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Here is the editorial calendar of the Gifted Hands Writing Newsletter for 2009. Deadlines are two months or sixty days prior to publication. Eg: The deadline for the February 2009 issue will be November 1, 2008.

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                    Editorial Calendar of

Gifted Hands Writing www.giftedhandswriting.com

 

Month

Topics Covered in the Issue

January 2009: Travel Writing and Travel Photography

  • Earning a living as a travel writer

  • Where to sell your travel articles

  • 50+ Travel Writing Websites that Want Your Articles

  • Travel Writing Myths

February 2009: Publishing Your First Book

  • Steps for publishing your first book 

  • Writer’s Market: Your friendly guide to book publishing

  • Writing contests for 2009

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

March 2009: Financial Aid for College

  • How to win aid for college and get a free education

  • Writing tips for the college essay

  • 40+ great websites for college financial aid

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

April 2009: In-Flight Magazines

  • A writer’s guide to in-flight magazines

  • 7 ways to get a hold of in-flight magazines

  • 20+ in flight magazines that will pay generously for your articles

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

May 2009: Book Festivals

  • How book festivals can boost your writing career

  • Become a panelist at a book festival

  • 40+ book festivals that will take your career to the next level

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events coming up that you can write about and photograph

June 2009: The Art of Grant Seeking

  • Learn to write persuasive grant proposals

  • Reviewing Preethi Burkholder’s book, Start your own Grant Writing Business, (Entrepreneur Publishers, 2008)

  • 30+ great grant seeking websites

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

July 2009: Winter writing

  • The winter writer: 10  winter topics that can bring you big $$$

  • 20 magazines waiting to hear about your winter articles

  • Writing contests with a December 2009 deadline

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

August 2009: Writing about the War Zone

  • Should writers avoid covering war-torn territories?

  • Can you handle being a war photographer or a war writer?

  • U.S. Department of State Travel Warning Listings

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

September 2009: Build your own Online Writing Website

  • Start your own online writing website

  • Sell your photos online

  • 10 places that teach you all you need to know about creating your own website

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

October 2009: Search Engine Optimization for Writers

  • Why every online writer should work closely with search engine optimization (SEO)

  • Search engine optimization (SEO) techniques

  • 10 places that teach you all you need to know about SEO

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

November 2009:
Emergency Grants for Writers and Photographers

  • When disaster strikes your personal life, and you need money…

  • A writer’s guide to winning emergency grants

  • 20+ funders awarding emergency grants for writers to cover living, medical, and housing expenses

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write and photograph

December 2009: New Beginnings – Fire your Boss and Start your own Company

  • How to start your own writing business

  • 15 tips for marketing your writing company

  • 10 Places that offer start-up seed money

  • Trot the Globe: Cool world events to write about and photograph