Magnapoets is on hiatus until 2013. Our last issue was the January 2012. When submissions re-open, we'll post it here. In the meantime, do not send in subscriptions or submit poetry.
Best wishes for a wonderful, creative 2012!
Magnapoets is on hiatus
Simply Haiku
in loving memory of Svetlana Marisova
Vol. 9. No. 3 & 4
http://simplyhaiku.theartofhaiku.com/autumnwinter-2011.html
W E L C O M E! Robert D. WilsonSaša VažićCo-Owners, Co-Publishers, Co-Editorsand the staff members Contents: Features
Svetlana Marisova, The 21st Century's English-language Haiku Master by Robert D. Wilson
Study of Japanese Aesthetics: Part IV : Is Haiku Dying by Robert D. Wilson- Hide quoted text -
Part V of Basho’s Haiku: translations by Gabor Terebess and David Landis Barnhill Haiku, Criticism and Fair Use by Robert D. Wilson
Konoshima's Tanka: translations by David Callner An Interview with Claire Everett by Robert D. Wilson
An Interview with Predrag Cikaric by Sasa Vazic New Rising Haiku by Ito Yuki
Simply Haiku
Simply Haiku's "Top Ten List" of the World's Finest
Living English Language Haiku Poets for the year 2011 Ramesh Anand Don Baird Mark E. Brager Terry Busch Predrag Cikaric Ljubomir Dragovic Dubravko Korbus
Chen-ou Liu
Francis Masat
Pravat Kumar Padhy Kala Ramesh Ernesto P. SantiagoManoj Saranathan Shalini Sunkuru
Hansha Teki
Ted van Zutphen Featured Haiku Poet: Claire Everett by Robert D. Wilson
Simply Haibun Sonam Chhoki Beate Conrad Claire Everett George Friedenkraft Kay Higuchi Pravat Kumar Padhy Robert D. Wilson
Simply Tanka Aurora AntonovicDon Baird
Josh Bunin
Sonam Chhoki
Kirsten Cliff
L. Costa
Tracy Davidson
Wende Skidmore DuFion
Claire Everett
Mary Franklin
Sanford Goldstein
Chen-ou Liu
Patricia Prime
Dragan J. RisticGuy Simser
Neal Whitman
Rodney A. Williams
Ted van Zutphen
Simply Haiga Beate Conrad
Karen Cesar
Heike Gewi
Autumn Hall
Adelaide B. Shaw Robert D. Wilson
Ted van Zutphen
Simply Haiku ExclusiveZoe Savina's Collage: In Memory of Svetlana Marisova
Artist to Artist: Vaggelis Moustakas & Robert D. Wilson
Has the Haiku World Gone Crazy? - Robert D. Wilson (paintings by Alexandros /Moustakas/)
ReviewsWilliam Hart, Home to Ballygunge: Kolkata Tanka--- Don Wentworth
An Unmown Sky: An Anthology of Croatian Haiku Poetry 1996-2007--- Beverley George
Kaneko Tohta, Ikimonofuei: Poetic Composition of Living Things , translated by the Kon Nichi Translation Group--- Robert D. Wilson Kuki Shuzo, A Philosopher's Poetry and Poetics, translated and edited by Michael F. Marra
--- Robert D. Wilson
Svetlana Marisova & Ted van Zutphen, "Be Still and Know"--- Robert D. Wilson
Reprints
· Bashō: Two Hundred Haiku (Part IV) by Tim Chilcott · Bashō: Oku no Hosomichi (Part IV) by Tim Chilcott · An Interview with Anita Virgil by Robert D. Wilson
· Haiga by Nakamura Sakuo· Ten Design Lessons from the Art of Ikebana by Garr Reynolds7 Japanese Aesthetic Principles by Garr Reynolds
Forgive, But Do Not Forget: Ito Yuki talks with Udo Wenzel
Tomas Transtromer Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature 2011 by Sasa Vazic
Multimedia
Japanese Art - Haiga - Japanese Paintings with Haiku poems by Doshin Kuba 俳画 久芳道信 Autumn Haiku, Haiga
Haiga and Graphics
Rin' - sakura sakura
Japanese Art, Japanese Painting, Fine Art
Pinpricks In The Darkness (The Art of Fuyuko Matsui)
Toni Piccini, "HUNGARIAN RAINBOWS"
Haiku - inspired by Arakida Moritake (1473-1549)
an autumn wind
Basho
WHITE SOULITUDE
Interview with Amelia Fielden
Call for submissions for new haiku journal Multiverses
Hello everyone,
It is my honor to announce the launch of Multiverses, a new online
journal dedicated to publishing modern English haiku and related forms
of Japanese poetry, as well as to make an initial call for submissions
for our first issue (due out in Spring of 2012). From our editorial
statement:
"Each moment of our lives is a haiku waiting to happen. The unique way
in which we experience these moments creates an authentic and personal
reality known only to ourselves—our own little universe, so to speak.
Yet we are all part of the same sum. By sharing our individual
experiences and observations, we gain perspective and insight into the
world of others, therefore becoming better attuned and more intimate
with our own. It is with this idea in mind that Multiverses happened
into existence."
We are so excited and pleased to have an incredible team of editors, including:
Paul Smith, Tanka Editor
Melissa Allen, Haibun Editor
Alexis Rotella, Haiga Editor
Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Features Editor
Please feel free to share this post and spread the word about our
launch. For more information about Multiverses, including details on
submitting your work (deadline for our inaugural issue is February
15!), please visit www.multiversesjournal.com. We're all looking
forward to reading your work!
John Hawk
Founder, Haiku Editor
Multiverses
Malahat Review update
Guidelines for our 2012 Novella Prize: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html
Guidelines for our 2012 Far Horizons Award for Poetry: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/far_horizons_poetry/info.html
Information on our Winter issue/BCPiE 2011 Launch Party: http://www.malahatreview.ca/friends/winter2011launch.html
The Table of Contents for our Winter 2011 issue (#177): http://www.malahatreview.ca/issues/upcoming.html
This edition of Malahat lite can also be viewed online: http://www.malahatreview.ca/documents/malahat_lite/jan12.pdf
Do you have ties to or live on the East Coast? Submit to our East Coast issue (deadline May 15, 2012)! Full guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html
The 2012 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
NORTH CAROLINA—The North Carolina Writers' Network is now accepting submissions for the 2012 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize. This annual award is administered by poet Anthony S. Abbott, the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of English at Davidson College in Davidson, NC.
The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize honors internationally celebrated North Carolina novelist Thomas Wolfe. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review. The competition is open to all writers regardless of geographical location or prior publication. The postmark deadline is January 30, 2012.
Acclaimed author Josephine Humphreys will serve as the final judge. Humphreys is a recipient of an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is the author of Dreams of Sleep (winner of the 1985 Ernest Hemingway Award for first fiction), Rich in Love, The Fireman's Fair, and Nowhere Else on Earth. She lives with her husband on Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, South Carolina.
The 2012 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
Postmark deadline: January 30 (annual)
Submissions accepted: December 1 – January 30
Eligibility and Guidelines:
The competition is open to all writers regardless of geographical location or prior publication.
Submit two copies of an unpublished fiction manuscript not to exceed 12 double-spaced pages (1" margins, 12-pt. font).
Author's name should not appear on manuscripts. Instead, include a separate cover sheet with name, address, phone number, e-mail address, word count, and manuscript title.
An entry fee must accompany the manuscript: $15 for NCWN members, $25 for nonmembers. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers' Network.
You may pay the member entry fee if you join the NCWN with your submission. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network.
Entries will not be returned.
The winner is announced each April.
Send submission to:
Professor Anthony S. Abbott
PO Box 7096
Davidson College
Davidson, NC 28035
2011 saw the highest number of submissions in the history of the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize. Winner Kristin Fitzpatrick of Alameda, California, took home the $1,000 purse.
The nonprofit North Carolina Writers’ Network is the state’s oldest and largest literary arts services organization devoted to writers at all stages of development. For additional information, visit www.ncwriters.org
Escape Into Life is excited to announce its First Annual Fiction
Contest, judged by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler.
In addition to cash prizes, five finalists will receive works by
Escape Into Life artists and have their stories nominated for at least
one nationally recognized award in 2012 (Best American, Pushcart,
O'Henry, Story South, or Sundress). This strikes us a great
opportunity for both established and emerging author.
You'll find a link to the complete contest details below, and we've
attached a flyer in hopes that you'll help us spread the word to your
colleagues and students.
http://www.escapeintolife.com/fiction/eil-announces-first-annual-fiction-contest/
NYQ Monthly Reading Series at Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC -- THIS COMING MONDAY(December 19, 2011)
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Three Poems: Bassacksenglish, Monopoems, Coming(s) Together by Richard Kostelanetz -- ON SALE NEXT WEEKHaving already established his poetry among the most inventive ever, the distinguished man of avant-garde letters, Richard Kostelanetz, realizes further radically formal steps in Three Poems. Each is a sequence of one-word texts continuously interleaved with the others in an unprecedented way, in sum offering an unprecedented reading experience. The book concludes with Kostelanetz's visual essay "Poetry I Shall Not Make." |
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Call for submissions: Mixed Fruit
http://mixedfruit.submishmash.com/submit
Subject: Call for submissions
Mixed Fruit is still accepting submissions for issue 4 through December 20th. We're looking for our usual genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, literary translation, and visual art. We are also excited to announce a new category, "Miscellany," which will give contributors an almost limitless spectrum of possibilities. We want to see everything. Well, almost everything. Here are the details:
Miscellany:
Here at Mixed Fruit we believe in possibilities, which is why we've decided to introduce a new category for submissions: Miscellaneous works. In keeping with Mixed Fruit's aesthetic of eclecticism, we'd like to see a wider selection of "art" that maybe doesn't fit the well-worn preconceived notions of what is "artful." We're talking genre-bending, transcendence of categorization, experimentation on the edge, the brinks, the borders. Liminal explorations.
What do we mean by miscellaneous? Simply put, anything that doesn't exclusively fit as fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Works that incorporate typography, experimental soundscapes, videologues, recipes, silent film, animation, comics, and rogue power points are a few examples, but the point here is that we're not limited to anything, and neither are you. Surprise us. Move us. Frighten us. Stretch our definition of "artful" beyond its elastic limits.
If your miscellaneous piece fits any of the file types below, we'll take it:
PDF
DOCX
RTF
WPF
ODT
Art / Photography
JPG
GIF
TIFF
PNG
Audio
MP3
MP4
M4a
WAV
Other
ZIP
Video
MOV - Quicktime Video
*We will, however, limit ourselves by saying we don't want to see your pornography, any acts of violence against yourself or others, or "hate propaganda," which includes any form of racism, discrimination, sexism, or unkind words against puppies. Here at Mixed Fruit, we love puppies. All else is fair game*
PIW 15 December 2011
We wrap up the year with four poets from Ireland, in whose work can be found different articulations of love and relationships – from the idealised, self-contained lovers' world of Irish-language poet Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, to Greg Delanty's wry look at the biochemistry of the stages of love between a couple; from Michael O'Loughlin's outsider/insider relationship to his nation and the Irish language to Katie Donovan's physical, visceral depictions of family bonds.
For the editorial, articles, poems and translations of the current issue, see:
www.poetryinternationalweb.org
Thank you to our readers for your continued support of PIW. We wish you all a happy holiday season!
For the editorial, articles, poems and translations of the current issue, see:
www.poetryinternationalweb.org
Archive Tour
Clip of the Month
call for submissions: Stark
Stark, a new yearly anthology of poetry and photography, invites you to submit work for our premiere issue, due out in 2012. This is a revival of a special project. With many of the originally accepted poets still interested in–and enthusiastic–about the project, we're seeking a few more poets who would like to be part of Stark to round out the first issue.
Because of time constraints, only poets residing in, or traveling to the greater New York City metropolitan area and/or New England in the spring should consider submitting to this first issue.
Website: http://starkanthology.wordpress.com/
Stark will be an art-quality production with black-and-white photos of the poets in addition to 2-3 poems. Each poet who submits to Stark does so with the understanding that, if selected, the poet will be asked to sit for a nude photography session with a professional photographer. One or two photos will be chosen by a committee of the editors, production manager, photographer, and the poet. Photographs will range from obscure–body parts, face only, back only–to full pose and must be agreed upon by all members of the selection committee.
Samples of the photographer's work can be seen at http://www.randylagana.net/
The editors seek a full representation of the range and diversity of contemporary poetry in style and subject matter. At the same time, we expect every issue to reflect our overall standards of literary excellence. We intend to accept unpublished work only, though there may be exceptions made for the poets that were considered previously.
If you are interested, please submit 4-6 poems through our submission manager at http://stark.submishmash.com/submit
Deadline is January 1, 2012.
At least two poems will have to be selected in order for you to be considered for Stark. In addition, each poet selected agrees to write a short piece about the photography experience for inclusion in Stark.
Questions? : <starkanthology(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @)
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR A HOLIDAY ANTHOLOGY
Imagine your favorite holiday stories. Chances are good the protagonists are a
man and a woman, possibly even with children. But where are the stories that
feature men together, or women together, that will also warm our hearts at this
special season?
That’s where you come in. We’re collecting holiday stories for two anthologies,
one featuring male protagonists/couples/families, the other featuring female
protagonists/couples/families, and we’d like to hear from you!
Your story should run between 2,000 and 4,000 words, contain no erotica, and be
in a winter holiday setting. The only requirement is that it be historical
fiction. We’re looking for tomorrow’s classics in time for next year’s holiday
season!
Pay will depend on securing a publisher and will be negotiated at that time for
accepted stories. Deadline is June 15, 2012, but the earlier, the better. Send
Word docs to Jeannette de Beauvoir
E-mail:
<angevine(at)aya.yale.edu> (replace (at) with @ in sending e-mail)
2012 The Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction
Sponsored by The Ohio State University Press and the MFA Program in Creative Writing at The Ohio State University
Rules
This annual award is given to the manuscript collection of short fiction selected by an independent judge to be the best submitted. The winning author will receive publication under a standard book contract that includes a cash prize of $1,500 as an advance against royalties. The winner and finalists will be announced before June 30, 2012.
Eligibility Requirements
Submissions may include short stories, novellas, or a combination of both (but a single novella is not an eligible submission).
The competition is open to all writers in English.
Previously published stories or novellas may be included in the manuscript.
Current students and employees of The Ohio State University are ineligible.
Manuscripts must be between 150 and 300 typed pages (approx. 40,000 to 80,000 words).
Individual stories or novellas in the collection may not exceed 125 pages (approx. 35,000 words).
No translations unless done entirely by the author.
Submission Format
Manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, on quality white 8 1/2" x 11" paper, 250–300 words per page, one side only, pages numbered consecutively.
Crisp photocopies are acceptable.
Your identity is not revealed to the judges, so your name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Instead, please include the following with your submission:
a cover sheet with name, street and email address, and phone numbers
an acknowledgement page with publication history for any previously published work
a title page listing title and approx. word count
a table of contents page listing only the stories and/or novellas and page numbers
Include a self-addressed stamped envelope so we can notify you of the contest results.
Include a self-addressed stamped postcard if you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your manuscript.
OSU Press assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts.
Do not send your only copy. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Deadline information
Manuscripts must be postmarked in the month of January and be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $20 (U.S. dollars). Send check or money order (no cash) made payable to The Ohio State University.
Mail to
Fiction Editor
The Ohio State University Press
180 Pressey Hall
1070 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1002
Ginger Piglet open for submissions
Ginger Piglet is now accepting submissions for its expected January 17th debut of a monthly online edition (gingerpiglet.wordpress.com to become gingerpiglet.com). Submissions are now on a rolling basis. Wait until you hear back from us on a submission before submitting.
We want your most alive.
Send us your best previously unpublished and brief: flash, miniature, sentence, review, audio, video, essay, prose poem, interview, photo, poem, comic, letter, list (Christmas, grocery and otherwise) or combination thereof.This work can be real or fake. This work can be humorous or serious; love or hate; surreal or realist; connected or disconnected; political or not; dark or light (um, like meat or toast). This work must have voice. Please simultaneously submit. Let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere.
We would like to bring you fame and notoriety, but we can't. Make us a 50 word or less bio of the most important and interesting words that also includes a link to your tweeter/blog/website. Unless you don't do that. If you don't do that, we suggest you start, immediately.
Someday we hope to pay, even if a small amount, to our contributors, but we can't do that either. We will publish once online and then archive your piece, maybe forever (this is negotiable). Mention us if your work should be published elsewhere.
Submit at: http://gingerpiglet.submishmash.com
River Styx 2012 Schlafly Beer Micro-Fiction Contest
$1500 First Prize plus one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer.
* 500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry.
* $20 reading fee includes a one-year subscription (3 issues).
* Include name and address on cover letter only.
* Entrants will be notified by S.A.S.E.
* Winner published in Spring issue.
* All stories will be considered for publication.
* Previously published stories, including those that have appeared on web sites, blogs, and personal home pages, will not be considered.
Postmark entries by December 31, 2011 to:
River Styx's Schlafly Beer Micro-Fiction Contest
3547 Olive Street, Suite 107
St. Louis MO 63103
http://riverstyx.org/contests/index.php
Open City 2011 RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest RResults Announced!
Open City 2011 RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest RResults Announced!
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderrrofihetrophy2011.html
(To see the latest anderbo.com hone page, you may have to refresh your screen.)
Wag's Revue Winter Writers Contest - $1600 in Prizes
It's that time again. The Wag's Revue Third Annual Winter Writers Contest is now open. First Prize $1000 and publication in Issue 13; second prize $500 and third $100. All entries will be considered for publication and it is open to all three genres (fiction, poetry, essays). The contest will be judged by the editors and closes February 29. All details and the submissions manager may be accessed at http://www.wagsrevue.com/submit.php.
Founded in early 2009, Wag's Revue is an online-only literary quarterly of fiction, poetry, essays and interviews with waggish luminaries of our day. All issues may be read online for free at http://www.wagsrevue.com.
Lishanu seeks submissions
December 31 2011, that's when we'll be closing the reading period for Issue 3 of Lishanu - an interlingual haikai journal, so you still have TWO WEEKS to send in your bilingual haikai work for our consideration! Anyone who has sent in work will be contacted before the end of January, and the new issue will appear during the first quarter of 2012. Please read our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES before sending us your work. Our editorial team are looking forward to hearing from you!
Happy holidays to all!
Norman Darlington
Founder and editor-in-chief
Lishanu - an interlingual haikai journal
www.lishanu.com
Anderbo Announces DORETTE SNOVER as Mercer Street Books Fiction Prize Winner
Anderbo 2011 No-Fee Novel Contest/
The Mercer Street Books Fiction Prize
Winner Announced!
DORETTE SNOVER for "THE CITY OF LADIES"
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/andernovelcontest-02.html
Dorette Snover is a writer and chef who owns the C'est si Bon! Cooking School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
She is passionate about France's culinary history and in particular that of bread apprentices in the guild Compagnon du Devoir.
She has published fiction in the following anthologies—Blink: Flash Fiction Before You Can Bat An Eye; Original Sin: The Seven Deadlies Come Home To Roost;
and in Women Behaving Badly, Feisty Flash Fiction Stories. An essay, “In The Kitchen”, was published in an anthology of North Carolina women, The Secret To T.
Matter Press Prose Chapbook Contest
Link for submissions: http://matter.submishmash.com/submit
Prose Chapbook
(pdf, doc)
Size limit: 25-40 pages
During the month of January, Matter Press will be open for submissions of a prose collection (prose poetry, fiction, and/or creative nonfiction). During the submission period, please use Submishmash to submit your 25–40 page manuscript, each piece under 600 words to us. Individual pieces in your manuscript may have appeared in journals, both in print and online, as long as the entire collection itself is unpublished. Here are some additional details:
There is no reading fee. Your submission will be read by the managing editor (Randall Brown) and/or "blind" by Rosemont College MFA in Creative Writing degree-candidates. The readers will choose one manuscript to publish.
Please double-space the manuscript using Times New Roman 12 pt font (or something similar).
Please do not include any author-identifying information on the manuscript. Please do include a cover letter and bio. Please include with the cover letter the manuscript's category (prose poetry, short short fiction, creative nonfiction) and a short statement regarding the role compression plays in your work.
Please ONLY include a title page for the collection and the stories themselves; please do NOT include acknowledgments, blank pages, a table of contents.
Please include a page break between each individual piece that makes up the collection
Manuscripts will be accepted January 1, 2012 until midnight February 1, 2012. Please submit only ONE chapbook during this period.
Matter Press will have a one-time only print run of 300 copies of the winning chapbook. The author will receive $500 and 25 copies.
Any manuscript that does not meet the guidelines will not be considered for publication. If you have any questions, you can email Matter Press
(matterpress1(at)verizon.net) (replace (at) with @).
Submit here: http://matter.submishmash.com/submit
Bellingham Review contests
Bellingham Review is now accepting entries in our annual fiction, nonfiction, and poetry contests.
Bellingham Review publishes literature of palpable quality: poems, stories, and essays that nudge the limits of form or execute traditional forms exquisitely.
Prizes: Each contest carries a $1,000 prize, plus publication in Bellingham Review. Contest finalists are also eligible for publication.
All contestants will receive a free copy of the 2013 issue of Bellingham Review, in which the winning works will appear.
The contest judges are as follows:
Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction: Robin Hemley
Annie Dillard Award in Creative Nonfiction: Sheila Bender
49th Parallel Award in Poetry: Linda Bierds
Deadline: Submissions must be entered between December 1, 2011, and March 15, 2012.
Contest Fees: $20 for the first entry (one story, one essay, or up to 3 poems) and $10 for each additional entry in the same genre.
Entries can be submitted through Submittable, a link to which is available on our website
http://www.bhreview.org
Click "Contest and General Submissions via Submittable" on the left toolbar.
All entries will be read blindly. Please make sure your name does not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
For information on mailed entries, as well as our complete contest guidelines, please visit our website.
All entries must be unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but Bellingham Review must be notified if work is accepted elsewhere.
We look forward to reading your work,
Bellingham Review
2012 Frost Farm Prize
Metrical Poetry Contest Announced
December 7, 2011, DERRY, NH -- The Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, NH, and the Hyla Brook Poets invite submissions for its 2nd Annual The Frost Farm Prize for metrical poetry. The winner will walk away with $1,000 and an invitation, with honorarium, to read as part of The Hyla Brook Reading Series at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry in the summer of 2012.
The inaugural winner in 2011 was Sharon Fish Mooney of Coshocton Ohio for her blank verse poem, “Dimly Burning Wicks.” The poem will appear in the 2012 edition of The Evansville Review.
“The writing of metrical verse – the use of rhyme and/or meter – is a precise and challenging craft and we want to celebrate this art form by creating The Frost Farm Prize,” said Robert W. Crawford, co-founder of the Hyla Brook Poets and a Frost Farm Trustee.
Submission guidelines are available at:
http://on.fb.me/2012FrostFarmPrize and
http://robertfrostfarm.org/poetry-contest.html
Complete Frost Farm Prize Guidelines:
Poems must be original, unpublished and metrical (any metrical form). No translations. There is no limit to the number of poems entered by an individual, but an entry fee of $5 U.S. per poem must accompany the submission (entry fees from outside the United States must be paid in cash or by check drawn on a U.S. bank). You are welcome to submit a poem sequence (a crown of sonnets for example) but each poem will be judged individually -- please send in an entry fee for each poem in the sequence. Make checks payable to the "Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm." Please type the author's name, address, phone number and e-mail address on the back of each entry. Entries will be submitted to the judge anonymously.
Deadline: Postmarked by April 1, 2012
Send entries to:
Robert Crawford
The Frost Farm Prize
280 Candia Rd.
Chester, NH 03036
Enclose a SASE for notification of the contest results. These are the complete guidelines. For more information, please see http://on.fb.me/2012FrostFarmPrize or join the Hyla Brook Poets Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HylaBrookPoets
About the Frost Farm’s Hyla Brook Poets
The Frost Farm was home to the poet and his family from 1900-1911. Crawford and co-founder Bill Gleed started The Hyla Brook Poets group in 2008 as a monthly poetry workshop. In March 2009, the monthly Hyla Brook Reading Series launched with readings by emerging poets as well as luminaries such as Maxine Kumin, David Ferry, Wesley McNair, and Rhina Espaillat.
2011 Anderbo Poetry Prize
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderprize2011.html
For up to six unpublished poems
Winner receives:
$500 cash
Publication on anderbo.com
Judged by Debora Greger
2011 Contest Assistant: Anderbo Poetry Editor Charity Burns
Deadline December 15th
Guidelines:
–Each poem should be typed on 8 1/2" x 11" paper with the
writer's name in the upper-right corner of every page
–Include a cover page with name, contact information and
the titles of the poems submitted
–Limit six poems per poet
–Writer must not have been previously published on anderbo.com
–Mail submissions to Anderbo Poetry Prize,
270 Lafayette Street, Suite 705, New York, NY 10012
–Enclose self-addressed stamped business envelope to receive
names of winner and honorable mentions
–All entries are non-returnable and will be recycled
–Reading fee is $10. Check or money order payable to RRofihe
Debora Greger
2011 Anderbo Poetry Prize Judge
Debora Greger is the author of eight books of poetry: Movable Islands (1980), And (1986), The 1002nd Night (1990), Off-Season at the Edge of the World (1994), Desert Fathers, Uranium Daughters (1996), God (2001), Western Art (2004), and Men, Women, and Ghosts (2008). She has won, among other honors, the Grolier Prize, the Discovery-The Nation prize, the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets, an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Brandeis University Award for Poetry. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, and in Cambridge, England.
Charity Burns
2011 Anderbo Poetry Prize Contest Assistant
Charity Burns, Anderbo's Poetry Editor, earned her MFA in poetry from the University of Florida. Her poems have appeared in Smartish Pace, Madison Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and West Branch. Charity's blog is The Beauty Works Project.
New York, NY 10012
–Enclose self-addressed stamped business envelope to receive
names of winner and honorable mentions
–All entries are non-returnable and will be recycled
–Reading fee is $10. Check or money order payable to RRofihe
The Malahat Review's 2012 Novella Prize
It's that time of every-two-years again ...
The Malahat Review's 2012 Novella Prize
Deadline: February 1, 2012
Prize: $1500 CAD
Entry fee:
$35 CAD for entries from Canada
$40 USD for entries from the US
$45 USD for entreis from elsewhere
Enter a single work of fiction, 10,000 to 20,000 words in length.
Mail entries to:
The Malahat Review
Novella Prize
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 Stn CSC
Victoria, BC
V8W 2Y2
This year's judges will be Valerie Compton, Gabriella Goliger, and Terence Young.
Read a recent interview with our 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte: http://www.malahatreview.ca/announcements/tonytulapost_interview.html
Read full guidelines here: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html
Enquiries: malahat@uvic.ca
Haiku Reality Vol. 8, No. 15, Winter 2011 Issue is Out
http://haikureality.webs.com/indexeng.htm
Contents:
Haiku Contests
Essays, Criticisms, Analyses:
Jim Kacian: Haiku as Anti-Story
Chen-ou Liu: The Ripples from a Splash: A Generic Analysis of Basho’s Frog Haiku
David G. Lanoue: Issa's Comic Vision
Ikuyo Yoshimura: Kato Somo, the First Japanese Haikuist to Visit the United States
Dr. Randy Brooks: Haiku Poetics: Objective, Subjective, Transactional and Literary Theories
Vincent Hoarau: Suggestiveness in haiku through the work of Svetlana Marisova
David Grayson: The Sword of Cliché: Choosing a Topic
Robert D. Wilson: To Kigo or not to Kigo
Saša Važić: What's the Use
Tomas Transtromer awarded Nobel Prize
Haiku Gallery:
Zoran Antonić, Beate Conrad, Đurđa Vukelić-Rožić, Vid Vukasović, Vitomir Miletić Witata
Book Reviews:
George Swede, Joy in Me Still: Haiku: Michael Dylan Welch
Helen Buckingham, Armadillo Basket: Liam Wilkinson
Ljubomir Dragović, Uska staza/ A Narrow Road: Robert D. Wilson
Tomislav Maretić, Leptir nad pučinom (Butterfly over the Open Sea): Dubravko Marijanović
Dragan Ј. Ristić, Ђавоља варош / Devils’ Town / Die Teufelstadt / La Ville du Diable: Dr Rajna Begović and Branislav Brzaković
Selected Haiku:
Announcement of the Best Haiku of the Issue (First, Second and Third Choices, Favorites, Selected Haiku)
Thanks to all the contributors!
Your further collaboration with Haiku Reality is welcome!
Best wishes,
Saša Važić, editor
Izašao je novi broj Haiku stvarnosti
god. 8, br. 15, zima 2011.
http://haikureality.webs.com/index-2.html
Sadržaj
Haiku konkursi
Eseji, kritike, analize...
Jim Kacian: Haiku i anti-priča
Chen-ou Liu: Talasi iz pljuska: generička analiza Bašoovog haikua o žabi
Željko Funda: Kad nemoguće postane moguće
David G. Lanoue: Isina komična vizija
Ikuyo Yoshimura: Kato Somo, prvi japanski haikuist koji je posetio Ameriku
Željko Funda: Opkoračenje i haiku
Dr. Randy Brooks: Haiku poetika: objektivna, subjektivna, transakciona i književna teorija
Vincent Hoarau: Sugestivnost u haikuu na primeru stvaralaštva Svetlane Marisove
David Grayson: Mač klišea
Robert D. Wilson: Za kigo ili ne
Saša Važić: Kakva vajda?
Tomas Transtremer, dobitnik Nobelove nagrade
Haiku galerija
Zoran Antonić, Beate Conrad, Đurđa Vukelić-Rožić, Vid Vukasović, Vitomir Miletić Witata
Recenzije knjiga
George Swede, Joy in Me Still: Haiku: Michael Dylan Welch
Helen Buckingham, Armadillo Basket: Liam Wilkinson
Ljubomir Dragović, Uska staza/A Narrow Road: Robert D. Wilson
Tomislav Maretić, Leptir nad pučinom (Butterfly over the Open Sea): Dubravko Marijanović
Đermano Vitasović, Na svojen korenu: Tomislav Milohanić i Rudolf Ujčić
Đermano Vitasović, Kacanski haiku verši: Vladimir Devidé
Izbor iz haiku poezije
Proglašenje najboljih haikua ovog broja (prvoplasirani, drugoplasirani, trećeplasirani; kandidati za najbolje haikue broja; izabrani haikui)
Hvala svim saradnicima!
Vaša dalja saradnja sa Haiku stvarnošću je dobrodošla!
Srdačan pozdrav,
Saša Važić, urednik
PIW 1 December 2011
In our latest issue of Poetry International Web, we are delighted to launch a Norwegian domain under the editorship of Liesbeth Huijer, who has chosen three poets whose work gives a taste of the excellent poetry being written in Norway at the moment: Rune Christiansen, Cecilie Løveid and Ingrid Storholmen. We also present German poet Barbara Köhler, whose experimental writing probes the limits and possibilities of language in expressing human experience.
For the editorial, articles, poems and translations, see:
www.poetryinternationalweb.org
Archive Tour
Poems from the PIW archive that touch on Norway, from its fjords to its knitwear, its language to its landscape.
Selected by PIW Norway editor Liesbeth Huijer.
Poem of the Week
A SHORT HISTORY OF POLAR EXPLORATION
Luke Davies (Australia)
Clip of the Month
Call for submissions: Meadowland Review
www.themeadowlandreview.com
Submission Guidelines
The submission period for our fall issue is now closed. We will be considering submissions for late witner/early spring from December 1-February 1. PLEASE NOTE OUR FICTION GUIDELINES HAVE CHANGED for our winter issue.
Late Winter/Early Spring Submissions:
we will be considering submissions of poetry, fiction, photography and art pieces from December 1-February 1.
The Meadowland Review will not accept material that has appeared in other online or print publications. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but you must notify The Meadowland Review if your work has been accepted by another publication. All work MUST be original.
We accept submissions of:
poetry: up to five poems, 80 lines maximum per poem
short short fiction: up to 1,000 words
photography and artwork: up to 3 photographs or pieces
The Meadowland Review will claim first rights to all accepted work and the right to archive all work on this website. Rights to all work in The Meadowland Review will revert to the author/photographer upon publication.
How to Submit
Email your submission to <submissions(at)themeadowlandreview.com>
(replace (at) with @ when sending e-mail)
Please indicate either poetry, short fiction, or photography in the subject line
For poetry and fiction, please paste the text of your submission into the body of the email.
Poetry or fiction submissions sent as attachments will not be read
For photography and artwork, please provide the title of the photo or piece in your email and attach your image. We accept images only in the following formats: GIF, JPG, PNG or TIF.
Please include your full name, email address and 1-5 line bio with your submission
Please do not submit more than once during a reading period
Please note: We send responses for accepted work only.
For any additional questions about the submission or publication process, please see our FAQ page, or contact us directly via email
William Richey Short Fiction Contest
Contest Deadline Now Extended to Dec. 1
http://yemassee.submishmash.com/submit
Cash prize: $1000 for the winner
Two $100 prizes will be awarded to runners-up
Additional finalists will be listed in issue and on website
All entries will be considered for publication
Featuring Guest Judge:
George Singleton
Entering the contest
You may submit an unpublished story or novel excerpt of up to 10,000 words in length with an entry fee of $10. Please double-space and include page numbers on all entries. Make sure to include your name, contact information, and title only on a separate cover letter. Include the title of the work on every page of the manuscript. Your name or any other personal information must not appear on the manuscript. NO MANUSCRIPTS WILL BE RETURNED.
Deadline for submissions is November 15th, and winners will be announced on our website.
Entries can be submitted either online at http://yemassee.submishmash.com/ or mailed to
Yemassee
William Richey Short Fiction Contest
Department of English
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC. 29208
Check must be made payable to: Educational Foundation/English Literary Magazine Fund.
More Details:
Mailed manuscripts must be typed and accompanied by an SASE, and page numbers should be included on all pages. We do not accept published works or works that have been accepted for publication elsewhere. While we do allow simultaneous submissions, please notify us that the entry is being simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Note that no refunds will be issued for submissions that are withdrawn. We also allow multiple submissions in the contest, with a separate reading fee and SASE for each entry
2011 Codhill Poetry Chapbook Award
Distributed by SUNY Press
http://www.codhill.com/award2011.html
Prize: $1000 cash prize and fifty copies
Manuscripts are judged anonymously. Codhill Press will consider all finalists for publication. Please see our Chapbook Award 2010 page for a list of last year's winner and finalists.
Guidelines
The competition is open to any poet who writes in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgment are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible.
Poets should submit twenty to thirty pages (no more than one poem per page) plus SASE for contest results and $25 reading fee. Manuscripts should be on good quality white paper, paginated consecutively, with a table of contents and acknowledgments and bound with a spring-clip. Include two cover pages, one with the title of the manuscript alone, and a second with your name, address, phone number, and email address, together with the title. Your name must not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.
Entries must be postmarked by December 10, 2011.
No UPS or FedEx. You may include a SASE postcard for confirmation. Manuscripts will not be returned. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Codhill Press must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
Mail manuscript and entry fee to:
Pauline Uchmanowicz
Codhill Poetry Chapbook Award
P.O. Box 280
Bloomington, NY 12411-0280
For more about Codhill books, please visit our website: www.codhill.com
The I-70 Review Gary Gildner Poetry Award: 2012
$500 plus publication. $15 reading fee includes publication
consideration and one copy of the I-70 Review.
Deadline: January 31
Visit the website for details:
http://www.i70review.fieldinfoserv.com/garygildnerpoetr.html
Call for submissions: burntdistrict
burntdistrict is now accepting poetry submissions for our inaugural issue to be published Winter/Spring of 2012. We're excited to promote this issue and all of our writers with a launch at AWP in Chicago.
Visit our website at
www.burntdistrict.org
to submit up to 5 previously unpublished poems through our online submission manager. Hard copy and e-mailed submissions will not be considered. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us immediately when your work is accepted elsewhere. Include complete contact information on every page of your submission. A cover letter is appreciated but not required.
We have no restrictions as to form and content. Contributors will receive 2 copies of the issue in which their work appears.
The 2012 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize with guest judge Maile Meloy
The winning submission, selected by Maile Meloy, will be read as part of the
Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space on June 6, 2012.
The story will be recorded for possible later broadcast as part of the public radio series.
The winner will also receive $1000 and a free 10-week creative writing class with Gotham Writers' Workshop.
Story requirements
Submit a single short story that centers around a single object or addresses the theme "Objects of Desire."
If objects could talk, what stories they would tell? Historical, religious, beloved, passed along, cast aside — every object tells a story.
Your story must have a title.
Make sure your name and contact information appear on every page of your
story. If you are submitting online, this information needs to appear on
every page of the attached Word document. Include page numbers.
Your story must be no more than 2 double-spaced typed pages in length (Times
New Roman, 12pt font).
Your story must be unpublished.
Deadline
All submissions must be received by March 2, 2012. To be specific, online submissions must be submitted by 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Mailed
submissions must arrive with the day's mail. (Entries postmarked on March 2
will NOT be accepted.)
Visit
http://www.selectedshorts.org/extras/writing-contest-2/
to Submit Your Story or Send Your Entry to:
Selected Shorts Contest
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York, NY 10025
If you have any additional questions contact: <shorts(at)symphonyspace.org> (replace (at) with @)
The Prize
The winner will receive: $1000; two tickets to the June 6, 2012 Selected
Shorts at Symphony Space, when the prize winning story will be read and
recorded for possible broadcast; 10-week creative writing class with Gotham
Writers' Workshop. (Prize does not include transportation to or from NYC or
the event.)
About Maile Meloy
Maile Meloy (www.mailemeloy.com) is the award-winning author of the short
story collections Both Way Is the Only Way I Want It and Half in Love and
the novels Liars and Saints and A Family Daughter. Her newest book, The
Apothecary, is for young readers.
Cyclamens and Swords Publishing December 2011 Newsletter
For our current issue, please see http://www.cyclamensandswords.com/
Our December Issue is up!
This “Health” issue contains poems by 47 poets, short stories from 10 authors and an artwork section containing work by 5 artists.
Our April 2012 edition will be another GENERAL issue
§ Awaiting your poetry submissions on ANY SUBJECT
§ Short stories on ANY SUBJECT.
§ And of course, interesting and high quality artwork
§ Submit now. Early submissions stand a better chance of being published!
§ For submission guidelines, please go to:
http://cyclamensandswords.com/submissions.php
What about that chapbook you’ve been thinking of publishing? We can help you .
http://www.cyclamensandswords.com/publishing.php
And while you’re visiting us…
You can pop into our Bookshop and browse around:
http://www.cyclamensandswords.com/bookshop.php
Johnmichael Simon
Chief Editor
Helen Bar-Lev
Senior Editor
The Snapshot Press Book Awards
This is the final call for submissions of unpublished collections of haiku, tanka, short poetry and haibun to this year’s Snapshot Press Book Awards. Up to four Award winners will have their collections published by Snapshot Press. If sending entries and/or entry fees by mail the last date these may be postmarked is Wednesday November 30. This is also the last date for paying the entry fee online. For this year only, providing the entry fee is paid online or sent by mail by that date, manuscripts in electronic format may be entered by email up to and including Friday December 23 (this being roughly the last date that postal entries are expected to arrive from overseas due to delays associated with seasonal mail). So, in effect, there are still 4 weeks remaining in which to prepare and submit manuscripts. Please note that there is no extension for the receipt of entry fees: for administrative reasons the entry fee itself must be sent or paid online by the end of November. Confirmation of receipt will be sent when both the entry fee and manuscript have been received. Please see http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/contests/book_awards/guidelines.htm for guidelines and further details
The winners of the inaugural Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards have been announced
Congratulations to Chad Lee Robinson, Carole MacRury, Kathe L. Palka, Marian Olson, Vanessa Proctor, Lorin Ford, Penny Harter and Beverly Acuff Momoi, who will have their collections published online throughout January and February. A print anthology of outstanding work by these and other authors will also be published in 2012. The full list of poets with work selected for the anthology will be announced in December. For further details please see http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/contests/echapbook_awards/results.htm * * * The Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards are international annual prizes for unpublished short collections of haiku, tanka, short poetry and haibun. Submissions are open from March 1–July 31 each year. Please see http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/contests/echapbook_awards/guidelines.htm for guidelines and further details. Unpublished book-length collections of haiku, tanka, short poetry and haibun may be submitted for print publication to The Snapshot Press Book Awards. Please see http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/contests/book_awards/guidelines.htm for guidelines and further details
The Haiku Calendar 2012 – the thirteenth annual calendar from Snapshot Press – is now available to order.
This attractive desk calendar features 52 haiku by 39 authors from around the world. Not only is the standard of work in the calendar outstanding, but each year the press receives numerous comments on how effective the calendar is for introducing people to haiku (or vice versa) – all year long! Please consider supporting the press – and haiku! – by purchasing a copy for yourself and/or gift copies for friends, relatives, colleagues, etc. Further details are available at http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/calendars/the_haiku_calendar/2012.htm In previous years orders placed by December 17 have arrived at the majority of overseas destinations before Christmas. However, the last recommended order dates for delivery before Christmas areUK: Friday December 16Western Europe: Saturday December 10USA, Canada and Eastern Europe: Thursday December 8Rest of World: Saturday December 3 But order now to avoid disappointment! * * * All work included in the The Haiku Calendar is selected each year from entries to the Haiku Calendar Competition. The deadline for The Haiku Calendar Competition 2012 (for work to be considered for the 2013 calendar) is January 31, 2012. Entries may now be sent by email as well as by post. Please see the entry guidelines at http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/contests/thcc/entry_guidelines.htm for details.
Ascent Aspirations Magazine News December/January Double Issue
Ascent Aspirations Current Issue December/January
http://ascentaspirations.ca/tableofcontents.htm
Ascent Aspirations Publishing
Partnership Publishing
http://ascentaspirations.ca/publishing.htm
Yearly Anthology Contest (Publishing Date 2012)
Theme: Disorders Deadline January 31, 2012
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/ascentspring2012.htm
Special Anthology of Art and Children's Stories Contest
Extended Deadline March 31, 2012
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/childrensstorycontest.htm
Archived Copies of Ascent Aspirations Print Magazine
Inexpensive but Impressive and Interesting Xmas Gifts
We are no longer publishing a print magazine so these copies are becoming collector's items. Special offer. See details.
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/anthologycovers.htm
Caught in My Throat, David Fraser's fourth collection available on-line
http://www.davidpfraser.ca/collectionsdavidfraser.htm
On Poetry, Poems and Poetic by Naomi Beth Wakan and David Fraser
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/aapublishing.htm
Signpost - A Prairie Town by Dan Lundine
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/aapublishing.htm
What's New
http://ascentaspirations.ca/whatsnew.htm
Submissions
http://ascentaspirations.ca/guidelines.htm
We accept submissions year round and decide on placement of accepted submissions for issues forthcoming or as far away as four months
The 19th Annual WINTER POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and Murphy Writing Seminars Present
19th Annual WINTER POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY
With Special Guest Stephen Dunn
January 13-16, 2012
Several scholarships are being offered for first-time participants of the 19th Annual WINTER POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY, January 13-16, 2012, at Seaview.
+ The Jan-ai Scholarship will sponsor two poets, writers or song writers between the ages of 18 - 30 who are residents of NJ, NY or PA. Deadline: December 1, 2011.
Winners may choose from workshops in poetry, including a special advanced section with Stephen Dunn, Beginning Your Novel, Children's Market, Writing and Publishing Your Fiction, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction and more.
The conference also includes talks, receptions, open mics, optional tutorials, a bookstore café, sunrise yoga and dancing at the Getaway Disco.
LEARN MORE AND APPLY TODAY - www.wintergetaway.com/scholarship.html
Quiddity--No Entry-fee Contest for Full-length Manuscripts and Published (or Forthcoming) Books
PRIZES AND CATEGORIES
Two prizes of $500 as well as on-air, Web, and print promotion by Quiddity will be awarded—one prize in each of the categories listed below (Runners-up and/or honorable mentions may also be selected):
DEADLINE
Entry forms must be postmarked by December 10, 2011. There is NO FEE to enter.
CATEGORY #1--MANUSCRPTS
This category awards for a video trailer for an unpublished book-length work of prose that has not yet found its home with a publisher (i.e., is not under contract for production in any manner, including electronic, on-demand, or vanity publishing). Chapbooks are not eligible.
~Entries in this category must be submitted by the writer. Writers may submit one video trailer for a manuscript.
CATEGORY #2—BOOKS
This category awards for a video trailer for a book-length work of prose that either has been recently (January 2008 – present) published by or is forthcoming from a small or independent press that publishes fewer than ten titles per year. Vanity publishers and on-demand printers are not eligible. Chapbooks are not eligible.
~Entries in this category must be submitted by the publisher. Publishers may submit one video trailer each for up to three books.
TO ENTER
Complete the appropriate entry form available at Quiddity's website (click "contests," then "guidelines"): http://quiddity.ben.edu
~Authors should complete the entry form for the "Manuscripts" category.
~Publishers should complete the entry form for the "Books" category.
~Include a #10 SASE when you mail your entry form.
We look forward to receiving your work.
The Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest
The editors of Quarter After Eight are excited to announce that the
deadline for the Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest has been
extended to December 20th!
Submit your prose-poem, short-short fiction, essay-in-brief, etc. of
500 words or fewer, along with a $15 reading fee, and you will be
eligible to win $1000 in addition to the publication of your work in
our upcoming issue due out February 2012. All finalists for the
contest will be considered for the publication.
Include a title page with your name, address, phone number, and the
title of your submission(s). The reading fee is $15 for up to three
pieces and includes a complimentary one-year subscription to the
journal. Please make checks payable to Quarter After Eight.
Mail entries to: Quarter After Eight / Ohio University / 360 Ellis
Hall / Athens, OH 45701
Please let us know if you have any questions by sending an email to
<editors(at)quarteraftereight.org> (replace (at) with @ in sending e-mail)
BAYOU MAGAZINE FICTION AND POETRY EDITOR'S PRIZES
CALLING ALL FICTION WRITERS AND POETS
Literary Journal of the University of New Orleans
BAYOU MAGAZINE
FICTION AND POETRY EDITOR'S PRIZES
CALL for Submissions October 1 – December 31
The JAMES KNUDSEN EDITOR'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER: $500, publication and a year subscription. FINALISTS will be named on our website. 2011 Judge: Joseph Boyden
- Submissions must be original, previously unpublished work of fiction, no longer than 7500 words.
- Reading fee: $15, includes a one-year subscription to Bayou
- You may enter more than one story, but each submission must arrive in a separate envelope with its own cover sheet and entry fee.
- We accept novel excerpts if the submission stands alone as a complete short story.
The KAY MURPHY PRIZE FOR POETRY
WINNER: $500, publication and a year subscription. FINALISTS will be named on our website. Inaugural Judge: Kay Murphy
- Submissions must be original, previously unpublished poetry.
- Reading fee: $10, includes a one-year subscription to Bayou.
- You may enter up to three poems per entry.
ALL ENTRIES:
- Please include a cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, email address, and the title of your submission. Do not include your name on the pages of the story. Any story with identifying material will be disqualified.
- We accept simultaneous submissions, but please indicate this on your cover sheet. You must notify us immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
- All manuscripts should be in 12pt Times New Roman and double spaced with standard 1" margins.
Send your submission, cover sheet and check made payable to UNO FOUNDATION to:
Bayou Magazine
Department of English
University of New Orleans
2000 Lakeshore Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70148
Please read the full guidelines and instructions at www.uno.edu/bayou
Poems & Plays chapbook contest
Poems & Plays is a journal of poetry and drama published annually in the spring.
http://www.mtsu.edu/english/poemsandplays/
We welcome submissions of poems and short plays during our reading period of October-November. During the same period we also accept manuscripts of 20-24 pages for the Tennessee Chapbook Prize. Any combination of poems or plays, or a single play, is eligible. The winning entry is published as an interior chapbook in the subsequent issue. To enter, send manuscript with acknowledgments, a. s.a.s.e, and $15 (for reading fee and copy of issue). Correspondence, subscriptions, and submissions are welcome and should be addressed to the editor:
Gaylord Brewer
Poems & Plays
Department of English
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
PIW 24 November 2011
This issue of Poetry International Web is a vibrant and varied selection of poetry from India about the city, featuring five new poets as well as new poems by Indian poets previously published on PIW. Introduced by PIW India editor Arundhathi Subramaniam, this "great, messy, polyphonous celebration" of the Indian city includes an archive tour of city-themed poems from the India domain.
For the editorial, poet biographies, poems and translations, see:
www.poetryinternationalweb.org
Poem of the Week
A REAL ESTATE PROBLEM
Adhavan Deetchanya
Clip of the Month
NEWTON'S ORANGE: INFINITY
Ewa Lipska
NEWTON'S ORANGE: INFINITY
Ewa Lipska
Folio Announces 2011/2012 Fiction Contest
After our wildly successful poetry contest last year, judged by award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye, Folio is proud to announce its 2011/2012 Fiction Contest which will be judged by the acclaimed short fiction writer Alan Heathcock.
Alan Heathcock is the author of the recent collection of stories, VOLT (Greywolf, 2011), which was a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection. His short fiction has appeared in top magazines and literary journals including Zoetrope, VQR, andHarvard Review, to name a few.
The Postmark Deadline is March 5, 2012 for all entries. Reading fee is $15 (checks payable to FOLIO), which includes a year-subscription. The winner of our contest will receive $500 and publication in the Spring 2012 issue of Folio. Our judge, Alan Heathcock, will also select two honorable mentions that will each receive $150. All cover sheets must include name, address, phone number, email address, and title. Entrant’s name should appear ONLY on the cover sheet. Short stories must be 5,000 words maximum and double-spaced. Multiple entries are okay, as long as a separate reading fee is included with each entry. Folio cannot consider work from anyone currently or recently affiliated with American University.
All entries must accompany a SASE. SEND ENTRIES TO: 2012 Fiction Contest, FOLIO, Department of Literature, American University, Washington, DC 20016.
Switchback contest
Each month SWITCHBACK provides a prompt and asks writers to send us their best work inspired by that prompt. The winning entry as decided by our editors is then featured on SWITCHBACK.
The November prompt is: "Nobody ever knows anything for a fact."
• Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art.
• Submissions must be 500 words or under.
• Please send us only one submission per prompt.
• Please submit only previously unpublished works.
• We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of acceptance elsewhere.
• Make sure your name DOES NOT appear on the submission itself.
• The deadline for submissions is the last day of the month.
For more information visit
www.swback.com/call
Prism International multiple contests
PRISM's 2011/2012 contest deadlines are approaching, so stop procrastinating and get your entries in!!
The Nonfiction Contest is first up, with a postmark deadline of November 30, 2011. The grand prize is $1500, and this contest is being judged by Amber Dawn, a writer, filmmaker and performance artist based in Vancouver. She is the author of the novel Sub Rosa (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010), and editor of the Lambda Award-nominated Fist of the Spider Woman (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2008).
The Short Fiction Contest has a deadline of January 27, 2012. The winning story will receive $2000, as well as publication payment for our poetry and fiction contest issue. Three runner-up prizes of $200 dollars are also conferred. This year's judge is Jessica Grant, an award-winning fiction writer, a member of Newfoundland’s Burning Rock Collective (members include Michael Winter and Lisa Moore), and the author of Making Light of Tragedy and Come, Thou Tortoise.
The Poetry Contest also has a January 27, 2012 deadline. Each entry can be up to three poems. A $1000 grand prize is awarded for the best poem and the winner receives publication and payment in our poetry and fiction contest issue. $300 and $200 are awarded to runners-up. This year's poetry judge is Jen Currin, author of three books of poetry: The Sleep of Four Cites (Anvil Press, 2005); Hagiography (Coach House, 2008); and The Inquisition Yours (Coach House, 2010), which is shortlisted for the 2011 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, the Lambda Literary Award in Poetry, and the Audre Lorde Poetry Award.
Entry fees for all contests are $28, and additional entries can be added for $7 each. Every participant receives a one-year subscription to PRISM international. Works of translation are eligible.
Contest entries must be sent to PRISM through snail mail, accompanied by an entry form and cheque or receipt of credit card payment. For entry forms and the option to pay fees by credit card, please visit PRISM's contest page at http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/
Entries can be sent to:
PRISM international
Creative Writing Program
The University of British Columbia
BUCH E462-1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1
CANADA
Call for submissions - The Indian River Review
The Indian River Review is currently soliciting submissions for its
inaugural issue slated for publication in late spring 2012. The theme
for this issue is "Time and Place." The deadline for submissions is
January 15, 2012. Genres include short fiction, poetry, creative
non-fiction, critical essays, black and white photography, and book
reviews.
All work is peer reviewed. The journal accepts only electronic
submission, no hard copies. Do not send simultaneous submissions.
Please follow the requirements listed below for all submissions:
Send short fiction attachments to <hraulers(at)irsc.edu>
Send poetry and photography attachments to
<ariddles(at)irsc.edu>
Send creative non-fiction attachments to
<dhoey(at)irsc.edu>
Send critical essays and book review attachments to
<tpowley(at)irsc.edu>
(replace (at) with @ in all sent e-mail submissions)
Text-based submissions must use 12 point font and MLA format. Short
fiction, creative non-fiction, and critical essays are limited to
4,000 words. Book reviews are limited to 1,000 words. Send no more
than 5 submissions for poetry or photographic pieces. Text files must
be sent as .doc, .docx, or .rtf email attachments. Photography files
must be sent as .tiff or .jpg email attachments.
In your email, make sure to include your full name, phone number,
address, institutional affiliation (if you have one), and the title(s)
of the work you submit.
Payment upon publication will include one copy of The Indian River
Review. Accepted authors will receive a discounted rate (not including
shipping charges) for additional copies.
For more information, please go to http://theindianriverreview.wordpress.com/
Trio Award Press poetry book contests
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN at www.triohousepress.org
Trio House Press gives two awards annually: the Trio Award for First or Second Book for emerging poets, and the Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence for a book of poems contributing in an innovative and distinct way to American poetry. The Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellenceis open to all poets, regardless of publication history. Each award winner receives $1000 and twenty copies of his or her book. Additionally, each winner must serve as a Collective Member of Trio House Press for twenty-four months after publication in order to assist with the press and bringing more Triobooks into print. Our reading period for both awards is November 1st through April 30th. Manuscripts received outside of this reading period will not be considered. Our submissions fee is $25 per manuscript for all award reading periods.
We are an environmentally conscious press and only accept manuscripts through our online submissions manager on our web page.
Michael Waters is the 2012 judge for the Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence and Ross Gay is the 2012 judge for the Trio Award for First of Second Book of poems. For their bio information and to submit visit our website at www.triohousepress.org
Guidelines for Trio House Submissions
· The Trio Award for First or Second Book is only open to poets with less than two books published.
· The Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence is open to ALL poets, regardless of publication history.
· Manuscripts must be between 48-70 pages, written in English by a poet residing within the U.S.
· Translations are not eligible for publication.
· Manuscripts must be sent in a single word doc. or docx. file.
· Include a cover letter with your bio as the first page of your file.
· Include an acknowledgement page of individual poems published. The manuscript as a whole must not be previously published.
· Include two cover pages, one with the title of your manuscript and your name and contact information, and one with only the title of your manuscript. Your name or other identifying materials must not appear anywhere else upon your manuscript.
· Payment of $25 is required for all submissions during our award submissions period.
· Multiple award submissions are accepted as long as a $25 fee accompanies each award submission.
· Simultaneous submissions are accepted as long as we are notified immediately if your manuscript is chosen elsewhere.
· Relatives and current or former students of the judge are not eligible for awards or publication during our contest submissions period.
· No edits can be made to manuscripts after you submit your manuscript. However, if chosen for award or publication, edits can be made prior to final proofs.
· All award winners and poets published must serve as a Collective Member of Trio House Press for twenty-four months after publication. They must assist with the press and bringing more Trio books into print. They must work on the Production and Design Committee, the Distribution and Sales Committee, the Educational Development Committee, or the Fundraising and Marketing Committee.
· For more information about our press visit www.triohousepress.org
Evening Street Press novel contest
$500 and publication by the Evening Street Press will be awarded for the best short novel manuscript. The contest is open to writers who have already published books as well as those for whom this is a first book. The winning writer will receive 25 copies from a press run of 250. Submissions accepted May 1, 2011 to December 1, 2011.
http://www.eveningstreetpress.com/id57.html
Manuscript Requirements
ms. must contain between 90 and 150 pages (45,000-75,000 words)
ms. must be typed (single spaced)
ms. pages must be numbered and a table of contents included
include an acknowledgements page
include one cover page that contains the title, your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
include a second cover page that contains the title only
your name must not appear anywhere else on the ms.
SASE for results--manuscripts will not be returned
Reading Fee
The $25 reading fee includes a one-issue subscription to the Evening Street Review. Make check or money order payable to Evening Street Press. We reserve the right not to name a winner.
Multiple & Simultaneous Submissions
You may submit more than one manuscript. Send multiple submissions in the same envelope, marked "Multiple." Each manuscript must include a $25 reading fee. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but we must be informed immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
Mail entries (no email submissions, please) to Evening Street Press, 7652 Sawmill Road #352, Dublin, OH 43016-9296
Evening Street Press poetry book contest
$500 and publication by the Evening Street Press will be awarded for the best full-length manuscript of original poetry. The contest is open to poets who have already published book length collections as well as those for whom this is a first book. The winning poet will receive 25 copies from a press run of 250. Submissions accepted May 1, 2011 to December 1, 2011.
Manuscript Requirements
http://www.eveningstreetpress.com/sinclair_poetry_prize.html
ms. must contain between 48 and 84 pages of poetry (some of which may be previously published)
ms. must be typed (double or single spaced)
ms. pages must be numbered and a table of contents included
include an acknowledgements page
include one cover page that contains the title, your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
include a second cover page that contains the title only
your name must not appear anywhere else on the ms.
SASE for results--manuscripts will not be returned
Reading Fee
The $25 reading fee includes a one-issue subscription to the Evening Street Review. Make check or money order payable to Evening Street Press. We reserve the right not to name a winner.
Multiple & Simultaneous Submissions
You may submit more than one manuscript. Send multiple submissions in the same envelope, marked "Multiple." Each manuscript must include a $25 reading fee. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but we must be informed immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
Mail entries (no email submissions, please) to Evening Street Press, 7652 Sawmill Road #352, Dublin, OH 43016-9296.
CavanKerry Press seeks submissions
CavanKerry Press will be having an open submission period from January 1-31,
2012 for its Laurel Books imprint.
LAURELBOOKS are collections of poetry or prose memoirs that explore in depth
poignant and critical issues associated with personally confronting serious and
life-threatening physical or psychological illness. CavanKerry seeks work
written from a personal perspective by the individual who has experienced the
illness or by the individual personally and deeply involved with the person who
suffered from the illness.
For more information go to www.cavankerrypress.org and click on Submissions.
Under the Gum Tree calls for submissions
Under the Gum Tree
http://underthegumtree.com/
call for submissions: Under the Gum Tree
Under the Gum Tree is a new digital literary arts magazine. Under the Gum tree is published quarterly and accepts continuous submissions. The editors are looking to publish creative nonfiction: true stores about human interactions -- with each other, with food, with music, with film, that are told in original and beautiful ways.
Submit by 11/30 to be considered for the next issue, which will be published in January 2012.
For more information and submission guidelines, visit
underthegumtree.com
