Tongue & Groove: Reading in Los Angeles

"Tongue & Groove"
A monthly offering of short fiction, personal essays, poetry, spoken word and music. This month featuring: Jose Montoya "In Formation: 20 Years of Joda", Richard Montoya -Culture Clash, Luis Rodriguez "Always Running", Mario Rocha and Pocho Joe.

Sunday the 9th of December
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
$5.00

Leave yourself time to find parking and get there early. Seating is limited and we're starting at 6:05!

* For more info on the writers go the blog on www.tongueandgroovela.com

Conrad Romo (323) 937-0136
www.hotelcafe.com

Bluecat Screenplay Competition

This just in from the folks at BlueCat:

2008 BlueCat Screenplay Competition CALL FOR ENTRIES

The BlueCat Screenplay Competition is open for entries of feature length scripts for our tenth year!
*Grand Prize:$10,000
*Four Finalists: $1500
*Every writer who enters receives written script analysis

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: JAN 2, 2008
All screenplays submitted by JAN 2 will receive their analysis by FEB 1
(entries must be received by midnight Wed, Jan 2)

Entry fee $50
SUBMIT NOW: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com

Since 1998, BlueCat has become the screenwriter's screenplay contest, with unmatched and genuine support for all writers. More community than contest, BlueCat writers rally, stopping, listening and looking for their space to grow as screenwriters.

BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Hollywood, CA 90038
www.bluecatscreenplay.com
www.myspace.com/bluecatscreenplay
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

So Many Contests, Plenty of Time ~

You name it, ByLine has a contest for it. Poetry? Fiction? Articles? Creative Non-fiction? Character Sketches? Genre fiction? Humor? Memoir? Regarding eating or guilt, it's all there on their website. Entry fees are low: from $3 to $5, and prizes range from $10 to $40, plus publication. And what particularly appealing, they have contests scheduled all the way up until June 2008!

Franklin-Christoph Free Poetry Contest

Plenty of time left to fine-tune up to 3 of your poems and submit them to the Franklin-Christoph Free Poetry Contest: the deadline isn't until December 31st. First prize is $1000 and publication on Franklin-Christoph.com. 5 Merit Award winners will each receive a $290 1901 fountain pen (or alternate FC product of your choice of equal or lesser value), and publication on Franklin-Christoph.com. They are open to all poetry, on all subjects, short or tall, large or small. No fee? Possible $1000? Maybe a really cool pen? Being published? Nothing to lose!

Wild Violet's Poetry and Short Fiction Contests

Wild Violet, an online literary magazine, in it's quest to bridge the gap between academia and pop culture, is sponsoring its fifth annual writing contests. Deadlines for online entries is December 31st. There's a $5 entry fee for poems (up to 200 words, please), and stories (up to 2,500 words). First prize for both poetry and fiction winners is $100 cash and publication. Two Honorable Mentions will also receive publication.
In addition, they accept submissions year-round, but, since they are a non-profit enterprise, payment is in the form of a bio on their contributors page and a link to your website, if you have one. They accept submissions of:

• Poetry
• Fiction
• Creative Non-Fiction
• Political Essays
• Humorous Essays
• Artwork
• Photography
• Reviews
• Interviews
• Cuttings (thoughts and observations)

Don't Trust Anyone Over ... ?

Do you remember turning 30? Looking forward to it? Dreading it? Well, Arc Poetry Magazine turns 30 on December 31, 2007, and they are accepting submissions for a reflective issue on what turning 30 is all about. Unpublished poems of any age, size or shape are welcome, as long as they reach them by their 30th birthday, and they pay $40 a page!

J.D. Vine Publications Writing Competitions Are Now Open!!

Looking to get your work into print and maybe pick up some money for it as well? J.D. Vine Publications offers unique writing competitions for publication in The Creative Writer. If you have good pieces of fiction and poetry they want to see them published! The winner of each competition also becomes the Featured Author or the Featured Poet of the next edition, but not only the winners get published! The books are composed of pieces by many of the writers who enter the competitions! You may submit online or via regular mail. The deadline is December 31, 2007. There is a small entry fee: Fiction $5.00, Poetry $2.00, and there are no word count limitations.