Posts made in August, 2008

Visible Verse Call for Videopoems

SEE THE VOICE: Visible Verse 2008 call for videopoems Pacific Cinémathèque and curator Heather Haley are seeking videopoem submissions from around the world for the annual Visible Verse screening and performance poetry celebration. Visible Verse is North America’s sustaining venue for the presentation of new and artistically significant videopoetry. Official guidelines: * Visible Verse seeks videopoems, with a 15 minutes maximum duration....

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Textnovel.com (www.textnovel.com) is running a contest through December 31, 2008 for the best online serial novel. The prize is $1,000 and there is a possible publishing contract for the winner. This is the first U.S. cell phone novel website – a website that allows authors and readers to write, share and read work online or with their cellphone. The concept has been a huge hit in Japan and China and is based on publishing the novel in serial...

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Call for Submissions – Prism Review

* The fiction, poetry, and non-fiction we look for is varied but always literary; what matters most is that your work is good, thoughtful, and complex. *We accept submissions year-round unless otherwise noted on the home page. While length is open, we rarely publish prose pieces over 5000 words. If submitting poetry, feel free to submit up to three poems. *Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but you must notify us immediately if the piece...

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PRISM REVIEW POETRY PRIZE

PRISM REVIEW invites submissions for its inaugural poetry prize. Prize: $250 plus publication. Fee: $10 (includes 1-year subscription to PRISM REVIEW). Judge: Neil Aitken, author of The Lost Country of Sight, winner of the 2007 Philip Levine Prize (Anhinga Press 2008). Submissions must be postmarked between October 1 to December 15. Submissions are limited to three poems (five pages maximum). Include SASE for return of manuscript or...

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Sci Fi Short Story Contests

Scribophile is running a writing contest for the month of August. The August contest is accepting sci-fi short stories between 1000 and 4000 words. 1st place wins a $50 Amazon.com gift card, and 2nd place wins a $25 Amazon.com gift card. Entry is free. The contest deadline is August 31, 2008. For more details, you can visit the contest page at www.scribophile.com/contests or the main site, www.scribophile.com.

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