Mar 26, 2018 | Awards Contests Reviews
The possibilities are endless and these links will take you all over the globe. There are an abundance of Writers Awards, Contests, and even free Reviews out there for the grabbing. There is money available and having your name listed on any of these Awards and Websites is a true honor for any author. Are you seeking one in particular? You might find it here, if not, please let me know and I will add it to the list.
American Book Fest Awards
ARC Contemporary Poetry Magazine
Augur Magazine
Autumn House Press Book Awards
Axiom Business Book Awards
Barnes & Noble New Writers Program
Ben Franklin Awards
Blank Spaces Canadian Literary Arts Magazine
Book Festivals Publishing Events Around the World
Brick Magazine Literary Journal
Canada Book Awards
Canadian Authors Literary Awards
Canadian Children’s Book Center CCBC Book Awards
Canadian Children’s Book Center Marilyn Bailie Picture Book Award
Canadian Council of Arts Governor General’s Literary Awards
Canadian Jewish Literary Awards
Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award
Canadian Literature Quarterly Criticism & Review
Canthius Feminism & Literary Arts
Capilano Review of Writing & Art
Carte Blanche Magazine
Carousel Literary Arts Magazine
CBC Books & Literary Prizes
Chanticleer Book Reviews & Contests
Crime Writers of Canada Book Awards
Claremont Review
CV2 Contemporary Verse 2 Canadian Journal of Poetry & Critical Writing
Dan Pynter’s Global Ebook Awards
Dalhousie Review Literary Journal
Digital Book World Award
Epic eBook Competition
Eric Hoffer Award
Event Magazine Poetry & Prose Contest
Exile Writers Quarterly
Existere Journal of Arts & Literature
Feathertale
Fiddlehead Annual Literary Contest
Filling Station
Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Awards
Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards
Grain Magazine Journal of Eclectic Writing
Geist Culture Magazine
Geoffrey Bilson Award Young Adult Historical Fiction – PDF Download
Hart House Review
Hazlitt Net Fiction Poetry
HA&L Hamilton Arts & Letters
Humber Literary Review Contests
Hugo Awards
Ibby Canada Children’s Literature & National Awards
Indie Excellence Awards
IR Indiana Poetry Review
International Book Awards
Kindle Scout
Kirkus Book Prize
Literary Classics International Book Awards & Reviews
Literary Review of Canada Poetry
Mackinac Magazine
Magpie Award for Poetry
Malahat Review Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Contests
Man Booker Prize for Fiction – PDF Download
Man Booker International Prize – PDF Download
Maynard Online Poetry Magazine
Montreal Review
Mystery Writers of America Awards
National Book Foundation Award
National Indie Excellence Award
National Book Foundation Awards
Nautilus Book Awards
Nobel Prize
Notes And Queries Literary Culture
On Spec Canadian Magazine
Pen – Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction
Poets & Writers – Grants Awards & Contests
Prairie Fire Canadian Writer’s Magazine Contests
Prairie Journal
Prism Canadian & International Contemporary Writing Contests
Pulitzer Prizes
Puritan Magazine Thomas Morton Memorial Prize
Pushcart Prize
Queen’s Quarterly
Random House, The O. Henry Prize Stories
Reader’s Favorite Book Reviews & Contests
Reader Views Literary Awards
Romance Writers of America Awards & Contests Links
Rubery Book Award Competition
RULA Ryerson University Library & Archives
Room Magazine Fiction & Poetry Contests
Scotiabank Giller Prize
Shelf Media Group Best Indie/Self-Published Book Competition
Story Monster Dragonfly Book Awards
Sub-Terrain Annual Literary Awards
Taste Canada Awards Culinary Books
TD Canada Canadian Children’s Literature Awards
Understorey Magazine
Vallum Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Award
Walrus Amazon Canada First Novel Award
Windsor Review
Writer’s Digest Self-Published Ebook Awards
Writer’s Trust of Canada Awards
Writers Union of Canada Self-Published Awards
Mar 23, 2018 | Interviews
Author Spotlight interviewed me recently, and what a bunch of wonderful and professional people they are. Thank you Author Spotlight for the opportunity to chat with you about my book, ‘Cocooning The Butterfly’. You can read the entire interview HERE.
Mar 14, 2018 | Author Resources, Canadian Traditional SelfPublishing Hybrid Publishers
Just some of the Publishing Firms I’ve found so far, and most are Canadian based – the majority of which are listed members of the Canadian Publishers Association – however, some may have offices located in other countries. Finding the right method of publishing, or publisher, is like finding a needle in a haystack. Be aware! Not all traditional publishers are the same, and they all have their own methods and procedures for manuscript submissions. I personally, chose to publish with a ‘hybrid’ publisher – Book Baby – because I wanted the control, ownership, and rights to my work, but I also wanted the best royalties available, as well as a distribution channel that reached the world. I got all of that, in one easy to use control dashboard, where I can do anything and everything an author would want or need to do to publish, promote, market, sell, advertise and offer discounts or coupons. I wish you all the best on your journey.
Flanker Press
University of Alberta Press
Formac Publishers
ARP Books
Boulder Publications
Essence Publishing
Signature Editions
Orca Books Canada
Coteau Books
McGraw Hill Educational
Talon Books
Dunburn Publishing
Great Plains Publishing
ECW Press
Breakwater Books
Palimpsest Press
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Brick Books
Book Thug Publishing
Invisible Publishing
Mansfield Press
TouchWood Editions
Arsenal Pulp Press
Ryland Peters & Small
Nimbus Publishing
Caitlin Press Inc
NeWest Press
Second Story Press
Guernica Editions
Douglas & McIntyre
The Porcupine’s Quill
House of Anansi
Heritage House Publishing
Goose Lane Publishing
Anvil Press
Hancock House Publishers
New Star Books
Playwrights Canada Press
Tradewind Books
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pemmican Publications
Thistledown Press
Harper Collins Canada
Between The Lines Publishing
Inanna Publications
Barlow Books
Penguin Random House Canada
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishers
Cormorant Books
Turnstone Press
Coach House Books
Mar 9, 2018 | Free & Paid Video Footage Resources
Like books, music, paintings, and photographs, video also falls into the public domain and/or copyright protection. Please be sure to check and double-check that you have the appropriate license and usage rights prior to downloading and/or using any video for any of your projects. This list will continue to expand as I find more websites offering free & paid video, so please check back often. If you know of a great website, please let me know.
Public Domain Review
YouTube & Creative Commons
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia Sound Files
Choral Public Domain Library
Vimeo Creative Commons
Archive.org/Video
Archives.org/prelinger
Videezy
Videvo & Videvo’s Stock Footage
Coverr
Pexels Videos
NASA (SoundCloud) & Usage Guide
National Park Services
Mar 9, 2018 | Free & Paid Images
A time-consuming thing it can be to find the right images for a project, whether that project is a book cover, poster, banner, or a social media header. This list will expand with time, as I locate more of these websites, so come back often. Please note that some of these websites may ask you to create an account, and it is probably a good thing that you do. Read through their Licensing Terms & Conditions to be sure that you have the right to use, manipulate, and/or transform any image prior to downloading and using them. Do the CYA and stay legal – you’ll save yourself a world of stress if you do. Best of luck to you in your projects.
Deviant Art
Jeshoots
Yale Art Gallery
WDRFree
Travel Coffee Book – Some of the images appearing throughout this website were acquired through the generosity of TravelCoffeeBook.com under Creative Commons License.
Gratisography
StokPic
NOAA Photo Library
Picography
Death To The Stock Photo
UnSplash
GoodFree Photos
US Agriculture Image Gallery
Pexels – Some of the images appearing throughout this website were acquired through the generosity of Pexels.com under Creative Commons License.
New York Public Library
PixABay
Public Domain Archive
FFCU – Free For Commercial Use
StockSnap
MorgueFile
National Gallery of Art
Europeana Collections
