Internet Publisher Looking for Writers

We received an email today from Access Originals:

"We would like to introduce your writers to Access Originals, an internet publisher. We are looking for high quality books that will encourage reader discussion. Authors may also submit short stories to our free monthly short story competitions. Authors of accepted books are paid in three ways: 1 – royalty for book sold on CD or by e-mail; 2 – a share of the pool of subscription fees collected annually; 3 – the number of votes the book receives from our Premium Members annually. More information about Access Originals, including Author’s Guidelines and a catalog of our current offerings, is available at AccessOriginals.com. Please feel free to share this information with your colleagues."

Blencoe Essay Contest - Win a 3 bedroom home

Five bucks and an essay can win you a home in Blencoe, Iowa:

See the website:
Blencoe Essay Contest - Win this 3 bedroom home

For further validation, read an article about the contest in the Sioux City Journal

Deadline: July 28th, 2007

Zoetrope: All-Story: Contests

Fiction contest judged by Joyce Carol Oates

"...First prize: $1,000, Second prize: $500m Third prize: $25....The winner and seven finalists will be considered for representation by the William Morris Agency, ICM, Regal Literary, the Elaine Markson Literary Agency, Inkwell Management, Sterling Lord Literistic, and the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency.... The winning story will be published at this website as a special online supplement to All-Story's Spring 2008 issue. We accept all genres of literary fiction. Entries must be: unpublished; 5,000 words or less; postmarked by October 1, 2007... "

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!