Posts made in December, 2006

Call for Submissions – Green Candy Press

Call for Submissions for My Gay Brother Director Chris Munch’s recent indie film festival favorite, Harry and Max, explored the complicated relationship between two gay brothers, and struck a rich vein. Uterine hormones, genetic quirk, hypothalamus size, sibling order, or distant father, they’re the stuff of many a scientific and sociological study—gay siblings. Whatever the source, it’s a common phenomenon: most of us know...

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2007 Tupelo Press Snowbound Series Chapbook Award

2007 Tupelo Press Snowbound Series Chapbook Award $1000 cash prize and 50 copies Judge: A judge of national distinction will be named soon Manuscripts are judged anonymously Tupelo Press will consider all finalists for publication Guidelines This competition is open to any poet writing in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgment are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Employees of...

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The 2007 Marjorie J. Wilson Award for Best Poem Contest

The 2007 Marjorie J. Wilson Award for Best Poem Contest Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2007 First Prize: $2,500 for Best Poem & Publication in MARGIE Vol. 6 (all entries will be considered for publication) Finalist Judge: DAVID WAGONER World-acclaimed poet & former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets GUIDELINES: Submit 3 unpublished poems along with a $15 entry fee payable to MARGIE, INC. (60 line limit per poem) Additional poems...

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Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Prize: North American Review

A N N U A L K U R T V O N N E G U T F I C T I O N P R I Z E First Prize $1000 Second $100 Third $50 Winners will be published in the North American Review. Deadline: December 31, 2006 (postmark) Entry fee: $18.00 (includes a one-year subscription). Make your check or money order out to North American Review. If you are outside the US, please make sure the entry fee is in US currency and routed through a US bank. Rules: Two copies of one story...

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University of Wyoming. Eminent

University of Wyoming. Eminent Writer-in-Residence. The Creative Writing MFA at the University of Wyoming is proud to announce a new endowed professorship that each year will enable this already strong community of writers to invite an Eminent Writer-in-Residence to join its work, in this beautiful location, at this dynamic university. Wyoming’s MFA is a new program, but it already plays a role in campus dialogue befitting its...

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