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Ebooks Are A Promoters Dream

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Ebooks are becoming increasingly popular every day. As the number of people accessing the internet grows each day, so does the exposure of your ebook.

Ebooks are the way of the future for sharing information, ideas, knowledge and techniques.

Ebooks have certain qualities that hard cover books do not possess. For example, an ebook is much easier to produce than a hard cover book and also a lot less expensive. All you need to publish an ebook is a concept, the ability to write the ebook and the write software in which to produce the ebook.

Ebooks are easily distributed online and this is one of the main reasons why they are becoming so popular.

As a customer, being able to obtain the ebook immediately upon payment, as opposed to ordering a hard copy book and waiting for delivery, is a major advantage.

Many people when making purchases will usually want to receive the item as soon as possible. So to offer an instant downloadable product is an amazing offer that many potential customers will not be able to refuse.

The other advantage for the producer of the ebook is that you have complete control over your product. You don’t need to have your ebook approved or accepted by a publishing company for it to be published. You just have to write the ebook and then publish it. You can design it however you like with whatever text you like.

This also means that you can also use your ebook to promote other products that you may have or be an affiliate of. Don’t over promote your products but with a few subtle mentions throughout your ebook can bring in many sales.

If you have a unique ebook with an idea or technique that no-one else to your knowledge has written about, then make sure you copyright your ebook. This will give you a very powerful tool that you have to offer to the public. This will increase the flow of traffic to your site as people will have to visit your site to obtain this vital information that only you are offering.

By keeping your ebook updated and always adding any new trends or techniques you can continue to see profits come from your ebook for many years to come.

Selling your ebook alone can make you a good income but sometimes a good income can come from giving away a free ebook.

You can make income through a free ebook in two ways.

Firstly, make your ebook great quality. Just because it’s free doesn’t mean you should just throw together anything and give it away. If your ebook is good quality then your readers will think of you as an expert within that field. In which case if you make any recommendations within the ebook to your products or affiliate products you may receive many sales.

You can also use this method for referring new members to MLM programs. As long as you show your reader that you have good knowledge in this field and will make a good leader then this can be a great way to recruit new members.

The second way to make income by giving away a free ebook is to capture your readers name and email address. Offer your ebook free as a bonus for signing up to your newsletter or mailing list.

Once you have captured your readers email address you can follow up with them and gain their trust and make future sales through your emails to them.

Ebooks are one of the most effective ways of promotion and as long as you have a computer then there is no reason why you can’t write one.

Why Write an eBook?

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Many people will think that there is not much more to be written about, but due to the ever changing technology and way of life, there will always be something new to write about.

It’s not just new ideas, but old ideas can always be improved upon. If you have the knowledge, then you can write the book.

Ebooks are actually becoming very popular as the internet is constantly increasing in popularity. Ebooks are often preferred over hard copy books for the fact that you can have instant access to them once you have paid for the ebook.

Ebooks are a very powerful tool for those thinkers who are able to give fresh ideas on a particular topic to the thousands of people who are always looking for that information.

If you have the knowledge or a brilliant idea for an ebook but are concerned about the trouble it takes to get a book published, then you don’t need to be concerned with that. Ebooks are much easier to publish than it is to publish a hard copy book.

You don’t need some big publishing company to love your book so much that they will publish it for you; it doesn’t work like that with ebooks. You can publish your ebook yourself, and selling ebooks online is very easy to do.

Writing an ebook is also a great way to promote your business. If you run a business such as a gardening nursery and have many years of experience in that business, you can write an ebook giving your customers all your knowledge on gardening and at the same time you will mention your business within the ebook and promote the business.

An ebook is the perfect way to reach potential customers for almost any business.

Let’s look at another example.

What if you are a bit of an expert on yoga and have many years experience with yoga. You also have an online store selling yoga products such as books, yoga mats, bags and accessories.

Writing an ebook about yoga will give your potential customers some fantastic information that they are searching for and will also give them access to your business.

Not only will they promote your business, but ebooks will also help you to make a name for yourself and your business and establish you as an expert in that field.

People are always looking for advice and good information and you don’t need to have a master’s degree to write an ebook about your topic. All you need to have is a decent amount of knowledge on your topic and write an ebook that s easily understood and easy to read.

Some of the popular topics that people are always looking for information on are internet marketing, parenting, health and self help, just to mention a few.

The biggest hurdle in selling your ebook is in your promotion. It does pay to have a website designed professionally for your sales page. If you’re website does not look professional you could turn away many potential customers. Also offering a money back guarantee can influence people to purchase your ebook.

You must promote your ebook in a big way and you can also possibly set up an affiliate system where you can have other people promoting it for you.

If you have the knowledge, then write the ebook.

Making Money With Article Marketing

2008-11-14T19:38:00.000-08:00

Article marketing or bum marketing as it is also known is one of the most effective ways, if not the most effective way, to promote products or websites online.

Article marketing is quite simple and can be done by anyone.

Article marketing can be used to promote affiliate products, your own product or your website.

Article marketing is basically writing articles and submitting your articles to article directories. Your articles will need to be of the same topic as the product or website that you are promoting.

Although you don’t need to be an expert writer to write articles, it is best if your articles are of good quality. You will need to make sure that you have a good knowledge on the topic you are writing about and also make sure your article is grammatically correct.

Having a good quality article will give you good credibility as an expert in your field. If your article is of poor quality then your credibility will not be very good and you will not receive much traffic back to your product or website.

As the whole point is to gain traffic to your website or product, then you will need to make sure your article is of good quality.

An article will gain you much more traffic if you write just enough about your topic to get your readers attention, but leave some mystery so that they will need to either go to your website for the rest of the information or purchase your product. Entice your reader with your article so that they can not resist purchasing your product.

You will need to submit your articles to article directories for it to be seen by internet browsers. By submitting your articles to article directories with a link to your website you will also increase the number of backlinks to your website and therefore increase your page ranking which will increase your traffic.

As well as increasing your backlinks, having your articles in article directories will give you article good exposure and many people will follow your link back to your website or product.

The more directories that you submit your articles to the better as the more exposure and backlinks you will achieve. However, submitting your articles to hundreds of directories can be quite time consuming, so if you do not have the time to submit to hundreds of directories then make sure you submit to article directories with a good PR as this will gain you more exposure.

By submitting your articles to article directories with a PR7 or PR8 will give you articles a good chance of appearing in the search engines when someone searches for your keywords.

Covering a wide range of keywords relating to your topic and submitting articles for each of the keywords will also ensure a wider audience and a greater amount of traffic flowing to your website.

As an affiliate, a product owner or a website owner, article marketing is a great way to market your product or website and will give you amazing results.

Ebook Writing Basics

2008-11-14T19:37:00.000-08:00

Have you ever thought about writing your own ebook but are just not too sure where to start?

Writing an ebook is very simple and ebooks are very easy to publish unlike hard cover books.

Your ebook doesn’t need to be approved by any publishing company to be published, you are the author, editor and publisher, and you make all the decisions and approvals.

However, if you want your ebook to sell well, then be sure to make it of good quality. When marketing your ebook it is always helpful to have testimonials and people will be more than happy to give you testimonials on your ebook if it is of good quality.

Having said that, you do not need to be an expert to write an ebook. If you have knowledge within the topic that you wish to write about then that is a great start. If it is a topic that you have an abundance of experience with or perhaps a hobby that you have, then you should easily be able to write an ebook on the topic.

If there is a topic that you would like to write about but you do not have quite enough experience or knowledge to write an entire ebook, then there are many options to find the information you need.

You will find a ton of information on any topic on the internet, in books, or at the library. As long as you do not break any copyright laws and copy information word for word, then you can use the information and put it into your own wording.

Once you have all the information you need to write your ebook, then you will need to sit down and start taking notes. It is helpful to start of with a list of points you wish to cover, once you have a list of all your points then sort them into the order of which they should appear within your ebook.

Once you have done this, then most of the hard work is over. That is probably the hardest part to writing an ebook is getting started and making the list of everything you want to include.

Start your ebook off with an introduction and explain briefly what your ebook is about and perhaps some history which brought you to writing your ebook.

Once you have your introduction then go through all your points that you listed and expand on them. Each point can be used as a chapter within your ebook. If you find it difficult to sit and write a full chapter about one of your points, then list more points for that particular point. Then expand on each of those points.
This can be one of the easiest ways to write an ebook. List your points and then expand on them. In no time at all you will have an ebook full of some great information.

If you have a brilliant idea or some new knowledge that has not yet been covered by anyone else in an ebook then you could have an ebook that may be very profitable.

People are always looking for new ideas or faster and easier techniques, if you can offer your potential customers something new or easier then you will have a big seller.

Once you have your ebook written, it is very important to have a good sales page for your ebook as well as a well designed ebook cover. To make good sales your product needs to look professional and needs to entice the buyer to purchase your ebook above anyone else’s.

Making Money with Articles: Using the Yahoo Search Marketing Tools to Retrieve Free Keywords

2008-09-13T20:15:00.001-07:00

When making money with articles, you need to find the perfect keywords to make your niche sites a success. However, many times it is expensive to utilize paid keyword search tools. For this reason, some new marketers may prefer to try and find their keywords for free. One of the best ways to do this is to use the free Yahoo Search Marketing tools that you can find on their website.

First, go to the Yahoo website and choose Search Marketing under Yahoo Advertising Solutions. Scroll down to and click on Sponsored Search. You will see a section that says “How many searches can your business get?” where you will type in the main keyword of your decided niche. This will bring up a list a of words that have your niche subject in them and tell you how many people searched for that particular word the previous month.

To get an idea of what the competition is like, take each word that had a substantial amount of searches and input it into the Yahoo search engine using parenthesis. This will give you a good idea of how many people search for a particular keyword and how many sites you will be in competition with for the top spots on the first two pages.

This will of course take a lot more time than a paid software program and it may not give you all of the great ideas that a program might. On the other hand, it will be free and give you extra funds for other parts of your website.

If you can do this for free on your own, search engine optimize your site on your own, and write your own content, then the only thing you will have to spend money on is a website URL and web hosting. This is a great idea for those who have little to no start up cash, a lot of time on their hands, are quick learners, and can wait for the profits to start coming in (which will pretty much be pure profit).

However, if you prefer to go the easy route and utilize a keyword generating software program, you can find many online. Some are more popular than others and have been a proven way for people to dig up valuable keywords for their niche sites.

Making Money with Articles: What Kind of Experience Do I Need?

2008-09-13T20:14:00.003-07:00

When you are trying to make money with articles, the beauty of it is that you don’t really need previous career related experience and that you can learn the ropes as you go. That being said, there are some skills that you will need to teach yourself or pick up along the way to make your sites successful. You can’t go in not knowing anything, not learning anything, and still expect to make a good income (or any income at all).

First, you will need to know how to pick out the correct articles to make your sites successful. There are many types of content, from free content to high dollar content, and each comes with its own advantages and disadvantages (although high dollar content is more likely to give you a successful site in the end).

Second, you will need to know how to choose keywords that can help you get a good amount of traffic, without being too competitive to get on the first or second page. If you choose highly competitive keywords that are used by large, mammoth website, you are likely to never get up to those much needed first two pages.

Third, you will need to know how to optimize your websites for various search engines. Search engine optimization skills will allow you to get high rankings for your chosen niche keywords, which will help to get visitors and make profit.

Fourth, if you opt for a large website that you will focus most of your internet marketing career on, you will also need to know how to market your website to your intended audience through paid banner ads and text links. If you prefer very small 2-5 page niche sites, then promoting all of them this way will not be cost effective and will eat up more profits than it is worth.

If you can capture some of these skills and attack them aggressively during your first few small websites or the first few months of a larger website, then you will eventually become an expert. Since you can learn the ropes first hand on your own, the only thing that you will need to do before you begin your new career is to read up on how to get started (maybe purchase an internet marketing e-book or two) and make sure that you have the funds available to start a small site.

Making Money with Articles: Optimal Article Length

2008-09-13T20:14:00.001-07:00

When choosing an article for your website, make sure that it is a length that is optimal for search engine optimization efforts. Articles that are as short as 200 words or as long as 500 words should fit into this category. Even if search engine optimization is not your goal, it is still a good idea to keep your articles at this length for your reader’s sake. They are likely to not finish your page if it is any longer. This could leave them Kith only half of the information you wanted them to have or leave them with the impression that your site is too “wordy”. Most Internet readers do not read a website page as they would a book, so the shorter the better. Even if this means splitting one long idea into 4 or 5 pages. Be sure to label them so that the reader can pick and choose which part they want to read or so they know what is coming up next to help them determine if they want to continue reading.

Making Money with Articles: Letting Others Use Your Articles

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Let others use your articles, along with your byline which will tell visitors who wrote it and how they can contact you, on their website. This will help to promote your own website and bring you in traffic through the search engine optimization and promotional efforts of others. For you this means absolutely free marketing just for writing a quick article about a subject that you are already familiar with. The more people who use your article as content as their website, the more potential traffic you will receive. These webmasters will probably be using SEO techniques, banner exchanges, and possibly even a Pay-Per-Click campaign to get visitors to their affiliate site. These are advertising methods that either take a lot of time or a lot of money and they will be absolutely free for you just because you placed your articles where others could use them. There are many places on the Internet that offer to post your article so that others may view and/or use it. My advice is to place your articles on every single one of these sites so that you can reach as many webmasters as possible.

Making Money with Articles: How Much Can I Make?

2008-09-13T20:13:00.001-07:00

How much you can make from placing articles and affiliate links on your website differs from person to person. How much you are able to make will depend mostly on how successful your site is. This means getting good search engine rankings through SEO efforts, making your site enjoyable and informative to read through engaging content, building your site around a great niche subject, how big your site is, and how many sites you have.

Some people claim to make as much as $10,000 per month ($120,000 per year) through building and promoting niche sites, however, most people should not expect this kind of success, especially if you are very new, as that kind of success usually only comes with experience and acquired skill. A reasonable income to expect from a niche site, after you have worked for months to gain traffic and are hooked up with good affiliates, may be $500-$1,000 per month. However this is recurring income, so you will make that much monthly off of the efforts you put into that one site, it is not a one shot deal.

After you have a successful site, most choose to continue to build niche sites. The more sites that you build, the better an income you can generate. Some also choose to build very fast and very short sites over sites that are slightly longer in length. It should be noted that the larger each of your sites are, the more income you will likely generate off of them.

When starting out, it is important to remember that your first site will always be your hardest, since you are just learning the ropes of the business, and that not everyone is cut out to market and promote niche sites. It may not work out for you and you may end up losing a little bit of money, but that is a risk that everyone in this business has to take.

The important thing is that you don’t give up without a good shot at it, if this is really what you want to do. Your first site may take a long time, the work may be tedious, and you may feel like throwing in the towel. However, if you give up too early, you will never know what could have been. And who knows, you may be the next great website marketer!

Making Money with Articles: Free Article Content

2008-09-13T20:12:00.001-07:00

Some webmasters try to use articles from free content directories to get visitors to their site and make some money. This is mostly important for those who have just begun working as an affiliate for several companies and do not yet have any funding, yet need to built small niche websites to visitors to their site so that they can begin making revenue.

Although this can sometimes be the only option for those who are running on a non-existent budget, it is not a way that will effectively build your website or revenue. There are a few potential reasons why this may be detrimental to your business building efforts.

Problem #1 - Search Engines

Search engines will only look down upon your site if it has the exact same duplicated content than other sites. The more sites that share your content, the less it will help you achieve good search engine rankings.

Good search engine rankings are essential in getting visitors to your sit so that they have a chance to click on your affiliate links. If you cannot even get visitors, then will never make an revenue. Working on the search engine optimization of your site so that you will eventually be high enough in the results to get customers, should be priority one.

Problem #2 - Getting visitors to click

Although getting your site high on search engine result pages and acquiring site visitors is hard work, unfortunately this is only half of the battle. You must also be able to convince those visitors to click on your affiliate links. If your visitors see the same content they have seen on a multitude of other sites, they will be least likely to click on your links. This is because most people want to buy things that are recommended by people that they trust or whom they feel like are an expert on the subject.

If your content is just duplicated from other sites, you will be exposed as someone who does not really know what they are talking about and therefore will not look heavily on your product recommendations. This will reduce the number of website visitors who will be willing to click through.

Problem #3 - Author Bylines

Most free content is only given to you if you agree to place the authors byline under the article (you can get into trouble if you try to use it without following the stipulated rules). This poses a problem because most author bylines include links. When a reader gets done reading a really intriguing article, there is a strong possibility that they will click on the author’s byline link rather than your affiliate links. This is the entire reason why these authors offer free content to begin with, so that they may get their name and links out there to the public. Using this type of content may mean shooting yourself in the foot and losing possible profitable website visitors.

Once you put these three problems together, you are looking at a serious decline in revenue simply because you used free website content from article directories. Although it may be the only option for some, if you have the funds to buy your own original content, then you should go this route. If you don’t have the finds, however, you may be better off writing your own content and then hiring professional services once you have made a profit to work with.

Making Money with Articles: Finding a Writer

2008-09-13T20:11:00.002-07:00

Finding the right freelance writer to produce your revenue generating articles can take a bit of time, however, if you find one that can easily take on another regular client and the two of you work well together, then that one difficult search will turn into a lot of profitable articles.

When you start your search, you may want to begin with a very small group of articles, just in case you happen too hook up with a writer that you are less than thrilled with. It is important to keep in mind that there are several different types of writing and each writer might be highly skilled in one area, yet lack in another. For example, there is creative/fiction writing, biographical writing, news writing, general informational article writing, critical writing, copy-writing, poem/verse writing, technical writing, medical writing, essay/report writing, and sports writing. Although a writer may be highly skilled in one area, many freelance writers spread themselves out into others areas as well. So, it is critical that the writer you choose can produce the type of content that you need.

To find a freelance writer, you can look at various freelancing websites that will allow you to post the specification of your project and your budget.

From there, writers will make bids on your project and provide you with writing samples so that you can get an idea of their skill level. Make sure that you choose a writer who gives you a sample of the type of article that you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for a copy-writer, do not hire someone who only sent you a sports writing sample. He or she may be an outstanding sports writer, but copy-writing is about selling (a product, service, or yourself) to your website visitors.

In conclusion, the more you are willing to pay per article, the more bids you will get from quality writers who know how to entertain and inform your website visitors so that they keep coming back for more. Writers know that you will eventually make a ton of money off of each article or content piece. So although $30 or more for a 500 word article may seem like a lot, when you think about the service they are providing you and the time and effort that they put into your piece, then you will realize that it really is not a lot for that one article. If you pay for quality, you will be amazed at how much you will eventually make off of your articles.

Making Money with Articles: Article Directories

2008-09-13T20:11:00.001-07:00

Article directories are websites that house free articles. These articles are usually put there by whoever owns the copyright to them as a promotion method. Each article has the owners byline placed under it so that those who eventually read the article will know who wrote it (or at least who owns it) and will be able to get in contact with or visit their website for further information.

Articles directories are a great place to put your articles so that they will make you money. By using this method, people who are interested in your product or service will see your article, view you as an expert in the subject, and will visit your website. Even if you cannot write or do not have any knowledge on the subject on which you are promoting (for example for you run an affiliate website), you can always hire a writer to do the work for you. Getting quality articles written will be expensive up front, but they will pay for themselves in no time, either through affiliate sales or selling your own services, and everything from then on is pure profit.

Let’s take a real life example. Imagine that you are an accountant working from home. You write an article on an accounting topic and place it on various article directories. Those who are looking for the subject you wrote about will read your article, see that you have the knowledge and skill that is needed to do a job for them, and visit your website or contact you via e-mail. Your article just gained you a new client who may use your services regularly, but will definitely give you a nice profit at least once.

Furthermore, since you have posted it on a free article directory, others who have affiliate websites about accounting will inevitably use your article for their website. Since they must attach your byline to it, this will bring you even more exposure for every website that re-posts your article. This because you will be benefiting of off the traffic that they get to their website.

There are numerous article directories out there for you to utilize. Your bet best is to put a copy of each of your articles on every one for maximum exposure. It will eventually help to bring more traffic and customers to your website, which will lead to new orders and more profit.

Making Money with Articles: Ease Into It

2008-09-13T20:10:00.000-07:00

Making money with articles can be fairly easy for anyone. If you are a quick learner and great reader, then you can learn everything you need to know right from the Internet without any previous training needed. This is probably the best fact about niche website Internet marketing.

If you are new to the business, your best bet is to ease into it. If you jump in before you know what you are doing, you have a good chance of losing money and having nothing to show for it. There are several things that you need to make sure you know how to do before you begin creating your first site.

• Create your own great articles or hire someone to do it for you
• Optimize your website for search engines
• Find reliable web hosting
• Pick a catchy URL
• Create a small site that is easy to navigate, have one created for you, or pay to use a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) website builder.

Published Writers Get $15,000

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Grants of approximately $15,000 to developing writers who have published at least one book of fiction or a collection of short stories published in literary and/or commercial publications. Contact The Sherwood Anderson Foundation, C/O Michael M. Spear, Foundation Co-President, 216 College Road, Richmond, VA 23229; 804-282-8008; http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/journalism/comp.html; Email: mspear@richmond.edu
Income Eligibility: None

Up to $9,000 to Write Poetry

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This organization offers 12 awards and prizes to professional and student poets. The awards range from $250 up to $9,000 and are as follows: 1) the Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award, which awards $250 in honor of the memory and poetry of Emily Dickinson, for a poem inspired by Dickinson though not necessarily in her style; 2) the Cecil Hemley Memorial Award, which grants $500 for a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological
concern; 3) the Lyric Poetry Award of $500 for a lyric poem on any subject; 4) the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award, which awards $500 for an original poem in any form on a humanitarian theme; 5) the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award offering $1,000 for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry or verse-drama; 6) the Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award, which grants $250 for the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States; 7) the George Bogin Memorial Award of $500 for a selection of four or five poems that use language in an original way to reflect the encounter of the ordinary and the extraordinary and to take a stand against oppression in any of its forms; 8) the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award, which awards $2,500 in acknowledgement of original work being done in mid-career by a poet who has not had substantial recognition, and it is open to poets over forty who have published no more than one book; 9) the Norma Farber First Book Award of 500 for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year; 10) the William Carlos Williams Award, which offers between $500 and $1,000 for a book of poetry published by a small press, non-profit, or university press; 11) the Frost Medal, which awards $2,500 for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry; and 12) the Shelley Memorial Award, which awards between $6,000 and $9,000 to a living American poet, selected with reference to his or her genius and need. There may be entry fees associated with each submission. Contact Poetry Society of America, 15 Gramercy Park, New York, NY 10003-1705; 212-254-9628; http://www.poetrysociety.org/
Income Eligibility: None

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2008-02-18T13:31:00.000-08:00

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28. The Science of Being Well - Wallace D Wattles

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$1,000 For Unpublished Work

2008-01-21T16:20:00.002-08:00

Program Name: The William Van Wert Memorial Fiction Award
Amount: $1,000 and publication in the Hidden River Awards Anthology
Application Fee: $15
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: unpublished excerpt of 25 pages maximum, novel synopsis
Contact: Hidden River Awards, P.O. 421, Bala-Cynwyd, PA 19004, http://www.hiddenriverarts.org/articles/article.php?4, info@hiddenriverarts.org
Application Online: http://www.hiddenriverarts.org/articles/article.php?4

$2,500 For Writers

2008-01-21T16:20:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Puffin Foundation Awards
Amount: $1,000 to $2,500
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: send SASE to contact info for application packet, U.S. citizens
Contact: Puffin Foundation Ltd., 20 East Oakdene Ave., Teaneck, NJ 07666, http://www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html, puffingrant@mindspring.com
Application Online: none

$1,500 For First Novel

2008-01-21T16:19:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Paul Zindel First Novel Prize
Amount: $1,500 and publication at Hyperion Books for Children with royalties (advance of $7,500)
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: over 18 yrs. old, never published a novel, contemporary fiction set in United States for ages 8 to 12, 100-240 pages
Contact: Paul Zindel First Novel Award, Hyperion Books for Children, P.O. Box 6000, Manhasset, NY 11030, http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/contests.asp#zindel
Application Online: none

$1,000 for Writers of Color

2008-01-21T16:19:00.001-08:00

Program Name: McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist of Color Career Development Grant
Amount: up to $1,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of Aitken, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake or St. Louis County for at least 6 months
Other Requirements: at least 18 yrs. old, not a full-time student, maximum 15 pages of work sample, culturally diverse person
Contact: Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Marshall School Annex Building, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 111, Duluth, MN 55811, 1-800-569-8134, http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/ArtistofColorguidelinesFY06-07.pdf, ARACouncil@aol.com
Application Online: http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/IndividualArtistofColorCareerDevApplicationFormFY06-07.pdf

$1,000 for New Work

2008-01-21T16:18:00.002-08:00

Program Name: McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist Career Development Grant
Amount: up to $1,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of Aitken, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake or St. Louis County for at least 6 months
Other Requirements: at least 18 yrs. old, not a full-time student, maximum 15 pages of work sample
Contact: Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Marshall School Annex Building, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 111, Duluth, MN 55811, 1-800-569-8134, http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/IndiviualArtistFellowshipGuidelinesFY2006-07.pdf, ARACouncil@aol.com
Application Online: http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/IndividualArtistCareerDevelopmentApplicationFormFY2006-07.pdf

$4,000 for 15 Pages

2008-01-21T16:18:00.001-08:00

Program Name: McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist Fellowship Program
Amount: $4,000 (5 grants), $2,000 (2 grants)
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of Aitken, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake or St. Louis County for at least 6 months
Other Requirements: at least 18 yrs. old, not a full-time student, maximum 15 pages of work sample
Contact: Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Marshall School Annex Building, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 111, Duluth, MN 55811, 1-800-569-8134, http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/CareerDevelopmentGuidelines2005-07.pdf
Application Online: http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/IndividualArtistFellowshipApplicationFormFY2006-07.pdf

Generous Residency and Teaching Opportunity While Completing First Book

2008-01-21T16:17:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships
Amount: $25,000 stipend and academic year in residence at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing in Madison, health benefits
Application Fee: $20
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: must be working on first book of fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry, maximum 30 page excerpt, completed MFA or PhD in Creative Writing
Contact: University of Wisconsin, Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships, Department of English, 600 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, creativewriting.wisc.edu, jlerche@wisc.edu
Application Online: none

$1,000 and Participation in First Novelist Forum

2008-01-21T16:16:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Virginia Commonwealth University First Novelist Award
Amount: $1,000 and all-expenses-paid trip to Richmond with his or her editor, agent, or publicist to participate in the Virginia Commonwealth University First Novelist Forum.
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: first novel published in last year
Contact: Virginia Commonwealth University, First Novelist Award, Department of English, P.O. Box 842005, Richmond, VA 23284-2005, 804-827-8239, www.firstnovelist.vcu.edu, firstnovel@vcu.edu
Application Online: none

Six Month Residency for Texan or Author who Writes About Texas

2008-01-21T16:16:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Dobie Pasiano Fellowship
Amount: $12,000 stipend, 6 month residency
Application Fee: $10
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: native Texan, who has lived in Texas for at least three years, or who has used Texas as the subject of his or her published work
Other Requirements: minimum 50 pages
Contact: University of Texas/Texas Institute of Letters, Dobie Paisano Fellowship, J. Frank Dobie House, 702 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78705, 512-471-8542, http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/Paisano/, aslate@mail.utexas.edu
Application Online: http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/Paisano/app.pdf

Publication of Novel and $1,000

2008-01-21T16:15:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Starcherone Fiction Prize
Amount: $1,000 and publication at Starcherone Press
Application Fee: $30
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: maximum 400 pages
Contact: Starcherone Books, Starcherone Fiction Prize, P.O. Box 303, Buffalo, NY 14201, http://www.starcherone.com/engines.htm, publisher@starcherone.com
Application Online: none

$1,000 and Reading at Literary Festival

2008-01-21T16:15:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Southern Illinois University, Devil's Kitchen Reading Award in Prose
Amount: $1,000, all-expenses paid reading at Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival
Application Fee: $15
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: published in last year (except those published by Southern Illinois University Press), no current students/employees of Southern Illinois University
Contact: Southern Illinois University, Devil's Kitchen Reading Awards, Department of English, Mail Code 4503, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, 618-453-6833, http://www.siuc.edu/~grassroots/dkawards.html, grassrootsmag@gmail.com
Application Online: none

$2,500 for Historical Novel that Captures Spirit of America

2008-01-21T16:14:00.002-08:00

Program Name: James Fenimore Cooper Prize
Amount: $2,500
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: historical novel with American theme, published in past two years,
Contact: Society of American Historians, James Fenimore Cooper Prize, 603 Fayerweather MC 2538, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, 212-854-5943, http://sah.columbia.edu/prizes/cooper.html, amhistsociety@columbia.edu
Application Online: none

$1,000 for Notable Novel

2008-01-21T16:14:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Paterson Fiction Prize
Amount: $1,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: book published in the previous year
Contact: Maria Mazziottti Gillan, Passaic County Community College, Paterson Poetry Prize, The Poetry Center, 1 College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505-1179, 973-684-6555, http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/Fiction_P.html
Application Online: http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/Fiction_P.html

$500 for Children’s and Juvenile’s Books

2008-01-21T16:13:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
Amount: $500 in each category: Pre-K to Gr. 3, Gr. 4 to 6, Gr. 7 to 12
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: book published in the previous year
Contact: Maria Mazziottti Gillan, Passaic County Community College, Paterson Poetry Prize, The Poetry Center, 1 College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505-1179, 973-684-6555, http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/Young_People_P.html
Application Online: http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/Young_People_P.html

$5,000 for Mississippi Writer

2008-01-21T16:13:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship
Amount: $5,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of Mississippi
Other Requirements: at least 18 yrs. old, not full time student, 15 to 20 pages
Contact: Mississippi Arts Commission, Literary Arts Fellowships, 501 North West Street, Woolfolk Building, 701 B, Jackson, MS 39201, 601-359-6030, www.arts.state.ms.us/grants/artist-fellowship.php, dwilliams@arts.state.ms.us
Application Online: http://www.arts.state.ms.us/grants/applications.php

$15,000 to Aid Completion of First Christian Writing Novel

2008-01-21T16:12:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Milton Center Postgraduate Fellowship
Amount: $15,000
Application Fee: $25
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: to complete a first book of Christian writing, must have completed an MA in English, creative writing, or the humanities or MFA in creative writing, 35 to 50 pages
Contact: Milton Center, Postgraduate Fellowship, 3307 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119, 206-281-2988, www.imagejournal.org/milton
Application Online: http://www.imagejournal.org/milton/mc_app.pdf

$1,500 for Marin County Writer

2008-01-21T16:11:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Marin Arts Council Career Grants
Amount: $1,500
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of Marin County, CA for past 12 months
Other Requirements: maximum must be 18 at least 18 yrs. old, can’t be undergraduate or graduate student, grant must be used for career advancement, 15 pages
Contact: Marin Arts Council, Career Grants, 555 Northgate Drive, 2nd Floor, San Rafael, CA 94903, 415-499-8350, http://www.marinarts.org/CGapp05-07.pdf, marinarts@marinarts.org
Application Online: http://www.marinarts.org/CGapp05-07.pdf

$2,500 for Book About Virginia or By Virginian

2008-01-21T16:11:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Library of Virginia Literary Awards
Amount: $2,500
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: Virginia theme or writer by author living in Virginia or born in Virginia
Other Requirements: published year before entry, no children’s/juvenile books, reference books, photography books or how-to books
Contact: Library of Virginia, Literary Awards, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000, 804-692-3592, www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/awards/entries.htm
Application Online: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/awards/entryform.asp

Publication and $2,000 for Novelist

2008-01-21T16:10:00.002-08:00

Program Name: The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
Amount: $2,000 and publication (including royalty contract)
Application Fee: $25
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: ineligible: board members and employees of Sarabande Books, associates or students of judges, 150 to 250 pages
Contact: Sarabande Books, Poetry and Short Fiction Prizes, P.O. Box 4456, Louisville, KY 40204, 502-458-4065, http://www.sarabandebooks.org/contest/mary_mccarthy_prize.html,
Application Online: http://www.sarabandebooks.org/contest/contest_entry.html

12 Campus Tour for First Book

2008-01-21T16:10:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award
Amount: visit to 12 campuses for readings including honorariums (approximately $300 at each campus), travel expenses, and lodging
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: first published book of fiction
Contact: Great Lakes Colleges Association, New Writers Awards, 535 West William Street, Suite 301, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, 734-661-2350, http://intranet.glca.org/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/New_writer_Guideline_2007_Sending.pdf, shackelford@glca.org
Application Online: none

$1,000 and Reading at Converse College

2008-01-21T16:09:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Julia Peterkin Award
Amount: $1,000 and traveling expenses for reading at Converse College
Application Fee: $15
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: only held in alternate years (odd years), maximum 20 pages
Contact: Converse College, Julia Peterkin Award, 580 E. Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302, 864-596-9597, http://www.converse.edu/academics/majors/peterkinjuliaaward.html
Application Online: none

Weeklong Writer’s Workshop in Oregon

2008-01-21T16:09:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Fellowships for Summer Fishtrap
Amount: Weeklong Workshop at Wallowa Lake (tuition, food, lodging, $100 travel expenses)
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: maximum 2500 words
Contact: Fishtrap, Fellowships for Summer Fishtrap, P.O. Box 38, Enterprise, OR 97828, www.fishtrap.org, rich@fishtrap.org
Application Online: none

$500 and Publication for Novella

2008-01-21T16:08:00.003-08:00

Program Name: Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest
Amount: $500 and publication
Application Fee: $25
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: 60 to 120 pages
Contact: Cleveland State University, Poetry Center-Novella Contest, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, 1-888-278-6473
Application Online: none

$10,000 for Novel Addressing Racism

2008-01-21T16:08:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Amount: $10,000
Application Fee:
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: book must be published in year you apply, no self-published books, must contribute to our understanding of racism
Contact: Laura S. Sharf, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 700 W. St. Clair Avenue #414, Cleveland, OH 44113, http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/index.cfm
Application Online: http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/page311.cfm

$2,500 for Bronx Writers

2008-01-21T16:06:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) Grants
Amount: $2,500
Application Fee:
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of the Bronx
Other Requirements: over 18 years old, not a full time undergraduate or graduate student, maximum of 20 page excerpt
Contact: Bronx Council on the Arts, BRIO, 1738 Hone Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, 718-931-9500 Ext. 35, http://www.bronxarts.org/art_grants_brio_guidelines_2006.asp, bronxart@bronxarts.org
Application Online: http://www.bronxarts.org/documents/BRIOApplication2007-3.pdf

$1,000 for Exceptional Published Novel

2008-01-21T16:06:00.001-08:00

Program Name: John Gardner Fiction Book Award
Amount: $1,000
Application Fee:
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: published book of minimum 500 copies
Contact: Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Director, Creative Writing Program, Binghamton University, Dept. of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric, Library North Room 1149, Vestal Parkway East, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902, 607-777-2713, cwpro@binghamton.edu, http://english.binghamton.edu/cwpro/BookAwards/GardnerGuidelines.htm
Application Online: http://english.binghamton.edu/cwpro/BookAwards/GardnerApplication.htm

$1,000 and Publication for Novel

2008-01-21T16:05:00.003-08:00

Program Name: Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction
Amount: $1,000 and publication in Bellingham Review
Application Fee: $15
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: maximum 8,000 word novel excerpt
Contact: Tobias Wolff, Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~bhreview/tobiaswolff.htm, bhreview@cc.wwu.edu
Application Online: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~bhreview/tobiaswolff.htm

$2,000 and Publication for Novel

2008-01-21T16:05:00.001-08:00

Program Name: AWP Award Series in the Novel
Amount: $2,000, publication by New Issues Press
Application Fee: $25/$10 for AWP members
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: entrants can’t be former student or associate of judge for their genre, 60,000 words, and English language
Contact: AWP Award Series in the Novel, The Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Carty House Mail Stop 1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, 703-993-4301, http://www.awpwriter.org/contests/series.htm, chronicle@awpwriter.org
Application Online: http://www.awpwriter.org/contests/series.htm

Residency for Writers in Need

2008-01-21T16:04:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Santa Fe Art Institute Emergency Relief Residencies
Amount: $undetermined
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: over age 25
Contact: Artist and Writer Residencies, P.O. Box 24044, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87502, http://www.sfai.org/applications.html
Application Online: http://www.sfai.org/application_form.html

Emergency Funds for Professional Writers with HIV/AIDS

2008-01-21T16:03:00.004-08:00

Program Name: The PEN Fund for Writers and Editors with HIV/AIDS
Amount: $up to $2,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: awarded to professional writer with dire financial difficulties due to HIV/AIDS, at least one published book in traditional publishing house
Contact: PEN America Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303, New York, NY 10012, http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251, aproctor@pen.org (Andrew Proctor)
Application Online: http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251

Emergency Funds for Professional Writers

2008-01-21T16:03:00.003-08:00

Program Name: Pen Writer’s Fund
Amount: $up to $2,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: awarded to professional writer with dire short-term financial difficulties, at least one published book in traditional publishing house
Contact: PEN America Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303, New York, NY 10012, http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251, aproctor@pen.org (Andrew Proctor)
Application Online: http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251

Medical Aid for Northwest Genre Writers

2008-01-21T16:03:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Clayton Memorial Medical Fund
Amount: $undetermined
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska residents
Other Requirements: must be professional writer in genre of mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, or horror, money must be used for medical expenses
Contact: Clayton Memorial Medical Fund, c/o OSFCI, P.O. Box 5703, Portland, OR 97228, http://www.osfci.org/clayton/index.html, ClaytonFund@sff.net
Application Online: none

$1,000 for Positive Portrayal of Gay and Lesbian Lifestyle

2008-01-21T16:02:00.001-08:00

Program Name: The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Award
Amount: $1,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: unpublished, English language, must present the gay or lesbian life in a positive manner, only awarded every third year
Contact: The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, 2500 N. Palm Canyon Drive #A4, Palm Springs, CA 92262, ArchWrite@aol.com, http://www.aabbfoundation.org/
Application Online: none

Seven Month Provincetown Residency for Novelist

2008-01-21T16:01:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship
Amount: $ seven month residency, up to $500 a month
Application Fee: $ 45
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: up to 35 pages and synopsis of novel
Contact: Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657, 508-487-9960, http://www.fawc.org/winter/index.shtm, general@fawc.org
Application Online: none

$1,000 to Experience the Desert Life

2008-01-21T16:01:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Desert Writers Award
Amount: $ 1,000
Application Fee: $ 0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: some of the grant must be used to do writing in the desert; applicants must provide an outline of their planned desert stay
Contact: Ellen Meloy Fund, P.O. Box 484, Bluff, UT 84512, http://www.ellenmeloy.com
Application Online: none

$1,000 for Novelists

2008-01-21T16:00:00.000-08:00

Program Name: Dana Awards
Amount: $1,000
Application Fee: $25
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: first 50 pages of novel
Contact: Dana Awards, 200 Fosseway Drive, Greensboro, NC 27455, http://www.danaawards.com, danaawards@pipeline.com
Application Online: none

Publication and Fellowship to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

2008-01-21T15:58:00.002-08:00

Program Name: The Bakeless Contest
Amount: publication by Houghton Miller, fellowship to Bread Loaf writers’ Conference
Application Fee: $ 10
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: 150-450 pages
Contact: Mr. Ian Pounds, contest coordinator, The Bakeless Contest, c/o Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT 05753, 802 443-2018, http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc/bakeless/, bakeless@middlebury.edu
Application Online: none

$2,500 for Writers Capturing the Jewish Culture

2008-01-21T15:58:00.001-08:00

Program Name: The Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers
Amount: $2,500
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: no more than two previously published books, work must reflect the Jewish experience, and work must be published in the year it is nominated
Contact: Paul Zakrzewski, Program Director – Literature & Scholarship, The National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 330 7th Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 629-0500 (ext. 212), http://www2.jewishculture.org/grants/grants_goldberg.html,
zak.paul@gmail.com
Application Online: none

$20,000 for Creative Advancement

2008-01-21T15:57:00.004-08:00

Program Name: NEA Fellowships for Creative Writing
Amount: $20,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: none
Contact: Application Processing, Room 815, Creative Writing Fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506-0001, http://www.arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/Lit06/index.html
Application Online: none

$1,000 for Established Michigan Writers

2008-01-21T15:57:00.003-08:00

Program Name: Michigan Author Award
Amount: $1,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of Michigan or books where Michigan places an integral part
Other Requirements: 3 published books
Contact: Michigan Author Award Committee, Michigan Library Association, 1407 Rensen Street, Suite 2, Lansing, MI 48910, 517-394-2774, http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/maac
Application Online: none

Sophomore Efforts of Fiction Writers Receive Support

2008-01-21T15:57:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Christopher Isherwood Writing Fellowships
Amount: undetermined
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: published at least one book of fiction (novel or short stories)
Contact: James White, Christopher Isherwood Foundation, 1708 21st Ave South #301
Nashville, TN 37212, http://www.isherwoodfoundation.org/application_form.htm, james@isherwoodfoundation.org
Application Online: http://www.isherwoodfoundation.org/application_form.htm

$1,000 for Young Ohio Writers

2008-01-21T15:56:00.002-08:00

Program Name: Ohioana Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
Amount: $1,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: Ohio born or resident for five years
Other Requirements: under age 30, no published books
Contact: Ohioana Library Association, 274 E. First Avenue, Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43201, 614-466-3831, http://www.ohioana.org/awards/marvinnom.pdf
Application Online: none

Female Artists Freed of Economic Restraints

2008-01-21T15:56:00.001-08:00

Program Name: Literary Gift of Freedom Award for Fiction
Amount: maximum up to $50,000
Application Fee: $35
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: female
Contact: A Room of Her Own Foundation, P.O. Box 778, Placitas, NM 87043, http://www.aroomofherown.org/giftfreedom_application.html
Application Online: http://www.aroomofherown.org/giftfreedom_application.html

$10,000 to Aid with First Novel

2008-01-21T15:55:00.000-08:00

Program Name: James Jones First Novel Fellowship
Amount: $10,000
Application Fee: $20
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: first 50 pages and outline of entire novel, pages 51-100 are required of finalists
Contact: James Jones First Novel Fellowship, c/o Master of Arts in Creative Writing,
Wilkes University, 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, 570-408-4534
http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/1159.asp, jamesjonesfirstnovel@wilkes.edu
Application Online: none

Four Month Residency for Poets

2008-01-21T15:54:00.000-08:00

Program Name: Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing
Amount: 4 month residency/$4000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: no more than 20 pages
Contact: Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing, The Stadler Center for Poetry,
Bucknell Hall, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, http://www.bucknell.edu/x3756.xml
Application Online: none

$4,000 Travel Money for Food Writers

2008-01-21T15:44:00.001-08:00

The IACP Foundation has a travel grant program for professional food writers whose research requires or will benefit from access to the holdings of specific libraries with significant culinary collections in the U.S. Applicants must demonstrate that they are under contract for a magazine or newspaper article. The average stipend is but may vary according to the proposal. Applications reviewed and a committee of library research experts selects the finalists. Contact: The Culinary Trust, 304 W. Liberty St., Ste. 201, Louisville, KY 40202-3068; 502-581-9786, ext. 264; Fax: 502-589-3602; http://theculinarytrust.com/html/grants_for_food_writers.html; Email: kkelty@HQTRS.com
Application: http://theculinarytrust.com/html/applications.html
Income Eligibility: None

Money for Public Policy Authors

2008-01-21T14:25:00.001-08:00

The Century Foundation funds research projects on significant economic, social, and political issues. The foundation welcomes research proposals concerning relevant public policy topics. These projects generally should result in analytic, book-length manuscripts containing public policy recommendations. Contact The Century Foundation, 41 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021; 212-535-4441; Fax: 212-879-9197; http://www.tcf.org/Publications/Submissions.pdf; Email: info@tcf.org
Income Eligibility: None

$500,000 to be Creative!

2008-01-21T14:23:00.001-08:00

The MacArthur Fellows Program is intended to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations. In keeping with this purpose, the Foundation awards fellowships directly to individuals rather than through institutions. Recipients may be writers, scientists, artists, social scientists, humanists, teachers, entrepreneurs, or those in other fields, with or without institutional affiliations. Each fellowship comes with a stipend of $500,000 to the recipient, paid out in equal quarterly installments over five years. This is a national and international award. Contact: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 140 S. Dearborn St., Ste. 1100, Chicago, IL 60603-5285; 312-726-8000; Fax: 312-920-6258; http://www.macfound.org; Email: 4answers@macfound.org or macfellows@macfound.org
Application: http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.913959/k.BB2A/How_to_Apply.htm
Income Eligibility: None

Tips for Writing Children’s Books

2008-01-17T10:23:00.000-08:00

So, you have decided to write children’s books. Many people think that this is a very easy market, since young children’s literature tends to be so simple, but that is far from the truth. Rather, you must select each word very carefully because there are so few! Here are more tips on writing books for children.

Read as many children’s books as you can get your hands on. This is vital if you want to writer your own quality stories that children will enjoy. Take note of how other authors use words to describe the pictures in the books for very small children.

Now that you have read all those picture books, try reading them to some little kids. If you have your own, perfect, but if not, don’t let that stop you. You can easily borrow some friend’s kids or volunteer to read to a day care group or in a preschool. Watch to see how the children react to each book.

When you feel prepared, you are ready to go ahead and write your own book. Selecting a topic is key to writing the perfect piece of literature for small children. There is no point in choosing something that will be completely out of their league, so you want to go with common, every day issues that face little kids. These might include welcoming a new sibling into the family, traveling, divorce, starting school or dealing with their mother going back to work. These are all very important things that affect their lives.

Don’t underestimate children. They can spot badly written books a mile away and you won’t have their attention for long unless you write something interesting that captures their imagination. While the pictures and drawings in a picture book are important, so are the words and they are the introduction to reading and writing for many small children.

Think back to when you were small. The feelings that you pull up from those distant memories will help you write the books that you are working on now. Can you remember how it felt to be jealous of your big sister because she had more juice than you? If so, incorporate that into your book, make your primary character feel what you felt. This is the best way to get kids truly involved in your stories, by including emotions that every one of them has felt at some point or another.

Join an online or offline book writer’s group. They can provide invaluable feedback on your writing and it is worth having some constructive criticism when you are writing something so delicate as books for children. Try to find a group that specializes in juvenile literature and remember to give as much as you take.

Once you actually have your manuscript in hand, it is time to revise it. Not once, not twice, but three times. This is very important. You might figure you don’t have much to edit, since it is only a 300 word picture book, but every sentence needs to be as tight as possible. Test the story out on children that you know and see what they think. They are great critics and will tell you the truth straight out.

Finally, you are ready to submit your books. Follow the publisher’s guidelines or you will be rejected right off. And be prepared to be rejected, since even the best writers don’t always get accepted on the first try.

100 Christmas and Children's Tales- $1!!!!!!

2007-12-14T14:25:00.000-08:00

HO, HO, HO, and Merry Christmas! I am practically giving away this great package of tales to read to the little ones just in time for the holidays:

BIG BOOK OF CLASSIC CHRISTMAS TALES
Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse - Charles Dickens
The Fir-Tree - Hans Christian Andersen
The Christmas Masquerade - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The Shepherds and the Angels - Adapted from the Bills
The Telltale Tile - Olive Thorne Miller
Little Girl's Christmas - By Winnifred E. Lincoln
A Christmas Matinee - M.A.L. Lane
Toinette and the Elves - Susan Coolidge
The Voyage of the Wee Red Cap. By Ruth Sawyer Durand
A Story of the Christ-Child (a German Legend for Christmas Eve) - Elizabeth Harrison
Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Why the Chimes Rang - Raymond McAlden
The Birds'Christmas (founded on fact) - F.E. Mann
The Little Sister's Vacation - Winifred M. Kirkland
Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes - Francois Coppee, adapted and translated by Alma J. Foster
Christmas in the Alley - Olive Thorne Miller
A Christmas Star - Katherine Pyle
The Queerest Christmas - Grace Margaret Gallaher
Old Father Christmas - J.H. Ewing
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats - Elia W. Peattie
The Legend of Babouscka - From the Russian Folk Tale
Christmas in the Barn - F. Arnstein
The Philanthropist's Christmas - James Weber Linn
The First Christmas-Tree - Lucy Wheelock
The First New England Christmas - G.L. Stone and M.G. Fickett
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner - Charles Dickens
Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six - Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Christmas Under the Snow - Olive Thorne Miller
Mr. Bluff's Experience of Holidays - Oliver Bell Bunce
Master Sandy's Snapdragon - Elbridge S. Brooks
A Christmas Fairy - John Strange Winter
The Greatest of These - Joseph Mills Hanson
Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe - Elizabeth Harrison
Big Rattle - Theodore Goodridge Roberts

AND

50 Children’s Christian Stories-that teach values from the Bible

Daddy the Superhero
Sharks
The Window in Time
Bad Imaginary Friend
The Rumor with Furry Feet
Fat Wally and the Piggies

AND MANY MORE!!!

CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW FOR ONLY $1 BEFORE THE PRICE GOES UP!

How To Write Super Profitable Articles & E-Mails Just Like A Pro

2007-11-17T10:06:00.000-08:00

3 PDFs! Write Faster, Write Like a Pro, and The Magic Formula! They will teach you the inside secrets to writing for cash, profits, traffic and expert status!

Common Mistakes Most People Make In Their E-Mails - Here you are going to learn exactly what makes an e-mail promotion or article flop and how you can avoid these pitfalls forever!

How To Induce Sales With Cleverly Written Text - You are going to learn how to use the secrets of persuasion to your total advantage and how to persuade anyone to part with their cash to buy your product.

How To Write Captivating Content - This section will teach you how to write content that engages your reader 100% almost like hypnosis and also how to turn that interest in your article to interest in your product!

How To Write At Turbo Speed - In a hurry or just don't want to spend loads of time writing? You're going to learn how to write at record speeds and the best part is, the quality will be of extremely high quality!

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You Won't Believe What I Was Given and Now It's Yours

2007-10-27T11:51:00.000-07:00

Dear Readers,

What if I did you a favor, something big, something powerful and
proven to help you grow your business which you would usually have
to pay for and instead of paying for it, you simply pay it forward
to 3 more people as full 'payment'.

You may think there's a catch.

No, there isn't. World class copywriter, Trevor Crook gave me his
10 hours of Copywriting Blueprint audios, his proven blueprint for
creating compelling sales copy and letters which he usually sells
for $197.

Trevor gave it to me as a favor because he has started a
revolution to help one million entrepreneurs in the next 30 days
and you and get a brilliant gift to help you get more sales plus
you can help change history at the same time.

You do not have to buy anything.  There's no gimmicks.

Too may people want to 'take' in today's world instead of giving
and this is a recipe for a complete disaster.

When you understand the 'Laws of Reciprocation' like I do, you will
understand how much your life will change when you give freely
of yourself without any thoughts of getting anything back in return.

Trevor has explained this in more detail and you can find out for
yourself and get Trevor's favor to you. Go to:

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=OC4Ml&m=9PnGQbLOuU9PL&b=EqKqOX6m2H8F6riJi0Zejg

Warmly

Dorothy

PS. I know of a less-than-honest so-called "internet
marketing consultant" who is SELLING this information for $197. This
was not Trevor's intent- he wanted it to be FREE, in order to help
people get started.When I first read Trevor's letter, I thought he was insane so I
would take him up on his offer to give you his copywriting blueprint
right now before he changes his mind.

Go to:

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=OC4Ml&m=9PnGQbLOuU9PL&b=EqKqOX6m2H8F6riJi0Zejg

What You Need to Start an eZine Publication

2007-10-16T13:28:00.001-07:00

Starting your own eZine can be a lot easier than you think. This is because in the most basic necessity, all you really need to get started publishing your own paperless newsletter are wealth of content, auto responder with broadcast feature, and a website (which is optional).

Content. You can compile weeks of content ahead in advance and slowly dispense them to your subscribers. For example, you can compile 100 short tips in one day and dispense 10 tips once a week. In other words, you can compile 10 weeks worth of content in just one day!

Auto responder. Your auto responder is your asset. You need an auto responder to send your mails and eZine issues to your subscribers and store your data base of people subscribed to your newsletter. Some recommended auto responders include GetResponse.com and aWeber.com.

Website. You may be surprised that this is actually an optional component. In short, there are eZine publishers publishing their newsletters without a website! But of course, having your own website can offer you tremendous advantages, such as the ability to bring in more subscribers and having your newsletter indexed in the top Search Engines.

These are the things you need to get started on publishing your own eZine at its bare minimum. Do not underestimate the little you need, though, because several eZine publishers today succeed well with only an auto responder and contents, with or without a website. And you can, too!

Joyce Carol Oates - On Writing Characters

2007-10-05T07:06:00.000-07:00

The Truth About Writing Your E-Book in 7 days

2007-09-21T10:12:00.000-07:00

Anyone can write their own money making e-book in 7 days. Make autopilot profits while sleeping.
Free e-book writing mini-course

You can make money right now with your videos and articles

2007-09-08T09:07:00.000-07:00

Blogging For Money

2007-09-01T12:44:00.000-07:00

Write what you know and own what you write.

2007-08-25T13:22:00.000-07:00

STEP UP! Help A Working Mother In Dire Straits

2007-08-19T12:37:00.000-07:00

Hey folks,

This story is not an easy one to tell. And the courage it took for the woman to let me tell it to you is immense.

Her name is Cy. She’s a sweet, hard working mother of 4 kids. One of them just 20 months old. Right now, all 5 of them are stuck in the middle of nowhere with no money, no place to stay, and I assume nothing to eat.

I’m telling you this story because you can help. Her kids need help. And I feel compelled to use my influence on the internet to persuade you to help.

Imagine your boyfriend breaking your hands so you could no longer use the internet. Imagine having your head slammed into the doorway. Imagine having your ribs busted by someone you lived with and had a relationship with.
After you watch that video, ask yourself a question: If it was a close friend of yours, what would YOU do to help?

No one should have to suffer domestic abuse like this. Obviously, you now see why I need your help. Please take a few seconds to watch the video below and see how you can help get Cy to a better place tomorrow…

Here’s what Cy needs…

Some money to get to a new city. She has a safe place to go and once there, will start looking for shelter for her kids. Right now she is stranded with nothing. In fact, her Paypal is -$250 after this monstrous ordeal.

I urge you to please dig deep into your heart and do whatever you can to help out Cy and her kids. I told her I would only help if she promised to move to the new city, start a new life, and surround herself with supportive people.

Right now, she just needs some supportive people. I’m not asking a lot from you, just whatever you can possibly do. Maybe it’s just tell a friend. Maybe it’s just a prayer. Please help however you feel comfortable doing so.

You can view Cy’s Product here…

If you are not interested in the product, but would like to just help with a couple bucks for daily needs, please send paypal payment to the email below….

cyprice @ gmail.com ( obviously without the spaces )

Thank you everyone, it means a lot to me and many of Cy’s friends.

The Copy Editor - Exciting new Online Gift Shop for Writers

2007-08-08T14:31:00.000-07:00

Are you a writer, an editor, English teacher? Do you need a wryly humorous gift for your favorite proofreader, journalist or lover of the English language? If so, you simply must take a look at the new online store, The Copy Editor !

Stocked with a whimsical variety of T-Shirts, shopping bags, caps, coffee mugs and beer steins, BBQ aprons, journals, mouse pads and magnets designed to appeal to those who craft with words, either for a living or as a hobby, The Copy Editor's
wares feature headlines, journalistic bloopers, and funny sayings for the "thinking person".
The items are divided into sections, including Headline Bloopers, news headlines that make you look and think twice; Journos, designed to appeal to reporters and journalists; Language at Large, a grouping of more general merchandise; and Unsung Heroes, dedicated to copy editors. Many of the gifts have the "yellowed parchment" look, reminiscent of old writings, newspapers, and important documents. There is even a "Value" section, with modestly priced t-shirts that do not skimp on either quality or originality.

Don't see quite what you are looking for? Is there a motto or headline that you would like to see emblazoned on a t-shirt or mug? Never fear! The Copy Editor
is at your service, and will create a custom gift item for you to give to your favorite Wordsmith (or, to keep for yourself!) This online store is very user-friendly, innovative and is constantly updating the merchandise with new designs. There is even an order-by-phone option for those hesitant to give their credit card information online.

So, why wait for the back-to-school or holiday rush? Surf on over to The Copy Editor and start your shopping early!

Creative Manifestation

2007-08-05T11:44:00.001-07:00

Money is ethereal energy and reflects our current state of mind. Our relationship with money reflects our relationship with self and others. Our understanding of money is deeply rooted in our psyche. We are ego driven beings and live in a robotic age. We either fall in the employee or entrepreneur category. As employees, we turn into slaves at the expense of receiving a steady paycheque and being eligible for regular benefits. Even in our waking states, we are asleep. Our day-to-day activities revolve around a clock and we tend to believe that our lives are structured and orderly. We get up in the morning, have breakfast and race to work like robots, implement our duties, inhale and exhale stress, return home exhausted and still resume in work mode, retire to bed and begin this vicious perpetuating cycle again at the dawn of a new day. Our minds constantly race and work overdrive. For some of us, the routine becomes drudgery and turns into a rut. We hide our discontentment under a winning smile, deceiving self and others that we are content with our current status and aspirations in life. Some of us may be honest and throw a line as such—‘It is just a job…pays the bills’—amidst daily conversation. We go up the corporate ladder and earn a reputation for becoming successful. We become our ambitions and our possessions. We compete against our competitors, launch publicity campaigns, develop marketing strategies to commercialize our ideas and turn them into lucrative corporations and empires. Money then loses its ethereal sense. It turns into a battle field with everyone struggling to grab it and hold on to it at the expense of greed and ego and not their highest good. We feel a pit in the depth of our souls and we sense that there is something missing. That something is the universal truth we seek. That something is the union with our higher power. That something is an opportunity to become one with all that is. That something is an everlasting divine ray of golden stream of magnetic energy that showers out the top of our head and cascades down all over our body. We suddenly find ourselves living in this world but not being part of it. That something lurks in the recesses of our soul until we are ready to rise from our own burning ashes and become enlightened beings. Until that defined moment, we live a life filled with shattered illusion and suppress what may be perceived as hurt, pain, shame, humiliation, loss of money and suffering. The list is endless. It is the ego that feels pain and suffering. We remain in a state of denial until we are faced with a crisis of some sort i.e. losing a job, becoming ill or losing a loved one. Crisis becomes our wake up call and awakens our senses. Crisis is the key that unlocks the door to our eternal bliss or ‘nirvana’. Crisis propels us along a path that is unknown and foreign to us. This would be our opportune moment to discover self and transform into our authentic self. It is our authentic self that blossoms and moves toward the light. A healing cycle of deep reflection and self-evaluation then begins. We begin the process of elimination in order to create room for creative manifestation. We bring order to what appears to be chaos. We get rid of clutter and purge away the old. We let go of ego and take the path of least resistance. We focus on nurturing self and developing our intuitive powers. When we quieten the constant chatter in our minds, we learn to be still and listen. We begin to manifest our desires with the assistance of the universe, but we first let go of trying. We release any personal efforting and learn to creatively visualize our desired outcome. We trust that there is an incredible manifesting power inside us that will naturally and effortlessly create our desires for us. When we are in tune and aligned with our higher power, we become manifesting magnets and raise our perceptual awareness. We turn up our trust dial and our bodies' manifesting vibrations. Miracles then abound. We become the creators and conductors of our life and rewrite our own movie script. Work becomes a source of joy and inspiration and we find ourselves amidst infinite riches and blessings of the universe.

Exciting new weapon against Plagarism!

2007-08-01T06:01:00.000-07:00

iPlagiarismCheck is a new service started in January of this year to assist high school and college students and their teachers and professors in combating Plagiarism. Idea-theft has been going on for years, probably since the dawn of formal education in Egyptian, Greek, and Roman schools of higher learning. However, in the last ten years, it has become an epidemic, thanks in large part to the internet. On Ebay and many other "paper mill" web sites, you see term papers offered for sale, either as downloads or on CD. There is a vast library of what is called PLR content, usually in the form of articles, which is also sold, although there are "back door" sites where PLR content can be obtained for free. The many article web sites are treasure troves of content. There is also the generations-old practice of "sharing" papers among friends or siblings, or stealing another student's work against their will and copying it. With so many sources of stolen content at a student's fingertips, validating a submitted paper as a student's original work in today's world has become a nightmare- almost an insurmountable challenge!

To meet the challenge, iPlagiarismCheck has developed a thorough, economical, and fast service to check documents for originality. When you submit a paper to iPlagiarismCheck, it is checked for originality against both online documents and printed works found in five huge databases, including Google, FindArticles, and term-paper sites, whether they be custom "research" sites or "paper mills". The service is not only for English-language papers, but also checks documents written in 20 other languages. iPlagiarismCheck's patented technology also scans documents for "masked plagiarism", in which text is imported into an editor such as Word Flood or Article Spinner, and systematically re-written, by substituting synonyms for selected words, and then submitted as original material. Originality reports are usually produced in only about three minutes, whereas other services take up to 24 hours for their turnaround time.

The service is useful both for teachers and professors and for students who want to stay honest and make sure that their work is "clean". A sample report is given on the company's web site: http://www.iplagiarismcheck.com/. There are packages available from $5 for a single documents- perfect for students on a budget; to a $65 package which allows unlimited submissions for a year- designed for teachers and professors, and other professionals.

The school year is fast approaching! For more information or to sign up, please visit the company's site http://www.iplagiarismcheck.com/.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:47:00.004-07:00

17. Dewitts Media

Dewitt Media is a search marketing and website design company that’s recently launched a contextual links program. Blogs need to have a minimum Google Page Rank of 3 before they will be accepted. Rates are set at $10 per post.

Like V7N, Dewitt Media requires you to sign a NDA or Non Disclosure agreement, which forbids you from disclosing that any specific link or blog post was sponsored. There is currently no marketplace with advertiser offers though a forum might be forthcoming.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:47:00.003-07:00

15. LinkyLoveArmy

LinkyLoveArmy appears to be a get paid to blog network but their website doesn’t make what they do very clear. The design is fairly cluttered and there’s no apparent FAQ or guide for bloggers who want to sign up. This appears to be a fairly small DIY setup so I wouldn’t expect too many advertiser offers from the onset.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:47:00.001-07:00

14. BlogtoProfit

BlogtoProfit allows you to get paid to write blog posts about each sponsor’s products/websites. This company doesn’t have a user interface or dashboard and there is no marketplace which allows you to pick or choose the offers you want. I’ve tried submitting some blogs to them before but have never gotten response from them at all. It is possible that they are not active anymore.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:46:00.002-07:00

13. LinkWorth

LinkWorth is a search engine marketing company that offers a variety of monetization options for bloggers. For instance, bloggers can sell contextual links within posts or write sponsored posts on specific topics.

Other interesting methods include rotating ads, in content ppc advertising as well as packaged link ads. LinkWorth gives up to 70% of the revenue for its ads and payments are made monthly through Paypal, check, direct deposit or Wire.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:46:00.001-07:00

12. V7N Contextual

V7N Contextual is not technically a get paid to blog network because most of the time you won’t have to write a blog post. All you’ll have to do is to transform any specific keyword (eg. golf clubs) in your blog posts into a link to the advertiser’s website. All bloggers will earn $10 per link, regardless of their blog size and reach.

An important point to note is that you’ll have to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which means that you can’t disclose that it was a sponsored link. I have blogs in the V7N program and have not received many offers before. Don’t count on getting too many assignments.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:45:00.004-07:00

11. Creamaid

CreamAid is a get paid to blog program with a twist. All bloggers of an option of displaying a widget which allows them to earn referral commission whenever another blogger picks up an offer from it.

CreamAid is more fun than the other get paid to blog websites although I think their monetary potential is weakest. Don’t expect to earn more than $5 for most offers you come across.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:45:00.003-07:00

10. Blogging Ads

Blogging Ads started early and recently relaunched with a new look. It’s nothing too different from Blogitive, however do note that you can only put up 10 posts per month on all your blogs and the rate for each post is usually $5. Payment is made weekly via Paypal. Blogging Ads doesn’t have a lot of advertiser offers as well.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:45:00.001-07:00

9. PayU2Blog

PayU2Blog started a few months ago and do seem to be a work in progress. There is no actual marketplace which allows you to browse for advertiser offers and they do seem to function very much like Blogsvertise in that that’ll determine the type of assignments you will receive. Payment is made every two weeks via Paypal.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:44:00.004-07:00

8. Smorty

Smorty rates for sponsored blog posts is $6 per post although this might increase if you have a high traffic or popular blog. Post approvals are generally made within a week and payment is made on a weekly basis through Paypal. There isn’t a lot of advertisers using Smorty at the moment though that might change in the future.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:44:00.003-07:00

7. BloggerWave

Based on Norway, BloggerWave’s rates for paid posts are generally around $10 for a single post. There doesn’t seem to be many restrictions and you’ll get paid via Paypal. BloggerWave has been late on payment for many bloggers and some bloggers have gone so far to suggest that they are a scam.

Apparently, they seem to have made good on their payments recently and hopefully things should go smoothly from now on for bloggers using BloggerWave.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:44:00.001-07:00

6. LoudLaunch

LoudLaunch is a medium sized paid blogging network which features a moderate amount of advertiser offers. Your blogs need to be more than 2 months old and payment is only made via Paypal. Like Payperpost, the blogger usually needs to append a disclosure badge, tracker tag or logo or the bottom of posts.

The user interface doesn’t appeal to me and like other networks like Blogsvertise, the range of advertisers seem to be rather limited.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:43:00.002-07:00

5. Blogitive

Blogitive will pay all bloggers a flat rate of US $5 per advertiser offer, regardless of the size or popularity of the blog. One of the earliest blog networks on the scene, Blogitive seems to be gotten into a slump a few months after their launch.

They’ve recently revamped their user interface and one of the much touted Blogitive advantages is that they pay weekly via Paypal. Blogitive has a very poor collection of advertisers and that’s something that they definitely need to improve.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:43:00.001-07:00

4. Blogsvertise

Blogsvertise doesn’t have a marketplace so you can’t browse advertiser offers to select what you would like to write about. The site admins will match advertiser offers to your blog profile and you can choose to accept or reject the offers you see.

Generally, the assignments are sporadic and you’ll receive one or two of them every week if you’re lucky. They do however pay on time so that’s one of the benefits of working with Blogsvertise.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

2007-07-29T10:42:00.002-07:00

3. SponsoredReview

SponsoredReview is a blog network that is somewhat similar to ReviewMe but they offer a little more functionality by allowing you to negotiate fees with the advertiser and bid for an advertiser’s offers.

SponsoredReview takes 35% commission for their services and you’ll earn anything from $10 to 500+ for each review. Their user interface is one of the better ones out there and the only drawback to their service is the lack of advertisers.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks-cont.

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2. ReviewMe

ReviewMe is basically some sort of a blog marketplace where advertisers can visit to order reviews from blogs. Some of the more ‘high-end’ or popular blogs are registered with ReviewMe and the earnings are substantially higher if your blog is well established and has a large audience. This is measured by your feed subscription base as well as the Technorati and Alexa Rank.

Bigger blogs tend to earn upwards of $100 to 700+ for each single blog post and there are a lot less restrictions and rules than Payperpost. The downside for ReviewMe is that they take a hefty 50% commission for their services, which in my opinion is too large.

17 Sponsored Blogging Networks

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Some of these networks should be well known to everyone but I’ll wanted to be as thorough as possible when developing this extensive list of paid blogging websites.

This list will be updated regularly and more paid blogging websites will be added in the future. Hopefully this will help all of you to make more money from your blogs.

1. PayPerPost

The largest sponsored blogging network, Payperpost offers the greatest amount of offers and has a vibrant community of bloggers who support each other through a forum. If you only want to sign up for one paid blogging network, I would highly recommend using PayPerPost above all the others.

The addition of PayperPost Direct and existing affiliate programs will extend your income potential outside of the basic marketplace structure utilized by most other networks.

Paid blogging networks

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One of the easiest ways to make money online is to set up a blog around a specific topic of interest and generate online income from the display of advertising/affiliate programs, product sales or the provision of online services.One formidable way of making money from blogs consists of effectively using paid blogging networks.

From an advertiser’s standpoint, blogs are simply publishing platforms which produce content that is viewable by both search engines and potential customers.

Advertisers want more exposure for their businesses and will often purchase sponsored links or written content in a bid to generate public buzz and increase their search engine visibility.

Here is where you come in. As a member of paid blogging websites, you will get paid to blog about the advertiser’s products, website or service. These advertisers will pay the blog networks directly and you’ll receive a stipulated fee when you agree to take on each specific assignment.

How do I Make Money with Sponsored Blogging websites?

The process is actually fairly simple. Start by signing up with these sponsored blogging networks and giving them the web address for your blog. Some of these networks stipulate that your blog must have of a certain age (3 months old etc.) so take note of that before applying.

Take a look at their Terms of Service and wait for your blog to be approved by the administration. This usually takes a few days. After your blog is approved, go through their marketplace (if they have one) or just wait for blogging offers to arrive at your email inbox or site dashboard.

When you decide to take up a specific offer, write a blog post according to the instructions given. Publish the post and inform the blog network of the page URL. This is usually done through a user interface after you’ve logged into the network.

After your post is approved, you’ll receive payment according to the stipulated time frame. You can earn around $5 to $500+ for one single blog post, depending on the popularity, size and niche of your blog.

How can article writing boost traffic and income?

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The article on the free content site contains a link to your own website. Readers, after reading your articles, may choose to click on the link and pay you an unexpected visit. Having them on the free content sites is also making these articles available to other webmasters who may wish to publish that article on their site.

If they do, your article will include a link back to your site. And anyone who reads the article on that site can still click on the link to visit your site.

As the list of your published articles grow larger, and more and more of them are appearing on different websites, the total number of links to your site increases also. Major search engines are placing a lot of significance on incoming links to websites so they can determine the importance of a certain site.

The more incoming links the website has, the more importance search engines attaches to it. This will then increase your website’s placement in the search results.

If you site is into promoting a product or service, the links that your articles have achieved will mean more potential customers for you. Even if visitors only browse through, you never know if they might be in need of what you are offering in the future.

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