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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Wednesday Writers Round Up

Kicking off our weekly list of places that want your writing! We have provided a link to each call for submissions where you can get all the nitty-gritty details.


THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS NOVEMBER 20, 2009. THIS IS A POSTMARK DEADLINE, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO EXPRESS MAIL, OVERNIGHT, OR FAX ANY SUBMISSION. CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW DOES NOT CONSIDER ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS AT ANY TIME, SO PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSION. THANK YOU.

Special Issue: Land of Lincoln, Writing from and about Illinois


CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW is seeking work for our Summer/Fall 2010 issue focusing on writing by Illinois writers and writing from writers outside Illinois about the people, places, past and present of Illinois. Especially interested in work about the distinctive neighborhoods and cities of Illinois, and its political, social, musical, cultural and sports history.


The submission period for this issue is August 1, 2009 through November 20, 2009. We will be reading submissions throughout this period and hope to complete the editorial work on the issue by the end of February 2010. Writers whose work is selected will receive $25 (US) per magazine page ($50 minimum for poetry; $100 minimum for prose) and two copies of the issue.


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Call for Submissions: The Survivor's Review

The Survivorʼs Review, a not-for-profit online journal encouraging the creative expression of cancer survivors, is seeking stories, essays and poems by those who are intimately familiar with the cancer journey. If you have written a piece that explores the heart of what it means to be a cancer survivor or caregiver, please consider submitting your work to us.

Submissions accepted at: www.survivorsreview.org

Our word count is flexible, but most of our features range from 100 to 1,000 words. Please visit our site and contact us with any questions.


Submissions received by December 1, 2009 will be considered for publication in our next issue.


Question: Who is a cancer survivor?

Answer: Anyone living with a history of cancer from the moment of diagnosis through the remainder of life.

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Online Journal Seeks Current Events Poetry

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 the website at
http://www.newversenews.com 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 nvneditor@yahoo.com. Write "Verse News Submission" in the subject line of your email.

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Tattoo Highway, an online journal of prose, poetry and art, is now reading
for TH/20: "Detours."


Deadline, Jan. 10, 2010.


GENERAL GUIDELINES: Our tastes are eclectic. We like fresh, vivid language,

and we like stories and poems that are actually about something -- that
acknowledge a world beyond the writer's own psyche. If they have an edge, if
they provoke us to think or make us laugh, so much the better. We strongly
suggest reading a previous issue or two before submitting.

While we particularly welcome poetry and short "screen-reader-friendly" prose or cross-genre pieces work. We encourage hypertext and new media (Flash .swf) submissions, also photographs and original graphics.
All readings are "blind" (authors' names and other identifiers are removed). Writers may submit up to 5 poems, prosepoems or flash fictions (500 words max), or 2 longer prose pieces. While we prefer to see work that has not been previously published, we do consider work that has appeared in small-circulation print journals. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know promptly if you place a piece elsewhere.

As always, we're featuring our contest: "A Picture Worth 500 Words."
Details on website.

HOW TO SUBMIT: Email submissions to submissions@tattoohighway.org
, as Rich Text Format (RTF) attachments or as plain text in the body of your message, and with TH20 in the subject line. For hypertext and Flash submissions, provide us with an URL where we may view the work online. Send graphics in .jpg format.

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Porter Gulch Review invites submissions of poems, short stories, screenplays, paintings, drawings, photographs or anything else that can be transferred to paper.

Written works must be less than 5,000 words each. Up to four poems or two short stories. Typed, single-spaced, one copy only and no staples. Include a cover letter with your address, phone, email, titles of submissions and a 2-3 sentence playful bio. Include a disk with files of literary or art works and mark on the disk your name and names of pieces included. Any originals of artworks should have your contact information on the back. Mail in 9X12 envelope to Porter Gulch Review, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drove, Aptos CA 95003. Email all files including bio to pgr@cabrillo.edu. Deadline: December 1, 2009.


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Call for poems: MisFit

MisFit: A Journal of Long and Short Poetry, is now accepting submissions for its inaugural issue, April 2010.
Email your long (60+ lines) poems or your short (7 or less lines) in the body of your email, with the subject line "MisFit (long OR short) Name" to editor.stringbeanpress@gmail.com

Previously published poems will be considered!


The journal will come out in POD format in April. Contributors get one copy.


Monday, September 14, 2009

Mid-American Review accepting poetry, fiction submissions

Deadline: Ongoing

Website: http://marsubmissions.bgsu.edu/

Type: Call for Submissions

Reading Fee: n/a

Prize: n/a

Looking for: Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction

Accepts: Online submissions or snail mail submissions

From their site:

Mid-American Review is now accepting online submissions for its 30th anniversary
double issue. The journal will continue to accept snail-mail submissions as
well.

The MAR Submissions Manager site can be accessed through the MAR website, www.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview, or it can be accessed directly at marsubmissions.bgsu.edu.

Submissions are accepted year-round, although summer response times can be slower. The anniversary issue will feature a mix of work by former contributors and newcomers to MAR, and we have a special interest in introducing previously unpublished writers to a wide audience.

Traditional submissions will always be gratefully accepted at this address:

Mid-American Review
Department of English
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green OH 43403

Friday, September 11, 2009

Paper Darts Magazine Call for Submissions

Fiction, Poetry, Plays & More

Website: http://www.paperdarts.org

Editor/Contact Name : Jamie Millard

Contact E-Mail : jamie[at]paperdarts.org

Deadline Date (if any) : n/a

Publication Type : Literary Arts Magazine

Website URL : Paper Darts Magazine

Genre(s) : Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Music, Video, Comics, Playwriting, Art.

What they're looking for in their own words:
Paper Darts is a Minneapolis based literary arts magazine looking to publish all types of genres from all types of people. We like unique, creative, sometimes disturbing types of work.

Sparklesoup seeks short fiction and inspirational manuscripts

Website: www.sparklesoup.com

Editor/Contact Name : Kailin Gow

Contact E-Mail : sparklesoup[at]aol.com

Deadline Date (if any) :n/a

Publication Type : Print and/or Electronic Book Publisher

What they seek in their own words:
1) Non-fiction - how-to, career, health, nutrition, diet, parenting, education, business, technology, inspirational, studying/school tips, beauty, fashion, biography of famous person, politics, science, home life.

2) Fiction - older tweens, teens, young adult, romance, mystery, chick lit, fantasy/adventure, science fiction, christian fiction.

Our books are distributed in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe, and South America, and recommended by Parents, Teachers, Schools, and Women's Groups. Because we have this core audience, we do not publish anything containing obscene scenes, lewd acts, degradation, anything that is beyond a PG-13 rating.
Details : Sparklesoup is expanding with new lines of books.

We are currently seeking shorter books (between 7,500 words to 40,000 words) based on 250 words per page for publication for our new Sparklesoup Sparkfire (romance books) and Sparklesoup SparkleLife (inspirational books) line (only as ebooks.) Longer length books (35,000 to 80,000) are currently sought in the fiction to non-fiction areas for print. Manuscripts must be completely written and edited.

Send an email inquiry with the following information in the body of the email to sparklesoup@aol.com.

1) 500 words synopsis
2) Why should this manuscript be published?
3) Number of pages and words of the manuscript
4) Author's bio, been published before, has an agent or rep?
5) 1st sample paragraph of manuscript

Please do not send manuscript. If there is interest, based on the inquiry, there will be a follow-up email asking for more material. If your manuscript is accepted for publication, please do not provide a cover for the book. We have a team of cover artists that will provide a cover for the book.

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

{out of nothing} call for submissions

Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009

Website: http://www.outofnothing.org (as a note, the website is a work of art in itself)

Type: Call for submissions

Reading Fee: n/a

Prize: n/a

Looking for:

Accepts: Electronic submissions, see http://www.outofnothing.org/809/guidelines-text.html

From their site:

call for submissions
{out of nothing}
no. 3 / that there were some ah-ness to things

Please view complete guidelines here:
http://outofnothing.org/809/

[out of nothing] (http://www.outofnothing.org) is an electronic
publication featuring new works in image, sound, text and the digital
arts, as well as works located at the inter-sections between these
media.

In general, [out of nothing] is interested in works that address, in
some manner:
* the vacuum
* salvage / remainders
* imaginary spaces possessed of imaginary dimensions
* darkness / lightlessness
* reduced or infinitesimal means
* the exponential
* self-abnegating symbols
* the blank
* obliteration
* the inconsequential
* refusal
* the contentless / general contentlessness
* the generic and / or undifferentiated and / or the contra-original
* adhesive agents in search of clients to bind
* none of the above or below

[out of nothing] is published in online installments, on an irregular but roughly quarterly seasonal basis that nevertheless remains chronically TBD. Each issue is theme-based, and is introduced by a special M.C.; or, emcee. Occasional print anthologies are also envisioned.

[out of nothing] is edited by Janice Lee, Eric Lindley & Joe Milazzo.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Dossier call for submissions for online journal

Deadline: Ongoing

Website: www.dossierjournal.com

Type: Call for Submissions for Online Journal

Reading Fee: n/a

Prize: n/a

Looking for: Flash fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for the "Read" section of its website. Fiction and non-fiction should be under 1000 words.

Accepts: Email submissions

From their site:
Submissions of writing and art are welcome and should be sent to submissions@dossierjournal.com. For art, we strongly suggest that you include a link to your website. There are no guidelines or themes for submissions.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Interobang?! Zine call for poetry, prose submissions

Deadline: Sept. 1st - ooh only 5 days left!

Website: http://interrobangzine.com

Type: Call for Submissions

Reading Fee: N/A

Prize: N/A

Looking for: Poetry, Prose, and Photography Submissions

Accepts: Email Submissions, previous and simultaneous submissions

From their site:

Interrobang?! Zine, (http://interrobangzine.com) a small and independent arts magazine based in Providence, RI seeks poetry, prose and photography submissions for its second print edition, as well as multimedia (art, video, music) for its online edition at http://interrobangzine.com. Simultaneous and previously published submissions welcome. Send up to five poems and/or 3000 words of prose... unlimited multimedia submissions accepted.

Submit online with the genre of your piece in the subject line (for example, POETRY, if you're submitting poetry). Please put your name, address, and preferred email address in the message body so we can contact you to let know that we've received your piece, and for follow-up if your work is accepted. All photography and art should be submitted digitally. There are no constraints for the web, but for those who want to see their work in the print edition must submit line art, sketches, or black-and-white images with the understanding that we do not at present have sufficient funds to go above photostat/newsprint quality. Please note "For Print and Web" or "For Web Only" in your email.We ask that text submissions be submitted in .DOC or .RTF format. Photography and art should be attached as high-quality JPEG or PNGs. Music and video should be submitted in .MP3 and .MPG respectively.


Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Land of Lincoln issue, Crab Orchard Review call for submissions:

Deadline: Oct. 31, 2009

Website: http://craborchardreview.siuc.edu/guid2.html

Type: Call for submissions for writing from and about Illinois

Reading Fee: n/a

Prize: n/a

Looking for: Original, unpublished poetry, fiction, or literary nonfiction in English or unpublished translations in English

Accepts: Snail Mail Submissions

From their site:
Special Issue: Land of Lincoln ~

Writing from and about Illinois

CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW is seeking work for our Summer/Fall 2010 issue focusing on writing by Illinois writers and writing from writers outside Illinois about the people, places, past and present of Illinois.

All submissions should be original, unpublished poetry, fiction, or literary nonfiction in English or unpublished translations in English (we do run bilingual, facing-page translations whenever possible). Please query before submitting any interview.

For our general submission guidelines, check our Web site at

http://craborchardreview.siuc.edu/guid2.html

Mail submissions to:

CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW

Land of Lincoln issue

Faner 2380, Mail Code 4503

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

1000 Faner Drive

Carbondale, IL 62901

United States of America

The submission period for this issue is August 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009. We will be reading submissions throughout this period and hope to complete the editorial work on the issue by the end of February 2010. Writers whose work is selected will receive $25 (US) per magazine page ($50 minimum for poetry; $100 minimum for prose) and two copies of the issue. Include SASE for reply or for manuscript return.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Jerry Jazz Musician No Fee Fiction Contest

Deadline: September 30th, 2009

Website: http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=fictioncontest.html

Type: Contest

Entry Fee: No fee

Prize: $100

Looking for: Fiction that is original, previously unpublished work of approximately one - five thousand words.

Accepts: email submissions.

From their site:

Three times a year, Jerry Jazz Musician awards a writer who submits, in our opinion, the best original, previously unpublished work of approximately one - five thousand words. The winner will be announced via a special mailing of our Jerry Jazz Musician newsletter. Publishers, artists, musicians and interested readers are among those who subscribe to the newsletter. Additionally, the work will be published on the home page of Jerry Jazz Musician and featured there for at least four weeks.

The Jerry Jazz Musician reader has interests in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theatre, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-twentieth century America. Your writing should appeal to a reader with these characteristics.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Family Circle Fiction Writing Contest: DL Aug 31

http://www.parents.com/family-life/fitness/stress-relaxation/fiction-contest-winners/?page=12

Deadline: August 31st, 2009

Type: Contest

Reading Fee: None

Prize: One grand prize winner will receive $750, publication in Family Circle, a certificate for one online mediabistro.com course (valued at up to $610), and a one-year mediabistro.com AvantGuild membership ($49 value). Two runners-up will each receive $250 and a one-year
mediabistro.com AvantGuild membership ($49 value), and will have his or her story published on familycircle.com.

Looking for: Short fiction up to 2500 words

Accepts: Snail mail submissions

See the parents.com website for further details on the contest.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Juked fiction and poetry contest: DL Aug 31

http://www.juked.com/prize/

Deadline: August 31, 2009

Type: Contest

Entry Fee: $10 per entry. There is no limit on the number of entries you
may submit.

Prize: First prize for each genre: $500 and publication in our upcoming print issue, Juked #7.

Looking for: Previously unpublished fiction and poetry

Accepts: Simultaneous submissions are fine, but notify us immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere. Submit by Snail Mail or Email.

From their site:

Fiction: send one story per entry. There is no length requirement.

Poetry: send up to five poems (no more than ten pages total) per entry.

We are currently accepting entries for our 2009 JukedFiction and Poetry Prizes. Winners in each of the genres will receive $500 and publication in print issue #7. Our final judges this year are Dan Chaon (fiction) and Dora Malech (poetry). This year we will also accept electronic submissions to help everyone cut down on costs.

Current and former students of the judges are not eligible to compete.

Include a cover page with your name, address, e-mail, telephone number and the title(s) of your story or poems. Do not put your name anywhere else on the manuscript.

We will notify via e-mail;do not include an SASE.

Results will be announced in October 2009.

See website for more details on how to submit.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Upstreet Mag Call for Submissoins

They're looking for quality submissions with edge - fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction:

UPSTREET: award-winning literary annual’s sixth issue seeks quality submissions with an edge—fiction, poetry, CNF. First five issues feature interviews with Jim Shepard, Lydia Davis, Wally Lamb, Michael Martone, Robin Hemley. Distributed nationally by Ingram, Source Interlink, and by Disticor in Canada.

Website for more information: www.upstreet-mag.org

Deadline: March 1, 2010

Payment: Author Copies

Friday, July 03, 2009

Umbrella journal call for poetry and fiction submissions

Website: http://www.umbrellajournal.com/submit.html

Type: Call for Submissions

Reading Fee: n/a

Deadline: August 10, 2009

Looking for: Fiction, Poetry: Unthemed and themed poetry and prose (see below).

Accepts: Electronic submissions

From their site:
Umbrella, the "supremely rereadable electronic journal," is now reading for our fall issue, online September 1st, 2009.

For fall, we are reading both For the themed section, we are looking for poems that have something to do with school subjects, e.g., history, geography, science, math, languages, Psych 101, whatever and et cetera. Understand, we are not looking for retrospective poems that deal with your school days, but rather poems that encounter the subjects themselves. We welcome your submissions.

Please see the submit page for complete guidelines and specific needs and preferences.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

The MOM Egg call for submissions

They are currently seeking submissions for a special online issue of The Mom Egg, a literary journal, to be released in Fall 2009. Deadline for poetry, fiction, creative prose and art for this issue is July 31, 2009. They are also accepting submissions of other material, such as reviews and interviews. Submission guidelines may be found on the website, www.themomegg.com.

The Mom Egg publishes work by mothers about everything, and by everyone about mothers and motherhood.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Wag's Revue Call for submissions for Issue 3

Website: http://www.wagsrevue.com/submit.php

Type: Call for Submissions

Reading Fee: None!

Looking for: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fictions

Accepts: Electronic submissions encouraged

From their site:
Aspiring to marry the rigors of print with the freedoms of the internet, Wag's Revue is an online quarterly of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. Its first issue featured new fiction from Brian Evenson, and interviews with Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Dave Eggers, n+1 co-founder Mark Greif, and author Wells Tower. The second issue, which just hit the net, features an interview with T. C. Boyle, creative micro nonfiction by Stephen Elliot, anagrams of Shakespeare sonnets by K. Silem Mohammad, and much more. Check out both issues at www.wagsrevue.com

Friday, June 26, 2009

Scion Press seeks Vampire Short Fiction and Poetry

For a print anthology, Deadline Aug 28, 2009
  • Contact Name : Leslie Ormandy
  • Contact E-Mail : ceo[at]scionpress.com
  • Deadline Date (if any) : 28-Aug-2009
  • Publication Type : Print Anthology
  • Genre(s) : creative fiction, horror, science fiction, fantasy
  • Details : Scion Press is soliciting submissions for short fiction and poetry about vampires. We ask only that it be original, creative, and fun, and that your prose bring the vampire to life for the reader. We do not want derivative fiction or fan fiction. We want original to you. Length: Stories: under 8000 words, Poems: under 60 lines (and our personal preference is unrhymed). Submission via Snail Mail.
  • Will consider simultaneous submissions
  • Full guidelines at http://www.scionpress.com
  • Postmark date: August 28, 2009
  • Sign contracts by Sept 30, 2009
  • Publication date: May, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009

New Plains Review call for submissions

They seek quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for its Fall 2009 issue. (#fb)

The New Plains Review is the recent literary home of such authors as Stephen Dunn, Billy Collins, Galway Kinnell, and Julianna Baggott. From their site:
We are interested in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that is thoughtful and compelling, but otherwise we do not have any specific guidelines for style or subject matter. We no longer arrange issues with thematic topics. On occasion, we do publish issues with special sections; always look at our Special Section announcements on our website before submitting.
For more information on how to submit: http://www.libarts.uco.edu/english/newplains/index.htm

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

The Los Angeles Review seeks Fiction and Poetry

Deadline: June 1 by e-mail.

The Los Angeles Review, a Red Hen Press publication, seeks fiction, non-fiction, poetry, reviews, and translations for their next issue.

From their site:
"The Los Angeles Review, established in 2003, is the voice of Los Angeles, and the voice of the nation. With its multitude of cultures, Los Angeles roils at the center of the cauldron of divergent literature emerging from the West Coast. Perhaps from this place something can emerge that speaks to the writer or singer or dancer or wild person in all of us, something disturbing, something alive, something of the possibility of what it could be to be human in the 21st century.

We dedicate the sixth issue of The Los Angeles Review to Wanda Coleman. We invite both published and emerging writers to submit their work to the editors listed below, and we thank you for being part of The Los Angeles Review.

Submission Guidelines:
Issue No. 6 is scheduled to be released in 2009. Submissions accepted from March 1 to June 1 via email only.

Indicate title and word count in the subject heading. Please include a cover letter and bio in the body of the email and attach your piece as a single .doc or .rtf attachment.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted if noted in the cover letter. No multiple submissions, please. Response time is 2-3 months.

Writers published in the 2009 Los Angeles Review will receive one contributor copy in exchange for first North American serial rights.
Guidelines:

Fiction and nonfiction:
We seek essay, memoir, and commentary told as compelling, focused, sustained narrative in a distinctive voice, rich with detail. Send 1,000-4,000 words or delight us with flash nonfiction that cat-burgles our expectations. In fiction we're looking for to hard-to-put-down shorties under 500 words and lengthier shorts up to 4,000 words--lively, vivid, excellent literary fiction.

Poetry:
Please submit 3-5 poems that will surprise us, wow us, and make us wish we'd written them ourselves. We are open to form, free verse, prose poems, and experimental styles. Our only criterion is quality.

Reviews:
We welcome reviews of new and recent books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, particularly of books that have not received the critical attention they deserve. Send reviews of three to six pages. No need to query the editor beforehand.

Translations:
Please submit 3-5 translated poems that open the poet's original vision to an English-speaking audience.
Visit their site for a list of editor e-mail addresses.


Monday, March 16, 2009

The Black Boot Call for Fiction and Poetry

Editor/Contact Name : Ryan Wilson

Contact E-Mail : blackboot[at]mail.com

Deadline Date (if any) : 01-Aug-2009

Publication Type : Los Angeles Lit Journal

Website URL : The Black Boot

Genre(s) : Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art

Details : Call for Submissions: The Black Boot wants poetry and and fiction from the guts, the heart, the darkness, the cracks of light, in other words, your best. We do readings, live writing experiments and daily web updates.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Call for submissions: damselfly press: DL Mar 15

damselfly press, an online literary journal for women is pleased to
announce the publication of our sixth issue and call for submissions
for the seventh issue. We are seeking electronic submissions of
original fiction, poetry, and non fiction by female writers slated for
online publication in April 2009.

The deadline to submit for the seventh issue is March 15th, 2009.

Visit the damselfly press website:

http://damselflypress.net to read the sixth issue and learn more about
the journal.