Christian Writers' Market Guide 2003 (Paperback)

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The Christian Writers’ Market Guide has long been considered an indispensable resource for Christian writers. The only guide written exclusively for this specialized market, it provides the most up-to-date marketing resource information available to beginning and advanced writers, full-time freelancers, agents, editors, publishers, publicists, and all others interested in, or involved with, Christian writing.

The 2003 edition of this guide includes more than 1,200 potential markets (along with all the information needed to contact them), and tells writers exactly what publishers are interested in what topics or types of books, articles, or stories.

In addition to the market listings, The Christian Writers’ Market Guide 2003 is filled with unlimited resources to make the writer’s life easier and more focused: lists of greeting card/specialty markets; agents; writers’ conferences and groups; editorial services; contests; market analysis (book publishers and periodicals); a listing of publishers and publications by denomination or corporate group; publishers’ e-mail and Web sites; and a wide range of resources for writers–many available online. This guide has become–and will continue to be–a familiar friend to all those involved in the creation, development, publishing, and promotion of Christian writing.

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The Christian Writers? Market Guide has long been considered an indispensable resource for Christian writers. The only guide written exclusively for this specialized market, it provides the most up-to-date marketing resource information available to beginning and advanced writers, full-time freelancers, agents, editors, publishers, publicists, and all others interested in, or involved with, Christian writing.

The 2003 edition of this guide includes more than 1,200 potential markets (along with all the information needed to contact them), and tells writers exactly what publishers are interested in what topics or types of books, articles, or stories.

In addition to the market listings, The Christian Writers? Market Guide 2003 is filled with unlimited resources to make the writer?s life easier and more focused: lists of greeting card/specialty markets; agents; writers? conferences and groups; editorial services; contests; market analysis (book publishers and periodicals); a listing of publishers and publications by denomination or corporate group; publishers? e-mail and Web sites; and a wide range of resources for writers?many available online. This guide has become?and will continue to be?a familiar friend to all those involved in the creation, development, publishing, and promotion of Christian writing.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Shaw Books (January 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877880727
• ISBN-13: 978-0877880721
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #993,809 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Guide for Christian Writers, April 29, 2002

By	A.Trendl HungarianBookstore.com "What is your... (Glen Ellyn, IL USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Christian Writers' Market Guide 2002: The Reference Tool for the Christian Writer (Paperback)

"Christian Writers' Market Guide 2002: The Reference Tool for the Christian Writer" is still the best market guide for anyone writing for the Christian market. Any writer committed to being published needs this book.

Similar the better known guides published by Writers Digest, Sally Stuart has compiled, organized and analyzed the various publishers and publications serving Christian readers. By "Christian," she includes protestant and Catholics, mainline and nondenominational publishers.

The Writers Digest guides simply do not have the depth and breadth of Christian publishers. You need the WD guides, but you need this as well.

You'll find entries for smaller, but important publications, like "World Pulse," the missions newsletter, as well as "Decision," a widely circulated magazine published by the Billy Graham people. You'll see also, "Our Sunday Visitor," "Commonweal" and "My Friend" (for Catholic kids). Any publisher you see in your church library is here, plus hundreds you might be new to. You'll see addresses, e-mail and website information, description of the publication, how much they pay, and what kinds of articles, poems and books they like to see.

I can vouch for the efficacy of this book, as through this guide I sold several poems.

Buying a new edition each year is necessary, as the information changes from year to year. Publishers move, editors move to new jobs, and publications might go out of business. The serious writer needs to keep up-to-date. With Stuart's book, updated annually, you can.

The continual frustration about this otherwise extremely useful book is the lack of a CD version. I would love to be able to sort through it all, and isolate those publishers who pay for poetry. It is cross-referenced, so you can see who is publishing environmental, evangelistic, eschatology, humor, romance--you name it.

She also has topical guide listings here for publishers of books, subsidy books, general markets, literary agents, contest, children's, conferences, pastors, and much more.

I fully recommend "Christian Writers' Market Guide 2002: The Reference Tool for the Christian Writer" by Sally Stuart."

Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Own Resource for Christian Writers!, June 21, 2003

By	shoutgrace "savedbyhisgrace" (Charleston, WV United States) - See all my reviews

Now there is someone who has made available and information resource for Christian Writers. Sally E. Stuart has compiled the comprehensive 'Christian Writers' Market Guide 2003' with all types of Christian publishing information. There is a large Christian market than one may expect and Stuart has researched this one well. You can only imagine the number of these markets are in access. I've added this to my much used and needed Writer's Resource shelf along with the 'Writer's Market' and 'The Writer's Handbook.' No Christian Writer should be without this valuable up-to-date marketing resource book.

This can be used by the first-time writer or the publishing veteran. It's essential if you're wanting to get published in the Christian community. The contents in it's pages is al you'll need from any resource. This reference tool is completely updated and revised with 1,138 publishing markets, 379 book publishers, 678 periodicals, 81 specialty markets (greeting cards, video, CD and gifts) and so on. There's much more from agents and foreign markets to internet markets to contest. There's additional resources for book promotion, submission guidelines, writers' conferences, workshops and groups. All this makes this the most complete and accurate resource of any kind. I've contacted at least three resources with good success. If you want to get your work published in the Christian market this is the book!

NOTE: An important rule mentioned in the book, DO NOT Rely Soley on the Information Provided in this Market Guide. It not intended to be complete by itself. It's important for your success as a writer that you learn how to use writer's guidelines and study book catalogs or sample copies before submitting to any publisher.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, September 9, 2003

By	NW Reader (Washington) - See all my reviews

This is the best market guide I have found. Even better than the Writer's Market Guide. It is filled with useful resources for writers such as literary agents, writing conferences, contests for writers, writer's groups, web resources, etc. It's definately worth the money. Updated yearly. The author is very knowledgeable. A must for any writer even if your focus of writing is not Christian writing.