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Page 20Writers’ Markets by Sylvia Bright-GreenGreenprintsP.O. Box 1355Fairview, NC 28730E-Mail Queries: NoGuidelines Online: http://www.greenprints.com/wguidelines.htmlAlso known as "The Weeder's Digest,"this literary journal is for avid gardeners.Publishing personal stories, essays, andpoetry, it fills its pages with anything andeverything pertaining the joys and frustrationsof gardening. Articles are up to2000 words in length. Accepts both fictionand nonfiction pieces. Query viastandard mail with SASE.Buys: First Rights; will consider reprintsPays: On acceptance, up to $200.**********Heritage Quest MagazineP.O. Box 540193North Salt Lake, UT. 84054E-Mail Queries: No, but there is a submissionsform on web site: http://www.heritagequestmagazine.comAmateur and professional genealogistsrely on this publication for research andtheories related to studying family histories.Articles include how-to pieces, personalexperience, history, genealogy,research techniques, and computer researches.Length runs 500-4000 words.Query via online form or standard mail.Buys: All rightsPays: On publication-- $75 per printedpage.**********Capper's Pays $2.50 per printed inch($5.00 more if printed on web site.)CAPPER'S useshistorical, inspirational,nostalgic,family-oriented,travel and humanintereststories; unusual accomplishments,collections, occupations, hobbies,etc.See the complete guidelines here: http://www.cappers.com/contributorsguidelines**********CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOULmagazine has announced its first write-incontest for the most heartwarming orfunny Chicken Soup-style story aboutgardening and the best photograph of avegetable or floral garden. Story submissionsshould be 500 to 800 words. Formore information and contest submissionrules, visit http://www.chickensoupmagazine.com...**********MotheringPAY: $200 - $500Our main objective is to be truly helpful,to provide information that empowersour readers to make changes and supportsthem in being their own experts.We like articles that have a strong pointof view and come from the heart, that arechallenging or evocative. We also takepride in publishing well-researched, extensivelydocumented articles. Whensubmitting this type of article, please useonly the most updated research, fromprimary sources. Our choice of articlesdepends on the other material we havepublished on the subject, how new thetopic is to us, and how unique the presentationis. It helps if you include photos.http://www.mothering.com/sections/submission_guidelines/submission_guidelines.html**********Creating KeepsakesPAY: $150 - $500Seeking both magazine article ideas forscrapbookers and book proposals. Submitmagazine queries to Marianne Madsenmailto:marianne.madsen@primedia.comPlease include the following informationin your query: 1. Submit a topic. Write aparagraph about WHY you think today'sscrapbookers would LOVE to read anarticle on this topic. Let us know whyyour approach is brand new and meritsan article in Creating Keepsakes. 2. Senda list of 3-5 points that you would like tomake in the article. 3. Send 2 visuals(scrapbook pages, accents and/or photographs)to illustrate your suggested topic.4. Send a paragraph about why YOU arethe perfect person to write about thistopic.http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/mag/your_work/[Editor’s Note: Sylvia and I would loveto hear from readers regarding the usefulnessof these marketing selections. Ifyou would like to see different types ofselections, please let us know. Also,please let us know if you try any of themout and have either success or specificproblems. Write to newsletter@wrwa.com.]#Ambassador of GoodwillAt the Spring ConferenceWhat is an Ambassador of Goodwill? His job is to see thateveryone who comes to the WRWA’s writing meetings mingle,have fun, and learn. At the next meeting, in Appleton, weare going to try something different.At the time you register, you’ll be given two numbers. Onewill be the number of a table at which you will sit during themorning session. The other will be with whom you will sit atlunch. In this way, you may be with a speaker, a magazinewriter, a publisher, someone who has written a novel or ashort story, or even a new writer. You may pick each other’smind. You are free to sit where you wish for the afternoonsession. But, for the morning session and lunch, you’ll meetnew people. I believe everyone will enjoy this format becauseyou won’t be alone or with already established friends. Makenew ones!You will know me by my black, stovepipe hat with the redand white band around it.I’ll be looking forward to seeing every one of you.Ralph “Bud” MasonAmbassador of Goodwill
Page 21(Sherrie Avery-King, continued)Sherrie was married to Jerold Sawyer with whom she hadher dear daughter Jessica Dawn.Her second born, but not second loved daughter JenniferSuzanne was brought to life with her second husband JohnLyden.Michael King gave her his name and his love, which shereturned until his death in 1999.The family from which Sherrie drew strength and towhich she gave her heart includes her two daughters JessicaWisdom, her husband John and son Alexander, JennyLincks and her husband Jason along with their dogsMcKunze and Shadowa, her sisters Joanne Johnson andPatricia Beaver, her brother Robin Avery and their spouses.She was deeply grateful for having found and connectedwith cousins from her mother’s family in recent years.Sherrie gave to this world much more than she took fromit. She organized and ran Your Sister’s Closet for 10 yearswhere low-income women entering the workforce could findprofessional styled clothing at no cost. She was the Presidentof the Watertown Arts Council for five years and served onthe Leadership Watertown Board of Directors. A foundingmember of Writers on the Rock in Watertown, Sherrie alsowas Vice President of the Wisconsin Regional Writers’ Association.She sat on the Board of Jefferson County Tourism,was President of the Watertown Historical PreservationCommission, and was a member of the Friends of the WatertownLibrary.She worked as a telephone operator for Wisconsin Belland Office Manager for Rolex Corporation. Most recentlyshe was the first Main Street Manager in Watertown.Sherrie held special friends Pat and Bob Miller close toher heart as well as her foster parents June and Joe York.Sherrie won first place in 1998 the WRWA Jade RingContest in Juvenile Short Story. She continued to write compellingshort stories and tender poems until her death.Lines from her poem Gone reflect the feelings of her familyand friends at this time.Missing youis an achelike the worst homesicknessI am homesickFor a placeThat has burned to the groundI can never go home againI ache for you.In lieu of a memorial service, Sherrie held a celebration oflife with friends and family gathered around her while shewas able to express her love for them and theirs for her.We all miss you, Sherrie!(Paula Delfeld, continued)Her research took her throughout Wisconsin includingFrederic, where she befriended Bernice Abrahamzon, whohelped her research archives in northwestern Wisconsin. Herbook was published in 1977, the same year she won a JadeRing for photojournalism.Paula knew all the famous early members of the WRWAincluding Robert Gard, Al Nelson (from whom she tookwriting courses), Jerry Apps, August Derleth, James Auer,Mel Ellis, and more.Lois Pflum, Fond du Lac, remembers Paula as “one speciallady who encouraged me many times when I first startedto write and sell my articles. The very first interview I everdid, Paula came to take the photos for me and wouldn’t takeany money from me. [She] always gave me encouragementand leads to submit stories where the pay was good and alwaysacknowledged when I sold an article—often sendingme a copy with ‘nice job,’ or ‘good article,’ or ‘keep it up.’She was a wonderful person who really believed in theWRWA.”Paula wrote a detailed history of the WRWA and many ofthe writing clubs around the state. She donated the originalmanuscript to the WRWA in the summer of this year,shortly before she passed away. Her real legacy, though, isthe support for her extended family and the many writers shementored over more than a half-century.[Based on Paula’s obituary in The Fond du Lac Reporter,August 17,2005, the artcle on Paula by Kathie McGwin inthe summer edition of The Wisconsin Regional Writer, andcorrespondence from Lois Pflum.] #Call for Manuscripts—At the LaundromatWanted for use in a paperback anthology:short stories (1500 word max)poems ( one page max)humorous essays (1500 word max) and short jokestrue anecdote (1000 word or less best chance)which take place at or involve a Laundromat. (For ourpurposes a Laundromat is a commercial establishment,apartment, or dormitory where you pay to do your ownlaundry.) Good taste, please.Each contributor will receive two copies of the book anda discount on additional copies.Deadline: January 1, 2006Send manuscripts via e-mail to: Wilda Morris atwem@ameritech.net with the word Laundromat in thesubject line or mail to Cathy Conger, 510 Bruce Lane,Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494. Include a brief bio. If yousend by regular mail, include a SASE if you want a response.#
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Page 3 and 4: ContentsArticlesWhat Exactly Is a C
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Page 7 and 8: Page 7Unpolished Gems Writer’s Gr
Page 9 and 10: Page 9Chapter One Waukesha Area: Be
Page 11 and 12: Page 11Western Wisconsin Christian
Page 13 and 14: Page 13Oshkosh Area Writers’ Club
Page 15 and 16: Page 15WFOP 2006 Muse Prize for Exc
Page 17 and 18: Page 17Meet the New WRWA President
Page 19: The WRWA Book ListPage 19Pathways T
Page 23 and 24: Page 23Flying Flowers by Susan Mae
Page 25 and 26: Page 25Midnight Musings by Bill Nel
Page 27 and 28: Page 27Reports on the WRWA Fall Con
Page 29 and 30: Page 29Peggy Rozga’s “Daily Doz
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