Playa is now accepting applications for Winter/Spring 2014 Fellowship
Residencies for writers, visual and performing artists, and naturalists.
Located in south-central Oregon’s Lake County, Playa is a nonprofit
organization supporting work in the arts, literature, natural sciences,
and other creative fields. Playa was organized in 2009 and began its
Residency programs in May 2011.
Playa will offer three five-week (33days) residency sessions running from January 6 through April 18, 2014. Please visit our website and look under the Fellowship Residency menu for guidelines and how to apply
online using Submittable. The application deadline for the Winter/Spring
2014 sessions is August 15, 2013.Notifications will go out by September
30, 2013.
For any questions regarding these upcoming residences or general
information about Playa, please email the Residency Director, Lisa
Pounders, at:
playaATplaysummerlakeDOT.org (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Call for Board of Directors Applications: The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation
The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors
Call for Applications
The Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation (Hurston/Wright)is a literary cultural institution that discovers, educates, develops and mentors Black writers at all stages of their careers. Our work includes year-round workshops for adult and teenage writers, an annual gala honoring the best of the best in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. And a variety of programming that seeks to preserve and forward a vibrant understanding and appreciation of Black writers and their contribution to the World.
Hurston/Wright is currently seeking dynamic leaders who care about literature and educating and training the next generation of writers to serve on its Board of Directors.
We’re asking applicants to submit a cover letter stating your interest in serving in the key areas of the board/organization’s need and a professional bio and/or resume. Your cover letter should explicitly state your interest in the Hurston/Wright Foundation while detailing what skills/expertise you have to contribute to the Foundation.
We are especially interested of directors to join our Board with backgrounds and close ties to NonprofitManagement, Development, Fundraising, Law, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Banking/Finance, Hospitality, Media, Education, and Technology.
Please forward your materials as one document, preferably a PDF by August 1, 2013 via email to:
infoAThurstonwrightDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
and please cc Board member Abdul Ali of the Board Member Outreach Committee at:
abdul_aliATverzionDOTnet (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
You may also snail mail your materials to:
1134 – 7Th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Address the cover letter to the Board Member Outreach Committee. You will receive a response from the Executive Director within 15 working days from receipt of your materials.
Member of the Board of Directors
Call for Applications
The Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation (Hurston/Wright)is a literary cultural institution that discovers, educates, develops and mentors Black writers at all stages of their careers. Our work includes year-round workshops for adult and teenage writers, an annual gala honoring the best of the best in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. And a variety of programming that seeks to preserve and forward a vibrant understanding and appreciation of Black writers and their contribution to the World.
Hurston/Wright is currently seeking dynamic leaders who care about literature and educating and training the next generation of writers to serve on its Board of Directors.
We’re asking applicants to submit a cover letter stating your interest in serving in the key areas of the board/organization’s need and a professional bio and/or resume. Your cover letter should explicitly state your interest in the Hurston/Wright Foundation while detailing what skills/expertise you have to contribute to the Foundation.
We are especially interested of directors to join our Board with backgrounds and close ties to NonprofitManagement, Development, Fundraising, Law, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Banking/Finance, Hospitality, Media, Education, and Technology.
Please forward your materials as one document, preferably a PDF by August 1, 2013 via email to:
infoAThurstonwrightDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
and please cc Board member Abdul Ali of the Board Member Outreach Committee at:
abdul_aliATverzionDOTnet (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
You may also snail mail your materials to:
1134 – 7Th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Address the cover letter to the Board Member Outreach Committee. You will receive a response from the Executive Director within 15 working days from receipt of your materials.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Call for Submissions from High School Writers: Vademecum Magazine
Vademecum wants to give all high school writers and artists a shot a publication. Please read our guidelines carefully before you submit.
Eligibility: Vademecum Magazine accepts submissions from rising freshman to graduating seniors. We also accept work from gap-year and international students. All submitted works must be in English. To be considered, all submissions must be received through our Submittable submissions manager. Don't send us documents and photographs through email--we're paranoid about viruses.
Eligibility: Vademecum Magazine accepts submissions from rising freshman to graduating seniors. We also accept work from gap-year and international students. All submitted works must be in English. To be considered, all submissions must be received through our Submittable submissions manager. Don't send us documents and photographs through email--we're paranoid about viruses.
Call for Fiction Submissions: The After Coetzee Project Anthology
The After Coetzee Project, an anthology of fiction, seeks short stories
that bring forth a new kind of writing about animals, one that
disengages from speciesist fictional strategies (animals as metaphors
and allegories) and re-imagines animals as subjects.
Please see the full call for submissions at our website. Deadline to submit is December 1, 2013.
Please see the full call for submissions at our website. Deadline to submit is December 1, 2013.
First Book of Poetry Award: 2013 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award
2013 First Book Award
$3500 and publication
final judge: Amy Fleury
Below are the guidelines for the 2013 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award, which will be open for entries on May 10, 2013 and close on July 8, 2013 (postmark and online submission deadline):
A first book of poems will be selected for publication from an open competition of manuscripts, in English, by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who has neither published, nor committed to publish, a volume of poetry 48 pages or more in length in an edition of over 500 copies* (individual poems may have been previously published; for the purposes of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry, a manuscript which was in whole or in part submitted as a thesis or dissertation as a requirement for the completion of a degree is considered unpublished and is eligible). Current or former students, colleagues, and close friends of the final judge, and current and former students and employees of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and authors published by Southern Illinois University Press are not eligible. For questions about judging, please visit our website.
The winner will receive a publication contract with Southern Illinois University Press, and will be awarded a $2000 prize. The winner will also receive $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
SUBMISSION PERIOD / DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked or submitted online between May 10, 2013 and the end of July 8, 2013 (online entries will be accepted until 11:59:59 PM (CDT) on July 8, 2013). (For postal submissions since this is a postmark deadline, there is no need to send Express Mail, Fedex, or UPS. First Class or Priority Mail are preferred.) Please do not send revisions of either postal or online submissions; the winner will be given an opportunity to work with the series editor before the manuscript is delivered to SIU Press.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00 per entry for postal submissions; $28.00 per entry for online submissions through Submittable ($25.00 plus $3.00 online processing fee). Entry fees will not be refunded for manuscripts withdrawn by the author. All entrants will receive a year's subscription to CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, beginning with the 2013 Winter/Spring CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW.
PAGE LENGTH: Manuscripts are recommended to be a minimum of 50 pages to a recommended maximum of 75 pages of original poetry.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTAL SUBMISSIONS: Manuscripts should be typewritten, single-spaced. Include a Table of Contents. No more than one poem should appear on a page. Submit two title pages for the collection. The author's name, address, and daytime phone number should appear on the first title page only. The author's name should appear nowhere else in the manuscript. An acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies should be placed after the second title page. A clean photocopy is recommended, bound with a spring clip or placed in a plain file folder (no paper clips or staples please). Please do not send your only copy of the manuscript since manuscripts will not be returned, and please do not include illustrations. CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW and Southern Illinois University Press assume no responsibility for damaged or lost manuscripts.
All postal submissions must be accompanied by a $25 entry fee (check or money order). Please make your check out to "Crab Orchard Series in Poetry."
Please address postal submissions to:
Jon Tribble, Series Editor
First Book Award
Dept. of English, Mail Code 4503
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1000 Faner Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of contest results. If you would like confirmation that the manuscript has been received, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard as well.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE SUBMISSIONS: Online entries should be sent through Submittable (there is an additional $3.00 processing fee for online entries, making the entry fee for each online entry $28.00). Payment for online submissions must be made online.
Please submit your file in .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, .pdf, .odt, or .wpf. 12-point font, Times New Roman or Times preferred. Manuscripts should be single-spaced. Include a Table of Contents. No more than one poem should appear on a page.
Submit a single title page with only the manuscript title in your file.
The author's name should appear nowhere in your file or in the file name.
In the place of the cover letter or biographical note in the submission process, an acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies can be included, but this SHOULD NOT be included in the manuscript file.
Please name your file the first eight letters of your manuscript title, with no spaces; for example, if your manuscript was titled “A Collection of Poems,” your file would be titled “acollect” or “ACOLLECT” (either lower or upper case is fine). If your manuscript title has fewer than eight letters or uses numerals, use what you have. If you have a symbol or mark of punctuation as your title or as part of your title, spell out what it stands for and use the first eight letters of that; for example, if your manuscript was titled “Poems!,” your file would be titled “poemsexc” for “Poems exclamation point.”
All entrants submitting online through Submittable will be notified of the results via e-mail by October 1, 2013.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION: Manuscripts may be under consideration elsewhere, but the series editor must be informed immediately if a collection is accepted for publication. Entry fees will not be refunded for manuscripts withdrawn by the author.
Entrants are not to contact the final judge under any circumstances; all questions should be directed to Jon Tribble, Series Editor of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.
E-MAIL: jtribbleATsiuDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
$3500 and publication
final judge: Amy Fleury
Below are the guidelines for the 2013 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award, which will be open for entries on May 10, 2013 and close on July 8, 2013 (postmark and online submission deadline):
A first book of poems will be selected for publication from an open competition of manuscripts, in English, by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who has neither published, nor committed to publish, a volume of poetry 48 pages or more in length in an edition of over 500 copies* (individual poems may have been previously published; for the purposes of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry, a manuscript which was in whole or in part submitted as a thesis or dissertation as a requirement for the completion of a degree is considered unpublished and is eligible). Current or former students, colleagues, and close friends of the final judge, and current and former students and employees of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and authors published by Southern Illinois University Press are not eligible. For questions about judging, please visit our website.
The winner will receive a publication contract with Southern Illinois University Press, and will be awarded a $2000 prize. The winner will also receive $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
SUBMISSION PERIOD / DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked or submitted online between May 10, 2013 and the end of July 8, 2013 (online entries will be accepted until 11:59:59 PM (CDT) on July 8, 2013). (For postal submissions since this is a postmark deadline, there is no need to send Express Mail, Fedex, or UPS. First Class or Priority Mail are preferred.) Please do not send revisions of either postal or online submissions; the winner will be given an opportunity to work with the series editor before the manuscript is delivered to SIU Press.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00 per entry for postal submissions; $28.00 per entry for online submissions through Submittable ($25.00 plus $3.00 online processing fee). Entry fees will not be refunded for manuscripts withdrawn by the author. All entrants will receive a year's subscription to CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, beginning with the 2013 Winter/Spring CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW.
PAGE LENGTH: Manuscripts are recommended to be a minimum of 50 pages to a recommended maximum of 75 pages of original poetry.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTAL SUBMISSIONS: Manuscripts should be typewritten, single-spaced. Include a Table of Contents. No more than one poem should appear on a page. Submit two title pages for the collection. The author's name, address, and daytime phone number should appear on the first title page only. The author's name should appear nowhere else in the manuscript. An acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies should be placed after the second title page. A clean photocopy is recommended, bound with a spring clip or placed in a plain file folder (no paper clips or staples please). Please do not send your only copy of the manuscript since manuscripts will not be returned, and please do not include illustrations. CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW and Southern Illinois University Press assume no responsibility for damaged or lost manuscripts.
All postal submissions must be accompanied by a $25 entry fee (check or money order). Please make your check out to "Crab Orchard Series in Poetry."
Please address postal submissions to:
Jon Tribble, Series Editor
First Book Award
Dept. of English, Mail Code 4503
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1000 Faner Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of contest results. If you would like confirmation that the manuscript has been received, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard as well.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE SUBMISSIONS: Online entries should be sent through Submittable (there is an additional $3.00 processing fee for online entries, making the entry fee for each online entry $28.00). Payment for online submissions must be made online.
Please submit your file in .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, .pdf, .odt, or .wpf. 12-point font, Times New Roman or Times preferred. Manuscripts should be single-spaced. Include a Table of Contents. No more than one poem should appear on a page.
Submit a single title page with only the manuscript title in your file.
The author's name should appear nowhere in your file or in the file name.
In the place of the cover letter or biographical note in the submission process, an acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies can be included, but this SHOULD NOT be included in the manuscript file.
Please name your file the first eight letters of your manuscript title, with no spaces; for example, if your manuscript was titled “A Collection of Poems,” your file would be titled “acollect” or “ACOLLECT” (either lower or upper case is fine). If your manuscript title has fewer than eight letters or uses numerals, use what you have. If you have a symbol or mark of punctuation as your title or as part of your title, spell out what it stands for and use the first eight letters of that; for example, if your manuscript was titled “Poems!,” your file would be titled “poemsexc” for “Poems exclamation point.”
All entrants submitting online through Submittable will be notified of the results via e-mail by October 1, 2013.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION: Manuscripts may be under consideration elsewhere, but the series editor must be informed immediately if a collection is accepted for publication. Entry fees will not be refunded for manuscripts withdrawn by the author.
Entrants are not to contact the final judge under any circumstances; all questions should be directed to Jon Tribble, Series Editor of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.
E-MAIL: jtribbleATsiuDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Short Story and Poetry Competition: Sixfold
Sixfold Short Story and Poetry Awards
Online submission deadline: July 24, 2013
$1,000, $200, $100, and publication in Sixfold for three short stories and three sets of poems. Sixfold is a completely writer-voted journal: all participating writers' equally weighted votes act as the editor, instead of a judge or board. Voting selects winners and all short stories and poems published. Upload a short story or poems by July 24, 2013 for $6 entry fee at our website.
Online submission deadline: July 24, 2013
$1,000, $200, $100, and publication in Sixfold for three short stories and three sets of poems. Sixfold is a completely writer-voted journal: all participating writers' equally weighted votes act as the editor, instead of a judge or board. Voting selects winners and all short stories and poems published. Upload a short story or poems by July 24, 2013 for $6 entry fee at our website.
Writing Competition: Black Warrior Review
Black Warrior Review Ninth-Annual Contest Now Open
All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2013.
We're honored to have as our guest judges:
Kate Durbin (Poetry)
Brian Evenson (Fiction/Prose)
Jenny Boully (Nonfiction)
Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BWR 40.2, our Spring/Summer 2014 issue. Finalists receive notation in that issue and are considered for publication.
Please submit your $15 entry fee at our store, then enter your Payment Gateway Reference number with your submission at our website. Shipping for your complimentary-with-entry subscription should be free for all, but we are aware of a glitch in our store for international entrants. Please email blackwarriorreviewATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . ) for the simple workaround.
Each entry is $15 and comes with a one-year subscription to BWR. For Fiction/Prose and Nonfiction, the entry fee covers one 7500 word story or essay. For Poetry, the entry fee covers one packet of up to three poems.
You may submit multiple entries. We accept only previously unpublished work. We do allow simultaneous submissions, but we ask that you notify us promptly of publication elsewhere. Conflicts of Interest: Similar to our regular editorial policy, students, faculty, staff, or administrators currently affiliated with University of Alabama are ineligible for consideration or publication. Additionally, anyone with affiliation with a judge is ineligible to enter in that category. We ask that previous winners wait three years after their winning entry is published before entering again.
All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2013.
We're honored to have as our guest judges:
Kate Durbin (Poetry)
Brian Evenson (Fiction/Prose)
Jenny Boully (Nonfiction)
Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BWR 40.2, our Spring/Summer 2014 issue. Finalists receive notation in that issue and are considered for publication.
Please submit your $15 entry fee at our store, then enter your Payment Gateway Reference number with your submission at our website. Shipping for your complimentary-with-entry subscription should be free for all, but we are aware of a glitch in our store for international entrants. Please email blackwarriorreviewATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . ) for the simple workaround.
Each entry is $15 and comes with a one-year subscription to BWR. For Fiction/Prose and Nonfiction, the entry fee covers one 7500 word story or essay. For Poetry, the entry fee covers one packet of up to three poems.
You may submit multiple entries. We accept only previously unpublished work. We do allow simultaneous submissions, but we ask that you notify us promptly of publication elsewhere. Conflicts of Interest: Similar to our regular editorial policy, students, faculty, staff, or administrators currently affiliated with University of Alabama are ineligible for consideration or publication. Additionally, anyone with affiliation with a judge is ineligible to enter in that category. We ask that previous winners wait three years after their winning entry is published before entering again.
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