Phoebe Journal of Literature and Art Writing Contest

HAIKU YEAR-IN-REVIEW

RESPONSES

Poems & Plays announces the 20th annual Tennessee Chapbook Prize!

The current submission period is now OPEN for BANG OUT Volume XIX: “Inauguration” on Saturday, January 19th at the Make Out Room in San Francisco.

Introducing Arcadia Magazine's Short Story Contest (because it's about time we paid one of you)!

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown provides seven-month Fellowships to twenty Fellows (ten writers each year). 

Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers

2012 Dorset Prize now open for submissions!

The deadline for the James Dickey Poetry Contest is approaching!

The third annual Dzanc Books DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon Portugal is now accepting applications!

Spry Literary Journal is currently looking for submissions for its inaugural issue, which will be published in December 2012. 

The UNDO IT Script Contest

Third Coast Magazine is currently accepting submissions for our 2013 ThirdCoast Fiction & Poetry Contests.

Winners in each genre receive $1000 & publication.  All entrants receive a
one year subscription to Third Coast.

For more information visit: http://thirdcoastmagazine.com/contests/

Pacifica Literary Review

Glimmer Train's Family Matters Contest

Victoria A. Hudson Emerging Writer Scholarship

GRANT WRITING INTERNSHIP FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS

WHAT: The General Counsel for the local Special Olympics program is looking for an intern! This is an inaugural internship in grant writing for Special Olympics Northern California.  Intern’s primary responsibility would be grant proposal drafting of submissions to corporate and private foundations. 

WHEN: Apply now!  This opportunity will remain exclusive to Saint Mary's students through the end of October 2012.  The internship will begin in January 2013 and go through the end of the spring semester.

HOW:  Email Candace Eros Diaz & Sara Mumolo for an application form to complete.  This form, a resume, and a short (five pages or less) writing sample (optional) will complete the application. Because of the client base, a criminal background check (conducted for the Special Olympics by a third party at no cost to the applicant), and confidentiality agreement will also be required. 

Playboy College Fiction Contest

First prize included $3000 and publication in Playboy Magazine. 
Deadline is February 15, 2013.
For complete details visit playboymagazine.submittable.com

• Summer Residency at the Poetry Center

   Since 1994, the Poetry Center’s Summer Residency Program has offered poets and prose writers an opportunity to develop their work and to discover all that Tucson has to offer. Two residencies are awarded each summer—one in poetry and one in prose—to writers at any stage of their careers. The residency includes a $150 weekly stipend and a two-to-four-week stay in a private guest house, located within steps of the Center’s renowned library. The residency is offered between June 1 and August 31. To enter, applicants must submit a resume or CV, a project proposal, and a work sample. For complete guidelines, visitpoetry.arizona.edu. The deadline for application is December 17th, 2012.

  
  

• Call for Entries:

  The Victoria A. Hudson Emerging Writer Scholarship will award a registration scholarship to one emerging writer of any genre to attend the San Francisco Writers Conference, February 14-17, 2013. http://www.sfwriters.org/ Scholarship covers registration fee only, does not include transportation, lodging, food (except what is included with registration) or speed dating with agents. The winner and runner ups (if any) will also receive a one year Sunshine membership to the San Francisco Writers University online community. http://www.sfwritersu.com/

  Emerging writer is defined as: Does not have an agent or book contract, and writing is not your primary occupation/supporting you. You know if you are emerging. This is for the many still struggling and dreaming.

  Submission period is 1 September - 1 December, 2012.

  Guidelines:

  Send three pages representative of your writing, plus a short essay not to exceed 500 words on the topic “I write because...” No identifying information should be on the writing sample or the short essay. In a sealed envelope place your cover letter with your name, mailing address, email, and a short Bio. Write only the title of your work and the genre on the outside of the envelope. Work will not be returned. Writers may enter more than one genre but should send separate entries. Any identifying information outside of the sealed envelope will disqualify your entry. This is a blind judged competition. If you'd like confirmation of receipt, include a self addressed stamped post card.

  Mail your entry to: SFWC Scholarships C/O Hudson, PO box 387, Hayward, CA 94543 postmarked NLT 1 December 2012.

  Checklist:
  [ ] Essay 500 words or less, not in envelope.
  [ ] Writing sample with title, no more than 3 pages, not in envelope.
  [ ] Cover letter with name, mailing address, email, and short bio INSIDE sealed envelope
  [ ] Sealed envelope has genre and title of your work written on outside, nothing else.
  [ ] No identifying information outside of the sealed envelope (SASPostcard only exception). [ ] Optional self addressed, stamped postcard for receipt of entry. 

  
  

• 2012 Brookie and D.K. Brown Fiction Contest

The Sunstone Education Foundation invites writers to enter its annual fiction contest. All entries must relate to adult Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. All varieties of form are welcome.

Prizes will be awarded in two categories: short-short story—fewer than 1,500 words; and short story—fewer than 6,000 words. Prize money varies (up to $400 each) depending on the number of winners announced.

Up to three entries may be submitted by any one author. Send manuscript in PDF or Word format to sunstone.editor@gmail.com by 31 October 2012.

Each story must be double-spaced. The author’s name must not appear on any page of the manuscript.

http://www.sunstonemagazine.com/

• Wichita State University's mojo

  Wichita State University's graduate student-run literary journal mojo is accepting submissions for their Fall issue. Each issue features work from emerging writers and poets. 
   
  They currently pay $25 for poetry and short shorts, $50 for short stories and creative nonfiction.
  No submission fees!
   
  Deadline: November 15, 2012
   
  http://mikrokosmosjournal.com/

• RT Literary Nonfiction Book Prize

  Deadline November 1, 2012

  The editors of River Teeth invite nonfiction writers to submit their book-length manuscript for the annual River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize!  The deadline isNovember 1. Submissions can be entered online viaSubmittable or through the mail. Visit the website forcomplete guidelines.

  An interview with the editors of River Teeth about the Nonfiction Book Prize is available now at LitBridge.
  

• The 2013 Chapbook Contest

  National Chapbook Fellowships
  Judged by Thomas Sayers Ellis and Nick Flynn

  
  

  Each year four renowned poets select and introduce a winning manuscript for publication.

  Each winner receives $1000.

  Open to any U.S. Resident who has not published a full-length poetry collection.

  New York Chapbook Fellowships
  Judged by Mary Ruefle and John Yau

  Open to any New York City resident who is 30 or under and has not published a full-length poetry collection.

  For more information and guidelines please visit our website.
  

•  Submit to HARPUR PALATE!

  Harpur Palate, a nationally acclaimed biannual literary journal published by graduate students at Binghamton University, is actively seeking quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by established and emerging writers.  We will accept submissions for issue 12.2 through November 15th, 2012.

  Previous contributors include David Lehman, Nin Andrews, Lee Upton, and Sherman Alexie.   Harpur Palate regularly nominates contributors for the Pushcart Prize.

  In addition, we are now accepting submissions for our two annual contests:
  the Milton Kessler Memorial Prize For Poetry, and the Harpur Palate Creative Nonfiction Prize.

  The annual winner receives a $500 prize and publication in the winter issue of Harpur Palate. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to Harpur Palate, and all pieces are considered for publication in the magazine.

  Postmark Deadline: November 15

  Visit our website for details on our poetry and creative nonfiction prizes and information on how to submit electronically or through the mail:  http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/

• Issue I of The Pubscriber is now available! 

  Check out our very talented authors and photographers atwww.pubscriber.com. While you’re there, check out our submission guidelines. We are currently accepting fiction, non-fiction, flash fiction, essays, poetry and photography submissions.

  We are seeking fresh, developed, and polished talent to be featured in our upcoming issue. We look forward to reading your work.

  
  

• Headlands Center for the Arts - Algorithmy Administration/Curatorial Internship

Algorithmy is the art of using the body as a tool for geometric thinking and calculation, and will be the subject of a two-week symposium in the Fall of 2013 at Headlands Center for the Arts.

Looking for someone who is organized, reliable, energetic, and creative. Should have good to excellent writing talents, can draft templates for letters, and be familiar with grant applications and general paperwork.

Located in various sites around San Francisco, as well as on Headlands' campus.

To apply: Please email a cover letter and resume to skern79@gmail.com. In the subject line write "Administration/Curatorial Internship Application" along with your name.

More information here.

• Mid-American Review sponsors three annual contests, one with a deadline in June, and two with an October deadline (just extended to November 1). Guidelines and further information follow.

  The Fineline Competition for Prose Poems, Short Shorts, and Everything in Between

  The Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award

  The James Wright Poetry Award

• Creative Nonfiction Magazine

For a special “Sustainability” issue, the quarterly literary magazine Creative Nonfiction is looking for essays that illuminate environmental, economic, ethical and/or social challenges related to the state of the planet and our future

•  Kore's 2013 Short Fiction Chapbook Award

The 2013 Short Fiction Award contest is OPEN!

Deadline: November 30, 2012
Judge: TBA

Winner receives a $1000 cash prize and publication by Kore Press.

For complete guidelines: http://korepress.org/KorePressShortFictionAward.htm

• The Danahy Fiction Prize

• The Malahat Review

• The Iowa Review

• First Annual Saranac Review Writing Contest

  Deadline: Dec. 15, 2012
  Entry fee: $15
  $500 prize each for best story and best poem, plus publication.
  Submit 1 story or up to 3 poems
  Guidelines: http://research.plattsburgh.edu/saranacreview

• The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry

• West Trade Review is currently seeking submissions of fiction and poetry for its spring 2013 issue.                                                                                        

  We recognize that your MFA program is one that pushes and transforms the boundaries of the field of creative writing, and we’d like to invite your faculty and students to submit their work for consideration in our journal.  We are seeking original and unpublished works of fiction and poetry by both new and established writers.  Short plays may also be considered.  Our reading period is September through December 2012.  More specific submission details can be found on our call for submissions which you will find attached to this email and our website (www.westtradereview.com).

• Fordham University's national literary magazine, CURA: A Literary Magazine of Art and Action is now accepting submissions.

  Featuring creative writing, visual art, new media and video in response to current news, we seek to enable an artistic process that is rigorously engaged with the world at the present moment.  Our aim is to seek to integrate literary art publishing with social justice. You can find us here.

• Glimmer Train

  Upcoming deadline:

  • The Family Matters (1st place wins $1,500 and publication) deadline is October 31.
  • Submissions typically run 1,500 - 6,000 words; stories up to 12,000 words are fine.
  • Stories about families of all configurations are welcome! Writing Guidelines
  • The 1st-place winner will be published in Issue 90, and the author will receive 20 copies of that issue. Second- and 3rd-places win, respectively, $500 and $300 or, if accepted for publication, $700.

• -ality fiction journal is accepting fiction submissions for our third issue.

  As we move into the new year, we're looking forward to new impressions of life; the very things that make up how we define ourselves.  As before, we're interested in all of the -ality words: reality, musicality, equality, spirituality, personality, and so forth.  We're looking for unpublished works of 8500 words or less, or up to three pieces of flash fiction, 1000 words or less. More detailed submission information can be found atwww.dashality.com/about.  

   

   

• 2012-13 Omnidawn Contests: Poetry & Fabulist Fiction 

  -Fabulist Fiction 
  Chapbook Contest Judged by Jeff VanderMeer
  Open: Aug 1- Oct 15, 2012
  Details: www.omnidawn.com/contest/fiction
   
  -Poetry Open Book Contest Judged by Cole Swensen
  Open: Nov 1 - Dec 31, 2012
  Details: www.omnidawn.com/contest
   
  -Poetry Chapbook Contest Judged by Gillian Conoley
  Open: Feb 1 - Mar 31, 2013
  Details: www.omnidawn.com/contest
   
  -Poetry 1st/2nd Book Contest Judged by Donald Revell
  Open: May 1 - Jun 30, 2013
  Details: www.omnidawn.com/contest

• The Sandy Brimmins National Prize for Poetry

The first-place winning poet will receive a $1000 cash award and an invitation to an awards dinner in Philadelphia in Spring 2013 and publication in the Spring 2013 issue.

The second place winning poet will reeive a $250 cash award and publication in the Spring 2013 issue.

Honorable-mentions will be published in the Spring 2013 issue.

The Prize is made possible by the generous support of Joseph Sullivan.

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2012
For guidelines and more information, visit: www.philadelphiastories.com

• The Grotto & LitQuake Present the Bay Area's First Juried Writers Conference

• Dear Friends, Readers, and Writers,

  As many of you know, on Aug 29, 2011, Tarpaulin Sky Press was nearly wiped out by a certain Hurricane Irene. A year later we are pleased to report that we have not only recovered but have grown, with a heck of a lot in store for 2013 as well as the rest of 2012.

  And yes, we are, for the first time since 2010, open for submissions of book-length manuscripts. Please see the website for details: www.tarpaulinsky.com

  Christian & Co.
  Editors, Tarpaulin Sky Press

• PHILIP LEVINE POETRY BOOK PRIZE 2012

•  Submissions are now open for LUMINA's 2013 Issue, and for our Fiction Contest!

LUMINA is accepting Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Visual Art submissions for Volume XII. This year’s Fiction Contest will be judged by acclaimed essayist George Saunders. First place award is $500.

Deadline for all submissions is November 1, 2012.

Visit http://lumina.submittable.com/submit for submission guidelines, and to submit your work. 

LUMINA, established in 2000, is the annual print publication of the Sarah Lawrence College Graduate Writing Program, and has featured such authors as Rick Moody, Mark Doty, Phillip Lopate, Dorothy Alison, Stephen Dobyns, Amy Hempel, Kimiko Hahn, Cathy Park Hong, and Jenny Boully.

 If you have any further questions, please feel free to get in touch. We look forward to reading your work!

LUMINA, the Literary Journal of Sarah Lawrence College

Glimmer Train's Fiction Open Deadline: September 30, 2012

Prizes: 1st place now wins $2,500 and, of course, publication in Glimmer Train Stories. 2nd place wins $1,000 and possible publication. 3rd place wins $600 or, if published, $700.

Other considerations:
	Winners and finalists will be contacted by November 30, and results will be officially announced in the December 1 bulletin.
	Most submissions to the Fiction Open run 2,000 to 8,000 words, but from 2,000 to 20,000-word stories are welcome.
	Reading fee is $19 per story. Please, no more than 3 submissions per category.
	Simultaneous submissions are okay. Please notify immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere.

We look forward to reading your work!

• LITERNATIONAL's 1st Annual Santa CLAWS Contest.

• So to Speak a feminist journal of language and art: is now accepting submissions for our Spring 2013 Issue! This issue will feature our poetry and nonfiction contest winners, as well as fiction and visual art.

Submissions will be accepted from August 15-October 15 through our online submissions manager at http://sotospeak.submishmash.com/submit. Full submission guidelines are available at http://sotospeakjournal.org/

We are excited to announce that the contest judge for the Spring 2013 Poetry Contest will be Danielle Pafunda, and the judge for the Spring 2013 Nonfiction Contest will be Julie Marie Wade. Winners will receive prize money and publication, and finalists will also be published. The contest entry fee of $15 will include a free copy of the Spring 2013 issue for all entrants.

So to Speak, founded in 1993 by an editorial collective of women MFA candidates at George Mason University, has served as a space for feminist writing and art for nearly 20 years. So to Speak publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art that live up to a high standard of language, form, and meaning. We look for work that addresses issues of significance to women’s lives and movements for women’s equality and are especially interested in pieces that explore issues of race, class, and sexuality in relation to gender.

We look forward to reading your work!

-The So to Speak Staff

So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and art
George Mason University
4400 University Drive MSN 2C5
Fairfax, VA 22030
sotospeakjournal.org
@SoToSpeakJrnl
sts@gmu.edu

•  580 Split, the graduate literary journal housed at Mills College in Oakland, California, is seeking submissions for its 15th issue. Submissions will be accepted through October 28, 2012.  We welcome exemplary works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.  Experimental work, international writers, and marginalized perspectives are highly encouraged. Please share this info with your students and staff.

  
  
  To view the current issue, click here.  

  Call for submissions
  The theme for the next issue is Obsession. As writers and artists, we may best understand the moment when an initial interest teeters and tips over to a full-blown obsession. In many cases it is not something we see coming, much less something we can control. Standing outside of reason, obsession seems to be one of the main forces that drives artistic creation. We are looking for work that inquires into, is inspired by, or speaks directly to the idea of obsession.

  Submission guidelines
  We use Submittable to manage all submissions. Sign up for free online. Please do not send any submissions via mail or email: they will not be considered. View the complete submission guidelines or submit your work to us here.

  Submission deadline: October 28, 2012
  

   

• January Term Lecturers at Saint Mary's College

FOR COMPLETE DETAILS GO HERE

• The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35 is looking for nonfiction narratives that challenge conventional tourism. Our summary line goes as such:

From West Africa to Vietnam, Tokyo to Paris, the book’s focus is to show the distinctive niche of travel experiences that defines our wide peer group, and how we've learned to engage the global community of an increasingly small world.

Information on the project is linked here:

Full Submissions Call      -       Project Homepage and Long Summary      -       Video       -       In the News           

“This is all very intriguing,” you may by now be thinking (we hope!). “But who are you?”

Operating since 2012, The Places We’ve Been, LLC, is an independent publisher, dedicated to literary portrayals of the diverse experiences of human existence. The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35 is our inaugural project—and namesake.

The purpose of The Places We’ve Been is to work with varied and ambitious new writers to develop and then publish, promote, and distribute unique work. Specific areas of interest are literary fiction and nonfiction, with four books set for release in 2013.

• GRE • GMAT • LSAT • SAT • ACT
  Test Preparation Instructor Positions

We are seeking test preparation instructors for our GRE, GMAT, LSAT, SAT and ACT classes.  These are part-time positions with classes once per week on weekends.  We seek intelligent, charismatic instructors who have both top test scores and excellent teaching skills.  Our company has a social mission to provide top caliber test preparation courses at a value price.  Team Sherwood is committed to the social responsibility of accessible test preparation courses: Everyone deserves to put their best score out there.

$40 per hour for GRE, GMAT and LSAT classroom instruction;

$30 per hour for SAT and ACT classroom instruction.

Qualifications
Education: Current graduate or professional student (Ph.D. (or equivalent), Master’s, J.D.); or Completed Ph.D. (or equivalent), J.D., or Master’s degree.

• Submit to a Writing Contest The San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival is looking for three writers to join us February 13-17, 2013 in Mexico.  Submit your poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction to our writing contest before November 04, 2012 for a chance to attend the eighth annual writers’ conference free of charge as well as have your lodging paid for during your stay.   Submissions can be made through Submittable at: https://sanmiguelwritersconference.submittable.com/submit   For more information about the writing contest go here: http://sanmiguelwritersconferenceblog.org/2013-writing-contest-guidlines/   More information about the San Miguel Writers’ Conference can be found at: http://sanmiguelwritersconference.org/

•  Superstition Review is now accepting submissions  

of art, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for Issue 10 to be launched November 30, 2012.
Please visit www.superstitionreview.com to read guidelines.

•  Prairie Schooner Regular Submission Period Open:  

The frightened freshmen are back on campus, the drought-stricken leaves are about to fall, and we're ready to read another season's worth of fantastic writing. As usual, we're looking for the best of the genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and reviews. Submit online or in hard copy; find out our complete guidelines . Looking forward to reading your work! here

•  Glimmer Train Fiction Open Contest

The Fiction Open (1st place wins $2,500) deadline is September 30.

Most entries to the Fiction Open run from 2,000 - 8000 words, but up to 20,000-word stories are welcome. Writing Guidelines

The 1st-place winner will be published in Issue 89 and the author will receive 20 copies of that issue. Second- and 3rd-places win, respectively, $1,000 and $600 (or, if accepted for publication, $700).

Note: Some writers affected by Hurricane Isaac have asked if we will extend the deadline of the August Short Story Award for New Writers because of power outages and worse. Of course: The deadline for submissions has been moved from August 31 to September 12.

•  New Writing Contest from the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis