The Renegade Writer Blog

Thanks to Justin for pointing out to us that someone at amazon.com has a sense of humor — or is  simply a frustrated freelance writer filled with existential angst.
Check out the page for The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters That Rock. The best quip about the mixup in the comments below will win a signed copy. [...]

I want to give a big thanks to everyone who submitted entries in the ‘Strangest Trade Magazine’ title contest. It was a tough, tough decision to pick a winner. Some of the titles were playful, such as Spudman for people working in the potato industry, and Sheep! for sheep farmers. Miniature Donkey Talk was right [...]

Pat Curry, who teaches our e-course Writing for Trade Magazines, is running a fun contest right here: Post in the Comments section below with the name of the strangest-sounding trade magazine you can find. Pat will pick the best one, and the winner will get free entry into the Premium version of her course that [...]

I’m trying to find out what free teleclass topics and Renegade Writer blog posts would be of most value to you, as well as how I can best get the word out about our offerings such as e-courses and phone mentoring, so I developed a short survey. Please take a few minutes and complete the [...]

North American Travel Journalists Association
18th Annual Awards Competition
Call for Entries
You are cordially invited to submit entries for consideration in the 2009 North American Travel Journalists Awards Competition
Travel writers, photographers, journalists, CVB’s, DMO’s, public relations firms, broadcast, cable, and Internet content providers whose works emphasize and enhance the travel experience and the travel industry are invited [...]

If you attended Monica Bhide’s free teleclass on Breaking into Food Writing, you know Monica is a wonderful coach who is full of who-knew information on writing food pieces that sell and on finding markets for your essays, recipes, articles, and more. Now, Monica is making a special offer: If you sign up for the [...]

In honor of Thanksgiving, Renegade Writer instructor Amy Paturel started a contest: Write an essay on what Thanksgiving means to you and you could win a free pass into her class Essay Writing: How to Find the Story in You — and Sell It, which starts on January 11.
Amy loved reading all your entries, but [...]

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest to win free entry into the Basic versions of my e-course Get Unstuck! for Freelancers and Elaine Grant’s e-course Magazine Writing Basics. The lucky winners are:
Magazine Writing Basics: Jan Adamson
Get Unstuck! for Freelancers: Denise Reynolds
Congratulations, Jan and Denise!
If you didn’t win, please do check out our e-course page [...]

The contests for free entry into the Basic versions of my Get Unstuck! for Freelancers course and Elaine Grant’s Magazine Writing Basics course ends at 12 am on Tuesday, September 8. Details on how to enter are here. Read about the e-courses we’re giving away. Good luck! [lf]

Here are two more contests for you:
1. Elaine Grant is giving away free entry into the Basic version of her e-course Magazine Writing Basics, which starts on September 14. Elaine knows her stuff: She recently coached me through writing a narrative article (my first!) for a national business magazine, and I got the scoop [...]