Open Call for Submissions from Antioch University

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About Two Hawks:

Two Hawks Quarterly is a literary publication brought to you by the Undergraduate Creative Writing program at Antioch University in Los Angeles, CA. We are dedicated to sparking debate and discussion through exposing the world to the most challenging, edgy and lyrical prose, poetry, memoir, and artwork available.

Submission Guidelines:

Currently we are accepting submissions for the Fall 2007 issue. We are looking for well written and compelling works in the following genres:

• Fiction
• Creative Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Memoir
• Cross Genre

E-mail submissions as follows:

• Do not send file attachments. Instead, send your story in the body of your e-mail.
• Send all submissions to:
• submissionstwohawks@yahoo.com
• In the subject line of your e-mail, include the genre to which you are submitting.
• Example: Attention Editor: Fiction Submission

Chapbook Contest

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12 Writing Tips From George Orwell

Some of George Orwell's 12 writing tips may seem obvious, but all of them are based on sound writer's judgment and experience and well-worth checking out.

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.