Pottersfield Press was founded in 1979 and is located at
Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada. Pottersfield specializes in
books about Atlantic Canada but also publishes a wide range of fiction and
nonfiction titles in the areas of history, biography, health, environment
and books about the sea.
Pottersfield
Press is again looking for submissions from writers who can provide a
manuscript of 30,000 to 150,000 words in any
of the following categories: history, memoir, autobiography, biography,
literary journalism, political or social commentary, travel writing or
virtually any existing or new category that uses the nonfiction medium to tell
a story or put forward an idea.
The
First Prize winner will receive a contract for the publication of the winning
book along with a $1500 advance on 10% royalty for all sales. The Second Prize
winner will also see the publication of the book and a $1000 advance on 10%
royalties.
In 2019, first place went to Jennifer M. Smith for her book, Green Ghost, Blue Ocean – a travel memoir of a 40,000 nautical mile adventure spanning 17 years. Many Quick Brown Fox readers will know Jennifer from my Writing Personal Stories and Intensive Creative Writing classes. Green Ghost, Blue Ocean is scheduled to come out in April. You can read more about it and pre-order it if you like here.
Second
place went to Odette Barr for her book, Teaching at the Top of the World – also
coming out April 202o. Details here.
Deadline for the Pottersfield Prize for
Creative Nonfiction is March 31, 2020 Deadline extended to May 31, 2020, but early submissions are encouraged. Details here.
CANSCAIP Writing for Children Competition
The best way of upping your game as a writer,
may be with a weekly class. This spring, a full range of courses is on offer – online – introductory to intensive and including writing kid lit:
Welcome to Creative Writing, April
10 – June 19. No class June 5. Details here.
CANSCAIP {Canadian
Society for Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers} welcomes entries
by unpublished writers.
Four writers will
receive $500 for the winning entry of a Picture Book, Chapter Book,
Middle Grade, or Young Adult; two finalists for each of these
categories will also be selected.
The registration fee for the Writing for Children
Competition is $30 for one entry, $50 for two entries,
$75 for three entries.
All entries receive evaluation comments from the first-round readers. Entries that proceed to second round will get
these additional evaluation comments. Entries that proceed to the longlist will
get evaluations from each member of the jury. Evaluations
are generally a few sentences or a short paragraph.
CANSCAIP sends the winners and finalists to Annick
Press, Kids Can Press, and Scholastic Canada for their consideration, and these entries get
written evaluations from the publishers. Over the years, some of the
Writing for Children Competition winners and finalists have had
their work published.
ELIGIBLE WRITERS
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Captain Monty, by Jennifer Mook-Sang
a memorable finalist in the CANSCAIP contest, published by KidsCan press |
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Unpublished writers: no books
published in any genre, for any age, in any country, and not under
contract for a future book
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Self-published writers with sales
below 200 copies
·
Canadian citizens or permanent
residents over the age of 18
ELIGIBLE ENTRIES
·
Maximum 1,500 words in English
·
Text only; no illustrations (this
applies to all categories, including Picture Book)
·
Chapter Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult:
first chapter plus other chapters/excerpts; submit up to 1,500 words
·
Picture Book: full text will usually
be less than 1,500 words; submit complete story
SELECT A READING AGE CATEGORY
·
When you register an entry, you
select one of these reading age categories. Although your entry may
not exactly fit the parameters, select the option that fits best.
·
PICTURE BOOK (ages 2 to 8):
Picture books are usually less than 1,500 words in total, and are for
children who don't yet read on their own, or are read aloud to the child.
Picture books usually have a few sentences or a short paragraph on each
page.
·
CHAPTER BOOK (ages 7 to 10):
Chapter books have short chapters, and are for readers who are ready to
read on their own.
·
MIDDLE GRADE (ages 9 to
12): Middle grade books have longer chapters, and are for readers who
are ready for more complex stories.
·
YOUNG ADULT (ages 13 and
up): Young adult books can be as long as adult novels, and are for teen
readers who are ready for mature concepts.
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| Southampton Arts Centre School where Brian will be offering 2 workshops this July |
Next Step in Creative Writing, Tuesday afternoons, April 14 – June 23. First
readings emailed April 7. Details here.
Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings, March 25 – June 24. First
readings emailed March 18. Details here.
Intensive
Creative Writing, Friday mornings,
March 27 – June 26. First readings emailed March 20. Details here.
Details of all spring courses here.
See Brian’s full schedule here, including writing workshops,
weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton,
Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton,
Jackson’s Point, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga,
Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Southampton, Sudbury, Toronto,
Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA,
Ontario and beyond.
Navigation tips: Besides checking out the
buttons across the top of the page under the banner and the buttons in the
right-hand column under More Content, always, check out the Labels underneath a
post; they’ll lead you to various distinct collections of postings. If you're
searching for book publishers, click here;
for children’s and YA publishers, click here {and always scroll down}.
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