For Young Writers
June 30th 2009 04:48
A long time ago (something like a year and a bit, I believe) I signed up for the Fundsforwriters newsletters. (Fundsforwriters, Fundsforwriters Small Markets, and WritingKid respectively) WritingKid is a newsletter which focuses on displaying markets for young people. (From the age of 'I can write' to college age.)
My publication in Teen Ink was largely thanks to this newsletter, and now I've discovered a small press which publishes books by teens. Because of their restrictions on violence, none of my proper novel-length projects are suitable for this publisher.
Youthful Wisdom Press (read on for the link) is a publishing company which publishes blog books (I might look into this), short story collections, poetry collections and novels by young people aged 13-18. As this is not only the only small press I've found specifically for young people that is open to several genres but it is one of the few publishers that actually publish poetry collections, it's a wonderful opportunity for those in the age range.
Personally I will be querying them for my next poetry collection and hopefully have found myself a publisher for at least one, hopefully more, poetry collections throughout the next two years and a bit. I wish I'd found this place a little sooner-last year, when I published Into The Shadows-so that I could have used the resource for a longer period of time.
This is an amazing resource for young writers. I especially like the fact that they do not require agents, as agents are incredibly hard to find, especially for those of us under eighteen. I look forward to (hopefully) working with them in the future and will keep everyone here updated on how it goes.
Links:
Fundsforwriters: Really Long Link
Youthful Wisdom Press: Really Long Link
If anyone who reads this queries Youthful Wisdom Press, please email me and tell me about your personal experience with the editors themselves. Email me at diannalgunn@gmail.com and I will post your experiences (with or without your name as you see fit) on my blog so that my readers can see more deeply into this press.
My publication in Teen Ink was largely thanks to this newsletter, and now I've discovered a small press which publishes books by teens. Because of their restrictions on violence, none of my proper novel-length projects are suitable for this publisher.
Youthful Wisdom Press (read on for the link) is a publishing company which publishes blog books (I might look into this), short story collections, poetry collections and novels by young people aged 13-18. As this is not only the only small press I've found specifically for young people that is open to several genres but it is one of the few publishers that actually publish poetry collections, it's a wonderful opportunity for those in the age range.
Personally I will be querying them for my next poetry collection and hopefully have found myself a publisher for at least one, hopefully more, poetry collections throughout the next two years and a bit. I wish I'd found this place a little sooner-last year, when I published Into The Shadows-so that I could have used the resource for a longer period of time.
This is an amazing resource for young writers. I especially like the fact that they do not require agents, as agents are incredibly hard to find, especially for those of us under eighteen. I look forward to (hopefully) working with them in the future and will keep everyone here updated on how it goes.
Links:
Fundsforwriters: Really Long Link
Youthful Wisdom Press: Really Long Link
If anyone who reads this queries Youthful Wisdom Press, please email me and tell me about your personal experience with the editors themselves. Email me at diannalgunn@gmail.com and I will post your experiences (with or without your name as you see fit) on my blog so that my readers can see more deeply into this press.
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