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**
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.
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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**
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**
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.
The end of the year gets me a little nostalgic. Not sure about everyone else but time seems to literally be flying. I recall as a teenager figuring out that year 2002 would make me eighteen years old. For whatever reason eighteen sounds BIG and LIBERATING, and largely it was. Then 2003 happened, 2004, 2005 . . . and so on. It is important to be conscious of time as you move through and reflect in hindsight. Lately, I’ve pondered what can be carried into the future given modernity—the fleeting present—making things past and future. Perhaps, all that we can take with us from one year to the next are our memories and stories, remembering the unsaid as well as the said, remembering those whom we’ve hugged and later watched the earth hug their coffin as they transition to the other world. Here are some highlights of 2007 that I wish to share with you. If you have a 2007 moment you’d like to share, by all means, please send them to me.
