Contest Tips

Caroline Walton has compiled this very helpful list of contest-entry does and don'ts to help assure that your submission will be considered and accepted.

Oregon State Poetry Association Contest

The Oregon State Poetry Association's deadline for their Fall anthology is August 31, 2007. Prizes range from $100 to $20. There is a small submission fee, and your entries must not have been previously published.

Tongue and Groove

Go check out Conrad and crew's Tongue and Groove monthly readings and "Offering[s] of Short Fiction, Personal Essays, Poetry, Spoken Word, and Music" hosted by the Hotel Cafe on Cahuenga Blvd in Los Angeles. The groovilicious peeps featured this month are, according to Conrad:

• Salvador Plascencia is an East LA and USC kid who had his first novel published by McSweeneys. He'll be reading a new short story.
• Michael O'Keefe - is an actor, director, lyricist and Zen priest among other things. In his spare time he earned an MFA in poetry from Bennington College. Look for him on the golf course or in "Saving Grace" on TV and "American Crime" and "Michael Clayton" in theatres soon.
• David O'Shea drove cabs in NY for nearly a decade and is a master story teller.
• Laura Diamond is the editor and contributor of a book about motherhood and childhood. Proceeds from her book will go to benefit various women's centers.
• Sharon Mosier is an engineer by day and scribbler by night.
• Musical guest is the wild and wonderful Izzy Cox.

Go. Have fun. Be groovy. Fictionalize.

For the Over-50 Crowd ~

If you will be over 50 by the submission date deadline of August 7, 2007, you're eligible to enter Blinking Eye Publishing's annual poetry competition. The overall winner will have a collection of his/her poems published by Blinking Eye, and 100 copies of that collection. Submission fee is €10 per 5 poems. If the winner is unable to submit the proposed collection of poems, Blinking Eye Publishing reserves the right to offer the winner €500 as an alternative prize.

Call for Submissions: Winter Stories for Anthology

Freya's Bower invites you to participate in "Dream by the Fire: Winter Magic," a special winter anthology to be released in e-book format the first week of December. Please be advised this is not exclusively a Christmas anthology. While Christmas stories are welcome, as are all other winter-time holidays regardless culture or faith, the anthology as a whole will be a collection that celebrates winter, the season of giving, of finding warmth and thanks. Tell a story that will keep a shivering woman warm on the longest night of the year, and you're telling a story that is perfect for this anthology.

Submissions should be romantic tales between 2,000 and 8,000 words. Even though Freya's Bower welcomes romance of all sexual orientations, this anthology will focus on one man, one woman relationships. Stories may be contemporary, paranormal/fantasy, or historical and end happily-ever-after or happily-for-now. Heat levels may range from Sweet to Tangy (see Freya's Bower for heat level definitions).

All submissions must follow regular guidelines as stated at http://www.freyasbower.com.

E-mail submissions and any questions you have to Michelle or Bonnie, fbwinterantho@gmail.com

Deadline to submit is September 30, 2007. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis.

Regarding Loving Your Puppy

Dog Blessings: Poems, Prose and Prayers Celebrating Our Relationship with Dogs is accepting submissions for their next publication. Deadline is October 31, 2007, and they will pay $25 per selection plus one copy of the book.

Dreams and Nightmares Magazine is Accepting Submissions

Fantasy and Science Fiction is their specialty, with a preference for Fantastic Horror. They pay $10 plus two copies upon acceptance of your poems, and $5 for your drawings. They also accept the occasional short story, and there's no submissions fee.