Chicken Soup for the Dieter's Soul

We want to hear from dieters who changed a lifetime of negatives habits into positive ones and became true partners in their weight-loss success.

Tell us about the joys and pitfalls of achieving and maintaining a healthy weight—for a lifetime. If you tried every diet under the sun, the latest fad, pill and potion before you realized and maintained your goal weight, share your "war stories" with us.

Share your secrets for setting realistic goals, being kind to yourself, avoiding triggers, using the buddy system. We'll explore the tough issues, which are often at the core of most weight problems, such as emotional eating, eating disorders, depression, binging.The success of any diet includes a good attitude, eating nutritious foods and getting enough exercise. Send us your stories about lifestyle, eating habits, good nutrition, exercise. Share your inspiration and positive attitude with fellow dieters on how to cultivate a realistic, healthy body image, celebrate your beauty at any weight, rediscover your sense of personal style.

Successful dieters have a plan and are ready to deal with setbacks when they come along. We'd like to hear what you have to say about tips on great food, portion control, meal frequency, how to cope with cravings, important nutrition facts as you lose weight, hints when eating out, changing your shopping habits. Complete with success stories, anniversaries celebrated and the secrets to a life of good dieting. Let our readers celebrate your achievements and transformations.

For every failure there are ten success stories – and we want to hear yours to inspire and motivate others toward a lifetime of good health. Chicken Soup for the Dieter's Soul - the dieter's best friend; a source of inspiration, motivation, support, humor and success.

CHAPTERS INCLUDE

Mind and Matter * Eating Well * Keeping Fit * No Pain, No Gain What You See is NOT What You Get * Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Back Again Next Week, The New You

Submission Guidelines

Please preface your story with your complete name, address, phone, fax and email contact information and a bio of 50 words maximum, which can include promotional information about your work, other publications, or your company.

Story Length: 500-1300 words Non-fiction, original short stories.

Previously published material is also accepted, if you control the rights. Please provide information on where the story has been published when you submit the piece.

Deadline: June 15, 2006, but don't procrastinate! Writers whose stories are being considered for publication will be contacted by August 15, 2006.

Compensation: Writers of stories accepted for final publication will receive their choice of $200 or fourteen (14) complimentary copies of the book (a $204 retail value), per story published. Contributors of published poems will be paid $50 upon publication.

Phone & Fax: (954) 418-0844

Chicken Soup for the Dieter's Soul
3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach FL 33442

Send stories to: Theresa Peluso, teri@DietersSoul.com , Visit: www.DietersSoul.com

Todays-Woman.net Seeking Writers - Men & Women Welcome

Dear potential member,

Todays-woman.net is a supportive online writing community for both men and women over 18. We are currently accepting articles on advice, writing, Society, how-to articles, tips and hints, Relationship articles, Self Help, Parenting, Opinions, Legal, Humor, Marketing, Family Concerns, art, copyright, Meditation, Political, Education, Career, and motivational articles. We also accept book review submissions to our book review section.

We ask if your article is related to Internet or Computers and Technology that you submit it to our partner website invision-graphics.com.

At this time, we can not pay for articles. We understand as writers the need for payment, and Todays-Woman.net hopes to offer payment in the future. For now we do include your bio/byline, photo and link to your website. Contributing Writers & Columnists also receive free promotion in our newsletter that goes out weekly to 200 + subscribers. In addition, all contributing writers receive front page promotion.

We also have a section where writers can showcase their poetry, short stories, and personal essays. Today's Woman's Writing Community's mission to is bring writers the support and resources that will assist them in reaching their writing goals. You are invited to browse our community at http://www.todays-woman.net .

If you should have any questions about the community, please contact a member of staff through our Feedback form .

Rose DesRochers

History Mag for Kids Seeks Articles on Ancient Near East

Learning Through History magazine is a bi-monthly history publication for readers age 9-16, grades 5 and up.

We are accepting submissions for the Ancient Near East issue until March 30, 2006. Below are just a few of the many topics that would be of interest - we also strongly encourage writers to submit manuscripts on other topic(s) related to the issue theme:

Mesopotamia:
The Fertile Crescent
Ziggurats of the Sumerians
Sumerian Cuneiforms
The Royal Tombs of Ur
Babylonian Astronomy
Advances in Assyrian Warfare
The Siege of Jerusalem

Hittites:
Rise and Fall of the Hittite Empire
The Battle of Kadesh: Hittites vs. Egypt

Hebrews:
The Building of Solomon's Temple
The Babylonian Exile

Phoenicians:
The Phoenician Pantheon
Alphabet of the Phoenicians
Founding of Carthage
Seafaring and Trade Empire

General Topics:
Near Eastern Art
Cedars of Lebanon

Learning Through History pays $60 per non-fiction article and $30 for arts and crafts project plans.

Please see the freelance guidelines section of our website for more details on how to submit to our magazine. Thanks for your interest!

http://www.learningthroughhistory.com/freelance_writers.php

Rose DesRochers

Call for True Love Stories

Romance site is seeking true love stories, romantic moment submissions of all kinds. Wacky, embarrassing, funny. Heart wrenching work. There is no length requirement on true love stories. Tell your true love story as long as you need to and then send it in. You may submit only one story at a time. I am looking for the special moments in between. Romantic dates between couples, blind dates, how we met stories, interracial love stories, and more Pay is $15 per accepted true love story. If you're interested in contributing please visit http://www.romantic-short-love-stories.com

Rose DesRochers

The Imperfect Parent

The Imperfect Parent - The main focus of The Imperfect Parent is to provide a world view from a parent's perspective. Our main criteria are that the writing either makes people think, laugh, or both. Our objective is to get parents to think about social, political and parenting methods in a way that seeks to inform and educate on issues that affect our children and us, as parents. Anecdotal stories are fine, but they need to have a point. You may be sentient of your navel, just don't have a staring contest with it. Submissions should generally fit into these main categories: Features, Parenting Methods, Political/Social Issues, Humor, Book Reviews,


Payment is contingent upon the quality and type of written work submitted. Book reviews pay $10. Anecdotal essays/humor pay $15. Original articles pay $25. Payment for features vary depending on the writer's experience and relationship with The Imperfect Parent, but begins at $50 for an 800 word piece. Checks are disbursed at the end of the same month following publication (i.e., for all items published in March, payment is disbursed on March 31).

Rose DesRochers

Publishers' Catalogues - directory of more than 7700 publishers

World-wide directory of more than 7000 Publishers. Catalogue Home Pages arranged by city, state, country and topic. Includes e-books.www.lights.com/publisher

Rose DesRochers

Seeking Short Fiction and Poetry

ATSOISE, UK http://www.soulengravings.com Address: 17 Emscote Place, Bell Hall, Halifax HX1 3AL, UK. Contact: Gill Marshall, Publisher.

Email: masterengraver@soulengravings.com

Description: An online '... web of dark literature ...' accepting short fiction and poetry. The site will be perpetually evolving and the editors plan to add a new story, poem, or other script approximately every second week. Potential submitters are advised to scan or read works currently online to determine if theirs is appropriate. Will also publish a short bio-paragraph at the foot of accepted pieces, and accepts images to accompany a piece. However, images may be 'edited'. Length: 3,000 words or less for fiction. Multiple poetry submissions accepted. Submissions: Send your scripts by e-mail, as an attached MS Word document, or in included the body of an email. Include the word 'Submission' in the subject line of the e-mail. Submissions may also be sent by post to the address above.

Response: Three weeks. If no response in that time, send a query e-mail with 'Query' in the subject line. Pay: USD20 for fiction and USD10 for prose, payment made by PayPal.

Rights: One time electronic rights for three months display on the web site. Guidelines: http://www.soulengravings.com/submissions.html

Rose DesRochers

Freelance/Contributing Writers, US & Canada

CROSS COUNTRY SKIER, CANADA

P.O. Box 550, Cable, WI 54821, Canada. Tel: 715-798-5500. Fax: 715-798-3599. Contact: Lou Dzierzak, Editor. Email: lou@crosscountryskier.com
Published monthly in October, November, and December and bi-monthly in January and February. Readers are Nordic skiers seeking information about ski trails, resorts, equipment, technique, competition and feature reports about cross country skiing.
Submissions: query first by mail or email.
Pay: paying market.
Response: 6-8 weeks.
Guidelines: http://www.crosscountryskier.com/guidelines.html


CONCEIVE MAGAZINE, USA
Quarterly magazine for any woman contemplating or actively trying to start or expand a family: by natural conception, fertility treatments and assisted reproductive technologies, or adoption. Not a pregnancy or parenting magazine: rather, focused on all aspects of fertility, conception, and adoption. Most of their writers are longtime professionals specializing in women's health coverage.
Submissions: query first by mail. If you are interested in writing assignments for 'conceive', send samples of your published work, a resume or description of your publishing career, and a few story ideas (no completed articles).
Pay: paying market.
Response: several months. Guidelines: http://www.conceivemagazine.com/writersguidelines.asp

Rose DesRochers

Where to Publish

Are you looking for a for traditional, electronic and print-on-demand publisher but don't know where to start. Author Jozette Aaron has compiled a list of publishers at theauthorsdesk.net.

Rose DesRochers

TAPS Para Magazine

TAPS Para Magazine seeks paranormal stories, news reports, features and interesting well written stories from any and all locations on the planet. It is a National magazine founded by members of the TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) and news reporters in SE Mass and Rhode Island. Stories should be in AP style, less than 750 words, well attributed, and sourced.
http://www.tapsparamag.com

Rose DesRochers

Spicy Green Iguana

Spicy Green Iguana, the speculative fiction magazine resource site for writers, readers and artists. Inside, you will find over 534 magazines. http://www.spicygreeniguana.com/

Smart Writers

SmartWriters.com offers professional writers and illustrators a host of resources,including market lists, interviews, book reviews, publisher contacts and more.

Rose DesRochers

Brint Magazine List

Brint Magazine List is a reference list of business journals, print and electronic publications, international newspapers and more. http://www.brint.com/magazine.htm

Freelance: Stitches Magazine/ Canada & US

Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humor is accepting submissions from 20 to 1,000 words and prefer articles to have a medical slant. Pay is 35 cents (Canadian) per word. For submission guidelines, visit the journal's Web site: Stitches

Women Writers Needed for Article Writing Contest: Over $900 in Prizes

Nicole Dean, the Owner of LadyPens, a directory of free content articles written by female authors, celebrates the growth of her directory with an article writing contest.

Nicole Dean – The Lady Pen - announces her article writing contest at http://www.ladypens.com to celebrate the recent grow spurt the site has seen. Prizes will be awarded for every 250th article submitted as well as for most articles submitted on a particular day, creativity, humor, innovative idea, and best sales pitch in an article. More prizes will be announced. Visit ladypens for the latest details.

LadyPens is an article directory geared toward women. All articles are written by women and focus on topics female entrepreneurs and business owners are interested in. The site was launched in October and already over 1000 articles have been accepted into the article directory. This fast growth is what inspired Nicole Dean to reward her authors with over $900 in prizes - ranging from LadyPens logo clothing to Marketing Ebooks to parenting books. Even more prizes will be added in the weeks to come.

LadyPens has been well received in the work at home mom community from the start. “This is an article database site where all of the articles are written by women. I love that! I am pretty partial to women written articles so it’s a great new resource.” writes Kelly McCausey, host of Work at Home Moms Talk Radio.
Alice Seba from aliceseba.com states, “some topics need a woman's touch, so drop by and pick up some content”.

“LadyPens has grown much quicker than I ever imagined it would. The response has been tremendous. We’ve had over 1000 informative and entertaining articles added to our database in only two months. The rapid growth of LadyPens demonstrates once again just how hard-working and talented these online Businesswomen are,” says Dean, “I am hosting this contest to give incentive to women entrepreneurs to try article writing ( or to stretch their article writing efforts ). Not only will they receive visitors to their websites through their article marketing efforts and establish themselves as experts, they’ll also have the chance to win amazing prizes.”

For more information on this contest, the prizes and to read articles by LadyPens members, go to http://www.ladypens.com.



Contact: Nicole Dean
http://www.ladypens.com

Rose DesRochers

Peter's Place Of Freelance Journalism

Peter D.A. Warwick’s is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Canadian Living, Costco Connection, Family Tree, Heritage Travel, Long Weekends, Trains and VIA Destinations. He has compiled a list of American general, business and trade magazines that serve as a useful resource.

http://freepages.writing.rootsweb.com/~petersplace/mags1-1.htm

Rose DesRochers

The Online Resource Guide for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Writers

Specficme Newsletter is an e-mail market newsletter for science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers. They have over 200 hundred markets in every issue. http://www.specficworld.com/sfme.html

Their website http://www.specficworld.com/markets.html also has a short list of pro paying magazine markets for science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers. You may also wish to visit their resource listings, which appears to be a valuable resource for science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.


Rose DesRochers

Markets for Novels

Jenny Hewitt has compiled an alphabetical list of publishers of fiction, all of whom are currently willing to accept unsolicited material.

Markets For Novels - http://www.jbwb.co.uk/novmark.html


Rose DesRochers

Personal Essay Writing Markets

Writing to Heal is an ever-changing list of print and online publications that pay to publish personal essays. http://www.writingtoheal.com/pew/markets.html

Publishers Links

Louie Crew’s website is a valuable resource. He has a compiled a list of poetry publishers who accept email submissions. Be sure to check it out. http://newark.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/pbonline.html

A Basic Guide to Fee Based Print on Demand Publishing Services . This Free e-book by Dehanna Bailee comes highly recommended. It is one of the best resources on fee-based print-on-demand publishing services. If you’re considering pod publishing, be sure to read Dehanna’s book first. http://dehanna.com/database.htm



Canadian Publishers is a detailed list of Canadian publishers brought to you by The AA Independent Press Guide.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dee.rimbaud/0001c.canpub.htm

Rose DesRochers
Founder and Ceo of todays-woman.net