Advertise today in the only statewide publication that carries news, reviews, interviews, and events every week throughout one of the largest media markets in the nation.

Lone Star Literary Life’s website, www.lonestarliterary.com, reaches a statewide monthly cumulative audience of 25,000 authors, writers, poets, playwrights, readers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, and the entire Texas literary community. We reach another 25,000 monthly in our audience footprint with social media and email blasts, for a combined monthly impact of 50,000 Texans.

For $25 a month (50 words, 25 cents per additional word, 1 hotlink), you can advertise:

  • Services, such as editing and proofreading
  • Contests
  • Calls for entries
  • Publishers seeking manuscripts
  • Residencies
  • Retreats
  • Rentals
  • Webinars

Email us here with your ad copy, and upon approval we’ll invoice you via PayPal. All classified ads are prepaid. We accept PayPal, credit cards, and debit cards. Upon receipt of payment, your ad will begin the following Sunday and run for one month.

Include your 100x100-pixel logo for an additional $50 per ad.

Employment ads

We will run industry-related listings for Texas jobs FREE, including positions with Texas publishers, Texas booksellers, and Texas libraries.

Out-of-state positions: $25 for 50 words; 25 cents per each additional word.

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CLASSIFIED ADS 8.18.2018

Retreats and rentals

4.23.17  Private studio casita guesthouse in downtown Santa Fe, for short or longer term rental, equipped with Wi-Fi, printer, washer/dryer, plus more. Finish a project, or begin something new. Enclosed coyote-fenced patio—secluded yet near museums, restaurants, and the natural beauty of NM. Proprietor is a writer who knows what is needed for a perfect retreat. Website: www.marshapincus.com. Email: mrpincus@comcast.net

Calls for submissions

8.19.18   Fort Worth Poetry Society seeks submissions from poets and visual artists for an anthology on classical music, proceeds from which will benefit the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. No cost to enter; accepted submitters receive a free copy of the anthology. This link to the FWPS website provides complete details: https://fortworthpoetrysociety.wordpress.com/2018/07/23/call-for-submissions/.

6.3.18  The 2018 Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize

A prize of $750.00 and publication in The Ocotillo Review Winter 2019 will be awarded for a poem of up to 65 lines. Carrie Fountain will judge. Revenue generated will be donated to cancer research. Details: www.kallistogaiapress.org

6.3.18  The 2018 Chester B. Himes Memorial Short Fiction Prize

A prize of $750.00 and publication in The Ocotillo Review Winter 2019 will be awarded for a short story up to 4,200 words. Antonio Ruiz-Camacho will judge. Revenue generated will be donated to Parkinson’s research. Details: www.kallistogaiapress.org

Editorial services

K .CO Marketing + Innovation. Publicity, Marketing and Digital Strategy Agency • Advancing the Arts, Empowering Creatives • Personalized coaching, digital marketing and strategic PR and media planning for authors, publishers, bookstores and literary events. Based in Dallas, available for clients nationwide. Visit  www.khattakstudios.com, or e-mail info@khattakstudios.com.

5.21.17  AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS as an editor, I know exactly what publishers look for in a book and I help my clients develop their work with this unique perspective in mind. I specialize in: manuscript development, revisions, book proposal writing, and consulting. Find more details at www.nickirichesin.com. Contact: nicki@nickirichesin.com.

5.7.17  BOOK EDITING—Specializing in full edit and polish. Editing award-winning books in nonfiction, dramatic nonfiction, and fiction. Copyediting, line editing, content editing. Gain clarity and improved readability. Avoid confusion and mistakes. Add impact. Call for quick response and free sample edit. Toll-free: (866) 502-0414. E-mail:mary@rkedit.com. Visit: www.rkedit.com.

5.7.17  MANUSCRIPT CONSULTANT for poets. Reasonable fees to arrange orphan poems into a publishable sequence, turnaround time 3 weeks. Former clients include Pamela Porter, Ulrike Narwani, and Barb Pelman, who recently received contracts from Ronsdale Press, in British Columbia. Contact Russell Thorburn, NEA Fellow, poet laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. E-mail: thorburn.russell@gmail.com.

5.7.17  ADEPT EDITOR, experienced in multiple genres, prizewinning author of poetry and literary fiction, is looking to assist you. Respectful. Thorough. Together, we can raise your novel, poetry manuscript, short story, memoir, query, or application letter to the next level. Free initial consultation. E-mail: dmgordon@comcast.net. Website: www.dmgordoneditorial.com.

5.7.17  MALONE-EDITED BOOKS sell to traditional publishers. Turning manuscripts into traditionally published books, and developing writers into successful authors. Malone Editorial Services,www.maloneeditorial.com. E-mail maloneeditorial@hotmail.com. Website: www.susanmarymalone.com.

5.7.17  AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Professional editor, literary midwife, award-winning author (Bantam, Avon, Scholastic, Berkley/Ace, others) offers extensive critiques, tutorials, revisions, support. Upgrade your writing skills; solve problems with plot, character development, pacing. Specialties include literary and mainstream fiction, mystery/thriller, juvenile/YA, general nonfiction, psychology, spirituality. Carol Gaskin. Phone: (941) 377-7640. E-mail: carol@editorialalchemy.com. Website: www.editorialalchemy.com.

5.7.17  WORDSTATION When you don’t need an editor, just a good secretary and professional proofreader—grammar, spelling, punctuation, consistency corrections. Friendly service since 1989. Manuscripts prepared from typewriter, handwritten, audiotape. Any subject. Medical terminology specialty. Free brochure. Will type sample pages of your manuscript for free. Visa/MC/Amex. Phone: (800) 538-8206. E-mail: wordstation@comcast.net.

4.23.17   Line editing, copyediting, and proofreading for your fiction or nonfiction title. Price quoted per job. Quality guaranteed; will edit sample chapter on spec. Email Classified@LoneStarLiterary.com with code LSLL0153.

Publishers

5.7.17  TWELVE POINT COLLECTIVE was made out of a desire to promote great undiscovered writing. With Twelve Point Collective, there exists a platform for anyone to start a writer’s portfolio. Everyone has a story to tell and they’d like to read yours. Submit today and you can be a writer that gets discovered. Let them empower you to pursue an audience. https://twelvepointcollective.com.

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