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Editors' Prize
Fourth Genre is currently seeking the best creative nonfiction essay/memoir for
its third annual Editor's Prize.
4th Annual Editors' Prize
Fourth Genre is currently seeking
the best creative nonfiction essay/memoir for its Fourth Annual Editors' Prize.
Authors of previously unpublished manuscripts in English are encouraged to
enter.
The First Prize winner will receive $1,000 and publication in
an upcoming issue of Fourth Genre. The Runner-Up essay will be considered
for publication.
Direct all inquiries to genre4@msu.edu. Do not send inquiries
to journals@msu.edu.
 | Reading Period: January 15 - February 15, 2007.
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 | Entry Fee: $15 for each submission
(Fourth Genre sample copy included).
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 | Make checks payable to Michigan State University Press.
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 | 6,000 Word Maximum
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with name, address, phone number, e-mail address, essay title, and approximate
word count.
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publication.
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accepted elsewhere.
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Send completed manuscript to:
Fourth Genre Editors' Prize
Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures
Michigan State University
285 Bessey Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1033
Do not send to MSU Press. 
Beyond the Country Doctor
Anthology
Details:
http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=164164
Published by Kent State University Press and Hiram College Center for
Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities
It is more than Marcus Welby or the country doctor taking care of the
farmers/ranchers. Today a diverse group of clinicians, have added cell phones
and
PDAs to their black bags and minister to a multi-colored patchwork quilt of
patients.
We want to show the breadth of rural medicine in the United States today. We
are looking for poems, essays, and short stories (fiction and creative
nonfiction, max 5000 words) written by health professionals (doctors, nurses,
midwives, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, mental
health
providers and students of all of the above) that address the following:
--Who we are (exploring diverse providers)
--Who we serve (exploring the variety of patients)
--Where we are (sense of place)
--The resources we have and the challenges we face (i.e. tele-medicine,
electronic health record, part of larger health systems, limited services,
insurance, etc.)
We are not able to pay for your contributions. The book will be published in
Fall, 2009. We are willing to consider already published work as long as we
can secure permission to reprint it from the original publisher. Work should not
include the identifying information of patients unless permission is granted.
Authors with contributions published in the collection will receive a free
copy of the anthology.
Submission due by February 1, 2008 by email
attachment to:
zink0003@umn.edu or mail CD to UMN address. For further information
feel free to contact me by email or phone
Therese Zink, MD, MPH
Dept. of Family and Community Medicine
University of Minnesota
MMC 81
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis MN 55455
612 625 9197 phone
612 624 2613 fax
Contests
: Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest : Guidelines
Welcome to the 16th annual
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. Any
type of original short story, essay or other work of prose is eligible. Prizes
totaling $5,250 will be awarded, up from $4,000 in the prior year.
Click here to read winning entries from the past.
Submission Period
Entries accepted August 15-March 31 (postmark dates). Early submission is
encouraged.
What to Submit
Short stories, essays or other works of prose, up to 5,000 words each. There are
no restrictions on style or theme. Each entry should be your own original work.
You may submit the same work simultaneously to this contest and to others, and
you may submit works that have been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long
as you own the online publication rights.
Prizes and Publication
First prize: $2,000. Second prize: $1,000. Third prize: $500. Fourth prize:
$250. There will also be five High Distinction Awards of $200 each, and five
Most Highly Commended Awards of $100 each. The top 14 entries will be published
on the Winning Writers website (over one million page views per year) and
announced in Tom Howard Contest News and the Winning Writers Newsletter, a
combined audience of over 20,000 readers.
Entry Fee
The reading fee is $12 per entry. This covers your submission of one short story
or prose work of up to 5,000 words. Contestants may submit as many entries as
they like. Please note: Generally entry fees are not refundable. However, if you
believe you have an exceptional circumstance, please
contact
us within one year of your entry.
Deadline
March 31, 2008. Your entry must be postmarked or submitted online by this date.
How To Submit
Click here to submit online (credit card)
Click here to submit by mail (check or money order)
Click here to submit via PayPal
Announcement of Results
Read the winning entries from the 15th contest here.
The winners of the 16th contest will be announced on WinningWriters.com on July
15, 2008. Entrants with valid email addresses will receive an email
notification.
Submission Guidelines
Short Fantasy Fiction for inclusion in
Paper Blossoms,
Sharpened Steel:
Tales of Fantasy from the Far East
Details:http://submissions.fantasistent.com/
The anthology will feature roughly twenty-five short stories
between 3,000 and 9,000 words.
We are looking for stories of fantasy in East Asian-based
settings. We want tales that are heavily influenced by Chinese, Korean, or
Japanese folklore and history. We are not looking for stories set in the modern
day. The mid-to-late 1800’s is as late as you should venture. Submissions need
not be set in our world, but can be set in created worlds that are influenced by
the cultures listed above.
Examples of books and movies with similar themes include (but
are not limited to):
Across the Nightingale Floor
by Lian Hearn (novel),
Shaman Warrior
by Park Joong-Ki (Korean manwha), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (movie ,
the fourth book in the Crane-Iron Pentalogy by Wang Dulu, and a
graphic novel series ),
the Chinese legend of
Hua Mu Lan ,
the Tomoe
Gozen trilogy by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, and
Kwaidan
by Jung and Jee-Yun (graphic novel).
No electronic submissions. Please include a SASE for reply.
Multiple Submissions will be accepted, but please limit them to two.
Submission Period: May 15, 2007 to December 15, 2007
Reading Period: December 15, 2007 to January 15, 2008
Responses will be mailed by January 31, 2008
Rights: 1st World Publication Rights in the English Language
Pay: 5 cents per word upon acceptance of final draft, as an advance on pro rata
(based on final page-count) share of 35% of net revenue
Send questions to
pbss@fantasistent.com.
Mail your story to
Fantasist Enterprises
PBSS Anthology
PO Box 9381
Wilmington, DE 19809
USA
The Healing Project seeks first person
essays for new "Voices of" anthologies.
Details:
www.thehealingproject.com
First books on lung cancer, Alzheimer's disease, alcoholism. Personal
experience, or experience with friend, relative, patient. Well-crafted,
realistic accounts, regardless of outcome. Key is reader takeaway
value--educational, inspirational, emotional. Poignancy fine, no chicken soup.
Philanthropic. Profits go to related charities. Pay minimum $200, if selected,
plus copies. 8,000 word max. Query first, or submit to
editor@thehealingproject.com
Deadline: Jananuary 31.
Byline Magazine
Details:
www.bylinemag.com
Silver Anniversary Poetry Chapbook Competition sponsored by
ByLine magazine celebrating 25 years of continuous publication.
Byline also sponsors other contests on a regular basis; for deadlines and
more information, visit .
Chapbook Deadline: March 1, 2008
Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art
The 2008 Contests in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction
$500.00 will be awarded to the best entry in each category.
Judges:
Amy Hempel, fiction
Jo Ann Beard, nonfiction
Major Jackson, poetry
Winning entries will be published in Columbia; runners-up will also be
considered for publication. All entrants will receive a copy of Columbia.
Deadline: January 15, 2008
Entry fee: $12.00
Fiction and nonfiction entrants may submit up to 20 double-spaced pages.
Poetry entrants may submit up to five poems.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Electronic entry only at
http://www.columbiajournal.org/contests.htm
Fish Publishing Contest
Details
www.fishpublishing.com
The Third Fish International Poetry Prize
and
The Fish
One-Page Prize 2008
Open 1st January
the ten years since Fish was started,
we have given 150 writers the thrill of seeing their work published in book
form. Many of these writers have gone on to make successful careers as authors.
Requires stories of 250 words max on any subject. €1,000 First Prize + €100 each
to nine runners up. Top 10 published in Fish 2005 Anthology.
BOULEVARD Short Fiction Contest For
Emerging Writers
$1,500 and
publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a
writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative
non-fiction with a nationally distributed press
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RULES
- All entries must be postmarked by
December 15, 2006. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but
previously accepted or published work is ineligible. Entries will
be judged by the editors of Boulevard magazine. Send typed,
double-spaced manuscript(s) and SAS post card for acknowledgement of
receipt to: Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest,
PMB 325, 6614 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117. No
manuscripts will be returned.
- Entry fee is $15 for each
individual story, with no limit per author. Entry fee includes a
one-year subscription to Boulevard (one per author). Make
check payable to Boulevard.
- There is no maximum length.
Author's name, address, and telephone number, in addition to the
story's title and "Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest,"
should appear on page one. Cover sheets are not necessary.
- The winning story will be published
in the Spring or Fall 2007 issue of Boulevard.
- Include a 3 x 5 inch index card
with your name, address and title of your submission(s).
- These are the complete
guidelines.
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6614 Clayton Rd
Box 325
Richmond Heights, MO 63117
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Enter
www.writingawards.com or by
U.S. Mail or Other Carrier.
$4,000 in Prizes, plus publication in NMW and on the Web
at www.NewMillenniumWritings.com
$1,000 for best Story; $1,000 for best Poem; $1,000 best Nonfiction
(Nonfiction includes humor, memoir, creative
nonfiction, travel, opinion, essay, interview, features, investigative
reporting, etc.)
Plus, $1,000 for best Short Short Fiction (1,000-word limit)
Winners of NMW Awards
are showcased along with interviews, profiles and tributes to famous writers
such as J. D. Salinger, Julia Glass, Shel
Silverstein, Khaled Hosseini (The Kite-Runner), George Garrett, Ken
Kesey, John Updike, Lee Smith, Cormac McCarthy, Lucille Clifton, Shelby Foote,
Paul West, Norman Mailer, Sharyn McCrumb, William Kennedy, Faulkner,
Hemingway, Dickinson, Keats, Percy, Warren and many others. Also,
prize-winning stories,poems & articles, humor, graphic arts & writing advice.
200 pages plus.
To Enter, follow these
Guidelines, or enter on-line at www.writingawards.com.
1. No restrictions as to style, content or number of submissions. Enter as
often as you like.
2. Winners and selected finalists published in our 2008-09 issue and/or
on-line at www.writingawards.com.
3. Send between now and midnight of Jan. 31, 2008.
4. Simultaneous & multiple submissions welcome.
5. Each
fiction or nonfiction piece is counted as a separate entry, and should total
no more than 6,000 words except Short-Short Fiction (no more than 1,000
words).
6. Each poetry entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed five pages
total per entry.
7. Include name, phone, address, email & category on cover page or page 1.
8. Manuscripts not returned. Include email address or SASE for list of
winners.
9. Include $17 check payable to NMW with each submission.
10. Send to: "NMW" Room
EM, PO Box 2463, Knoxville, TN, 37901.
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issue, add $10.
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