Happy New Year from Beltway Poetry Quarterly!
http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/
We begin 2008 with a rousing new issue of the journal, celebrating political poetry "borne out of a hunger." The Split This Rock Issue features seventeen poets who are participating in the upcoming festival of the same name, either as organizers or readers.
As co-editor Regie Cabico writes in his introduction, these poets sing "about gentrification, pop culture, immigration, war, heritage, disability, history and American iconography" to create a home "in the gut of a government that should hear, swallow, and ingest verses of provocation and witness."
Split This Rock Poetry Festival will take place in Washington, DC March 20-23, 2008. In addition to Beltway Poetry Quarterly, other co-sponsoring organizations include the Institute for Policy Studies, Sol and Soul, The White Crane Institute, Washington Friends of Walt Whitman, and Beloit Poetry Journal.
The Split This Rock Issue of Beltway Poetry Quarterly features poems by the following authors:
Winona Addison * Naomi Ayala * Sarah Browning * Grace Cavalieri * Teri Ellen Cross * Heather Davis * Joel Dias-Porter * Yael Flusberg * Brian Gilmore * E. Ethelbert Miller * Princess of Controversy * Tanya Snyder * Susan Tichey * Melissa Tuckey * Dan Vera * Rosemary Winslow * Kathi Wolfe
The Split This Rock Issue (Volume 9, Number 1), is co-edited by Regie Cabico and Kim Roberts. The issue is available online now at:
http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/
Showing posts with label Literary News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Literary News. Show all posts
Monday, December 31, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Ann Darr (1920-2007)
I received this note moments ago--
"We note with sadness the passing of Ann Darr, a prominent DC poet. Dryad Press has started an 'In Memoriam' page on their website that is terrific. The link reprints poems, and gives biographical information. http://www.dryadpress.com/AnnDarr.htm
Though, I did not personally know Ms. Darr, I tend to look at the writing community as a body so when someone leaves that body, it's almost like suffering a lost limb or digit.
Merill Leffler, publisher of Dryad Press is accepting remembrances of Ann Darr; you may sent them to publisher@dryadpress.com
"We note with sadness the passing of Ann Darr, a prominent DC poet. Dryad Press has started an 'In Memoriam' page on their website that is terrific. The link reprints poems, and gives biographical information. http://www.dryadpress.com/AnnDarr.htm
Though, I did not personally know Ms. Darr, I tend to look at the writing community as a body so when someone leaves that body, it's almost like suffering a lost limb or digit.
Merill Leffler, publisher of Dryad Press is accepting remembrances of Ann Darr; you may sent them to publisher@dryadpress.com
Monday, October 1, 2007
The District on My Mind.
Hello friends!
Check out the latest issue of Beltway which features an anthology of DC writers discussing the ways in which "change" has affected them. I am proud to see this issue morph into fruition, it began as a seed that I passed along to editor Kim Roberts, then it germinated into this wonderful issue.
The Fall issue of Beltway Poetry Quarterly is now online--and what a terrific issue it is! "The Evolving City" is an anthology of 36 poems that address the multiplicity of ways that cities change over time.
http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/
Co-edited by Teri Ellen Cross and Kim Roberts, the featured authors are:
Abdul Ali * Joseph Awad * Kimberly L. Becker * Japheth Brubaker * Rick Cannon * Kenneth Carroll * Grace Cavalieri * William Claire * Ramola D * Heather Davis * Mark DeFoe * Greta Ehrig * Mark Ftizgerald * Martin Galvin * Brian Gilmore * Fannie H. Gray * Daniel Gutstein * Jessica Haney * Joyce Latham * Grisella Martinez * E. Ethelbert Miller * Kathleen O'Toole * Jose Padua * Linda Pastan * John Peacock * Elizabeth Poliner * Katy Richey * Joseph Ross * Carly Sachs * David Salner * Kate Powell Shine * Tanya Snyder * Dan Vera * Joshua Weiner * Rosemary Winslow * Katherine E. Young
We hope you enjoy it!http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/
Check out the latest issue of Beltway which features an anthology of DC writers discussing the ways in which "change" has affected them. I am proud to see this issue morph into fruition, it began as a seed that I passed along to editor Kim Roberts, then it germinated into this wonderful issue.
The Fall issue of Beltway Poetry Quarterly is now online--and what a terrific issue it is! "The Evolving City" is an anthology of 36 poems that address the multiplicity of ways that cities change over time.
http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/
Co-edited by Teri Ellen Cross and Kim Roberts, the featured authors are:
Abdul Ali * Joseph Awad * Kimberly L. Becker * Japheth Brubaker * Rick Cannon * Kenneth Carroll * Grace Cavalieri * William Claire * Ramola D * Heather Davis * Mark DeFoe * Greta Ehrig * Mark Ftizgerald * Martin Galvin * Brian Gilmore * Fannie H. Gray * Daniel Gutstein * Jessica Haney * Joyce Latham * Grisella Martinez * E. Ethelbert Miller * Kathleen O'Toole * Jose Padua * Linda Pastan * John Peacock * Elizabeth Poliner * Katy Richey * Joseph Ross * Carly Sachs * David Salner * Kate Powell Shine * Tanya Snyder * Dan Vera * Joshua Weiner * Rosemary Winslow * Katherine E. Young
We hope you enjoy it!http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Nora Poetry Reading Series
Just wanted to let everyone know that the line-up for the Sept. 13 reading at Nora is set:
Abdul Ali
Christina Beasley
Katy Richey
Bernadette Van-Field
The reading is Thursday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 pm, at the Nora School, 955 Sligo Avenue in Silver Spring. Directions are available at the school's website: http://nora-school.org/.
Please support poetry in the DC Metro area!
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Young Artist Grant
Must be a DC resident.
About the Young Artist Program:
The Young Artist Program offers grants of up to $3,500 to artists between the ages of 18 & 30. The Arts Commission recognizes that there are young segments of our community who are creating art and contributing to the vitality of our city. This program is devoted to identifying and assisting these young artists. Grants will support individuals in the following areas: crafts, dance, literature, media, music, interdisciplinary/performance art, theatre and visual arts. Eligible projects include support for innovative art projects and community service projects primarily at providing access and positive alternatives for youth and seniors.
About the Commission:
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is the official arts agency of the District of Columbia. Commission programs support and promote stability, vitality, and diversity of artistic expression in the District. The Commission is assisted in grants making by advisory panels of respected arts professionals and community representatives who make recommendations to the Commission on grant awards.
Deadline:
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 7 pm Sharp ( Do Not Miss this)
Workshops:
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities ( DCCAH)
2901 14th Street NW, Suite 100 A
Washington DC
Staff Contact:
Sherry Schwecten
sherry.schwecten@dc.gov
About the Young Artist Program:
The Young Artist Program offers grants of up to $3,500 to artists between the ages of 18 & 30. The Arts Commission recognizes that there are young segments of our community who are creating art and contributing to the vitality of our city. This program is devoted to identifying and assisting these young artists. Grants will support individuals in the following areas: crafts, dance, literature, media, music, interdisciplinary/performance art, theatre and visual arts. Eligible projects include support for innovative art projects and community service projects primarily at providing access and positive alternatives for youth and seniors.
About the Commission:
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is the official arts agency of the District of Columbia. Commission programs support and promote stability, vitality, and diversity of artistic expression in the District. The Commission is assisted in grants making by advisory panels of respected arts professionals and community representatives who make recommendations to the Commission on grant awards.
Deadline:
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 7 pm Sharp ( Do Not Miss this)
Workshops:
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities ( DCCAH)
2901 14th Street NW, Suite 100 A
Washington DC
Staff Contact:
Sherry Schwecten
sherry.schwecten@dc.gov
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Upcoming DC WritersCorp Events
Friday, August 10, 7:00 PMAnacostia Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, DC 20020
For Poets and Poetry Lovers of Every Shape and Size!
For the 2nd year, DC WritersCorps will lead a poetry slam and open mic poetry session as part of the Anacostia Museum’s summer programming. The readings lead by Isaac Colon and Kenny Carroll are open to youth and adults and will feature other young poets from DC WritersCorps.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information call 202 633-4866
This event will be repeated on Friday, August 24, 2007 at 7:00 PM
DC WritersCorps History and Mission:
Overview:
DC WritersCorps has offered community writing workshops and literacy programs to at-risk and underserved residents in Washington, DC since 1994. In that time we’ve served over 10,000 residents, employed over 150 writers, and partnered with 100 community sites. DC WritersCorps sends accomplished writers into DC public middle/junior high schools to serve over 500 teens a year. We are a 501(C)3 organization.
Mission:
To use literature, media, performance and the teaching of creative writing to help youth change their orientation towards reading and writing and to strengthen basic literacy skills. Through artistic development, we provide hands on work experience and leadership skills to prepare youth for academic and lifelong success.
To find out how to participate in DC WritersCorps programs or how to support our operations, go to www.dcwriterscorps.org
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Bring the Poems, Bring the Funk. . .
The editor of the Indiana Review is doing a Funk issue. For more information check out their blog. They will begin accepting submissions after September 1. Please also check out the funky and wonderful interview that Tayari Jones did on her blog:
http://www.indianareview.blogspot.com/
http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/
http://www.indianareview.blogspot.com/
http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/
Friday, August 3, 2007
Calling all (women) Writers!
Just read this a few moments ago! Ms. Sewell does awesome work so please support her literary contributions.
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JUST LIKE A GIRL - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta!
The latest offering from GirlChild Press is intended to be a rough and tumble, sassy, wickedly clever kick-ass anthology.
Where Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces was a meditation on the state of girlhood; Just Like a Girl is meant to highlight the clever girls, the funny girls, the girls who don't ask for permission and take up as much room as they damn well like. She is the girl who knows there is no sin in being born one; and that in spite of all evidence and current belief systems girl/woman does not equal weak.
Said girl doesn't have to be a super hero, but she has hit a few balls out of the park, cursed out a couple trash talking construction workers, and took a few racist, homophobic, misogynistic folks to task. Ultimately, she knows how to pick herself up and brush herself off.
She's a feminist. 2nd Wave. 3rd Wave. No Wave.
She's high maintenance.
She has read the Patriot Act. She understands it.
She recognizes that people's lives fall apart, but with time and some Elmer's glue it all works itself out.
She's an urban girl. A country girl.
She lives in a square state. A blue state. A red state.
She seriously ponders what are the SAT scores of those girls grinding in the music videos. She is the girl in the music video.
She has the perfect plan on how to break up with a boyfriend and how not to lose her cool when her 38 triple D bra snaps in the middle of a cocktail party.
She's a 25th century girl.
She knows the words to Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly.
She secretly pinches her best friend's bratty three year old.
She is a cashier at WALMART.
She's the second chair flute in her 8th grade band.
She marches on Washington
She makes fun of vegans
She has 6,000 friends on myspace.com
She still hides the tattoo that she got at senior beach week from her mother – she's 42.
She writes for herself. She writes for her sister. She writes for the girls still not born.
Think of Just Like a Girl as a travelogue for the bumpy, powerful, action packed world of girlhood.
Tell a secret.
Reveal a lie
Go tell it on the mountain.
You get the point.
So cast a net and see what the day's catch brings
Submission Details
Deadline: September 30, 2007
The anthology is open to any subject matter.
Work is especially welcomed from new and emerging writers.
Contributors may submit up to three pieces.
Essays and short stories should be no longer than 3,000 words.
Poems should have the contributor's name on each page
Sci-fi is encouraged!
Electronic Mail
Send your work to http://blog.myspace.com/..parent.ComposeTo(
Attachments should be titled with your name and the email subject should be Just Like a Girl.
Snail mail
Michelle Sewell
GirlChild Press
PO Box 93
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Please include a brief bio and a mailing address.
Contributors will receive a copy of the anthology and the opportunity to read at the official Spring 2008 booksigning.
For more information on Michelle Sewell and the press check out http://www.girlchildpress.com/
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JUST LIKE A GIRL - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta!
The latest offering from GirlChild Press is intended to be a rough and tumble, sassy, wickedly clever kick-ass anthology.
Where Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces was a meditation on the state of girlhood; Just Like a Girl is meant to highlight the clever girls, the funny girls, the girls who don't ask for permission and take up as much room as they damn well like. She is the girl who knows there is no sin in being born one; and that in spite of all evidence and current belief systems girl/woman does not equal weak.
Said girl doesn't have to be a super hero, but she has hit a few balls out of the park, cursed out a couple trash talking construction workers, and took a few racist, homophobic, misogynistic folks to task. Ultimately, she knows how to pick herself up and brush herself off.
She's a feminist. 2nd Wave. 3rd Wave. No Wave.
She's high maintenance.
She has read the Patriot Act. She understands it.
She recognizes that people's lives fall apart, but with time and some Elmer's glue it all works itself out.
She's an urban girl. A country girl.
She lives in a square state. A blue state. A red state.
She seriously ponders what are the SAT scores of those girls grinding in the music videos. She is the girl in the music video.
She has the perfect plan on how to break up with a boyfriend and how not to lose her cool when her 38 triple D bra snaps in the middle of a cocktail party.
She's a 25th century girl.
She knows the words to Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly.
She secretly pinches her best friend's bratty three year old.
She is a cashier at WALMART.
She's the second chair flute in her 8th grade band.
She marches on Washington
She makes fun of vegans
She has 6,000 friends on myspace.com
She still hides the tattoo that she got at senior beach week from her mother – she's 42.
She writes for herself. She writes for her sister. She writes for the girls still not born.
Think of Just Like a Girl as a travelogue for the bumpy, powerful, action packed world of girlhood.
Tell a secret.
Reveal a lie
Go tell it on the mountain.
You get the point.
So cast a net and see what the day's catch brings
Submission Details
Deadline: September 30, 2007
The anthology is open to any subject matter.
Work is especially welcomed from new and emerging writers.
Contributors may submit up to three pieces.
Essays and short stories should be no longer than 3,000 words.
Poems should have the contributor's name on each page
Sci-fi is encouraged!
Electronic Mail
Send your work to http://blog.myspace.com/..parent.ComposeTo(
Attachments should be titled with your name and the email subject should be Just Like a Girl.
Snail mail
Michelle Sewell
GirlChild Press
PO Box 93
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Please include a brief bio and a mailing address.
Contributors will receive a copy of the anthology and the opportunity to read at the official Spring 2008 booksigning.
For more information on Michelle Sewell and the press check out http://www.girlchildpress.com/
Calling all Writers!
A gift from writer-friend Sarah Browning:
WHAT: IN TWO TONGUES/EN DOS LENGUAS program for emerging writers (involving mentoring, a public reading, and publication)
WHEN: Submission deadline: Monday, August 13 Event: Wednesday, October 10
WHO: The Master Poet is E. Ethelbert Miller
COST: This program is free; there is no charge for entry or participation
HOW: Go to www.arlingtonartscenter.org for an application or call 703-248-6800 x 11 for more information
http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/call_for_entries.htm
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Dear Angsty People in WASHINGTON DC ,- Did you write lame-ass love letters as a kid?- Did you write angsty lyrics as a teenager?- Did you spend high school writing melodramatic journals?So did the people behind MORTIFIED. And if you live near Washington, DC, they want you to join them. Yep, Mortified is actively looking for new readers to join the fun as we open a chapter in your city . If you or someone you know would like to read aloud utterly embarrassing childhood relics in front of total strangers... we'd LOVE to meet with you and hear your material. Open to all.WHAT: MORTIFIED CASTINGWHEN: AUGUST 18-19, 2007REQUEST A SCREENING SESSION: http://www.getmortified.com/casting-------------
WHAT IS MORTIFIED:Hailed a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek and celebrated by the likes of This American Life, The Today Show, The Onion AV Club, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Jane, Daily Candy and more... the project collects childhood creations and uses them to reveal uniquely autobiographical tales. There are amazing stories buried in the pages of people's lives. Our mission is to simply help find them. The result is a unique show-and-tell presentation where the emphasis is always on narrative.
WHAT DO I SUBMIT?All material must be written between the ages of 6-21 and by ALL MEANS, totally totally suck. We look for stuff that is real, written by you, laugh-out-loud funny (but not on purpose), and reveals something unique about yourself. Topics can range from the sweet (crushes) to the dark (depression)... just as long as they make people laugh. And no, you do NOT have to be an actor of any kind... just someone who is very good at playing themselves. To watch sample clips or find more info, visit at http://www.getmortified.com.
MATERIAL WORTH SHARING:- Diaries / Journals- Notebooks- Poems- Lyrics (tormented ballads, anthems, metal, raps...)- Letters (love letters, camp letters, etc.)- Locker Notes- School Assignments- Plays / Scripts (the more pretentious the better)- Fiction- Etc.ANY QUESTIONS?Great. Read our Casting FAQ or request a screening session at http://www.getmortified.com/casting. We are always looking for new people.Share the shame...www.getmortified.com
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For an anthology of contemporary poetry on girlhood aimed at high school and college level readers, co-editors Arielle Greenberg and Becca Klaver seek submission of poems on or relevant to any aspect of the experience of girlhood, from childhood to young adulthood by poets with at least one published or forthcoming poetry collection from a nationally-distributed press. We aim to create an anthology that addresses the need young women have for challenging, intelligent, complicated literature about their lives. Possible subjects include but are not limited to experiences of family relationships, work, activism, sexuality, friendship, consumer culture, physical or mental illness, body image, domesticity, athleticism, intellectual pursuits, creativity, geography, displacement, belonging, separation, identity formation, partnership and triumph. Poems that are not “subject-driven” or narrative but might still be of particular interest to a teenage girl reader are also welcome.
In addition to submissions of your own work, we would be interested in hearing suggestions of individual poems that you know of and feel should be included in such an anthology.
As we have a very limited permissions budget, we prefer submissions of poems that are either unpublished or to which the poet retains the rights. Previously published poems will be considered; please indicate if the poems you are submitting have been published.
Switchback Books plans to publish the anthology in 2009.
Please send no more than three poems no later than October 1, 2007 via email Word attachment to becca [at] switchbackbooks [dot] com or via snail mail in care of Becca Klaver, Assistant Programs Director, English Department, Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605-1996. Please include an email address. We expect to notify poets regarding submission status via email by Summer 2008.
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CUTTHROAT, A JOURNAL OF THE ARTSThe 2007 JOY HARJO POETRYandRICK DEMARINIS SHORT STORY PRIZES$1250 1st and $250 2ndplus publication
Judges: Rebecca Seiferle/PoetryJohn McNally/Fiction
Send three poems (100 line limit/one poem per page) or one short story(limit 5000 wds.) and a cover sheet w/name, phone, mailing address &email, a SASE for announcement of winners and $15 reading fee persubmission made to Raven’s Word Writers to:
CUTTHROAT, A JOURNAL OF THE ARTSP.O. BOX 2414DURANGO, COLORADO 81302
Postmark date: Oct. 10, 2007. Unpublished work only. No author’s namemay appear on the manuscript. Multiple submissions are fine, but authormust inform us if work is accepted elsewhere. Names of winners arepublished on the web & in CUTTHROAT. Winners announced in the AWPChronicle and in Poets & Writers. For more infomation, go to:www.cutthroatmag.com
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QUERCUS REVIEW Poetry Series Annual Book Award:DEADLINE: OCTOBER 19Publication & $1000 is given for an unpublished collection of poetry. New & emerging poets are especially invited to submit. Winner also receives 50 copies of published book. Send manuscripts w/$20 READING FEE to QUERCUS REVIEW PRESS; MJC English Dept; 435 College Ave; Modesto, CA 95350. For complete guidelines, visit: www.quercusreview.com.
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The Cream City Review, published by the Dept. of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, announced the theme for its Fall 2008 issue: found.They are looking for "poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction addressing accidental discovery: of an object, an idea, a text, an epiphany - an element that creates memorable, surprising, and evocative art." Submissions will be accepted between August 1 and November 1, 2007.TCCR accepts simultaneous submissions.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/English/ccr/index.html
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PERUGIA PRESS PRIZE – accepting submissions NOW!for a First or Second Book of Poetry by a WomanPrize: $1000 and publicationA 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.
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Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
Poets & Writers, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers, invites poets and fiction writers who are residents of Washington, D.C. to apply for its 2008 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award. The winning writers will travel to New York to meet with editors, agents, writers, and other members of the New York literary community during a five-day all-expenses-paid trip. This year’s judges are Tayari Jones for fiction and Frank X. Walker for poetry.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTSWashington, D.C. poets and fiction writers who:• Have never published a book, or;• Have published no more than one full-length bookin the genre in which they are applying, and;• Have been a resident of Washington, D.C. for at least 2years prior to the date they submit their manuscripts.
Writers may apply in the poetry and/or fiction categories. An official application must accompany all manuscripts. For complete guidelines and an application, please visit www.pw.org/prizesCompleted applications must be postmarked after October 1 and no later than December 1, 2007.
WHAT: IN TWO TONGUES/EN DOS LENGUAS program for emerging writers (involving mentoring, a public reading, and publication)
WHEN: Submission deadline: Monday, August 13 Event: Wednesday, October 10
WHO: The Master Poet is E. Ethelbert Miller
COST: This program is free; there is no charge for entry or participation
HOW: Go to www.arlingtonartscenter.org for an application or call 703-248-6800 x 11 for more information
http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/call_for_entries.htm
**
Dear Angsty People in WASHINGTON DC ,- Did you write lame-ass love letters as a kid?- Did you write angsty lyrics as a teenager?- Did you spend high school writing melodramatic journals?So did the people behind MORTIFIED. And if you live near Washington, DC, they want you to join them. Yep, Mortified is actively looking for new readers to join the fun as we open a chapter in your city . If you or someone you know would like to read aloud utterly embarrassing childhood relics in front of total strangers... we'd LOVE to meet with you and hear your material. Open to all.WHAT: MORTIFIED CASTINGWHEN: AUGUST 18-19, 2007REQUEST A SCREENING SESSION: http://www.getmortified.com/casting-------------
WHAT IS MORTIFIED:Hailed a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek and celebrated by the likes of This American Life, The Today Show, The Onion AV Club, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Jane, Daily Candy and more... the project collects childhood creations and uses them to reveal uniquely autobiographical tales. There are amazing stories buried in the pages of people's lives. Our mission is to simply help find them. The result is a unique show-and-tell presentation where the emphasis is always on narrative.
WHAT DO I SUBMIT?All material must be written between the ages of 6-21 and by ALL MEANS, totally totally suck. We look for stuff that is real, written by you, laugh-out-loud funny (but not on purpose), and reveals something unique about yourself. Topics can range from the sweet (crushes) to the dark (depression)... just as long as they make people laugh. And no, you do NOT have to be an actor of any kind... just someone who is very good at playing themselves. To watch sample clips or find more info, visit at http://www.getmortified.com.
MATERIAL WORTH SHARING:- Diaries / Journals- Notebooks- Poems- Lyrics (tormented ballads, anthems, metal, raps...)- Letters (love letters, camp letters, etc.)- Locker Notes- School Assignments- Plays / Scripts (the more pretentious the better)- Fiction- Etc.ANY QUESTIONS?Great. Read our Casting FAQ or request a screening session at http://www.getmortified.com/casting. We are always looking for new people.Share the shame...www.getmortified.com
**
For an anthology of contemporary poetry on girlhood aimed at high school and college level readers, co-editors Arielle Greenberg and Becca Klaver seek submission of poems on or relevant to any aspect of the experience of girlhood, from childhood to young adulthood by poets with at least one published or forthcoming poetry collection from a nationally-distributed press. We aim to create an anthology that addresses the need young women have for challenging, intelligent, complicated literature about their lives. Possible subjects include but are not limited to experiences of family relationships, work, activism, sexuality, friendship, consumer culture, physical or mental illness, body image, domesticity, athleticism, intellectual pursuits, creativity, geography, displacement, belonging, separation, identity formation, partnership and triumph. Poems that are not “subject-driven” or narrative but might still be of particular interest to a teenage girl reader are also welcome.
In addition to submissions of your own work, we would be interested in hearing suggestions of individual poems that you know of and feel should be included in such an anthology.
As we have a very limited permissions budget, we prefer submissions of poems that are either unpublished or to which the poet retains the rights. Previously published poems will be considered; please indicate if the poems you are submitting have been published.
Switchback Books plans to publish the anthology in 2009.
Please send no more than three poems no later than October 1, 2007 via email Word attachment to becca [at] switchbackbooks [dot] com or via snail mail in care of Becca Klaver, Assistant Programs Director, English Department, Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605-1996. Please include an email address. We expect to notify poets regarding submission status via email by Summer 2008.
**
CUTTHROAT, A JOURNAL OF THE ARTSThe 2007 JOY HARJO POETRYandRICK DEMARINIS SHORT STORY PRIZES$1250 1st and $250 2ndplus publication
Judges: Rebecca Seiferle/PoetryJohn McNally/Fiction
Send three poems (100 line limit/one poem per page) or one short story(limit 5000 wds.) and a cover sheet w/name, phone, mailing address &email, a SASE for announcement of winners and $15 reading fee persubmission made to Raven’s Word Writers to:
CUTTHROAT, A JOURNAL OF THE ARTSP.O. BOX 2414DURANGO, COLORADO 81302
Postmark date: Oct. 10, 2007. Unpublished work only. No author’s namemay appear on the manuscript. Multiple submissions are fine, but authormust inform us if work is accepted elsewhere. Names of winners arepublished on the web & in CUTTHROAT. Winners announced in the AWPChronicle and in Poets & Writers. For more infomation, go to:www.cutthroatmag.com
**
QUERCUS REVIEW Poetry Series Annual Book Award:DEADLINE: OCTOBER 19Publication & $1000 is given for an unpublished collection of poetry. New & emerging poets are especially invited to submit. Winner also receives 50 copies of published book. Send manuscripts w/$20 READING FEE to QUERCUS REVIEW PRESS; MJC English Dept; 435 College Ave; Modesto, CA 95350. For complete guidelines, visit: www.quercusreview.com.
**
The Cream City Review, published by the Dept. of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, announced the theme for its Fall 2008 issue: found.They are looking for "poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction addressing accidental discovery: of an object, an idea, a text, an epiphany - an element that creates memorable, surprising, and evocative art." Submissions will be accepted between August 1 and November 1, 2007.TCCR accepts simultaneous submissions.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/English/ccr/index.html
**
PERUGIA PRESS PRIZE – accepting submissions NOW!for a First or Second Book of Poetry by a WomanPrize: $1000 and publicationA 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.
**
Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
Poets & Writers, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers, invites poets and fiction writers who are residents of Washington, D.C. to apply for its 2008 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award. The winning writers will travel to New York to meet with editors, agents, writers, and other members of the New York literary community during a five-day all-expenses-paid trip. This year’s judges are Tayari Jones for fiction and Frank X. Walker for poetry.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTSWashington, D.C. poets and fiction writers who:• Have never published a book, or;• Have published no more than one full-length bookin the genre in which they are applying, and;• Have been a resident of Washington, D.C. for at least 2years prior to the date they submit their manuscripts.
Writers may apply in the poetry and/or fiction categories. An official application must accompany all manuscripts. For complete guidelines and an application, please visit www.pw.org/prizesCompleted applications must be postmarked after October 1 and no later than December 1, 2007.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
DC African American Writers Guild
We have wonderful news!
The Washington DC African-American Writer’s Guild (AAWG) is in the process of reemerging as the home base for African American writers working to realize their creative projects. As you know, the DC/Metro area is populated with a number of talented writers of diverse disciplines who are in varied stages of completing their works. Part of the DC AAWG’s mission will be to organize and provide workshops, access to a network of peers and collaborate with local artists and businesses. We need the assistance and guidance of former DC AAWG members as well as newcomers residing in the DC/metropolitan and surrounding areas.
Please confirm your availability to attend an August, 2007 Washington DC African-American Writer’s Guild Planning Meeting by completing the attached form, in its entirety by Thursday, August 2nd, 2007. Once the time and location of the meeting are confirmed, more information will be sure to follow. Also, the Agenda will be distributed at the meeting.
This will be an awesome year! We look forward to growing exponentially with you and the DC African American Writer’s Guild. And we certainly are excited about the journey ahead.
Abundant Blessings,
Majeedah Johnson and Abdul Ali
The Washington DC African-American Writer’s Guild (AAWG) is in the process of reemerging as the home base for African American writers working to realize their creative projects. As you know, the DC/Metro area is populated with a number of talented writers of diverse disciplines who are in varied stages of completing their works. Part of the DC AAWG’s mission will be to organize and provide workshops, access to a network of peers and collaborate with local artists and businesses. We need the assistance and guidance of former DC AAWG members as well as newcomers residing in the DC/metropolitan and surrounding areas.
Please confirm your availability to attend an August, 2007 Washington DC African-American Writer’s Guild Planning Meeting by completing the attached form, in its entirety by Thursday, August 2nd, 2007. Once the time and location of the meeting are confirmed, more information will be sure to follow. Also, the Agenda will be distributed at the meeting.
This will be an awesome year! We look forward to growing exponentially with you and the DC African American Writer’s Guild. And we certainly are excited about the journey ahead.
Abundant Blessings,
Majeedah Johnson and Abdul Ali
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
New Poetry Journal
Please help us spread the word about this terrific new journal! Subscriptions are free (please subscribe from the web site). Thanks for your interest!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dennis Forney (302) 645-7700 dnf@capegazette.com
NEW ONLINE JOURNAL FEATURES DELMARVA POETS
The first issue of the Delaware Poetry Review, an online magazine featuring new works from the Mid-Atlantic region, is now available. Beautifully designed, easy to navigate, and free, the Delaware Poetry Review publishes a wide range of poets, including:
Fleda Brown, Poet Laureate of Delaware,
Nin Andrews, author of 5 books of poems, including Sleeping with Houdini
Beth Joselow, author of 8 books of poems, most recently Begin at Once,
Jamie Brown, owner of John Milton & Company Books and founder of the John Milton Poetry Festival,
Rich Boucher, award-winning slam poet and co-coordinator of the Open Mic and Slam at the Crimson Moon Tavern in Wilmington,
Martin Galvin, author of Wild Card, winner of the Columbia Poetry Prize,
Ann Colwell, Associate Professor of English at the University of Delaware, and
Ben Greer, author of 5 novels and one poetry collection, A Late Disorder.
The inaugural issue features 23 poets. Sixty percent of writers in the first issue live or work in Delaware or elsewhere on the Delmarva Peninsula.
The Delaware Poetry Review was formed when the editors of five well-respected, award-winning journals in Delaware, Virginia, and Washington, DC (Bay Oak Press, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Bogg, Delmarva Quarterly, Delmarva Review, and Gargoyle) decided to collaborate on a new project together. The group has met regularly each winter for the past three years at the Milton Poetry Festival in Milton, DE. "It's exciting to have this opportunity to learn from one another," says Kim Roberts of Beltway Poetry Quarterly. "We have combined our different skills to publish a truly engrossing magazine that shows off the best the Mid-Atlantic has to offer--and beyond."
To read the Delaware Poetry Review, please see: http://www.depoetry.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dennis Forney (302) 645-7700 dnf@capegazette.com
NEW ONLINE JOURNAL FEATURES DELMARVA POETS
The first issue of the Delaware Poetry Review, an online magazine featuring new works from the Mid-Atlantic region, is now available. Beautifully designed, easy to navigate, and free, the Delaware Poetry Review publishes a wide range of poets, including:
Fleda Brown, Poet Laureate of Delaware,
Nin Andrews, author of 5 books of poems, including Sleeping with Houdini
Beth Joselow, author of 8 books of poems, most recently Begin at Once,
Jamie Brown, owner of John Milton & Company Books and founder of the John Milton Poetry Festival,
Rich Boucher, award-winning slam poet and co-coordinator of the Open Mic and Slam at the Crimson Moon Tavern in Wilmington,
Martin Galvin, author of Wild Card, winner of the Columbia Poetry Prize,
Ann Colwell, Associate Professor of English at the University of Delaware, and
Ben Greer, author of 5 novels and one poetry collection, A Late Disorder.
The inaugural issue features 23 poets. Sixty percent of writers in the first issue live or work in Delaware or elsewhere on the Delmarva Peninsula.
The Delaware Poetry Review was formed when the editors of five well-respected, award-winning journals in Delaware, Virginia, and Washington, DC (Bay Oak Press, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Bogg, Delmarva Quarterly, Delmarva Review, and Gargoyle) decided to collaborate on a new project together. The group has met regularly each winter for the past three years at the Milton Poetry Festival in Milton, DE. "It's exciting to have this opportunity to learn from one another," says Kim Roberts of Beltway Poetry Quarterly. "We have combined our different skills to publish a truly engrossing magazine that shows off the best the Mid-Atlantic has to offer--and beyond."
To read the Delaware Poetry Review, please see: http://www.depoetry.com.
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