Posts made in May, 2013

PEARL SHORT STORY PRIZE

PEARL SHORT STORY PRIZE $250 & PUBLICATION IN PEARL Postmark deadline: May 31, 2013 GUIDELINES MANUSCRIPTS should typed, double-spaced, with name and address on the first page. Clear photocopies and computer print-outs are acceptable. Please include an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. We will consider simultaneous submissions, but ask that you notify us if your story is accepted elsewhere. Previously unpublished stories only. LENGTH:...

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2013 PEARL POETRY PRIZE

2013 PEARL POETRY PRIZE $1,000 & BOOK PUBLICATION Judge: Fred Voss Postmark deadline: June 30, 2013 GUIDELINES  MANUSCRIPTS should include a title page with the author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address; an acknowledgment page listing previously published poems; a table of contents, 48–64 pages of original poetry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. Manuscripts should be unbound, typed, pages numbered, and...

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The Idaho Prize for Poetry

The Idaho Prize is an annual, national competition offering $1,000 plus publication by Lost Horse Press for a book-length poetry manuscript. Manuscripts are accepted for review before May 15 of each year, and on 15 August, a winner is announced. In addition to announcements in national publications, the winning book and author will be featured on the Lost Horse Press website, along with a list of the finalists, as well as in the catalog of our...

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M Writer Residencies Open to Applications 2014-15

M Writer Residencies Open to Applications —————————————– Applications for the 2014-5 M Writer’s Residencies are now open. The Programme funds three-month residencies in Bangalore, India and Shanghai, China for writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry or dramatic prose. (The residency in India is at Sangam House, which can also be applied to separately at...

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Virginia Beach Writers’ Conference to Connect Writers with Literary Agents, Editors, and Publishers

Hampton Roads Writers, Inc. (HRW), a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for writers to achieve publication success, will host its fifth annual conference in Virginia Beach, September 19-21, 2013, at the Westin Town Center hotel.  The multi-day conference will provide opportunities for attendees to hone their writing craft, pitch their book manuscripts to New York literary agents actively seeking clients, and network with...

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