Steel Toe Books selects manuscripts through open reading periods. Our next open reading period will be October 1-31, 2008, at which time we will be specifically seeking quality manuscripts containing predominately formal poetry (sonnet sequences, blank verse, ghazals, terza rima, sestinas, haiku, haiban, renga, etc.). Guidelines: www.wku.edu/~tom.hunley/steeltoebooks/submit.htm

www.csuohio.edu/class/english/whiskeyisland/ Send us your blues – music, mood, color. Whiskey Island seeks poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art for issue #56. Deadline 1 November, 2008. For submission guidelines visit our website, www.csuohio.edu/class/english/whiskeyisland/. Friend us on Facebook. Whiskey Island issue #54/55 now available. Contributors include Eric Anderson, B.J. Best, Megan Bohigian, Jason Bredle, Jericho Brown, Simmons B....

Scribophile has just announced its October writing contest. First prize is a $50 Amazon.com gift card, second prize a $25 gift card. Entry is free. We’re accepting horror/Halloween themed short stories (up to 4000 words) through October 31. www.scribophile.com/contests

Chickenpinata, a journal of poetry wants your poems! We are a new, online poetry journal that will feature accessible poetry from emerging writers. We want what’s fresh, new, and fun. We are especially interested in work by women. Generally, we appreciate shorter pieces, but if you wow us with a longer poem (say, up to two pages), we won’t turn you away. Of course we love lush language, sound, and metaphor, but please, skip heavy...

The Apple Valley Review, a semiannual online literary journal, will be accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction, and essays for its Spring 2009 issue until February 15, 2009. www.applevalleyreview.com Submissions are accepted year-round via e-mail. We prefer work that has both mainstream and literary appeal. All work must be original, previously unpublished, and in English. Please do not submit genre fiction, explicit work, or anything...

During the month of October, Tarpaulin Sky Press (www.tarpaulinsky.com) will be reading full-length manuscripts of poetry, fiction, and cross-genre work. There is no need to query first; simply mail the manuscript according to the directions below. Manuscripts should be postmarked between October 1 and October 31, 2008. Writers who have not been published in our literary journal should include a $20 reading fee in the form of a check or a money...

www.perugiapress.com – accepting submissions NOW! for a First or Second Book of Poetry by a Woman Prize: $1000 and publication A prize of $1000 and publication by Perugia Press is given annually for a first or second unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit 48 to 72 pages with a $22 entry fee between August 1 and November 15. Send an e-mail, SASE, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. Perugia Press – Celebrating Poetry by...