Start your own anthology for your community of writers

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AUSTRALIAN author Frank Hardy was lampooned as a bit of hick when he said he thought there was no such thing as international literature, just a series of national literature.

He might have gone further and got himself into worse trouble by saying there was only a series of local literature.

Why not organize your own local writers' anthology?

This is how we have done it for the past three years .

    1. We had a volunteer editorial committee of 5-6 people. Two to three editors read each submitted story, first from a print copy, then from email versions as changes were made.

2 2.   We promoted the upcoming anthology through local libraries and writers groups.

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3  3. We had an illustrations editor who approached local artists (This was a lot of work and is not necessary for your anthology, but it certainly adds value.)

4 4.    Our local arts umbrella group Arts Alliance PineRivers became co-publisher.

5 5.  We had a business sponsor to keep costs down.

6 6.    We printed through a local short-run book specialist. You could use Create Space or Lightning Source.

7 7.    We asked authors to pre-order copies so organisers did not have to dip into their own pockets and hope for re-imbursement. This year we are calling for payment with initial submissions for one copy and a small charge for membership of our group. Later we will call for pre-orders of more copies.

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8  8.We organised a launch and presentation of books at a local library.

Email me bentbananabooks@gmail.com with any questions.

I can also send you a sample copy of out call for submissions, 

though we ourselves are only seeking entries from our local area.

Here is our celebratory song