Innovative Fiction is a new online magazine produced by EMU Literature and Creative Writing major and novelist David Detrich. Submissions are welcome in the form of “avant garde novels that use typographical design to convey a modern esthetic, reviews of innovative novels, innovative fiction itself, literary theory in essay form, or artwork that might inspire…
Category: Opportunities
Call for Submissions: Crimson Bamboo
Here’s a writing opportunity from Crimson Bamboo LLC: Crimson Bamboo LLC seeks passionate individuals who can use our unique new iPhone platform, Rama, to make history come alive! Uniting popular history with archival photographs, Rama not only adds a historical narrative to the walking tour, but shows snapshots of the tour route as it actually…
Submit now: 2011 Levis Prize in Poetry
Four Way Books is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Levis Prize in Poetry. This contest is open to all poets, regardless of publication history. The winner, chosen by judge Claudia Rankine, will receive publication of a book-length manuscript, an honorarium of $1000, and be featured in a reading in New York City. Both electronic and mail submissions…
Midwestern Gothic accepting submissions for 1st issue
New Ann Arbor-based literary journal Midwestern Gothic is accepting submissions for its Spring 2011 (#1) issue. This quarterly print journal will feature “work about or inspired by the Midwest, by writers who live or have lived there.” Get full submission details here: http://midwestgothic.com/submissions/ E-mail questions to: MWGothic (at) gmail.com
SLS Contests and Programs in 2011
Here’s a recent annoucement from Summer Literary Seminars (SLS): Join Summer Literary Seminars in Montreal, Lithuania, or Kenya in 2011 and work with some of the world’s most dynamic writers as part of an intimate and unique cultural experience. We have two contests ongoing, an exciting Litvak Studies/Jewish Lithuania parallel program in Vilnius, an expanded…
Rain Taxi
If you’re looking for reviews of small press books — including graphic novels, art books, philosophy, as well as fiction, poetry, and nonfiction — here’s a journal you might want to check out. Rain Taxi is edited by Eric Lorberer (who will be one of readers in the BathHouse series this semester; see the post…
Deadlines approaching for Cellar Roots ’11 and Dzanc Books Short Story Contest
Just a reminder to not forget about the upcoming deadlines for these submission opportunities: The deadline for Cellar Roots (2011 edition), the EMU student-produced literature and arts annual, is December 27, 2010. Get full submission details here. The deadline for the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Contest is December 31, 2010. The winning author will have her/his collection…
Carla Harryman and Lyn Hejinian’s The Wide Road
Creative Writing professor Carla Harryman, together with Lyn Hejinian, recently celebrated the release of The Wide Road, a collaborative work by the pair, roughly 20 years in the making. Here’s the official blurb from Belladonna Books: What would have happened…had Thelma and Louise not driven off the cliff but stayed on the road? In Carla…
Congrats Ned Randolph
Send congratulatory remarks to Ned Randolph, whose fiction will be published in an upcoming issue of River Poets Journal. Congrats Ned!
Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer’s Residency Prize 2012 – open for submissions!
Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer’s Residency Prize 2012 (Year 4) is now accepting submissions! Winners receive first book publication and a two-month residency at Lake Forest College (north of Chicago) to spend time writing at the Glen Rowan House (including a $10,000 stipend!). There is no entry fee. Submissions must be postmarked by April 1, 2011 and sent…