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In today’s installment of Things You Should Know As A Writer, we bring you a talk by Chip Kidd, Graphic Designer at Alfred A. Knopf and responsible for book covers like Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. Brought to you by the fantastic TED series of talks, we hope you enjoy it. 
Our fantastic friends at banQuetpress are searching for stories and artwork for their Men’s and Women’s 2013 Anthologies. They’re also looking for cover art. banQuetpress is Australia’s only dedicated queer publishing house and if you have a short story, poem or piece of art you’d like to see in print, I highly advise sending them your submissions now. Submissions banQuet 2013: A feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer Women and banQuet 2013: A feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer Men These anthologies showcase a broad variety of innovative, engaging quality writings and art by emerging and established queer writers/artists/photgraphers about GLBTIQ sex and sexualities. Challenge and surprise us. Introduce us to your complex and flawed queer protagonists and antagonists. Take us for a ride on the seamy side of GLBTIQ lives! We’d love to look at writings and images about queers falling in and out of love or bed! banQuetpress is especially interested in works that overtly explore a diverse range of: • sexual expressions/practices • GLBTIQ cultures (from mainstream gay to queer sub-cultures) • gender expression • relationship types • issues of sex/sexuality particular to the GLBTIQ community banQuetpress supports community diversity. Submission Guidelines banQuetpress will only accept original, previously unpublished material. Please do not submit material that is being concurrently considered elsewhere. Maximum of three pieces per author/artist. Submission Deadline: Friday, 18 May 2012 Word Length: up to 3000 words Art / Graphics / Images: one or a few cells/photos/images/photostory Short Fiction Guidelines • Well-crafted, well-written engaging short fiction – short stories, flash-fiction, etc. • A range of genres, erotica preferred for 2013 edition. • Scenarios and themes primarily focussed on LGBTIQ erotica, sexualities. Non-Fiction Guidelines • Well-crafted, well-written and accurately researched short non-fiction, personal reflections. • Ideas, issues and information primarily focussed on LGBTIQ erotica, sexualities. • Reviews and academic essays not accepted. Comic Art / Graphics / Photography Guidelines • One or a few cells/photos, one-page comic strip, photostories • Scenarios, issues and themes primarily focussed on LGBTIQ erotica, sexualities • Material that can be effectively reproduced/published in B/W and/or colour. • Resolution quality at least 300dpi. Style / Formatting Guidelines • Please do not submit your first draft. • Submit a ‘clean’ manuscript – that is, a manuscript that has been edited for accuracy and clarity in communication, as well as proof-read for typos. (Works accepted for publication will undergo a full editing and proof-reading process; however, your submission must demonstrate your professionalism as a writer/artist). • Cover sheet with your legal name (essential), pen name (if applicable), title and word count on it only. • Name must not appear anywhere on manuscript and artwork (only on cover). • MS Word document. • JPEG document for graphics. • Document Filename should include title of the work. • Standard 12 point Arial font. • Double spacing. • No paragraph indents. • No headers/footers. • Use single quotation marks for dialogue. Cover Sheet . . . → Read More: Call for Queer Fiction: banQuetpress 2013 So I’m being a very bad NaNoer. In addition to jumping around to work on other projects (i.e. those with deadlines), I’ve also taken writing time out to organise some blog posts with some fantastic authors with Christmas (or other holiday of your choice) stories being released that would make the ideal Christmas present–along with my new story of course. However, I’ve recently received confirmation that I will be branching out into a new field for me–the field on non-fiction. Want to know more? Check out the details below: True To Myself Genre: Non Fiction / Inspirational Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul (Anthology: Tough Times for Teens) Expected Release Date: 7th February 2012 Synopsis: A look back at the road to happiness, as trod by me. Anything more than this would be a spoiler. Also look out for a more writerly focused article coming out early next year (sorry, no cover art as of yet). Minor Character Generation Tables (Geek) Genre: Non Fiction / Writing tool Publisher: Vignette Press (Geek Mook) Expected Release Date: Early 2012 Synopsis: Sometimes you need a character. Sometimes you need a character right now. Sometimes, you need a character right now and you have no idea how to think one up. Enter the Minor Character Generation Tables. Simply take 2D10 (that’s two ten sided dice for you non-geeks) and start rolling. Who will you create today? Matthew Lang with Kaye Sera I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came along to the launch of my book last night at Hares&Hyenas. If you missed it… well, we packed out the bookshop, had more than a few drinks and had some amazing entertainment from Kaye Sera and the Melbourne Rainbow Band. Massive shout out to them for coming along to perform and support the ALSO Foundation, and to Fei Mok for bringing along three beautiful pieces of art for auction, all of which sold well. I saw quite a number of books being sold, along with at least a few CDs, so hopefully we’ll have a bit of money to give to ALSO. It probably won’t be anywhere near the $500,000 or so that they need, but if we can put a small amount in, that’s a small amount towards fixing their problems. And more importantly, if everybody puts a small amount in, there won’t actually be any problems and the ALSO Foundation will be around for years to come. Anyway, thanks again to everyone who came along, and here’s to the next one…whenever that is! Matt I can’t believe the launch is only three days away, and things are looking good. The print copies of The Secret of Talmor Manor arrived in the warehouse last Friday and should be in Hares&Hyenas shortly–and most importantly, in time for Friday. And I’ve got my hands on a little preview of some of the artwork pieces Fei Mok will be auctioning off in support of the ALSO Foundation, and I thought I’d share them with you here (click the images for a larger view). To Love Life–Poem detail (poetry by Ellen Bass) See you at the launch and remember, all proceeds from the auction will be going directly to the ALSO Foundation, along with a portion of all book and Melbourne Rainbow Band CD sales. Better late than never, and as a kind of anniversary thing, I went to see Hairspray the Musical today (well, technically last night, but whatevs, I’m still really happy and pumped), with my partner and my NaNo friend Mousie. And it was fantastic. Worth the wait, given I was working through the entire summer, and I now want that set. I am seriously in love with the Hairspray set. I want those amazing, amazing screens that they used for animated backgrounds. If you haven’t seen it, go see it. It’s about to head to Sydney, but is around for another three days in Melbourne, and I’m sure it’ll tour Australia eventually, so make sure you catch it. Interestingly, I think Heath Keating from So You Think You Can Dance Australia has joined the cast. Last time I checked he was doing dance shows at ARQ in Sydney for the gay boys. Possibly they did some recasting for the Sydney season. I have to say, after the movie, well, I wish they’d been able to work in ‘Ladies’ Choice’, because it’s an awesome song, but seeing the theatrical version… I now want the Broadway soundtrack, and I can see how the songs fit together on stage. If nothing else, see this show before Trevor Ashley leaves the cast, because he is amazing as Edna Turnblad. We also had NotNaNo drinks which was attended by quite a few people who I haven’t seen since the end of November, and I am so missing them right now. Need to do some more catch ups. Maybe not every week, but every month or so would be nice. Bring on November already, I want more NaNo! In other interesting news, I’ve opened talks with the Melbourne Rainbow Band about having some music available at my book launch. I’m hoping to turn it into a bit of a community fundraiser, possibly for the ALSO Foundation, and I’ve already got one visual artist on board for a charity auction, and hopefully I can get at least one more. I’ll post more once I get some more details nailed down, but that’s going to have to wait until after the weekend…I’ve got the Williamstown Literary Festival to get through first! Fingers crossed it all goes well! banQuet 2012: A feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer Women & banQuet 2012: A feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer Men The anthologies showcase a broad range of innovative, engaging quality writings and art by emerging and established queer writers/artists about LGBTIQ sex and sexualities. Challenge and surprise us. Introduce us to your complex and flawed queer protagonists and antagonists. Take us for a ride on the seamy side of LGBTIQ lives! We’d love to look at writings and art about queers falling in and out of bed or love! banQuetpress supports community diversity. Submission Guidelines banQuetpress will only accept original, previously unpublished material. Please do not submit material that is being concurrently considered elsewhere. Maximum of three pieces per author/artist. Submission Deadline: Friday, 3 June 2011 Word Length: up to 5000 words Art / Graphics / Images: one or a few cells/photos/images Short Fiction Guidelines Well-crafted, well-written engaging short fiction – short stories, flash-fiction, etc. A range of genres, erotica preferred for 2012 edition Scenarios and themes primarily focussed on LGBTIQ lives Non-Fiction Guidelines Well-crafted, well-written and accurately researched short non-fiction Ideas, issues and information primarily focussed on LGBTIQ erotica, sexualities Reviews and academic essays not accepted Comic Art / Graphics / Photography Guidelines Comic art – One or a few cells/photos Scenarios, issues and themes primarily focussed on LGBTIQ erotica, sexualities Material that can be effectively reproduced/published in B/W Resolution quality at least 300dpi Style / Formatting Guideline Submit a “clean” manuscript – that is, a manuscript that has been edited for accuracy and clarity in communication, as well as proof-read for typos. (Works accepted for publication will undergo a full editing and proof-reading process; however, your submission must demonstrate your professionalism as a writer/artist). Cover sheet with your legal name (essential), pen name (if applicable), title and word count on it only Name must not appear anywhere on manuscript and artwork (only on cover) MS Word document JPEG document for graphics Document Filename should include title of the work Standard 12 point Arial font Double spacing Numbered pages Cover Sheet – Author / Artist Details Please include a cover sheet with the following information: Legal name (essential) and pen name (if applicable) Contact details: address, phone, email An author/artist biography paragraph (up to 150 words) A declaration of originality/authenticity (one per submission). For example: ‘My short story [title] is original work produced by me [name] and has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Signed, [type in your name].’ Submission Contact Details / Receipt / Notification Electronic submissions only by email as an attachment to: admin@banquetpress.com Acknowledgement of receipt of your submission will be by email You will be notified by late July concerning the status of your submission Copyright Copyright will remain with you, the author/artist Once the work has been published in banQuet, you are free to reprint it elsewhere Please acknowledge that the work was first published in banQuet in . . . → Read More: banQuet 2012 call for submissions The Secret of Talmor Manor has cover art, and here it is! Credit to Deana C. Jamroz. All going well it should be out very soon, and I can confirm it will be available in Australia, America, the UK and most of Europe, as well as online via Amazon.com. |
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