Cup of Comfort Seeking Essays for Anthology

Now you can make your pain pay off for you. If you are the spouse or child of someone who has Alzheimer's disease, Cup of Comfort is publishing an anthology that might benefit you catharticaly as well as with a small monetary bonus of $100. Your experience might benefit others who read it. Entries must be submitted by August 15, 2007.

Toasted Cheese

What a great resource the Toasted-Cheese website is! Not only do they accept poetry, creative non-fiction, flash fiction, and fiction submissions for their online journal, but they also have a plethora of writing prompts, as a giant list of literary journals.

Los Angeles Open Mic Resources

Even though open mics often get quiet during the summer months - here are a couple
of links where you can check out Southern California open mic events:

http://www.poetryflash.org/socal_opens.html
http://www.poeticdiversity.org/main/calendar.php

and of course for those of you on the west side - Beyond Baroque has
some great open mic nights

http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

Readings at The Hotel Cafe

Janet Fitch and deluxe word weavers at The Hotel Cafe, from the Hotel Cafe email list:

"On this upcoming Memorial Day weekend, somewhere between a burger and the Sopranos, I urge you to show some uncommonly good sense and head over to the Hotel Café to satisfy the literary quotient on your plate. You never know what surprises may happen at the club. Last week for instance, Leonard Cohen took the stage for a song.
This week I'm proud to bring you this group of writers to read/perform for you. One is a local gal and a best selling author. Another just had her first play accepted for publication and the others have novels in progress to share and all are fine writers with unique voices that I hope you come to hear. And I'll have a musical guest treat too. Come and see and hear for yourself because as always it'll be... pound for pound, word for word, and beat for beat, a fine and cool experience."

Super cool venue, guys - go check it out!

The Writer : Short Story Contest

The Writer : The essential resource for writers - The Writer Short Story Contest -: "The Writer Short Story Contest
Prizes: $1,000, first place; $300, second place; $200, third place.

The first-place entry, along with the finalist judge's comments, will be published in The Writer magazine. All three winning entries will be posted on The Writer Web site, www.writermag.com.

Entry fee
$10 per entry, payable to The Writer. Payments must be in U.S. funds drawn from a U.S. bank.

Deadline
Postmarked by June 30, 2007."

Simply Shorts Review Writing Contest

The SIMPLY SHORTS REVIEW Writing Contest deadline is coming up June
11. First Place winner will receive $2,500. If you would like to
submit an entry please do so by Midnight, Pacific Time on Monday, June
11, 2007.

If you have already submitted your material to the Writing Contest
please visit www.simplyshorts.com on Monday, June 18, 2007 to read the
winning entries.

Shriekfest Networking Meeting

This announcement was sent to LAwritersgroup.com:
Welcome to the 2nd Shriekfest Monthly Networking Meeting! Don't miss this chance to join other industry professionals in the horror/thriller & sci-fi fantasy genres for a great night of fun, drinks & networking! Bring those business cards!
Where?
Hollywood Billiards
5750 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
www.hollywoodbilliards.com
When?
Monday, May 28th
(and will continue on the last Monday of every month.)
Time 6:00PM until?
Early Bird drink specials 6pm-7pm
This is a FREE event. Valet parking is available or free street parking!
Drinks and food are very reasonably priced.
Please RSVP to: shriekfest@aol.com
Need more info?
Shriekfest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition
www.shriekfest.com