Screenwriting Competition 2009 ‘Put your words into action’ So you’ve written a script…..but how do you get it onto the screen? WIPST (Writers International Premier Screen Talent) is a new competition looking for raw talent, and the winning writer will see a pilot of their script on screen. It is so difficult to break into…
Category: Submissions Wanted
Call for Submissions–Adoption Stories
Have you spent years wondering what caused your birth parents to give you up for adoption? Have you watched school children play on your street, wondering if one of them could be the baby you surrendered to social services? Have you wondered about the family history of your adopted child? If you have thought about…
COASTLANDS MAGAZINE: NEW MARKET FOR PEI WRITERS
COMING SEPTEMBER 2009 Launched in 2007 as The Nova Scotia Policy Review, this independent quarterly magazine has gained the respect of policy makers, community advocates and concerned citizens, and its independent reporting has been cited as evidence in the provincial legislature and in municipal chambers. Now in its third year, the magazine is changing its name to Coastlands:…
Seven By Twenty Submissions Wanted
Seven By Twenty http://twitter.com/7×20 takes twitter-length fiction and poetry: 140 characters or less. No sim subs, no more than 1 sub/mo, no serials, no horror, no pay, reprints encouraged. Uses one-time electronic rights. Send to: 7x20mag@gmail.com with subject “Submission.”
The Malahat Review Open Season Awards
The Malahat Review Open Season Awards Deadline: November 1, 2009 Submit work in any of our three marquee genres: poetry, short fiction, or creative non-fiction. Poetry: up to three poems per entry (max. 100 lines each); Short Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction: one piece (max 2500 words) Fees: $35 CAD for Canadians $40 USD for US…
TUPELO PRESS: Open Submissions Month for Poetry
Throughout July, Tupelo Press will hold open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages). Aware of the current economy, we have reduced our reading fee from $35 to $25. We also now accept electronic submissions, which save on photocopying and postage, via a special transfer site. This ensures correct formatting and provides automatic receipts and…
Enfield & Wizenty Fiction Contest
This year Enfield & Wizenty launches a fiction contest to celebrate our own survival, as we go into our third season as a national fiction imprint of Great Plains Publications. For this champagne-soaked third year, Enfield & Wizenty is offering a $5,000 advance for the most outstanding submission of literary fiction that we receive. We will…
The Great Canadian Literary Hunt
The hunt is on … For talented Canadian writers to submit their unpublished gems to This Magazine’s annual Great Canadian Literary Hunt. For 13 years this national event has attracted hot new Canadian talent seeking a chance at fame and a $750 cash prize for first place. The top three entries in both the fiction…
Quattro Books Novella Contest and 2010 KEN KLONSKY Novella Contest
Quattro Books publishers, home of the Canadian novella, are excited to announce that the winners of our 2009 novella contest – Binnie Brennan, from Halifax , for Harbour View; and Egidio Coccimiglio, from Sault Ste. Marie, for A Pleasant Vertigo – will have their books launched in Toronto on October 20th. For more information, visit…
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Island Literary Awards Creates New Screenplay Category
Island screenwriters are invited to submit feature length screenplays to a new category of the Island Literary Awards. Unlike other categories in the Island Literary Awards, the Screenplay Category will not offer cash prizes; instead it will focus on helping script writers with their professional development. Prizes for winning feature length screenplays will be as…
Call for Submissions to Absent Willow Review
The on-line magazine called the Absent Willow Review publishes new science fiction and fantasy short stories from very talented authors monthly. The website and all of its stories are free. You can read the stories as well as view great science fiction artwork at http://www.absentwillowreview.com. Currently it is accepting story submissions for the Summer and…
The Writing Pool 