Write Advice Books for Teen Girls

I'm drooling here. This looks like such a cool opportunity and I am oh so tempted. Orange Avenue books is a packager that spun off to form Zest books where they've produced titles such as Dumped, Decoding Mom, Jeneology and so on. It's advice with a humorous bent aimed at teen girls. I wish books like this had been around when I was growing up. Mom is still an enigma (ahem-cough) years later.

Here's your chance to write an advice book for teens. Details below:

Freelance Writers
Publication or Company: Orange Avenue Publishing/Zest Books
Industry: Book Publishing, Magazine Publishing, Teen Publications
Salary: Freelance
Benefits: Flexible Hours
Job Duration: Freelance (Other)
Job Location: San Francisco, CA USA
Job Requirements: Orange Avenue, an independent publisher in San Francisco, is looking for a few great writers for the second season of our new line of teen books. We are looking for sharp, funny, and in-the-know writers -- preferably columnists or writers who can write advice-oriented books.

Our books are honest, shoot-from-the-hip, often witty and sarcastic, and always current; they are in mostly small formats, and are filled with great illustrations and design. They address topics like relationships, school, parental woes, fashion, living in dysfucntional families, teen bullying, getting organized, peer pressure, not fitting in, beauty, partying, and basically all things teen. They are really cool books.

We are looking for writers from all over the country. We are most interested in experienced teen-audience magazine writers who have not yet written a book, but we will also consider those who have a published book under their belts. We have some specific titles that we need writers for, and we are looking for new book ideas, as well.
About Our Company See our website: www.orangeavenue.com
Contact Ms.Karen Macklin
Email Address karen@orangeavenue.com
Address 35 Stillman Street, Suite 121
San Francisco, CA 94115 USA
Special Instructions Please send your cover letter and resume, along with 3-5 smart, modern, sassy clips (preferably written for a teen audience) to:

Karen Macklin
35 Stillman Street
Suite 121
San Francisco, CA 94115

OR

karen@orangeavenue.com

YA Publishers Call for Submissions

I came across two calls for submissions for YA manuscripts. I can't provide any information about either publisher. If you are interested, I suggest you do some research and ask around to make sure they worth submitting your work to. And if anyone does have personal experience or other knowledge of either publisher, please drop a comment and give us the scoop.

Pateley Books
Have you written a novel for young adults (ages 12-18)? New area publishing company, Pateley Books, is on the look out for talent. We are particularly interested in edgy literary fiction for older teens. Email brief cover letter and three chapters to E-mail cover letter and three chapters to pateleybooks@gmail.com. PLEASE NOTE, submissions without BOTH cover letter and attachments will not be acknowledged. At this time, we are only looking for manuscripts for the young adult market and cannot consider books for other audiences. Please allow several weeks for response.

UPDATE (3/22/07) There is a discussion taking place on Pateley Books here. Apparently not a lot is known about this publisher, so please proceed with caution. If you do hear of any information that you can share, leave it in the comments. Thank you.

Amira Press
Amira Press, LLC is calling for submissions in fiction - contemporary, fantasy, romance, sci-fi/futuristic, vampire/werewolf, young adult, you name it. Check out our website at www.amirapress.com and review the submissions page.

We are particularly looking for works at least 40,000 words in length to publish in print. There are no fees to the author at all. If you feel your manuscript fits what we're looking for, submit. You can only succeed if you try.

Write a Story for Children about Handling Money

Here's another contest that has no entry fee and a $1000 prize for the winner (sort of). All you have to do is write a story that teaches children a lesson about money. Best of all it's open to kids as well as adults.


ADVENTURES IN SAVING
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NO ENTRY FEE
Write a Children's Tale for Your Chance to be Published and Win $1,000!
ING DIRECT wants you to help us inspire children about the importance
of responsible money management. Create a fictional story that teaches
a basic money lesson to young kids. If your tale is a grand-prize
winner, you'll win a $1,000 Orange Savings Account from ING DIRECT
and get your story illustrated and published! For more information
and to apply online, visit www.adventuresinsavings.com. There is no
entry fee, and no purchases of any kind required to enter and win.
Contest deadline is June 30, 2007. The contest is open to everyone
over the age of 6. Children under the age of 18 will need parental
consent to participate.

Teach a Young Adult Novelist Online Course

I came across this ad in Media Bistro. For any YA authors and writers out there, have you ever thought about teaching an online writing course on the subject? For more information, click on the link below.

YA online instructor

You may be required to register before viewing the ad. Good luck.

More Children's Magazine Markets

Here are some more markets. These are magazines aimed at children. Remember to read over the guidelines carefully to see what the editors are looking for in a submission. Always follow the guidelines as they are posted. The easiest way to have your submission rejected is by not following the rules.

CRINKLES

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Crinkles is a magazine for children ages 7 to 12 designed to
stimulate a child's curiosity about people, places, things
and events—both real and imaginary. Each issue features over
a dozen articles with hands-on activities such as paper action
figures, flip books, bookmarks, puppets, word puzzles and fold-
up models. Buys work-for-hire rights for $150 and up.

For more information click here.

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FLW OUTDOORS FOR KIDS
30 Gamble Lane, Benton, KY 42025
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Children’s pullout published in each issue of FLW Outdoors
Magazine for adults. Seeks original short stories – fiction
and nonfiction – of 500 words about fishing, especially bass
fishing, for readers 7-9. Send queries. Pays $200 upon acceptance.

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LIBRARY SPARKS
click here
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LibrarySparks Magazine is an indispensable resource bursting
with fun and engaging programming ideas for today’s elementary
school and children’s librarian. The pages of the magazine are
brimming with practical, ready-to-use lessons and activities
that are written by readers just like you. In addition, each
issue centers on a theme to help keep your programming fresh
and inspired. Pays $250-300 per article.

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YOUNG RIDER

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We sometimes buy 800-1,000 word “horsey interest” type stories.
Stories or events that will interest kids ALL over the country
that the editor is not able to cover personally. We need 4 to 5
good color pictures with stories like this. The pictures must be
color and tack sharp. The pay is about $200 for those types of
stories. We do buy short stories (approximately 800-1,000 words)
for about $150. They have to be “realistic” stories and not too
sugary sweet. We only use 4 to 5 of these a year. We get a great
deal of “children overcoming the odds to win things or struggling
to buy or get a horse of their own” so we don’t encourage these
types of stories. We would prefer funny stories, with a bit of
conflict, which will appeal to the 13-year-old age group. They
should be written in the third person, and about kids. The story
should have a definite plot, some sort of conflict (humorous,
serious or not-so-serious) and a resolution. No “childhood
memories” please. Click here for more information.