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Writing Resources
Proper Story MS Format by: William Shunn (from APEX MAG submission page) http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html Proper Poetry MS Format Shunn: http://www.shunn.net/format/poem.html The Business of Writing; guides for everything from basic information to writing proposals: http://www.marthawells.com/writingguide.htm Sample Cover letters for Poetry submissions http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/personal-updates/sample-cover-letters-for-poetry-submissions The Writers Circle Listing of helpful resources Locus http://www.locusmag.com/ Mary Soon Lee's Speculative Fiction Page http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/wr.html Submitting to the Black Hole -- Response Times http://brain-of-pooh.tech-soft.com/critters/blackholes/ Tangent http://www.tangentonline.com/ WritersNet -- agents with no reading fees http://www.writers.net/agents.html Pittsburgh, PA SF, Fantasy & Horror Organizations, clubs & groups:
PARSEC Pittsburgh's Premier Science Fiction Organization Science Fiction Book Discussion Group The science fiction book discussion group focuses on classic, "hard," and/or award winning science fiction books. Meets at the Mt. Lebanon Library the 4th Wed of each month Contact: Don Kirkwood 412-531-1912 dpitt75@comcast.net MtLebanon Library FB page Search the Mt. Leb Library Events Calendar Conferences & Conventions
Confluence -- The SF/F/H Literary, Music & Art Conference for SW Pennsylvania www.confluence-sff.org LEXFA Convention Listings http://www.lexfa.org/conlinks.htm Pennwriters Conference -- the New York style conference at a Pennsylvania cost. PhilCon -- The Philadelphia Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy https://philcon.org/ NASFIC-- a SF convention scheduled only during years when Worldcon is held outside of North America http://www.nasfic.org/ Nebula Awards Weekend (SFWA) http://www.nebulaawards.com/ WorldCon http://www.wsfs.org/ World Fantasy Convention http://www.worldfantasy2010.com/ Contests
L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest http://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/ |
Finding Markets
Ralan.com www.ralan.com/ Markets and Contests Duotrope -- Markets for Fiction Writers http://www.duotrope.com/ Must have membership/subscription to use site Daily Science Fiction An online magazine of science fiction short stories Submission Guidelines-Pays pro rates Freelance Writing http://www.freelancewriting.com/ Fantasy & Science Fiction Competition https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2014/competition1411.htm Aerogramm Writers studio (Blog) http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/ Contains bi-monthly list of writing contests Associations
SFWA -- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. http://www.sfwa.org/ Horror Writers Association http://horror.org Writing Workshops
Alpha -- the Teen SF/F/H Writing Workshop http://alpha.spellcaster.org/ Clarion -- the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' Workshop http://clarion.ucsd.edu/ Hatrack Forums -- Orson Scott Card's Writing workshops http://www.hatrack.com/forums/index.shtml NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust http://www.odysseyworkshop.org Pennwriters http://www.pennwriters.org/ Seton Hill University Popular Fiction Master's Degree Program http://www.setonhill.edu/academics/fiction/index.cfm Awards
John W. Campbell Best New SF Writer Award http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell Hugo Awards http://www.thehugoawards.org/ Nebula Awards https://nebulas.sfwa.org/news/ Stoker Awards http://horror.org/bram-stoker-awards/ |
