Here's Looking At You

Do you occasionally feel as though you're looking at yourself from the outside (and what writer hasn't)??? ReadingWriters's Here's Looking at You contest gives you a chance to turn this to your advantage, to the tune of $100 Grand Prize plus publication. There's no entry fee, and the deadline's not until September 15, 2007. Include yourself in a short story of not more than 700 words, from any point of view EXCEPT 1st person.

Science Fiction / Fantasy Contest

If your writer's bent is toward science fiction and/or fantasy, this contest could be right up your yellow brick road! The deadline for the current Electric Dragon Cafe's quarterly writing contest is 12:00 AM EST, September 10, 2007. They provide a colorful picture to use as a writing prompt, and there's no entry fee. 1st place prize is a $25 gift certificate to either Borders or Barnes and Noble, 2nd place prize is a $10 certificate.

LAwritersgroup.com Workshop for Advanced Writers

The deadline is fast approaching to apply for our Workshop for Advanced Writers!

Clare Elfman, an Emmy-winning writer and successful novelist will be leading our Workshop for Advanced Writers beginning Saturday, September 29. This workshop will take place over the course of 8 weeks and meet every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. The cost for the workshop is $320 for eight weeks.

If interested in applying, please send a brief writing sample (a chapter of a novel or memoir or a short story or essay from a collection) along with a description of the project you would like to workshop with Ms. Elfman to Sanora Bartels at sanora@lawritersgroup.com. The deadline to apply is August 31st, 2007.

Union County Writer's Club Annual Contest

The Union County Writer's Club is sponsoring a contest that will net winners a little bit of cash (up to $30 for the 1st place short and children's story winner, and $25 for 1st place in poetry and flash fiction). There's a nominal entry fee and the deadline is October 31, 2007.

Story Quarterly Contest & New Online Submissioins

This in from Story Quarterly:

"Story Quarterly announces that our new system for receiving submissions year-round is now online. Also, the SQ Fiction Contest is accepting entries until September 30 and offers a First Prize of $2,500, a Second Prize of $1,500, and a Third Prize of $750. Additionally, ten Finalists will each receive $100."

NOTE: As of 9/5/07, this deadline has been extended to November 30th. Check the website for details and verification.

Tongue and Goove Reading at Hotel Cafe

This just in from Conrad's Readings:

"Tongue & Groove
A monthly offering of short fiction, personal essays, poetry, spoken word and music. This month: featuring: Mary Otis "Yes, Yes, Cherries", Jeremy Deutchman, The Busstop Prophet, Kim Calder, Chloe Webb and musical guest Quincy.

Look, do yourself a favor and come on out to this cultural buffet offered this month. 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.

Sunday the 26th of August

6:00-7:30 pm
The Hotel Café
1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
1/3rd of a block below Hollywood Bl.
Hollywood, Ca 90028
Cost: $5.00"

Quay Seeks Submissions

Quay, A Journal of the Arts is seeking submissions for the next issue, which will be a fiction-only issue, published in print and online in January 2008. Submissions due September 1-October 31. (Our next regular issue will be open to submissions January-February 2008 for the issue published on May 1. Regular issues include fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and dramatic writing.)

The journal site is quayjournal.org and is published three times a year in print and online. For submission guidelines: quayjournal.org/submit.htm