Browsing Archive: August, 2019
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, August 31, 2019,
Apokedak Literary
Children's picture books, middle-grade books, YA books. Not a huge fan of issue books, preachy stories, gay lit, or sexual content. Supernatural books, with angels, demons, or any mix thereof, will probably not catch my fancy. I’m not salivating for werewolves, vampires, ghosts, fairies, or zombies. (Orcs, hobbits, and dragons are what I love.) I’m not into dark and angsty books, and I really like ending...
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Cook Publishing Short Story Contest - What If?
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, August 30, 2019,
Cook Publishing Short Story Contest – What If?
What if we had a chosen a different path in life? What if history had taken a different turn? What reality was radically different because of a change in our environment, background, or other element which affected our world’s development?
Our second short story contest is focused around the topic of “What if…?” The theme is open to interpretation, and we are looking for unusual voices or creative interpre...
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Texas Review X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, August 29, 2019,
Texas Review Press X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize
Established in 1998, The X. J. Kennedy Prize seeks to publish one full-length collection of poetry per year. Starting in 2019 the Prize comes with a $10,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 20 copies of the published book.
Submissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30. Submissions are open July 1 – September 30. A fee of $28 must be paid at the tim...
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San Antonio Writers' Guild Annual Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, August 28, 2019,
San Antonio Writers' Guild Annual Contest
The San Antonio Writers’ Guild Annual Contest features categories in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The contest is open to all writers, both SAWG members and non-members.
The deadline for entry is September 30, 2019.
Cash prizes are given in each category. Authors retain all rights to their works.
Contest Categories:
Novel: First chapter or up to the first 5,000 words
Short Story: limit of 4,000 wo...
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Louisiana State Poetry Society Fall Festival Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, August 27, 2019,
Louisiana State Poetry Society Fall Festival Contest
Post Mark Deadline: September 30, 2019
7 categories to enter, including Falling for Autumn, Cool, Crisp Days, Football, Harvesting, Autumn Roads, Pumpkins, and Crackling Fires. Line limit 40 lines Prizes $10 - $50.
Entry Fee: $3.00 per category or $15.00 if all categories are entered.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Golden Years or Second Wind
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, August 26, 2019,
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Golden Years or Second Wind
Deadline September 30, 2019. So, you’re a certain age now, and you’re ready for what’s next. You might be enjoying an empty nest, or starting a second career, or winding down a first one. You might be downsizing, or traveling, or caring for elderly parents. You might be going on the adventure of a lifetime or taking long walks in the woods. The one thing you know for s...
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Arizona State Poetry Society Annual Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, August 25, 2019,
Arizona State Poetry Society Annual Contest
9 categories to enter. Entry fee is $3. Prizes: $50, $30, $20.
Deadline: poems must be received by September 30, 2019.
Original, unpublished poems not currently submitted to other contests. First, second, and third prize-winning poems will be read at the Annual Fall Conference of the Arizona State Poetry Society and published in the ASPS journal, Sandcutters.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter is the Best Medicine
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, August 24, 2019,
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter is the Best Medicine
Extended Deadline September 30, 2019. We are looking for stories about something that happened to you in your life - in your relationship with a partner or spouse, a parent or child, a family member or friend, at work or home – that made you and the people around you laugh out loud. Did you mean for it to be funny? Did the other person mean to make you laugh? Did a situa...
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California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest: September
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, August 23, 2019,
California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest: September
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 the...
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Texas Writes Even in Lakehills, Texas
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, August 22, 2019,
Texas Writes Program in Lakehills, Texas
10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 28, 2019
Lakehills Area Library
7200 FM 1283
Lakehills, TX 78063
Texas Writes is a statewide program that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of presentations and panel discussions. Each event is free and open to the public.
Featured authors: Donna M. Johnson and Naomi Shihab Nye. If you're interested in attending, please contact the library to pre-reg...
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Texas Writes Event in Brady, Texas
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, August 21, 2019,
Texas Writes Program in Brady, Texas
10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 21, 2019
McCulloch County Library
401 E. Commerce
Brady, TX 76825
Texas Writes is a statewide program that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of presentations and panel discussions. Each event is free and open to the public.
Featured authors: Meg Gardiner and Rachel Starnes. If you're interested in attending, please contact the library to pre-regis...
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Enchanted Conversations: Spooky & Spellbinding Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, August 21, 2019,
Enchanted Conversations: Spooky & Spellbinding Fairy Tales, Folk
Tales & Myths
https://enchantedconversationmag.blogspot.com/p/submissions-guidelines.html
Deadline: September 20, 2019
For:
October 2019 Issue
Theme:
Spooky & Spellbinding Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
Enchanted
Conversation is looking for spooky and spellbinding fairy tales, folktales, or
myths for the October issue. Work can either be re-tellings of established
stories or use original characters as long as they are set with...
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Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, August 19, 2019,
Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards
DEADLINE: September 16, 2019
Submit your best short stories in the 15th Annual Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards for a chance to win $2,500 in cash, a featured interview in Writer’s Digest magazine, and a paid trip to the ever-popular Writer’s Digest Annual Conference in New York City.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your writing career, choose your favor...
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Passager: A Press for Writers Over 50: Open Issue
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, August 19, 2019,
Passager: A Press for Writers Over 50: Open Issue
Welcome to Passager! We publish two issues a year, an Open Issue (fall/winter), and a Poetry Contest issue (spring/summer). We urge you to become familiar with Passager before submitting work. Browse some previously published work, or order sample copies.
Submission period: June 1- September 15
Publication: January/February
Accepted genres: poetry, memoir, short fiction
Up to 5 poems, 40-line max ea. OR 4,000 wor...
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Focus on the Family Magazine: Tips from Long-Time Married Couples
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, August 18, 2019,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Tips from Long-Time Married Couples
Topic: Tips/advice/secrets of how to have a happy marriage. Must have been married 25 plus years.
Word count: 50 to 200 words
Rights: First nonexclusive rights
Payment: 35 cents a published word / on acceptance
Due date: August 23, 2019
Byline: Yes — whether in print or online
Audience: Married couples
Submission: Put “marriage tip” in the subject line
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The Christian Journal: Nothing is Impossible
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, August 17, 2019,
The Christian Journal: Nothing is Impossible
The Christian Journal solicits articles of encouragement and hope. These articles need to be uplifting and point to a God of grace, love and acceptance. Each article needs to inspire the reader to reconnect with God and his faith.
Articles should be 300–500 words in length. The average article is around 400 words. There is no payment for articles at this time. Each i...
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Pitmad
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, August 16, 2019,
Pitmad
#PitMad is a pitch party on Twitter where writers tweet a 280-character pitch for their completed, polished, unpublished manuscripts. Agents and editors make requests by liking/favoriting the tweeted pitch.
Every unagented writer is welcome to pitch. All genres/categories are welcomed.
September 5, 2019 (8AM – 8PM EDT)
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Portland Review: Labor
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, August 15, 2019,
Portland Review: Labor
“Portland Review is excited to welcome submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and mixed-genre works for its 2020 themed anthology, LABOR." About the theme: "We are thinking about labor as work or employment, and how it relates to the body and the self. But we don’t just want stories about working; we want to read about labor in all its forms: physical, emotional, invisible, and theoretical. How d...
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Helen Schaible International Sonnet Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, August 15, 2019,
Helen Schaible International Sonnet Contest
Deadline: September 1, 2019 (postmarked)
Contest welcomes submissions in two categories: traditional sonnet (Shakespearean or Petrarchan) and modern sonnet. Prizes for both categories: "First Prize: $50. Second Prize: $35. Third Prize: $15. Three Honorable Mentions, Unranked."
from: https://www.erikadreifus.com/blogs/practicing-writing/
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Golden Wheat Literary Agency
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, August 13, 2019,
Golden Wheat Literary Agency
Golden Wheat Literary is a faith-based literary agency with a little bit of a twist. Manuscripts that are submitted do not need to be overtly Christian but must exist within the realities of Christian faith. If your manuscript's elements can all be true without any part of God's Word needing to step aside or be discounted, it is acceptable for submission. We have sold books to both secular and Christian publishers. Our agents repr...
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Oregon State Poetry Association Fall Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, August 12, 2019,
Oregon State Poetry Association Adult Fall Contest
Categories: Poet’s Choice, Members Only, New Poets, Traditional Form – Blank Verse, Theme: Our Common Life
Awards: Poet’s Choice: 1st $100; 2nd $50; 3rd $30; 3 HMs.
All other categories: 1st $50; 2nd $30; 3rd $20; 3 HMs.
OPA Members—Flat rate of $8 for up to five poems (limit of one poem per category).
Non-members—Flat rate of $15 for up to four poems (limit of one poem per category).
Deadline:...
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Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, August 11, 2019,
Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest
Deadline: September 1, 2019 (midnight MST)
Judge: Kathy Fish
Seeks flash fiction (maximum: 300 words, excluding title).
Prompt: "Feed Us."
Prizes: $100/$30/$20.
from: https://www.erikadreifus.com/blogs/practicing-writing/
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Poets & Patrons 63rd Annual Chicagoland Poetry Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, August 10, 2019,
Poets & Patrons 63rd Annual Chicagoland Poetry Contest
Deadline: September 1, 2019
PRIZES: $50, $30, $20 and three HMs in each category. Non-members may enter all open categories (1 poem per category) for $15; members may enter for $12. Each additional poem $2 ($1 for members).
14 categories open to all include: Religious Poem, Humorous Poem, Formal Verse, Free Verse, Social Conscience, Miniature Poem, Nature, Midwest theme, Shakespeare, Love, Speculati...
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The War Cry: Down But Not Out
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, August 9, 2019,
The War Cry: Down But Not Out
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...
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Poetry on Planes Anthology
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, August 8, 2019,
Poetry on Planes Anthology
"Poetry on Planes is a project currently in progress, the first in a series of anthologies that will feature the work of 99 poets -- both established and emerging -- from around the world. We are soliciting original works that were, ideally, written while the author was travelling on a commercial airliner. And each work -- be it serious or whimsical -- should reflect the sort of thoughts people have while looking out the window at clouds an...
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The Sun Magazine Readers Write Column: Shortcuts
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, August 8, 2019,
The Sun Magazine Readers Write Column: Shortcuts
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 mailing ad...
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Jack Grapes Poetry Prize
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, August 6, 2019,
Jack Grapes Poetry Prize
Deadline: August 31, 2019
Contest for unpublished poetry (no simultaneous submissions). Prizes: "3 WINNERS will receive $250 each, plus publication. 6 FINALISTS will receive $75 each, plus publication."
from: https://www.erikadreifus.com/blogs/practicing-writing/
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Purpose Magazine: Planting Seeds
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, August 5, 2019,
Purpose Magazine: Planting Seeds
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 for a...
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Nostalgia Press Heart Poetry Award
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, August 4, 2019,
Nostalgia Press Heart Poetry Award
HEART POETRY AWARD - $500.00 & Publication in HEART 14
$10 covers 3 poems. Fee Reserves your copy of HEART 14.
Unpublished prose poems. Review previous issues online for preference.
Include name, address, phone, Email each page.
Website announces winners or send SASE if you wish a list
Deadline postmark August 31, 2019
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Message Magazine
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, August 3, 2019,
Message Magazine
Our target reader is an 18- to 35- year-old urbanite who may not be religious but is seeking spiritual fulfillment and answers to life’s dilemmas. We love compelling comeback stories, inspirational and captivating profiles, well-crafted, timely features and insightful Biblical analysis. Health, financial, professional, and relationship stories with a strong Biblical foundation will always be considered. Pays roughly 30 cents/word.
f...
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Missouri State Poetry Society Summer Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, August 2, 2019,
Missouri State Poetry Society Summer Contest
4 categories including: rhymed or blank verse, free verse, humorous verse, and summer poems. Entry fee $2 per poem, prizes $10-$25.
Poems may be 40 or fewer lines. They may be unpublished or previously published if the poet retains the rights to the poem. Poets may enter each category as many times as they wish. No poems will be returned.
Deadline: August 17, 2019
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Headway Quarterly Summer 2019 Writing Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, August 1, 2019,
Headway Quarterly Summer 2019 Writing Contest
Deadline: August 15, 2019
"We are pleased to announce that submissions are now open for our second writing contest. The winter contest was such a success that we have decided to make this a biannual event! For round two, we're introducing a twist. Entries should explore the theme of color--whatever that means to you--but should also be limited to 350 words in length. All genres welcome. We're excited to see what ...
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