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The Writer; (IDLM&SP) Int’l Directory
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Short Story Writer’s Market;
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Poets & Writers
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The Writer
Shoofly: An audiomagazine for
children. PO Box
339, Carrboro, NC 27510.
Guidelines by SASE or email:
jack@shooflyaudio.com.
Semiannual publication on CD. Sample CD: $6.95.
The editors invite submissions of
original poems, stories, and limericks suitable for preschoolers
and early readers (ages 3-7).
Accepted works will be produced for
audio presentation.
Submission by mail only.
Payment in copies and honorarium. (P&W)
The Freefall Review,
James Hannibal, editor.
Website: www.freefallreview.t35.com.
Published 3 times/yr. Sample: $7.50.
40 pgs. See
website for guidelines.
Accepts creative nonfiction,
articles on current affairs, poetry, fiction photos and
nonfiction. Topics:
the environment; humanism, humor, indigenous cultures,
leisure/recreation, lifestyles, nature.
Respond only to submissions
accepted for publication.
Simultaneous submissions accepted.
Payment in copies.
Copyright reverts to author after publication.
(SPR)
Lachance Publishing.
Please visit the website (www.lachancepublishing.com)
for deadlines and submission guidelines.
Seeking true stories of literary
merit for upcoming books and anthologies: “Voices
Of” series.
Topics include: Voices from Iraq
and Afghanistan; Depression; Bipolar Disorder; the life-changing
impact dogs have on individuals and family; firsthand accounts
of economic disaster and battling back to economic stability;
woman who have “reinvented” themselves—and other topics.
Stories should inspire, inform and
foster a sense of community.
Pays for accepted submissions.
Proceeds from the sale of
Voices Of books fund
The Healing Project (website:
www.thehealingproject.org) (P&W)
Open Range Magazine—The West’s
Premier Real Western Magazine,
Dignified Designs, Amanda Smith,
editor, PO Box 1207, Glenrock, WY 82637.
Phone: 307-436-5447. Email or inquiries:
editor@openrangemagazine.com.
Website:
www.openrangemagazine.com.
Publishes 7 issues/yr.
Back issue/sample: $4.99.
Subscriptions: $34.99. 40pgs.
Guidelines through SASE or website.
Open to poetry, fiction, articles
on the West and cowboys, ranching, etc.
Also uses artwork, cartoons, photos, interviews, reviews,
music reviews, parts-of-novels, long poems and news items.
Simultaneous submissions accepted.
Reporting time: less than one day. Payment: negotiable. (SPR)
What do we collect?
Coeditors seeking well-crafted poetry about collecting,
for a proposed anthology. Theme open to various interpretations
and styles.
Dazzle us!
Deadline: March 31, 2009.
Send up to 3 poems, 64 lines or
less per poem, with brief bio and SASE to:
A. Watson, PO Box
370627, Denver, CO 80237.
No info on payment, response time or rights.
(P&W)
The Other Herald,
Hidden Valley Farm, Publisher, T.F. Rice, editor.
PO box 172, Perry, NY 14530.
Email:
publisher.hiddenvalley@ yahoo.com. Website:
www.otherherald.com.
Published 12 times/yr.
Subscription: $12. Sample free with SASE.
See the website for more details and guidelines.
“We herald good writing of all genres
(if suitable for an audience of all ages).”
Smaller pieces appreciated.
Uses interesting art, sometimes experimental pieces. Some
issues are themed.
Topics include: Adirondacks, Arts,
Avant-Garde, Book Reviews, Family, Fantasy, Fiction, haiku, history
of New York, satire, poetry and prose, quotations and writing in
general.
Simultaneous submissions accepted.
Reporting time: less than 3 months. Payment: 5 copies of the
issue your work appears in; additional at discount.
No info on rights.
(SPR)
Paddlefish, Mount
Mary College, 1105 W. 8th
St., Yankton,
SD
57078.
Website:
www.mmcpaddlefish.com.
Paddlefish is
interested in poetry (3-5 poems), short/short fiction (2,500 words
or less), graphic fiction, nonfiction (10,000 words or less),
illustrated essays, graphic memoir, and narrative documentary
photography in all genres and styles.
Submission dates: November 1,
2008-February 28, 2009.
No previously published work accepted.
Their online extension is also accepted
a variety of media arts, including video, motion graphics and
animation (submitted on CD/DVD and limited to 20 minutes).
No info as to response time, rights
purchased or payment. (P&W).
C
O N T E S T S
The James Jones First Novel
Fellowship;
c/o Creative Writing Program, Wilkes University,
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18766.
For eligibility and guidelines also visit:
www.wilkes.edu/pages/1159.asp. or email:
jamesjonesfirstnovel@wilkes.edu.
$10,000 award for a
first-published novel and two $750 runner-up prizes.
Submission deadline: March 1, 2009.
(P&W)
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Crab Orchard Review Literary Contests;
Dept. of English, Mail Code 4503, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, 100 Faner Dr., Carbondale, IL 62901.
www.siu.edu/~crborchd.
Submission Period: March 1 – April 30
Send 3 poems (100 line limit per poem),
fiction up to 6,000 words or literary nonfiction up to 6,500 words.
Entry Fees: $10 per entry. Prizes: $1,500 in each category plus
publication.
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New Letters Awards for Writers,
New Letters, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5101 Rockhill Rd.,
Kansas City, MO 64110.
www.newletters.org/awards.asp.
Deadline: April 1. Send poetry, fiction
or essay. Entry Fee: $15. Prizes: $1,500 in each category,
publication.
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NEWS OF INTEREST
After more than two decades in print,
Small Press Review/Small Magazine Review will become an
online magazine only, beginning with the January-February 2009
issue.
A sample copy of
ZYX Magazine is available from the publisher for a SASE and a 42
cent stamp—or for $3, you can have a pound of back issues. ZYX is
published by Phrygian Press, Arnold Skemer editor, 58-09 205th St., Bayside,
NY 11363-1712.
The magazine has been in circulation
since 1990 and features reviews, criticism on
innovative/experimental fiction.
Accepts fiction of 1-2 pgs, and poetry. Topics include: Dada,
surrealism, and post-modernism.
Haiku Hippodrome,
PO Box 2340, Clovis, CA 93613. A recent issue
is available for a first-class stamp and SASE or $1.