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upano — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:32:37 CDT

Alicia

Agni Magazine, 2007, No. 65 (Boston Univ.)
Chattahoochee Review, Winter 2008, Vol. 28 No. 1 (Gerogia Perimeter College, quarterly)
Epoch, 2008 Series, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Cornell Univ. three times a year) - CURRENTLY READING
Granta, Fall 07, No. 99, What Happened Next
Granta, Spring 07, No. 97, Best of Young American Novelists 2 (London, quarterly) - READ
Granta, Summer 07, No. 98, The Deep End
Granta, Winter 07, No. 100, One Hundred
Harvard Review, 2007, No. 32 (Harvard, twice a year)
Hyphen: Asian America Unabridged, Winter 07, Issue 13, Hybrid Issue (San Francisco-based mag that publishes a few pieces of fiction) -READ
Los Angeles Review, 2007, No. 4 (Annual) -READ
Kenyon Review, Winter 2008, Vol. 30 no. 1 (Kenyon College, Ohio, quarterly)
Salt Hill, Winter 08, No. 20 (Syracuse Univ., quarterly)
Zyzzva, Spring 2008, Vol. 24, No. 1 -READ
Zyzzva, Winter 2000, No. 59/60, The Corporate Autobiography - READ
Zyzzva, Winter 2002, No. 66 (San Francisco, three times a year)

upano — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:28:46 CDT

Deadline: April 5th
Publication: The Writers Collective First Annual MFA Anthology
Page limit: 5 pages (double spaced, standard margins and fonts)
Details:
The SDSU Writers Collective is in the process of putting together a chapbook that will showcase the great writing that is being produced by the students of the MFA program. A five page limit, but think of it as your own 5 pages with which to do whatever you please--multiple works, some poetry some fiction, excerpts, etc. Since this book will hopefully be around for future students and faculty to read, we encourage you to submit what you consider to be your best work. (And, of course, you keep the rights!)

A great resource:
New Pages Calls for Submission page

ROLLING DEADLINES (or at least none specified)

Call for submissions: Shaking Like a Mountain
www.shakinglikeamountain.com.
Call for submissions. shaking like a mountain new look! new year!
shaking like a mountain is currently reading for its Spring 2008 issue.
We cannot emphasize this enough. Read us first at
www.shakinglikeamountain.com.
Then read our submission guidelines carefully.
If you have poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction that you think fits
our criteria, then submit and submit and submit.

Trillium Literary Journal, an on-line publication is currently seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, book reviews, art, and photographs. Trillium's goal is to publish top quality, seriousliterary works. Trillium does not accept simultaneous submissions. We strive to give personal responses to all submissions, rather than sending cursory "canned" rejections.
The current issue of Trillium is online at www.trilliumliteraryjournal.org.
Please send submissions to submissions(at)trilliumliteraryjournal.org
(replace (at) with @)

http://fourthriver.chatham.edu/
"The Fourth River welcomes submissions of creative writing thatexplore the relationship between humans and their environments, bothnatural and built, urban, rural or wild. We are looking for writingsthat are richly situated at the confluence of place, space andidentity, or that reflect upon or make use of landscape and place innew ways. Nature and environmental writing that is edgy andprovocative, that goes beyond traditional nature writing, andcontributes to a new type of place-based writing has the best chanceof finding a home in our journal."

Name of Pub: Bound Off
Literary audio magazine
Specs: 250 to 2500 ww for its upcoming podcasts .
More info: Bound Off pays $20 per contracted story.
Website: http://boundoff.com/submit.html

Deadline: No deadline mentioned, for fall
Genre: Poetry
Name of Pub: C&R Press
Breathe: 101 Contemporary Odes
More info: Our intention is to bring together contemporary American poems that meditate, celebrate, and take stock of our world. We envision this anthology as a roadmap of (1) where we've been (our sense of history), (2) who we are (identity and character), and (3) where we're headed (a re-envisioning of community, self, and the idea of America).
Website: http://www.crpress.org
Simultaneous subs?

Deadline: No deadline mentioned, for May issue
Genre: Fiction, poetry
Name of Pub: Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
first Hong Kong-based online journal dedicated to publishing English literature from and about Asia. It publishes quality poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews photography & art.
Website: http://www.asiancha.com
Simultaneous subs? y

Deadline: No deadline
Genre: Fiction
Name of Pub: Hyphen Magazine

Deadline: 4/30/08
Genre: Fiction, poetry
Name of Pub: Segue
online literary journal of Miami University-Middletown. Segue's dual mission is to serve as a high quality literary publication and an educational venue for writing instructors and students of writing. In addition to publishing an eclectic blend of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from around the globe, each issue features a well-established author who publishes a small body of new/forthcoming work along with an essay that explores the writing process behind their submission.
Email
Contest?
Specs: Limit prose submissions to one work (up to 5000 words), poetry to 1-3 works, and cover art to two works.
More info:
Website: http://www.mid.muohio.edu/segue
Simultaneous subs? y

Deadline: 4/30/08
Genre: Poetry
Name of Pub: River Poets
A literary journal featuring original poetry, prose, art, photography and events.
Contest?
Specs: Submit Poetry: Up to 5 of your best short poems, haiku, senyru,tanka, cherita, etc., or short poems less than 10 lines.
More info: For inclusion in a Chapbook published by Lilly Press - Summer of 2008.
Website: http://www.riverpoetsjournal.com
Simultaneous subs?

**MAY

Deadline: 5/1/08
Genre: Ficiton and nonfiction scholarships
Name of Pub: Antioch Writers' Workshop
Contest?
Specs:
More info: This scholarship is for a week-long conference of intensive study and an honorary seat at the banquet opening night. Room, board, andtransportation are not provided. The workshop, however will help the scholarshiprecipient to find a village host for minimal cost ($150/week). This contest is a national one; anyone from anywhere may apply.
Website: http://www.antiochwritersworkshop.com/scholarships.php
Simultaneous subs?

Deadline: 5/1/08
Genre: Fiction, poetry, plays
Name of Pub: Knock
Contest? 4th annual Ecolit & Green Art contest
Specs:
More info:
Website: http://www.knockjournal.org/index.html
Simultaneous subs?

Deadline 5/15/08
http://www.arsenalpulp.com/home.php
Arsenal Pulp Press (BC) seeks short stories for an upcomingcollection: Queer Utopias: A Science Fiction Anthology (publicationSpring 2009). Looking for stories from science fiction writers whowant to explore the implications of sexuality or for stories rooted ina queer/feminist background that are imagining a desirable (or perhapsundesirable, to some or all) future. Actively interested insubmissions from non-North American writers, but preference given toCanadian writers. Story length: 10000 words max. Submissioninstructions: Title the file with author's last name and story titlein the file name: Surname-Title.doc; include name, mailing/emailaddress, and bio within the .doc file with your piece (submissionswill be separated from emails to be read); and submit as an attachmentin .doc format, to queerutopias@gmail.com. Payment: honorarium and onecopy of the book. Deadline: May 15, 2008.

Deadline: 5/15/08
Genre: fiction, criticism, experimental prose, and web-based audio-visual work
Name of Pub: DIGITAL ARTIFACT MAGAZINE
ISSUE 2: TRANSNATIONALISM
Email only
Contest?
Specs:
More info: text pieces up to 2,000 words in length
Website: digitalartifactmagazine.com
Simultaneous subs?

Deadline: 5/31/08
Genre: Poetry
Name of Pub: ALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
Contest? Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize
Specs: $15 per entry (3 poems, 6 pages total)
More info: Publication plus $300
Website: www.calyxpress.org
Simultaneous subs?

**JULY

Deadline July 1, 2008
Descant (ON) invites poetry and prose submissions for an upcoming
themed issue. Submit poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, plays,
essays, and interviews. Theme: Dance. Payment: $100. Deadline: July 1,
2008. More details... http://www.descant.ca/submit.html

**OCTOBER

Deadline: 10/1/08
Genre: Fiction
Name of Pub: Christopher Isherwood Foundation
Contest? Grants for Fiction Writers
Specs:
More info: Grants will be awarded to writers who have published at least one book of fiction, either a novel or a collection of stories. Each grant is for $4,000. The grants are intended to enable writers to set aside time for writing. All applicants must be American citizens. The novel or story collection must have been published at the time of application.
Website: http://isherwoodfoundation.org/
Simultaneous subs? y

kathyjlee — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:00:14 CDT

Dirty Laundry: A Public Airing

Whether you are just misunderstood, rascally playful, or truly the spawn of Satan, April 25th is the day that you get to let it all hang out (at least for about 7-8 minutes).

Confession shall take place at 7:00PM on Friday, April 25th @ Scripps Cottage. We don't anticipate The Reading to last more than an hour-and-a-half; however, we do have claim to the cottage from 6pm until 10pm. Therefore, 4hrs total - 1.5hrs for reading = 2.5 hours for... nothing or anything ;).

Final Roster of Team Dirty:

Megan Marshall
Anne Reynolds
Garrett Chaffin-Quirary
Lisa Hemminger
Alycia Raby
Tony Bonds
Kathy Lee
Tina Cabrera
Andy Stewart
Adam Nemmers

Any queries, comments, suggestions, requests--please email Kathy: kathyjlee@gmail.com

VitaminT — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:11:35 CDT

DIRTY LAUNDRY
Our next and last event is our first annual Dirty Laundry reading, Friday, April 25. This reading will also double as a press release celbration for the inaugural issue of the Writers Collective's publication, the MFA Anthology of Creative Writing. All are welcome to attend. The event will begin at 7 and probably go until 9.

Other news:

BULLETIN FROM SAN DIEGO WRITERS, INK:
If you're looking for an excellent, local non-profit event that involves writing, check out the Blazing Laptops, a 10-hour non-stop, write 'til you drop, benefit fundraiser for San Diego Writers, Ink. The way it works is you sign up, and you get sponsorship. Then you write till you drop.

Also, check out the MFA Blogspot page for news about the MFA program (see below) or click here to go to the actual page.

VitaminT — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:46:21 CDT

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VitaminT — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:44:06 CDT

Thanks to all who submitted work for this project. The official press release party will be next Friday, at the Dirty Laundry reading, Scripps Cottage, April 25, 7pm.

-Tony

VitaminT — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:12:43 CST

Tina Cabrera is getting work published in City Works, a great local journal. They are taking two stories: one fiction, "And More Casualties," and one nonfiction, "Saving I Love You." So whenever you see Tina give her a firm handshake. Congratulations, Tina!

VitaminT — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:20:41 CST

New Pages
http://www.newpages.com/
Great trove of journals that accept online submissions. "News, information and guides to independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary magazines, alternative periodicals, independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more."

VitaminT — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:44:54 CST

WC&C SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

http://www.writersconf.org/scholarship/index.php

Descritption:
Writers¹ Conferences & Centers is conducting its annual competition to
provide scholarships for writers who wish to attend a writers¹ conference,
center, retreat, or residency. The scholarships will be applied to fees to
attend any of the over 100 members of WC&C, an association of outstanding
conferences, centers, retreats, and festivals for writers.

The deadline for the WC&C Competition is March 30, 2008. Two scholarships of
$500 will be awarded. To enter the competition, please follow the guidelines
listed on our web site.

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VitaminT — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:13:02 CST

The SDSU Writers Collective is
an organization at San Diego State University created by writers for writers. All fiction and poetry students in the MFA program are invited to join up, but our organization is not exclusive to any major or official program of study. The only prerequisite for membership is a fervent loyalty to literature and a desire to learn more about the craft of writing and be immersed in this pursuit.

Check out our excellent "submissions" page for info on upcoming contests and put in your two cents in our discussion forum.