Young Writers Seminar and a submission!

Righto! The first is on All In! Young Writers Seminar co-organized by the National Book Development Council of Singapore, The Arts House and NUS Literary Society! The second is a submission for science-fiction/fantasy with an Eastern overtone!

Here we go:

All In! Young Writers Seminar

TARGET AUDIENCE
Students from junior college, polytechnic and university.

WHAT YOU’LL GET
This seminar will provide an insight into:

  • How the Internet and web technologies have evolved and are evolving
  • How has the traditional publishing value chain been affected by IT and the new media
  • Writing in the larger context of Digital Media
  • How to keep up to date with new developments
  • Future trends like e-books, e-readers, interactive and multimedia content
  • Responsible blogging

Date: 20 Feb 2010 (Sat)

Time: 9.30am to 6.00pm

Location:The Arts House

Admission fees: FREE! (registration is needed though)

To register:
1. Register online by visiting www.bookcouncil.sg
2. Complete the registration form and fax it to (65) 6742 9466
(Please download details and registration form
HERE)

For enquiries:

Tel: (65) 6848 8290

Okay, that’s for the seminar, isn’t it lovely that it’s free? Remember to register if you wanna go for it!

Submissions to Crossed Genres! That’s a science fiction/fantasy magazine by the way. You can find more details here. The one at the moment is for Steampunk but the deadline in March wants Eastern! The short details, you can try out for any of the upcoming genres they are but I’m publicizing the Eastern one cause heh, they’d want more a more Asian perspective for that issue.

Theme: Eastern (sci-fi/fantasy)

Submission deadline: March 2010

Publication comes out: May 2010

SUBMISSIONS: Can be of ART/Short Stories/Articles

The legalese: If your submission is selected, Crossed Genres takes Exclusive World Electronic rights and Exclusive World Print rights for a period of 12 months. We also claim non-exclusive anthology rights for a period of 24 months.

Compensation: Fiction, articles and inside art that are accepted for publication will receive a flat payment of $10 USD; accepted cover art will receive $25. Contributors will also receive a free copy of the PDF and/or PRC editions of the issue. Contributors will be given the option to purchase copies of the magazine at 25% off list price.

More exact details on how/what you can submit in which format can be found here.

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