Category: Submissions Wanted

Call for Submissions to The Island Fiction Reader: An Anthology of New Fiction

Welcome to the Acorn Press NEWS FROM THE ACORN PRESS! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS THE ISLAND FICTION READER: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW FICTION Prince Edward Island’s Acorn Press invites writers to submit unpublished short stories for a new anthology of fiction by PEI writers, to be published in spring 2012. Potential contributors must have a significant…

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win…

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Rhubarb Mennomental Health Call for Submissions

Rhubarb Magazine is publishing a special issue on Mental Illness/Mental Health in June 2011. The issue will be guest edited by Ted Dyck, the Editor of Transition Magazine published by the Saskatchewan Chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Ted has published widely and served as the chief editor of the literary magazine GRAIN for…

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Riddle Fence call for submissions

Heard the call — the Riddle Fence call for submissions? Our current deadline for submissions is December 10, 2010. So we publish the best in Canada. Riddle Fence is currently considering submissions of previously unpublished fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and artwork for its eighth issue. Please send no more than 1 piece of prose (maximum 5,000…

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Atlantic Writing Competition for Unpublished Manuscripts

Atlantic Writing Competition for Unpublished Manuscripts Entries must be received by December 3rd, 2010. Entry forms: .doc or html. Established in 1975 under the auspices of the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Authors’ Association, the Atlantic Writing Competition has been sponsored by the Writers’ Federation since 1976. We encourage writers in Atlantic Canada to explore and celebrate…

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Animal Anthology Submissions Wanted

ANIMAL ANTHOLOGY: Call for submissions for an anthology about animals: Have you had a significant relationship or encounter with an animal (domestic or wild)? The editor seeks thoughtful literary narrative non-fiction that tells an engaging story of an animal-human relationship and also offers insight into themes such as animal nature, human nature, the nature of…

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News from WritingRaw.com

WritingRaw.com is going to scare the BOO out of you a second time! All of us here at WritingRaw.com would like to thank the generous support we received when we put out the call for submissions for our Halloween issue. Who knew that there were so many of you out there with a dark side…

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PEIWG 2010 Mentorship Program

The Prince Edward Island Writers’ Guild (PEIWG) is pleased to announce the 2010 Mentorship Program is underway. Three published Prince Edward Island authors, members of the PEI Writers’ Guild, will act as a mentor to an emerging writer (mentee). They are: Deirdre Kessler, educator in creative writing, academic writing, and children’s literature will act as mentor to an…

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The Malahat Review 2010-2011 Prizes

The Malahat Review’s 2010 Creative Non-Fiction Prize Deadline: August 1, 2010 (postmarked) Prize: $1000 CAD Submit one piece of creative non-fiction between 2000 and 3000 words in length. Entry fee: $35 CAD for residents of Canada $40 USD for residents of the United States $45 USD for entries from elsewhere (entry fee includes a one…

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