April 2009 Archives
Online erotic journal IN MY BED Magazine seeks submissions for their sixth issue on voyeurism. Submit poetry (up to 3); and short fiction, prose, or novel excerpts (1250 words max). Deadline: May 5, 2009. More details...
Review Fuse (US) invites entries for the Review Fuse Short Story Contest. Prize: US$50 Cash. Theme: Open (must adhere to clean content policy). Length: 10000 words max. Entry requirement: must register for account (free) and complete peer reviews. Deadline: June 27, 2009. More details...
Poesy Planet is a weekly mini-podcast that will feature one poet reading five poems. 15 minutes max. Submit .mp3 recording of five poems with their titles and without commentary. More details...
The Miller's Tale Books (ON) invites entries for a writing competition in celebration of Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month. First prize: $250. Any genre,1500 words max. Entries must include a bicycle reference. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: June 30, 2009. More details...
Writers 4 Peace, led by writers, artists, musicians, students and teachers, seeks poetry, art, music, essays and fiction based on social justice issues. Deadline: May 9, 2009. First issue launch May 28, 2009. More details...
Sage Hill Writing Experience (SK) offers ten-day intensive summer programs for beginner, intermediate and advanced writers in writing for young adults, fiction, and poetry. Faculty includes: Arthur Slade, Daphne Marlatt, Karen Solie, Catherine Bush, Terry Jordan, John Lent, Susan Stenson, and special guest Richard Ford. Application deadline: May 8, 2009. Scholarships available. More details...
Diaspora Dialogues invites submissions to its annual publishing/mentoring program. Open to GTA writers. Accepting short stories or creative nonfiction (3000 words max); plays of any length; or up to 5 poems (75 lines max). Shortlist of approximately 15 writers will be chosen and each assigned (free of charge) to an established writer or dramaturge in a mentoring capacity to gain feedback on their work. Selection of finished pieces will be published in the annual Diaspora Dialogues anthology, TOK: Writing the New Toronto. Deadline: May 8, 2009. More details...
Ramble Underground (US) is accepting entries for their seventh semi-annual short fiction contest. First prize: 35% of entry fees (US$100 min.); second prize: 15% of entry fees (US$50 min.) Length: 2500 words max. Entry fee: US$6. Also accepting regular submissions. Deadline: May 15, 2009. More details...
Leaf Press (BC) seeks poems for their weekly feature: Monday's Poem. Four poems are featured on the site each month. Send bio. Payment: 10080 minutes of fame. More details...
Descant (ON) invites poetry and prose submissions for an upcoming themed issue. Theme: Writers in prison. Payment: $100. Deadline: July 1, 2009. More details...
Summer Literary Seminars invites applications for their new program in Lithuania. Dates: July 19 - August 4, 2009. Academic credit is available through Concordia University. SLS produces a blended program of workshops, lectures and unique cultural experiences. Deadline: May 18, 2009. More details...
The North Shore Writers' Association (BC) invites entries for their 13th Annual Writing Contest. First prize: $100 plus publication. Length: Fiction and nonfiction -- 2000 words max; Poetry -- up to 3 poems per entry, 40 lines max. Open to all Canadians. Entry fee: Adults $15 and Youth (13-18) $5. Deadline: April 30, 2009. More details...
The Writers' Union of Canada invites entries for their Writing for Children Competition. Prize: $1500. Entries of the winner and finalists will be submitted to three publishers of children's books. Length: 1500 words max. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: April 24, 2009. More details...
Boyne Writers Group (Ireland) invite satirical writing for the 2009 Swift Satire competition. Subjects: Banks and Bankers: A Modest Proposal or A Tale of a Tiger: Fat Cats Bring Down the Big Cat. (Reference is to the collapse of Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” economy.) Entries judged on satire, irony, absurd humour, acute political insight, grotesque imagination, and lacerating wit – the hallmarks of Jonathan Swift's best works. Prizes: 1st €500, 2nd €300, 3rd €100. Length: Prose -- 600-800 words; Poetry -- 30-100 lines. Entry fee: €7 (or £5 or $10) per entry. Deadline: June 5, 2009. More details...
Print journal Geist (BC) invites entries for the Geist Fortune Cookie Contest, "the writing contest based on faux wisdom and vague predictions." Submit fiction, poetry, essays, rants, etc. inspired by or based on a fortune cookie. First prize: $250. Length: 500 words max. Entry fee: $20 (includes subscription). Deadline: June 1, 2009. More details...
Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine invites entries for Byron's Quill Award for Poetry. First prize: $1000. Open to Canadian residents only. Length: 60 lines/300 words max. Submit 4 copies of each poem. Entry fee: $20 (includes copy of annual magazine) for up to 3 poems; $5 per additional poem. Deadline: April 30, 2009. More details...
Homegrown literary publication Sub text underground (ON) seeks works that "hold a poetic panorama of power and voice in under 25 words." Payment: reduced purchase price of the issue (which is not a paper document but an "object you will want to touch"). Deadline: April 25, 2009. More details...
The Coast seeks fictional postcard stories inspired by Halifax, its landmarks, people, mood, weather, or style. Prize: $100 plus publication in The Coast's 16th anniversary issue. Length: 250 words max. Deadline: April 27, 2009. Submit as a Microsoft Word attachment with name, email and phone number to arts@thecoast.ca. (via WANL)
Meridian Writing (UK) invites entries for their quarterly short story competition. Prizes: £100, £50, and £25. Length: 3000 words max. No theme, any genre. Entry fee: £5. Deadline: June 30, 2009. More details...
Print and online journal Vallum: contemporary poetry (QC) is seeking essays, and interviews for their next issue. Theme: Luck. Deadline: April 30, 2009 for essays, reviews, art and interviews. More details...
The Northwoods Writers Festival invites fiction and non-fiction entries for The Great Northern Canada Writing Contest 2009. First prize: 500 and publication in above&beyond magazine; special Emerging Writer prize: $250. Theme: life in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik or Northern Labrador. Deadline: April 30, 2009. More details...
Yesterday's Bouquet (Mexico) is a new online poetry journal seeking submissions for its first issue. Deadline: May 30, 2009. More details...
The Ontario Poetry Society is now accepting submissions for poetry manuscripts for The Golden Grassroots Chapbook Award. Open to all Canadian Citizens. First prize: $50 plus 50 free chapbooks. Entry fee: $15 (all entrants will receive one copy of the winning book). Deadline: April 30, 2009. More details...
The Inspired Script Program offers an opportunity for four Atlantic Canadian writers to develop their feature film outlines to treatments and pitch them to a panel of industry professionals at the 29th Atlantic Film Festival. The Program is presented by Telefilm Canada and The Harold Greenburg Fund. The winner will be eligible to receive up to $20,000 in development financing. Deadline: April 17, 2009. More details...
Whispers from the Unseen (US) is seeking submissions of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction that crosses boundaries. Journal is online, but intends to publish a print issue in December. Deadline: November 1, 2009. More details...
Sitting Pretty Magazine explores that place where writers spend so much of their lives: the desk. Expose your desk! Send an image and brief bio to sittingprettymag@aol.com. More details...
