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Poetry and Creative Writing Contests
Glimmer Train Press
Submission guidelines and information: April Family Matters Competition. $1200 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories to winner. First/second runners-up receive $500/$300, respectively. Open to all writers for stories about family. Word count range: 1200-20,000. $15 entry fee for each story. Winners will be contacted and results posted on their website on June 30.
Deadline: Entries must be in by April 30, 2008.
Submit entries online at:
www.glimmertrain.org
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Dorchester Publishing Speculative Fiction Writing Competition
Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc., one of the oldest independent mass market publishers in North America, announces its inaugural SHOMI (show*me) Fiction Creative Writing Contest. Beginning today, aspiring authors ages 18 years and older will have the opportunity to win a guaranteed publishing contract with distribution throughout the U.S. and Canada. Launched in July 2007, SHOMI is a ground-breaking new line of speculative fiction that combines the very best elements of the Romance, Thriller, Science Fiction, and Fantasy genres packaged with Manga-inspires covers.
Submission guidelines: While the content can be of any subgenre of alternative romance (paranormal, Futuristic, Fantasy or other), the story line should feature a young woman (aged 18-25) in an alternate universe that challenges everything she thought she knew. The hero should be a person in power—or "in the know"—in the new world.
In order to maintain suspense and provide for a slow revelation of the facets of the created world, all stories should be primarily, if not entirely, written from the heroine's point of view. The narrative voice should be particularly strong and identifiable, almost noir-like. The primary focus of the novel should be the development of the relationship between the hero and heroine in the new world. All SHOMI Fiction contestants are required to have a completed manuscript of 80,000 to 90,000 words in order to participate. To enter, please send the first three chapters (no more than 50 pages) of the manuscript with a cover letter and a two- to seven-page synopsis.
Deadline: Entries must be received by April 30, 2008.
Send entries to:
Dorchester Publishing
Att: SHOMI Fiction Contest
200 Madison Avenue, Suite 2000
New York, NY 10016
For more information on the SHOMI imprint, as well as complete submission guidelines and contest rules & regulations, please visit http://www.shomifiction. com/contests.html.
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2008 Rattle Poetry Prize
Submission guidelines and information:No more than four poems per entry. A coversheet with name, address, email, phone number and poem titles should be included. No contact information should appear on the poems. There is a $16 entry fee for each group of poems (multiple entries by a single poet are allowed). Checks should be payable to Rattle. Poems must be in English (no translations). No simultaneous submissions, no previously published works. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Deadline: Entries must be in by August 1, 2008.
More information at www.rattle.com
Send entries to:
Rattle
12411 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
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Mid-American Review
Submission guidelines and information: Poetry, nonfiction, fiction, reviews, and translations are all welcome. We welcome simultaneous submissions (as long as you notify us instantly of your good news). Unpublished writers preferred.
More information at www.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview
Send entries to:
Mid-American Review
Department of English
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
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Submit to Storyteller's Digest
Submission guidelines and information: This magazine is dedicated to publishing stories with a more traditional storytelling aspect. Its focus is mainly on stories that would not be called new, edgy or avant-garde but would still be considered thoughtful and compelling.
More information at www.storytellersdigest.com
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Campus Publications Lewis & Clark students sponsor and edit a number of publications through which campus writers can gain an audience. Journals that solicit student creative work include; The Meridian, Living Mosaic, Polyglot, The Lewis & Clark Literary Review, Synergia, Pause, and The Pioneer Log.
The Meridian is primarily a journal of scholarly Internationally-themed work, but also tends to include more artistic works about international experiences.
Living Mosaic is an environmentally themed journal that seeks to spark discussion and express the campus community's connections with the environment.
Polyglot showcases creative works originally written in foreign languages, published side by side with their English translations.
The Lewis & Clark Review is an award-winning, student-juried journal of poetry, prose, and artwork produced annually by the students of Lewis & Clark College. The Review is open to submissions from the entire Lewis & Clark community, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Synergia publishes poems and stories with a focus on gender issues and appears as part of the annual Gender Symposium.
Pause, the Theatre Department journal publishes one-act plays by student playwrights.
The Pioneer Log serves to inform the Lewis & Clark community on issues of concern to students.
More information about all of these publications can be found on the Student Media Board website or contact a member of the English department faculty.
________________________________________________ Lewis & Clark Review is an award-winning, student-juried journal of poetry, prose, and artwork produced annually by the students of Lewis & Clark College. The Review is open to submissions from the entire Lewis & Clark community, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Submissions to the Review are critiqued by the LC Review board. The board is composed of students interested in literature and writing. Critiqued pieces are returned to the author with suggestions for revision. The board is responsible for selecting the works to be published and is involved in the design and publication of the Review.
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