Posts made in October, 2011

Call for Submissions: Miracles of True Love: Soulmate Love Letters

We are seeking letters about the serendipity, magic, and divine design of being in love with your true love and soulmate for our book to be released in September called: Miracles of True Love: Soulmate Love Letters Miracles of True Love: Soulmate Love Letters, is an inspiring gift book filled with expressions of love from the very soul of the authors about their soulmates. The book is broken down into the following sections: Beloved...

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THE 2011 JOY HARJO POETRY PRIZE and RICK DEMARINIS SHORT FICTION PRIZE

THE 2011 JOY HARJO POETRY PRIZE and RICK DEMARINIS SHORT FICTION PRIZE $1,250  First-Place Prize in both genres and $250  Second-Place Prize, Plus Publication ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JUDGES: Alison Hawthorne Deming: POETRY Luis Alberto Urrea: FICITON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERAL GUIDELINES: Contest Deadline Extended to October 1Oth. Send up to 3 poems (100 line limit/one poem per page) or a short...

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New Gemini issue & poetry contest

Finally–the September issue of Gemini Magazine is here! I hope you’ll agree the wait was worth it. Even the titles are intriguing: – “Identity Theft” (poem by Diana Raab) – “Authority Figure” (flash fiction by Tony Wayne Brown) – “Nothin to Lose” (poem by Chinedu Jonathan) – “Discarded” (short story by Dina Greenberg) – “Before AIDS Was a Word”...

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AWARD-WINING AUTHORS, EDITORS, PUBLICISTS AND PUBLISHERS TO BE SPEAKERS AT THE VENTURA COUNTY BOOK & AUTHOR FAIR NOVEMBER 5

(Ventura, CA – September 27, 2011) The Ventura County Book & Author Fair has announced speakers and sessions for its first four seminars to be held November 5th at the Pleasant Valley Community Park Auditorium in Camarillo, CA.  Speakers are top literary professionals from Ventura, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties. The Fair is produced by the Pacific Institute for Professional Writing, a CA nonprofit, and co-sponsored by the...

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AracaWorks ARACAWORKS WINTER 2011 PLAYWRITING CONTEST

The Araca Group, a Broadway theatrical producing company, is once again seeking “The Best Play” from playwrights in post-collegiate universities and professional study programs.  The style, subject and length of the submissions are entirely up to you.  However, this year, we are opening the contest up to emerging writers nationwide. The selected playwright will have the opportunity for his/her play to be performed in a free and public reading...

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