Preditors and Editors
Encyclopedia
Preditors and Editors is a website
started in 1997, managed by Dave Kuzminski. The site was designed to be a reference source for the writer
, composer
, and game designer. Information about publishers, literary agents, and writing competitions is listed based on a standard rating criteria.
In general, P&E doesn’t recommend any writing competitions that charge an entry fee or any publisher or agent who charges a reading fee. The site includes a checklist for making a decision when dealing with a company that doesn’t have a P&E rating.
The site includes tutorials that explain how the publishing industry works, sample query and submission letters, submission tracking software, job listings, and listings for magazines, game publishers, organizations, and workshops for authors, screenwriters, game writers, composers and others in the publishing world.
Website
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started in 1997, managed by Dave Kuzminski. The site was designed to be a reference source for the writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, and game designer. Information about publishers, literary agents, and writing competitions is listed based on a standard rating criteria.
In general, P&E doesn’t recommend any writing competitions that charge an entry fee or any publisher or agent who charges a reading fee. The site includes a checklist for making a decision when dealing with a company that doesn’t have a P&E rating.
The site includes tutorials that explain how the publishing industry works, sample query and submission letters, submission tracking software, job listings, and listings for magazines, game publishers, organizations, and workshops for authors, screenwriters, game writers, composers and others in the publishing world.
See also
- Literary agentLiterary agentA literary agent is an agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers and film producers and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same. Literary agents most often represent novelists, screenwriters and major non-fiction writers...
- Piers AnthonyPiers AnthonyPiers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Best...
- PublishingPublishingPublishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
- Vanity pressVanity pressA vanity press or vanity publisher is a term describing a publishing house that publishes books at the author's expense. Publisher Johnathon Clifford claims to have coined the term in 1959. However, the term appears in mainstream U.S...
- Guide to Literary AgentsGuide to Literary AgentsGuide to Literary Agents is a book that compiles hundreds of listings for literary agents and writers' conferences in the USA. The book is an annual resource for writers who wish to find an agent and sell their work to publishing houses...