Posts made in August, 2009

The Hub City Writers Project Call for Essay/Memoir Submissions

The Hub City Writers Project is seeking submissions of personal essay/memoir (first-person, descriptive, reflective pieces) for a forthcoming book on the Upstate outdoors to be released in fall 2010. Works need to reference the Piedmont landscape of South Carolina in some way. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: birding, biking (mountain/road), climbing, fishing, hiking/camping, horseback riding, hunting, paddling....

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Zugenruhe Call for Poems

Zugenruhe is now open for submissions of poetry. Zugenruhe is an online journal of international poetry, poetry of exile, and poetry of environmental memory. Please send 3-5 poems in an attachment to Zugenruhepoetry@yahoo.com for our inaugural issue. We are looking for your best work on global themes, poetry that is rooted in the particulars of place, and poems that explore nature and environmental issues in a global context.

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The Charles B. Wheeler Prize 2009

The Ohio State University Press and The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, invite submissions for the 2009 Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award. Each year, a readers’ committee of OSU poets and a final judge select one full-length poetry manuscript for publication by The Ohio State University Press. The winner also receives The Charles B. Wheeler Prize, a $3,000 cash prize made possible by the generosity...

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The Writers Workshop of Asheville Short Fiction Contest

www.twwoa.org FIRST PRIZE: $300 SECOND PRIZE: $200 THIRD PRIZE: $100 Ten Honorable Mentions Deadline: postmarked by August 30, 2009. * Submit a short story or chapter of a novel of 5,000 words or less. Multiple entries are accepted. All work must be unpublished. * Pages should be paper clipped, with your name, address, phone and title of work on a cover sheet. Double-space, and use 12 point font. * Multiple entries are accepted. The entry fee...

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Best of the Best Ebook Contest

First Prize: $250 USD Second Prize: An audiobook version of your winning novel, produced by Distinctly Audible Productions (All rights revert to winner, prize awarded contingent on your contract with your publisher*) Third Prize: Novel Planner Story-Planning Software Visit Editor Jennifer’s Website (www.editorjennifer.com) for detailed information. Enter soon – Contest closes August 31st.

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