The most trusted guide to getting published, fully revised and updated

Want to get published and paid for your writing? Let Writer's Market, 100th edition guide you through the process. It's the ultimate reference with thousands of publishing opportunities for writers, listings for book publishers, consumer and trade magazines, contests and awards, and literary agents--as well as new playwriting and screenwriting sections, along with contact and submission information.

Beyond the listings, you'll find articles devoted to the business and promotion of writing. Discover 20 literary agents actively seeking writers and their writing, how to develop an author brand, and overlooked funds for writers. This 100th edition also includes the ever-popular pay-rate chart and book publisher subject index.

You'll gain access to:

Thousands of updated listings for book publishers, magazines, contests, and literary agents

Articles devoted to the business and promotion of writing

A newly revised How Much Should I Charge? pay rate chart

Sample query letters for fiction and nonfiction

Lists of professional writing organizations

Mammography Centers Directory: a guide to 8,900+ mammography facilities, including name, address, phone & fax numbers. Directory is divided into 2 sections: geographical & alphabetical. Geographical main section: mammography centers arranged by state & city. Alphabetical index: when only mammography center name is known & not exact location.

If you want to get published, read this book!

Jeff Herman's Guide unmasks nonsense, clears confusion, and unlocks secret doorways to success for new and veteran writers! This highly respected resource is used by publishing insiders everywhere and has been read by millions all over the world. Countless writers have turned to this book to figure out how to decipher the hidden codes to getting published. It reveals:

- tools to discern and exploit the rapidly changing publishing environment
- the crucial differences between independent houses and the Big 5 publishers
- hard truths about self-publishing
- names, interests, and contact information of hundreds of agents and editors
- how writers unwittingly disqualify themselves from the consideration they deserve, and how to optimize chances with agents
- critical thinking skills for outside-the-box publishing strategies
- the nuts and bolts of superior query letters and proposals
- how to spot and avoid ever-more-prevalent scams
- the value of book doctors and when to consider hiring them
- what to do -- and not do -- once you've got an editor or publisher interested

Herman's book remains the go-to guide for everything anyone ever wanted to know about book publishing.

Comprehensive index lists dozens of subjects and categories to help you find the perfect publisher or agent.

The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary Agent, fully revised and updated

No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent to get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. Guide to Literary Agents 30th edition is your go-to resource for finding that literary agent and earning a contract from a reputable publisher. Along with listing information for more than 1,000 agents who represent writers and their books, the 30th edition of GLA includes:

Hundreds of updated listings for literary agents and writing conferences

Informative articles on crafting effective queries, synopses, and book proposals (and the agent query tracker)

Plus, a 30-Day Platform Challenge to help writers build their writing platforms

Includes 20 literary agents actively seeking writers and their writing

The Most Trusted Guide to Publishing Poetry, fully revised and updated

Want to get your poetry published? There's no better tool for making it happen than Poet's Market, which includes hundreds of publishing opportunities specifically for poets, including listings for book and chapbook publishers, print and online poetry publications, contests, and more. These listings include contact information, submission preferences, insider tips on what specific editors want, and--when offered--payment information.

In addition to the completely updated listings, the 34th edition of Poet's Market offers:

Hundreds of updated listings for poetry-related book publishers, publications, contests, and more

Insider tips on what specific editors want and how to submit poetry

Articles devoted to the craft and business of poetry, including how to track poetry submissions, perform poetry, and find more readers

77 poetic forms, including guidelines for writing them

101 poetry prompts to inspire new poetry

7TH EDITION...

America's ONLY comprehensive, up-to-date print resource of non-profit organizations specifically for prisoners. Over 500+ Listings. All new entries and sections, Registry of Motor Vehicles by state, Social Security by state, Obtaining Birth Certificates by State Internal Revenue Service by state and region, Immigration by state, and U.S. Congress by state and district. Legal, Newsletters, Educational, Medical, Reentry & Jobs, Family & Children, Free Books, LGBTQ Resources, and more. New sections, Registry of Motor Vehicles by state, Social Security by state, Internal Revenue Service by state and region, Immigration by state Veterans Affairs by State and U.S. Congress by state and district, SNAP by state, Salvation Army by territory, American Red Cross by state, Jobs for Felons by company. The book acts as a handbook and guide listing organizations with information and descriptions of what each one offers. The best part is the book is cross-indexed by states, names of organizations, and subjects so you can find what you want fast. New 7th Edition has hundreds of more contacts and over 500+ listings! Organizations are listed by state and services. Bonus: 100 Best Organizations en Español.

The best resource for getting your fiction published, fully revised and updated

Novel & Short Story Writer's Market is the go-to resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 40th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes contact information, submission guidelines, and other essential tips.

This edition of Novel & Short Story Writer's Market also offers

Hundreds of updated listings for fiction-related book publishers, magazines, contests, literary agents, and more

Interviews with bestselling authors Celeste Ng, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Beverly Jenkins, and Chris Bohjalian

A detailed look at how to choose the best title for your fiction writing

Articles on tips for manuscript revision, using out-of-character behavior to add layers of intrigue to your story, and writing satisfying, compelling endings

Advice on working with your editor, keeping track of your submissions, and diversity in fiction

The Most Trusted Guide to the World of Children's Publishing, fully revised and updated

The 33rd edition of Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market is the definitive and trusted guide for anyone who seeks to write or illustrate for kids and young adults. If you're a writer or an illustrator for young readers and your goal is to get published, CWIM is the resource you need.

In this book, you'll find more than 500 listings for children's book markets, including publishers, literary agents, magazines, contests, and more. These listings include a point of contact, how to properly submit your work, and what categories each market accepts.

This edition also features:

500+ listings for children's markets, including book publishers, literary agents, magazines, contests, and more

Interviews with bestselling authors, including Cassandra Clare, N.K. Jemisin, Jacqueline Woodson, Leigh Bardugo, and more

Craft articles on topics ranging from P.O.V., mocking-up picture books, and including diverse characters

Business articles on topics such as making the most of your platform, tracking submissions, and maximizing the time + energy you have to write, and much more

America's largest, most trusted, and up-to-date resource for inmate services! Inmate Shopper was created to assist those within the prison system by monitoring businesses that service them. Inmate Shopper is an in-print, softcover book, published annually with split-year dates, that offers inmates a safer way to shop and access business information all in one place. The editors have researched and continue to monitor over 300 businesses listed in Inmate Shopper for more than the past six years. Inmate Shopper informs its readers about established and newer companies and offers information and resources. Only Inmate Shopper lists a wide variety of categories, such as pen pal listings, personal assistants, gift boutiques, book and magazine sellers, education resources, and many businesses that want to send you, their catalogs. Companies are listed in Inmate Shopper alphabetically by business name in the directory and additionally listed by category of services in the index. The information about each company can include contact info, details on services, cost of catalogs, payment methods, whether or not a SASE is required, an Inmate Shopper review, and a rating of the company. Businesses Rated 10 receive the Inmate Shopper stamp of approval, so you know which companies are the best to shop with. Every issue of Inmate Shopper contains sections such as Special Features, Segments from the Arts (writers, poetry, art, and music), LGBTQ Prison Living, Criminal Justice News, Reentry, Veterans, Pen Pals, Entertainment, Articles from Guest Writers and the National Sports Schedules. Every issue of Inmate Shopper has hours of reading entertainment and contains hundreds of up-to-date resources on dependable businesses that service inmates. Censored version is also available.

Recently nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, The Green Green Book, is a must-have for your library! From historic family farms passed down through generations to innovative urban gardening initiatives, from bustling farmers markets to sprawling vineyards and orchards, this groundbreaking guide highlights the breadth and depth of Black agricultural heritage, innovation and excellence. The Green Green Book provides an opportunity to support Black farmers, ranchers, beekeepers, foragers, homesteaders and others by visiting them to observe how they do what they do and purchase fresh farm-to-table goods. However, The Green Green Book is more than just a travel guide to visit these bountiful places - it is a celebration of culture, community, and connection which includes original passionate poetry, and historical accounts with images and testimonies. Also included is a national directory of Black agricultural organizations, steps in applying for a farm number, lists of various grants and more.

With The Green Green Book, we pay homage to both Victor Hugo Green and his groundbreaking, humanitarian vision, and we simply say, Thank you for The Negro Motorist Green-Book (aka The Green Book) which became a comprehensive safety manual by providing a directory of Black-friendly businesses during a time of heightened, legalized racial profiling and violence. The Green Green Book is a definite MUST HAVE for every human wanting to share in this journey!

The 2024 edition of firstwriter.com's annual directory for writers is the perfect book for anyone searching for literary agents, book publishers, or magazines. It contains over 1,500 listings, including revised and updated listings from the 2023 edition, and 400 brand new entries.

Finding the information you need is now quicker and easier than ever before, with multiple tables and a detailed index, and unique paragraph numbers to help you get to the listings you're looking for.

The variety of tables helps you navigate the listings in different ways, and includes a Table of Authors, which lists over 5,000 authors and tells you who represents them, or who publishes them, or both.

The number of genres in the index has expanded to over 900. So, for example, while there was only one option for Romance in previous editions, you can now narrow this down to Historical Romance, Fantasy Romance, Supernatural / Paranormal Romance, Contemporary Romance, Diverse Romance, Erotic Romance, Feminist Romance, Christian Romance, or even Amish Romance.

The new edition includes:

- Over 650 literary agents and agencies;

- Over 450 magazines; and

- Over 600 publishers that don't charge fees.

International markets become more accessible than ever, with listings that cover both the main publishing centres of New York and London, as well as markets in other English speaking countries. With more and more agents, publishers, and magazines accepting submissions online, this international outlook is now more important than ever.

There are no adverts, no advertorials, and no obscure listings padding out hundreds of pages. By including only what's important to writers - contact details for literary agents, publishers, and magazines - this directory is able to provide more listings than its competitors, at a lower price.

The book also allows you to create a subscription to the firstwriter.com website for free until 2025. This means you can get free access to the firstwriter.com website, where you can find even more listings, and also benefit from other features such as advanced searches, daily email updates, feedback from users about the markets featured, saved searches, competitions listings, searchable personal notes, and more.

I know firsthand how lonely and dispiriting trying to find an agent and publisher can be. So it's great to find a resource like firstwriter.com that provides contacts, advice and encouragement to aspiring writers. I've been recommending it for years now!

Robin Wade; literary agent at the Wade & Doherty Literary Agency Ltd, and long-term firstwriter.com subscriber

Volume 2 covers Digraphs, Trigraphs, VCE, Vowel Teams, Open Vowels, Sounds of Y, and Compound Words. Never search for a word again Lesson planning will be so easy when you can look up any word with these amazing word lists. Letter teams are listed for each word, so you know immediately if its a fair word for your students. Templates make it easy to create matrixes, blending charts, games, and more. This dictionary works with any curriculum or program. The Orton-Gillingham Word List Dictionary Volume 2 provides you with word lists for digraphs, trigraphs, vowel teams, VCE, one-syllable open vowels, sounds of Y, and compound words, including inflectional forms with -s, -es, 's, -ing, -ed, -er/-ar/-or, and -est. Each letter or letter team is accompanied by rules and tips for usage, such as when to use ck and when to use k, why words end with double letters, which letter teams are voiced or unvoiced, which blends are used both at the beginning and end of words, and more Everything you need to teach or tutor students in any Orton-Gillingham program will be at your fingertips.

This is the 2024 Edition of the PRG (The 2025 Edition is available now), Updated extensively for 2024, this book is a comprehensive listing of institutions, organizations, and programs designed to help prisoners in almost every conceivable way. With well over 1,500 prison-centric organizations, your loved one will find the resources they need for their particular situation and disposition.

Started in 2010, the author of the PRG has been collecting this material for 14 years. It is divided into two parts with multiple categories in each that are clearly marked on every page, with cross references at the end of most sections.

Part One is designed for those just beginning or in the middle of their sentence. Learning and Living Within the Fence is divided into 14 chapters: Academic and Vocational; Publishers and Distributors; Personal Health and Nutrition; Writers and Artists; Family and Friends; Pen Pals, Ad Sheets and Big Mail; Prisoner Support; Ethnic Groups; Legal Information and Education; Youth and Juvenile Offenders; Products, Gifts, and Services; GLBT; Religious Resources; and Women Prisoners

Part Two is designed for those in the final phases of their sentence. Preparing to Go Beyond the Fence is divided in 9 chapters: Prerelease, Parole, and Reentry; Important Documents; Housing; Employment; Addiction Treatment; Government Assistance; Veterans; Mental Health and Victim Support; and State Resources

Part Three is based on the author's eighteen years of incarceration and what he learned. Closing Advice will give your loved one some solid recommendation from a man who turned his life completely around, sitting right where they are today.

If someone you love has found themselves behind bars this book is a vital resource in getting them back on the right track.

Songwriter's Market is the go-to source for songwriters and performing artists who seek career advice and up-to-date information for placing their songs with music publishers, discovering record companies or producers, securing representation with a manager, and much more. With insights from a variety of industry experts and both career and up-and-coming songwriters, this edition features the firsthand and insider knowledge songwriters need to launch their career.

You gain access to:

- Interviews with veterans like Phil Cody, Chip Taylor, and Marc Jordan and rising stars like Simon Wilcox, Francesco Yates, and the Grammy-nominated Erik Blu2th Griggs.
- Articles on breaking into Nashville, using Twitter to market yourself as a songwriter, and crowdfunding.
- Hundreds of songwriting-placement opportunities.
- Listings for songwriting organizations, conferences, workshops, retreats, colonies, contests, venues, and grant sources.
+ Includes exclusive access to the video Pat Pattison Masterclass: Rhythm and Form

Songwriter's Market is the indispensable tool you need to build your songwriting career. From the secrets of hit songwriting craft to an unequaled collection of pitching resources for your final recordings, this book delivers it all. --Robin Frederick, writer and producer of more than 500 songs for television, records, and audio products, and author of top-selling songwriting books

This directory covers in its 24th edition about 60,000 members of academic staff holding the title of Professor at German universities. Details provided include name, title, position held, address(es), contact details as well as the field(s) of activity. The index lists academics alphabetically according to fields of activity.

The ebookPLUS format facilitates complex searches.

Pacific Northwest High Technology Directory provides up-to-date information on the top high technology companies throughout the Pacific Northwest region (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alberta & British Columbia).

Listings are arranged alphabetically within each state/province, and each state/province section includes a city index, NAICS index, employee number index, and new company index.

Censored Edition has no pen pal content, no sexy non nude photos.

America's largest, most trusted, and up-to-date resource for inmate services! Inmate Shopper was created to assist those within the prison system by monitoring businesses that service them. Inmate Shopper is an in-print, softcover book, published annually with split-year dates, that offers inmates a safer way to shop and access business information all in one place. The editors have researched and continue to monitor over 300 businesses listed in Inmate Shopper for more than the past six years. Inmate Shopper informs its readers about established and newer companies and offers information and resources. Only Inmate Shopper lists a wide variety of categories, such as pen pal listings, personal assistants, gift boutiques, book and magazine sellers, education resources, and many businesses that want to send you, their catalogs. Companies are listed in Inmate Shopper alphabetically by business name in the directory and additionally listed by category of services in the index. The information about each company can include contact info, details on services, cost of catalogs, payment methods, whether or not a SASE is required, an Inmate Shopper review, and a rating of the company. Businesses Rated 10 receive the Inmate Shopper stamp of approval, so you know which companies are the best to shop with. Every issue of Inmate Shopper contains sections such as Special Feature, Segments from the Arts (writers, poetry, art, and music), LGBTQ Prison Living, Criminal Justice News, Reentry, Veterans, Pen Pals, Entertainment, Articles from Guest Writers and the National Sports Schedules. Every issue of Inmate Shopper has hours of reading entertainment and contains hundreds of up-to-date resources on dependable businesses that service inmates. Regular Edition is also available.