Legend:
(IDLM&SP) Int’l Directory of
Little Magazines & Small Presses; (WD) Writer’s Digest; (P&W)
Poets & Writers;
(WEB) Internet
Folded Word
www.foldedword.com/submit.html.
Email questions to: J.S. Graustein at
editors@foldedword.com.
Seeks submissions of novels, short story collections,
travel narratives and novels in verse/flash fiction. PG/PG13
content only.
A cover letter, 10 sample pages, and a synopsis
should be submitted electronically through Submishmash.
No info on royalties, rights purchased or advances. (P&W)
Ideals Books,
Melinda Rathjen Rumbaugh, editor.
www.idealsbooks.com/info/
author_guidelines
Looking for novel-length submissions with a direct
Christian message. Manuscripts that focus on a holiday will get
a closer look, as will tasteful, sweet, inspirational stories.
No info on rights/royalties, response time. (WD)
Espresso Ink,
PO Box 6089, Tallahassee, FL 32314.
Complete
guidelines and more information about the journal at:
www.espressoinkonline.com.
A journal of art seeking
quality submissions of fiction, nonfiction, visual art, poetry
and criticism.
Editors encourage exploratory,
unconventional work.
Word limit: 2,000. Include SASE
with submission.
No info on payment, rights purchased,
response time. (P&W)
Fiction365.com (a web site featuring one story a day).
Accepts flash fiction to 1,000 words and short stories to 4,000
words in any genre; send story in the body of an email. NO
attachments!
Provide three-sentence synopsis of the
story and a short bio.
Uses right to use one time and
anthology rights. Token payment (less than one cent/word).
(Ed. Note: Has a good reputation for working with contributors
and responds promptly.) (Duotrope.com).
White Pelican Review,
PO Box 7833, Lakeland, FL 33813.
Subscription: $8/yr. Bi-annual.
Seeks insightful,
imaginative and carefully crafted poetry for coming issues.
Submit 3-5 poems.
Include name, address, phone
and email address on each page; SASE and bio required.
NO simultaneous submissions.
No info on payment, rights
purchase, response time. (P&W)
Dailysciencefiction.com (web site prints stories 260 times a
year).
Email:
info@dailysciencefiction.com.
See web site for complete
guidelines. Stories are first sent via email to subscribers
before they are featured on the web site.
Uses various
types of sci-fi, fantasy, slipstream, alternate history, light
speculative: 100-1,000 word flash fiction; 1K-7,500K word short
stories; and 7.5K to 10K word novelettes. Shorter stories have
a better chance at being published.
Uses a special
submission format, with plain text. See web site for details.
Pays 8 cents/word for accepted stories. Usually responds within
four weeks. (Duotrope.com and WEB)
Snail Mail Review,
3000 Coffee Rd., Chateau Apt. B6, Modesto, CA
95355.
Email:
snailmailreview@gmail.com.
Also on Facebook.
Looking
for new poetry and fiction. Send 3-5 poems, each not exceeding
30 lines or 1-7
pages of short fiction with cover letter and SASE.
No info on response time, rights, payment.
(WEB—Facebook).
Freshwater,
Asnuntuck Community College, 170 Elm St., Enfield, CT 06082.
Email:
freshwater@acc.commnet.edu.
The
literary magazine of Asnuntuck Community College seeks original,
imaginative poetry for its 2012 issue. Deadline is December 15.
(top)
Copyright ©2011 Calliope, All rights reserved.
Future rights to works published in Calliope are
retained by individual authors and artists.
Calliope
5975 W. Western Way
PMB 116Y
Tucson, AZ 85713
Send 5 unpublished poems with bio, name, address, phone,
email, plus SASE for notification.
Pays 2 copies for accepted work. No
info on response time. (P&W and WEB)
NEBO,
Katherine Williams, Editor;
English Dept., Witherspoon Bldg, Arkansas Tech University,
Russellville, AR 72801.
Submit poems, essays or short fiction (2,500 words limit) about
food. Deadline: October 31. Payment in copy. No info on
response time or rights purchased. (P&W)
Moon Town Café
www.moontowncafe.com
On line resource for poetry contests, articles about publishing,
all free. 2010 Best Writing Website Award winner from
Writer’s
Digest magazine.
Post your poetry, find out about writing contests,
blogging, workshops, paid writing opportunities and
self-publishing (through CreateSpace).
Moon Town holds contests and offers gift baskets as
prizes, provided by their sponsors/advertisers. (WEB).
CONTESTS
Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards, 4700 East Galbraith
Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236. Full details at web site or in WD
magazine:
www.writersdigest.com.
First place: $500 cash, a trip to WD Conference in NYC
and a copy of the 2012 Poets Market.
Second place: $250; Third: $100; 4th-10th: $25;
11th-50th: $50 gift certificate for WD Books.
Entry form required (can be obtained from issue of
magazine or through the web site). Entry fee: $15/poem, $10
for each additional poem.
Poems should be 32 lines or less, original and
unpublished. Type line count along with name, address, phone
number and email address on upper left hand corner of page.
Mailed in entries must be typed and double-spaced
on one side of 8-1/2 x 11 or A4 white paper. Include entry
fees. No manuscripts returned.
Deadline: December 1, 2011. Winners notified by March
16, 2012. Winners’ names will appear in July/August 2012 issue
of Writer’s Digest Magazine.
Soul Making Literary Competition; Nob Hill Pen Women,
1544 Sweetwood Dr., Broadmoor
Vlg., CA 94015. Email:
pennobhill@aol.com. Web site:
www.soulmakingcontest.us. Cash prizes in 11
categories: Poetry, prose poem, literary nonfiction,
intercultural essay, short story, flash fiction, novel excerpt,
humor, memoir, young adult poetry & prose.
Send SASE for additional information, or get guidelines
from web site.
Deadline: November 30. (WEB) .
MEMBER NEWS & NOTES
SIG member
Robert Weisz has moved into the 21st century, with a web site
created by his niece, Kristin. The site contains some of his
photos and writings. Comments are welcome and can be sent
directly from the site:
www.aweiszguy.com
Congratulations
To Pat Laster! For two honorable mentions received in
the poetry category of The Whispering Prairie Press Writing
Awards.
The contest received 79
essays, 199 poems and 124 works of flash fiction from all over
the U.S. and Canada.
Robert A. Hall
was interviewed in late August on the Dennis Miller Show, a
nationally syndicated radio program, about his new book, The
Coming Collapse of the American Republic And What You Can Do to
Prevent It. ISBN-13: 978-1461122531, $12.99
Also, Robert has just
released new collection of poetry: Old Jarhead Poems: The
Heart of a Marine ISBN-13: 978-1463766214, 84 pgs. $8.99
Both books are available
from Amazon.com and CreateSpace.com, with all proceeds from the
sale of the books going to The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund.
$1.200 in royalties has been donated so far.