American Literary Review Sponsors 3 Contests

A small submission fee of $15 will get you in the running for any one of three annual contests: short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Entries must be postmarked by November 1, 2007. First prize is $1000 and publication in their Fall 2008 issue.

And now, for something fun...

Get off that computer for a second on Sunday and go check out friend-o-LAwritersgroup.com and former moderator, J. Keith Van Straaten's cult hit live on stage show, What's My Line. Remember the old television show where they blindfolded the celebrity guest panel members and they had to guess a stranger's off-the-wall occupation by asking questions? Click on over there and go buy your ticket to the last show of the season! They sell out quickly so clickety click click on over there darlings.... go. now. stop reading already. Geez it's not like you have to turn off the computer to buy your ticket. :)

Sage Anthropology Book Seeking Writers

LISNews.org | Sage Anthropology Book Seeking Writers: "We are putting out a call for authors for our next project, the Handbook of 21st Century Anthropology, also published by Sage. The editor is seeking anthropologists and librarians with undergrad or grad degrees in anthropology. The work involves writing book chapters of 7,000 words."

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.