[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: submission opportunities August 2007.doc

[Amanda J Labagnara]

Ellen LaForge Memorial Poetry Foundation 
Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Ellen LaForge Poetry Prize Annual
is given each year to a poet who has not yet published a poetry collection.
Submit up to six poems totaling no more than 12 pages with a $10 entry fee
by August 31. Send an SASE for complete guidelines.
Ellen LaForge Memorial Poetry Foundation, Poetry Prize, 172 Auburn Street,
#2, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Literal Latté 
Ames Essay Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Literal Latté is given annually for a
personal essay. Submit a manuscript of up to 8,000 words with a $10 entry
fee by September 15. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for
complete guidelines. (See Recent Winners
<http://pw.org/mag/0707/recentwinners.htm> .)
Literal Latté, Ames Essay Award, 200 East 10th Street, Suite 240, New York,
NY 10003. (212) 260-5532. Jenine Gordon Bockman, Editor. 
litlatte at aol.com
www.literal-latte.com <http://www.literal-latte.com/> 

Margie 
Editor's Prize 
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Margie: The American Journal of Poetry
is given annually for a single poem. Robert Nazarene will judge. Submit
three poems of up to 60 lines each with a $15 entry fee ($5 for each
additional poem) by August 31. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for
complete guidelines.
Margie, Editor's Prize, P.O. Box 250, Chesterfield, MO 63006-0250. Robert
Nazarene, Contact.  <mailto:margiereview at aol.com> 
margiereview at aol.com
www.margiereview.com <http://www.margiereview.com/> 
 
>From Lana Ayers:
Deadline October 1, 2007
Late Blooms – A Poetry Postcard Series For women over 40 who have not yet
published a full-length poetry book. Reading fee: $10 (US) for up to 3 poems
of 24 lines or less. 5 winning poems will be printed on full-color art 4x6
postcards. Winners get 20 sets of postcards. All entrants receive one
winning set of postcards. Additional postcards may be purchased at a
discount. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Poems can be any subject, any
style, 24 lines or less including byline, title, and spaces. Include contact
info with email address. To Submit by Mail 
Send a check for $10 (US) payable to Lana Ayers with up to 3 poems of 24
lines or less. Include contact info, including email and mail to:
Lana Ayers, Late Blooms Postcard Series
PO Box 901
Kirkland WA 98083
To Submit by E-Mail
Go to http://lanaayers.com/LateBlooms.aspx and follow instructions. For more
info, e-mail LateBlooms at LanaAyers.com

SEEKING SHORT prose and/or poetry (800–1,800 words) to be read in high
school oral interpretation contests. Finalists are published and receive a
copy of the book. The author of the best submission will be paid $300.
Attach all stories as a Word document and submit to
submissions at tobereadaloud.org. 

ANTHOLOGY, Things I’d Never Tell My Mother. Seeking essays exploring
mother/daughter tensions­from humorous to heartbreaking. Deadline: November
30. Max: 5,000 words. Include cover letter with bio and SASE. To submit
work, or for more information, send to P.O. Box 7231, Norfolk, VA 23509. 

American Literary Review 
Literary Awards
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the American Literary Review
will be given annually to a poet, a short story writer, and a creative
nonfiction writer. The winning works will appear in the Fall 2008 issue.
Submit up to three poems, a short story of up to 8,000 words, or an essay of
up to 6,500 words with a $15 entry fee, which includes a one-year
subscription to American Literary Review, by September 1. Send an SASE or
visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
American Literary Review, Literary Awards, P.O. Box 311307, University of
North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-1307. 
www.engl.unt.edu/alr/contest.htm
Tribes Short Fiction Contest

1st place winner receives $500 and publication in Tribes Magazine

2nd place winner receives $200 and publication on tribes web.

3rd place winner receives $100 and publication on Tribes web.
Please mail all entries to: Tribes Att: Short Fiction Contest P.O. Box 20693
Tompkins Square Station New York, NY 10009. 
 Guidelines: Open Theme. We look for excellence in language, skilled
experimentation, and the ability to ‘get a story told’.
Up to three submissions accepted per author. Please send submissions
separately. You may include a one-page bio. Please remember to include
contact sheet. Staple or clip manuscripts in the upper right hand corner.
Word limit - 8,000 12 PT. Times Roman Numeral.
Readers fee- $10.00 per story. include check or money order.
for more information about tribes visit www.tribes.org
<http://www.tribes.org/> 
 
Deadline December 1, 2007 for Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Contest
Prize: 100 Copies of a perfect-bound chapbook
Reading Fee: $20, checks payable to Concrete Wolf
We prefer chapbooks that have a theme, either obvious (i.e. chapbook about a
divorce) or understated.
Guidelines:
* 16 to 26 pages of poetry, plus a table of contents and acknowledgments (if
applicable).
* Number all your poetry pages.
* Include 2 cover sheets, one with title, author information (including
email and phone), and one with title only.
* Reading Fee: $20 (US funds), checks payable to Concrete Wolf.
* SASE for results only. Manuscripts cannot be returned.
* Include a 6.5" by 9.5" envelope stamped with $1.82 postage for a copy of
the winning chapbook.
Simultaneous and multiple submissions okay. Please notify us by email if you
need to remove your chapbook from consideration.  ConcreteWolf at yahoo.com.
For more info or additional info visit http://ConcreteWolf.com
<http://concretewolf.com/> .
Mail to:
Concrete Wolf
PO Box 788
Kirkland WA 98083-0788
 
Hunger Mountain
Creative nonfiction Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Hunger Mountain will be given annually
for a work of creative nonfiction. Sue William Silverman will judge. Submit
a work of creative nonfiction of up to 10,000 words with a $15 entry fee,
which includes a copy of the Spring 2008 issue of Hunger Mountain, by
September 10. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Hunger Mountain, Creative Nonfiction Prize, Vermont College, 36 College
Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. (802) 828-8633. Caroline Mercurio, Managing
Editor.
hungermtn at tui.edu <http://www.hungermtn.org/> 
www.hungermtn.org <http://www.hungermtn.org/> 
 
>From Jeremy Halinen:
Knockout Call for Submissions Deadline August 15, 2007
 
University of Notre Dame Press 
Ernest Sandeen prize 
A prize of $1,000 and publication by the University of Notre Dame Press is
given biennially for a poetry collection. Poets who have published at least
one poetry volume are eligible. Submit two copies of a 75- to 150-page
manuscript and a curriculum vitae with a $15 entry fee, which includes a
one-year subscription to the Notre Dame Review, by September 1. Send an
SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
University of Notre Dame Press, Ernest Sandeen Prize, Department of English,
340 O'Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5611.
creativewriting at nd.edu <http://www.nd.edu/~alcwp> 
www.nd.edu/~alcwp
 
>From Arabesques:
The Arabesques Print Review is currently seeking submissions from
international writers for upcoming issues. Arabesques publishes original
poetry, literary criticism, interviews, fiction, non-fiction, stories,
essays, translations, social and political commentary, art works and
photographs. Guidelines for submitting manuscripts for consideration: Max of
five poems, two stories or essays at a time. Submissions should be made by
post or emailed to submissions at arabesquespress.org.
Upcoming Issues:
Vol 03, Issue 04 Dreams / Deadline: August 30, 2007
Vol 04, Issue 01 Rumi in Love: A tribute to Contemporary Love Poetry /
Deadline: September 30, 2007.
All submissions must be in English and previously unpublished. Translations
acceptable but should be accompanied by a copy of original text.
Simultaneous submissions acceptable, so long as we are notified immediately
if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere. Be sure to include
email contact information.
Important Note: To all authors who submitted texts to the Globalization and
Rumi in Love issues, please resend us your texts including them both in Word
file attachment or past in the body of the email including a short bio note
no longer than 400 words.
 
Poets Jeremy Halinen and Brett Ortler are editors of a new print literary
magazine called Knockout. The magazine will have a strong LGBT presence
(approximately 50% of each issue will be work by LGBT poets), but welcomes
submissions from everyone.
The first issue is scheduled to appear in September 2007, and includes
poetry by Carl Phillips, Carol Guess, Larissa Szporluk, Laurie Blauner, Lynn
Levin, Timothy Liu, Jonathan Williams, Thomas Meyer, Jim Elledge,
Christopher Hennessy, Antler, Ronald H. Bayes, CAConrad, Gerard Wozek, Jeff
Mann, Aaron Smith, Michael Montlack, Jeffery Beam, Billy Collins, Robert
Bly, Ger Killeen, Thomas Lux, Denver Butson, Dan Pinkerton, Todd Boss,
Charles Jensen, Brent Goodman, Theodore Enslin, Alberto Rios, David Mason,
Mabel Yu, Kim Lambright and Joseph Massey.
The editors are now reading submissions for the second issue, and request
submissions of 3-6 poems, sent all in one file, preferably an MS Word
document, to the following two email addresses:
knockoutpoetry at gmail.com or  <mailto:jeremyhalinen at yahoo.com>
jeremyhalinen at yahoo.com
Please note that the editors are NOT considering unsolicited fiction or
nonfiction submissions at this time.
To be considered for our second issue, please submit no later than August
15, 2007 (although the editors recommend sending them sooner, as the issue
may fill up before then). A submission received after that deadline will be
considered for the following issue. Response time is generally two weeks,
but never more than a month. Payment for accepted work will be two copies,
one for the contributor and one for a friend of the contributor.
 
>From Tamara Sellman, director of MRCentral:
Deadline October 31, 2007
First annual
<http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/margin/MRCentral/mentorship.html> Magic Carpet
Ride, an innovative one-on-one creative writing mentorship. This competitive
opportunity is the first of its kind to provide specialized instruction,
direction, and motivation specifically for a writer of literary magical
realism. The purpose of the Magic Carpet Ride mentorship is to assist a
promising magical realist writer from anywhere in the world in the
completion of a polished manuscript by the end of the session which can then
be actively submitted to potential publishers. 
This mentorship, valued at $1500, will be awarded annually, and on a
competitive basis, to a single applicant who is able to demonstrate: 
• a deep commitment to completing their work in progress 
• strong writing skills 
• a desire to learn and to succeed 
• a good understanding of the magical realist nature of their manuscript
Applications for the 2008 mentorship session are now available. Postmark
deadline for receipt of application for the 2008 mentorship session is
October 31, 2007. Email deadline for receipt of application for the 2008
mentorship session is midnight [Pacific time], October 31, 2007.
<http://mailto:mrcentral@magical-realism.com> More info.
 

THE COE REVIEW invites submissions for a fall poetry issue (submit May
1–September 15, 2007) and a spring fiction issue (submit August 1–February
15, 2008). E-mail submissions to coereview at coe.edu or mail with SASE to Coe
Review, Coe College, 1220 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402. See Web
site for guidelines: http://japicx.coe.edu/coereview.

CREAM CITY REVIEW announces the theme for the Fall 2008 issue: “Found.” We
are looking for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction addressing
accidental discovery of an object, an idea, a text, an epiphany­an element
that creates memorable, surprising, and evocative art. Submissions accepted
August 1–November 1, 2007. Web site: www.uwm.edu/dept/english/ccr.

FOURTH GENRE: Explorations in Nonfiction is seeking submissions for the Fall
2008 and Spring 2009 issues. Annual reading period: August 15–November 30,
2007. For guidelines, e-mail genre4 at msu.edu or visit
www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg. Submit manuscripts to David Cooper and
Michael Steinberg, Editors, Fourth Genre, 285 Bessey Hall, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Submissions not accepted at MSU Press.
To subscribe: MSU Press Journals Division, 1405 S. Harrison Rd., Ste. 25,
East Lansing, MI 49923-5245; phone: (517) 355-9543 x130; fax: (517)
432-2611. Subscriptions: $35/year (2 issues). Sample copy: $20.

THE GIHON RIVER Review is seeking poetry (limit 5 poems), fiction, and
creative nonfiction (limit 25 pages). We continually accept manuscripts and
read September–May. Send cover letter and SASE to the Gihon River Review,
Johnson State College, Johnson, VT 05656. Issues: $5 each. Visit us at
http://grr.jsc.vsc.edu.

THE KEAN REVIEW, a general intellectual journal, seeks essays on any
subject. Poetry, fiction, and graphic discourse also considered.
Metropolitan NJ/NYC focus or inflections especially welcome. Prose to 5,000
words; poetry to 6 pages; graphic stories or essays to 10 pages. PDF file to
tkr at kean.edu or paper to the Kean Review, Kean University, Union, NJ 07083.

MAIN CHANNEL Voices: A Dam Fine Literary Magazine seeks eclectic, accessible
poetry that triggers an “Aha!” response. Deadlines are January 30, April 30,
July 30, and October 30. To submit, send a 2–3 sentence bio and 3–5 poems in
the body of an e-mail to mcvsubmissions at mainchannelvoices.com. See examples
at www.mainchannelvoices.com.

TERTULIA MAGAZINE, an online magazine and literary blog, is accepting
submissions by published and unpublished writers, poets, artists, and
photographers. Submission guidelines and previous issues are available at
www.tertuliamagazine.com.
>From Charles Hayes, Editor
I hope to get NW poets for an international anthology of poems centered
around the moon, gathering poems in the spirit of Basho and Li Po, and the
Eastern tradition of celebrating the moon -- with beverage to moon cake. The
title, Moon Tasting Guide: 70 World Poets Drink (or eat) Moon, is a take-off
of beer or wine tasting guides on the market. Participants get free copy. 
Send 1-5 poems (two-page limit, double spaced), directly or not too
indirectly relate them to drinking or eating the moon! All styles, free
form, haiku, even decent rhyme. No fee. Include SASE! We'll be collecting
for at least six months.
Charles Hayes, MA, worked as Walter Lowenfels' assistant / translator in
editing of international anthology, For Neruda (Beacon Press), and edited
the most extensive collection of Native American myths and art from the
Hudson region, From the Hudson to the World (NY, 1978, introductions by Pete
Seeger and Vine Deloria Jr). He has published poetry in various periodicals
along with essays, ranging from psychology to holistic health.
 

CASAGRANDE PRESS is taking nonfiction submissions for 5 new anthologies. We
are seeking misadventure stories, articles, and essays for the following
books: Fishing’s Greatest Misadventures, Golfing’s Greatest Misadventures,
Surfing’s Greatest Misadventures, Wedding’s Greatest Misadventures, and
Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures. No charge to submit; writers paid upon
publication. For details, visit www.casagrandepress.com.

DOG BLESSINGS: Poems, Prose, and Prayers Celebrating Our Relationship with
Dogs. June Cotner, author of the bestselling Graces, seeks short, universal
selections. Publisher: New World Library. Deadline: October 31. Terms: 1
copy of book plus $25 for 1-time rights. Reprints OK. Send SASE to June
Cotner, P.O. Box 2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370, or see www.junecotner.com for
details.

ESSAYS WANTED from college instructors for The Best and Worst Ways to Teach
Freshman English, a book being compiled by an experienced Freshman English
instructor about pedagogical experiments that didn’t go well at all, along
with those that were a success. Compensation negotiable. Send
correspondence/submissions to Dr. Val Gerstle, Humanities, Media, and
Cultural Studies Dept., University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210205,
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0205, or e-mail gerstlmv at email.uc.edu.

FABULIST AND New Wave Fabulist short stories sought by Omnidawn Publishing
for Paraspheres–2: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre
Fiction. Also seeking novellas and full-length manuscripts. No fees. Paid
royalties. No electronic submissions. For submission definitions,
guidelines, mailing address, and royalty amounts, go to www.omnidawn.com. 

BALLYHOO STORIES seeks fiction and creative nonfiction on the theme of
“Particles and Galaxies” for our Spring 2008 issue­think all things large
and small. We look for a creative take on theme. Deadline extended to
October 31. We’re also seeking fiction or creative nonfiction for our online
anthology, the 50 States Project. States will remain open until a suitable
piece is found. For complete guidelines, visit www.ballyhoostories.com.

THE BASEMENT Gallery is accepting poetry submissions for our Winter 2007
inaugural issue. Established, emerging, and unpublished poets welcome.
Deadline: November 1. Send up to 5 poems of any genre or form to
editor at thebasementgallery.com. Visit our Web site for full submission
details: http://thebasementgallery.com/submissions.

THE BROOME Review seeks poems, fiction, and creative nonfiction for its
inaugural May 2008 issue. Send 3–5 poems; up to 15 pages of prose.
Submissions accepted through January 2008. Visual artists, please query
first at thebroomereview at aol.com. Send cover, bio, and SASE to the Broome
Review, P.O. Box 900, Vestal, NY 13851.


Maurya Simon

Professor 
Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521-0318

TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)

FAX: (951) 827-3619 
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