Browsing Archive: April, 2017
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, April 30, 2017,
Reminisce Magazine
Reminisce
celebrates the past with true stories and vintage photographs. We prefer a
first-person, I-remember-when angle and rarely accept features written in
third-person. We want the stories we feature to be exclusive to Reminisce, so
please don’t send your article to multiple magazines at once. Include the name
of the department your submission is for (Growing Up, Our Heroes, etc.) on the
first page of your submiss...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, April 29, 2017,
Today’s Christian Living Magazine 2017 Writing Contest
Deadline: Entries must
be received by May 31, 2017.
Topic:
Everyday people who are making a difference for Jesus.
Length:
800 to 1,200 words.
Prizes:
$300 + publication, $200 + publication, $100 + publication
With your
contest submission, include three to five quality, high-resolution color photos
to illustrate the article, a quality, high-resolution co...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, April 28, 2017,
MB Publishing
Founded
in 2003 and located in Bethesda, Maryland, MB Publishing offers engaging,
educational, and colorfully illustrated books for children of all ages. Our
beautiful, bright, and charming picture book illustrations capture the
imagination of toddlers and early readers, opening up a world of discovery,
learning, and enchantment.
from: C.
Hope Clark
The Carolina Slade Mystery Series, Bell Bridge Books
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, April 28, 2017,
Connecticut Poetry Award
Deadline: May 31,
postmark
Fee $15
for up to 3 poems.
Prizes:
1st – $400; 2nd – $100; 3rd – $50
Winning
poems will be published in the Connecticut River Review. Send up to three
unpublished poems, any form, 80 line limit. Include two copies of each poem:
one with complete contact information (name, address, email and phone) and one
with NO contact information. Simultaneous submissions are accepta...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, April 27, 2017,
WOW! Women On Writing Spring Flash Fiction Contest
Open to
all themes and fiction genres; 250-750 words.
Awards:
20 Winners Total
1st Place: $350 Cash, $25 Amazon Gift
Certificate, 1 Year Premium Membership to AutomatedEditing ($420 value),
publication;
2nd Place: $250 Cash, $25 Amazon Gift
Certificate, 1 Year Standard Membership to AutomatedEditing ($240 value),
publication;
3rd Place: $150 Cash, $25 Amazon Gift
Certificate, 1 Year S...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, April 25, 2017,
California State Poetry Society Monthly
Contests: May
The
California State Poetry Society offers monthly poetry contests. This contest is
open to all poets, whether or not they are members of the CSPS. Reading fees are $1.50 per poem with a
$3.00 minimum for members and $3.00 per poem with a $6.00 minimum for
non-members. Entries
must be postmarked during the month of the contest in which they are entered.
You’ll need to regi...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, April 24, 2017,
Baltimore Review Summer Contest
The theme
for The Baltimore Review’s summer 2017 contest is "Monsters."
Monsters
from books and movies. Monsters from your nightmares and daydreams. Monsters
who are monstrous inside and out. Monsters who are monstrous only on the inside
or only on the outside. A mask. Real. From the past. From the future. From this
world. From another.
Take a
story about a legendary monster and give it a twist. Write ...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, April 23, 2017,
Terrapin Books Donut Poems Anthology
To be
published by Terrapin Books, fall 2017
Edited by
Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham
Anthology
will be 6 x 9 paperback, perfect bound, color cover, and printed spine.
Submission Period: April 1, 2017, through May 31, 2017
We will
consider up to five published or unpublished poems about any kind of donut,
e.g., jelly donut, sugar, powdered, glazed, Boston cream, donut holes, cruller, lon...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, April 22, 2017,
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Positively Happy
101 Stories about Positive Thinking and Living a
Happy Life
Being happy is a state of mind. We can all find happiness
in our lives and, even though we may have to look for it, we know that each day
brings something to be grateful for. We want to hear your stories about finding
your path to contentment. These success stories can be serious or funny and
should inspire our readers to focus on hope, strength and op...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, April 21, 2017,
World Weaver Press Anthology: Mrs. Claus
Anthologist:
Rhonda Parrish
Open for Submissions: April 1, 2017 - May 30, 2017
Expected
Publication: Winter 2017
Story
Length: up to 10,000 words
Payment:
$10 + contributor copy
We’re
looking for stories that let Mrs. Claus (or is it Ms. Claus?) take centre
stage. Whether she more closely resembles Michelle Obama, Betty White, Shohreh
Aghdashlooor or Maggie Smith, Mrs. Claus must b...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, April 20, 2017,
86th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
Winning
entries will be on display in the 86th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition
Collection.
Compete
in 10 Categories: Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious), Memoirs/Personal
Essay, Magazine Feature Article, Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.),
Mainstream/Literary Short Story, Rhyming Poetry, Non-rhyming Poetry, Stage
Play, Television/...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, April 19, 2017,
Austin, Texas, 2017 Society of
Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Working Conference
Where: Crowne Plaza Austin
6121 N.
Interstate 35 - Austin
When: Date(s) - 05/20/2017 - 05/21/2017
7:30 am - 6:45 pm
Registration
for our 2017 Austin SCBWI Writers & Illustrators Working Conference is now
open! The schedule includes three keynotes; a publishing panel; 12 breakout
sessions on writing, illust...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, April 19, 2017,
Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize
$500 cash
prize for a single poem. The winner and finalists will be published in the
following volume of Crab Creek Review, and all entries will be considered for
publication.
We
welcome up to 4 poems per entry, 8 pages maximum. The entry fee is $16 per
submission. Multiple submissions are allowed, but each batch must be submitted
separately, with its own entry fee.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, April 17, 2017,
On the Premises Mini-Contest #32
ANNIVERSARY
It's (roughly) the tenth anniversary of On The
Premises magazine. We published our first issue in March 2007. However, we
opened our website to the public in October 2006 and first thought about
starting the magazine in March 2006. So when, exactly, is our anniversary?
We're not sure either, but it gave us an idea.
For this mini-contest, show, tell, or evoke a
complete story in no more than 50 ...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, April 16, 2017,
Poetry Society of New Hampshire Contest
The
Poetry Society of New Hampshire sponsors two National Contests open to all
poets, members or not. Judges for the contests are not members of the Poetry
Society of New Hampshire. Prizes are awarded to four places, 1st place, $100,
2nd place, $50, 3rd and 4th places $25 each. Winning poems will be published in
our quarterly magazine, The Poets Touchstone, and winning poets will receive
...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, April 15, 2017,
Time of Singing Summer Poetry Contest
Time Of
Singing is a literary Christian poetry magazine with “Christian” defined in the
widest sense of the word. The quarterly journal prints verse that talk about
God and our relationship with Him and each other--as well as general
inspirational or nature poems.
Summer
Contest 2017
Contest
Theme: Any Theme
Form: Haiku,
Senryu, or Tanka
Contest Deadline: May 15, 2017 (postmark)
Winners
will be ...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, April 15, 2017,
Alabama Writers Conclave
Writing Contest
Certificates
and cash awards of $100, $75 and $50 and will be awarded for first, second, and
third place in the categories listed below. A maximum word count, or line count
for poetry, is listed for each category: First Novel Chapters (1,500 words.),
Short Story (1,500 words.), Flash Fiction (500 words.), Juvenile Fiction (1,500
words.), Creative Nonfiction (1,500 words.), Poetry (not to e...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, April 13, 2017,
Rockford Writers Guild “New” Spring
Prose Contest
Submit up
to three new prose pieces, each 1300 words or less. Prose must express the
theme New.
Deadline: May 15, 2017.
Cash
prizes up to $100. Winning entries will be published in The Rockford Review.
Winners will be announced in the June newsletter and will be invited to share
their poems at the June meeting.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, April 12, 2017,
Glimmer Train Fiction Contest
Open to
all subjects, all themes, and all writers. Most entries run from 3,000 to 6,000
words, but any lengths from 3,000 to 20,000 words are welcome. The Fiction Open
contest is held twice a year and is open to submissions in March/April and July/August,
with the following deadlines: April 30 | August 31
NOTE: All
contest deadlines have a one-week grace period.
READING
FEE - $21...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, April 11, 2017,
Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest
The Very
Short Fiction Contest is open to all writers. Any story that has not appeared
in a print publication is welcome. We invite any length stories from 300 to
3,000 words. The Very Short Fiction contest is held twice a year and is open to
submissions in March/April and July/August, with the following deadlines: April 30
| August 31
NOTE: All
contest deadlines ...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, April 10, 2017,
Gingerbread House
Gingerbread House is dedicated to publishing quality poetry & fiction with a magical element. Take your fairy tale and twist it. Bend your fantasy to suit your needs. Be original and fresh, loose and lovely. Bewitch Us. Bother Us. Bewilder Us.
What we want: Stories that we’ve never seen before. No fan fiction of any sort. No sword & sorcery. Definitely nothing racist or pornographic. We’re not particularly into sc...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, April 9, 2017,
The Crucible: Poetry and Fiction Competition
The
Crucible, literary magazine of Barton College, poetry and fiction competition
is open to all writers. All entries must be completely original, must never
have been published, must be in manuscript form, and must not be involved in
other competitions. The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript copy.
Writers should send with their entries a short biographical sketch. Permission
to publish the mate...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, April 8, 2017,
Pelican Book Group Christmas Holiday Extravaganza
Extravaganza
titles are novelette to novella length stories (between 15,000 and 25,000
words) to fill twenty-four special slots each Christmas season. Stories may fit
either the White Rose Publishing (romance) or the Harbourlight Books (general
fiction) imprint, but must have a Christmas theme. Submissions must be received on or before 1 May
of each year in order to be consi...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, April 8, 2017,
Pockets: Waiting and Welcoming
Designed
for 6- to 12-year-olds, Pockets magazine offers wholesome devotional readings
that teach about God’s love and presence in life. The content includes fiction,
scripture stories, puzzles and games, poems, recipes, colorful pictures,
activities, and scripture readings. Freelance submissions of stories, poems,
recipes, puzzles and games, and activities are welcome. The magazine ...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, April 7, 2017,
The Way to My Heart: An Anthology of Food-Related Romance
Please
submit one romance story or nonfiction piece no longer than 3,000 words or up
to three poems no longer than two pages each. Food/drink should play a vital
role in all submissions, but stories and poems should still be centered around
a human romantic relationship.
All submissions must be
received via submittable by May 1, 2017...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, April 5, 2017,
River Poets Journal: Windows
I love
windows for the inspiration they provide in stories and poems about the lives
of others.
For this
reason, the Flickr photo by Tim featured on the web site, in Edinburgh, (taken out of the bathroom
window of his old flat on High St a few buildings up from the John
Knox house), has inspired the theme of "Windows" for the 2017 issue.
Poems and
Stories with a "Windows" theme will be accep...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, April 4, 2017,
The First Line Literary Journal Quarterly Contest
This is a
quarterly contest in which you use the first line prompt they provide to write
your story of 300 to 5,000 words. The editors are open to all genres and try to
pick as eclectic a group of winners as possible. There is no entry fee.
The next deadline is May 1, 2017. The first line of the story must
be: “The plan suddenly made sense.”
Fiction:
All stories must be written...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, April 3, 2017,
Amsterdam Quarterly
The
reading periods for each issue are as follows.
Spring
2017: 1 to 31 January; Theme: Medicine
Summer 2017: 1 to 30
April; Theme: Animals
Autumn
2017: 1 to 31 July; Theme: Education
Work submitted
at other times will not be considered.
Work must
be previously unpublished and submitted in a recent Microsoft Word file format.
Poems should be no longer than two A4 pages, short fiction and essays no more
than...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, April 2, 2017,
The Sun Magazine Readers Write Column: Bad Habits
Readers
Write column asks readers to address subjects on which they're the only
authorities. Topics are intentionally broad in order to give room for
expression. Writing style isn't as important as thoughtfulness and sincerity.
We
publish only nonfiction in Readers Write. Feel free to submit your work under
"Name Withheld" if it allows you to be more honest, bu...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, April 1, 2017,
Purpose Magazine: Setting Priorities
Purpose needs short, personal true anecdotal stories (350-650 words) and poems/verse (up to 12 lines). These submissions must meet the monthly themes.
Purpose is interested in true stories and poetry that illustrate practical ways Christians apply their faith in daily life or illustrate biblical understandings that support discipleship living.
Rates of payment ...
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