Doug Fir Fiction Award

Doug Fir Fiction Award

Every Story Begins Somewhere

At The Bear Deluxe Magazine, the Pacific Northwest’s leading environmental arts publication, many short fiction stories and their authors find their first recognition through the Doug Fir Fiction Award. Now in its third year, this annual contest celebrates writing related to the natural world, sense of place or environmental issues.

Deadline: September 8, 2009 (postmark)

Prize: $1,000 and publication

Judge: Jon Raymond, The Half-Life, Livability, (Bloomsbury), and the movies Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy

Word limit: 5,000

$15 reading fee

Mail formatted submissions and entry fee (check or money order in U.S. dollars) to:
Orlo/The Bear Deluxe Magazine
P.O. Box 10342
Portland, Oregon 97296 USA

Publication reach: 44,000

Open to all writers in English

Complete submission guidelines

Call for Submissions: Poet's Market

Accepting article pitches for 2011 Poet's Market until September 1, 2009.

In body of e-mail, please outline your article idea and include a short bio. Send an e-mail with the subject line: 2011 Poet's Market Query:
to
robert.brewer(at)fwmedia.com (replace (at) with @)

Please reference the 2010 Poet's Market to get an idea of what articles I've accepted in the past. I'm mostly interested in business/marketing related pieces, but craft-related articles are fine, too.

I am NOT interested in poet interviews, profiles, etc.

Best,
Robert Lee Brewer
Editor
Poet's Market

Call for Submissions: Writer's Market

Accepting article pitches for 2011 Writer's Market until September 1, 2009.

In body of e-mail, please outline your article idea and include a short bio. Do not pitch ideas Send an e-mail with the subject line: 2011 Writer's Market Query to

robert.brewer(at)fwmedia.com (Replace at with @)

Please reference the 2010 Writer's Market to get an idea of what articles I've accepted in the past. I'm mostly interested in business/marketing related pieces, but craft-related articles may work, too.

Interviews with well-known and/or emerging book authors (both fiction and nonfiction) as well as very successful freelancers are of interest as well.

Best,
Robert Lee Brewer
Editor
Writer's Market

Poetry Contest: Donn Goodwin and Joseph Poetry Prize

Milwaukee Irish Fest

POETRY CONTEST 2009

NO FEE TO ENTER

Milwaukee Irish Fest is now accepting submissions for the Donn Goodwin and Joseph Gahagen Poetry Prizes.

The Donn Goodwin prize is named after a Wisconsin poet, linguist, and educator who was active in supporting Irish and Irish-American writing and poetry. An award of $100 will be given to the winning poem. This contest is open to all.

The Joseph Gahagan prize of $100 will be awarded in memory of the man who served as poetry consultant to Irish Fest for many years and was a lecturer in the English department of the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee. Only current residents of Wisconsin are eligible for this prize.

The awards will be given to the entries best reflecting Irish or Irish-American poetry traditions. While the poems do not necessarily need to have direct Irish or Irish-American themes, the winning entries should have a cultural/literary relation to either Ireland or Irish-America.

Submission Rules

Each contestant should submit no more than one poem; however, Wisconsin residents may submit one poem for each contest.

Entries must be received between June 15 and August 1, 2009. All entries must be typewritten and mailed. No handwritten,faxed, or e-mail submissions will be accepted.

Each entry should have a cover sheet that contains the poet’s name, address, telephone number, and/or FAX and/or e-mail address. It should indicate whether the poem is being submitted for the Goodwin or for the Gahagan Prize, and it should be stapled to the entry. The poet’s name or other identifying information should not appear on the poem.

Each entry should be the poet’s original work and should not have appeared previously in any publication.

No entries will be returned. Contestants are urged to keep copies of their submissions and to put a clear return address on the envelope in case of non-delivery.

Send entries to:
Irish Fest Poetry Contests
c/o Milwaukee Irish Fest
1532 Wauwatosa Avenue
Wauwatosa, WI 53213

The deadline is August 1, 2009.

Winners will be announced on the Hedge School stage at Irish Fest at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 16, during the poetry events. All entrants who are present will be invited to read their poems. The names of the winning poems and poets will be posted on the Irish Fest Web site by September 1 , 2009. Winners who are within the Milwaukee area during this year’s Irish Fest (August 13-16 ) will be notified by August 10 and will be sent free tickets and invited to read their poems at the Fest. Irish Fest is held on the Maier Festival Grounds (Summerfest) on the lakefront in downtown Milwaukee.

Call for Submissions: Superhero Poetry

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Superhero Poetry Anthology

We are currently seeking submissions for an anthology of superhero poetry, tentatively titled "Between Saviors and Villains: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry Inspired by American Superheroes."

Send 3-6 poems and a cover letter including your contact information, comments on how your poems are meant to explore the concept of superheroes, and a brief bio to superheropoetryanthology(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @). Please include all materials in one attached (.rtf) document.

Simultaneous submissions are fine, as are poems previously published in magazines, chapbooks, and full-length poetry collections. Please note these credits in your bio.

Questions? Please email us at superheropoetryanthology(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @)

Visit our website here.

Upcoming Writing Classes

I will be teaching three classes this fall:

Beginning Fiction Writing
Saturday, September 19, 2009
12:30-4:30 p.m. with a short mid-afternoon break
Rio Vista Recreation Center, 8866 W. Thunderbird Rd. (north of Thunderbird & west of Loop 101), Peoria, AZ
Fee: $40.00 Peoria residents; $45.00 non-residents
Tel Reg. 623-773-7725 or Register Online
Do you have a great idea for a short story or novel but don't know how to get started? This one-day workshop will teach you the basic fiction writing techiniques the professionals use. You will learn how to plot a good story, create interesting characters, write believable dialogue, and overcome the terror of the blank page. We will also discuss submission procedures and markets. There is a $2.00 supply fee payable to instructor at the start of class.

Memoir/Fiction Writing Workshop
Mondays, Oct. 5-Nov. 2, 2009
same location as above
Tel. Reg. 623-773-7725 or Register Online
Fee: TBD in fall catalogue
This is an interactive writing workshop for those who want to improve their craft. We will cover such topics as point-of-view, character development, story arc, dialogue techniques, and more. Please bring a loose-leaf binder and 11 copies of written work to share for critique. The written work should be 10-15 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font, and printed on one side of the page only. Class size is limited to 10 students, and each writer will receive a 40-minute personal critique in class. There is a $2.00 supply fee payable to instructor for resource materials and handouts.

Secrets of Getting Published
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
5:45-7:45 p.m.
same location as above
Tel. Reg. 623-773-7725 or Register Online
Fee: $20.00 Peoria residents; $25.00 nonresidents
You've written that short story, book, or nonfiction piece, but what do you do with it now? Do you need an agent? What do editors really want? In this two-hour class, we will talk about cover letters, queries, submission procedures, markets, agents, and more--everything you need to know to become successfully published. There is a $2.00 supply fee for resource materials and handouts.

INKWELL: Short Fiction and Poetry Contest

MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE MASTERS OF ARTS IN WRITING PROGRAM & INKWELL

ANNOUNCE

THE 12TH ANNUAL SHORT FICTION CONTEST

$1500 GRAND PRIZE & PUBLICATION IN INKWELL

COMPETITION JUDGE: Alice McDermott


GUIDELINES

1. Up to 3 previously unpublished stories, 5,000-word limit

2. Text must be typed, 12pt. font, double-spaced, one-sided

3. Cover sheet with name, address, phone, e-mail, titles and word counts

4. No name or address anywhere on manuscripts

5. SASE for contest notification only – manuscripts will be recycled

6. Entry fee: $15 per story

7. Checks (USD ONLY) made out to Manhattanville – INKWELL



THE 13TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST

$1000 GRAND PRIZE & PUBLICATION IN INKWELL

COMPETITION JUDGE: Phillis Levin

GUIDELINES

1. Up to 5 previously unpublished poems, 40-line limit per poem

2. Only typed entries will be considered; 12pt. font

3. Cover sheet with name, address, phone, e-mail, titles and line counts

4. No name or address anywhere on manuscript(s)

5. SASE for contest notification only – manuscripts will be recycled

6. Entry Fee: $10 for first poem, $5 per each additional poem

7. Checks (USD ONLY) payable to Manhattanville – INKWELL

NOTE: Indicate Poetry or Fiction Competition on envelope.

If submitting to both Poetry and Fiction Competitions, please use separate envelopes.

Submissions not adhering to the above guidelines will not be considered.

Mail to:

INKWELL - Manhattanville College

2900 Purchase Street

Purchase, NY 10577

DEADLINE FOR CONTESTS:

Postmarked between August 1 and October 30, 2009

Call for submissions: UPSTREET

UPSTREET: award-winning literary annual’s sixth issue seeks quality submissions with an edge—fiction, poetry, CNF. First five issues feature interviews with Jim Shepard, Lydia Davis, Wally Lamb, Michael Martone, Robin Hemley. Distributed nationally by Ingram, Source Interlink, and by Disticor in Canada. Payment in author copies.

Deadline: March 1, 2010

Vivian Dorsel, Editor/Publisher

upstreet

P.O. Box 105

Richmond, MA 01254-0105


http://www.upstreet-mag.org/

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Call for submissions: Williams Anthology

Seeking original poems for the anthology, *Visiting Dr. Williams: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of William Carlos Williams* (forthcoming, University of Iowa Press, 2010). Foreign poems in translation welcome.

See previous anthologies: *Visiting Emily* (2000), *Visiting Walt* (2003) and *Visiting Frost* (2005), all from the Univ. of Iowa Press, for an idea of the kind of poems we are seeking—poems of homage, poems that parody, that argue with, that disagree with, that are in conversation with, that respond to, that are triggered by the life and work of William Carlos Williams.

Author must be able to grant permission to publish poem—or to obtain permission to publish if right to publish is held by another. Please provide proper credit acknowledgment for previously published poems.

Deadline: September 15, 2009.

Send poems, current contact information, brief bio note (no more than 75 words) and SASE to:

Thom Tammaro
Williams Anthology
2837 29th Street S.
Moorhead, MN 56560

No electronic submissions.

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