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Have a Great Labour Day Weekend!
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Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list. It contains announcements of events in PEI, around Canada and the rest of the world, that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers? Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers. In all cases, please check out the links as information is subject to change. Please exercise caution and your best judgment when sending money or information to unknown sources.
If you want to share any announcements, articles, interesting or useful links that you think other subscribers will be interested in, send them to mimrlith@yahoo.com; this weekly is sent out on Sunday or Monday every week, so please do not send announcements that need to be sent out immediately.
If you would rather receive this through a group or access the original files on your own, please join http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/THEPEIWGWEEKLY/ ; once you are a member of this group, your email address will be removed from the current mailing list so that you do not receive this newsletter more than once.
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PEI LOCAL
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PEI Women Writers? Bootcamp
PEI Women Writers? Bootcamp September 14-16, 2012: your chance to grow and expand as a writer in a nurturing, creative environment.
This is an opportunity for women to write in the quiet setting of? Canoe Cove Christian Camp. There are large bunk rooms so you can bunk with your friends or go a little crazy, and bunk with people you have only just met. The camp is completely wheelchair accessible with an accessible bathroom and a roll-in shower. We will do our utmost to meet your needs. We have the use of a beautiful kitchen and you can expect great food. If you have dietary concerns, please let us know when you register.
For more information, visit http://www.peiwomenwriters.com/
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Emmy-nominated writer?
offers 2-day workshop in Lunenburg, NS
Cynthia Whitcomb?s Writing Workshop
Saturday & Sunday, September 29 & 30
? 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cost $195
To Register contact Lloyd Williams?wlw3@mac.com
For Screenwriters, Novelists, Playwrights?
Includes how to choose an idea, three-act structure, scene cards, storyboards,?set ups, payoffs, subplots,?character development, research, format,?dialogue, hiding exposition, buttoning scenes,?how to write great openings, great endings, big moments. How to make ?em laugh and cry.?Pitching, query letter, breaking in.
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Writers welcome at every level of experience from novice to pro.
Cynthia Whitcomb has sold more than 70 feature-length screenplays, 30 of which have been filmed, most for prime time television. Her scripts have been nominated for many awards, including the Emmy, Writers Guild of America, Cable Ace, and the Edgar.??She has taught screenwriting for many years, including seven at the acclaimed UCLA Film School.? Many of her students have gone on to great success in Hollywood and made millions of dollars. She has created roles for Jason Robards, Kevin Spacey, Gena Rowlands, Anjelica Huston, Ellen Burstyn, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Sam Elliott, Martin Sheen, Brendan Fraser and many other renowned actors.
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Whitcomb has recently returned to her first love, writing for the theatre.? Her play?Holidazed, co-authored with Marc Acito, completed a sold out, critically acclaimed six week run at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon in 2008 and was revived for another run in 2009. ?The Wilde Boy?was at Fertile Ground new play festival in 2010.??Lear?s Follies?was produced July/August 2012 for the Portland Shakespeare Project.
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She has also written and sold two nonfiction books. ?Her sister Laura is a successful YA novelist and has also sold two books on novel writing.
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Cynthia also takes a group of writers every spring on a Trans-Atlantic cruise. ?This April we?ll go to Ireland, France and England. ?For more info:?cwhitcomb1@aol.com
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Coming Soon: NaNoWriMo
What: National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30.
Who: You! We can?t do this unless we have some other people trying it as well. Let?s write laughably awful yet lengthy prose together.
Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate in one of our era?s most enchanting art forms! To give yourself permission to write without obsessing over quality. To be able to make obscure references to passages from our novels at parties. To stop being one of those people who say, ?I?ve always wanted to write a novel,? and become one of those people who can say, ?Oh, a novel? It?s such a funny story?I?ve written three.?
When: You can sign up anytime to add your name to the roster and browse the forums. Writing begins 12:00:01 November 1. To be added to the official list of winners, you must reach the 50,000-word mark by November 30 at 11:59:59. Once your novel has been verified by our web-based team of robotic word counters, the partying begins.
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An Open Invitation to PEI Writers
Alpha Writers, an international writers? group was created in 2004 to offer a chance to writers who, for reasons of disability, caring responsibilities or simply remoteness cannot attend conventional gatherings, to belong to a conventional group. We operate solely through email, and we never meet:? last season our members were from South Africa (formerly from West Indies), France, Thailand (formerly from Saudi Arabia), New Zealand, U.S.A. and Canada as well as the UK. However, our Canadian member from last season is unable to continue. We limit ourselves to 18 members, and 9 of our members have been with us since 2004.
Our aim is simply ?Writing for Pleasure? and we pit our skills against each other on a regular three-week pattern during a season running from September to May. There is no subscription fee as we do not incur expenses, but we do expect anyone joining to play a full part during the year: not only do we have writing challenges, but we also have discussions on various aspects of writing, and publish some of our work on the internet. We have a website www.Alphawriters.net.
We currently have 2 vacancies. If you know of anyone within Tasmania (or can mention it in your newsletter) who would be interested in a vacancy, further details are available from Olaf Chedzoy at olafch@aol.com.
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Coastal West Publishing
Coastal West Publishing is dedicated to publishing the best of true crime books and stories about the underdog. We are now accepting email queries from writers who can give us their best. Please submit an email inquiry before sending us a full manuscript. ?Please send submissions as attachments to info@coastalwest.ca
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Fierce Shorts
Fierce Ink Press is a new publishing label that publishes young adult books by Atlantic Canadian authors. Along with full-length books we will also be publishing Fierce Shorts, creative non-fiction pieces (5,000 to 10,00 words) about all things teen. Part of the proceeds from the sale of our Fierce Shorts will go to a local teen related charity of the author?s choice.
We are currently open to submissions for our Fierce Shorts. To get all the information you need check out our website,http://fierceinkpress.com/, where you will find our submission guide.
If you think you have a great idea for a Fierce Short, we?d love to hear from you!
About Fierce Ink Press:
Fierce Ink Press Co-op Ltd. is dedicated to producing high quality books of fiction and short non-fiction pieces by Atlantic Canadian authors who write for young adults.
Social Media Links:
Website: http://fierceinkpress.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FierceInkPress
Twitter: @FierceInkPress
Google +: http://gplus.to/FierceInkPress
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/FierceInkPress
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79201546@N03/
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ARTS EAST
Interested writers from the Atlantic Maritimes are invited to write for Stephen Patrick Clare?s new ARTS EAST e-magazine and website.
Assignments may include CD/book reviews, interviews or coverage of music, drama, visual art, mixed media, etc. events.
Ideal for writers and aspiring journalists who are trying to gain experience and have a published on-line byline, media tickets and similar perks as compensation.
Interested writers can e-mail Michelle Brunet or Stephen Clare at?novamedia@gmail.com
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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION
THE GATE IN THE FENCE
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The Gate in the Fence is a summer project by Ottawa writer/editor Christopher Carroll. It will be an anthology of short fiction (500-1200 words) created to help spread awareness of and information about the mental health crisis in Canada currently. He will be approaching every author he knows and is accepting submissions from anyone who can string together a few words.? Deadline: August 31st. Topic: Mental Health. More info available on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheGateInTheFence
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carte blanche literary magazine call for submissions
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The submission deadline for the Fall Issue is September 15th, 2012.
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carte blanche? is now accepting poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translation, photography, and audio submissions for its Fall Issue (#16). If you?ve got a narrative, we want to see it.
The theme for this issue is CONFLICT. We want to hear your war stories from neighbourhood spats and sibling rivalries to life-threatening situations. Tell us about the conflicts ? big and small ? you?ve experienced that have changed your life. Contributors receive a $45 honorarium per published piece.
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Check out our submission guidelines for more information: http://carte-blanche.org/submissions/
All submissions received by the approaching deadline will be considered for the Fall Issue of carte blanche.? Please indicate in your cover letter if you would also like to have your work considered for the feature on conflict.
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?I still keep a suitcase in Berlin? ? Marlene Dietrich
??It?s a city that?s so easy to ?get lost? in ? and to ?find? oneself, too.? ? David Bowie, on his ?Berlin Years?
Submission deadline for this issue: August 16, 2013
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Has there ever been a more protean city than Berlin? Once home to emperors and palaces, cabaret halls and seductive starlets, Berlin became a city of stones and then a city divided, only to resume its status as capital of the reunified Germany. Berlin is a city of contradictions ?? or what its current mayor Klaus Wowereit calls, ?Poor, but sexy.? It is precisely Berlin?s paradoxical nature that has long held appeal for artists coming to the city in search of creative revitalization. From Christopher Isherwood?s Berlin Stories, which inspired a young David Bowie to move to the city, to Christo wrapping The Reichstag, Berlin remains a haven for those seeking the unconventional and unpredictable. In 2014, Berlin will commemorate its 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall and the reunification of the city. Descant aims to take part in this celebration by welcoming submissions of unpublished fiction, poetry, essays and art pieces that speak to the mythology, memory and identity of Berlin ? in all its various incarnations.
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CARTOONING DEGREE ZERO:
DESCANT?S GRAPHIC LITERATURE ISSUE
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Submission deadline for this issue: June 7th, 2013
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The comic strip, the funnybook, the graphic novel ? whatever we call this melange of words and pictures, it all begins with the art of cartooning. This issue provides an opportunity to explore what cartooning looks like now, and where we find its limits. In writing that approaches the zero degree, Roland Barthes sees an ?infinite freedom? shining forth, the creation of an ?unexpected object? overflowing with possibilities. Can we say the same for cartooning degree zero? Contributors are encouraged to test out the affinities that exist between cartooning and poetry, comics and prose, drawing and writing. What are the stories that images tell, and what do they keep silent? What can comics recall about the past, or say about the present? What have we seen in the history of cartooning, and what can we expect for the future of the form? Descant welcomes cartooned strips, panels, and stories that address any topic and investigate the possibilities and boundaries of the medium. Traditional essays, poems, memoirs and fiction that deal in some way with comics and cartooning will also be accepted.
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http://www.descant.ca/submit
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SUBMISSION CALL FROM POSTSCRIPTS TO DARKNESS
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http://pstdarkness.wordpress.com/submissions/
We are looking for works of short weird and uncanny fiction (of up to 3000 words) for the third volume of our (semi)annual anthology.
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We are open to a variety of approaches and styles, but are interested in original work that pushes and plays with(in) the boundaries of the fantastic, the marvelous, and the horrific.
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While, as we are an unfunded and independent publication, we cannot currently afford to pay contributors, each will each receive two contributor?s copies of the volume, as well as the option of purchasing more copies at a low contributor?s rate.
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While this is an open call with no fixed deadline per se, (meaning we will treat submissions on a first-read first-considered basis) we hope to make our editorial selection by February 2013, and to publish the volume by summer 2013.
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Please email submissions (as a word or rtf attachment including ?PSTD III submission? and the story?s title in the subject heading) as well as inquiries to
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PLACES FOR WRITERS
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There are a number of interesting calls with deadlines coming up shortly. For more information visit: http://www.placesforwriters.com/calls/
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Plenitude Magazine
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Submissions are ongoing.
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About?Plenitude Magazine
Plenitude Magazine?aims to promote the growth and development of LGBTQ literature through a biannual publication of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative and short film by both emerging and established LGBTQ writers.
We define queer literature and arts as works created by LGBTQ people, rather than works which feature queer content alone. That said, we recognise that?Plenitude readers are hungry for exceptional work that reflects queer histories, cultures, experiences, and sensibilities. We consider every submission with critical analyses, sometimes turning to an advisory editorial board of writers, academics, and community advocates.
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What We Publish
Plenitude?aims to complicate expressions of queerness through the publication of diverse, sophisticated literary writing, graphic narrative and short film, from the very subtle to the brash and unrelenting.
We are not interested in genre writing, political essays, or rants.?We are only interested in literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative and short film at this time.?If you are interested in writing political essays, or other critical analyses, please contact us about contributing to our blog ? we would love to hear from you.
- Fiction: Please send up to 2 stories per submission, double spaced, paginated, 12 point font, maximum 8,000 words per story.
- Nonfiction: Please send up to 2 pieces per submission, double spaced, paginated, 12 point font, maximum 8,000 words per piece.
- Poetry: Please send up to 10 pages of poetry, single spaced, paginated, 12 point font.
- Graphic Narrative: Please send up to 10 pages of graphic narrative.
- Film: Please send us short film of no more than 10 minutes.
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How to Submit
Email submissions to?editor@plenitudemagazine.ca. Please place cover letter with your name, contact information, name of piece(s), and brief bio in the body of the email. Please title the files with your name, followed by name of piece. For example ?ROUTLEY, ANDREA ? HABITAT?
- Attach text submissions as?BOTH docx AND PDF file; this is to ensure we are seeing what you are seeing (especially for poetry submissions).
- Attach graphic submissions as JPG or PNG files, bounding volume of 1600 x 1600, 96 ppi.
- Attach short film as Quicktime movie file with H264 compression, or send us a link.
All unsolicited submissions should be unpublished, original works.
We accept simultaneous submissions; in the event that your submission is accepted elsewhere, please let us know right away.
We are still working out our budget and confirming sponsors, so pay is still to be determined right now. We will let you know our rates as soon as we can!
Plenitude Magazine?buys first serial rights; copyright remains with the author/creator.
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Leaf Press Anthology: Newborns
Leaf Press is gathering poems for an anthology about the newly born, the almost born, the journey in-between. We are interested in thresholds and liminal states; in moments that transcend global cultures. We welcome poems from all the continents, asking only that they be accompanied by a translation to English. We may be able to help, in some instances, with translations.
Please send your poem to:
poems@leafpress.ca
Subject Line: Newborns
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or to:
Leaf Press
Box 416
Lantzville, B.C.
Canada V0R 2H0
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We will accept poems that have been previously published. Poets must provide this information (publication, publishing house and date) as well as permission for us to reprint.
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Leaf plans to publish the anthology in Spring 2014.
Deadline: January 30, 2013
Anthology Editors: Ann Graham Walker and Ursula Vaira
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Selected poets will be paid a fee of $50.00 CAD plus a copy of the book.
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Welcome to Carpe Articulum Literary Review!
Carpe Articulum is an international, cross-genre literary review that challenges the traditional format of black and white. CALR seeks to dissolve the interdisciplinary, divisive boundaries and to embrace a wider audience in love with the written word, beautiful photography and a desire to connect with a global community of like-minded people. Scientists, Writers, Journalists, Actors, Homemakers, Artists, Human Rights Activists, Photographers and others from all cultures and walks of life have a place to meet here at CALR. We make a special effort to promote the work of emergent artists in every issue. People who might never have met, find kinship and camaraderie in the unity of the pen. They can experience and touch one another?s lives so that oceans of divide are united by the single turn of a page. The egalitarian nature of the written word, photography, and an accessible literary program make all of this possible.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO?SUBSCRIBE! Only through your support can we continue to bring these world voices! Click for a sample:?ONE FREE ELECTRONIC ISSUE of our print publication!?THIS IS A ONE-TIME gift of last quarter?s issue featuring an exclusive interview with LORD (CHARLES) SPENCER, NINTH EARL SPENCER, about the literary festival at his ancestral home, The Althorp Estate, his favourite reads, and his sister Princess Diana?s charitable legacy.?(For best performance, please keep your mouse pointer off the magazine pages while they download.)
WANT TO BE A PART??Send your ideas, editorials, and questions to Hadassah Broscova at?Editor-in-Chief@CarpeArticulum.com?and you can get published in this international review! The best commentaries, articles, and questions for the editor will be included.?Please?register at our website, then?make your submission.?NO SUBMISSIONS ARE COMPLETE WITHOUT REGISTRATION, THANK YOU!
We give away?$10,000?every year to outstanding writers and artists and hope you will decide to become a member of our literary family. Enter our fiction, non-fiction, poetry, novella and photography contests at any time of year. If you miss a deadline, your entry will automatically roll over for the next cycle.
The magazine is 150-200 pages of full-colour delight, translated into five languages. We feature short fiction, poetry, informative articles, photography, non-fiction and incredible interviews with hot up-and-coming writers as well as iconic ones such as?Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni,?George Lucas?(Star Wars,?Indiana Jones),?Ray Harryhausen?(father of motion picture special effects),?Ray Bradbury?(author of?Fahrenheit 451),?Jodi Picoult?(author of?Change of Heart,Handle With Care,?Nineteen Minutes, and?My Sister?s Keeper?which was made into a major motion picture with Cameron Diaz) and?Nicholas Sparks?(author of?Message in a Bottle, also made into a motion picture with Kevin Costner & Robin Wright Penn, as well as?The Notebook,?The Last Song, etc.)
We hope you will join us and become a vital part of our literary family?without you, none of this is possible nor necessary. Become a cherished reader today!
http://www.carpearticulum.com/submissions/
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WORLD PROPOSAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SUBMISSIONS CALL
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The World Proposal Championships aim to recognize and promote proposal writing excellence and to help fundraisers learn, by example, what it takes to create a winning proposal. In November 2002, Metasoft Systems hosted the first ever World Proposal Championships. The competition was a great success, with hundreds of proposals received from around the world. The second World Proposal Championship launched on September 2007 again with great success and submissions from organizations in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. The top proposal by Boat People SOS was awarded the grand prize of$5,000 and the top 100 proposals were included in the online showcase of winning proposals. This year, $20,000 in prizes will be awarded to the top winning proposals. In addition, we will recognize the top proposals in their respective categories and the top 100 proposals will be showcased online for the world to see.
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Who Can Enter? Any proposal that has successfully secured a grant for a non-for-profit or charitable organization within the last two years from a foundation, corporation or government body is eligible for submission. An organization may submit an unlimited number of proposals, however only one prize will be awarded per organization.
The deadline for submission is 12:00 (noon) PST, November 1, 2012.
http://bigdatabase.com/big-html/nonsecure/wpc/wpwc_eligibility.asp
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BYWORDS.CA SUBMISSION CALL
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DEADLINE:? September 15 for the October issue
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Bywords.ca considers previously unpublished poetry from emerging and established poets for our online monthly magazine. We consider work by current and former residents, students and workers of Ottawa. We also publish poems by contributors to our predecessor, the Bywords Monthly Magazine.? FOR SUBMISSION INFORMATION VISIT www.bywords.ca and click on Guidelines.? Amanda Earl, Managing Editor
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Adams Media Romance Guidelines
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Our new direct-to-ebook romance imprint is launching soon! We?re open to romance submissions in five popular subgenres: romantic suspense, contemporary, paranormal, historical, and erotic romance.
Within those subgenres, we are flexible about what happens. It?s romance, so there must be a happily-ever-after, but we?re open to how your characters get there. You won?t come up against preconceived ideas about what can or can?t happen in romance or what kind of characters you can or can?t have. Our only rule is everyone has to be a consenting adult. Other than that, we?re looking for smart, savvy heroines, fresh voices, and new takes on old favorite themes.
We?re looking for full-length novels, and while we prefer to work on the shorter end of the spectrum (50,000 words, give or take), we?re not going to rule you out because you go shorter or longer.
If you have a finished novel you?d like for us to consider, please just drop editor Jennifer Lawler a line at?editorcrimson@gmail.com?with a brief description of your work-please, no attachments until I know you?re not a spambot. That?s it! I?ll get back to you as quickly as I can-within a few days for queries and within a few weeks if I request a full.
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Prime Research on Education
http://www.primejournal.org/PRE
Dear Colleague,
Prime Research on Education (PRE) is a peer-reviewed and open access journal that publishes manuscripts monthly. Manuscripts are being published monthly by PRIME JOURNALS via our website,?http://www.primejournal.org/PRE).
PRE is committed to upgrade the depth of the subject across disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of the subject. Follow the above link to view our current issue.
Call for Articles
PRE encompasses all areas of Prime Research on Education. Manuscripts that meet the general criteria of could be submitted for publication. The criteria includes: Original articles in basic and applied research, Case studies and Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays.
Kindly support this initiative by sending your manuscripts to?PRE.primejournals@gmail.com?or?PRE@primejournal.org
PRE is an Open Access Journal
One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access to research publications. Open access journals are scholarly journals that are available online to the reader ?without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. It also enhances indexing, retrieval power and eliminates the need for permissions to reproduce and distribute content. PRE is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and will provide free access to all articles as soon as they are published.
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The Travel Itch
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The travel itch is an irresistible on-line read and the next best thing
to experiencing Canada and the world firsthand. It offers fresh Canadian perspectives on travel that entertain and inform while agitating the itch to go. We are hunting for original travel articles from blossoming and bloomed Canadian writers about their travel experiences at home or abroad. We?re also seeking gripping travel images and film, book and restaurant reviews.
Submission guidelines are at
http://www.thetravelitch.com/pages/submissions.html.
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GEIST EMERGING WRITER OF THE MONTH
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An enlightened online space for new writers to test-drive their work.
How it works:? Emerging writers are invited to submit short written works online. Geist chooses and publishes one piece each month on a dedicated web page. Geist readers and like-minded people are then invited to comment on the featured work.
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- Canadian students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary courses and/or writing workshops are eligible.
- The writer should have no more than 2 short works published in established print or online magazines, books or websites. (Blogs, zines and in-house school publications are exempt.)
- For full details: http://www.geist.com/gewm
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WRITER IN RESIDENCE
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Attention Writers, Poets, Illustrators:
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Applications are invited from creative writers for the term position of Saskatoon Public Library/ Canada Council for the Arts Writer in Residence from September 1, 2013, to May 31, 2014.
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Remuneration: up to $30,000 for nine-month term. Criteria are based on Canada Council quidelines; position subject to Canada Council.
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www.saskatoonlibrary.ca
c.johner@saskatoonlibrary.ca
(306) 975- 7530
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COMPETITIONS
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Do you think you can write concisely and precisely?
Develop your writing skills by?
participating in our Summarize This!
Twitter contest.
We are giving you a chance to prove it!
Summarize This! is a monthly contest that requires you to tweet a summary of our featured topic.
How it Works
The first day of every month at 11 AM, we will announce the topic of the week. Entrants must write a 140-character-or-less tweet, mention @Scribendi_Inc, and summarize the topic of the week. The contest closes the last day of the month at 11 AM.
Prizes
You may choose one of the following prize options:
3000 words of free editing*
A Scribendi swag bag (including goft shirt, giant red pencil, and a baseball cap)
$75 Amazon (or acceptable alternative) gift card
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Tenth Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
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The Tenth Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest is now open! The final deadline is September 6.? Submit Your Screenplay. We look forward to reading your scripts!
MORE INFO AT: http://www.zoetrope.com/contests/index.cgi
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HIDDEN RIVER ARTS FICTION AND PLAYWRITING AWARDS
http://hiddenriverarts.wordpress.com/2012-competition-guidelines/
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$17 ENTRY FEE
Update: Because of some technical problems with our websites and online submissions, we?ve extended the deadline for submissions in both the fiction and drama categories from June 30, 2012 to August 30, 2012, both by postmark and by time-stamp for online submissions. Announcement of the 2012 Winners will be made by January 15, 2013. An annual prize of $1,000 and publication in The Hidden River Review, published by Hidden River Arts, a literary arts organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be given in the following categories: (1) to the best unpublished short story or novel excerpt (2) the best unproduced full-length play. Fiction limited to 25 double-spaced pages.
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CREATIVE WRITING INSTITUTE 4th ANNUAL BEGINNER?S SHORT STORY CONTEST
http://creativewritinginstitute.submittable.com/submit
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$6 ENTRY FEE
A contest that is truly for beginners only! If you have been fortunate enough to sell a book or a short story ? congratulations ? but you don?t qualify for this contest. If, on the other hand, you have self-published, you do qualify. This is an honor system. Entries will be accepted fromJuly 10-August 31, 2012. Any genre: Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, Children, etc., (No erotica, profanity or gore. This is a ?G? rated Contest.) Entries must be 1,000 to 1,750 words. Strictly two entries per person ? $6 per entry.
1st place winner will receive $100 OR a free, tutored writing course at Creative Writing Institute, valued at $200. In addition, the winner will receive Word Magic by Cindy Rogers and an autographed copy of Word Trippers by Barbara McNichol. Winning entry will be published on our website and blog, along with a bio and picture, if provided.
Second place: $50 and a copy of Word Magic by Cindy Rogers. Winner?s name will be published on our website and blog and we will provide a link to your story.
Third place: One free tutoring session with CEO and Founder, Deborah Owen, and an autographed copy of Word Trippers by Barbara McNichol. Winner?s name will be published on our website and blog and we will provide a link to your story.
Honorable mentions: Names will be published on our website and blog and we will provide a link to your story.
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RAMSFIELD PRESS CONTEST
http://www.ramsfieldpress.com/july-august-writing-contest.html
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$3 ENTRY FEE
This contest is open to everyone. Limit 2,500 words.? Write a fictional story using some aspect of the idea of seasons in any of its very broad ? or narrow ? forms. The prize for the winner of this contest is $50 and publication on our website. You may submit as many entries as you wish.
Deadline August 31, 2012. Please include a statement that this is your own work. If you are a minor, and you win, we will ask your parent for such a statement.
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TIGER?S EYE PRESS Chapbook Competition
Deadline: August 31, 2012.? Guidelines: Winner receives $100 and 25 copies.? Send 20-25 pages of poetry, a title page, table of contents, and an acknowledgements page, all with no identifying information. Send a second title page with your name and contact information. Please include a short bio, SASE or email address, and a $15 reading fee per contest manuscript. Tiger?s Eye Press, P.O. Box 9723, Denver, CO, 80209
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2012 Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award
Red Hen Press (US) is accepting submissions of unpublished poetry manuscripts for the 2012 Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award. Prize: US$3000 plus publication of the selected collection. Length: 48-96 pages. Entry fee: US$25. Deadline: August 31, 2012. http://redhen.org/awards-2/bsa/
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35th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest
Registration is now open for the Canadian-born 35th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest. First prize: publication; additional prizes available. Fee: $50/$55. FINAL Registration deadline: August 31, 2012. Can you produce a masterwork of fiction in a mere 72 hours? The annual International 3-Day Novel Contest is your chance to find out. The contest runs every Labour Day long weekend, as it has since 1977, and it now attracts writers from all over the world. It?s a thrill, a grind, and an awesome creative experience. How many crazed plotlines, coffee-stained pages, pangs of doubt and moments of genius will the next contest bring forth? And what might you think up under pressure? The 35th Annual 3-Day Novel Contest will take place September 1-3, 2012. Registration is now open.? http://www.3daynovel.com/
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SEVENHILLS LITERARY CONTEST
http://sevenhillsreview.submittable.com/submit
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$12-$17 ENTRY FEE
Deadline August 31, 2012. Winners are published in The Seven Hills Review the following year, usually by the end of January.? $100 first place winners, $75 second, and $50 third. Short Story 2,500 word maximum, any genre. Creative Nonfiction 2,500 word maximum. Submissions in this genre could include (but are not limited to) memoir, food or travel writing, personal? essays, new journalism, biography, nonfiction stories, and nature writing. The emphasis in creative nonfiction is on factually true yet elegant literary expression. Children?s Chapter Books, for ages 6-12, with 2,500 word maximum. Submit a synopsis of the chapter book (100 words or less) along with a representative excerpt of 2,500 words. (Note: We offer children?s picture book competition in alternate years.) Flash Fiction, 500 word maximum, any genre.
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STILL WRITING CONTESTS IN FICTION, POETRY, NONFICTION
http://www.stilljournal.net/contest.php
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$8 ENTRY FEE
Deadline August 31, 2012. $150 each for winners of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and publication in Still: The Journal, 10: Fall 2012. All other contest entries will be considered for possible publication. Prose must be double spaced. Poetry can be single-spaced. Prose entries must not exceed 6,500 words. Poetry entries should not exceed 60 lines.
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2012 NANO Prize
The Fourth Annual NANO Prize, awarding publication and $500 to a previously unpublished work of fiction 300 words or fewer, is now open. All entrants receive a one year subscription to NANO Fiction and winners will be announced in September.
This year the contest will be judged by Ryan Call, author of The Weather Stations and winner of a 2011 Whiting.
The entry fee is $15 for up to three shorts. Please visit our submission manager to enter.
Rules and Guidelines: All entries must be unpublished and 300 words or fewer. While there will be only one winner of the contest, all submitted pieces will be considered for publication.
The entry fee is $15 for up to three shorts. Please paste all three works into the submission manager as one submission. You may enter as many times as you like. Each separate entry requires its own entry fee of $15. Entry fees are nonrefundable. Please withdraw your submission immediately if taken elsewhere.
The entrant?s name should not appear anywhere in the body of the submission.
Friends and family of the editors are not eligible to submit.
How to submit: We prefer for entries to be submitted online but snail mail entries may be sent with a check or money order to:
2012 NANO Prize
PO Box 667445
Houston, TX 77266-7445
Postmark deadline is August 31, 2012.
Winners will be announced September, 2012.
http://nanofiction.org/submit
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WAG?S REVUE SUMMER FICTION CONTEST
http://wagsrevue.submittable.com/submit
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$22.09 ENTRY FEE
Currently, Wag?s Revue is only accepting submissions for its Summer Writers Contest in fiction, poetry, and essays.
First prize is $1,000 and publication in Issue 15; second prize is $500; and third prize is $100. All submissions are considered for publication. The contest is judged by the editors and closes
August 31, 2012. Winners will be announced with the release of Issue 15 in December. Limit 10,000 words of prose or ten pages of poetry.
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GREAT BLUE HERON POETRY CONTEST
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DEADLINE AUGUST 31, 2012
Poems on any subject. Total entry not to exceed 4 pages. Maximum 150 lines. Entries might be one longer poem, or several shorter poems. This includes a one-year subscription to TAR which will begin with the fall issue. Make cheques or money orders payable to The Antigonish Review Contest, St. Francis Xavier University,? Box 5000, Antigonish NS B2G 2W5. Deadline: June 30, 2012? Prizes:? $600, $400, $200 & Publication Entry Fee: $25 Details:? http://www.antigonishreview.com/index.php ?902-867-3962
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Gemini Magazine Fourth Annual Flash Fiction Contest
Deadline: August 31, 2012
Entry Fee: $4
Prizes: $1000, $100, $50
Guidelines: Must be previously unpublished. No restrictions on content, style, or genre. Simply send your best, most powerful work under 1000 words.
Details:?http://www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html
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AESTHETICA CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION
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DEADLINE: AUGUST 31, 2012
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition is now open for entries! The competition celebrates and champions creative writing, nurturing talent and bringing work to international attention. Aesthetica is inviting all writers and poets to submit to the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2012.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?There are two categories for entry, Poetry and Short Fiction, and a selection of fantastic prizes including:??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????500 prize money ? Poetry winner???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?500 prize money ? Short Fiction winner?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual????????????????????????????????????????????????
A selection of books from our competition partners.????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
For more information and to enter please visit: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm ?Submissions previously published elsewhere are accepted. Entry is ?10 and allows for the entry of two works into any one category. Deadline: 31 August 2012
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Snake Nation Press:
Violet Reed Haas Prize for Poetry
Postmark Deadline: August 31
Now in its twenty-second year,?Snake Nation Press?announces the 2012 Violet Reed Haas Prize for Poetry:?
??$1,000 prize and publication
??$25 entry fee must accompany the manuscript
??50-75 page manuscript; previously published poems eligible
Please mail your entry and fee to:
Snake Nation Press
Attn: Poetry Contest
2920 North Oak Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
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Also at Snake Nation Press:
Serena McDonald Kennedy Award
Postmark Deadline: August 31
Submit a novella of up to 50,000 words or a manuscript of short stories up to 200 pages long. Fiction and nonfiction accepted. Any well-written manuscript on any topic will be considered. Previously published works may be entered. An entry fee of $25 must accompany the submission. Winner receives $1,000 award and publication.
Please mail your entry and fee to:
Snake Nation Press
Attn: Serena McDonald Kennedy Award
2920 North Oak Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
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Gemini Magazine Fourth Annual Flash Fiction Contest
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?Deadline: August 31, 2012
Entry Fee: $4 Prizes: $1000, $100, $50 Guidelines: Must be previously unpublished. No restrictions on content, style, or genre. Simply send your best, most powerful work under 1000 words. Details: http://www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html
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Naugatuck River Review?s Fourth Annual
NARRATIVE POETRY CONTEST
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Naugatuck River Review?s Fourth Annual NARRATIVE POETRY CONTEST will be judged by Pam Uschuk. Contest submissions are now open from July 1 ? Sept. 1. First prize is $1000 and publication in NRR.? Second prize $250 and publication in NRR. Third prize of? $100 and publication in NRR.? FULL DETAILS: http://naugatuckriverreview.com/contest/
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THE SECOND ANNUAL GEIST ERASURE POETRY CONTEST
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DEADLINE Sept. 1, 2012. Get your erasers ready! Geist is pleased to announce the opening of the Second Annual Geist Erasure Poetry Contest. Writers are asked to create their own poetic masterpiece from an excerpt of How Should a Person Be?, a creative non-fiction novel by celebrated author Sheila Heti. There?s $1000 in prizes, plus publication! $20 entry fee includes an entire year of Geist.
Visitwww.geist.com/erasure for more information. Good luck and happy writing!
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HAVANT LITERARY FESTIVAL POETRY COMPETITION
http://www.havantlitfest.org.uk/competitions.php
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ENTRY FEE ?4
Deadline September 1, 2012.
First Prize ? ?200
Second Prize ? ?100
Third Prize ? ?50
There is no theme but each poem must be no longer than 40 lines.
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2012 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose
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Deadline: September 1. Gulf Coast is now accepting entries for the 2012 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose. The contest is open to pieces of prose poetry, flash fiction, and micro-essays of 500 words or fewer. Established in 2008, the contest awards its winner $1,000 and publication in the journal. Two honorable mentions will also appear in issue 25.2, due out in April 2013, and all entries will be considered for paid publication on our website.? MORE INFO: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/index.php?n=7
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The Paris Literary Prize
The Paris Literary Prize is an international novella competition for an unpublished writer.
1st Prize: ?10000????????? 2 x Runner-up prizes: ?2000
Deadline: 1st September 2012
Website address:?? https://www.parisliteraryprize.org/
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C4WE Genre-Writing Contest: ?Crime Fiction?
Deadline: September 1, 2012
Entry Fee: $15
Prizes: $50, $25, $15, publication in annual anthology
Guidelines: Send in your best story in the crime fiction genre, between 1500 and 2000 words.
Details:?http://janiewrites.com/writing-contests/c4we-writing-contest/
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Trinity College London International Playwriting Competition
?DEADLINE SEPT. 7
Encouraging new playwriting for young performers and audiences. Entry for Trinity?s third annual International Playwriting Competition is now open, and there are amazing prizes on offer to aspiring playwrights worldwide. The winning playwright in each category will be awarded a cash prize of ?1,000 and will travel to London to see their plays performed at the Unicorn Theatre. There are also prizes for Highly Commended plays and special awards for the Most Promising Young Playwrights. MORE INFO: http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=1996
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Royal Canadian Legion Literary Contests ? Essay, Poetry
The Royal Canadian Legion has sponsored annual Literary Contests that are open to all Canadian school children. The youths that participate in the contests assist the Legion in one of our primary goals ? fostering the tradition of Remembrance amongst Canadians. The contests are divided into three categories: Junior ? Grades 4, 5 and 6; Intermediate ? grades 7, 8 and 9; and Senior ? grades 10, 11, 12. For further information on the contests please contact the Royal Canadian Legion Branch nearest your residence or visit the website. The Royal Canadian Legion, Dominion Command, 359 Kent Street, Ottawa ON K2P 0R7, or email info@legion.ca.
Deadline: September 8, 2012
Prize: Varies
Entry Fee: None
Details: http://www.legion.ca/Poppy/contests_e.cfm; 613-235-4391
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Malahat Monostiches
Tweet your pithiest 1-line, 140 character (or less) poems to @malahatreview
The battle of the monostiches begins on June 18 and closes on September 10. Four new books donated by Canadian publishers will be awarded to a semi-finalist every two weeks. On October 1, a special grand prize will be given to the best of the six bi-weekly winners.
Semi-finalists and the grand-prize winner will be tweeted, posted on our website, and announced on Facebook.
Enter as many times as you like!???????????????????????
Read full contest guidelines on our website.
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THE MALAHAT REVIEW?S UVIC 50TH ANNIVERSARY WRITING CONTEST
New Deadline: September 14, 2012
Prizes (in each category): 1st: $300 2nd: $150 3rd: $100 Entry fee: $15 per entry (entry does not include a subscription to the magazine) Categories: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and dramatic monologue Eligible entrants: UVic students, UVic alumni, and residents of the Victoria CRD. Full contest guidelines HERE: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/uvic_anniversary/anniversary_contest.html
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Cha ?The Past? Poetry Contest
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International poetry contest with no fee. Entries are invited for the Cha ?The Past? Poetry Contest (China, UK). Theme: The Past. First prize: ?50, Second: ?30, Third: ?20. Free entry. Submit two poems. Six winning poems published in a special section in the September 2012 issue of Cha. Deadline: September 15, 2012. http://asiancha.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/cha-past-poetry-contest.html
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BLOODROOT POETRY CONTEST
http://www.bloodrootlm.com/contest.html?
$15 FOR THREE POEMS.
Three prizes of $200, $100, $50, three honorable mentions?and publication in 2012 Bloodroot Literary Magazine edition.
Reading period runs April 1 through September 15. All?entries are considered for publication. Submit original,?unpublished, free verse, ten lines to two pages. The competition?is open to any poet who writes in English.
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THE SUMMER DREAMS POETRY CONTEST
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Deadline: September 15, 2012. Pandora?s Collective poetry contests are open to writers world wide and of all age categories. Please read our guidelines before submitting. Poems can be of any theme or form as long as they do not exceed the forty line max. We do not accept previously published poems. All rights return to the poet after publication. Pandora?s Collective (Poetry Contest Submission), 5505 Main Street, Vancouver BC V5W 2S3. For more info please email? info@pandorascollective.com. Prize: $100, $50, + publication (three levels)? Entry Fee:$5? Details: http://www.pandorascollective.com/what-we-do/contests
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OUR PAST LOVES CONTEST
http://www.ourpastloves.com/contest.html
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NO ENTRY FEE
Nearly everyone has memories of a former sweetheart. Write your true story of an earlier love, in no more than 700 words.? Tell us about someone whose memory brings a smile or a tear, or both. First Prize: $100. Second Prize: $75. Third Prize: $50. Winning stories will be posted (anonymously, if requested by author) on the website. Deadline September 17, 2012.
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THE 2012 HAZEL HILLES MEMORIAL SHORT FICTION PRIZE
http://www.be-a-better-writer.com/creative-writing-contest.html?
$6 ENTRY FEE
1st $500
2nd $100
3rd $100
Deadline: September 18, 2012. Length: No minimum. Maximum 5,000?
words. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older, but there are?no geographical restrictions. The contest is open to anyone writing?in English. Stories can be in any genre and address any theme. All entries must be previously unpublished. Authors retain all?copyright to their work. However, Be-a-Better-Writer.com will
have first publication rights to the winning stories, which will?be published in Page 47 online anthology.?
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ON THE PREMISES WEB-BASED CONTEST #18
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launched July 8, 2012. Its premise is TIME: Time matters in every story, of course. But for this contest, we want time to play an especially important role. Send us a story where time, or some aspect of time, or some idea directly related to time, is vital to the characters and the plot.? Any genre except children?s fiction, exploitative sex, or over-the-top gross-out horror is fine. Your challenge: In at least 1,000 but no more than 5,000 words, write a creative, compelling, and well-crafted story that clearly uses the premise. If you have questions, ask us at Questions@OnThePremises.com. Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time, Friday, September 28, 2012. That?s Friday, September 28. MORE INFORMATION AND TO ACCESS SUBMISSION LINK: http://www.onthepremises.com/current_contest.html
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WRITERS? VILLAGE COMPETITION
DEADLINE SEPT. 30, 2012. Win a ?500 ($800) cash prize for your short fiction in the autumn 2012 competition. Cash prizes totalling ?1000 ($1600) can be won in the Writers? Village autumn 2012 ?Best Writing? competition for prose fiction in any genre up to 3000 words. The first prize is ?500 ($800), with a second prize of ?250 ($400) and a third of ?100 ($160). A further three shortlisted entrants will receive ?50 ($80). Every entrant wins because? everyone, winner or not, gets back personal tips on how they could improve their stories. This terse helpful critique is unique among low-fee writing contests. It?s worth the entry fee in itself. http://www.writers-village.org/
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WEB OF LIFE CONTEST
http://www.wolfoundation.org/guidelines/
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NO ENTRY FEE
We are looking for ideas presented in a high quality, non-technical style. We welcome any opinion on socio-environmental issues ? be they for or against any particular debate or point of view. Entries should be written in prose in the English language. You can submit essays or short stories, factual commentary or fiction ? whichever way and whichever writing style you choose to communicate your ideas. Essays should be aimed at a general readership and should be non-technical. No footnotes or citations are allowed. Submissions should be no longer than 2,000 words. Essays may have been published before provided you have the necessary permissions to re-publish.
Deadline September 30, 2012. The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $1,500. A further $500 will be awarded to the second placed entry. The shortlisted entries will be published as a book of collected essays. Up to three entries allowed per person.
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POETRY KIT SUMMER POETRY COMPETITION 2012
DEADLINE: BEFORE MIDNIGHT 30th SEPTEMBER 2012. Poems on the theme of ?the natural world? (this can be broadly interpreted). No style or length restrictions but a short poem is just as likely to be selected as a longer one. ONLINE ENTRY ONLY. Entry is by email to comp@poetrykit.org? after an appropriate fee is paid by Pay Pal to the account of info@poetrykit.org and all entries must be received before midnight 30th September 2012 Entries received after this time will be discarded. First prize is ?100 and the winning poem plus those selected for special commendation will be published at the Poetry Kit website. Entry fees are as follows: 1 poem??? ?3.50, 3 Poems? ?8.00, 5 poems? ?10. Competition Judge: Lesley Burt. Full details at http://www.poetry Source: http://peiwritersguild.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/the-peiwg-weekly-august-26-september-1-edition/ 2012 nfl schedule dishonored april 18 nfl schedule delonte west vanessa williams nicklas backstrom
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