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Call for Submissions

 


Do you have an idea for a holiday short story that needs to be written? Are you looking for an extra publishing credit on your resume? The Chesapeake Bay Writers announces its upcoming holiday-themed anthology of fiction short stories to be published through traditional publisher, Blue Fortune Enterprises LLC. Release date for the anthology is October 2024. Guidelines for submission are below.

Please adhere to the guidelines listed. This is a competitive process and not all stories submitted will be accepted.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW GUIDELINES COULD RESULT IN AUTOMATIC
REJECTION.

Guidelines:
  •  Must be a current member of Chesapeake Bay Writers
  •  Stories must be no longer than 5k words and must be holiday themed (Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Solistice)
  •  Stories must have a local setting
  •  Submissions must be in Microsoft Word, 12 point, Times New Roman font
  •  Deadline for submission is June 12, 2024
  •  Stories that have previously appeared online (temporarily or permanently, on your own or a third-party site) should not be submitted, nor should work that has already been
  • published electronically or in print
  •  Simultaneous submissions are welcome with timely notification of acceptance elsewhere
  •  All submissions are to be sent to: narielle@blue-fortune.com

This is a collaboration between Blue Fortune Enterprises and CBW, therefore neither party will charge a fee for submitting nor provide payment for publication. If your story is accepted for
publication, a contract will be issued by Blue Fortune.

If you have any questions, you can email Narielle Living at narielle@blue-fortune.com.
 
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Leslie Eva Tayloe, What I Learned from Marketing My Books. 

June 5, 2024, Luncheon

11:30 social, 12:00 food, 12:30 presentation

Rocco's, 207 Bypass Rd. Williamsburg, VA 23185

Leslie Eva Tayloe is a children’s picture book author. She’s the author of I’m Fishing with Pop-Pop Today (Austin Macauley Publishers, 2022), Save the Trees (Brandylane Publishers, Releasing April 11, 2024) Illustrator, Lintang Panda Pratiwi, and Eduardo’s Attic Door (Doodle and Peck Publishing, Winter 2024), and an article titled, Marketing Group Helps Writers (Children’s Book Insider, April 2023). Leslie is a former analyst with the federal government, and a substitute teacher for elementary school-aged children. Leslie lives with her partner, Michael, in Virginia. When Leslie isn’t writing, she loves to read, craft anything, and take long walks with her dog, Frankie.
Leslie earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, and a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Managment from the University of Maryland. She is a member of SCBWI, CBI/WriteForKids, Inked Voices, and the 12X12 Picture Book Community. Also, Leslie was instrumental in forming Kidlit At Heart Marketing Group. https://youtu.be/jM8HewbcCGQ You can subscribe at kidlitatheart.com.

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Writer/photographers/videographers Phil and Susie Audibert focus their lenses, microphone and pen on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from local history and the environment to the centuries-old tradition of mounted foxhunting.

 

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