The Journal
Annual William Allen Creative Nonfiction Prize
(A competition that honors William Allen, the founding editor of The Journal)
$500 and publication of the winning essay in The Journal.
All styles, subject matter, forms welcome. New deadline for postmark of mss is January 31.
All mss will be considered for publication.
An entry fee of $10 should accompany each manuscript (make checks payable to The Journal).
Max word count is 6500 words. Include an SASE.
Send submission & entry fee to:
Nonfiction Prize
The Journal
Department of English
The Ohio State University
164 West 17th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Call for Submissions: Tidal Basin Review
Tidal Basin Review Inaugural Spring E-Issue
Reading Period & Submission Guidelines
Tidal Basin Review seeks to publish high-quality, well-crafted literature for our electronic debut! Our vision is to amplify the voice of the human experience through art that is intimate, engaging, and audacious. We do not seek shock value art, but rather work that broadens the artistic landscape.
Reading Period Inaugural Spring E-Issue:
January 1, 2010 – February 28, 2010
Submission Guidelines (for Inaugural Spring E-Issue Only)
Please send submissions of 3-5 poems totaling no more than 5 pages, one (1) short story, one (1) stand alone novel chapter or creative non-fiction piece of no more than 2,500 words, in an email attachment in doc., rtf, or .pdf format to:
tidalbasinpoems(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @) for poetry submissions and
tidalbasinprose(at)gmail.com (replace (at) @) for fiction and non-fiction submissions.
Please send work, in English, which has not been previously published. Publication rights revert to the author upon publication. We accept simultaneous submissions; however, please inform us immediately upon acceptance of your work elsewhere. Be sure to include a brief cover letter which includes your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number, as well as a brief bio with a maximum of 60 words.
Best of luck from the Basin
Reading Period & Submission Guidelines
Tidal Basin Review seeks to publish high-quality, well-crafted literature for our electronic debut! Our vision is to amplify the voice of the human experience through art that is intimate, engaging, and audacious. We do not seek shock value art, but rather work that broadens the artistic landscape.
Reading Period Inaugural Spring E-Issue:
January 1, 2010 – February 28, 2010
Submission Guidelines (for Inaugural Spring E-Issue Only)
Please send submissions of 3-5 poems totaling no more than 5 pages, one (1) short story, one (1) stand alone novel chapter or creative non-fiction piece of no more than 2,500 words, in an email attachment in doc., rtf, or .pdf format to:
tidalbasinpoems(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @) for poetry submissions and
tidalbasinprose(at)gmail.com (replace (at) @) for fiction and non-fiction submissions.
Please send work, in English, which has not been previously published. Publication rights revert to the author upon publication. We accept simultaneous submissions; however, please inform us immediately upon acceptance of your work elsewhere. Be sure to include a brief cover letter which includes your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number, as well as a brief bio with a maximum of 60 words.
Best of luck from the Basin
Poetry Competition: Bellday Poetry Prize
BELLDAY POETRY PRIZE
$2,000 PRIZE TO WINNING POET
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2010
CONTEST FINAL JUDGE: LUCIA PERILLO
Lucia Perillo has published five books of poetry, including Dangerous Life (1989), The Body Mutinies (1996), The Oldest Map with the Name America (1999), Luck is Luck (2005) and Inseminating the Elephant (2009). She has also published one book of essays, I’ve Heard the Vultures Singing (2005). She has taught at four universities and was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship.
Bellday Books will publish the winning book and award $2,000 and 25 copies of the book to the winning author.
Contest Rules
· Submit a manuscript of 60-90 pages of original poetry in any style in English. The manuscript must not have been published in book or chapbook, but may contain poems that have appeared in print or on the Internet. Entries may consist of individual poems, a book-length poem or any combination of long or short poems.
· Submitted manuscript must contain 2 title pages: Name and contact information should appear on first title page only. Name should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript. Include a table of contents page, but do not send an acknowledgements page.
· Manuscript must be typed single-spaced, paginated and bound with a spring clip.
· Enclose an SASE for announcement of the winner. Manuscript cannot be returned.
· Postmark deadline: March 15, 2010.
· Include a check or money order for $25 reading fee, payable to BELLDAY BOOKS.
· Bellday Books reserves the right not to select an award winner, in which case all reading fees will be refunded.
CONTEST MAILING ADDRESS
Bellday Books, Inc.
P.O. Box 3687
Pittsburgh, PA 15230
Questions may be directed to:
Office(at)belldaybooks.com
*replace (at) with @)
$2,000 PRIZE TO WINNING POET
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2010
CONTEST FINAL JUDGE: LUCIA PERILLO
Lucia Perillo has published five books of poetry, including Dangerous Life (1989), The Body Mutinies (1996), The Oldest Map with the Name America (1999), Luck is Luck (2005) and Inseminating the Elephant (2009). She has also published one book of essays, I’ve Heard the Vultures Singing (2005). She has taught at four universities and was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship.
Bellday Books will publish the winning book and award $2,000 and 25 copies of the book to the winning author.
Contest Rules
· Submit a manuscript of 60-90 pages of original poetry in any style in English. The manuscript must not have been published in book or chapbook, but may contain poems that have appeared in print or on the Internet. Entries may consist of individual poems, a book-length poem or any combination of long or short poems.
· Submitted manuscript must contain 2 title pages: Name and contact information should appear on first title page only. Name should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript. Include a table of contents page, but do not send an acknowledgements page.
· Manuscript must be typed single-spaced, paginated and bound with a spring clip.
· Enclose an SASE for announcement of the winner. Manuscript cannot be returned.
· Postmark deadline: March 15, 2010.
· Include a check or money order for $25 reading fee, payable to BELLDAY BOOKS.
· Bellday Books reserves the right not to select an award winner, in which case all reading fees will be refunded.
CONTEST MAILING ADDRESS
Bellday Books, Inc.
P.O. Box 3687
Pittsburgh, PA 15230
Questions may be directed to:
Office(at)belldaybooks.com
*replace (at) with @)
Call for Submissions: Nebraska women poets
The Backwaters Press is now accepting submissions for The Untidy Season: An Anthology of Nebraska Women Poets through December 31st of 2010, for expected publication in Spring of 2012.
Contributors must be Nebraskan women, which includes all women born or currently residing in Nebraska. Poets who have previously lived in Nebraska for a period of not less than 10 years, will also be considered. We ask that all submissions include a brief statement describing the author’s connection to the state of Nebraska. Poetry submissions need not specifically address Nebraska issues or geography, though both are certainly welcome.
The Backwaters Press, an independent press based in Nebraska, has published numerous award-winning titles, including the anthology Times of Sorrow, Times of Grace (2003) which received two Nebraska book awards. Several poets published by the press have had poems from their books read on The Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor.
Please send 3-5 previously unpublished poems (10 pages maximum) to: theuntidyseason(at)yahoo.com (replace (at) with @) .
Include a cover letter with brief bio and statement describing your connection to Nebraska. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Poems should be submitted both as an attachment (rtf, doc, or docx) and pasted in the body of the e-mail. Electronic submissions are strongly preferred; however, snail mail submissions may be sent to:
P.O. Box 8067
Omaha, NE 68108.
Contributors must be Nebraskan women, which includes all women born or currently residing in Nebraska. Poets who have previously lived in Nebraska for a period of not less than 10 years, will also be considered. We ask that all submissions include a brief statement describing the author’s connection to the state of Nebraska. Poetry submissions need not specifically address Nebraska issues or geography, though both are certainly welcome.
The Backwaters Press, an independent press based in Nebraska, has published numerous award-winning titles, including the anthology Times of Sorrow, Times of Grace (2003) which received two Nebraska book awards. Several poets published by the press have had poems from their books read on The Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor.
Please send 3-5 previously unpublished poems (10 pages maximum) to: theuntidyseason(at)yahoo.com (replace (at) with @) .
Include a cover letter with brief bio and statement describing your connection to Nebraska. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Poems should be submitted both as an attachment (rtf, doc, or docx) and pasted in the body of the e-mail. Electronic submissions are strongly preferred; however, snail mail submissions may be sent to:
P.O. Box 8067
Omaha, NE 68108.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays, everyone!
I will be taking a short break while I'm at my graduation residency for my MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday season.
Look for more posts after the first of the year!
I will be taking a short break while I'm at my graduation residency for my MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday season.
Look for more posts after the first of the year!
Call for Poems: Lunarosity
Call for Poems: Lunarosity
Lunarosity has changed some of its policies and procedures, updated
its design, and is calling for submissions of poetry for upcoming
months. Please check it out at the link above. Thank you.
Lunarosity has changed some of its policies and procedures, updated
its design, and is calling for submissions of poetry for upcoming
months. Please check it out at the link above. Thank you.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Fiction, Essay, Poetry Competition: New Letters Awards
Call for Writing
New Letters: A Magazine of Writing and Art
$1,500: The New Letters Poetry Award
$1,500: The Dorothy Churchill Cappon Essay Award
$1,500: The Alexander Patterson Cappon Fiction Award
All entrants will be considered for publication and will receive a one-year subscription to New Letters.*
Deadline: postmark by May 18, 2010, or enter online
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Please notify us if work is accepted elsewhere. Submit unpublished work only. No refunds will be issued.
Guidelines:
$15 for first entry; $10 for each entry after. Entry fee includes cost of a one-year (four issues) New Letters subscription, an extension of a current subscription, or a gift subscription. Make checks payable to New Letters Literary Awards. *Entries from outside the United States receive all contest privileges except the subscription.
Two cover sheets—the first with complete name, address, e-mail/phone number, category, and title(s); and the second with category and title(s) only. Personal information should not appear anywhere else on the entry.
A stamped, self-addressed postcard (optional) for notification of receipt and entry number.
A stamped, self-addressed envelope (optional) for a list of the winners.
Manuscripts will not be returned. No refunds will be issued. No substitutions or revisions.
Entries in fiction and essay are not to exceed 8,000 words. Poetry entries may contain up to six poems. They need not be related.
Multiple entries are welcome with appropriate fees.
Current students and employees at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and current volunteer members of the New Letters and BkMk Press staffs, are not eligible. All entries are considered for publication • First runners-up will receive a copy of a recent book of poetry or fiction from our affiliate BkMk Press • One winner and one runner-up will be selected in each category. •Winners will be announced mid-September 2010. • $1,500 prize money paid to each winner upon publication in our awards issue. •
New Letters is an international magazine of writing and art. Previous final judges include Philip Levine, Maxine Kumin, Gerald Early, Joyce Carol Oates, Rishi Reddi, Mary Jo Salter, Floyd Skloot, Carole Maso, Cornelius Eady, and Margot Livesey.
Submit electronically or mail entries to:
NEW LETTERS LITERARY AWARDS
University House, 5101 Rockhill Road
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO 64110
New Letters: A Magazine of Writing and Art
$1,500: The New Letters Poetry Award
$1,500: The Dorothy Churchill Cappon Essay Award
$1,500: The Alexander Patterson Cappon Fiction Award
All entrants will be considered for publication and will receive a one-year subscription to New Letters.*
Deadline: postmark by May 18, 2010, or enter online
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Please notify us if work is accepted elsewhere. Submit unpublished work only. No refunds will be issued.
Guidelines:
$15 for first entry; $10 for each entry after. Entry fee includes cost of a one-year (four issues) New Letters subscription, an extension of a current subscription, or a gift subscription. Make checks payable to New Letters Literary Awards. *Entries from outside the United States receive all contest privileges except the subscription.
Two cover sheets—the first with complete name, address, e-mail/phone number, category, and title(s); and the second with category and title(s) only. Personal information should not appear anywhere else on the entry.
A stamped, self-addressed postcard (optional) for notification of receipt and entry number.
A stamped, self-addressed envelope (optional) for a list of the winners.
Manuscripts will not be returned. No refunds will be issued. No substitutions or revisions.
Entries in fiction and essay are not to exceed 8,000 words. Poetry entries may contain up to six poems. They need not be related.
Multiple entries are welcome with appropriate fees.
Current students and employees at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and current volunteer members of the New Letters and BkMk Press staffs, are not eligible. All entries are considered for publication • First runners-up will receive a copy of a recent book of poetry or fiction from our affiliate BkMk Press • One winner and one runner-up will be selected in each category. •Winners will be announced mid-September 2010. • $1,500 prize money paid to each winner upon publication in our awards issue. •
New Letters is an international magazine of writing and art. Previous final judges include Philip Levine, Maxine Kumin, Gerald Early, Joyce Carol Oates, Rishi Reddi, Mary Jo Salter, Floyd Skloot, Carole Maso, Cornelius Eady, and Margot Livesey.
Submit electronically or mail entries to:
NEW LETTERS LITERARY AWARDS
University House, 5101 Rockhill Road
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO 64110
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