About us
We are a small close knit group of literary enthusiasts and published writers dedicated to the cause of creating contest enjoyment and publication possibilities for aspiring writers and minimally published writers alike. We have chosen this Internet medium in hopes of the following:
1) Receiving the joy of reading other people's material. 2) Bolstering the self-esteem of aspiring writers. 3) Offering a diverse number of contests for writers of poetry and prose. 4) Creating additional books and anthologies. 5) Venturing further into book marketing and sales. 6) The general expansion of our business.
We also hope to increase the public's awareness and understanding of crimes such as stalking, domestic violence, and other related subjects. Moreover, we wish to raise funds to help educate victims and halt some portion of stalking nightmares for some victims. Beyond this we strive to aid in the support of specific pre-chosen non-profit equine rescues.
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Our Philosophy
Most of us began this journey as idealistic aspiring writers or avid enthusiasts of poetry or prose or in some cases both. However, we soon discovered that there are sometimes limited opportunities for beginning writers and the luxuries or advantages of publishing, even vanity publishing, can become extremely expensive. For example, many companies offer contests and vanity publishing (or private publishing) at the steep rates of $50.00 per poem per anthology. That means that the cost of inclusion for aspiring writers is a daunting sum that many cannot afford. Other similar companies offer poetry and prose contests, the vanity or private publishing fee is lower (between $15.00 and $25.00 for inclusion), however the quality of the anthologies is displeasing to many writers. I have seen anthologies that are little more than stapled booklets. Shouldn't aspiring writers receive more for their inclusion fee plus shipping and handling than a stapled booklet that is never marketed outside of the anthology crowd? Though we cannot guarantee that each project will be a selling item, we hope to market as many books as possible to outside sources. Thus, when all goes well as it sometimes does, aspiring writers will get a chance to have their expressive works seen by the outside world. In addition, we plan to create quality anthologies for our contestants to enjoy once their works have been deemed suitable and won an acceptance or winning place in each anthology. Our current anthologies are paperback versions. We hope to rise into hardcover anthologies soon.
Anthology: A collection of works by various authors.
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