In light of the ongoing crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, and as the effects of the crisis are increasingly seen and felt on shore, we have decided to introduce a subscription drive to raise money for the clean-up effort.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Gulf Coast Fundraiser
Gulf Coast Magazine is raising funds for the Gulf Restoration Network. Here is how you can help:
In light of the ongoing crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, and as the effects of the crisis are increasingly seen and felt on shore, we have decided to introduce a subscription drive to raise money for the clean-up effort.
Beginning now, Gulf Coast will donate all subscription proceeds (about six dollars of the sixteen dollar subscription cost) to the Gulf Restoration Network, an organization committed to uniting and empowering people to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf Coast Region for future generations. Officially begun in 1995, the Network works to ensure that the Gulf of Mexico will continue to be a natural, economic, and recreational resource that is central to the culture and heritage of five states and several nations.
We ask that subscribers use the donation code "GLF" when subscribing online to ensure that their subscription money is marked as a donation to the Gulf. And as an extra incentive to help the beautiful Gulf Coast Region, when you enter the donation code "GLF" at checkout, you will receive a free back issue of the journal. Simply select the back issue you would like to receive, and its cost will be deducted from your order.
How to Subscribe and Donate: Visit the site and fill out the order form (subscription and back issue of your choice), then enter our donation code "GLF" at checkout. All proceeds from your subscription will go to the Gulf Restoration Network's ongoing protection and rehabilitation projects.
We thank you in advance for your support of the journal and, more importantly now, the Gulf Coast Region.
In light of the ongoing crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, and as the effects of the crisis are increasingly seen and felt on shore, we have decided to introduce a subscription drive to raise money for the clean-up effort.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Call for Submissions: Creative Nonfiction
BOOK PROJECT: Immortality
postmark deadline August 6, 2010
postmark deadline August 6, 2010
For a new book project to be published by Southern Methodist University Press, entitled "Immortality," we're seeking new essays from a variety of perspectives on recent scientific developments and the likelihood, merits and ramifications of biological immortality. We're looking for essays by writers, physicians, scientists, philosophers, clergy--anyone with an imagination, a vision of the future, and a dream (or fear) of living forever.
Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information, and reach for some universal or deeper meaning in personal experiences. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice.
Guidelines: Essays must be: unpublished, 5,000 words or less, postmarked by August 6, 2010, and clearly marked “Immortality” on both the essay and the outside of the envelope. Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information (address, phone, and email) and SASE to:
Creative Nonfiction
Attn: Immortality
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Attn: Immortality
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Flash Fiction Contest: Gemini Magazine
A prize of $1000 and publication in Gemini Magazine will be given annually for a short story. The editors will judge.
Submit a story of up to 1000 words with a $4.00 entry fee ($5.00 for each additional entry).
Deadline: August 31, 2010
For complete guidelines and online submission form, please visit our site.
Submit a story of up to 1000 words with a $4.00 entry fee ($5.00 for each additional entry).
Deadline: August 31, 2010
For complete guidelines and online submission form, please visit our site.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Fiction Competition: Drue Heinz Literature Prize
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize Call for Submissions 2011
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals.
Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Waren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Rick Moody and Joan Didion. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press under its standard contract.
The winner will be announced by the University Press in January. No information about the winner will be released before the official announcement. The volume of manuscripts prevents the Press from offering critiques or entering into communication or correspondence about manuscripts. Please do not call or e-mail the Press.
Eligibility
The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals of national distribution. On-line publication does not count toward this requirement.
The award is open to writers in English, whether or not they are citizens of the United States.
University of Pittsburgh employees, former employees, current students, and those who have been students within the last three years are not eligible for the award.
Translations are not eligible if the translation was not done by the author.
Eligible submissions include a manuscript of short stories; one or more novellas (a novella may comprise a maximum of 130 double-spaced typed pages); or a combination of one or more novellas and short stories. Novellas are only accepted as part of a larger collection. Manuscripts may be no fewer than 150 and no more than 300 typed pages.
Stories or novellas previously published in book form as part of an anthology are eligible.
Format for Submissions
Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced on quality white paper, unbound, and pages must be numbered consecutively. Clean, legible photocopies on high quality white paper are acceptable.
Each submission must include a list of the writer's published short fiction work, with full citations.
Manuscripts will be judged anonymously. Each manuscript should have two cover pages: one listing the title of the manuscript and the author's name, address, e-mail address (if available), and telephone number; and a second listing only the manuscript title. The author's name, other identifying information, and publication information must not appear after the first cover page.
Manuscripts will not be returned.
Multiple Submissions
Manuscripts may also be under consideration by other publishers, but if a manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify thePress.
Authors may submit more than one manuscript to the competition as long as one manuscript or a portion thereof does not duplicate material submitted in another manuscript.
Dates for Submission
Manuscripts must be received during May and June 2010. That is, they must be postmarked on or after May 1 and on or before June 30.
Send submissions to:
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
University of Pittsburgh Press
3400 Forbes Avenue
Eureka Building, Fifth Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
If you have any questions about these guidelines, please e-mail press(at)pitt.edu (replace (at) with @)
press@pitt.edu
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals.
Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Waren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Rick Moody and Joan Didion. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press under its standard contract.
The winner will be announced by the University Press in January. No information about the winner will be released before the official announcement. The volume of manuscripts prevents the Press from offering critiques or entering into communication or correspondence about manuscripts. Please do not call or e-mail the Press.
Eligibility
The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals of national distribution. On-line publication does not count toward this requirement.
The award is open to writers in English, whether or not they are citizens of the United States.
University of Pittsburgh employees, former employees, current students, and those who have been students within the last three years are not eligible for the award.
Translations are not eligible if the translation was not done by the author.
Eligible submissions include a manuscript of short stories; one or more novellas (a novella may comprise a maximum of 130 double-spaced typed pages); or a combination of one or more novellas and short stories. Novellas are only accepted as part of a larger collection. Manuscripts may be no fewer than 150 and no more than 300 typed pages.
Stories or novellas previously published in book form as part of an anthology are eligible.
Format for Submissions
Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced on quality white paper, unbound, and pages must be numbered consecutively. Clean, legible photocopies on high quality white paper are acceptable.
Each submission must include a list of the writer's published short fiction work, with full citations.
Manuscripts will be judged anonymously. Each manuscript should have two cover pages: one listing the title of the manuscript and the author's name, address, e-mail address (if available), and telephone number; and a second listing only the manuscript title. The author's name, other identifying information, and publication information must not appear after the first cover page.
Manuscripts will not be returned.
Multiple Submissions
Manuscripts may also be under consideration by other publishers, but if a manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify thePress.
Authors may submit more than one manuscript to the competition as long as one manuscript or a portion thereof does not duplicate material submitted in another manuscript.
Dates for Submission
Manuscripts must be received during May and June 2010. That is, they must be postmarked on or after May 1 and on or before June 30.
Send submissions to:
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
University of Pittsburgh Press
3400 Forbes Avenue
Eureka Building, Fifth Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
If you have any questions about these guidelines, please e-mail press(at)pitt.edu (replace (at) with @)
press@pitt.edu
Call for Submissions: Sin Fronteras
Sin Fronteras/Writers Without Borders is seeking submissions for its 15th annual anthology. Submissions of poetry, one-act plays, fiction and creative non-fiction should be sent between April 1 and June 30, 2010 to:
Sin Fronteras/Writers Without Borders
P.O. Box 3416
Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Also, please include a cover letter, short bio (2-3 sentences), phone and email address. All manuscripts will be recycled at the end of our reading period. Final decisons in 2010 are expected in late-August. We are not accepting work via email at this time. Submissions without SASE (that includes envelopes without stamps) will NOT BE READ)
Send 4-5 poems or 1-2 short stories or works of creative non-fiction (10 page maximum) or one-act play (no longer than 10-pages total). Manuscripts must be typed, with writer's name and address at the top of each page. Also, please number your poems by placing a number at the top of each poem next to its title. Writings are judged on merit, regardless of subject matter. Payment is one copy of the annual journal.
Sin Fronteras/Writers Without Borders
P.O. Box 3416
Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Also, please include a cover letter, short bio (2-3 sentences), phone and email address. All manuscripts will be recycled at the end of our reading period. Final decisons in 2010 are expected in late-August. We are not accepting work via email at this time. Submissions without SASE (that includes envelopes without stamps) will NOT BE READ)
Send 4-5 poems or 1-2 short stories or works of creative non-fiction (10 page maximum) or one-act play (no longer than 10-pages total). Manuscripts must be typed, with writer's name and address at the top of each page. Also, please number your poems by placing a number at the top of each poem next to its title. Writings are judged on merit, regardless of subject matter. Payment is one copy of the annual journal.
Fiction Competition: 2010 Thomas A. Wilhemus Award
2010 Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award
*** You may now upload your contest entry online. ***
Click the “Upload Your Contest Entry” link. You may upload up to four additional entries for $5.00 each.
RopeWalk Press will award a prize of $1000 and 25 complimentary copies for a fiction chapbook written in English submitted under the following guidelines.
Each submission must:
Be available for exclusive book-length publication by RopeWalk Press. Stories, novellas, or stand-alone excerpts published individually in journals or magazines may be submitted, but the writer must hold copyright. Previously self-published chapbooks and translations are not eligible. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if the manuscript is published/accepted by another press while under consideration, the author must promptly notify RWP in writing to withdraw the entry.
Include an entry fee of $15 ($5 for each additional manuscript submitted). Make check or money order payable toRopeWalk Press. This fee is non-refundable.
List the author’s name, street address, phone number, email address (if applicable), title of manuscript(s), and individual title(s) (table of contents) on a cover page. Acknowledgements are not required (but will, of course, be addressed once the winning chapbook is selected).
List only the title of manuscript and story (if applicable) on each page thereafter.
Consist of no more than 45 manuscript pages (double-spaced) per each individual submission.
Be addressed to:
Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award, RopeWalk Press
University of Southern Indiana
8600 University Boulevard
Evansville, IN 47712.
Be postmarked by July 1, 2010.
Include SAS postcard for receipt acknowledgement and/or SASE for contest results. All manuscripts will be recycled. Results will also be posted on the RWP web site.
All submissions will be considered for publication. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible. All rights revert to the writer upon publication.
For more information, e-mail ropewalkpress(at)usi.edu (replace (at) with @)email
or phone 812/464-1855.
*** You may now upload your contest entry online. ***
Click the “Upload Your Contest Entry” link. You may upload up to four additional entries for $5.00 each.
RopeWalk Press will award a prize of $1000 and 25 complimentary copies for a fiction chapbook written in English submitted under the following guidelines.
Each submission must:
Be available for exclusive book-length publication by RopeWalk Press. Stories, novellas, or stand-alone excerpts published individually in journals or magazines may be submitted, but the writer must hold copyright. Previously self-published chapbooks and translations are not eligible. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if the manuscript is published/accepted by another press while under consideration, the author must promptly notify RWP in writing to withdraw the entry.
Include an entry fee of $15 ($5 for each additional manuscript submitted). Make check or money order payable toRopeWalk Press. This fee is non-refundable.
List the author’s name, street address, phone number, email address (if applicable), title of manuscript(s), and individual title(s) (table of contents) on a cover page. Acknowledgements are not required (but will, of course, be addressed once the winning chapbook is selected).
List only the title of manuscript and story (if applicable) on each page thereafter.
Consist of no more than 45 manuscript pages (double-spaced) per each individual submission.
Be addressed to:
Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award, RopeWalk Press
University of Southern Indiana
8600 University Boulevard
Evansville, IN 47712.
Be postmarked by July 1, 2010.
Include SAS postcard for receipt acknowledgement and/or SASE for contest results. All manuscripts will be recycled. Results will also be posted on the RWP web site.
All submissions will be considered for publication. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible. All rights revert to the writer upon publication.
For more information, e-mail ropewalkpress(at)usi.edu (replace (at) with @)email
or phone 812/464-1855.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Poetry Contest: Morton Marr Poetry Prize
To enter this contest online, visit our website.
The Morton Marr Poetry Prize is an endowment by Marilyn Klepak of Dallas in honor of her father, whose love of poetry has encouraged her to pass this love on to others. Generous supplemental donations were also provided by Mr. and Mrs. David T. Searls, Jr. The first prize is $1,000 and the second place prize is $500. Both prizes earn publication in Southwest Review pages. Judging for 2009 was Dan Chiasson.
RULES: This contest is open to writers who have not yet published a first book of poetry. Contestants may submit no more than six, previously unpublished poems in a "traditional" form (e.g. sonnet, sestina, villanelle, rhymed stanzas, blank verse, etc.). Poems should be printed blank with name and address information only on a cover sheet or letter. (If work is submitted online, please omit the author's name from the final "submission content text area").
There is a $5.00 per poem entry/handling fee.
Postmarked deadline for entry is September 30, 2010. Submissions will not be returned. For notification of winning poems, include a SASE. Winners will be announced in December.
Entries should be addressed to:
The Morton Marr Poetry Prize
Southwest Review
P.O. Box 750374
Dallas, TX 75275-0374.
The Morton Marr Poetry Prize is an endowment by Marilyn Klepak of Dallas in honor of her father, whose love of poetry has encouraged her to pass this love on to others. Generous supplemental donations were also provided by Mr. and Mrs. David T. Searls, Jr. The first prize is $1,000 and the second place prize is $500. Both prizes earn publication in Southwest Review pages. Judging for 2009 was Dan Chiasson.
RULES: This contest is open to writers who have not yet published a first book of poetry. Contestants may submit no more than six, previously unpublished poems in a "traditional" form (e.g. sonnet, sestina, villanelle, rhymed stanzas, blank verse, etc.). Poems should be printed blank with name and address information only on a cover sheet or letter. (If work is submitted online, please omit the author's name from the final "submission content text area").
There is a $5.00 per poem entry/handling fee.
Postmarked deadline for entry is September 30, 2010. Submissions will not be returned. For notification of winning poems, include a SASE. Winners will be announced in December.
Entries should be addressed to:
The Morton Marr Poetry Prize
Southwest Review
P.O. Box 750374
Dallas, TX 75275-0374.
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