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POLYPHONY
anthology series
Details:
http://www.wheatlandpress.com/
Wheatland Press
announces an open reading period for POLYPHONY, the critically-acclaimed
POLYPHONY anthology series. The publisher and editors are committed to finding outstanding
cutting edge fiction from new writers as well as from established writers.
We will accept
submissions by lettermail only at our
P.O. Box, postmarked from
December 15, to
January 31, 2008.
Chicken Soup for the Twenty-Something
Soul:
Call for Submissions
A reader tells us that their
contract for this series was voided when the Chicken Soup honchos decided to put
the kibosh on this edition for 2008. 1/07
Details:
http://www.christinehassler.com/books.php#chickensoup
Do you have Chicken Soup Story? Submit it today!
Christine is co-authoring Chicken Soup for the Twenty Something Soul (HCI
Books, 2008) with Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. A Chicken Soup for the
Soul® story is an inspirational, true story about ordinary people doing
extraordinary things. You do NOT have to be a twenty-something to contribute! You
can
tell a story from your twenty-something life or share one about a
twenty-something who has touched yours. Please visit Chicken Soup Website
(www.chickensoup.com). Review the menu on the left hand side. Read the "Story
Guidelines,"
click on "Submit a Story" and be sure to pick "Twenty Something Soul" as the
title. Deadline for submission: January 7, 2008
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Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction
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Details:
http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/johngardner.html
The annual winner receives a
$500 Prize and Publication in Summer Issue of Harpur Palate
Contest
Guidelines
Short story submissions should be: 1) 8000 words or less, and 2) previously
unpublished. You may enter as many stories as you wish. The entry fee is $15
per story. Please send checks drawn on a U.S. bank or money orders. Please make
sure your checks are made out to Harpur Palate, or we won’t be able to process
them (or accept your submission).
Please include a cover letter
with your name, address, phone number, your preferred e-mail address and story
title. Entrant's name should ONLY appear on the cover letter and should not
appear anywhere on the manuscript. Manuscripts cannot be returned, so please
only send disposable copies.
Send entries along with a
SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope) for contest results to:
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John Gardner
Fiction Contest
Harpur Palate
English Dept.
Binghamton University
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Contest Submissions Timeline : Opens: January 1, Extended deadline: March
31, 2008
Kicked Out! Seeking
Submissions
Kicked Out is a new
anthology to be published by Homofactus Press, which uniquely seeks to tell
the tales of former queer youth and current queer youth who were forced to
leave home because of their sexuality and/or gender identity. This anthology
will tell our collective stories of survival, weaving together descriptions
of abuse, and homelessness with poignant accounts of the ways in which queer
community centers offered sanctuary, and the power and importance of
creating our own chosen families in the face of losing everything we have
ever known. Kicked Out offers advice and wisdom to the queer youth
of today from those who have been in their shoes. Additionally, it provides
the opportunity for readers to get a glimpse into the world of those queer
youth who as a result of circumstance have to leave home, while
simultaneously shattering the stereotypes of who queer youth are, and what
they have the potential to become.
Kicked Out is a collection of stories of those of us who have
survived the experiences of having to leave home as minors as a result of
our gender and/or sexual identities; and it tells the tales of our queer
survival. These are the stories of overcoming obstacles, not simply
surviving but thriving in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity.
Kicked Out will explore the diversity of our experiences across
lines race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and geographic region
celebrating our differences, and showcases the ways in which they have
contributed to our unique experiences.
Possible topics include, but are not limited, to:
How being forced to leave home as a minor continues to impact your
adult life.
What happened to you when you left home and how you survived.
Words of wisdom for today’s homeless queer youth—what you wished someone
had told you.
Survival through the creation of “chosen family.”
Challenges of dealing with CPS or other agencies.
Success through adversity- overcoming a troubled past.
Submissions should be between 1,500 and 2,500 words in length and
previously unpublished. Submit your piece via e-mail in .doc format to
KickedOutAnthology@gmail.com. Multiple submissions per contributor are
welcome. Please include a short biography and contact information with your
submission. Submissions must be received no later than
March 1, 2008;
contributors are encouraged to submit early. Rights revert to the authors
upon publication. Contributors whose work appears in the anthology will
receive TBA free copy(ies) as well as ongoing royalties. Visit us online at
www.myspace.com/kickedoutanthology
Sassafras Lowrey is a high femme writer, artist, and activist. Ze was
forced to leave home as a teenager after suffering physical violence after
coming out as queer. Sassafras found hir way to queer youth organizations
and movements, which quite literally saved hir life. As an adult ze has
never forgotten the impact those groups had on hir life and has volunteered
regularly with the queer youth of today. Sassafras lives with hir partner,
two cats and a dog in New York City. Hir first book GSA to Marriage:
Stories of a Life Lived Queerly is scheduled for release Summer 2008.
Dan River Anthology,
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Details:
http://www.americanletters.org/danriveranthology.htm
You are not required to buy a copy!
We pay a non-refundable cash
advance on acceptance and offer opportunities to earn more.
The anthology is not overpriced
and is actually sold (Multiple Copy Discounts up to 50%). The 2002 number actually
sold out and by February a second printing was ordered.
Nothing is required of the author
except proofing his/her own galleys.
Listed in the top 50 fiction
markets in the land by Writer's Digest
Deadline: March 31, 2008
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Bits and Bites for the Pastor's
Wife
Details:
http://www.darlenesnyder.com/bits%20abd%20bites.htm
E-mail: darlenesnyder@bellsouth.net
Bits and Bites is a book for the pastor's wife-specifically the newer ones,
but I believe all will find the information helpful. My young daughter
in law, a pastor's wife, is my inspiration. She, like many of you entered this
ministry blindly. I'm sure each of you have experiences and advice to
offer that would help her as well as others along their journey.
Although I am not a pastor's wife, while going through the process of compiling
the information from contributors, I've learned it isn't an easy job, but
it is a rewarding one. I know you face obstacles other church members
don't. I also have learned that while you have the same job or ministry,
all of you go about it in different ways. Your individual experiences
and advice is what I'm seeking. Uplifting information with a positive tone will
be more acceptable than those written from a negative stance. In addition to
the advice, I am requesting a potluck pie recipe from each contributor.
After all, most churches have several potlucks each year. I thought this
would be a nice addition to the book. At this point, there are already
several chocolate chip/derby/pecan pie recipes. Try to be creative in
the kind of pie recipe you submit.
Please introduce yourself. Include information about the church you are
serving. If your spouse is deceased, you still may submit advice. Tell
me
how long you served in this ministry. Include favorite memories or stories,
humorous or otherwise. Use positive, encouraging words and descriptions, after
all the book is intended to promote and affirm. Advise new pastor's wives on
things they need to know as they begin
their new ministry. Remember to include a pie recipe. If there is a Bible verse
that represents the overall theme of your
ministry or one which depicts your feelings, include it in your submission.
If your story is chosen to be included, it will be edited for space,
grammar, relevance and punctuation. We regret that no monetary compensation
will be provided. Please use Microsoft Word, Courier New 12 point font and email
the document as an attachment. Suggested word count is 1000 words. (Microsoft
Word has a feature to
aid in determining the word count.)Include your name, address, telephone number,
email address and other contact information. Your personal information
will not appear in the book, but I need to be able to contact you if I have
questions. At the top of each page, include your name, your church and state.
This information may be included in the book, unless requested otherwise.
Each contributor will be instructed to print, sign, and return via snail mail
a copyright assignment allowing me to use your story in this book.
Call for Submissions
GLBT - The Search for Spirituality
Details: http://home.comcast.net/~remcg/glbtspirit.html
Mission
To collect true stories from gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered individuals
of all faiths and cultures who have been successful in their search for spiritual
connection. These stories will be brought together in one anthology which will
depict the struggles and successes of the contributors.
Profile
Renee Evans is a published writer. She is also a former fundamentalist Christian.
Renee left this religion at age forty-five, divorced and came out as a gay woman
at age fifty. She has realized that there is a great void which exists for gay,
lesbian, and transgendered people who feel the need for spiritual connection.
Having spent most of her life in Georgia, she is acutely aware of the intolerance
so prevalent in conservative Christian society.
Information
Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Transgendered...The Search for Spirituality will
be a collection of stories from all over the world - people from different faiths
and cultures who have been successful in finding that connection. Uplifting,
inspiring, healing and comforting, these stories will guide those who are seeking,
and encourage those who thought there was no hope of finding a spiritual
home.
News
This is a project I have put together that has caught the interest of two publishers.
I do not have a contract, however both publishers have expressed their interest
in seeing the finished manuscript. Anyone interested in sharing their stories
as a contribution to the book for publication should contact me at the email
above. Your submission should contain 1500 - 2000 words. Upon
publication of the book, authors whose stories are chosen for publication in
the book will receive three hundred dollars to be dispersed as one percent of
royalties until a maximum of three hundred dollars is reached. The deadline
for submissions is January 31, 2008. Please send your submission along with
complete contact information and author bio (two or three sentences) to glbtspiritquest@gmail.com
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Poetry Contests
Details:
http://www.nfsps.com/poetry_contests.htm
The NFSPS conducts poetry contests in the spring of each year. Given below are
descriptions of the contests. These contests have a March
15, 2008 postmark for their deadline.
Amy Writing Awards
Details at
www.amyfound.org/awa.html
or The Amy Foundation, PO Box 16091, Lansing MI 48901.
For articles that present the biblical position in a sensitive, thought-provoking
manner - must be published in a mainstream, non-religious publication during 2004.
No entry fee. Awards: $10,000 - $1,000.
Deadline: January 31, 2008.
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Details :
http://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory.htm
Enter the 12th annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest. Any type of original
short story, essay or other
work of prose is eligible, up to 8,000 words. The deadline is March 31,
2005. Early submission is encouraged. Prizes totaling $2,375 in Australian dollars
will be awarded (US$1,600). Writers of all nations may enter. The reading fee per
entry is US$10. Online submission welcome.
Submission Period
Entries accepted August 15, 2005-March 31, 2008
 Conference
on Christianity and Literature
Student Writing Contest
Details:
http://www.pepperdine.edu/sponsored/ccl/awardsandcontests/studentwritingcontest.htm
Submissions are being accepted for the 2008 Student Writing Contest. All
regularly enrolled
undergraduate students are invited to submit entries in the categories of
poetry, fiction, and
creative nonfiction. Nine winners, first, second, and third places, will be
chosen from each
catgory. Winners will receive generous selections of books from Eerdmans and
WordFarm publishing
companies, as well as one-year subscriptions to Image journal.
Judges for this year's contest will be:
Fiction: Marsena Konkle. The author of A Dark Oval Stone, Konkle has an MFA in
writing from
Vermont College and lives in the Chicago area where she is at work on her
second novel.
Poetry: Thom Satterlee. His volume of poems, Burning Wyclif, won the 2006 Walt
McDonald Poetry
Prize. Satteree is a published translator who teaches in the English
Department at Taylor
University. Non-fiction: Karl Gunther. The author of essays published in Books
& Culture, Past & Present, and
elsewhere, Gunther recently completed a Ph.D. in history at Northwestern
University and now
teaches at Rice University.
Guidelines for submissions
As in previous years, submissions need not directly address religious
experience, but the
work should explore issues of spiritual inquiry. There is no submission fee.
Students may submit up to three typed entries (font size 12-14). Poems should
be no more than
two pages long; fiction and non-fiction entries must be double-spaced and may
not exceed fifteen
pages. Only the title of the work should appear on each entry. A separate page
for each work
should list:
Author's name
E-mail address
Permanent mailing address
Current academic affiliation
Category of each entry
Title(s) of work(s) entered
Send entries to:
"CCL Writing Contest"
c/o Brett Foster
English Department
Wheaton College
501 College Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187
Entries must be received by Friday, March 7,
2008. Submissions cannot be returned.
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