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Gifted Hands Writing welcomes articles by contributors from all over the world. Submissions must be made in English, via e-mail. Hard copies sent via regular mail are not considered for publication. If an article is accepted, we will let you know within one month. The general length of an article should be 1500 - 2000 words. Accepted articles will be published on theGifted Hands Writing website. Byline is given.

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At this time, Gifted Hands Writing does not pay for accepted articles. However, if your piece is selected for publication, you qualify for a free gift. Note: The free giveaway is only for writers in the continental U.S. and not overseas. Overseas writers outside the U.S.A. will get recognition on our website and will get a byline. You can use publications on our site as a springboard to advance your writing career.

Here is the editorial calendar of the Gifted Hands Writing Newsletter for 2009. Deadlines are 60 days prior to that month's issue:


Month

 

Topics Covered in the Issue

January2009: 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
  • Myths about Travel Writing

February 2009: Publishing Your First Book
  • Steps for publishing your first book 
  • Writer’s Market: Your friendly guide to book publishing
  • Finding an Appropriate Publisher for Your Book/s

March 2009: Financial Aid for College
  • How to win aid for college and get a free education
  • Writing Knockout College Essays
  • 30+ great websites to ask for college financial aid

April 2009: Writing for In-Flight Magazines
  • Make money writing to in-flight magazines
  • 7 ways to get a hold of in-flight magazines
  • Contact information of in flight magazines that will pay generously for your articles

May 2009: A Writer's Guide to Book Festivals and Writing Conferences
  • 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

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

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

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

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

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 to start your own writing company