[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: December writing submissions

[Amanda J Labagnara]

Meridian 
Editors' Prizes 
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Meridian's Spring/Summer issue
are given annually for a single poem and a short story. Entries must be
submitted electronically. Using the online submission system, submit up to
four poems of no more than two pages each or a story of up to 10,000 words
with a $15 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Meridian, by
December 20. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines. (See Recent Winners
<http://pw.org/mag/0711/recentwinners.htm> .)
Meridian, Editors' Prizes, P.O. Box 400145, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4145. Jeb Livingood, Faculty Adviser.
meridianUVA at yahoo.com <http://www.readmeridian.org/> 
www.readmeridian.org <http://www.readmeridian.org/> 

WINTERHAWK PRESS (formerly Calypso) seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction,
drama, etc., which bring myth, fairy tale, and legend into the 21st century.
We’re especially interested in works that suggest solutions to today’s
problems. Send manuscripts with SASE to Susan Richardson, WP, P.O. Box
44810, Boise, ID 83711.

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.

BRYANT LITERARY Review, a journal of poetry and fiction, seeks quality
submissions for its May 2008 issue. Work may be of any style or subject
matter. Deadline: December 31. Send submission with cover letter, brief bio,
and SASE, to Bryant Literary Review, Faculty Ste. F, Bryant University,
Smithfield, RI 02917. See poetry samples at web.bryant.edu/~blr.

CALIFORNIA Quarterly (California State Poetry Society) seeks submissions
from poets anywhere. Preferably brief, up to 6 poems. CQ is open to all
styles, subjects. Must include name and address on all pages. Payment: one
contributor’s copy. Mail with SASE to Editors, CQ/CSPS, Box 7126, Orange, CA
92863. Web site: californiaquarterly.blogspot.com.

Puffin Foundation 
Artist Grants
Grants of $1,000 to $2,500 each are given annually to emerging poets, fic
tion writers, creative nonfiction writers, and other artists "whose works
due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being
aired." U.S. residents may submit an application form, project description,
project goals, budget, biographical information, and either a small work
sample or references by December 30. There is no entry fee. Send an SASE for
the required application and complete guidelines.
Puffin Foundation, Artist Grants, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ 07666-4111.
(201) 836-8923. Gladys Miller-Rosenstein, Executive Director.
puffingrant at mindspring.com <http://www.puffinfoundation.org/> 
www.puffinfoundation.org <http://www.puffinfoundation.org/> 

Merton Institute for Contemplative Living
Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Award
A prize of $500 and publication in Merton Seasonal is given annually for a
single poem. Submit a poem of no more than 100 lines by December 31. There
is no entry fee. Send an SASE, call, e-mail,or visit the Web site for
complete guidelines.
Merton Institute for Contemplative Living, Thomas Merton Poetry of the
Sacred Award, 2117 Payne Street, Louisville, KY 40206. (502) 899-1991.
Vanessa Hurst, Assistant Director.
vhurst at mertoninstitute.org <http://www.mertoninstitute.org/> 
www.mertoninstitute.org <http://www.mertoninstitute.org/> 

Potomac Review announces the return of the annual poetry contest. 1st place
= $250; 2nd place = $150. Guidelines: Send up to 3 poems along with $20
reading fee payable to Potomac Review. All entrants will receive a one-year
(2 issues) subscription to the Potomac Review. Put author's name and address
on the cover letter only. Include a cover letter (including contact info and
names of poems), and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) for contest
results. Entries will not be returned. All poems must be typed and
previously unpublished; no name or address should appear on the poems
themselves. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please note this in
your cover letter and notify us immediately of acceptance elsewhere.
Deadline: Postmarked by February 1, 2008. Winners announced April 15th,
2008. The winning poem will appear in the summer 2008 issue (#44) of Potomac
Review. Note: Only the 1st prize entry will be published in the journal. The
second place poem will be published on the Potomac Review website.
Semifinalists will be listed on the website. Manuscripts that do not follow
contest guidelines will be disqualified. Please direct all contest questions
to the Managing Editor: cemery1 at jhu.edu <mailto:cemery1%40jhu.edu>
<mailto:cemery1 at jhu.edu> . Check website for submission address and updates:
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacreview/pcsubmissionguidelines.html
The 2008 North Carolina Poetry Society

Poet Laureate and Adult Contest Awards

All entries must be postmarked by January 10, 2008

All category judges will be distinguished poets residing outside North
Carolina.
All winning poems will be published in the NCPS poetry contest anthology
Pinesong.
Winning poets will be invited to read their winning poems at Awards Day on
May 17, 2008. 

More details can be found at http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/ On the left
hand side of the page under Awards / Contests click Adult Poem Contests

Also a reminder to be thinking about something for our next anthology,
Southern Mist. See http://www.oldmp.com/anthology/southern.htm


PERIPHERY.ONLINE <http://www.peripheryonline.com/>  ANNUAL CONTEST
• CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 
2008 Periphery.Online International Contest 
for Magical Realist Flash Fiction/Prose Poetry

|| Theme: "Funny Bone" ||

Prize: $50 and publication at the new  <http://www.peripheryonline.com/>
Periphery.Online.

Winner and selected honorable mentions published in April 2008. 

Postmark deadline: March 28, 2008.

Entry fee: Free entry for MRCentral.net members; for nonmembers, $5 per
story or poem. Submissions of 4 or more entries by any one writer awards
them a lifetime membership at MRCentral.net, which guarantees free entry
fees for all future contests.

Checks payable to: MRCentral, or send fee via PayPal at the payment portal.

Proceeds go to MRCentral.net operating expenses and to pay the prize. Judged
by MRCentral director, Tamara Kaye Sellman.

Boulevard 
Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Boulevard is given annually for a short
story by a writer who has not published a nationally distributed book. The
editors of Boulevard will judge. Submit a story of any length with a $15
entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Boulevard, by December
15. Send an SASE, call, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. (See
Recent <http://pw.org/mag/0711/recentwinners.htm>  Winners.)
Boulevard, Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers, P.O. Box 325, 6614
Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117. (314) 862-2643. Richard Burgin,
Editor. 
www.richardburgin.net/boulevard

Colorado Review 
Colorado Prize 
A prize of $1,500 and publication by the Center for Literary Publishing is
given annually for a poetry collection. Martha Ronk will judge. Submit a
manuscript of 40 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes a
one-year subscription to Colorado Review, by January 11, 2008. Send an SASE,
e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Colorado Review, Colorado Prize, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus
Delivery, Department of English, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
80523. (970) 491-5449. Stephanie G'Schwind, Editor.
creview at colostate.edu
coloradoreview.colostate.edu <http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/> 

Literal Latté 
K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Literal Latté is given annually for a
short story. The editors of Literal Latté will judge. All entries are
considered for publication. Submit a story of up to 6,000 words with a $10
entry fee by January 15, 2008. E-mail or visit the Web site for complete
guidelines. 
(See Recent Winners <http://pw.org/mag/0711/recentwinners.htm> .)
Literal Latté, K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Award, 200 East 10th Street,
Suite 240, New York, NY 10003. (212) 260-5532. Jenine Gordon Bockman,
Editor.
litlatte at aol.com <http://www.literal-latte.com/> 
www.literal-latte.com <http://www.literal-latte.com/> 

THE LITERATURE of Place, local or exotic, will comprise part of an upcoming
issue of Natural Bridge, a journal of contemporary literature, along with
work on any topic. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Payment: contributor’s
copies plus one-year subscription. Deadline: November 1–December 31. Submit
poems, stories, personal essays, and translations with SASE to: Steven
Schreiner, Guest Editor, Natural Bridge, Dept. of English, Universityof
Missouri-St. Louis, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63121. Web
site: www.umsl.edu/~natural.

WOULD YOU LIKE to be published? Submit 200–300 words about traditions,
heirloom recipes, practical suggestions, parenting tips, clubs, and projects
(include origins, stories surrounding the event and the recipe). If chosen
you will receive a free copy of our book. Due out in Summer 2008. Submit
today to traditionsus at yahoo.com.

I-Park <http://www.i-park.org/index.html>  is accepting applications for its
Artist in Residency <http://www.i-park.org/residency.html>  program. I-Park
is a 450-acre woodland retreat in rural East Haddam, CT. Residencies are
offered from May-November to visual artists (including digital and
environmental), composers, landscape and garden designers, writers and
architects. There is a $20 processing fee and artists are responsible for
transportation to and from the area as well as food and work materials.
International applicants are welcome, and a $1,000 grant will be offered to
two international artists whose work is held in high regard by the selection
committee. Deadline: 12/31/07

Artist Trust <http://www.artisttrust.org/>  is currently accepting GAP
(Grants for Artist Projects) <http://www.artisttrust.org/grants/GAP>
Applications. The program provides support for individual artist projects by
awarding up to $1,500 for projects including (but not limited to) the
development, completion or presentation of new work. Additionally,
nominations are now being accepted for the Twining
<http://www.artisttrust.org/grants/THA>  Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic
Achievement. The annual award of $10,000 is given to a Washington State
female visual artist, age 60 or over, who has dedicated 25 years of her life
to creating art. GAP Deadline: 02/22/08. Award Deadline: 01/25/0

An International Journal of Student Writing

Sponsored by The Literary Review
Edited by Students in the BA Creative Writing Program
at Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fiction  •  Poetry  •  Essays
First online issue scheduled for spring 2008
For fifty years The Literary Review at Fairleigh Dickinson University has
published writing from authors throughout the world in English originals or
in translation.  Sphere will follow in that tradition by offering an outlet
to student voices from many countries and regions.  Work in English and in
English translation will be considered. 
More than ever before, especially with the access offered by the Internet,
the world’s authors are transcending physical and linguistic borders to
become a truly international literary community.  Sphere will allow student
writers to become part of that community.
 www.spheretlr.org <http://www.spheretlr.org/>   •
www.theliteraryreview.org <http://www.theliteraryreview.org/> 

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. For submission guidelines, mailing address, and royalty amounts,
go to www.omnidawn.com <http://www.omnidawn.com/> . No electronic
submissions.
>From Cynthia R. Pratt, OPN Board Member:
The Olympia Poetry Network announces the fifth annual Lohmann Poetry Event
with awards of $200 to each of three co-winners. Contest begins: December 1,
2007 and postmark deadline: January 31, 2008. Guidelines: Current resident
of Washington State. Limit one poem per author, up to 2 pages in length,
double-spaced. Must be original work submitted by author; no previously
published works or works already accepted for publication. Author's name
must not appear on the poem. Include a cover sheet containing poem’s title,
author's name, full address, phone, & email. “Lohmann Prize” should be
indicated on both the outer envelope and the cover sheet. Poems will not be
returned. Include either your e-mail address or SASE to acknowledge receipt
of the poem. Include either your e-mail address or SASE to receive a list of
winners. Winners will be invited to read their work at the awards ceremony
on June 18, 2008, in Olympia. No fee to enter this contest. Send poems to
OPN, PO Box 1312, Olympia WA 98501.

Seeking Submissions
from U.S. Writers for 3 Proposed Books*


1.
                                                         
Women & Poetry: Tips on Writing, Publishing and Teaching
from American Women Poets

Foreword by Robin Merrill, Maine Poets Society President 2006-2007. M.F.A.
Stonecoast. With hundreds of poems published, some from her chapbook Laundry
& Stories (Moon Pie Press) were featured on Garrison Keillor's "Writers'
Almanac." http://www.robinmerrill.com <http://www.robinmerrill.com/> 

Afterword by the editors of Iris Magazine, an award-winning publication of
27 years celebrating and empowering young women through provocative
articles, essays, and fiction pieces that are uplifting, inclusive, and
literate. http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/coreprograms/iris.html

Markets for women, why women write, time management, using life experience,
women's magazines, critique groups, networking, blogs, unique issues women
must overcome, lesbian and bisexual writing, formal education, queries and
proposals, conference participation, family scheduling, feminist writing,
self-publishing, teaching tips, are just a few areas women poets are
interested.

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have proven the
most helpful. Please avoid writing about "me" and concentrate on what will
most help the reader.

2.

Milestones for American Women: Our Defining Passages

Foreword by Carolyn Lesser, Webster University, St. Louis, MO,  nonfiction
writing faculty;  natural science children's books published by Harcourt,
Alfred A. Knopf;  essayist, poet, photographer, keynote speaker, artist.

Afterword by Dr. Loriene Roy, 2007-2008 President of the American Library
Association. Professor, University of Texas at Austin, founder of "If I Can
Read, I Can Do Anything," a national reading club for Native American
children.

Please consider sharing the important milestones, life changing events,
transitions in your life-material that would broadly fit the "Women's
Studies" genre that is highly readable, moving and relatable. Our lives as
women, and indeed as human beings, are full of passages-those we are unaware
of even, at the time--from birth to perhaps taking our first tentative
steps. As adults, there are the passages that occur to us (for example,
losing a loved one, having to relocate) and then the passages we choose
(perhaps getting a degree in mid-life, adopting a child).

This book celebrates our passages as women, from one moment into another,
from one door to the next. Often it is after the navigation, that in
reflection, we see that some of the most difficult are the ones we have
learned the most and have had lasting effects as well on those around us.

Guidelines for Women and Poetry
and/or Milestones for American Women:

Word total for two or three articles based on your experience, 2,000 words;
maximum 3,000. One article may be 1,000 words, another 1,000 (or three 667
word articles) to reach the required 2,000 words. Minimum, two articles.
Please submit all contributions at one time.

No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. Books such as
this can typically take up to a year to compile. Contributors receive a
complimentary copy and contributor's discount on additional copies.

Please first send topics before writing to avoid duplication, and a 65-70
word bio with your present position, location, relevant publications, career
highlights for the contributor page; please use POETS or MILESTONES as the
subject line to smallwood at wildblue.net

Once your topics have been approved, deadline for e-mailing articles is
January 30, 2008. Again, please use POETS or MILESTONES in the subject line
to either Cynthia at
brackett-vincent at encirclepub.com; or Carol at smallwood at wildblue.net
in a Word document (.doc format only) using 12-point Times New Roman font.

Co-editor Cynthia Brackett-Vincent is publisher/editor of the esteemed
Aurorean poetry journal; poetry instructor; award-winning poet; author of
The 95 Poems chapbook (2005) and contributor to Educators as Writers:
Publishing for Personal and Professional Development. In 2007, her poems
received a citation, honorable mention and second place in the National
Federation of State Poetry Societies, New England Writers and Maine Poets
Society competitions. View Cynthia's background
http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/editor

Co-editor, Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 18 books
such as Michigan Authors, for Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited. An
award-winning writer, her work has appeared in English Journal, Clackamas
Literary Review, Phoebe, The Writer's Chronicle, and several others
including anthologies; Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women. A
chapbook is forthcoming from Pudding House. Her recent book
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601
<http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601&vLang=E&vHR=1&>
&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1

3.

Women Writing on Family:
Writing, Publishing, and Teaching Tips by U.S. Women Writers

Foreword: Robbi Hess, Journalist, co-author, Complete Idiot's Guide to
30,000 Baby Names (Penguin Books); Editor, Byline Magazine

Afterword: Suzanne Bunkers, Professor of English, Minnesota State
University, editor of Diaries of Girls and Women: a Midwestern American
Sampler (University of Wisconsin Press).

This is a book not just on writing but tips for women writing about family.
Possible subject areas you might address include: Markets; why women write
about family; using life experience; critique groups; networking; blogs;
unique issues women must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals;
conference participation; family scheduling; self-publishing; teaching tips;
family in creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels.

Guidelines for Women Writing on Family:

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have proven the
most helpful to readers. Please avoid writing about "me" and concentrate on
what will help the reader. Two or three articles; 2,000 minimum, 3,000 words
max total from each contributor; one article may be 1,000 words, another
1,000 to reach the 2,000 word minimum.

Deadline: January 30, 2008
No previously published or simultaneously submitted material, please. Please
submit all contributions at one time.

Contributors receive a complimentary copy and contributor's discount on
additional copies. It is common for compilation of an anthology to take
upwards of a year, but we will be in touch with updates on securing a
publisher.

Please send your topics first before writing (to avoid possible duplication)
along with brief descriptions; a 65-70 word bio with your present position,
relevant publications, awards or honors. Use FAMILY for the subject line and
submit to Rachael at rachael_hanel at yahoo.com

Co-Editor Rachael Hanel is a freelance writer and college instructor in
Madison Lake, MN. The first chapter of her memoir was named runner-up for
the 2006 Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction at the Bellingham
Review and appears in the Spring 2007 issue. The chapter was also a
semifinalist for the 2006 Gulf Coast Creative Nonfiction Award. She teaches
personal essay and editing. Her website is www.rachaelhanel.com
<http://www.rachaelhanel.com/> 

Co-Editor Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 18 books such
as Michigan Authors, for Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited. Her work has
appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary Review, Phoebe, The Writer's
Chronicle, The Detroit News, several others including anthologies; she's in
Who's Who of American Women. A co-edited anthology is with an agent. A
recent book is
http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601
<http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68601&vLang=E&vHR=1>
&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1

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