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Christian Writers' Market Guide 2001

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Four stars? Yup... 4.5 to be exact. A useful book, helping Christian and secular writers who want to be published in the Christian market. There is no other book which can serve the same needs.

Readers will be familiar with Writer's Digest's various guides, but they lack the comprensive breadth into denominational publications. Stuart has some questionable entries, and could be better organized, but by far the book you need.

Hopefully, it'll be available on disk, with a searchable database.

Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com

Completely revised, updated and expanded, Christian Writers' Market Guide 2000 continues to be an indispensable reference for aspiring writers seeking to be published in the Christian market. Included are 683 periodicals, 329 books publishers, 90 literary agents, 250 poetry markets, 177 greeting card and speciality markets, expanded markets for photographers, a separate context section with 90 entries, e-mail address, websites, and online markets; scriptwriting, song writing, poetry, and web page resources, and a section of "Helps For Writers" the included Christian Writers' Conferences and Workshops; Area Christian Writers' Clubs/Groups; and more. A highly recommended, indispensable reference, Christian Writers' Market Guide 2000 is thoroughly "user friendly", and enhanced with a glossary of terms and a general index.

Sally's cross-referencing (topical, denominational, etc.) makes finding just the right publisher as easy as it can be. Of course, no market guide can take the place of actually contacting publishers for guidelines and themes lists, but 'The Christian Writers Market Guide' is a great spring board for the writer who seeks to be published. Sally also offers excellent advice on approaching markets and her user-friendly glossary makes technical terms a breeze. Secular writers market guides in comparison, offer only a fraction of leads into the Christian publishing field. If you want to be published in any form of Christian literature, from novels to greeting cards, 'The Christian Writers Market Guide' is an absolute necessity.

Finally, I've found a market book for Christian writers! This is a very useful reference work, containing listings of over 1,000 markets for writers of poetry, fiction, novels, freelance articles, and devotions. There are a few entries which are not really "Christian" markets, and which may lead people to submit unsutiable work, but for the most part, the listings are well chosen. Subject indexes make it a little easier to find just the market you are looking for, although I still think the book could have benefited from some further (and perhaps different) organization. This publication is like a Poet's Market and a Writer's Market rolled up into one -- specifically for Christians. It is probably the only one of its kind available.

Sally Stuart continues to provide complete and necessary information for any writer looking to be published in the Christian marketplace. If that's your market, buy this book.

Itemized and thorough, readers of the Writer's Digest writer's markets will not be disappointed. Cross referenced ministry... have a seemingly obscure niche article? She has created a section outlining the niches, listing the publications which serve them.

It is well-edited and cleanly laid out.

Useful would be this book on a searchable CD. The book lacks bigtime here. I want to search all publications publishing poetry, and have the results returned in one area. It takes a long time to thumb through and read each one. I'd like to search all the poetry publishers which pay for the poems... you can see how this would be handy. Maybe next year.

Having held out to buy a new edition, I suffered using a 1999 version. Editors, publications change locations and needs. I acquired far too many rejection slips and returned mail for delaying my purchase of this new edition. Don't make the same mistake!

I fully recommend this book.

Now in a fully updated and expanded sixteenth edition, Sally Stuart's Christian Writers' Market Guide continues to be a complete and accurate reference guide and resource for Christian writers seeking publication. It is the only guide written exclusively for the Christian market and includes websites, publisher email address-es, and guidelines for novice writers seeking to break out into print. The Christian Writers' Market Guide is an indispensable, essential resource for becoming published within the Christian community.

As a Pastor and a writer, I recommend this book wholeheartidly. This isn't "The Guaranteed to get published Christian Writer's Market Guide" for those of you who are confused. It is a very comprehensive work of suberb, and I would imagine, painstaking detail that Sally has gathered from various Publishing Houses, Periodicals, Writer's groups, Literary Agents and the Likes. It is a much needed resource for any serious Christian Writer. It is a "tool" to help us unlock the doors into the very competitive publishing industry, which changes by the day. Sally even gives updates to the market in her monthly column "Write Markets" found in the "Christian Communicator." This book is essential and is worth every cent. Sometimes just browsing through the pages gives me motivation to keep on writing and see the Gospel proclaimed in as many ways as I can.
Pastor Tom Iannucci
Breath of Life Christian Ministries
Kauai

Well, I wish I could back this book 100%, but I can't.

I've found the information in it very unreliable. For example, one publisher I contacted turned out to be a vanity press, although Sally Stuart didn't identify them as such. In addition, I found many agents that were listed had either moved or were no longer in business. Perhaps the book needs to be updated more regularly?

I have yet to discover a solid publisher or agent through this book that isn't listed in the Writer's Market.

This has everything I need to know from front to back. I even emailed the author a question and got a reply almost immediately!

This book is a must for every serious Christian writer. It is the ultimate reference tool. Features include lists of book publishers, periodicals, subsidy publishers, greeting card and specialty markets, and more. Stuart also offers the latest market analysis.

Sally Stuart is highly respected in Christian publishing for her research on writing and marketing. She has authored over twenty-one books and hundreds of articles and has been a speaker at numerous writers' conferences.

I STRONGLY recommend this book for anyone interested in becoming published in the Christian market. It is my favorite reference book.