Call for Submissions: Blooming Tree Press

Blooming Tree Press emailed us and asked us to post the following call for submissions:

Because of the many submissions we receive, we ask you to strictly adhere to the requirements that follow:
*Please submit a brief biography, synopsis, and the first three chapters of your manuscript only. All material must be typed and double-spaced.
*Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope for proposal or possible response, but do not send original manuscripts; they will not be returned. Retain copies of all material sent in case originals get lost in the mail.
*Name, address, phone number and e-mail of the author should be on the first page of the manuscript, and a header for subsequent pages should contain the author's name and title.
*Fiction we consider should be approximately 60,000 - 100,000 words.

We are currently acquiring the following categories of Fiction:
MYSTERY/THRILLER – Unique plot twists are certainly welcome to this genre, but don’t forget the basics of good storytelling and characterization; these are the tools of your trade. Fast-paced usually appeals to a wider audience these days, but a well-developed psychological thriller can be just as gripping. An unfamiliar setting, skillfully employed, will help disorient your reader and heighten the overall effect of your story.
SCI-FI/FANTASY – Swords and lasers, robots and magic, aliens and dwarves…these are some of the trappings of this genre, the peripheral characteristics, but not the essential ones. As in the movies, no matter how much special effect you add, if the plot is lacking, the story suffers. To temper this wisdom, worldmaking is not a cardinal sin, and much of the initial appeal to a reader lies in the strange and wonderful places to which you can take them. Finish the job by capturing their hearts as well as their minds. Use the most powerful weapons you have in your arsenal: heroes and villains.
GENERAL FICTION – There is nothing that distinguishes good fiction more than a mastery of the fundamentals of writing: diction, pacing, point of view, characterization, dialogue, conflict. Do violate the edict a little bit; show more and tell less. Have a central conflict, which helps the reader empathize with your protagonist. Have a protagonist. Read your manuscript, and ask yourself if you would like it if it were someone else’s work. Make your story important and relevant to your readers. Raise the stakes, as one writer put it.

N.B. We are not accepting Horror manuscripts at this time.

Send submissions to:

Blooming Tree Press
Adult Division
c/o Justin Parker
PO Box 140934
Austin, Texas 78714

www.bloomingtreepress.com

2007 Army Writing Contest

2007 Writing Contest: "The Center of Military History is pleased to announce its Special Topics Writing Competition, now named for General James Lawton Collins Jr, a visionary Army leader, educator, and historian. The goal of this contest is to obtain firsthand accounts from junior officers describing how their unit responded when facing a particular challenge in the current war. The Center of Military History wants to capture the small-unit-level view of this conflict for inclusion in future publications.

First Place: Award of $500 / Certificate of recognition signed by the Army Chief of Staff / Publication by the Center of Military History.

Second Place : Award of $250 / Certificate of recognition signed by the Army Chief of Staff / Publication by the Center of Military History.

Deadline: 1 April 2007"

Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative - Essay Contest

Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative - Essay Contest: "Essay Contest Guidelines

13th Annual Contest Deadline: February 17, 2007

Tiny Lights invites entries that feature a distinctive voice, discernible conflict and an eventual shift in the narrator's perspective. We are looking for writers who weave the struggle to understand into the fabric of their essays.

This year, we are introducing a special prize of $300 for short essays (no more than 1,000 words).

We can only consider unpublished work, or previously published material for which the author holds rights. Rights revert to author after publication in Tiny Lights.

* Each essay must be accompanied by an entry fee. $15 for first essay, $10 each additional essay."

Word Smitten's Call for Fiction. The award is $1,010.00 and the deadline for this Fiction Contest: July 1.

Word Smitten's Call for Fiction. The award is $1,010.00 and the deadline for this Fiction Contest: July 1.: "The Rule: Write a short story that requires exactly 1,010 words (excludes the title and footnotes). That's it. That's the rule. Excise those adverbs and cut those adjectives. Make us laugh or make us weep. Above all, pay rigorous attention to the word count. It's why we call this unique short story contest The TenTen. It's a challenge to be precise, be witty, be short."
$15 reading fee
Deadline: July 1st

Dylan Days Creative Writing Contest

Dylan Days Creative Writing Contest: "Dylan Days is sending out its annual call for poetry and short fiction entries for the 2007 Dylan Days Creative Writing Contest. The deadline is April 23 and all writers must follow the rules listed below.

First, Second and Third prizes will be awarded to writers in poetry and short fiction categories, in both open and student divisions. First Prize wins $100, Second Prize wins $50 and Third Prize wins $25. Honorable mentions will also be named. All winning entries appear in the Dylan Days literary journal, “Talkin’ Blues,” providing many first-time publication credits for emerging writers and poets.

This year features two key changes from previous years.

1) All entries must be submitted electronically. The deadline is April 23, 2007.

2) The entry fee is being eliminated, but the limit of one short story and two poems per writer remains."

Annual Poetry Contest

Annual Poetry Contest: "Euphoria' has an annual Poetry Contest which offers a prize of $100 for the Winning Entry. There is No entry fee, and nothing that must be purchased if this contest is won."

Submit Your Writings to Survivor's Review

Submit Your Writings to Survivor's Review: "f you have crafted a story, essay or poem that explores the heart of one or more aspects of the cancer journey, we'd like to hear from you. Please complete the online form below and include your work. While we are flexible on the word count, we aim to have most of our submissions at between 10 and 1,000 words."

Looming Deadlines - Fiction & Non-fiction

Deadlines-December 15th! Enter the Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest & submit to The Truth About the Fact: A Journal of Literary Nonfiction.

Boulevard Magazine is sponsoring a short fiction contest for emerging writers (which means you have not published a book of fiction, poetry or non-fiction with a "nationally distributed press.") All entries must be postmarked by December 15th. Previously accepted or published work is out of the question. The editors will judge. There is an entry fee of $15.00 per individual story, but no limit on the number of entries. That entry fee includes a one year subscription to the magazine. Make that check payable to Boulevard.

There is no maximum length, and your name, address and telephone number should appear on the first page of your manuscript. No cover sheets necessary. Do double-space your entry. Send your manuscript, a 3 x 5 inch index card with your name, address and title (of submission) and a SAS postcard (for acknowledgement of receipt) to:

Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest
PMB 325
6614 Clayton Road
Richmond Heights, MO 63117

At stake: $1,500.00 and publication in Spring or Fall 2007 issue of Boulevard!

Learn more at http://www.richardburgin.net/boulevard

The Truth About the Fact: A Journal of Literary Non-fiction is based out of Loyola Marymount University. They are currently seeking submissions of literary non-fiction, memoir, personal essays, commentary and black and white photography art for their 2nd issue. Submit your 1000 to 5000 word manuscripts by attaching them in a Word file OR pasting them into the body of an email, along with a brief bio, to: editor@thetruthaboutthefact.com.

Check them out at http://thetruthaboutthefact.com/

Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf: Call for Submissions

Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf: "The Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf program announces No Direct Route Home, its third annual call for submissions. Poems sought that take surprising detours leaving the reader stranded in a snowbank. Those selected will be paired with original abstract art by Midwestern artist, Sarah Spencer, and produced on postcards, text layered over the colored images. Postcards will be available for free in Wisconsin art galleries, libraries and coffeehouses. All contributors receive ten postcards of their own work plus the work of other poets. Previously published poems welcome with mention of prior credit.

Send any number of poems, 30-line max counting title, spaces, byline and prior credit, maximum width 3 inches."

Online fiction contest (Sobol) draws fire

TheStar.com - Online fiction contest draws fire: "Numerous questions have been raised about the prize, especially its $85 entry fee and stipulation that Sobol officials would serve as literary representatives of the winners; industry policy prohibits agents from charging money to read manuscripts. Sobol has said the fees are necessary to cover administrative costs."

Fulton Prize for Short Fiction

Fulton Prize: "The Adirondack Review and Black Lawrence Press are pleased to announce the establishment of The Fulton Prize for Short Fiction, to be awarded once each year for a previously unpublished short story.

The winner will receive $250 and publication in The Adirondack Review. Entrants whose stories receive honorable mention will also have their stories published in The Adirondack Review. In addition, they will be awarded an honorarium of $25.

Guidelines: Entrants may submit up to three original, unpublished stories (stories must not have been previously published in either print or on-line publications). There is no limit on word length."

Deadline: March 1, 2007

400 Words » Submissions NO PAY

400 Words » Submissions: "Now accepting entries on: WORK
Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write about work. Yourself and work, more specifically."

GRAY FRIAR PRESS: Call for Submissions

GRAY FRIAR PRESS: Guidelines: "This book will allow contributors to display how film has shaped their work. Rather than paying homage to a specific film genre, we want authors to choose either a favourite director or a cinematic 'style' or sub-genre (see below for suggestions) in order to reveal this. The idea is to demonstrate how different techniques of the camera might be captured, developed or even eschewed by prose. Show us the limitations and advantages of drawing upon the screen; be clever and inventive. Avoid pastiche or a simple conversion of themes, etc — push yourself, and fiction, into new expressionist quarters…

Stories can be any length, though there will be a preference for 4,000-7,000 words; still, if you’ve got a fine novella, send it along. HOWEVER, please send a short synopsis of your story first, the better to avoid overlap. "

Free Online Book Promotion

Are you a writer who wants to promote your book online and/or to other writers? Send us a a helpful or descriptive blog entry about your book, and we will be happy to post it here on our blog and link back to your book or Web site. Contact nicole(at)lawritersgroup.com for more information.

Submissions « Mannequin Envy

Submissions « Mannequin Envy: "We will be reading submissions between December 15-January 15 to be considered for our Winter Issue.
Poets: 2-5 poems
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, as is previously published work (please note original publication credit), though unpublished work is more likely to find a home here."

Call for Art: Women Artists Datebook

Call for Art: Women Artists Datebook:

"Poetry:
* 8 poems may be submitted.
* 30-line maximum per poem with name and address on each page.
* No SASE/poems will not be returned. $100 plus 4 datebooks.
* Datebook artists & poets may purchase additional datebooks at a 40% discount;
* may purchase up to 15 or more at 50% discount.

October through February of each year is prime review time."

Tarpaulin Sky Submission Guidelines

Tarpaulin Sky Submission Guidelines: "Guidelines for Poetry, Prose, & Cross-/Trans-genre Work: We are currently reading for Tarpaulin Sky's first print issue, which will be published (simultaneously with web-only content as well as web-samples from the print edition) in Fall/Winter 2007. The submission period will close March 15, 2007."

Webshots Project Spotlight

Webshots Project Spotlight: "Starting in January 2007....Have you always had a sneaking suspicion that you could write a sitcom? Is your sketch comedy troupe better than Saturday Night Live? Do you have an idea for the next great mini-series? We want to talk to you! Project Spotlight is currently seeking show proposals from independent creators, talented amateurs and small production houses... "

HowToEnter - The Sobol Award

HowToEnter - The Sobol Award: "The contest is open to all unpublished writers who do not have a literary agent. Submissions must be novels in English of at least 50,000 but no more than 300,000 words."
also...
"The Touchstone Division of Simon & Schuster and Sobol Literary Enterprises, Inc. today announced their agreement to publish all three finalists in the newly created Sobol Award for Fiction"
Deadline March 31st, 2007
Entry Fee: $85

Freelance Writers Jobs Resource

Freelance Writers Jobs:
Another blog with freelance writing jobs listed.

Freelance Writing Jobs Resource

Freelance Writing Jobs
Another freelance writing jobs resource. They pull a lot of content from Craigslist, but there seems to be other jobs there are don't come from CL as well.

411mania.com: No Pay

No pay, but possibly a way to establish yourself if you have a particular hobby.

411mania.com: "Write for 411!

411mania.com is once again looking to bring aboard some new writers! Writing for 411 is a fun experience that gives you valuable experience writing for a major website! Many writers have used 411 as a springboard to writing books and establishing themselves in the entertainment industry, not to mention the perks of writing which include scoring countless 'freebies' (DVDs, video games, CDs, etc.), attending concerts and screenings as media, interviewing stars, attending wrestling indie shows as media, attending conventions and shows as media, and more! Please read the descriptions below and follow the instructions when applying."

Writer's Digest Poetry Awards

Writer's Digest Poetry Awards: "Prizes

First Place: $500

Second Place: $250

Third Place: $100

Fourth Through Tenth Place: $25

Eleventh Through Twenty-Fifth Place: $50 gift certificate for Writer's Digest Books.

* The names and poem titles of the First through Tenth-Place winners will be printed in the August 2007 Writer's Digest, and winners will receive the 2007 Poet's Market.

For entrants paying with a credit card, we will accept entries submitted online.

Entry Deadline: Wednesday, December 20, 2006"

Glimmertrain's Fiction Open

Fiction Open: "We are interested in reading your original, unpublished stories! Open to all writers, all themes, all lengths, so have at it! (We don't publish stories for children and we don't publish works longer than 20,000 words, I'm sorry.) We do consider unpublished novel excerpts if they feel like complete stories. Multiple submissions are fine. (You can send more than one submission per competition, if you like, or submit the same story for different categories, if it qualifies). No simultaneous submissions, please. When we accept a story for publication, we are purchasing first-publication rights.

Dates:
November 1 - January 15. (Results will be posted at www.glimmertrain.org on April 10.)

Reading fee: $20 per story.

Prizes: 1st place wins $2,000, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, 20 copies of that issue, and a one-year subscription. 2nd/ 3rd-place: $1,000/$600, respectively."

see website for complete details.

Queer Writers: Queer and Catholic Anthology

Queer Writers: Queer and Catholic Anthology: "Personal essays, narrative prose, and creative nonfiction preferred. Short stories or novel excerpts that illustrate the theme will also be considered. 5000 word max. Limited poetry will be accepted. For poetry, query first. Previously unpublished work only.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS Ash Wednesday, FEBRUARY 21, 2007."

Winning Writers - War Poetry Contest

Winning Writers - War Poetry Contest: "Guidelines for the War Poetry Contest: Now in its sixth year, this contest seeks today's best poems on the theme of war. We will award $5,000 in prizes, up from $3,000 in the previous contest. Click here to read the winning entries from past contests.

Submission Period
Entries accepted November 15-May 31 (postmark dates)

What to Submit
1-3 original, unpublished poems on the theme of war. Their combined length should not exceed 500 lines. Contestants may enter once per year.

Prizes
First Prize, $2,000 cash and publication on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year)
Second Prize, $1,200 cash and publication on WinningWriters.com
Third Prize, $600 cash and publication on WinningWriters.com
Twelve Honorable Mentions, $100 cash each and publication on WinningWriters.com

Entry Fee
$15, payable to Winning Writers. We welcome both online submissions with payment by credit card and submissions by mail with payment by check or money order. Your $15 fee is not per poem, but covers your complete entry of up to 3 poems."

see website for the rest of the submission information.

Passages North - Northern Michigan University's Literary Journal

Passages North - Northern Michigan University's Literary Journal: "Passages North invites you to enter the 2006 Thomas Hruska Nonfiction Prize!
$1000 First Prize
Two honorable mentions
7500-word maximum
Reading period for the Thomas Hruska Nonfiction Prize is October 15 until January 22, 2007"

21 Stars Review

21 Stars Review: "At this time, our publishing schedule will largely depend on how many suitable submissions we receive. Please allow three months to review your work before inquiring about its status, although likely you'll hear from us well before then...Simultaneous submissions are encouraged.

We have a strong leaning toward work that uses constraints, innovative meter and form, or carefully executed collage/cut-up techniques. Prose with amazing sentences will be preferred over prose with unamazing sentences. Plotless or intricately-plotted very short fiction (ideally under 1000 words) is also something we enjoy."

Fickle Muses - an online journal of myth and legend

Fickle Muses - an online journal of myth and legend: "Fickle Muses welcomes submissions of poetry, fiction, book reviews, essays and illustrations. Submissions are considered year-round and are open to all mythic traditions. Simultaneous and previously published submissions will be considered. "

Submit to Redactions Poetry

Redactions Poetry: "We try to read submissions throughout the whole year, and we generally respond in about one to two months."

Ginosko Literary Journal - SUBMISSIONS

Ginosko Literary Journal - SUBMISSIONS: "Accepting short fiction and poetry. Length flexible."

Call for Submissions from Level Best Books - Mystery from New England Writers

"seeking original crime stories by New England writers"

X. J. Kennedy Nonfiction Award

X. J. Kennedy Nonfiction Award for creative nonfiction
Deadline: December 31st, 2006

Call for Submissions: DMQ Review

DMQ Review is looking for poetry submissions.
submit up to three poems.

GIVALPRESS.COM Poetry Award

Poetry Manuscript contest
Deadline: December 15th, 2006

Holiday Essay Contest: Boomer Women

An essay contest about the holidays
No Entry Fee, $50 prize
Deadline: December 31, 2006

Seventeen Magazine Fiction Contest

For the teenagers out there...
Deadline: December 31, 2006

The Writing Life - washingtonpost.com

Stephen King muses on the writer's muse.

Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets

Boulevard poetry contest for emerging poets
Entry Fee: $15 per group of three poems
Deadline: May 5, 2007

Writing Contests :: Literary Contests :: NewPages Guide

Great resource for writing contests.

Gertrude Press Fiction and Poetry Chapbook Contest Guidelines

Each year Gertrude Press publishes two chapbooks; one fiction and one poetry. These attractive collections will include a unique cover and will offer a limited press run of 200.

Writer Compensation:
$50 cash award
50 complimentary copies of the chapbook

Deadline: Jan 15th, 2007

Omni Arts LLC Now Accepting Submissions

They are looking for:

• Breast-related Essay, Story, or Poem (Deadline Feb 16th)
• Stories and Poems about Video Games (Deadline Nov 20th)
• Stories and Poems about Bullies and The Bullied(Deadline Nov 20th)

Lip: The Magazine

Lip Magazine is now accepting submisssions for articles, fiction, and reviews. "Lip is an alternative magazine for girls who think, create and speak out. lip offers in-depth exploration of political and social issues, showcases art and fiction by young women, is a forum for girls to express their own perspectives and publishes the many voices of young women on the themes of modern life." Alternate link here

Sojurn Journal Now Accepting Entries

From the University of Texas at Dallas that publishes "multiple art genres"

Versal: Call for Submissions

Wordsinhere's Versal print magazine is now accepting submissions for their fifth issue, and accept poems, prose, and art.

Travel Writers

Website looking for paid travel bloggers.