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June Edition of Writers Wanted Page Two

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Request for submissions -- LOVE AFTER 70

Details: www.universaltable.org/wisingup.html

Love After 70, a Wising Up Press anthology. What is love in all its forms like after 70? Invite writers to explore through story/essay/memoir/poetry what they know in their bones and nerve ends about love after 70. Prose, up to 5,000 words. Poetry,
up to 5 poems. B/W photographs/artwork, up to 5.

Submit: submissions-wisingup@universaltable.org
Deadline: May 1.
 

 NM Guidelines

Details: www.baltimorereview.org

We publish poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction from around the nation and the world. Traditional and experimental forms  are welcome.

Length for prose: 6,000 words maximum. For poetry: Submit between 1-4 poems. No previously published work. Payment is in copies.

We also accept art and photography submissions with a Baltimore theme. Send copies only, as well as a cover letter telling us about yourself and your work.

Address your work to the respective editor:

Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, or Nonfiction Editor.

Send self-addressed, stamped business envelope for a response to:

The Baltimore Review
PO Box 36418
Towson, MD 21286

Submissions are read year-round. Our editorial staff is composed of volunteers, so please allow up to 6 months for a response. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

We sponsor three annual writing competitions:

Creative Nonfiction Competition (January 1st - April 1st)

Poetry Competition (April 1st - July 1st)

Short Fiction Competition (August 1st - December 1st)

See our contests page for information about our current contest.

We look forward to the opportunity to review your work. Please read through a sample issue of the journal to get a sense of the kind of work we publish.

New Millennium Contest

fiction/poetry/nonfiction

and this year a new category: short fiction

Details: www.newmillenniumwritings.com

 Guidelines:

1. No restrictions as to style or content.
2. Winners and selected finalists published in the 2008 issue NMW, which you will receive for entering. Winners will also be published online at this web site.
3. Send any time between now and midnight, June 17, 2008 .
4. Simultaneous & multiple submissions welcome.
5. Each Fiction or Nonfiction is a separate entry and should total no more than 6,000 words, except for the Short-Short Fiction Prize, which should total no more than 1,000 words. (Nonfiction includes essays, profiles, memoirs, interviews, creative nonfiction, travel, humor, etc.)
6. Each Poetry entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed five pages total.
7. Put name, address, phone, email, and category entered on the first page of each entry.
8. Put name, phone, email, address & category on first page. . Manuscripts not returned. (Send SASE for list of winners, or visit newmillenniumwritings.com for postings.)  10. Include $17 check payable to NMW with each submission, and send to: “NMW,” Room EM, PO Box 2463, Knoxville, TN  37901.

To purchase our current issue, include $10. For sample copy only, add $8.

Alligator Juniper's National Writing Contest
Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
 

$500 First Place Prize

An annual publication of Prescott College since 1995, Alligator Juniper recently won the AWP Directors' Prize for Undergraduate Literary Magazines.

Annual contest awards $500 plus publication for the first place winner in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Additional winners selected for publication will be
paid in copies

Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize Submission Guidelines
 

Details: www.graywolfpress.org

Doll Anthology

Editor seeking submissions of writing
poetry, prose, short stories, creative
nonfiction, fiction that focuses on dolls.
Also interested in images of dolls--a limited amount
of images will be included, plus cover art.

This call is for those writing or creating around: 1. Spirit dolls & the spirituality of dolls (for example poppets);
2. Dolls as symbols and representatives of the inner psyche of the child and dolls as icons of experience;
of the inner childhood experience;
3. The materiality of dolls: gourd dolls, patched together dolls, pristine dolls, china dolls, mixed
media & assemblage dolls; rag dolls, paper dolls, 4. Adults who still like to play with dolls;
5. Adults who maintain a deep connection to dolls; 6. Collectors and fans of dolls of a particular
vintage, geographic or ethnic origin or type (for example early African American Mammy dolls)
7. Those whose dreams and fantasies include dolls (tasteful erotica; no pornography please)

8. Critical discourse around dolls as they intersect with gender and equality  issues; LGBT issues, socio-economic issues, domestic violence or other societal issues; Modest compensation for participation is provided.
Prospectus:
1. Send a cover letter expressing your interest, experience along with full contact information.
2. Writing on topic: can be mixture of art & poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction but no more than 2,000 words from
each entrant or 3 high resolution JPEG art entries on CD ROM (up to 3 details).
3. Writing must be double spaced, single-sided and standard font.
4. Include 1 page bio.

5. SASE for return of work and notification.

 
Deadline: open until filled.

Replies in approximately 40-60 days to complete queries.

Send complete entries to conjur1@yahoo.com
(attention: Doll Anthology)

Bio of Editor

Stephanie Rose Bird is a published poet, award winning artist,award winning author and dancer.  Bird's two recent titles include: "Sticks,

 Stones, Roots and Bones: Hoodoo, Mojo and Conjuring with Herbs," and "Four Seasons of Mojo: an Herbal Guide to Natural Living." Upcoming books include: "Sacred Wood: African Tree Medicine for a New World," and "The Big Book of Soul: African Women's Healing Arts and Crafts.  Bird has exhibited her pastels, mixed media, oil paitings and assemblage, nationally, regionally and internationally, most recently in a solo exhibition: Alchemical Transformation. She has curated and juried regional, national and internationally.  Bird's work is included in the anthologies "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (Carleen Brice/Beacon Books), "Sacred Fire" (Maril Crabtree/Adams Media)and "Sacred Water (Maril Crabtree/Adams Media). Her work is included in the "Encyclopedia of African American Folklore" (Greenwood Press) and the "Encyclopedia of World Folklore." Bird is a regular contributor to "Sage Woman," and www.naturallycurly.com

 

A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Families

The primary purpose of this book is to celebrate adoptive families and to recognize the extraordinary and challenging experiences unique to "chosen children" and their adoptive families. We are most interested in stories written by adult adopted children and their adoptive parents and siblings, but the book will likely include some stories written by members of the extended adoptive family (i.e. grandparent) and birth family members. Virtually any topic relevant to adopted children and their adoptive parents is acceptable-as long as it is authentic, positive, insightful, and uplifting or inspiring. We do not want heartbreaking stories about adoptive or birth families that regret the adoption. All of the stories in this collection must reveal a positive aspect of adoption and must bring comfort, joy, or inspiration to those who have been adopted and/or to the families who adopted them-no matter how difficult the experience and emotions portrayed in the story might be.

Submission Deadline: 6/15/2008
See Writer's Guidelines, below, for additional details.

A Cup of Comfort for Fathers

The connection between father and child can be as deep as the ocean, as strong as a mountain, and as uplifting as fresh air. For all its rewards, though, fatherhood is not without its challenges. And for all the gifts dads bring to their kids' lives, dads sometimes falter and fumble. Yet, the father-child bond forms, holds, and grows. A Cup of Comfort for Fathers will feature inspiring and insight true stories about the life-defining and life-enriching relationships and experiences shared by fathers and their children. These personal essays will be of varying topics and tones (heartwarming, humorous, poignant, provocative, etc.); about fathers and children of all ages and varying circumstances; and written by fathers, daughters, and sons.

Submission Deadline: 8/1/2008
See Writer's Guidelines, below, for additional details.

A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Special Needs

For this very special collection, we seek uplifting true stories about the ins and outs, ups and downs, blessing and challenges of parenting children with special needs. The stories will cover children of all ages (birth to adult) and a wide range of developmental, physical, and mental delays/disabilities. No matter how difficult the experiences/emotions conveyed in a story might be (we want them to be authentic, after all), the story must reveal a positive aspect, resolution, or outcome and must be of comfort to parents of children with special needs. Stories may be serious, humorous, insightful, heartwarming, or inspiring. The majority of the stories will be written by parents of children with special needs; we will also consider stories written by adult children with special needs. (No articles or commentaries by clinicians, please.)

Submission Deadline: 8/15/2008
See Writer's Guidelines, for additional details.

A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers II

Oh, how we humans love our canine companions -- for so many reasons and in so many ways that one Cup of Comfort collection of uplifting dog stories just wasn't enough. So we're giving all you dog-loving writers another opportunity to share your personal stories of canine comfort with a growing legion of dog-loving readers. This volume will feature both serious and humorous anecdotal stories covering a wide range of topics and perspectives and varying breeds of dogs. We do NOT want sad stories about a dog's illness, injury, or death, though we will consider stories that weave a beloved pet's illness or death into an otherwise positive story. The story should focus on the dog's remarkable attributes and/or actions as well as on the special relationship between the dog and his/her human(s).

Submission Deadline: 12/15/2008
See Writer's Guidelines, for additional details.

A Cup of Comfort for the Grieving Heart

When a loved one passes away, comfort is often fleeting and hard to come by. Yet, even a small comfort, like a personal story of how someone has faced a similar loss, does help to ease the sorrow. This volume will feature uplifting personal stories that reveal the special relationships and extraordinary experiences shared by the deceased and his/her loved one(s) immediately before, during, and after the loved one's passing; it will also includes stories about the internal and external processes by which one deals with and heals from the loss of a loved one. The stories will vary with regard to subject matter, circumstances of death, and the relationship of the author to the individual who has passed away. The book will not include eulogies, profiles/memoirs of people who have passed away, or clinical depictions of death and dying.

Submission Deadline: 2/1/2009
See Writer's Guidelines, for additional details.

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