Call for Submissions: Mythium Literary Journal

Mythium Literary Journal is now taking fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction submissions.

Mythium is the brainchild of award-winning author Crystal E. Wilkinson and visual artist/poet Ronald Davis. It's goal is to spotlight colored writers of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds in the aforementioned fields.

Submissions are accepted year-round. Fiction and creative nonfiction pieces must be limited to 5,000 words. Novel and memoir excerpts are acceptable. You may submit up to 5 poems at one time, but they must not exceed 20 pages total. Entrants may only submit one submission per category until you have been notified of acceptance or non-acceptance of submitted material. Payment is in one copy of the issue in which the author's work appears.

For full submission guidelines, please visit our website: http://mythiumlitmag.com/submissions.html

Call for Submissions: Diverse Voices Quarterly

Diverse Voices Quarterly is celebrating its third year of publishing online! Issue Eight is now available for download on our website.

For Issue 9, we are now accepting online submissions for poetry, short stories and personal essays/creative nonfiction. Please use the form on our website to submit your work: http://www.diversevoicesquarterly.com/submissions.

• For poetry: You may submit 3-5 poems. Please send in one file, separated by a page break between poems.
• For short stories: Submissions must be 3,000 words or less. You may submit up to two short shorts that add up to 1,000 words.
• For personal essays/creative nonfiction: Submissions must be 3,000 words or less. Send only one essay at a time.

Artwork, which is especially requested, must still be sent directly to submissions[at]diversevoicesquarterly.com.

For full submission guidelines, please visit our website: http://www.diversevoicesquarterly.com/submission-guidelines/

Call for Submissions: Miracle Monocle

Miracle Monocle is now accepting submissions for our upcoming Spring and Summer 2011 issues. We're looking for poetry, fiction and microfiction.

• For fiction: Please limit your submission to 4,000 words and submit one piece at a time. For paper submissions, please double-space.
• For poetry and microfiction: You may include up to 5 pieces in your submission. There is no word limit for poetry submissions. Please limit microfiction pieces to 500 words or less.

We accept both electronic and paper submissions year-round.

For full submission guidelines, please visit our website at www.miraclemonocle.com.

Miracle Monocle features works of contemporary fiction, poetry and microfiction and believes that even the most serious subjects can be handled with humor and charity. Miracle Monocle is an online journal housed and supported by the University of Louisville's English Department and is run by faculty, graduates and undergraduates. Issues appear quarterly. Unpublished, emerging and established writers alike are encouraged to apply and submit.

Call for Submissions: The Poetry Market Ezine

The Poetry Market Ezine is currently seeking submissions of poetry reviews for publication in our free monthly ezine.

The Poetry Market Ezine only accepts poetry book, chapbook or poetry magazine or ezine reviews. We do not publish poems. We only publish reviews somehow related to poetry.

Reviews must be unpublished in any form upon submission. They must be written by the person submitting the review. Reviews may not be a review of the reviewer's own poetry book or chapbook. They may be up to 800 words (or 1 to 1 1/2 pages) in length, but shorter reviews are preferred. Reviews must include the name of the item reviewed, where the item can be purchased (with the ISBN, if applicable), and author contact information (of both the author of the item if applicable as well as the author of the review).

Please submit reviews in the body of an email. Put "Poetry Review Submission" in the subject line. Include a brief bio (2-4 lines) and a cover letter. You may submit 1-3 reviews at a time. We will consider reprints, but there will be no payment for reprints. You can expect a response within 1-2 months. Please email reviews to thepoetrymarket[at]yahoo.com.

Full submission guidelines can be found at www.thepoetrymarket.com.

Friday Round-Up: Tweets and posts you may have missed

Here's a list of posts from our LAwritersgroup.com Twitter account from this past week, in case you missed them or don't participate in Twitter.

Key:
RT = Re-tweet, which means someone else tweeted something and we re-tweeted it.
@(name) = This is a user name on Twitter. If you click on it, you should be able to visit that person's twitter site and follow them if you so chose.

• Beware of agent solicitations: http://bit.ly/gy4SIF
  
  
• Why you should revisit the movie Psycho: http://ow.ly/3In47
  
  
• Johnaugust.com: No one stole your idea http://ow.ly/1s09KV
  
  
• Prime Number Magazine Call for Fiction, Poetry, Book Review, Interview and Short Play Submissions: http://ow.ly/3Jxlx
  
  
• Low-Residency MFA Announces Scholarships http://bit.ly/hj7rV6
  
  
• Mandala Journal Call for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction and Art Submissions: http://bit.ly/fg9X1Q
  
  
• RT @UnkScreenwriter: Los Angeles Writers Group Writing and Literary Agent Blogs and ... http://bit.ly/hrP4DM
  
  
• CEO Author Wants Readers to Write Ending of Third Book Fishbowl LA http://ow.ly/1s0g94
  
  
• SF Peace & Hope Call for Poetry, Nonfiction and Imagery Submissions: http://ow.ly/1s0ggK
  
  
• Weave Magazine for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction and Short Play Submissions: http://ow.ly/1s0ggX

Call for Submissions: Peace & Hope

The new online journal, SF Peace and Hope, is now seeking original, unpublished work that transforms and inspires from poets, writers and artists. The launch date for the premiere issue is early 2011 at www.sfpeaceandhope.com. Al Young, Poet Laureate California Emeritus, is writing the preface, and we will have a new visual stage for your work designed by Bay Area artist Niya C. Risk of Ritual Labs.

We are looking for poetry, short nonfiction and visual imagery related to the theme of peace and hope from writers and artists who live in the San Francisco Bay area or have a strong affinity for this locale. The Bay area as a subject is also encouraged.

For poetry: Submissions must be short- to medium-length poems of 34 lines or less. You may submit a maximum of 3 poems.

For non-fiction (including essays): Submissions must be 300 words or less. You may submit a maximum of 1 nonfiction piece.

For artwork: Submissions must be digital images of your original paintings, drawings and photographs. You may submit a maximum of 3 images.

Please submit your writing as a single document in the body of the e-mail or as a Word attachment. Send your images as jpeg files no larger than 1000 pixels in any dimension; please include the medium as well as a title or short caption. Please e-mail submissions to sfpeaceandhope[at]gmail.com.

Further submission guidelines can be found at http://www.elizabethhack.com/SubmissionGuidelines.html

In the subject line, list your name (Last, First) and the genre of your submission. Submissions will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Short bios are optional. Please check the website for changes to the submission policy. We will notify you of the status of your submission, so please do not send e-mail inquiries. We look forward to receiving your work.

Call for Submissions: Weave Magazine

Weave Magazine, an independent art and literary publication, is currently accepting submissions for our sixth issue, being released in June 2011. We welcome submissions of poetry, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, short plays and monologues.

For more information about Weave and the work we publish, please see the "About" page on our website: http://www.weavemagazine.net/p/about.html.

The deadline for submission is January 31, 2011. Please see submission guidelines for more detailed information: http://www.weavemagazine.net/2008/05/submission-guidelines.html

Call for Submissions: Pegasus

Pegasus, the literary journal at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, invites submissions of poetry, short fiction (flash fiction is welcome), creative nonfiction, artwork and photography for the upcoming spring 2011 issue. The submission deadline is January 31, 2011.

Pegasus is an award-winning regional journal, focused only on Georgia writers who are of high school age or who are currently enrolled as undergraduates in Georgia colleges and universities. All other writers should talk to editor Jeff Newberry before sending any submissions. Jeff Newberry can be reached at jnewberry[at]abac.edu. Past issues have included invited features by Mark Leidner, Janisee Ray, Patrick Phillips, Amy Blackmarr and Janice Daugharty.

Pegasus accepts electronic submissions only. Please visit http://www.abac.edu/pegasus/submit.hmtl for full submission guidelines.

Call for Submissions: NPR's Short Fiction Contest

National Public Radio (NPR) has announced the latest installment of its Three Minute Fiction contest. The contest, which was launched in 2009, invites writers to create stories in fewer than 600 words, which can be read in roughly three minutes.

Although the initial contest held only the word-count guideline, judge Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has given this sixth iteration a few more rules. Adichie, the author of critically acclaimed books Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, has stated that each story submitted for this contest must include a) a joke and b) someone crying.

For more information on rules and guidelines, and for information on how to submit stories, please visit http://npr.org/.

The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. ET on January 23, 2011.

Call for Submissions: Prime Number Magazine

The editors of Prime Number Magazine, a quarterly journal of distinctive prose and poetry, are now reading for Issue No. 7, to be released in April 2011.

We are interested in fiction and essays up to 4,000 words (including flash fiction and non-fiction), individual and groups of poems, book reviews, interviews and short plays. We're also looking for cover art reflecting the number 7 for the next issue (and you might be planning ahead for issues 11, 13, 17, etc.). For our full submission guidelines, see http://www.primenumbermagazine.com/Submit.html.

To better understand our tastes, please read earlier issues of the magazine. Issue 5 has just gone live and can be seen at http://www.primenumbermagazine.com/Issue5.html.

Call for Submissions: Apple Valley Review

Apple Valley Review will be reading submissions of short fiction, essays and poetry for its Spring 2011 issue (Vol. 6, No. 1) until Tuesday, March 15, 2011.

We prefer writing that has both mainstream and literary appeal. All work must be original, previously unpublished, and in English. Please do not submit genre fiction, explicit work, or anything particularly violent or depressing. Also, please note that we do not accept simultaneous submissions. All published work is considered for our annual editor's prize.

To submit, please send 2-6 poems or an essay/short story pasted into the body of an e-mail to our editor at editor[at]leahbrowning.net.

The current issue, previous issues, subscription information and complete submission guidelines for the Apple Valley Review are available at http://www.applevalleyreview.com/

Call for Submissions: Damselfly Press

Damselyfly Press, a prize-winning online literary journal for women, is pleased to announce the publication of our fourteenth issue and call for submissions for the fifteenth issue. We are seeking electronic submissions of original fiction, poetry and nonfiction by female writers only slated for online publication in April 2011.

For fiction: Send 9 - 10 pages of fiction not exceeding 2,500 words max. Submitters may send up to two fictional stories per submission to the fiction editor. Fiction submissions can be sent to jennifer[at]damselflypress.net.

For poetry: Send 1-3 poems per submission. Poetry submissions can be sent to lesley[at]damselflypress.net.

For nonfiction: Send 3-10 pages of nonfiction not exceeding 2,500 words max. Submitters may send up to two nonfiction submissions such as memoir or personal essays to the nonfiction editor. Nonfiction submissions can be sent to nonfiction[at]damselflypress.net.

The deadline to submit for the fifteenth issue is March 2011. For more information on submission guidelines, please visit http://damselflypress.net/submissions/

Call for Submissions: Floorboard Review

Floordboard Review is now accepting poetry and photography submissions for its second issue.

For poems: Submit up to 4 poems. We are especially drawn to poems with vivid, concrete imagery, and carefully crafted, musical lines (which does not necessarily mean rhyme). We are not interested in abstractions. Review your work carefully, as we do not generally ask for revisions. Please upload poems in a single file, and include the poems' titles separated only by commas in the name of the file.

For photos: Submit 3 to 4 black-and-white photographs.

Simultaneous submissions of poems and photos are fine; just let us know immediately if the piece is accepted elsewhere. At this time, we are only looking for previously unpublished material - that includes any public print or online sources. Upon acceptance of your work, Floorboard Review requests first North American serial rights (which means the work has not been published before); upon publication, all rights revert back to the author or artist.

Floorboard Review does not accept emailed poems or photos; please use our online submission manager at http://floorboard.submishmash.com/Submit.

For more information, please visit http://www.floorboardreview.com.

Call for Submissions: Mandala

Mandala Journal is an online, student-run multicultural journal for poets, writers, artists and thinkers published by the Institute for African American Studies at The University of Georgia. Since the online launch in April 2010, the journal's audience has grown to include readers in fifty-six countries and territories around the world.

Mandala Journal seeks submissions of original poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art for the 2011 issue, "Reconciliation." Complete submission guidelines and information about this year's theme may be found the website http://mandala.uga.edu/.

The deadline for Mandala Journal submissions is January 31, 2011.

Call for Submissions: The Bellingham Review

The Bellingham Review, a literary journal published in affiliation with the graduate program at Western Washington University, welcomes electronic submissions of flash fiction, prose poetry, and brief essays via Submishmash for online publication.

Submissions Guidelines:

This is an open (free) submission period and runs from January 1st, 2011 through April 15th, 2011. Pieces can be up to 1000 words in length and can be on any subject. Submissions must be submitted via Submishmash at http://bhreview.submishmash.com/submit.

Please, no more than three pieces per submission, only one submission per author during this period. Please include a cover letter with your contact information, submission genre(s), and publication history (if applicable) on the first page of your submission. Please submit all pieces in a single file, preferably a Microsoft Word Document. Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged so long as you are prompt in informing us of any acceptances by other publications.

All work must be previously unpublished. We look forward to reading your work. Payment is dependent on availability of funds. Any questions can be sent to (replace (at) with @ in sending e-mail)

Call for Submissions: Poetry, Fiction or Memoir Chapbooks

Call for Fiction Submissions: Wordrunner Electronic Chapbooks (Revised)

This small press publishes four online collections annually of fiction, poetry or memoir, each featuring one author. Submit your manuscript for the mid-March FICTION e-chapbook by February 21. No fee to submit. Payment: $65. See www.echapbook.com/submissions.htm
for detailed guidelines and 2011 submission and publication schedule.

Submit a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 15 stories. Stories may be flash or longer, from 500 up to 3,000 words each, totaling a minimum of approximately 7,500 and a maximum of 16,000 words for the collection.

We are more interested in compelling and subtle narrative with characters that walk off the page than in experimental fiction. No genre fiction, please, unless a story is good enough to transcend genre. Stories need not be linked. At least one-third of the collection should be previously unpublished.

Call for Submissions: Union Station Magazine

UNION STATION is a quarterly online magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, photography, book review and interview.

With each issue, we seek to bring together diverse and emerging voices in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, as well as showcase freshest talent in photography. Please checkout our most recent Issue nO.3 at unionstationmag.com.

Issue No.4 is scheduled for release in March 2011. Submissions will close for this issue on February 15, 2011.

For the complete submission guidelines, please visit the website:
http://unionstationmag.com/submit. All submissions can be made through our online submissions manager at Submishmash:

http://unionstationmag.submishmash.com

Any questions should be directed to unionstationmag.com

(replace (at) with @ when sending e-mail).

Calls for Submissions: Straylight Lit Journal and Edgemar Theater One-Acts

- Straylight is in search of great work to publish! This is a call for poetry, fiction and flash fiction.

Straylight, the literary journal of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, is calling for submissions of fiction for both our print magazine and for publication on our website. Our online edition is also calling for creative non-fiction submissions on the topic "Why write?" and novellette and novella-length fiction submissions for serialization. We will consider any genre, but are looking for high-quality work.

We will accept submissions through April 15, 2011. Please visit http://straylightmag.com/ for more information and submission guidelines. When you're ready to submit, send work either to straylight[at]litspot.net or via postal mail to:

Straylight
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
English Department
900 Wood Road
Kenosha, WI 53141

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The Edgemar Theatre Group is in search of work for Acts on The Edge: Annual One Act Short Play Festival. This is a call for one act plays and 10-minute shorts.

The Edgemar Theatre Group will be accepting submissions for the 2011 Acts on the Edge until December 1, 2010. There is a $5.00 fee to submit to the Edgemar Theatre Group. A $100.00 prize will be awarded to the author of the Audience Favorite Award.

All submissions will be accepted through www.edgemarcenter.org/events. After your $5.00 submission fee is processed, you will receive a confirmation email with all the details of where to submit your script(s). Please visit the aforementioned site for more information and submission guidelines.

Submit Your One-Act Short Play

Deadline: 12/1/2010

2nd Annual One Act Festival

www.edgemarcenter.org

Acts on The Edge: 2nd Annual One Act Short Play Festival

Want to submit a one-act to Acts on The Edge 2011?

Edgemar Theatre Group will be accepting submissions for the 2011 Acts on The Edge from July 17-December 1, 2010. All submissions will be accepted through www.edgemarcenter.org/events. After your $5.00 submission fee is processed you will receive a confirmation email with all the details of where to submit your script(s).

Submission Guidelines

• Only unproduced works will be accepted. Plays that have had staged readings are eligible, it is preferred that this be the World premiere production of the work.
• Legal clearance of ALL materials not in the public domain are the full responsibility of the playwright.
• Length: 15 minutes maximum, no minimum.
• Production criteria include scripts requiring minimal technical support for a 65 seat theatre and cast of characters with an age range of 20-50. Sets should be minimal.
• Submission fee: $5.00 per script.
• Playwrights may make multiple submissions, each under a separate cover. Only one play per author will be chosen.
• Please include a title page with name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Please submit a synopsis and character breakdown.
• Playwright must provide in their submission a letter giving the Edgemar Theatre Group the right to produce the work free of all royalties as part of an evening of new works which will be presented in 2011. Please note in the statement that all material in the play is in the public within your right to provide performance clearance. By submitting permission is also given to pursue publication of all chosen one acts as part of an anthology collection.
• The volume of scripts submitted hampers our ability to comment individually on each work, so we do not offer criticism.

Deadline for submission: December 1, 2010.

Beyond Baroque First Annual Poetry Contest

Beyond Baroque is one of the United States' leading independent Literary/Arts Centers and public spaces dedicated to literary and cultural production, contact, interaction, and community building. Founded in 1968, it is based in the Old Town Hall in Venice, California, near the Pacific Ocean. It offers a program of readings, free workshops, publishing, bookstore, archiving, and education.  Like most art / cultural centers, Beyond Baroque is struggling to meet its financial obligations.

Toward that end, they are hosting a Poetry Contest - so yes, there is a fee, but there are cash prizes for the top 3 poets ($500, $250, $100) and the reader's fee will go back into keeping the doors open on this beloved center.  The final judge will be Tony Barnstone

CONTEST RULES
1. Submit up to three unpublished poems, 40line limit.
2. All themes and styles welcome.
3. Deadline Sept. 1st. 2010 (postmarked)
4. No ID on poems; poet's name, address, phone, e-mail address and poem titles on cover sheet.
5. Send entries, including $15 reading fee, to: 

Beyond Baroque Contest

681 Venice Blvd., 

Venice, CA 90291.

6. Checks payable to Beyond Baroque
7. No SASE. Poems not returned.

Note: A reading/reception will be held for the three cash winners and five top finalists at Beyond Baroque on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010.