| CALL FOR ENTRIES: AESTHETICA CREATIVE WORKS COMPETITION Deadline: Aug. 31. Entry to the Creative Works Competition is £10 (apx. $15).
The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is now open for entries! Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all artists, writers and poets to submit their work into the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010. Now in its third year, the Creative Works Competition is a highly regarded competition that celebrates and champions creative talent across three disciplines, identifying new artists and writers and bringing them to international attention. The Competition has three categories, Artwork, Poetry, and Fiction. Winners and finalists are published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual. Winners of each category receive £500 prize money (apx. $760) plus other prizes. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Bryony Byrne
Aesthetica Magazine
PO Box 371
York, U.K. YO23 1WL
01904 479168
bryony@aestheticamagazine.com
http://www.aestheticamagazine.com | | | Call for Submission: Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction Deadline: July 30. Status Hat! is an online artszine featuring writing, art & music by contributors world-wide. We are currently accepting written works of Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Articles & Poetry for any of the following themes: KEYS, HEART, LANDSCAPE, EARTH, REFLECTION. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Editor
Status Hat!
803 Elliiott Ave.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-202-0344
edtor@statushat.org
http://www.statushat.org | | | 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 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: 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: Patriotic Poetry Deadline: Aug 30, 2010. Hi Skool Books-Alabama invites poets to write 4+ poems for a patriotic poetry book compilation. Poems must have a patriotic theme. Poets may e-mail or visit the Web site for details. Contact: Sherri Love
Hi Skool Books
104 Shady Hollow Court
Dothan, AL 36303
hiskoolfunding@aol.com
http://hiskool.ning.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: 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 | | | Freelance Writers Service $10 per month. The Writers' Bridge is a Web and e-mail-based tool that connects writers with fresh ideas and new markets...sort of like an agent for freelancers. Notification of writing jobs tailored to members specific interest areas or region. Assistance pitching articles and editing drafts...until an article is placed. Weekly Idea Bank of relevant story ideas that reflect current events and trends. See Web site for more information. Contact: Darrell Laurant
The Writers' Bridge
PO Box 15153
Lynchburg, VA 24502
434-525-4811
writersbridge@hotmail.com
http://thewritersbridge.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 | | | Poetry Chapbook Contest Deadline: July 31, 2010. $10 entry fee. Accents Publishing is happy to announce its 2010 Poetry Chapbook Contest. Two winners will be selected - one by an independent judge, Richard Taylor, and one by the Senior Editor and founder of Accents Publishing, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer. Each winner will have his/her submission published as a perfect-bound chapbook and will receive 50 free copies, along with a $150 cash prize. Additionally, the winners will be invited for a featured reading at a book premiere celebration event. All contest entries will be considered for regular publication with Accents Publishing, as well. See Web site for more information. Contact: Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Accents Publishing
Attn: Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
P.O. Box 910456
Lexington , KY 40591-0456
katerina.klemer@gmail.com
http://www.accents-publishing.com/poetrycontest2010.html | | | Poetry Contest: Tennessee Williams Annual Poetry Contest Deadline: 8/15/10. $20 entry fee. Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Writing Contest. Judge:Louisiana Poet Laureate Darrell Bourque. 2-4 unpublished poems of any theme with combined length of up to 400 lines. Prize:$1000, public reading and VIP Festival pass($500 value) at 25th anniversary Festival (March 23-27, 2011), publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas. See Web site for more information. Contact: Laura Lane Miller
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street, Suite 5514
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-581-1144
info@tennesseewilliams.net
http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/article.php?story=20100310014753640 | | | 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 Service Formed in 2007, jexbo gives self-published authors the ability to reach new customers online at no cost and sell their books (jexbo receives 5% of whatever the author sells). Readers can buy books and find unique, self-published works in various categories. jexbo also lets self-published authors control the sales process, communicate directly with customers, and customize a Web page for marketing purposes at no additional cost. See Web site For additional information. Contact: Melanie Rembrandt
jexbo
P.O. Box 23043
Dearborn, MI 48123
800-771-0116
pr@jexbo.com
http://www.jexbo.com | | | Self-publishing Service 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 | | | Writer Services: Customized Poems, Speeches, and Toasts Personalized poems, speeches, and toasts created for birthdays, annivesaries, weddings. Perfect for best man toasts, maid of honor, wedding receptions, vow renewals, sympathy and thank yous. Perfect for holidays celebrations, including Valentine's Day, Christmas, bar mitzvahs, eulogies. See Web site for more information. Contact: Amy R. Miller
Poems To Go
534 High Meadow Court
Bristol, RI 02809
508-330-0028
amy@poemstogo.tv
http://www.poemstogo.tv | | | 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 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 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 | | | Writers' Workshop in Italy Writers Workshop in Italy, July 18-25, held in conjunction with the Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival. This is an exciting opportunity to study creative writing with Robert Bausch, poetry with Jane Shore, or memoir and the personal narrative with Joyce Maynard. See Web site for more information. Contact: Leslie Hyde
Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival
Vietri sul Mare , Italy
301-587-6189
music@amalfi-festival.org
http://www.amalfi-festival.org | | | Writing Contest: Fault Zone: Words From the Edge Deadline: Aug 15. Reading fee is $15. Fault Zone: Words from the Edge, an anthology of short stories, will be published this fall by the SF/Peninsula Branch of California Writers. Non-members of our branch are encouraged to submit their short stories. Your piece should relate to the anthology's theme in some way. Interpret as you wish and have fun. First Prize is $300 and publication in our Fault Zone anthology. Second Prize is $100. Third Prize is $50. Previously published work will be considered. Novel excerpts must stand on their own. See Web site for submission guidelines. Contact: Tory Hartmann
San Francisco/Peninsula Branch of California Writers Club
PO Box 853
Belmont, CA 94002
650-615-8331
Pres@sfpeninsulawriters.com
http://www.cwc-peninsula.org | | | Writing Contest: First Annual Poetry Contest Deadline: Aug 15. Judge: Louisiana Poet Laureate Darrell Bourque. Grand Prize: $1,000. VIP All Access Pass ($500 value) for the CenTENNial Festival: our 25th anniversary Festival and the 100th birthday celebration of Tennessee Williams: March 23-27, 2011. Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine. Public Reading at the 2011 Festival. Top Ten Finalists' names will appear on Web site. Finalists will also receive a panel pass ($60 value) to attend the 2011 Festival. See Web site for more information.
Contact: Tennessee Williams-New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams-New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street
Suite 514
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-581-1144
info@tennesseewilliams.net
http://tennesseewilliams.net | | | Writing Contest: One-Act Plays Deadline: Nov 1. Grand Prize: $1,500. Staged reading at the 2011 Festival (25th anniversary: March 23-27). Full production at the 2012 Festival. VIP All-Access Festival pass for 2011 and 2012 ($1,000 value)
Publication in Bayou. Top Ten Finalists' names will appear on website. Finalists will also receive a panel pass ($60 value) to attend the 2011 Festival. Submit unpublished, never publicly performed one-act plays up to one hour in length. See Web site for more information. Contact: Tennessee Williams-New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams-New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street
Suite 514
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-581-1144
info@tennesseewilliams.net
http://tennesseewilliams.net | | | Writing Contest: Plays Deadline: Dec 31. Prizes: The winning entry will receive complimentary registration to the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival and a stipend of $250. Finalists: The finalists' names and titles will be announced on the Saints and Sinners Web site. Contest Guidelines: Previously produced plays will be considered as long as they have not been produced in the greater New Orleans area. Characters should be kept to a minimum, preferably 5 or under. See Web site for more information. Contact: Saints and Sinners GLBT Literary Festival
Saints and Sinners GLBT Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street
Suite 514
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-581-1144
info@sasfest.org
http://sasfest.org | | | Writing Contest: Scripts Deadline: Aug. 7. Enter now, spend July in a "writing marathon," then submit your script on Aug. 7. Prizes include $500, a weekend writer's retreat in L.A., travel voucher, actors reading winning script, screenwriting software, agent consultation, industry reviews of script, and script notes. See Web site for more information. Contact: Chelsea Mize
The Script-a-thon
Los Angeles, CA 91505
941-586-7303
chelseascriptathon@gmail.com
http://www.thescriptathon.com | | | Writing Contest: Short Fiction Deadline: Nov 15. Judge: Robert Olen Butler. Grand Prize $1500. Domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter accommodations to attend the 2011 Festival in New Orleans. VIP All-Access Festival Pass ($500 value). Public reading at the 2011 Festival (25th anniversary: March 23-27, 2011). Publication in Bayou. Top Ten Finalists' names will appear on Web site. Finalists will also receive a panel pass ($60 value) to attend the 2011 Festival. Submit unpublished short stories up to 7,000 words. See Web site for more information. Contact: Tennessee Williams-New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams-New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street
Suite 514
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-581-1144
info@tennesseewilliams.net
http://tennesseewilliams.net | | | Writing Contest: Short Fiction Deadline: Nov 1. Judge: John Berendt. Theme: "saints and sinners"
Unpublished short stories between 5,000 and 7,000 words. See Web site for more information. Contact: Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-581-1144
info@sasfest.org
http://sasfest.org | | | Writing Prizes: Children $1500 worth of prize money for the best five stories for children submitted each month. From the submissions, 50 stories will be shortlisted each month, get narrated by kids and filmed, and the five films attracting the most traffic on the site will win the prizes. See Web site for more information. Contact: Ralph Lazer
Smories.com
Summerlee Ave
London, UK N2 9QH
44-7976-762-728
smories@lastlemon.com
http://www.smories.com | | | Writing Workshop: YA novels Applications will be accepted July 13-August 1. Specifically designed for writers of middle-grade and young-adult novels, the Whole Novel Workshop (November 6-13, 2010) offers the one-on-one attention to be found in degree programs, but without additional academic requirements, lengthy time commitments, or prohibitive financial investments. This unique program focuses on a specific work in progress, moving a novel to the next level, in preparation for submission to agents or publishers. This workshop is limited to eight participants. See Web site for more information. Contact: Jo Lloyd
Highlights for Children
814 Court Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
570-253-1192
jalloyd@highlightsfoundation.org
http://www.highlightsfoundation.org | | | Writing Workshop: YA novels Applications will be accepted August 5-August 20. the Whole Novel Workshop for Historical Writers (November 13-20, 2010) helps you ready your work for submission. You'll learn what sets the historical novel apart from its close cousin, the contemporary novel, and delve into character, plot, setting, voice, dialogue, action, and emotion. But you'll also learn to augment your writer's toolbox in order to transport your readers to another time and place. This workshop is limited to eight participants. See Web site for more information. Contact: Jo Lloyd
Highlights Foundation
814 Court Street
Honesdale , PA 18431
570-253-1192
jalloyd@highlightsfoundation.org
http://www.highlightsfoundation.org | | |
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