Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Wednesday Round Up - Themed Submissions

Hi Readers! We've noticed a trend in themed submissions and thought we'd include them in our Writers Round Up this week.

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The 2010 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize with guest judge Nathan Englander
http://www.symphonyspace.org/shorts/writing_contest

The winning submission, selected by Nathan Englander, will be read as part of the Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space on April 7, 2010. The story will be recorded for possible later broadcast as part of the public radio series. The winner will receive $1000.


Story requirements


Submit a single short story that addresses the theme, Apartments and Neighbors

Your story must have a title. Make sure your name and contact information appear on the first page of your story. If you are submitting by online, this information needs to appear on the first page of the attached Word document. Include page numbers. Your story must be no more than 3 double-spaced typed pages in length (Times New Roman, 12pt font) and no more than 750 words.

Deadline


All submissions
must be received by January 29, 2010. To be specific, online submissions must be submitted by 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Mailed submissions must arrive with the day's mail. (Entries postmarked on January 29 will NOT be accepted.)

Where to submit your story

http://www.symphonyspace.org/shorts/writing_contest

Mail to

CONTEST, Selected Shorts

Symphony Space

2537 Broadway

New York, NY 10025


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Call for Submissions: Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry http://www.poemeleon.org

We are now accepting submissions for Volume IV Issue 2, the collaborative issue. For this issue, we are looking for works that are collaborative in nature: poem collaborations, call-and-response, or poet/painter (or other medium) pairs/trios, etc. If there are two or more collaborators, and the project involves poetry, we might be interested. In addition to poems, we are looking for relevant essays and interviews that speak to the collaborative process.


Please visit the website for full guidelines. All submissions must come through our electronic submissions form:
http://www.poemeleon.org/submission-guidelines2/

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Switched-on Gutenberg, one of the first on-line poetry journals, announces its 15th issue on the theme Gains and Losses. The issue is on-line at http://www.switched-ongutenberg.org

Accepting Submissions of Art and Poetry for Issue 16 on the theme "Assemblage":


--Will be taken from December 1, 2009 to March 1, 2010.

--ONE TO THREE POEMS ONLY, not to exceed 48 lines.

--Must be original (previously published work is okay if credits are included).

--Simultaneous submissions are OK, if you notify us as soon as any work is accepted elsewhere.

--Poetry can be in Text only (TXT or RTF) or in Word (DOC or DOCX) format or included in the body of the e-mail.

--Artwork should be in JPG, GIF, or PNG format.

--Should be e-mailed to editor@switchedongutenberg.org. Please include your name in the subject line.


All submissions should include:


--your name and e-mail address

--a short (three-line) biographical note.

--Address and phone number in case we need to contact you concerning a local reading.


We report on submissions 2 - 3 months after the close of the submission period. We plan to release Issue 16 in late-summer 2010.


For more information, check our web site:
http://www.switched-ongutenberg.org

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Daughter/Father Stories Call for Submissions

Seeking Female Writers to to share how your father’s character, personality, and/or actions (in-actions) influenced your development, for the opportunity to be included in an anthology to be published in June 2010.


Details for submission can be found at
www.daughterstory.blogspot.co

Deadline is December 15, 2009

No longer than 1200 words, your narrative should be emotionally moving and tangible with descriptive imagery readers can relate to via sight, sound, smell, touch and taste.


Email daughterstory@gmail.com

Include your full name, address, daytime phone number, and e-mail address. Your story MUST be submitted as a .doc attachment, or in the body of the email, double-spaced in 12pt. font, Times New Roman. Any other format will not be read.


In the subject line include your year of birth and a one-word theme for your narrative. Also include a bio—a short paragraph (of about 50 words or less) about you, promoting your latest book, project, etc.

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