Post: 4 book calls

Posted by Carol Smallwood on 5/17/08

Seeking Submissions from U.S. Librarians for ALA Editions
The Published Librarian: Successful Professional and
Personal Writing (publisher, American Library Association)

Introductory Note: Bob Blanchard, Adult Services Librarian,
Des Plaines Public Library. Contributor to Illinois
Librarians; Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for
Innovative Librarians (McFarland, 2008)

Afterword: Dr. Ann Riedling, LIS Faculty, Mansfield
University. Learning to Learn: A Guide to Becoming
Information Literate in the 21st Century (Neal- Schuman,
2006)

Practical, concise, how-to articles. No previously
published, simultaneously submitted material, or
co-authors. Two articles required: 1900-2100 words total;
for example, one article could be 1000 words, the other 900
words. No underlining, bold, all caps for emphasis, please.

Editor Carol Smallwood, M.L.S., has written, co-authored,
edited 19 books such as Educators as Writers for Scarecrow,
Libraries Unlimited, Peter Lang, and others. Her work has
appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary Review, The
Detroit News, Poesia, and several others including
anthologies. Pudding House Publications published her
chapbook, 2008; Words and Images of Belonging co-edited
with Aurorean editor is with an agent; a recent book is
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3575-3

Possible topics: marketing, online publishing, where to
send reviews, research skills for historical novels, using
editing a library newsletter to edit books, ideas from
students for YA books, using tools like BIP to locate
publishers for your books, storytellers turned picture book
authors, blogs and author web sites, interviewing, writing
groups, networking, using a technology edge, promoting your
books at conferences. Using issues librarians face such as
censorship in poetry, essays, memoir, short stories,
columns.

Deadline June 30, 2008

Topics may be sent first for feedback. Compensation: a
complimentary copy, discount on additional copies. Please
submit articles for consideration with a 65-70 word bio.
Place LIBRARIANS/your name on the subject line to:
smallwood@tm.net

Sample bio: Suzanne Doe, a subject bibliographer at Central
Michigan University, obtained her M.L.I.S. from the
University of North Texas. She has been published in
American Libraries, Beloit Poetry Journal, Library Trends.
Her recent books include: The Mystery Woman (Random House,
2006); Adagio Sunset Candle (Poetry Press, 2008); Midwest
Library Organizations (McFarland, forthcoming). She
received the Kitty Maize Fiction Award, 2008. An avid
skier, Suzanne organizes writing workshops for Pine Arts
Council.

Seeking Submissions from U.S. Women Writers for 3 Proposed
Books*

Guidelines also on:
http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/announcements
(bottom of page)

1.

Women & Poetry: Tips on Writing, Publishing and Teaching
from American Women Poets

Foreword by Robin Merrill, Maine Poets Society President
2006-2007. M.F.A. Stonecoast. With hundreds of poems
published, some from her chapbook Laundry & Stories (Moon
Pie Press) were featured on Garrison Keillor's “Writers'
Almanac.” http://www.robinmerrill.com

Afterword by the editors of Iris Magazine, an award-winning
publication of 27 years celebrating and empowering young
women through provocative articles, essays, and fiction
pieces that are uplifting, inclusive, and literate.
http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/coreprograms/iris.html

Markets for women, why women write, time management, using
life experience, women's magazines, critique groups,
networking, blogs, unique issues women must overcome,
lesbian and bisexual writing, formal education, queries and
proposals, conference participation, family scheduling,
feminist writing, self-publishing, teaching tips, are just
a few areas women poets are interested.

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings
have proven the most helpful. Please avoid writing about
“me” and concentrate on what will most help the reader. A
question and answer format for interviews may be used.

2.

Milestones for American Women: Our Defining Passages

Foreword by Carolyn Lesser, Webster University, St. Louis,
MO, nonfiction writing faculty; natural science children's
books published by Harcourt, Alfred A. Knopf; essayist,
poet, photographer, keynote speaker, artist.

Afterword by Dr. Loriene Roy, 2007-2008 President of the
American Library Association. Professor, University of
Texas at Austin, founder of "If I Can Read, I Can Do
Anything," a national reading club for Native American
children.

Please consider sharing the important milestones, life
changing events, transitions in your life--material that
would broadly fit the “Women's Studies” genre that is
highly readable, moving and relatable. There are the
passages that occur to us (for example, losing a loved one,
having to relocate) and then the passages we choose (such
as getting a degree in mid- life, adopting a child). Please
focus on those pivotal moments and why they were milestones
for you.

This book celebrates our passages as women, from one moment
into another, from one door to the next. Often it is after
the navigation, that in reflection, we see that some of the
most difficult are the ones we have learned the most and
have had lasting effects as well on those around us.

Guidelines for Women and Poetry and/or Milestones for
American Women:

Step 1: send your proposed topics before writing articles
to avoid duplication; proposed topics must be accompanied
by a 65-70 word bio with your present position, location,
relevant publications, career highlights for the
contributor page; please use POETS or MILESTONES on the
subject line to brackett-vincent@encirclepub.com.

Step 2:(if your topics are approved): deadline for
submissions (by e-mail only) is June 30, 2008. Again,
please use POETS or MILESTONES in the subject line; send to
either Cynthia at brackett-vincent@encirclepub.com; or
Carol at smallwood@tm.net in a Word document (.doc format
only) using 12-point font. (Send to one co-editor only
please; your submission will be acknowledged.)

Article specifics: word total for 1-2 articles based on
your experience: 1,900 minimum; maximum 2,100. Two articles
preferred. If submitting two articles, please break them up
fairly evenly in word count.

No previously published or simultaneously submitted
material. Contributors must be reside in the U.S. Books
such as this can typically take up to a year to compile.
Contributors receive a complimentary copy and contributor's
discount on additional copies.

Co-editor Cynthia Brackett-Vincent is publisher/editor of
the esteemed Aurorean poetry journal; poetry instructor;
award-winning poet; author of The 95 Poems chapbook (2005)
and contributor to Educators as Writers: Publishing for
Personal and Professional Development. In 2007, her poems
received a citation, honorable mention and second place in
the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, New
England Writers and Maine Poets Society competitions. View
Cynthia at
http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/editor

Co-editor, Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and
edited 19 books such as Educators as Writers for Scarecrow,
Libraries Unlimited. An award- winning writer, her work has
appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary Review,
Iris, and several others including anthologies; chapbook,
Pudding House 2008; Educators as Writers, Peter Lang 2006;
and
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3575-3

3.

U.S. Women on Family: Writing, Publishing, and Teaching
Tips

Foreword: Robbi Hess, Journalist, co-author, Complete
Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names (Penguin Books); Editor,
Byline Magazine

Afterword: Suzanne Bunkers, Professor of English, Minnesota
State University, editor of Diaries of Girls and Women: a
Midwestern American Sampler (University of Wisconsin Press)

This is a book not just on writing but tips for women
writing about family. Possible subject areas you might
address include: markets; why women write about family;
using life experience; networking; blogs; unique issues
women must overcome; formal education; queries and
proposals; conference participation; family scheduling;
self-publishing; teaching tips; family in creative
nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels.

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings
have proven the most helpful to readers. Please avoid
writing about “me” and concentrate on what will help the
reader. A question and answer format for interviews may be
used.

Word total for 1-2 articles based on your experience: 1,900
minimum; maximum 2,100. Two articles preferred. If
submitting 2, please break them up fairly evenly in word
count. No previously published or simultaneously submitted
material; no co-authors. No underlining, bold, all caps for
emphasis.

Deadline: June 30, 2008

Contributors receive a complimentary copy and discounts on
additional copies. It is common for compilation of an
anthology to take upwards of a year, but I will be in touch
with updates on securing a publisher.

Editor: Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and
edited 19 books such as Educators as Writers (Peter Lang,
2006); chapbook, (Pudding House 2008); The Published
Librarian (American Library Association, forthcoming). My
work has appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary
Review, Iris, The Detroit News, several others including
anthologies; Words and Images of Belonging co-edited with
the editor of the Aurorean is with an agent; a recent book
is
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3575-3

Please send articles for consideration with a 65-70 word
bio. Place FAMILY and your name on the subject line, send
to: smallwood@tm.net

Sample bio: Suzanne Doe’s has been published in the
Bellingham Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Passages North.
Her M.F.A.’s from the Stonecoast Program/University of
Southern Maine and she teaches creative writing at Central
Michigan University. Her recent books include: The Mystery
Woman (Random House, 2006); Midwest Ski Slopes (Michigan
State University, forthcoming). She received the Kitty
Maize Fiction Award, 2008. An avid skier, Suzanne organizes
writing workshops for Pine Arts Council.

Most publishers return rights to contributors after
publication. Contributors will be asked to sign a release
from the publisher and therefore may agree to the details
of the contract or withdraw.

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