writers Center, 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD  20815

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NWA SHORT STORY CONTEST

Opens April 1 annually

PURPOSE OF THE CONTEST:
The purpose of the National Writers Assn. Short Story Contest
is to encourage the development of creative skills, recognize
and reward outstanding ability in the area of short story
writing.

CONTEST RULES:
Any genre of short story manuscript may be entered. All entries
must be postmarked by July 1. Only unpublished works may be
submitted. All manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, in the
English language. Maximum length is 5,000. Those unsure of
proper manuscript format should request Research Report #35.
(This file is a download and requires an unzipping program,
we recommend winzip.) The entry must be accompanied by entry
form (photocopies are acceptable), entry fee of $15 per
submission, and return SASE if you wish the material and rating
sheets returned. SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DESTROYED. The U.S. Postal
Service will not allow us to use your metered postage unless it
is undated. Receipt of entry will not be acknowledged without a
return postcard. Author's name and address must appear on the
first page. Entries remain the property of the author and may
be submitted during the contest as long as they are not
published before the final announcement of winners.

JUDGING AND PRIZES
Judging will be based on originality, marketability, research,
and reader interest. Copies of the judges' evaluation sheets
will be sent to entrants furnishing an SASE with their entry.
First through fifth place awards will be presented at the NWAF
Conference.

1st Prize -- $250; 2nd Prize -- $100; 3rd Prize -- $50;
4th through 10th places will receive a book. First through
third place winners will be asked to grant one- time anthology
rights for publication in Winning Works book or publication in
Authorship magazine. Honorable Mentions receive a certificate.

ENTRY FEE AND CRITIQUES
The entry fee per submission is $15. If you wish to have your
submission critiqued, please request this on the entry form.
Entry fees are used to pay judges and prize money.
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DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2000
MARINE CORPS ESSAY CONTEST - Essays must discuss current
issues and new directions for the Marine Corps. Cash prizes
of $1,000, $750, and $500 to the authors of the three winning
essays. Winning essays are published in the November issue of
Proceedings.

Direct all entries to:
U.S. Naval Institute, 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD
21402-5034.

Essays must be original, analytical and/or interpretive, must
not exceed 3,000 words, and not have been previously submitted
or published elsewhere. An exact word count
must appear on the title page.

Web site: http://www.usni.org/Membership/CONTESTS.htm


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6. AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Carter G. Woodson Book Awards

The Woodson Award is for the most distinguished social science
books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the
United States.  The purpose of this award is to encourage the
writing, publishing, and dissemination of outstanding social
science books for young readers that treat topics related to
ethnic minorities and relations sensitively and accurately.

This award is presented to exemplary books written for children
and young people each year at the National Council for the Social
Studies Annual Conference.  Authors are invited to the conference
to receive the award and have an opportunity to talk about their
work during a special discussion session at the conference.
They are also provided a book signing opportunity.  A beautifully
designed commemmorative gift is presented to the author(s) of
the winning books.  In addition, a medallion for these books is
given.

While only two books, one elementary (K-6) and one secondary
(7-12)will receive the award each year, outstanding runner-up
books may be designated as Carter G. Woodson Honor Books.  Award
winning books and honor books are publicized as the recipients
of this distinguished award.

To be added to the Carter G. Woodson Book Award publisher/author
mailing list for notification about the award's availability,
mail a written request (including your contact name, publisher
name, complete mailing address) to: Carter G. Woodson Book
Award, National Council for the Social Studies, 3501 Newark
Street, NW, Washington, DC  20016 or email your request to:
  excellence@....
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Deadline July 31, 2000

Book Awards open to Austin Writers' League members who have
published an outstanding book.  Books must have been published
between September 1 and August 31 of award year.  Cash stipend
of $1000 + trophy in fiction, nonfiction and literary work
(poetry, essays, short stories) categories.  Fee, membership
dues. Contact:
Teddy Book Awards, Austin Writers' League, 1501 W. 5th St #E-2,
Austin, Texas  78703 - phone 512-499-0441
URL - http://www.eden.com/~awl
Email - awl@...
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The Radio-Television News Directors Association and Unity
will begin honoring outstanding achievements in the coverage
of diversity issues at the RTNDA National Convention in
Minneapolis in September 2000. This special award has been
developed by the RTNDA and Unity, as part of our commitment
to achieve diversity in the newsroom through developing news
content and editorial staffs that reflect the changing face
of America.

The purpose of the RTNDA/Unity Award is to encourage and
reward journalistic excellence in covering issues of race
and ethnicity. This RTNDA/Unity Award will be presented
annually to those news organizations that show an ongoing
commitment to covering cultural diversity of the communities
which they serve.

This is a national competition, with four divisions:
Radio-Local, Radio-National, TV-Local, and
TV-National/Syndication.
Applicants must submit a tape that shows an ongoing commitment to covering
the cultural diversity of the community which it serves. Works must have
aired in 1999. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2000. For more
details and application, please visit the RTNDA web site.




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7.  INTERNATIONAL

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Online Writers Wanted for Central America – Honduras,
Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica

Bilingual (Spanish/English) travel writers wanted to write
online reviews and articles for a new global website. Also,
photographers wanted. You should live in one of the countries
listed here. Exciting job opportunities at a rapidly expanding
international web publishing company.

Must have a PC and Internet Connection. Excellent writing
skills and experience meeting deadlines is essential. Pay is
based on performance. Contract employment available. Send a
cover letter together with your CV and one brief, 70-90 word
travel writing sample to rory1@....

Website: http://www.wcities.com

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Council for International Exchange of Scholars
c/o Judy Pehrson
Director of External Rels, Fulbright Program
3007 Tilden St, NW, #5L
Washington DC  20008-3009

Offers opportunities in all disciplines and professional
fields for faculty and administrators from 4-year colleges
and graduate institutions, 2-year community colleges and
minority servicing institutions to go to 130 countries to
lecture or do research.

Request application by email apprequest@....
URL - www.cies.org

Deadlines -
May 1 - for distinguished chairs awards in Europe, Canada,
and Russia
August 1 - for lecturing and research grants worldwide
November 1 - for seminars in Germany, Korea, and Japan.
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DEADLINE: JUNE 2, 2000
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University
of California, Irvine invites submissions for the 26TH
ANNUAL CHICANO/LATINO LITERARY PRIZE. Prizes: First, $1000.00,
publication of the collection if not under previous contract,
and transportation to Irvine to receive the award; second,
$500.00, and third, $250.00.  Prizes will be announced in
October, 2000. Acceptance of prize implies contractual
agreement to publish within the Prize award series if a
previous contract does not exist before the submission deadline.

Send entries to:
Alejandro Morales, Director
University of California, Irvine
Chicano/Latino Literary Prize
Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
322 Humanities Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-5275

Web site:
http://www.hnet.uci.edu/spanishandportuguese/CLLC/Rules.htm



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8. JOB OF THE WEEK

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info@...

An online arts and entertainment magazine is looking for new
writers. Are you an avid reader or music lover with
extensive, detailed knowledge and a flair for commentary?
Are you an expert in web design or information architecture,
intimately familiar with the tools of the trade? Our
priority is to find writers who wish to develop and maintain
a monthly column, but if you just have an idea or two you'd
like to share, please contact us. We also publish some
fiction. Pay is modest, and per article, but the site is
committed to remaining live as an archive of all the
published work.

You may live anywhere; all contact will be through email and
postal mail.

Please provide 3 writing samples, either in text format or
(best) pointers to web pages.
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Playwrights
Theatre Royale, a nonprofit theatre company based in Los
Angeles, seeks new, provocative material for the stage.

Theatre Royale, 3828 Albright, Los Angeles 90066.


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LRP Publications is a fast growing newsletter publication
company located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Our summer
internship program allows students the ability to see what
newsletter publishing is all about. interns will be given
the opportunity to actually work 'hands on` in developing
ideas and writing for the publications. All interns will
be responsible for the own transportation and housing. The
rate of pay will be $11.00/hr. The program will go from
mid-May to mid-August. All interested parties should fax
resume to:(561) 622-1375 or e-mail resume to:
dangrisani@....

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Washingtonpost.Newsweek interactive, publisher of
washingtonpost.com and newsweek.com, seeks editorial interns
for late spring and summer to help maintain pages in all
areas of the news. Responsibilities include monitoring
wires, updating articles and special sections and other
duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS: * Strong grasp of the Web and/or experience
producing for the Web (basic knowledge of HTML required;
other multimedia abilities desirable) * Some experience as
an editor or reporter (college newspaper acceptable) *
Interest in news, politics, sports, the metropolitan area
* Good work ethic and self-starting attitude * Ability to
learn new software quickly

Internships are either part-time or full-time for the
summer. Shifts are days and/or nights with the possibility
of weekend shifts. Pay ranges from $8-$10 per hour,
depending on experience.

HOW TO APPLY: Send resume to: HR Department/Editorial
Internship Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive 1560
Wilson Boulevard, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22209

Fax: 703-469-2995. E-mail: jobsedit@....

*Please be sure to include 'Editorial Internship` in the
subject of your email

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FOX SPORTS is seeking an experienced freelance writer/
producer to create compelling, creative on-air promotion.
Requires prior experience as a writer/producer of network/
ad agency quality promos or commercials. Writer will have
the ability to combine compelling copy with state of the
art graphic design. Sports knowledge is not necessary.
Offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits. For
immediate consideration, please submit your demo reel and
resume to: Fox Sports, On-Air Promotions Dept.,
Attn: Tricia Bodak, 10201 West Pico Blvd., FNC - 5th Floor,
Los Angeles, CA 90035.


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9. FREELANCE MARKET OF THE WEEK

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MOTHER JONES magazine wants solidly reported, hard-hitting,
ground-breaking news stories. Will also consider well-crafted
opinion and analysis pieces on current issues and events.
Also, interested in these areas - criminal justice, environment,
corporate wrong-doing, poverty, gay/lesbian, and international
issues.  Does not want product, movie or book reviews.

Length 500-2000 words.  Pays 30-60 cents a word.
Contact:
Vince Beiser, Senior Editor
Mother Jones/The Mojo Wire
731 Market Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA  94103
Tel - 415-665-6637 x239
URL - http://www.motherjones.com
Email - vince@...

(NOTE:  You opinionated types out there can't help but know
a subject that fits into the above broad spectrum of topics.
And the pay isn't bad, either.)
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ISLANDS

A bimonthly magazine for island travelers and dreamers.
Stories cover islands around the world: urban, rural, tropical
or windswept, well-known or undiscovered.  Strong narratives.

Buys 25 feature articles (3-4000 words), 40 department
articles (1200-2000 words), and 40-60 short pieces (500 words).
Pays $3000 and up per feature, $600-2000 per department article,
and $250 per short piece, on acceptance, for all rights.

Send e-queries to islands@....  Guidelines available.
Responds in 1-2 months.  Works with new writers.

Islands
Joan Tapper, editor
Box 4728
Santa Barbara, California  93140-4728
URL - http://www.islandsmag.com

(A writer could recoup an entire exotic vacation with the
sale of one feature or department article.)
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WRITER/FREELANCE - Good pay, steady news and features
assignments for best read newspaper in construction
industry. Send resume, 2 clips to:
Construction Equipment Guide, 470 Maryland Drive,
Fort Washington, PA 19034. attn: Freelance.


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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 3           -          April 16, 2000

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week - FUNDS FOR WRITERS (PART 3-CONTESTS)

   4. Grant Funds of the Week

   5. Contests of the Week

   6. Awards of the Week

   7. International of the Week

   8. Jobs of the Week

   9. Freelance Markets of the Week

  10. Ads and Opportunities

  11. Contact FundsforWriters

  12. Your Subscription



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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People are so wonderful.  You have all welcomed me with
open arms, and my thanks to you.  In less than three weeks
we have reached the 175 member mark - phenominal!

And questions are beginning to come in.  I will answer all
or direct you to someone who can.  A few have asked about
my writing grants.  I can do so, and would be glad to.
I must charge for those particular services, however, and
as writers attempting to earn a living, I believe you can
understand.  The good news is that I would not charge unless
you are successful at acquiring the grant.  The newsletter,
however, remains free to all.

Anyone interested, just email me at HopeClark1@..., and
we can chat and see what you need.  But, frankly, as writers
you have it within you to do it.  It is kinda like income
taxes (how timely). You can research and do it yourself or
pay someone to file it for you.

Either way, good luck.

NOTE:  Don't forget to take our poll of the types of funds
you are looking for.  Helps me focus on your needs.  The
poll ends the end of this month (April).

http://www.onelist.com/surveys/FundsforWriters?id=80097

                  Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   Every time a man puts a new idea across he finds
ten men who thought of it before he did - but they only
                thought of it.

         ~Hannah Arendt~




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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hope-

I sincerely "hope" your new funding for writers newsletter
is a success.

Find regards,
Joan Bransch
LEARN MORE - EMPOWERED PARENTING & JOAN'S EBOOKS
http://www.celebrityhowto.com/JBramsch.html
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Dear Hope-

I love the idea of this newsletter!  This can really be
helpful to me.  Financial education is something that is
truly lacking in overall education.  Keep this newsletter
coming to me...

Alison Ziegler
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Hi Hope,

Say, have I told you lately that you are doing a bang-up job?
No?  Well then, I apologize.

I have your very-professional emails coming to me, and I
contend, they are top-notch.  You certainly "have it down,"
and let no one tell you otherwise.

While it was on my mind, I just thought I'd say "Hi," tell you
how much I appreciate all you do---not only for me, but for
other struggling authors---and let you know I truly appreciate
your efforts and your talent.

Very commendable!!!  Pat yourself on the back for me, please?
    :)

Talk to you soon,

Trace
Trace Edward Zaber
SINS OF THE FATHER, Pulsar Publications
http://www.angelfire.com/il/ofagespast/


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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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FUNDS FOR WRITERS (PART 3 - CONTESTS)

by C. Hope Clark

Contests are the candy of the funding availabilities. Who
doesn't like a contest?  The large ones can offer huge prizes
and promotion.  The small ones have less competition and
possibly provide you with a clip and a small check.  But the
bottom line, they provide you with incentive and, if you win,
a little shot in the arm of encouragement.

I won $4.80 one time in an award, but that didn't matter
because I got good exposure in a published anthology. I won
a keychain in another, a CD in another, and a t-shirt in yet
another.  I quit counting the books I have won.  (Okay, my
addiction to writing contests, we can talk about that later.)

Major contests, like Writers Digest 2000 Writing Competition, can
give you $1500 and a trip to New York or Hawaii!  Imagine the
exposure for you there!  One contest like that can make a career.

The age old argument in contests, however, is whether a writer
should pay an entry fee.  Different schools of thought are
out there on this one.  Some feel the reading/entry fee is a
rip-off.

The problem is, smaller contests where you have the best
chances of winning are not rolling in financial means.  To
fund the award money, an entry fee is necessary.  In the larger
contests with the $20-35 fees, the purses are valuable, the stakes
higher, and the rewards huge.  Someone has to foot the bill.

If you feel your work is not up to standards or not the best you
can offer, my suggestion is not to enter.  I mean not to enter
ANY contest.  Contests want your best work.  And if you feel
comfortable that your work is good, then cough up the little check
and send it in.  You can't win if you don't enter.  Otherwise,
stick with freelancing to paying markets.

Contests are a roll of the dice - half skill and half chance.
The judges are all different, and who knows who will get your
article to judge.  Recognize that contests are a gamble.  And
since when is gambling not fun?

And oh the joy when you win!


Copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANT FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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The Elva Knight Research Grant provides up to US $5000 for
research in reading and literacy.  Projects should be completed
within 2 years and may be carried out using any research method
or approach so long as the focus of the project is on research
in reading or literacy.  Activities such as developing new
programs or instructional materials are not eligible for
funding except to the extent that these activities are
necessary procedures for the conduct of the research.

Each year, it is expected that at least one grant will be
awarded to a researcher outside the United States and Canada
and that one grant will be awarded to a teacher-initiated
research project.  Non-North Americans and classroom
teachers are especially encouraged to apply.

Deadline - October 15, 2000

Application guidelines:
Gail Keating, Division of Research, International Reading
Association, 800 Barksdale Road, PO Box 8139, Newark, DE
19714-8139 USA.  Phone 302-731-1600, ext 226. Fax 302-731-1057.
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Deadline May 2000

The Education Writers Association (http://www.ewa.org) awards
fellowships to full-time print or broadcast journalists who
have worked an education beat for at least two years and have
an endorsement fromt heir employers.  Freelances may apply if
they have a preexisting arrangement with a media organization
and if they spend a majority of their time covering education.
Fellows receive half-slary for the two-month study period;
travel expenses; access to expert sources; and editing
assistance (if desired).  Visit the EWA Web site for specific
guidelines and application information.

Education Writers Association
1331 H Street NW, #307
Washington DC  20005
tel - 202-637-9700
fax - 202-637-9707
Email - ewa@...
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Preservation and Access Projects

Support may be sought to preserve the intellectual content
and aid bibliographic control of collections; to compile
bibliographies, descriptive catalogs, and guides to cultural
holdings; to create dictionaries, encyclopedias, databases,
and other types of research tools and reference works; and
to stabilize material culture collections through the
appropriate housing and storing of objects, improved
environmental control, and the installation of security,
lighting, and fire-prevention systems.  Applications may also
be submitted for national and regional education and training
projects, regional preservation field service programs, and
research and demonstation projects that are intended to
enhance institutional practice and the use of technology for
preservation and access.

Proposals may combine preservation and access activities
within a single project.  Historically black colleges and
universities with significant institutional collections of
primary materials are encouraged to apply.

Eligible applicants - Individuals, nonprofit institutions
and cultural organizations, state agencies, and institutional
consortia.

Application deadline: July 1
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone- 202-606-8570
Email - preservation@...
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The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation to
         Award Fellowships

  Deadline: May 1, 2000

  The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation
  (http://www.rtnda.org/) will award eight cash fellowships
  to journalists in radio and television with 10 years'
  experience or less. The fellowships include the N.S.
  Bienstock Fellowship, the Michele Clark Fellowship, the
  Vada and Barney Oldfield National Security Reporting
  Fellowship, the Jacque I. Minnotte Health Reporting
  Fellowship, the RTDNF Environmental and Science Reporting
  Fellowship, the Sandra Freeman and Alfred Geller
  Fellowship, the Sherlee Barish Fellowship, and the Michael
  Burke Newsroom Management Fellowship. All winners receive
  an expenses-paid trip to the RTNDA International Conference.
  Visit the RTDNF Web site for specific program descriptions
  and application forms.

  Contact:
  Dani Browne
  RTNDF Fellowship Program
  1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Suite 615
  Washington, DC 20036
  Tel: (202) 467-5218
  E-mail: danib@...

  RFP Link: http://www.rtnda.org/awards/rtnda-f.htm


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5. CONTESTS OF THE WEEK

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Write Now, Right Now

WWW.TooWrite.com wants you to tell a story.  Real stories
written by real people is what this site is all about.
Write 700 to 2000 words on any experience in your life that
you feel would appeal to readers and email it to them.

The stories must be based on fact, and can be on any subjsct,
any tone.  Examples are:  losing a loved one, experiencing
a car crash, celebrating a reunion, letting your children go,
winning a lottery.  Make the article descriptive revealing
the range of emotions you actually experienced.

The winner of the best article will receive 1000 pounds from
www.TooWrite.com.  The first runner-up will receive a free
non-fiction book each month for a year through the WH Smith
Another Good Read initiative.  The second runner-up will be
given 50 pounds from Read On-Write Away!, Derbyshire's
literacy initiative involving a partnership of two local
education authorities, three TECs and two national literary
agencies.  The third runner-up will win 30 pounds in vouchers
from bookstore Waterstones.

All stories will be published on the site at:
http://www.toowrite.com.

Include your name, address, age, occupation and telephone
number or email address.  Indicate if you are willing for
your photo to be taken or if there are pictures available
which can be used to illustrate your article.  All pictures
will be returned.

All entrants must be willing to have their articles produced
in some of the top regional morning and evening newspapers
in the country or on the Internet.

Closing Date - July 21, 2000.

Mailing address for pictures: Julie Weston, Editor
www.TooWrite.com, Northcliffe House, Meadow Road, Derby,
DE1 2DW.
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El Dorado Writers' Guild announces its Fourth Annual writing
contest.  Prizes of $100, $50, and $20 awarded in categories
of prose and poetry.  Two $10 Honorable Mentions in each
category.  Winners appear in Contest 2000 edition of THE
ACORN.  Entry fee $7 for prose and up to 3 poems. Poems
limited to 40 lines and prose limited to 3000 words.
Writer's name in cover letter only., and include short bio.

Deadline July 31, 2000.  SASE for details.

El Dorado Writing Guild
PO Box 1266
Eldorado, CA  95623-1266.


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6. AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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The Albert J. Harris Award is given for a recently published
journal article or monograph that makes an outstanding
contribution to the prevention and/or assessment of reading
or learning disabilities.  Publications that have appeared
in a professional journal or monograph between June 1 and
June 1 are eligible and may be submitted by the author or
anyone else.  Copies may be duplicated from the actual
publication.  Reprints are also acceptable.

Nomination of the albert J. Harris Award is open to all
literacy professionals.  The deadline for submission is
September 15, 2000.
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The Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award is a monetary
award given every three years to a promising new author of
children's poetry (for children and young adults up to Grade
12) who has published no more than two books of children's
poetry.  A book-length single poem may be submitted.
Children's Poetry is defined as poetry, rather than light verse.
The award is for published works only.  The next award will be
for works copyrighted from 1998 to 2000.  Applications will
be available beginning May 2000.
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The Paul A. Witty Short Story Award will be given to the
author of an original short story published for the first
time during 1999 in a periodical for children.  The short
story should serve as a literary standard that encourages
young readers to read periodicals.  The deadline for this
award is December 1, 2000.
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The International Reading Association Children's Book Awards
are give for an author's first or second published book.
Four awards will be for fiction and non-fiction in two age
categories: younger readers (ages 4-10), older readers
(ages 10-17).  Books from any country and in any language
copyrighted during the 1999 calendar year will be considered.
Each award carries a monetary stipend.  Entries must be
received by members of the selected committee no later than
November 1, 2000.

For applications for any of the above four awards:

International Reading Association
800 Barksdale Road, PO Box 8139
Newark, DE  19714-8139 USA
Phone 302-731-1600
Fax 302-731-1057.

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7.  INTERNATIONAL FUND OF THE WEEK

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The Raiziss/de Palchi Translation

This award recognizes outstanding translations into English
of modern Italian poetry through a $5000 book prize and a
$20,000 fellowship given in alternating years.  The winner
of the fellowship also receives a residency at the American
Academy in Rome.

FOr the book prize, publishers may submit translations
published anytime in the past (not necessarily in the year
of the judging), but only books by living translators are
eligible.  Welf-published books are not accepted.  Entries
must be postmarked by November 1 of odd-numbered years.

Submissions for the fellowship are accepted in even-numbered
years from September 1 to November 1.

To receive guidelines for either award, please send a self-
addressed, stamped envelope and a note specifying "Fellowship"
or "Book Prize" to -

The Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award
The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 1208
New York, NY  10012-3250

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The Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
The Academy of American Poets
(same address above)

Send three copies of each book of translation.  This $1000
award recognizes a published translation of poetry from any
language into English.  A noted translator chooses the
winning book.  Books must be submitted by December 31 of
the year that they are published.

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8. JOBS OF THE WEEK

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Red Hen Press

Grant writer needed for nonprofit literary press publishing
poetry, literary fiction and memoirs.  Email redhen@...
or call 818-831-0649.

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Writers and Editors needed.

Monthly subscription bulletin, established in 1986, lists
full-time, part-time, and telecommuniting job openings
nationwide for writers, educators, scriptwriters, etc.
Deal directly with the employer.  Write or call:

Current Jobs in Writing & Editing
PO Box 40550
5136 McArthur Blvd, NW
Washington DC  20016
703-506-4400
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Copy Editor
America Online local channel seeks freelance copy editors to proof
features about travel, health and shopping. Applicants should email
their resumes (please, no attachments) to andrewc@....
Some copy editing and line editing experience preferred.
Salary range: $16-18/hr
Contact Andrew Cohen or Jennifer Lisle
America Online Digital City
45 West 18th street, 7th floor, New York NY 10011
Please email.
Fax: 212-206-4548
E-mail: andrewc@...

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Freelance copy editor
Copy editor needed for 20-25 hours a month via fax. We're a regional
monthly covering the culture, personalities and businesses of Fairfield
County, Connecticut.  We're looking for someone with lifestyle magazine
experience who can edit for style and flair as well as mechanics and is
familiar with Words Into Type.
Salary range: $20/hour
Contact Laura Williams-Rohr
Fairfield County magazine
49 Richmondville Avenue, Westport, CT 06880
Phone: (203) 291-6936 x 112
Fax: (203) 291-5955
E-mail: laura.williams@...
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Commercial Lender, the magazine recognized as the
definitive source for capital, news and information in the
national commercial real estate industry, seeks freelance
writers to provide content on the commercial real estate
industry, lifestyles, and technology. The ideal candidates
should possess multidisciplinary writing skills, produce
work in a timely manner, and possess a strong eye for
detail and accuracy. In addition to being published in
Commercial Lender, your writing will also be posted on our
website, C-Lender.com.

Pay is competitive and commensurate with experience and
quality of work.

To apply, please send resume, cover letter, and three
writing samples to kim@....



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9. FREELANCE MARKET OF THE WEEK

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WEISSMANN TRAVEL REPORTS

Publishes profiles of countries, cities and ports of call.
The reports go to online services available by subscription.
Reports contain listings and recommendations for attractions,
restaurants, nightlife, shopping and transportation.  Writers
should query for assignments on their respective city, state,
country or port of call.

TERMS - Pays $100-700 according to length and complexity, on
acceptance, for all rights.

Submit a cover letter with clips to City Profiles assignments
editor.  Responds in 2 weeks.  Box 49279, Austin, TX 78765-9279
Telephone - 512-320-8700
Fax - 512-320-8347
URL - http://www.weissmann.com

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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR WOMEN

500 word pieces desired appealing to women of 15-35 who play
sports.  These 'service' pieces help readers perform better,
last longer, or find a sports scholarship.  Other departments
are Your Attitude, Your Food, Your Body, Gear, and In The Gym.

TERMS - Pays $1 per word, on acceptance, for ALL RIGHTS to
articles of 200-500 words.

Send query with clips to Bailey.  E-queries and faxes okay,
but must include your credentials.  No guidelines available.
Sample on request.  Responds in 1 month.  Time & Life Bldg.,
Rockefeller Center, New York, NY  10020-1393.
Telephone - 212-522-2248
Fax - 212-522-0203
Email - Sandy_bailey@...
URL - http://www.siforwomen.com
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We’re looking for stories of single women who have climbed
out of the pits of despair and reached new heights. The story
may be your own or that of someone you know.

Can you write such a story?
We would love to hear from you. Overall tone of narratives
may vary. Some may be dramatic and emotional, others more
humorous and entertaining. Be honest and forthright but avoid
male-bashing and religious proselytizing. Pen names and
anonymous bylines are acceptable.

Extended deadline: June 15, 2000

Length: We’re flexible. However, we suggest a target length
of between 850 and 1500 words.

Payment: For professional quality material, we pay up to
$75 per story, depending on length. Payment for materials
requiring heavy editing or a rewrite will vary.

Response time: Approximately 6 weeks

Email - gwenchoat@...




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              THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS

Volume 1, Issue 2           -          April 9, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week - FUNDS FOR WRITERS (PART 2-AWARDS)

   4. Grant Funds of the Week -NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY
              -and- GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

   5. Contests of the Week - PICCOLO SPOLETO WRITING CONTEST
               -and- THE SANTA FE WRITERS PROJECT

   6. Awards of the Week - CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS


   7. International Funds of the Week - THE INTERNATIONAL PLANNED
         PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE INC.
         AWARDS (IPPF/WHR) -and- U.S.-MEXICO FUND

   8. Job of the Week - LF INTERNATIONAL - FREELANCE WRITER

   9. Freelance Market of the Week - CHILD MAGAZINE

  10. Ads and Opportunities

  11. Contact FundsforWriters

  12. Your Subscription



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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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Wow, interest is everywhere for this information!  I have
really struck a nerve - or a niche - whatever the case may be.

NOTE - A POLL IS AVAILABLE AT EGROUPS.COM FOR YOU TO LET US
KNOW WHAT TYPE FUNDS YOU WISH TO LEARN ABOUT SO WE CAN
BETTER FOCUS OUR NEWSLETTER. GO TO--
http://www.onelist.com/surveys/FundsforWriters?id=80097

Questions are all over the planet, so to speak, as well.
While some are searching for sources of funds, others want
to know how to write the applications.

Many, many funds providers have applications, which makes
the job easy.  But others, such as grants, require a write-
up including a budget.

Remember high school or college?  I used to make a conscious
effort to learn the persona, temperament, and quirks of the
instructor as that was half the battle to achieving my grade.
This arena is no different.

Doing ones homework is the necessary evil.  Learn what the
entity likes, then use your skills honed in your trade!
Write clearly and distinctly without filler.  Polish and
rework the piece.  For heavens sake, no typos.

For now I will provide markets and sources of funds.  If
the demand seems to expand for grant writing advice, we can
revisit the focus and format of Funds for Writers.

The call is yours!  As always, I love hearing from you, and
your words of suggestion, criticism, praise and request are
all welcome.

                  Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

   I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally
          I became that person. Or he became me. "

         ~ Cary Grant ~



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Hope,
What a great idea for a newsletter.  It's so needed.  Thanks
for thinking of it and doing it.  I've subscribed.

Have a wonderful day.
Mary Emma

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Hope,
I love the new newsletter!  Good job!!  Please add me to the
list of subscribers.

Jan McDaniel

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Dear Hope,
I wanted to tell you the Funds for Writers newsletter is
inspiring, consistent and attractive.  Thank you.

Also, I want to tell you I'm an Argentinean screenwriter and
translator, which means native spanish-talker.  I'm sure there
are others that, like me, will be unable to apply to most of
the grants you mention, because of nationality, but would be
great if you can consider a special section for foreigners,
not to mention links to other languages and countries, even
if it is a random section, whenever appears some information.

Anyway, I read with a lot of interest this first issue, and
keep looking forward to the next!

Cecilia Echeverria from Bs As, Argentina

(NOTE:   Please see that Cecilia struck home with me on this
wonderful suggestion.  An additional section has been added
to Funds for Writers.  All subscribers are free to email me
with comments and suggestions.  And praise is always nice.)



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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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FUNDS FOR WRITERS (PART 2 - AWARDS)

by C. Hope Clark

Awards?  Yea, right.  Just getting your feet wet and this
looney lady is talking about awards.  Well, awards are
everywhere in all shapes and sizes, colors and designs.

The only problem with an award is that unlike grants, you
have to have already completed your project.  Awards are
rewards for quality work that fits the mold of the award
presenter.  And awards can come from absolutely anyone!!

Think outside the box here.  A hospital fund could possibly
award a well-written paper or presentation on caring for
the elderly.  A social service organization could give a
writer an award for raising awareness about teenage
pregnancy.  An environmental group may award on the best
story about endangered species.  Get the picture?  And
unfortunately, all of these awards are not highly publicized.

Chances are, if you write on your passion, chances are there
is an award somewhere that your project fits within.  Even
writing fiction can merit awards either from the creativity
aspect or a topic matter you happen to incorporate within
the story.

How many of you are already aware of awards?  I read
constantly of awards from within the Romance genre, the
Mystery genre, and the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre in all my
writers newsletters.  Just take a look at Inscriptions
or Inklings sometimes and pick out the awards presented.

So open your eyes.  Now that you are aware of these little
jewels, nominate yourself every chance you get.  Write
your passion.  Who knows what award is waiting just for you?


Copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANT FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY

The National Institute for Literacy's Leadership Fellowship
Program is designed to provide federal financial assistance
to adult learners and to individuals pursuing careers in
adult education or literacy in the areas of instruction,
research, or innovation.  The Institute expects to award
two or three grants averaging $60,000 to literacy workers or
adult learners this year.  Project timetables must be
between three and twelve months, adn the winning projects
can begin no earlier than September 2000 and end no later
than September 2001.

Contact:
EDPubs
PO Box 1398
Jessup, MD  20794
1-800-228-8813
TTY/TTD - 1-877-576-7734
Email - edpubs@...
Link - http://www.nifl.gov/activities/fllwhome.htm

(The thought here is to provide an educational or
journalism service somewhere in this grant proposal with
your fee or cost of materials  included.  Partner with
the local Adult Literacy group or Tech School or Social
Service agency and assist them in preparing a project to
aid adult literacy with you as the consultant or writer
of the materials used.  As a writer, aren't you an expert?)

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GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Through grants for research, forums, and The Senior Executive
Service Leadership Program, The PriceWaterhousCoopers
Endowment for The Business of Government stimulates research
and facilittates discussion on new approaches to improving the
effectiveness of government at the federal, state, local, and
international levels.  Grants are available for journalists
and individuals working in universities and nonprofit
organizations.  Individuals receiving grants will be responsible
for producing a 20-40 page research report in one of the
following five areas:

Leveraging Technology
Service for the 21st Century
Managing for Results: the "Nuts and Bolts" of Government
Transforming Public Sector Organizations
Leveraging the Pricate Sector

Grants in the amount of $15,000 will be awarded for each
research paper.

Contact:
Mark A. Abramson
Executive Director
The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Endowment for The Business of
Government
1616 North Fort Myer Drive
Arlington, VA 22209
703-741-1077
703-741-1076 (fax)
Email - endowment@...
URL - http://endowment.pwcglobal.com/about.asp
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National Endowment of the Humanities
Division of Research

Through fellowships to individual scholars and grants to
support complex, frequently collaborative, research, the
Division of Research Programs contributes to the creation
of knowledge in the humanities.

FELLOWSHIPS AND STIPENDS

Grants provide support for scholars to undertake full-
time independent research and writing in the humanities.
Grants are available for a maximum of one year and a
minimum of two months of summer study.

Eligible applicants - individuals.

Application deadlines -
     Fellowships - May 1
     Summer Stipends - October 1

Phone - 202-606-8466 for Fellowships for University Teachers
     202-606-8467 for Fellowships for College Teachers AND
     Independent Scholars
     202-606-8551 for Summer Stipends

Email - fellowships@...
     stipends@...

RESEARCH

Grants provide up to three years of support for collaborative
research in the preparation for publication of editions,
translations, and other important works in the humanities, and
in the conduct of large or complex interpretive studies including
archaeology projects and the humanities studies of science and
technology.  Grants also spuport research opportunities offered
through independent research centers and international research
organizations.

Eligible applicants - individuals, institutions of higher
education, nonprofit professional associations, scholarly
societies, and nonprofit organizations.

Application deadlines -
     Collaborative research - September 1
     Fellowships at independent research institutions - Sept. 1

Phone - 202-606-8200
Email - research@...



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5. CONTESTS OF THE WEEK

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Deadline April 15, 2000

PICCOLO SPOLETO FESTIVAL in Charleston, South Carolina is
holding a fiction writing competition.  The top 10
submissions will be awards a cash prize, adn the writers
will be invited to present their stories to the audience
of Piccolo Spoleto.  For details, call 843-361-9043 or
email azaleamb@....

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Deadline April 15, 2000

THE SANTA FE WRITERS PROJECT

Entry fee: $25. $20 if you are a student.
Two First prize awards: $1000
One Second Prize award: $750
One Third Prize award: $500

In addition to the four cash prizes, our judges will name
six honorable mentions. All ten winners will have the
opportunity to present their work to established agencies
working with the SFWP.

The Santa Fe Writers Project is currently holding the Year
2000 Literary Awards Program, recognizing writers of prose
(fiction/nonfiction) and screenwriting.

Four cash-prizes are being offered and winners will have
the opportunity to present their manuscripts for full market
evaluation with participating New York and Hollywood agencies.

Unlike other contests of this nature, SFWP has endeavored to
provide a panel of established authors and recognized
industry professionals. All submissions are property of the
authors and will not be reproduced or used for any purpose
without the express permission of the author.

Rules Entries must be postmarked no later than April 15th.

Each prose (fiction/nonfiction) entry should be no more than
75 pages in length. This can include any number of short
stories or essays, the first 75 pages of a work, or relevant
excerpts or chapters from a work; however you feel your work
is best represented. Screenplays are considered a separate
entry and will be accepted in completed, standard format.
They are not limited by the 75-page rule. All entries should
be 12 point font and double-spaced.

Entries will not be accepted without a copy of the SFWP Entry
Form. (found at site)

A $25 reading fee must accompany each submission. Please use
US Currency, check or money order made payable to "Santa Fe
Writers Project".

If you are a student, the reading fee is $20. Please include
a current student ID with your entry form.

Please include one self-addressed postcard with correct
postage so we can notify you of receipt.  SFWP will not cover
postage and will not return entries without a SASE.

Prize Winners will be announced June 15th, 2000.

Email info@...
Website http://www.sfwritersproject.com/
Contact Santa Fe Writer’s Project
PMB 170
3509 Connecticut Avenue N
Washington, DC 20008-2470



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6. AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Deadline - May 15, 2000
CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS

Open to authors of children's books published in the US
between Jun 1 & May 1. Object is to foster & reward
excellence in text & illustration. No age limit. Reprints
& textbooks not eligible.

Prizes $500 in each of 3 categories--
fiction, nonfiction & picture books.

Publishers submit entries directly to judges.
Contact: The Boston Globe, Box 2378, Boston MA 02107
OR 617-929-2606(FAX) OR canney@...


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7.  INTERNATIONAL FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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Deadline - June 1, 2000
THE INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN
HEMISPHERE INC. AWARDS (IPPF/WHR)

The IPPF/WHR awards grants of $2500 each to an individual and
an organization that have made significant contributions in
raising awareness and sparking interest in sexual and
reproductive health issues.  IPPF/WHR welcomes nominations
of writers, producers, publishers, broadcasters, journalists,
media institutions, adn artists interested in social issues
and work in North and Latin American and the Caribbean.
Eligible entries include any body of work or story on sexual
and reproductive health or related issues that was published
or broadcast in the media between June 1, 1999 and
May 31, 2000.

Contact:
Rosa Cisneros Memorial Information Award
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Western Hemisphere Region, Inc.
120 Wall Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY  10005 USA
ATTN:  Zhenja La Rosa
Tele: 212-248-6400
Email: zlarosa@...

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Applications for grants through the US-Mexico Fund for Culture
which supports cultural exchange and collaboration between
Mexico and the United States.

Grants ranging from $2000 to $25,000 will be made for projects
related to cultural studies, dance, library collections in
arts and culture, literature, media arts, music, theater, and
the visual arts.  Projects should lead to close, lasting
collaboration and exchange among artists, researchers and
scholars, non-profit groups, and related institutions in both
countries.  The fund was created in 1991 by Mexico's National
Fund for Culture and the Arts, the Bancomer Cultural
Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Who may apply: individual artists and institutions

Contact: US-Mexico Fund for Culture, Londres 16, 3er. Piso,
Col. Juarez 06600, Mexico City

phone - (52)(5)592-5386
fax - (52)(5)566-8071

email: usmexcult@...
URL: http://www.fidemexusa.org.mx

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8. JOB OF THE WEEK - LF INTERNATIONAL

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Description: Freelance Newsletter Writer

LF International Inc., a San Francisco Venture Capital firm,
is seeking a freelance writer for its quarterly newsletters
focused on human-interest stories. This is an ideal position
for someone who is interested in earning extra cash and
acquiring experience in interviewing and writing profiles of
successful business owners and executives. The typical length
of an article is approximately 500 - 1,000 words. The format
and style are similar to those in Forbes magazine.

Begin: April 2000
Duration: 1 year
Stipend: $1,000 per published article.

Requirements:
- Senior-level undergraduate or graduate student
- Ability to develop interesting story lines and write
creatively.
- Effective interviewing skills in person, via telephone and
occasionally by email.
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
- Has access to computer and email.

No cover letter necessary. If you are interested in the
position please email resume and one writing sample
relevant to our requirement.

Contact Information:
Ms. Mindy Chiang
E-mail: mchiang@...



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9. FREELANCE MARKET OF THE WEEK

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CHILD MAGAZINE
375 Lexington Avenue
New York City, NY  10017

Email - childletters@...
URL - http://www.childmagazine.com

Buys 50 feature articles (1600-2000 words), 100 department
articles (1500+ words), and 25-30 short pieces (700+ words).
Pays $1 per word. First North American serial rights.
Offers 25% kill fee.  Considers simultaneous queries and
manuscripts.  Guidelines available.  Responds 1-2 months.

Accepts articles on child discipline and a parent's
first hand account of dealing with a personal child-rearing
experience.  Likes quick, hip, sharp advice.

(Okay all you moms and dads out there.  You have nothing to
lose sending in some articles here.  For a major publication
that pays the wistful $1 per word, they are quite liberal
with their simultaneous submission policy and  fairly short
response time.  And what parent doesn't have a story to tell?
Go for it!!!)

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TWA AMBASSADOR

Suite 5, 4636 E. Elwood St.
Phoenix, AR  85040-1963

Buys 40-45 features (700-2500 words) and 45-50 department
articles (500-1200) words.  Pays $1000-2200 per feature and
$500-1200 per department article for first world print rights.

Considers simultaneous queries and manuscripts.  Accepts
online and on disc.  Accepts fiction.  Guidelines available.
Individualized rejections.  Responds in 1-4 weeks.  Works
with new writers.

Needs business, sports, destinations, entertainment, food,
media, money, family - but always rooted in a sense of place.
Don't publish traditional travel or service pieces.

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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@...
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7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

Copyright 2000, C. Hope Clark


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NOTE:  For those of you subscribed to WordWebletter and FundsforWriters, I
apologize for the duplicate mailing.  This will be the only time this will
happen.  I wanted to introduce everyone to the inaugural issue of
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            THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WRITERS
Volume 1, Issue 1           -          April 2, 2000

Publisher/Editor: C. Hope Clark

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               IN THIS ISSUE

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   1. Editor's Thoughts

   2. Your Mail

   3. Article of the Week - DOLLARS FOR WRITERS
                (PART 1 - GRANTS/FUNDS)

   4. Fund of the Week - THANKS BE TO GRANDMOTHER
             WINIFRED FOUNDATION -and-
             THE HUMANITIES FOCUS GRANT

   5. Contests of the Week - ZOETROPE: SHORT FICTION CONTEST
             -and- AUTHORS IN THE PARK

   6. Award of the Week - CASEY MEDALS-MERITORIOUS JOURNALISM

   7. Job of the Week - CLUBMOM.COM

   8. Freelance Market of the Week - FAMILY CIRCLE MAGAZINE

   9. Ads and Opportunities

  10. Contact FundsforWriters

  11. Your Subscription

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1.  EDITOR'S THOUGHTS

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Hello, everyone and welcome to the inaugural issue of Funds
for Writers.  Due to the positive feedback I received from
various writers, this newsletter is established to inform and
empower writers by providing sources of funds.

Searching for ways to meet bills, get published, or even
break even on expenses is a challenge to us all.  Many writers
are at home but limited by the lack of money infusion to get
far in their pursuits.  Others work full-time at something
other than writing, inhibiting them yet in another manner.
In our circles, established writers are not yet "wealthy"
writers, and "struggling" is a frequently heard term.

From another angle, many writers are gifted in art and lacking
in financial savvy.  The lucky ones have spouses to support
their habit and passion.  But those having to find the
financial means to pursue their dreams do not have the
skills to find the sources.  Business and finance are foreign
concepts to many.

So a void of information and gap in communication are evident.
It is this void and this gap that I hope to lessen to any
degree for any interested writer.

A diversity of sources is provided to you, and whether you seek
a full-time job in journalism, a grant for a project, a contest,
a scholarship, or a partnership to bridge your thoughts to a
paying outlet, this newsletter is for you.

My door is open, as I think several have found out already.  If
you have a suggestion, a source of information, or a problem you
wish us to pursue, email me.  My email runs practically 24/7,
and I would enjoy hearing from you.

Enjoy.


                  Hope

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                 WORDS OF SUCCESS

     Give me a man who sings at his work.

         ~ Thomas Carlyle ~



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2.  YOUR MAIL

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Hi Hope -

Since I write about diabetes and the art of living a winning
lifestyle, along with related nutritional and health issues,
I'm looking for funding to keep our print newsletter going
and more affordable for our subscribers.   Take a look at our
website at Follow Your Heart...Celebrate the Joy of Living
(http://members.xoom.com/cinnhearts/.

I know there are many (food) corporate members I could
approach with grant proposals.  One of my major obstacles is
having the time to devote to learning the basics of grant
writing.  Your new newsletter is going to be WONDERFUL for
someone like me!

Merily Helton, Editor
Cinnamon Hearts Newsletter




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3. ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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Funds for Writers (PART 1 - GRANTS/FUNDS)

by C. Hope Clark

I really ought to consider writing a book on this question,
because there is sufficient information to fill one.  There
are as many funding sources out there in the world as there
are reasons for needing funds.  This article focuses on
just one category, and others will be covered in future issues.

The funds people crave the most are those that are considered
the proverbial "grants."  You know the ones.  They are the
free money opportunities that you don't have to account for
nor pay back.  The pot at the end of the rainbow type funds.

Grants or Funds are nice.  They are wonderful.  They are
rare for the common writer.  However, the funds are out there.
And, surprisingly, they do not get a lot of advertisement.

My first word of advice is to get to know, subscribe or visit
your local Arts Endowment organization in your town, area, or
state.  These people have keys to many funds.  They are non-
profit and exist solely to serve the arts consisting of
visual, literary, performing, and anything else you can think
of as "art."  Most have websites and/or publications that
publish the available grants.

If you are affiliated with education or a non-profit entity
at all, you have your foot in the door already.  You can
partner with these people, give them some credit, and get
your project done, book written, or research funded.  For
some reason (mainly IRS related), these two groups are the
primary recipients of funds from all sources.

Another thing, remember that grants and funds are not solely
given by government groups.  Foundations are wonderful at
this and a lot more flexible in their awarding of money.
Foundations exist purely to raise, manage and give away money
for good causes.  And they range from local small foundations,
to state focused, to regionally based, to nationally broad.
Surely you have heard of The Ford Foundation, The Kellogg
Foundation, or more recently, The Gates Foundation?  Here in
SC, we have Sisters of Charity and the Mary Babcock Foundation.
Endowment is another word for this type organization.

Government grants are the more time consuming, paper pushing
grants to apply for, while the foundations sometimes accept
no more than a one or two page concept paper.  Corporations
have tons of money, but of course, they channel theirs to
those that can best promote them.  After all, they are for
profit companies who have an image to promote, and money to
make.

But grants are an art in themselves.  To apply for a grant,
you need to study a little about the entity you are applying
to in terms of their past grant recipients, their application
process, their decision making process, and their focus.  You
cannot apply for their funds without designing yourself to
meet their goals.  They want their money to go toward a project
that represents them well.  And since grants usually go to
a proposed project (versus awards that generally go for works
already performed), you have some flexibility to adjust to
their preferences.

This is by far the area that most people inquire about when
discussing funds.  So I will attempt to bring as many of these
to you as possible.  They can be fairly restrictive, so don't
get disenchanted.  And in this newsletter, hopefully, I can
lead you to some other sources of funds and get you thinking
creatively not only with words, but with money, too.  Pretty
soon you will recognize potential in more than just grants.

Just as you have to keep pushing through the rejections to get
to the published article in that magazine, you have to muddle
through the grants to find one that fits.  But as in writing,
keep submitting and don't give up.

copyright (c) 2000 - C. Hope Clark



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4.  GRANT FUNDS OF THE WEEK

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The Thanks Be To Grandmother Winifred Foundation

The Foundation provides funding so that women fifty-four
(54) years of ago and older can create, and manifest into
reality, ideas, and concepts that will improve the lives of
women in one or more aspects.  The purpose of limiting the
beneficiaries to women fifty-four and older is to encourage a
segment of the population (older women) - generally ignored,
forgotten, and considered invisible - to have courage and
confidence in their ability to gift the common weal with their
knowledge and wisdom.

The grants are given to enable the grantees to achieve a
specific objective, produce a report or similar product,
improve or enhance a literary, artistic, musical, scientific,
teaching, or similar capacity, skill, or talent in order to
accomplish the stated objectives of The Foundation.

A grantee may use funds for research, clerical help, room,
board, travel or equipment incidental to the purposes of the
specific grant.  A grant may be used for study at an
educational institution; although grants shall not be limited
to such activity.  There is no requirement that the grant
recipients be degree candidates, nor must the grant be
limited to tuition, travel, fees, course-related equipment,
books, and/or supplies.

Grant awards range from $500 to $5000.  A grant recipient may
not reapply.

Limitations:
-must be 54 years of age
-must be a woman
-must be a US citizen
-must apply individually, not as a group or a non-profit
-cannot hold elective or public office
-projects serving both men and women are not considered
-projects involving children in any way are not considered
-projects that carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to
influence legislation, or participate in or intervene in any
political campaign, for or against, are not considered.

Write for application instructions.

The Thanks Be to Grandmother Winifred Foundation
P.O. Box 1449
Wainscott, New York  11975-1449
(516) 725-0323

(Or contact me at HopeClark1@....  I have copies of
the application package.)
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The National Endowment for the Humanities Seeks Applications
for Humanities Focus Grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent
federal agency created in 1965, is the largest funder of
humanities programs in the United States.  A Humanities Focus
Grant enables a group of teachers, faculty members, or other
educators, normally from a school or college, to work together
to explore an important humanities topic and to consider plans
of action for their institution.  THESE GRANTS MAY SUPPORT
JOINT STUDY INVOLVING OUTSIDE EXPERTS OR WORKSHOPS on
scholarly issues and related curricular questions.  Awards
range from $10,000 ro $25,000 in outright funds and normally
span an academic year or year and a half.

Contact:
Education Development and Demonstration Program
Division of Research and Education
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 318
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20506
URL - http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/edd.pdf

(PLEASE NOTE THE CAPITALIZED WORDS IN THE ABOVE GRANT.
THIS GRANT CAN BE WRITTEN TO INCLUDE YOU AS THE EXPERT
OR CONDUCTOR OF THE WORKSHOP WITH YOUR SALARY INCLUDED
IN THE GRANT AS AN EXPENSE.  THIS IS A COMMON, GENUINELY
ACCEPTED PRACTICE IN GRANT WRITING.)



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5. CONTESTS OF THE WEEK

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Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest

1st Prize $1000
2nd Prize $ 500
3rd Prize $ 250

All entries must be:

5000 words or under (no novel excerpts or short-shorts)
Postmarked by October 1, 2000
Clearly marked "Short Story Contest" on both the story and
the outside of the envelope.  Entry fee $10 (checks should
be made payable to AZX Publications).

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Authors in the Park Short Story Competition

1st Prize $1000
2nd Prize $ 500
3rd Prize $ 250

Winners and seven (7) finalists published in FINE PRINT.
Deadline: April 30, 2000

Email or SASE for guidelines before submitting.
David and Jennifer Foley
AUTHORS IN THE PARK
PO Box 85
Winter Park, FL  32790-0085
Phone: 407-658-4520
foley@...



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6. AWARDS OF THE WEEK

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Final Deadline - August 1, 2000

The Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism honor distinguished
coverage of disadvantaged children and their families, and the
institutions and agencies charged with serving them.  Work
published or broadcast between June of the award year and June
of the previous year is eligible.

One first-place winner and up to two honorable mentions may be
chosen in each category.  First place winners are honored at an
awards luncheon at the University of Maryland, receive a $1000
award and are eligible to apply for $2000 study/travel grants.

Contact:
Casey Journalism Center
4321 Hartwock Road, Suite 320
College Park, MD  20740
Telephone: 301-699-5133
Fax: 301-699-9755
Email: info@...
RFP Link:  http://casey.umd.edu/casey/web/medals.nsf

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Final Deadline - April 20, 2000

The National Press Club honors journalists with various awards
programs.  Entries are limite to work published or broadcast in
the calendar year preceding the submission, e.g. during calendar
year 2000-2001, etc.  The competition is open to professional
journalists - those who receive at least 50 percent of their
income from journalistic activity, either independently or as
an employee of independent communications media.  Only pieces
published or broadcast by such independent media are eligible.
Online entries are eligible, of work is done by a professional
journalist who meets the above definition.  Applications are
available for awards programs in the areas of consumer
journalism, newsletter journalism, Washington correspondence,
environmental reporting, online journalism, political journalism,
geratric writing, regional reporting, and diplomatic
correspondence.  Visit the National Press Club Web site to obtain
an application and specific program details.

URL- http://npc.press.org/club/awards.htm

(So online work is beginning to be recognized, hmmm?)




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7. JOB OF THE WEEK

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ClubMom.com is a paid freelance market for freelance
mom-writers. Share your experiences to the world and get paid.
We believe that moms do the most rewarding, most challenging,
most important, and often least respected job in the world.
ClubMom exists to recognize and reward moms while making their
lives a little easier. We have only one mission: to serve moms.

You are recommended to register to our ClubMom.com community
prior to applying for the writing position. It will help you
better understand the community in which each of us can
support and learn from one another, get the information needed
to do the most important job there is - being a mom - and,
finally, let your voices be heard for the greater good. Also,
it shows your genuine interest to better accommodate the
voices of all moms.

Registering through http://4this.com/clubmom.htm
is recommended.

Website: http://4this.com/clubmom.htm



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8. FREELANCE MARKET OF THE WEEK

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Family Circle Magazine

Ranked as the 3rd best magazine market by Writers Digest
magazine, Family Circle is open to new writers.  The pay is
exceptional ($1 per word), and they respond is a fairly
short time frame for a major mag - 1-2 months.

They buy the following throughout the year:

--200 feature articles (1500 - 2000 words)
-- 75 department articles (750 - 1000 words)
-- 50 short pieces (250 - 500 words)

Purchases all or first North American rights, and offers a
20% kill fee.  Accepts assigned manuscripts on disk and
email.

Types of need - essays, homor, opinion, personal experience,
women's interest subjects, children, health, nutrition.

Family Circle
375 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10017

ATTN:  Deputy Editor - Nancy Clark

(You have nothing to lose here.  This major market is open,
and I cannot think of a single writer I am affiliated with
that cannot offer at least one article to these fine folks.
All it can hurt is maybe postage and a rejection letter.

Word of advice, here.  Polish your work.  Make it shine.
Type a professional looking product and make sure all the
grammar and typos are addressed.  One type or mispelled
word can warrant the shredder.

Give it a go!!)


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9. ADS & OPPORTUNITIES

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in Word Weaving webzine where contributors post enlightening
reviews, interviews, insights, and guides.  Entwine yourself
in the artistry of writers who can show you how to weave the
written word.

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web site reviews for its publication.  For Guidelines, visit
http://www.wordweaving.com/submission_guidelines.html
or email editor Cindy Penn at WordWeaving@....

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10.  CONTACT FUNDS FOR WRITERS

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C. Hope Clark
FundsforWriters-owner@onelist.com
HopeClark1@...

7001 St. Andrews Rd, #366
Columbia, SC  29212

http://www.chopeclark.com

Copyright 2000, C. Hope Clark


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