Fifth Wednesday Journal is accepting submissions for the Fall 2009 issue. Deadline for fiction and poetry is June 1, 2009 Deadline for photography and nonfiction is June 15, 2009. Submissions must come through our online submissions form. Please visit our website for guidelines and instructions, www.fifthwednesdayjournal.com. Guest Fiction Editor is Bret Anthony Johnston Guest Poetry Editor is Laurence...

www.goodmenbook.org./writing-contest.html Do you have a compelling story to tell about a defining moment in your life? The editors of More Than a Few Good Men are sponsoring a national writing contest and are accepting submissions from March 1 through May 1. The contest is open to men ages 35 to 60. Each writer should submit an original essay focused on a defining moment in his life, when the challenges of childhood, coming of age, work,...

Southern Women’s Review is currently seeking submissions. Please submit your poetry/prose, fiction, creative nonfiction/memoirs, or photography along with contributor’s notes between August 1, 2009 to October 31, 2009 to southernwomensreview@gmail.com. Please include type of submission in the subject line. Visit www.southernwomensreview.com for detailed editorial guidelines. Note: Your submission gives us permission to use your work...

Personal stories needed for self-help book: Remarriage in Midlife: 10 Things Women Over 50 Should Think About Before Saying I Do a Second—or Third—Time! Author (and FFWA member) Catherine Rain invites midlife women writers approaching and/or over the age of 50 who have contemplated a midlife remarriage, or made one, to send in first-person stories about their experiences. Stories needed in these areas: Reasons for marrying in midlife as well as...

Somnambulist Quarterly, a new Chicago based online literary magazine, is looking for submissions in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Photo Essay. No strict demands, but if you feel you have the best piece ever, send it to us. Please submit all work to mpersley@gmail.com and check out our site at www.somnambulistquarterly.com.

SAKURA REVIEW has begun reading poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions for its next issue. sakurareview.blogspot.com About Sakura Review: Situated in the District of Columbia and run by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Maryland,Sakura Review publishes poetry and prose; we are particularly interested in – though not limited to – work that in some way satisfies or reflects our own preoccupation...