Browsing Archive: May, 2020
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 31, 2020,
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
We represent nonfiction and fiction across the entire age and audience spectrum: adult, children’s, teen, and books that cross audiences. We also represent and are personally drawn to a variety of formats – straight text, text with visuals, graphic fiction, and nonfiction. Whichever direction our authors move in, we are able to effectively represent their work and support them in the ways they require.
from: C. Hope Cla...
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Kentucky State Poetry Society Annual Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 30, 2020,
Kentucky State Poetry Society Annual Contest
Accepting entries nationwide for The Grand Prix Award $100 / $50 / $25 with a limit of 3 poems per entry. Fee is $10 for members and $12 for non-members, any subject, any form.
Accepting entries for KSPS members only (if a paid-up member) for the Chaffin/Kash Award $100 / $50 /$25, any subject, any form (3 poems for $10)
KSPS Members may ...
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Stereo Stories
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 29, 2020,
Stereo Stories
We publish well-written, evocative, concise stories. Short memoirs. Non-fiction. Up to 800 words. The shorter the better.
You’re welcome to write about all sorts of songs, including songs that are already here on the site. You can send us a story or you can pitch us an idea, just a few sentences. Either way, we’ll get back to you. Please include song title, a place and a time at the top of the story and, if possible, a link to a ...
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SPS Studios Biannual Poetry Card Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 28, 2020,
SPS Studios Biannual Poetry Card Contest
NO ENTRY FEE
1st prize: $350. 2nd prize: $200. 3rd prize: $100. Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming, although we find that non-rhyming poetry reads better. Deadline: June 30, 2020.
NOTE: Go into any Cracker Barrel or independent card store and you'll find Blue Mountain Arts cards, stationery and bookmarks. With no entry fee, there's no stopping you from entering innumerable times.
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Wordrunner eChapbook - Fiction
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 27, 2020,
Wordrunner eChapbooks
Submissions for our fiction eChapbook series are open until June 30. Two fiction collections, each by one author, will be published in August and December 2020, respectively, online and in epubs.
At least one-fourth of any collection should be previously unpublished. No genre fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction), please, unless a story transcends its genre.
Stories may be flash or longer, from 500 up to 5,000 words each. We wou...
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California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest: June
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, May 26, 2020,
California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest: June
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 submitted through the website or postmarked during the month of the contest in which they are entered...
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Saturday Writers: June Prose Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, May 26, 2020,
Saturday Writers: June Prose Contest
Theme: 1980s & 1990s: IBM personal computer, fall of Berlin Wall, final episode of MASH, CNN launched, NASA Challenger disaster, first surrogate pregnancy, Super Mario Brothers, Wall Street crashed & Hubble Space Telescope, internet became publicly available, Dolly the sheep first animal to be cloned, Princess Diane died in car crash, Monica Lewinsky scandal, Columbine shooting, Oklahoma City bombing, LA riots...
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Saturday Evening Post Limerick Laughs Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 25, 2020,
Saturday Evening Post Limerick Laughs Contest
The Saturday Evening Post will award $25 to the author of the winning limerick about this Kurt Ard cover illustration from March 14, 1959.
To enter, fill out the entry form below. Entries must be submitted by June 25, 2020. Limericks must contain five lines, and you may enter as many times as you wish.
The winning limerick will be published in the September/October 2020...
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Poetry Society of Colorado Poetry Contest: June
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 25, 2020,
Poetry Society of Colorado Poetry Contest: June
June Contest Sponsor: Cheryl Wilkie
Theme: Poets' Choice
Form: Poets' Choice
Line Limit: 40
Entry fee: $5 per poem
Prizes: 1st Place: $25, 2nd Place: $15, 3rd Place: $10
Deadline: June 20, 2020
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Picture Book Pitch Twitter Party
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 24, 2020,
Picture Book Pitch Twitter Party
A Twitter Pitch party exclusively for Picture Books!
What - Pitch Your Picture Books on Twitter
Why - Agents and Editors on Twitter Can See It!
When - Our next #PBPitch will be Thursday, June 18th, 2020!
Pitch your PBs on twitter using #PBPitch. Pitch manuscripts only ONCE in the morning and ONCE in the Evening. (Once before 2pm and once after.) If you are an author/illustrator, you can attach an image to your PB manuscript pitch.
Include...
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Focus on the Family Magazine: Friendship Forgiveness
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 24, 2020,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Friendship Forgiveness
How did you help your child learn to forgive a friend after the friend had wronged him or her. We are not looking for lectures or object lessons. Instead, we want hands-on, practical. ideas that you or someone you know have done and that other parents can try to do. This is not the place for you to refine your voice as an author. At this time, this call for submissions is only fo...
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Central Houston Inspirational Writers Alive Open Competition
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 23, 2020,
Central Houston Inspirational Writers Alive Open Competition http://www.centralhoustoniwa.com/2020_Contest_Registration_Form_IWA_rev.pdf
Maximum of two entries in each category.
Category 1 Short Story—Fiction: Adult/young adult (15 to early twenties) themes; 700-2500 words
Category 2 Short Story—Fiction: Children/teens (to age 14); 750-1000 words Category 3 Article: Nonfiction; 500-1500 words
Category 4 Poetry: Rhymed/unrhymed; 48 lines or fewer
Category 5 Devotional: 300 words or fewer, in...
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Cricket: Best Friends Forever?
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 23, 2020,
Cricket: Best Friends Forever?
CRICKET® magazine seeks to publish the highest quality fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction to engage our audience of enthusiastic young readers. Editors consider unsolicited submissions from writers of every level of experience. Since its founding in 1973, CRICKET has published some of the most respected writers of children’s literature. It is also a wonderful opportunity for pro...
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Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 22, 2020,
Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring ContestDeadline - June 05, 2020
Fiction: including, short story, flash, novel excerpt, romance, mystery, humor, science fiction, fantasy, etc. Limit: 2,000 words. Nonfiction: including article, essay, nostalgia, memoir, humor, self-help, etc. Limit: 2,000 words
Poetry: including any style or theme. Up to three poems may be submitted per entry. No poem may be longer than one page. Poetry entries may be single or do...
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Focus on the Family Magazine: Newborn Night Routines
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 22, 2020,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Newborn Night Routines
Tell us about your newborn nighttime routine: How do you keep your baby tranquil? How do you keep yourself tranquil when baby’s not sleeping well? We are not looking for lectures or object lessons. Instead, we want hands-on, practical. ideas that you or someone you know have done and that other parents can try to do. This is not the place for you to refine your voice as an auth...
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Sequestrum: Place and Family Issues
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 21, 2020,
Sequestrum: Place and Family Issues
Theme: Place
Fiction, Nonfiction, or Poetry
Whether that place is rural or urban, natural or constructed, real or imagined makes little difference. A place can haunt us. It can inspire us. A place can surprise and delight and despair. In short, we’re expecting stories and poetry which couldn’t exist outside its “place.” Point to your passion on a map, and we’ll follow. Deadline 6/15.
Theme: Family
Fiction, Nonfi...
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Spider: Wordplay and Get a Move On
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 20, 2020,
Spider: Wordplay and Get a Move On
SPIDER®,
a literary magazine for children, features fresh and engaging literature,
poems, articles, and activities for newly independent readers. Editors seek
energetic, beautifully crafted submissions with strong “kid appeal” (an elusive
yet recognizable quality, often tied to high-interest elements such as humor,
adventure, and suspense).
Theme:
Wordplay
Deadline: June 15th...
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Kansas Authors Club Literary Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, May 19, 2020,
Kansas Authors Club Literary
Contest
Theme
contest pays $50, $25 and $15, with two unpaid honorable mentions. All other
categories will be awarded three places: $25, $15, and $10, with two unpaid
honorable mentions.
Prose
categories are: Theme Contest: Writing Across Kansas: A Sense of Place (fiction
or nonfiction), Humor (fiction or nonfiction) - Limit 1,000 words, Memoir or
Inspirational (nonfiction) - Limit 1,50...
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New England Poetry Club Annual Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 18, 2020,
New England Poetry Club Annual Contest
Entry fee
- $5 for nonmembers. Deadline – May 31, 2020.
New
England Poetry Club has always recognized the outstanding work of poets with
its annual awards and contests. Our contests are open to all writers in
English, with the exception of the Amy Lowell Prize which will be given to a
poet with strong ties to New England. We hope you will be inspired to send your work.
Categories
– long poem, 3-10 pages; lyrical...
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Ladybug: Making Make Believe and My Family
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 17, 2020,
Ladybug: Making Make Believe and My Family
Theme:
Making Make Believe
LADYBUG (for
ages 3–6) is looking for short stories, poetry, rebus stories, and songs to fuel
the young child’s imagination. We’re interested in work with an imaginative or
magical twist, whether it’s a contemporary story of children at play, a gentle
fantasy, a retelling of a folk or fairy tale, or an exaggerated story told by a
narrator w...
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The MacGuffin's 25th National Poet Hunt Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 16, 2020,
The MacGuffin’s 25th National Poet Hunt Contest
An entry
consists of five poems.
Entries must be postmarked between April 1 and June 15, 2020.
There is
a $15 entry fee.
First Place Prize of $500, plus two Honorable
Mentions
Winners
will be announced in September 2017.
First Place and Honorable Mention poems will
be published in a future issue of The MacGuffin.
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Babybug: Beep-Beep, Vroom-Vroom! and Breezy Summer
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 15, 2020,
Babybug: Beep-Beep, Vroom-Vroom! and Breezy Summer
BABYBUG®, a
look-and-listen magazine for ages 6 months to 3 years, presents simple poems,
stories, nonfiction, and activities that reflect the natural playfulness and
curiosity of babies and toddlers. When reviewing submissions, the editors look
for manuscripts that please the ear and beg to be read again, as well as those
that capture a baby’s ongoi...
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Omnidawn Open Poetry Chapbook Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 14, 2020,
Omnidawn Open Poetry Chapbook Contest
This
contest is open to all writers worldwide with no limitations on the amount of
poetry a writer has published. We recommend submissions should be 20–40 pages
of poetry, not including front and back matter. First prize - $1,000 +
publication.
Online entries must be received and postal entries must be
postmarked between May 1 and June 15, 2020 at midnight Pacific Standard Time...
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Bible Advocate: Becoming
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 13, 2020,
Bible Advocate: Becoming
The Bible
Advocate is one of the oldest religious magazines in America, founded in 1863. Now has been
online since late 1996. Both are published by the Bible Advocate Press, the
publishing agency of the General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day). The BA seeks to
encourage the church to live by every word of God and to fully equip believers
in Christ in every good work through Holy Scripture
Word/Line
Lengths: Feature ...
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Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, May 12, 2020,
Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition
Regulus
Press invites you to enter the 2020 LITERARY TAXIDERMY SHORT STORY COMPETITION
for your chance to win up to $500 in cash as well as publication in the next
Literary Taxidermy Anthology. Our previous competitions were such a success, we
couldn't wait to come back!
To enter,
you must produce an original story of up to 2500 words in any genre. The catch:
We provide your opening and closing lines chosen from a clas...
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Guardian Angel Kids: Change
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 11, 2020,
Guardian Angel Kids: Change
Guardian
Angel Publishing believes we can change the world by investing in
children one child at a time. Our hope is that the seeds of the
influence from our books will live longer than we do. Our goal is to
build a harvest of knowledge and vibrant faith in kids to help transform
a time in the future that we may never see.
Guardian
Angel Kids is an interactive ezine for kids ages 2-12. They publish
fiction u...
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Boulevard Poetry Contest for Emerging Writers
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 10, 2020,
Boulevard Poetry Contest for Emerging Writers
$1,000 and
publication awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not
yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press.
All entries must be postmarked by June 1,
2020 or
submitted online by midnight CT. Entry fee is $16 per group of
three poems and $16 for each additional group. Fee includes a one-year
subscription. Make checks payable to Boulevard.
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2020 Gabehart Prize for Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 9, 2020,
2020 Gabehart Prize for Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry
Three
emerging writer awards are presented by Kentucky Women Writers each year. The
Betty Gabehart Prizes in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry recognize and support
writers of exceptional talent who show potential for excellence in their
literary endeavors. Winners receive:
$300
honorarium (which may be used to defray travel & lodging expenses)
The
opportunity to appear on stage...
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Owl Lights: Turning Points
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 8, 2020,
Owl Lights: Turning Points
Canadice
Press will be accepting literary submissions for “Owl Light Literary 2020” beginning 12:01am, April 1, 2020 through 12:01am, June 2, 2020 (Midnight:01 June 1).
The theme
for Owl Light Literary 2020 is Turning Points (to be interpreted in whatever
ways you wish). We are looking for submissions that take us new and exciting
places. There is no submission fee. All entries mus...
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The Sun Magazine Readers Write Column: Highs and Lows
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 7, 2020,
The Sun Magazine Readers Write Column: Highs and Lows
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, but be sure to include your ma...
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Parabola Literary Journal: Balance
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 6, 2020,
Parabola Literary Journal: Balance
Parabola is a quarterly journal devoted to the exploration of the quest for meaning as it is expressed in the world’s myths, symbols, and religious traditions, with particular emphasis on the relationship between this store of wisdom and our modern life.
Each issue of Parabola is organized around a theme. The theme for the Summer 2020 issue is Presence. The submission deadline is June 1, 2020.
Parabola welcomes o...
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Bethlehem Writers Roundtable: Lazy, Hazy, Crazy
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, May 5, 2020,
Bethlehem Writers Roundtable: Lazy, Hazy, Crazy
Our rates for published stories:
$20 for published featured author stories
$10 for stories published on our &More page
$5 for poems we publish
We accept previously unpublished work in many genres of fiction as well as memoir. We accept previously unpublished poetry. We do not accept essays or other nonfiction genres.
We do not accept horror or erotica. This means no graphic violence...
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Blue Heron Review Poetry Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 4, 2020,
Blue Heron Review Poetry Contest
The River Heron Review Poetry Prize awards the winning poet $500 plus publication.
Four finalists will also be named and published.
Submissions open March 1 through May 31, 2020. It is our practice to read each submission without knowing the identity of the poet. There is a $15 submission fee. Poets may submit up to 3 poems, 5 pages maximum.
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Texas Review Press Open Reading Period
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 3, 2020,
Texas Review Press Open Reading Period
Texas Review Press publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and scholarly works. We are currently open for new book project proposals, please see below for guidelines. Topics we are interested in include 20th/21st Century American Poetry, Environmental Writing, Ecopoetics, Contemporary Poetics, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Southern Literature, Southern Issues, Texas/Louisiana Literature, Texas/Louisiana History, Fol...
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The War Cry: Finding Direction
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 2, 2020,
The War Cry: Finding Direction
The War Cry, now in its 137th year, represents the Salvation Army’s mission through news, profiles, commentaries and stories. It looks to bring people to Christ, help believers grow in faith and character, and promotes redemptive cultural practices from the perspective of Salvation Army programs, ministries and doctrines. Readership consists of those in and involved with The Salvation Army as well as the general ...
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River Styx 2020 International Poetry Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 1, 2020,
River Styx 2020 International Poetry Contest
$1000 First Prize
2020 Judge Lee Ann Roripaugh
Submissions are open to May 31, 2020
Send up to three poems per entry, no more than 14 pages. (Additional poems will be accepted with additional entry fees.)
Choose your entry fee: $15 or $20.
$20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription.
$15 entry fee includes a copy of the issue in which the winning poems appear.
Include name and address on the cover lette...
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