Anthologies Online          

      http://www.anthologiesonline.com/      Welcome to the Writing Site with an Emphasis on Anthologies  

 Writers Wanted: July Issue

Seal Press Anthology

Details: http://www.sealpress.com/docs/askme.pdf

Ask me about my divorce

Deadline Aug 1.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Resolution Stories

Release Date:           December 2008

Everyone makes resolutions!  We make them all year long - not just for the new year.  Some of our resolutions are big and life changing; some of them are small.  We resolve to change our behavior, to exercise more, to eat less.  We resolve to be nicer, to not yell, to get more organized.  You name it - someone has resolved to do it.  What have you resolved?

Chicken Soup for the Soul is looking for stories about resolutions.  What did you resolve to do?  How did it work out?  What did you learn?  We would love to hear from you about the resolutions you have made– both your successes and those that didn't work out. 

Tentative chapter topics include:

•        Trying to lose weight
•        Getting fit (The weight loss and getting fit stories could tie into our self-esteem, accept-who-you-are theme for girls and women)
•        Getting more organized
•        Making more money/Giving away money
•        Restoring a relationship with someone/Making amends
•        Changing one’s behavior
•        Stopping bad habits such as smoking, biting fingernails
•        Going green
•        Eating healthy
•        Serious stuff such as substance abuse withdrawal, seeking treatment for mental health issues
•        Self acceptance – realizing the resolution wasn’t necessary and you are great the way you are

Stories must be true (non-fiction), written in first person, and 1,000 words or less. Stories should make readers laugh, cry or sigh, and be positive, universal and non-controversial. Also, the  "point" or "message" should be evident without preaching. No essays, commentaries, tributes, philosophical or biographical pieces will be accepted. Please refer to other Chicken Soup books to better understand our story-telling style.

You may submit more than one story. For each story selected, a 50-word biography will be included about the contributor and a permission fee of $200 per story will be paid within 30 days upon publication

Please submit stories through our website at www.chickensoup.com. Select the Resolution Stories book title.

The tentative submission deadline is August 31, 2008.  Please note that this deadline could change so the sooner, the better!

Anthology Seeking First-Person Stories

Connecting Online: Hookups, Reunions and Chance Encounters

Writer and editor April Thompson is seeking first-person stories for an upcoming anthology of stories about connections made online.

"Connecting Online: Hookups, Reunions and Chance Encounters" will feature essays of NO MORE than 2,500 words about interpersonal connections made through the Internet. Submissions can be comical or irreverent, tear-jerking or thought-provoking: the caliber of writing is more important than the mood of the piece.   Please note that essays should center on a particular encounter or relationship cultivated online, rather than expounding on the topic in general.

Stories accepted into the anthology will receive compensation upon publication of up to $150 depending on the length of the piece.

Please send your piece in .doc format, include your contact information, and put "Connecting Online Submission" in the subject of your email, to be sent to anthology@aprilwrites.com.

Previously published material considered as long as you own the reprint rights.

DEADLINE: August 1, 2008

Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry is now accepting prose poetry submissions
 

Details: www.poemeleon.org
 
In addition to prose poems we are looking for relevant reviews, interviews, and essays. Previously published is fine, as long as it was in print and not online. Simultaneous submissions are also fine, but please notify us promptly when work is accepted elsewhere.
 
*Please read all guidelines before submitting. New submissions procedure.*
 

Voices Israel Annual Anthology

The Voices Israel Group of Poets in English annually publishes an Anthology of poetry.

Details: http://www.poetry-voices.8m.com/anthology.htm

Deadline for submissions: October 8^st , 2008 

Program

LITERAL LATTE Contests

Details: http://www.literal-latte.com/contest_new.html

The Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction

Details:http://www.brashcyber.com/mona.html

Writers of comedic essays, articles, short stories, poetry, shopping lists and other forms are invited to submit. Works up to 750 words in length should be typed, double-spaced, accompanied by a money order or check for $5 to cover administrative costs, payable to "The Mona Schreiber Prize." No limit to entries but
each must have a separate fee. Put contact information on the first page.

No SASEs, please. Include e-mail address for notification of winners.
announcement of three winners: 1st: $500. 2nd: $250. 3rd: $100.
All receive copies of What Are You Laughing At?: How to Write Funny Screenplays, Stories and More by Brad Schreiber.

Entries are not returned and must be unpublished. Humor is subjective. Uniqueness is suggested. Weirdness is encouraged.

The Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction
11362 Homedale Street, Los Angeles, CA 90049.

For more information and to read previous winners:
www.brashcyber.com

Storytech Literary Consulting
www.thewritersjourney.com
All entries must be postmarked by December 1

Alligator Juniper's National Writing Contest

Alligator Juniper's National Writing Contest

$500 First Place Prize

Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry

Details:http://www.prescott.edu/highlights/alligator_juniper/submit.html

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 (4). A $10 fee per entry goes toward payment of awards and guest judges. Every entrant receives one copy of the 2007 issue, a $10 value. The issue will come out in summer 2007. There is no theme for the 2007 issue.  Work is selected upon artistic merit. By entering our contest you agree to allow us to select your work for publication even if it does not place first.

Postmarked Deadline: October 1, 2008
 

Memoirs, Ink.
Third Annual Personal Essay Contest

Details:http://memoirsink.com./

 
Contest Guidelines

1. We are looking for original, well-written personal essays, memoirs, or stories that are based on autobiographical experiences. The narrative must be in first person, other that that, the contest is open to any type, genre or style of story.
2. Entry must be previously unpublished, your own work, etc. Previously published means published anywhere, at any time.
3. Entry fee: $15. (Please make check or money order to Memoirs, Ink.) Also, if you would like to receive a list of winners, please include a SASE.
4. First Prize: $1000. Second Prize: $500. Third Prize: $250.
5. Please limit entries to less than 3000 words.
6. Contest Deadline: August 1, 2006 (postmark). Late Deadline: August 15, 2008 (Requires additional $5 entry fee) Winners will be announced September 30, 2008. Winners will be published at www.memoirsink.com.
7. Send entries to:
   Memoirs Ink Writing Contest
   468 N. Camden Ave., Suite 211,
   Beverly Hills, CA 90210
8. Please submit entries as follows: Typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font.
9. Your name should appear only on the cover page, where you should also include your address, phone number, email address, and the title of your story. Begin your story on the next page.
10. The title of the manuscript should appear in the top half of the first page. The pages should be numbered, with the title of the story appearing somewhere in the header or footer of each subsequent page.
11. We used to prefer paperclips, but are now partial to staples.
12. Multiple submissions are accepted, however, an additional $10 entry fee is required for each additional story.
13. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, however, if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere, you need to let us know immediately that you are withdrawing your submission.
14. E-mail questions to Jill at Memoirs_ink@yahoo.com

Other Info

1. Manuscripts will not be returned. Memoirs, Ink., is not responsible for manuscripts lost in the mail, etc. Memoirs, Ink cannot confirm receipt of your entry unless you provide a self-addressed stamped postcard.
2. Winners must sign a contest winner agreement form that certifies your writing is original and assigns temporary electronic rights and electronic archiving rights to us.
3. If you win, we will publish your story. If you do not want your story published (for personal reasons, etc), please do not submit it.
4. We reserve the right to mention or not mention anyone honorably.
5. Winners will be contacted between September 1st and 15th, 
6. Please include detailed contact info (day, evening, emails, pagers, everything) so that we can contact you if you win. Also, if you decide to leave town at the beginning of September, please check in with your messages and email, because if we don’t hear from you in time, we may have to give your winning spot to someone else.

Call for Submissions:  Poetry

  
Patrick T. Randolph will edit a poetry anthology titled "Empty Shoes: On the
Hungry and Homeless." Profits from the book will go to Wisconsin-based food and
homeless shelters.  
  
Theme: "The Homeless and the Hungry." Poems may focus on either of these topics.
In addition, poets may choose to write on the "Homelessness of the human
spirit."  
  
Guidelines:  
Send 1 to 5 poems, any style, up to 40 lines. Poems must be well-crafted, and
show rather than tell. Please check your poems for punctuation and clarity.
Poets who have worked with the homeless or food shelters are encouraged to
submit. Try to look beyond the dark, stereotypical notion of homelessness and
write with inspiration and a song of celebration.  
  
Deadline: July 15, 2008  
  
Send poems to Patrick T. Randolph, 804 Cass Street, apt 828, La Crosse, WI
54601  
Please include SASE  
or e-mail to: randolph.patr@uwlax.edu  

Cream City Review

Details: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/English

Damselfly press, an innovative online literary journal for women, is
seeking electronic submissions of original fiction and poetry by
female writers for our fifth quarterly issue.

Details: http://www.damselflypress.net

to learn more about the journal and read submission guidelines.
We welcome a myriad of women's voices from new
and experienced writers.

 

More July Markets p2
See June issue of Writers Wanted