| Artists in Residence Program at The Artists Enclave at I-Park Application deadline: Jan 11, 2010. $25 application processing fee. Self-directed artists residencies will be offered from May through November 2010, with possible off-season sessions in April and December. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. Residencies will be offered to creative writers, visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, and architects. Work samples are evaluated through a competitive, juried process.
I-Park is introducing a modest food program for 2010 where most, though not all, of the food will be provided. The facility is otherwise offered at no cost to accepted artists.
I-Park is a 450-acre natural woodland retreat in rural East Haddam, Connecticut. Accommodations include comfortable private living quarters in an 1850s era farmhouse, shared bathroom facilities, and a private studio on the grounds. An abundance of power tools and equipment, site materials, an electric kiln, wireless Internet, and library facilities are provided.
For additional project information, see Web site. Contact: Agnes Miyuki
I-Park Foundation, Inc.
428 Hopyard Road
East Haddam, CT 06423
860-873-2468
ipark@ureach.com
http://www.i-park.org | | | Call for Nominations: Clinton Jackson Coley Award for Books on Local History Deadline: December 31, 2009. This award goes to the best book or pamphlet focusing on local historical concerns, including but not limited to the history of an Alabama community, town or county, or any institution therein (church, business, non-profit, etc.). Works published since January 2008 are eligible, and those written by lay or amateur historians are welcome. The award will be given at the April 2010 Alabama Historical Association meeting in Gadsden. Please send one copy of the work and a cover letter to Marty Olliff at the address below. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Marty Olliff
Alabama Historical Association
Troy University Dothan Campus
PO Box 8368
Dothan, AL 36304-0368
334-983-6556 x1327
molliff@troy.edu
http://www.archives.state.al.us/aha/ahacoley.html | | | Call for Submissions WritersNewsWeekly.com is looking for writers with a viewpoint. Comment on something you see happening in the literary industry. We're listening. We're looking for columnists to submit articles for a new WNW feature, Split Ends. See Web site for more information.
Contact: WritersNewsWeekly.com
editor@writersnewsweekly.com
http://www.writersnewsweekly.com | | | Call for Submissions The Alabama Writers' Conclave Annual Writing Contest is now accepting submissions. Deadline postmark April 20, 2010; Categories: Fiction, Short Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Nonfiction, Humor, Traditional Poem, Free Verse Poem and First Chapter Novel. Prizes awarded in July: $100, $75, $50, $25, four honorable mentions. See Web site for complete guidelines.
Contact: Marian Lewis, Contest Chair
The Alabama Writers' Conclave Annual Writing Contest
256-539-3604
bo325sky@earthlink.net
http://www.alabamawritersconclave.org | | | Call for Submissions for Beginning Poets and Writers The Writer's Notebook is an online magazine for beginning poets and writers and is published every two months (debuting in September 2009). We encourage new writers to subscribe to this online magazine and start writing today. We encourage writers to write book reviews on magazines and books for writers - anything pertaining to writing. How-to's are especially needed. We're geared to new writers, and we work with new writers, so start writing and submitting today. At this time, we're not a paying market, but we offer a byline and credit for your stories and artwork. See Web site for submission requirements.
Contact: Marcella Simmons, Publisher
The Writer
106 Fletcher Dr.
Logansport, LA 71049
318-609-4751
marcies04@bellsouth.net
http://writersnotebook.homestead.com | | | Call for Submissions Ongoing: Do It Yourself Write about what you know and get paid to do it!
We believe that everyone is an expert in something, so we want you to apply, tell us where and why you're an expert, and start writing articles on topics in these areas.
We monetize HowToDoThings.com with Google AdSense, and if you sign up for (or already have) an account, we'll split whatever earnings your article generates with you 50/50.
How To articles on writing are especially welcomed. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Liz Smith
HowToDoThings.com
433 Airport Blvd.
Suite 550
Burlingame, CA 94010
619-248-7292
liz.smith@howtodothings.com
http://www.howtodothings.com | | | Call for Submissions Year Round: All Genres Big Muddy encourages and prefers topics related to the Mississippi River Valley, though a direct relation to the area is not necessary.
Big Muddy addresses a number of topics, including:
history, creative nonfiction essays, fiction, poetry, political science, biography, environmental sciences, industry/business, photography, music, art, and regional events.
Big Muddy encourages submissions that are interdisciplinary in approach.
We accept submissions year-round via mail. No electronic submissions, please.
Contact: Dr. Susan Swartwout
Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley
Southeast Missouri State University Press; MS 2650, One University Plaza
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
upress@semo.edu
http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/bigmuddy/submit.htm | | | Call for Submissions, all genres Moonshine is a magazine featuring Southern writers, artists, musicians, and more. Topics include original artwork and writings from the studio; podcasts with artists, essays and articles about performers, artists, musicians and more, howto tips, book reviews, featured art happenings, and more.
Moonshine is published 6 x year. An arts news & events calendar is updated daily and is published separately.
Interested in contributing to moonshine? We are always interested in hearing from visual artists, performers, writers, musicians, and arts appreciators. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Moonshine
southerncreativity.com@gmail.com
http://www.moonshine.southerncreativity.com | | | Call for Submissions, year round WritingRaw.com is expanding from being a free online literary sharing Web site into a free literary e-zine. We are currently looking for people to post BOOK REVIEWS on the site, as well as the usual call for FICTION, POETRY, and NONFICTION pieces. WritingRaw.com is also proud to announce the addition of our 7-Question Interviews with Bestselling/Award winning Authors and Literary Agents in virtually every genre. Also we have opened a storefront where writers can advertise their self-published or e-books for FREE. See Web site for more information. Contact: Weeb
WritingRaw
37 Kent Street
Rock Hill, NY 12775
845-701-2006
weeb@writingraw.com
http://writingraw.com | | | Call for Submissions, year round: All Genres Vanilla is a new printed and online literary and arts journal published quarterly (debuting Nov. 2009). Vanilla seeks to expose innovative and unexpected points of view. We are currently accepting all genres of literature, art, and photography. See Web site for more information. Contact: Editors
Vanilla
Montgomery, AL 36105
Editors@VanillaPress.org
http://www.VanillaPress.org | | | Call for Submissions: 2010 San Francisco Book Festival $50 per entry. Grand prize: $1500. Deadline: April 25, 2010. The 2010 San Francisco Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, compilations/anthologies, teenage, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, audio/spoken word, history,
wild card, gay, photography/art, poetry, unpublished, travel and spiritual works. There is no date of publication deadline. See Web site for complete guidelines.
Contact: JM Northern Media LLC
JM Northern Media LLC; attn: San Francisco Book Festival
7095 Hollywood Boulevard
Suite 864
Hollywood , CA 90028-0893
323-665-8080
SanFranciscoBKFest@sbcglobal.net
http://www.sanfranciscobookfestival.com | | | Call for Submissions: all genres, year round A quarterly non-profit literary/arts journal publishing prose, poetry, art, and photography from throughout the world. Mission statement: Published without profit by passionate volunteers, who believe that exceptional works by the famous, not-yet-famous, and never-to-be-famous deserve to be published side-by-side in a beautiful and creative setting. Submissions accepted year 'round. See Web site for more information. Contact: Jim Reed, Editor
Birmingham Arts Journal
1410 17th Street S.
Birmingham, AL 35205
205-326-4460
editor@birminghamartsjournal.com
http://www.birminghamartsjournal.com | | | Call for Submissions: Fiction & Humor DailyBrowse.com is an online news and discussion site. We have recently added fiction and humor sections. You are welcome to register and submit a story of your own for publication. Contact: editorone@dailybrowse.com
DailyBrowse.com
334-555-1212
editorone@dailybrowse.com
http://www.dailybrowse.com | | | Call for Submissions: The Love Always series Deadline: Aug 1, 2010. Local publisher Fayeshawn Feigh invites Alabama writers to submit to a new series of Christian-friendly books. See Web site for more information. Contact: Fayeshawn Feigh
Feigh Books
feighbooks@moviefan.com
http://fiction.viviti.com | | | Call for Submissions: Vietnamese Children's Art & Poetry Exhibit On behalf of Kent State University's Wick Poetry Center, KSU Art Galleries, and Soldier's Heart, and in collaboration with the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, the Vietnamese Children's Art Exhibit will debut for the first time in the United States in September of 2010 at Kent State University, then travel nationally. This exhibit will showcase a collection of Vietnamese children's artwork on themes of peace and war alongside the poems of grade school children, senior citizens, veterans, and established American poets. The exhibit solicits poetry submissions for this special exhibit. Deadline for poetry submissions, accepted from all age levels, is May 1, 2010. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Melissa Barrett
Wick Poetry Center
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
330-554-3723
barrett.mel@gmail.com
http://dept.kent.edu/wick/wick/News.html | | | Call for Submissions: Year 'Round The Oxford So & So, a bi-monthly hard copy journal of SOUTHERN oriented nostalgia always welcomes submissions. You DO NOT have to be a subscriber to be published. Emphasis is on non-fiction and fiction NOSTALGIA. No poetry used except for maybe 4-6 liners which are witty with a SOUTHERN tinge. Payment is 2 copies for the first article in an issue and 1 copy for each additional article in the same issue. Please limit to 1,000 words or less. NOTE: For articles LESS than 300 words the pay is 1 copy. Please think SOUTHERN when submitting. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Richard Burns
The Oxford So & So
1739 University Avenue
#177
Oxford, MS 38655
OXFORDSOANDSO@YAHOO.COM
http://gcwriters.org/so_and_so.htm | | | Literary Sharing Web Site WritingRaw.com is a FREE literary sharing Web site (like YouTube but for the literary world) where writers can upload, view, and share their writing. The only restriction is that the material cannot be illegal in any sense of the word. Other than that, feel free to post in any of the following categories:
FICTION
POETRY
NONFICTION
REMEMBRANCE
and, ASSORTED writings
Our goal at Writing Raw is simple - to serve the literary community with the opportunity to have their work online and out in the world. Who knows who may see it! In this world of disappearing literary magazines, Writing Raw is providing the blank pages for writers to fill.
To view someone's writing, just click on the link, and a PDF version of the piece will open in your browser. Read it, comment on it, vote for it to be a showcased piece! Most important - ENJOY IT.
There is no catch here. All writings will be posted. Let's create a world where no one rejects a writer or the work of their future masterpiece. Contact: Weeb
Writing Raw
Kent Street
Rock Hill, New York 12775
845-701-2006
weeb@writingraw.com
http://writingraw.com | | | Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program Spalding University's four-semester, brief-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing combines superb instruction with unparalleled flexibility. At the beginning of each semester, students and faculty work together at a 10-day residency (in Louisville or abroad), after which they return home to correspond one-on-one through an exchange of 5 packets between the student and the faculty mentor for the rest of the semester. Study fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for children and young adults, screenwriting, or playwriting. E-mail or phone to request brochure FA35. See Web site for more information. Contact: Karen J. Mann
Spalding University
Louiseville, KY
1-800-896-8941, ext. 2423
kmann@spalding.edu
http://www.spalding.edu/mfa | | | Poetic Greeting Cards by Vanessa J. Austin Decorative Poetic Greeting Cards with Handpainted illustrations designed by Vanessa J. & Cedric J. Austin. Each card includes an inspirational poem by Vanessa J. Austin. These cards make great gifts for ALL occasions. Only $3.25 each or 5 for $15. Wholesale cost is available for orders of 50 or more. See Web site for more information. Contact: Vanessa J. Austin
CABBIT Designs
Harvest, AL 35749
cabbitdesigns@knology.net
http://www.cabbitdesigns.net | | | POSE AWARDS Nominations Deadline: April 1. The Layman Group is always excited about any opportunity to recognize the work of young artists! The POSE AWARDS are their means of doing so, while providing Alabamas young artistic community with another source of incentive to further their crafts. These awards will recognize young artists of all mediums who display extraordinary dedication, insight, and passion towards their work. All potential award recipients will be nominated by someone familiar with his or her work. Once the nominations have been accepted, the nominees will enter the PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION process. All submissions will be judged by a panel of prominent Alabama Arts professionals. The 20 Award Recipients will be recognized at a private Award Ceremony on May 29th, 2010. Along with their award, each recipient will receive a special sponsorship reward package on the night of the ceremony. Visit Web site for more information about the Pose Awards, and to nominate a young Alabama artist today!!
Contact: Doc Waller
THE LAYMAN GROUP
168 E Magnolia Ave
Auburn, AL 36830
206-338-3930
doc@thelaymangroup.org
http://www.thelaymangroup.org | | | Scholarship: Creative Writing Scholarship for Georgetown College Deadline Feb 15, 2010. Creative Writing Scholarship for Georgetown College worth $1,000 a year, $4,000 over the course of four years. Students will need to send a writing sample of 10 pages in any of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The sample can include more than one genre.
Students will also need to include a cover sheet with the following information:
* Name
* High School
* Indication that they are applying for the Creative Writing Scholarship
* Indicating if they're applying for any other Georgetown College scholarships
* Indication if they've already applied for admission or plan to do so soon
Students will need to send this application to:
Office of Admissions
Georgetown College
400 East College Street
Georgetown , KY 40324
See Web site for more information. Contact: Emma Bolden
Georgetown College
400 East College Street
Georgetown, KY 40324
502-863-8090
emmabolden.gmail.com
http://www.emmabolden.wordpress.com | | | Self-publishing Assistance Daily Content Comment provides up-to-the-moment info on how writers are selling their fiction, articles, poetry and blog writing to Internet users. The site also provides a purchase page for the Artists and Bloggers Guide to Selling on the Internet.
Let DCC know if you would like to have any additional information for your membership. It welcomes individual questions from writers on how to set up their Web sites and how to market their writing online. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Andrew Grossman, Director
All Content Network: Daily Content Comment
3568 Cascade Road SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
616-551-2238
andrew@andrewgrossman.net
http://www.andrewgrossman.net | | | Writers Conference Feb. 13, 2010, 7:30 am-5 pm. Learn More About Animal Interest Publishing and Improve Your Earning Potential. Transcend your pet writing competition by attending the second annual Business of Pet Writing Conference hosted by pet expert and author Charlotte Reed. In addition to the expert-led seminars, the Pet Writing Conference also offers agent and magazine panels composed of animal interest magazines and successful agents discussing the direction magazine and publishing houses are taking. Early Bird special of $150 for applicants registering before October 31st. Applicants registering on November 1st will enjoy the equally reasonable price increase of $175 to attend. See Web site for more information. Contact: Eunice Farnsworth
2010 Business of Pet Writing Conference
Hotel Pennsylvania
401 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10013
212-966-5225
info@petwritingconference.com
http://www.petwritingconference.com | | | Writers Group Third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. A writers group, open to all genres and wordsmiths. If you're interested in the written word, come join us. See Web site for more information. Contact: Reilly Maginn
Baldwin Writers Group ( BWG)
Daphne Library
HWY 98 & Whispering Pines Rd.
Daphne, AL 36526
251-625-0581
redreilly@earthlink.net
http://www.ReillyMaginn.com | | | Writers Group Interested in writing fiction, articles, or for the Web? The Central Alabama Writers Group is interested in you. Meetings will be scheduled beginning this fall. We invite you to join our mailing list to keep informed about upcoming events. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in writing. For now, there are no dues or fees. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Gary Smith
Central Alabama Writers Group
P.O. Box 680843
Prattville, AL 36068
334-399-8111
gary622@gmail.com
http://www.randomkeystrike.net | | | Writers Group The Pensters Writers Group is celebrating its 44th year on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. Open to writers of all ages and genres, the group offers programs on all aspects of writing, given by professionals in all fields and areas of expertise. Speakers scheduled for the 2009-2010 season include Frank Turner Hollon, Terry Cline, Judith Richards, Irene Latham, and Sidney Thompson. Annual dues are $20 and include yearbook, monthly contest fees, and newsletter. All meetings are held at the Fairhope Public Library, Fairhope, Alabama. For more information, contact P.T. Paul @ PTPhantazein@gmail.com. Contact: P.T. Paul, President
The Pensters
P.O. Box 7723
Spanish Fort, AL 36577-7723
251-625-3504
PTPhantazein@gmail.com
| | | Writers Group-Online Are you an author, writer, or aspiring writer? The de Griot Sp@ce Writing Workshop wants you! Membership is open to all writers of color. Membership is free and there are no dues or fees. de Griot Sp@ce recruits/accepts new members from January 1 - January 31; April 1 - 30; July 1 - July 31; and/or from October 1 - October 31.See Web site for more information.
Contact: A. J. Hodari, workshop moderator
de Griot Sp@ce
P.O. Box 110637
Birmingham, AL 35209
205-910-7952
dgs@igc.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/deGriotSpace/ | | | Writers Retreat: South of France Cost for a three-week retreat ranges from $1000 to $1,290; For a couple, $ 1,215 to $1,930. A year-round writers' & artists' retreat run by writers with the mission of providing writers, artists, artisans, and scholars with an inspiring escape from their busy schedules, with time and space in which to focus on the work they love in the Languedoc region of the South of France, in a tiny village perched in the craggy mountains 25 km north of the walled medieval town of Carcassonne. La Muse is a medieval stone manor house with 6 rooms and 2 cottages. See Web site for more information.
Contact: La Muse Inn
La Muse Inn
Rue De la Place
11380
Labastide Esparbairenque, France
+33 (0) 458-263-393
getaway@lamuseinn.com
http://www.lamuseinn.com | | | Writers Workshop: Children's Books July 12-16, 2010 and July 19-23, 2010. Intensive, joyous workshop for aspiring children's book writers. Applicable to all genres and experience levels, Three lectures per day, at least one or more personal consults with instructors per day. Instructors are professional, established children's book authors, editors, and agents. Location is amazingly beautiful, directly by the beach. See Web site for more information. Contact: David Greenberg
Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers Workshop
Community Club
1550 Pacific Ave.
Oceanside, OR 97141
360-560-7766
authilus@teleport.com
http://www.occbww.com | | | Writing and Photography Contest Deadline: Apr 15. $8 entry fee for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, color photograph, b & W photograph. $750 in prizes ($80, $50, $20 per division). See Web site for details. Contact: Philip L. Levin
Gulf Coast Writers Association
PO Box 10294
Gulfport, MS
writerpllevin@gmail.com
http://www.gcwriters.org | | | Writing Contest Deadline: January 11, 2010. The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for the annual Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment. The award seeks to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the region's natural heritage by giving special recognition to writers who most effectively tell the stories about the South's environment. Contact: Cat McCue
15th Annual Nature Writing Contest
434-977-4090
cmccue@selcva.org
http://www.SouthernEnvironment.org | | | Writing Contest-short fiction Deadline: March 1, 2010. The National Society of Arts and Letters invites writers 18 to 33 years of age to enter its 2010 Short Story Competition. Contestants first compete at the Chapter level. The first award winner ($500 prize)automatically competes at the National Competition in Clearwater, Florida on May 21, 2010. The National first award is $10,000. All expenses to attend the National competition are paid by the Chapter. See Web site for complete eligibility and manuscript requirements. Contact: Dr. Loretta G. Brown
National Society of Arts and Letters
Birmingham Chapter
3850 Galleria Woods Drive, Apt. 119
Birmingham, AL 35244
205-739-0782
Rhettvgb@aol.com
http://www.arts-NSAL.org | | | Writing Contest-short fiction Deadline: May 15. Stories in all genres of fiction are welcome. Maximum length is 3,000 words, and writers retain all rights to their work. Writers will compete for a $1,000 first-place prize, $500 second-place prize, and $500 third-place prize in this internationally-acclaimed competition. Several honorable mentions are also awarded each year. As an added prize, beginning in 2009, The Saturday Evening Post will publish our first-place winner. Payment by The Saturday Evening Post for publication of the winning story will be in addition to our $1000 first-place prize. Contact: Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
P.O. Box 993
Key West, FL 33041
shortstorykw@gmail.com
http://www.shortstorycompetition.com/ | | | Writing Workshop: Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers July 12-16, 9-4:15; July 11 registration deadline. A joyous, intensive workshop (by the water's edge in Oceanside, Oregon) designed to help children's writers get published. See Web site for more information. Contact: David Greenberg
Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers Workshop
7327 SW Barnes Rd.
PMB 623
Portland, OR 97225
360-560-7766
authilus@teleport.com
http://www.occbww.com | | |
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