Posts made in June, 2008

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, Nov. 6, 2008 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. * Either official language of Canada is...

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Three Candles Press Open Book Award

threecandlespress.com/OB2008.htm three candles press is pleased to announce the second Three Candles Press Open Book Award for the best book of poems by a poet in any stage of his or her career. The contest will be judged by Deborah Keenan, whose most recent book is Willow Room, Green Door (New and Selected Poems), winner of the Minnesota Book Award. Award: Winner receives $500.00 and 25 copies of the winning book. Deadline Oct. 15th (post-mark...

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Bakeless Literary Prizes

www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc/bakeless/ Overview and Current Guidelines Judges for the year 2009 Prizes Percival Everett, fiction; Sue Halpern, creative nonfiction; Linda Gregerson, poetry. Rules of Eligibility The Bakeless Prizes require that poetry manuscripts contain at least 50 pages of text; fiction, which includes novels and short-fiction collections, 150-450; creative nonfiction, 150-300. The competition welcomes manuscripts from all...

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FINISHING LINE PRESS Chapbook Competition

www.finishinglinepress.com/submissionguidelines.htm PRIZE IN POETRY OPEN CHAPBOOK COMPETITION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 15, 2008 A prize of $1,000 and publication will be awarded by Finishing Line Press for a chapbook-length poetry collection. Open to all. All entries will be considered for publication. The top-ten finalists will be offered publication. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry, PLUS bio, acknowledgments, SASE and cover letter with a $15...

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The New Anonymous Call for Submissions

Announcing The New Anonymous, a print journal whose contributors and editors will remain forever nameless. Indeed, The New Anonymous will publish all work anonymously. And all submissions will be blindly screened and edited, i.e., the submission, editorial, and publishing process will be anonymous from beginning to end. Our goal is to serve as a safehouse where writers—both up-and-coming and well established—can not only question the creative...

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