A Soup with a Side of...

I know, the Chicken Soup people lowered pay to a flat $200 (that's why Jack Canfield can live in that $4.5 million mansion he tells us about in "The Secret") and the contract and waiting process for writers is a nightmare. Still, it is a valid, paying market and if writers have a topic-related essay lying around with no home, it doesn't hurt to send it out:

STORY CALL-OUT for CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE DIVORCED SOULChicken Soup for the Soul is looking for inspirational, warm, heartfelt, and funny stories for our newest upcoming title "Chicken Soup for the Divorced Soul." THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS MAY 1, 2007. Publication is Spring 2008.

and their newest title:

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL INTRODUCES ITS FIRST BOOK ON NETWORK MARKETING Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield have joined forces with 29 year Network Marketing veteran Bill Hyman to co-author the first Chicken Soup for the Soul Book on Network Marketing.This will be a ground-breaking book in that it is not going to focus on stories of only financial success, but rather human successes.This book will focus on how Network Marketing, (Amway, Nu Skin, Herbalife, Discovery Toys, Princess House, Watkins etc) has influenced the people in the industry and those around them in a positive, often life altering way.

For a full list of titles or more information, go to www.chickensoup.com