EMU Creative Writing Blog

Sidebrow Books will hold an open reading period for unpublished book-length manuscripts of prose, poetry, cross-genre, and collaborative work during the month of August. 

Work published in part as a chapbook will be considered, as long as the manuscript in its current form has not been previously published. 

There will be a $20 reading fee for each manuscript submitted.  All writers who submit during the open reading period will receive a complimentary Sidebrow title. Manuscripts not postmarked in the month of August will be discarded.

Full details regarding the submission process are available on the Sidebrow web site:
http://www.sidebrow.net/submit

Enter the 2010 Subito Press Book Competition and maybe see yourself in print!  Subito Press will publish two winning books of innovative writing, one each of fiction and poetry.  Winners will be flown to the University of Colorado at Boulder to give a reading in the spring of 2011.
 
Submission Guidelines: Submit manuscripts of up to 70 pages of poetry or up to 100 pages fiction (double spaced) along with a $20 reading fee and an SASE for notification of results.  Please see http://www.subitopress.org/ for complete guidelines.  Send to Subito Press, English Department, Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0226. Former students, friends and relatives of UCB faculty are ineligible.
 
Submissions deadline (postmark date): August 14th, 2010

Looking for an internship?  Check out this one from Hardmagic Publishing.

This internship gives students the opportunity to get published and learn about the publishing industry.  The internship is unpaid, requires at least 12 hours of work per week, and lasts for 6 months with flexible scheduling and the ability to work remotely.  Interns will gain experience related to book proposal design, content writing, interior book layout, and more.

Visit http://hardmagic.com/internship1.php for complete details.

Greybook Press is having a chapbook contest.  Sort of.  Read full details here or below to find out what they mean.

From Greybook Press:

First of all, it’s probably not a contest because there’s no entry fee, and you don’t really win anything.  It’s more like an open reading period.  With a guest judge (Sandra Simonds).  But, if it makes you feel better, we can call it “The First Annual Grey Book Press Summer Chapbook Prize (Judged by the Super-Rad Sandra Simonds).”

Here’s the deal: We’re looking for chapbook submissions.  Manuscripts should be between 18 and 24 pages in length.  Submissions will be judged by me (Scott) and Sandra.  There will only be one “winner” and up to two “runners up” (or “runner ups”).  Or NO “winner” and up to three “runners up.” 

The “winner,” in this case, gets the relatively standard chapbook publication through Grey Book Press, with 25 author copies and a somewhat open-ended run.  “Runners up” will be offered a limited-edition run of 50 copies, with 15 author copies. 

Still interested?  Send your manuscript as a Word attachment.  Your name should NOT appear anywhere on your manuscript.  The subject line of your introductory email should be “GBP Chapbook: [your name]” and then, in the body of the email, you should tell us your name and the title of the attached manuscript . . . along with whatever else you want to tell us.  Deadline is midnight, July 31.  “Winners” (as applicable) announced in August.

E-mail submissions to greybookpress@gmail.com.

Looking for a (relatively) local writing group?  Consider the Deadwood Writers Group.  They’ll be meeting at Barnes & Noble (17111 Haggerty Road, Livonia/Northville area) on July 7 at 7:00 pm.

E-mail deadwoodwriters@yahoogroups.com for more info or visit their Facebook page.

Drunken Boat, an online journal of the arts, is currently accepting submissions for a folio entitled /Slant/Sex/ slated for its 13th issue this winter. The goal for the folio is to feature bold, honest examinations of the sexual female/trans identity that is generally unacknowledged by polite society.

Find out more at: http://www.drunkenboat.com/?p=842.
 
Please submit through the online submissions manager. Submission accepted through September 15, 2010.

Filter Literary Journal is currently accepting previously unpublished poems, stories, erasures, and essays for a limited edition run of 200 to be published in Spring 2011.  Filter is a literary journal made entirely by hand.  Each issue contains erasures and other literary art alongside unaltered poetry, fiction, and visual art.  They seek work that is smart and experimental, as long as it has heart, and want to be surprised by simplicity.

Deadline: October 1, 2010

Send work to: filterliteraryjournal@gmail.com

Cover letters are encouraged.  Specify the type of submission in the subject line.  Send short stories and essays or up to 6 poems in .doc format; erasures and art can be sent as jpgs.

Although an earlier post had annouced changes in enrollment levels for financial aid for graduate students, those changes still need final approval.  For the time being, enrollment levels remain at:

- 8 credits graduate full-time
- 4 credits graduate part-time

If you have any questions about this, please contact Deb DeLaski-Smith in the Grad School: ddelaski@emich.edu

The Marie Alexander Poetry Series has an open submission period during the month of July. An award of $500 and publication will be given for a chosen collection of prose poems by an American poet. Submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages, which can include some lineated pieces, along with a cover letter with complete contact information and an SASE for notification only. Postmark must be between July 1 and 31. Entries should also include a simultaneous electronic submission of the manuscript (MS Word or PDF format) sent to editor@mariealexanderseries.com. There is no entry fee.

For more information, visit http://www.mariealexanderseries.com.
 
Submission address
Marie Alexander Poetry Series
Attention: Nickole Brown, Editor
P.O. Box 5686
Louisville, KY 40255-0686

The 2010 Matrix/Pop Montreal Litpop Awards Competition is now open!  The Pop Montreal International Music Festival and Matrix Magazine have once again teamed up to bring you Canada’s most innovative and exciting literary competition. They are looking for the most unique and original literary voices in North America. So if you’re an emerging poet or short story writer, it’s time to prove it! If you have what it takes, you will get your work published in Matrix, and get free travel to Pop 2010 for a night in your honour.
 
The deadline for all submissions is June 19th, 2010.  Winners will be notified in August. Poets are asked to send no more than 5 poems; fiction writers should send stories of no more than 5000 words. Each entry is 25$ and entries and entry fees should be mailed to Matrix Publications, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., LB 658, Montreal QC, H3G 1M8. Cheques or money orders should be made out to “Matrix Publications.” Multiple entries are welcome.

Entries can also be emailed to litpop2010@gmail.com. Full contest rules and regulations can be found at http://matrixmagazine.org/ and http://popmontreal.com/.

Both poetry and prose winners will receive a round-trip ticket to Pop Montreal from September 29 through October 3, 2010, a VIP pass to the Pop Montreal Festival, free accommodation at a bed and breakfast, fall publication in Matrix Magazine, and presentation at a special Matrix Litpop event during the festival.