Call for
Submissions:
D
etails:
http://www.drtpress.com/anthology.html.
Is your child easy to
love, but hard to parent? DRT Press is seeking personal essays written by
parents of children with ADD, ADHD and/or other mental, emotional,
and behavioral disorders for a book about the experience of parenting
children with such conditions, for publication (expected) in January 2011.
Compensation includes 10 copies of the completed book and unlimited
discounted copies. Payment may be offered. The book will be
co-edited by author/editor/publisher Adrienne Ehlert Bashista, Publisher,
DRT Press and Kay Marner, a freelance writer who contributes regularly to
ADDitude magazine, and blogs for ADDitudeMag.com. Soft
deadline for submissions is March 1, 2010. Questions may be
directed to
kay@kaymarner.com.
The William Saroyan Centennial Prizes
for Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Drama
Details:www.williamsaroyansociety.org
The William Saroyan
Story Writing Contest for students grade one through college age. Many
divisions.
The me: Which friend or fa mily member ha s had the greate
st impact
on your life ? Why
The contest opens in
January. Stories will be accepted from students in the 1st grade
through college until 9:00p.m. on March 9th. The Awards Ceremony
will be held on April 23rd at the Woodward Park Regional Library.
Deadline: March
8, 2010
Challenge Poem ANTHOLOGY.
visit
www.kennesaw.edu/thelistanthology for more
information.
Try this on for size. Take these six words—Anteros,
crippled,
spindles, stairwell, threshold, and whirligig—and incorporate them into a
poem
for possible inclusion in an exciting and daring anthology. Submit up to
three
poems by March 8.
E-mail submissions and queries to: thelistanthology@gmail.com.
Iowa Review Award
Details:http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/iowaaward.html
THE 2010 IOWA REVIEW AWARDS
Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction
$1000 to each winner
$500 to runners-up
plus publication in our December ssue
1. Submit up to 20 pages of prose (double-spaced) or 10
pages of poetry (single or double; one poem or several). Work must be
previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are fine assuming you
inform us of acceptance elsewhere.
2. Manuscripts must include a cover page listing your
name, address, e-mail address and/or telephone number, and the title of each
work, but your name should not appear on the manuscript itself.
3. Enclose a $20 entry fee (checks
payable to The Iowa Review). All entrants will receive a yearlong
subscription (or gift subscription) to the magazine.
4. Label your envelope as a contest entry. For example:
"Contest: Fiction."
5. Postmark submission between January 1 and January 31,
2009. Mail to:
The Iowa Review
308 EPB
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
6. Enclose a #10 SASE for final word on your work. Entries
themselves will not be returned. Enclose a SAS postcard if you wish
confirmation of our receipt of your entry.
7. No electronic submissions.
Poetry Chapbooks
PUDDING HOUSE INNOVATIVE WRITERS PROGRAMS
Details:www.puddinghouse.com
--Pudding House invites general submission chapbook manuscripts (not
competitions)
by email 24/7/365.
$12 submission fee, usually same-day response unless they're traveling.
New Publisher with Multiple Calls for
Manuscripts
Details:
http://www.thedrillpress.com
The Drill Press LLC is a new, independent
publisher of ebooks.
We also have three
online
magazines and are seeking books, fiction, essays, memoirs. We are adamant
about the quality of prose we publish.
Themed Romance Anthologies
Details: http://highlandpress.org/callforsubmissions.htm
TWIST OF TIME
Everyone loves
time travel. Let your imagination run wild and let us fall in love with your
star crossed lovers.
Word Count: 12,000-15,000
Submission Deadline: TBA
BLING!
Kick butt women
who know what they want and don’t let anything get in the way of them going
after it – whether it be jobs, their lives, or the men they love.
Word Count: 12,000-15,000
Submission Deadline: TBA
INTO
THE SUNSET
Everyone loves
the Old West, but cowboys abound nowadays, too. Whatever time period your hero
lives in, create your magic and let us know how love thrives under the western
sky.
Word Count: 12,000-15,000
Submission Deadline: TBA
Tupelo Press
Details:
https://www.tupelopress.org
Tupelo Press now reads
submissions of fiction (including novels and short story collections) and
creative nonfiction year-round.
The Annual Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook
Award is now open for submissions.
Poets--prepare your manuscript for the July Open-Submission period.
See complete guidelines
here.
Second Annual Press 53 Open Awards writing contest
Details:
http://www.press53.com/Submissions.html
Eight
Categories
Eight
Award-Winning & Industry Professional Judges
Eight
Beautiful Etched-Glass Awards
Publication
in our second annual
Press 53 Open
Awards Anthology for all winners plus 9 Second Place or Honorable Mentions
All
Deadlines March 31, 2010
Reading Fees:
$15 All
Categories, except...
$5 Young
Writers
$25 Novella
The First Line
Details:
www.thefirstline.com
Start writing for : a magazine full of stories that all begin with the same
first line! The line cannot be altered in any way, unless otherwise noted by the
editors.
2010 First
Lines:
Spring:
Working for God is never easy.
Due date: February 1, 2010
Summer:
Paul and Miriam Kaufman met the old-fashioned way.
Due date: May 1, 2010
Fall:
Three thousand habitable planets in the known universe, and I'm stuck on the
only one without ______________. [Fill in the blank.]
Due
date: August 1, 2010
Winter:
Until I stumbled across an article about him in the paper, I never realized how
much Walter Dodge and I are alike.
Due
date: November 1, 2010
Remember, all stories must start with the appropriate first line, and you
cannot change it in any way unless otherwise indicated
ANGELS ON EARTH
A typical Angels on Earth story is a
first-person narrative written in dramatic style, with a spiritual point that
the reader can "take away" and apply to his or her own life. It may be your own
or someone else's story. PAYS up to $400 per Article.
Publishes true stories about God's messengers
at work in today's world. The editors are interested in stories of heavenly
angels and stories involving humans who have played angelic roles in daily life.
The best stories are those where the narrator has been positively affected in
some distinct way.
http://www.angelsmagazine.com
Do not send essays, sermons or fiction or
poetry. Manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, and accompanied by a
self-addressed stamped envelope. Send submissions to Colleen Hughes,
editor-in-chief, Angels on Earth, 16 E. 34th Street, New York, NY 10016. Allow
three months for reply. For any questions, contact
angelsedtr@guideposts.org
Also see
Angels contest with June 2010 Deadline.
Planned Anthology seeking Prose
Literary stories or personal essays wanted for anthology about
healing after the betrayal of an extramarital affair. Well-crafted, emotionally
honest stories or excerpts where genuine healing has occurred, either within the
marriage or separately. 1,000–6,000 words, previously published okay, deadline
January 30. Send manuscript, brief bio, and SASE to: K. Sheahan, 12618 La Cresta
Ct., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022. For more info or to submit by Word attachment
(also paste into the body of the e-mail), send to
sheahan.k@gmail.com.
Also see page one of February
writers wanted and find more calls for submissions for anthologies and more