NEW MAGAZINE FOR AUTHORS

 

From the South emerges Southern Writers Magazine, the magazine that promotes authors and highlights their books. A unique forum to share and learn secrets of success. We serve marketing advice, building plat forms, grow network of readers, and expand name recognition. We highlight authors who show you how they became successful.

 

Our promotion for authors goes farther than the magazine. We promote the author’s books in our on-line bookstore, a blog for the author to guest post (which helps to raise ratings) and our Open Mic Nite where the author promotes their book with audio, pictures, bios and events. We promote authors on Facebook and Twitter. Coming this year will be two new avenues where we will promote authors. (Stay tuned)

EDITOR QUOTE

Recently ran across this valuable quote from an editor in response to an inappropriate submission to his magazine: "We like to meet our readers where they are and lift them up, not stand over them and preach down to them."

NY TIMES BEST SELLERS FOR WEEK OF MAY 27

• THE VOW by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson (B&H Publishing) is #2 on the e-Book nonfiction list; #5 on the paperback nonfiction list; #7 on the combined print and e-Book nonfiction list; and #20 on the combined print nonfiction list.
• THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES by Gary Chapman (Northfield) is #2 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
• HEAVEN IS FOR REAL by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson) is #3 on the paperback nonfiction list; #4 on the combined print nonfiction list; #5 on the combined print and e-Book nonfiction list; and #6 on the e-Book nonfiction list.
• ONE THOUSAND GIFTS by Ann Voskamp (Zondervan) is #7 on the hardcover advice & misc. list.
• CRAZY LOVE by Francis Chan with Danae Yankoski (David C. Cook) is #7 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
• RADICAL by David Platt (Multnomah) is #10 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
• THE RESOLUTION FOR WOMEN by Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books) is #12 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
• THE LOVE DARE by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough (B&H Books) is #13 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
• THE HARBINGER by Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine) is #13 on the paperback trade fiction list.
• LET IT GO by T. D. Jakes (Atria) is #13 on the hardcover advice & misc. list.
• THE FIDDLER by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House Publishers) is #29 on the paperback trade fiction list.

 From ECPA's Rush to Press at ecpanews.org/rush

CONTEST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Budding writers 10 to 14 years old can win cash this summer for writing modern-day Jonah stories. Youth are being asked to write wail tales, or exaggerated tales of woe sharing the importance of obedience to God.

"I call them wail tales because the character lands in a whale of trouble for doing the wrong thing," says Cheryl Rogers, publisher of New Christian Books Online Magazine and author of Just Like Jonah Wail Tales, a short story collection aimed at preteen and teens.

The magazine is holding the contest in conjunction with the John 3:16 Marketing Network, a group of Christian authors who have bonded together to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.

First prize is $100 cash and a $50 Walmart gift card, plus free books. Second place is $75 cash, plus a $25 Walmart gift card, and third place is $25 cash plus a John 3:16 Scripture poster and free books.

Youths 9 to 17 can participate as junior judges.

Submissions are open from June 1 to July 15. Download an invitation for youths athttp://www.facebook.com/l/UAQHK06e6AQEv_NHJ4zsdtvMH1pzGIHm1YL-SyZBHoLHGmQ/www.songsfromtheword.com/NewChristianBooks/invitation

REJECTION LETTERS

We at Thebestcolleges.org recently published an article, “20 Famous Rejection Letters We Can All Learn From”, that we think is tailor-made for your readers. Here’s the link: (http://www.thebestcolleges.org/20-famous-rejection-letters-we-can-all-learn-from/) 

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS FOR MAY 21

• HEAVEN IS FOR REAL by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson) is #2 on the paperback nonfiction list; #6 on the combined print and e-Book nonfiction list, and on the combined print nonfiction list; #9 on the e-Book nonfiction list.
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• THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES by Gary Chapman (Northfield) is #2 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
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• ONE THOUSAND GIFTS by Ann Voskamp (Zondervan) is #6 on the hardcover advice & misc. list.
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• CRAZY LOVE by Francis Chan with Danae Yankoski (David C. Cook) is #8 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
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• LET IT GO by T. D. Jakes (Atria) is #8 on the hardcover advice & misc. list.
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• THE VOW by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson (B&H Publishing) is #11 on the paperback nonfiction list; #20 on the e-Book nonfiction list; #34 on the combined print and e-Book nonfiction list.
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• RADICAL by David Platt (Multnomah) is #12 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
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• THE LOVE DARE by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough (B&H Books) is #13 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
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• THE HARBINGER by Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine) is #13 on the paperback trade fiction list.
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• THE RESOLUTION FOR WOMEN by Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books) is #15 on the paperback advice & misc. list.
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• THE FIDDLER by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House Publishers) is #24 on the paperback trade fiction list.
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• SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson)is #31 on the paperback nonfiction list.
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• LOVING by Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan) is #34 on the paperback trade fiction list.

 From ECPA's Rush to Press at ecpanews.org/rush

JORDAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) honored three recipients with the prestigious Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award -- Gary and Carol Johnson, and John R.W. Stott -- for their exceptional contributions in Christian publishing.  The presentations were made at the 2012 ECPA Awards Banquet held April 30 at The Stonegate Conference Centre outside Chicago.  

SCREENWRITING CONFERENCE

Break out your scriptwriting software and get to work, because the 5th Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest with Randall Wallace (Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter, Braveheart, Pearl Harbor, Writer/Director We Were Soldiers, The Man in the Iron Mask) is here!

The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest gives you the unique opportunity to turn this logline into a solid spec screenplay that could be your ticket to Hollywood success, just like last round's winner, Tyler Marceca's with The Disciple Program.

An international competition that facilitates relationships between new writers and Industry leaders looking to help aspirants embark on writing careers, The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest is your key to opening the doors to Hollywood.

Learn how The Disciple Program landed Tyler Marceca a contract with William Morris Endeavor and became the hottest spec script in town!

Do you have what it takes to be the next success story?

Working from this A-list logline from Randall Wallace, you're challenged to create up to the first 15 pages of an original script based on the given concept. Make it your own - drama, action, sci-fi... anywhere your imagination takes you! "A soldier returns from an 18 month deployment and finds that the family home is missing - even the address no longer exists."

But it doesn't stop there. The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest goes much further than your average competition, by providing the top 10 finalists with mentors to guide them through the entire script creation process, with the goal of completing a spec screenplay to be judged by a panel of Hollywood power players.

The lucky winner receives transportation and lush accommodations at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, a classic Industry lunch with Randall Wallace at The Ivy, a meeting withBenderspink, and more.

Fees, Dates and Deadlines:

• Contest Begins: February, 2012
• Submission Fee and Deadline: $50 - May 15, 2012

Ready for your shot at the big time? Visit the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest today to learn more and enter.

BOOK NARRATOR AVAILABLE

My name is David Van Der Molen.  I'm a freelance audio book narrator.  Have you written a book that you would like recorded, then made available on an audio CD or as an MP3 download?  I am willing to record everything from adult fiction and nonfiction to children's books to books on theology.  I charge $60 per completed audio
hour (about 9,300 words).

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like for me to E-mail a short MP3 file to demonstrate my audio narration skills.  I can be reached at dvm975@gmail.com.

 

ATLANTA WRITERS' CONFERENCE

Presents: The I.S.L.A.N.D. Conference II October 5-7, 2012 The Sheraton Gateway Hotel 1900 Sullivan Road Atlanta, GA Inspiration - Motivation - Elevation - Celebration Get "EMPOWERED TO LIVE ON PURPOSE!"  It's the affordable ministry conference that you can't afford to miss. Only $129.00!! Includes a praise party (with live DJ), prayer breakfast, worship luncheon, empowerment workshop, panel discussion, a live concert featuring legendary gospel artists, and more! DON'T DELAY . . . Registrations are already coming in!    To secure your registration, click HERE now.    Vending opportunities available, but tables are very limited. Conference Hotel rate for I.S.L.A.N.D. registrants is only $89 per night for single or double occupancy.  Visit The I.S.L.A.N.D. Conference II for more details.

CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD WINNERS

The 2012 Christian Book Award Winners in each category are:

CHRISTIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

• Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson) 9780849948329 

Category: BIBLES

• ESV Student Study Bible (Crossway) 9781433523045

Category: BIBLE REFERENCE

• Dictionary of Christian Spirituality, Glen G. Scorgie (Zondervan) 9780310290667

Category: CHILDREN

• The Story for Children, A Storybook Bible, Max Lucado, Randy Frazee, and Karen Davis Hill (Zonderkidz) 9780310719755

Category: FICTION

• The Queen, Steven James (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group) 9780800733032

Category: INSPIRATION

• The Law of Happiness, Dr. Henry Cloud (Howard Books) 9781439176993

Category: NEW AUTHOR

• Love Amid the Ashes, Mesu Andrews (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group) 9780800734077

Category: NON-FICTION

• Close Enough to Hear God Breathe, Greg Paul (Thomas Nelson) 9781400203000