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Writer Advice
Jan 2012 - Mar 2012
Contests, Markets
& Submission Information
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9TH ANNUAL PLAN B PRESS Poetry Chapbook Contest. Judge: Robert Fitter-man.
Prize: $235 plus 50 copies. Entry fee: $15.
Deadline: March 1.
Details and prospectus at http://planbpress.com/contest or call (215) 732-2663.
PRESS 53 OPEN AWARDS: 5 categories, 3 winners in each, 5 amazing judges, 5 etched-glass awards and cash prizes. Top 3 Poetry, Flash, Short Story, CNF, and first prize Novella published in Press 53 Open Awards Anthology.
1,250 TOTAL CASH PRIZES. Fee: $15 ($25 Novella).
Deadline: March 31.
Details at www.press53.com.
2012 STELLA KUPFERBERG MEMORIAL Short Story Prize. Winning story selected by Maile Meloy
Prize: $1,000 prize, and read as part of the Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space in NYC, on June 6, 2012.
Theme: Objects of Desire—if an object could talk, what story would it tell? No more than 2 double-spaced typed pages in length.
Fee: $25.
Deadline: March 2.
Details: www.selectedshorts.org.
THE 2012 WESTMORELAND Arts & Heritage Festival Poetry & Short Story Contest. $10 entry fee for 2 poems or 1 short story
Prize: $1,000 total awards.
Deadline March 15. App., fee, and typed entry sent together for consideration. Send SASE to WAHF, 252 Twin Lakes Rd., Latrobe, PA 15650. Phone: (724) 834-7474. Website: www.ArtsAndHeritage.com.
THE ENGINE BOOKS Novel Prize, judged by Will Allison. One novel will win a $1,000 advance and publication in 2013 by Engine Books. Entry Fee: $25. Deadline March 12. Information and full guidelines at http://enginebooks.org/prize.html.
MIDWAY JOURNAL is accepting submissions now through the end of May. For complete submissions guide- lines, please visit www.midwayjournal.com. Direct all inquiries to editors@midwayjournal.com.
OWL EYE REVIEW seeks submissions of poetry and nonfiction essays for our upcoming issue. You can also read our current issue and learn more about us online. We look forward to reading your work.
Guidelines: www.owleyereview.com.
EARTH'S DAUGHTERS will accept submissions February 1–March 31.
Theme is “Both Sides Now.” You interpret it. Submit no more than 3 poems, and/or up to 500 words of prose to Earth’s Daughters, P.O. Box 41, Central Park Station, Buffalo, NY 14215.
Guidelines: www.earthsdaughters.org.
MARCO POLO, an online literary/arts magazine, seeks original fiction, nonfiction, and more from stateside and international writers and artists. In addition to a traditional literary format, we explore the visual arts. We publish every week and read all year.
Details: Visit our About and Submissions pages at www.marcopoloartsmag.com.
SPILLWAY wants poems, February and March only.
Theme: “Games People Play.” Are we talking literal games? Only partly. What happens when you don’t like the person your offspring is seeing? What about in-laws? Boss? Neighbors? Do you play games, protect secrets? Editor: Susan Terris. Tebot Bach Publisher: Mifanwy Kaiser. 3–5 poems.
Details: http://tebotbach.org. E-mail submission only: spillway2@tebotbach.org.
THE WHIRLWIND REVIEW is a new online literary journal focusing on the connections between writing and spirituality. We are now inviting submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Works by new writers are welcome.
Details: www.writingthewhirlwind.net.
ANDERBO.COM, “Best New Online Literary Journal,” features writers in
fiction, “fact,” and poetry. Always looking for new voices.
Details: For submission information and guidelines, visit www.anderbo.com.
971 CONTEST FOR SHORT FICTION:
Prize: $200 US and publication in our Prize Issue
Deadline: April 1, 2012
Details: http://www.971menu.com/misc.html
WRITING IT REAL’S WINTER 2012 WRITING CONTEST
Prize: $100 dollars, One of Sheila Bender’s Books & a Phone Consult with Sheila
Deadline: March 15, 2012
Details: http://writingitreal.com/community/current-contest
We are always looking for additional people to find and submit markets. If you’re interested, please e-mail Lgood67334@comcast.net. We look forward to hearing from you anytime at Writer Advice.
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