THE NEW VERSE NEWS covers the news of the day with poems on issues, large and small, international and local. It relies on the submission of poems (especially those of a politically progressive bent) by writers from all over the world.
The editors update the website every day or two with the best work received. What's best? A genuinely poetic take on a very current and specific news story or event.
See our website for guidelines and for examples of the kinds of poems THE NEW VERSE NEWS publishes. Then paste your submission and a brief bio in the text of an email (no attachments, please) to:
nvneditorATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Write "Verse News Submission" in the subject line of your email.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Writer's Residency: Hub City Writers Project
Hub City Writers Project offers three residencies per year in a furnished, two-bedroom cottage in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Applications for summer and fall residencies are now being accepted. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2015.
The 10-week summer residency is June 8–August 15, 2015.
The 15-week fall residency is September 7–December 18, 2015.
Residents receive lodging, utilities, and a stipend ($150/week); they are responsible for their own transportation and meals. In addition to uninterrupted writing time, the residencies offer opportunities for service at Hub City Press and Bookshop, for presentation of workshops or readings, and for literary projects of your own in Spartanburg.
Eligibility
The program is open to emerging writers in the United States who have completed a degree in creative writing within the past five years or are currently pursuing a graduate degree in writing.
How to Apply
Please submit: a writing sample of 10 poems, one novel chapter, a short story, or an essay of up to 20 pages; a one-page project description that includes what you want to accomplish with your own writing and your ideas for community literary service in Spartanburg; a résumé; and the names and contact information for two references.
The application fee for summer or fall is $30. The application for both is $40. Applications are processed through Submittable and are open until April 15. Additional information and the link to submit can be found here.
The 10-week summer residency is June 8–August 15, 2015.
The 15-week fall residency is September 7–December 18, 2015.
Residents receive lodging, utilities, and a stipend ($150/week); they are responsible for their own transportation and meals. In addition to uninterrupted writing time, the residencies offer opportunities for service at Hub City Press and Bookshop, for presentation of workshops or readings, and for literary projects of your own in Spartanburg.
Eligibility
The program is open to emerging writers in the United States who have completed a degree in creative writing within the past five years or are currently pursuing a graduate degree in writing.
How to Apply
Please submit: a writing sample of 10 poems, one novel chapter, a short story, or an essay of up to 20 pages; a one-page project description that includes what you want to accomplish with your own writing and your ideas for community literary service in Spartanburg; a résumé; and the names and contact information for two references.
The application fee for summer or fall is $30. The application for both is $40. Applications are processed through Submittable and are open until April 15. Additional information and the link to submit can be found here.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Wellness & Writing Retreat: Mago Retreat Center
The next Wellness & Writing retreat will be five days of learning and relaxation at the Mago Retreat Center in Sedona, Arizona. This retreat is perfect for anyone writing short stories, poems, or essays, and those writers who want to start creating short sellable pieces. The majority of attendees will be writers who are also working on longer book-length projects who want to have some publishing credits out there before approaching agents and publishers. Classes will include discussions about finding your authentic message as a writer, creating short work (essays, travel, short stories, magazine articles), and how to get those short pieces of writing published.
Space is limited. Details here.
Space is limited. Details here.
One-Act Play Competition: The Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing
The Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing announces its sixth annual One-Act Playwriting Competition to showcase new works.
Writers are encouraged to submit their one-act plays (with a running time of 40 minutes or less) to the center by Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Entries will be judged on plot, character development, dialogue and overall quality.
The first prize winner will receive $750 and production of his or her play at the Frostburg One-Act Playwriting Festival to be held on the FSU campus in September. Second and third prize winners will receive $250 and $100, respectively, and staged readings of their works.
For complete submission guidelines, visit the Center for Creative Writing’s website.
Situated in the mountains of Allegany County, Frostburg State University is one of the 12 institutions and two regional higher education centers within the University System of Maryland. FSU is a comprehensive, residential regional university and serves as an educational and cultural center for Western Maryland.
FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodations through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-4102 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.
Writers are encouraged to submit their one-act plays (with a running time of 40 minutes or less) to the center by Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Entries will be judged on plot, character development, dialogue and overall quality.
The first prize winner will receive $750 and production of his or her play at the Frostburg One-Act Playwriting Festival to be held on the FSU campus in September. Second and third prize winners will receive $250 and $100, respectively, and staged readings of their works.
For complete submission guidelines, visit the Center for Creative Writing’s website.
Situated in the mountains of Allegany County, Frostburg State University is one of the 12 institutions and two regional higher education centers within the University System of Maryland. FSU is a comprehensive, residential regional university and serves as an educational and cultural center for Western Maryland.
FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodations through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-4102 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.
Call for Submissions: Blue Lyra Review
Blue Lyra Review, a journal of diverse voices, is open to any writer so long as it is quality work. We are looking for poetry, guest edited by Jason Koo, nonfiction, guest edited by Suzanne Cope, & translations.
Send through Submittable.
Also consider purchasing the new print issue available on the site as well.
Send through Submittable.
Also consider purchasing the new print issue available on the site as well.
Call for Poetry Submissions: Really System
Really System, the journal of poetry and extensible poetics, will publish its sixth issue in April 2015. We are looking for vibrant poems inflected by our shared technocultural moment and the ways it envelops us, fascinates us, dances with us, ignores us, and fails us. Submissions for issue three are open until March 15, 2015.
More information here.
Read our Submission Guidelines here.
More information here.
Read our Submission Guidelines here.
Writing Competition: Tiferet Journal
Tiferet Journal is now accepting submissions for our 2015 Writing Contest!
Guidelines
Entry link
Deadline: June 1, 2015
Entry Fee: $15.00
$1500 in prizes will be awarded to best in Short Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, and Poetry. This year's honored judges include Nahid Rachlin for Fiction, Aliki Barnstone for Poetry, and Danielle Ofri for Non-Fiction. Please visit our website for more information, and we look forward to reading your work!
Guidelines
Entry link
Deadline: June 1, 2015
Entry Fee: $15.00
$1500 in prizes will be awarded to best in Short Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, and Poetry. This year's honored judges include Nahid Rachlin for Fiction, Aliki Barnstone for Poetry, and Danielle Ofri for Non-Fiction. Please visit our website for more information, and we look forward to reading your work!
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