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SUNDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS: Calls for Submissions, Contests, Events and other News and Information

CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Opportunities Knocks

THE BeZINE, Be inspired … Be creative … Be peace … Be Michael Dickel and I are reviewing submissions for the April’s special poetry edition. Traditionally at the Zine we celebrate April as interNational Poetry Month. Deadline is April 10 and pub date is April 15, so you still have time to submit poetry on any subject and in any form. International submissions are encurage but poems must be in English. You may also include your poem in your first or other language to go with the English translation. Also of interest: features on poets and poetry, the art and craft of poetry, why and how poetry matters, history and development and so forth. Welcome also are reviews of books and collections as well as literary criticism. Submissions to bardogroup@gmail.com.  Please check out the Zine first so that you understand our mission. Intro and Mission Statement HERE.  Submission guidelines are HERE. Thank you!  

GRANTA in publication since 1889, is a prestigious lit mag that says of itself: “From Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each themed issue of Granta turns the attention of the world’s best writers on to one aspect of the way we live now. Granta does not have a political or literary manifesto, but it does have a belief in the power and urgency of the story and its supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real.”  Granta accepts submissions in different categories during the following periods: Poetry 3 October – 3 November; Fiction 16 January – 16 February; Non-fiction 24 April – 24 May. Details HERE.

THE SOUTHERN REVIEW, another venerable old lit mag,  accepts unsolicited work during the following periods: fiction and nonfiction from September 1 through December 1;  poetry from September 1 through March 1.  Details HERE.

AMERICAN SHORT FICTION publishes the work of emerging and established writers three times a year and often these works are included in anthologies. In publication from 1991 – 1998 and then resumed in 2006, it has an excellent reputation for delivering quality literature. Details HERE.

ZYZZYVA, A San Francisco Journal of Arts and Letters founded in 2011 offers readers a curated view of contempoary fiction, nonfiction and poetry “with a distinctly San Francisco perpsective.” Submission guidelines HERE.

THE BLACK WARRIOR REVIEW  (BRW) “is named for the river that borders the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing, BWR is the oldest continuously published literary journal produced by graduate students in the United States.” This biannual publication includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic writing, comics, and art and is published twice yearly. Black Warrior Review reads submissions from December 1 – March 1 and June 1 – September 1. Submission guidelines are HERE. This publications sponsors a contest each year but hasn’t posted for 2017.  Watch the site. It should come up in April.

NARRATIVE seeks “to advance literary art in the digital age” and “to connect writers and readers around the globe.” It is free to readers but writers are paid. It accepts submissions of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Details HERE.

CONTESTS

Opportunity Knocks

THE $4,000 NARRATIVE PRIZE of Narrative magazine (featured above) is an annual event with the deadline of June 15 every year. The price is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative. Details HERE.

WRITER’S DIGEST‘s annual Writing Competition is in its 86th year and the Digest announced that almost 500 winners will be chosen. Prizes inlcude a cash awards ($5,000 for the grand prize) among other things.  Deadline May 5, 2017. There is a submission fee. Details HERE. Writer’s Digest also sponsors poetry, fiction and self-published book competitions but these are closed for the year.  Put it on your watch list for 2018.

The Seventh 2017 Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry offers a $1,000 award, publication in Evansville Review and an invitation, with honorarium, to read in June 2017 as part of The Hyla Brook Reading Series at the Robert Frost Farm. “The reading opens the Frost Farm Poetry Conference, which is devoted to metrical poetry. The winner also receives a scholarship to attend the conference.” International submissions (in English) are welcome. Heads-up: Deadline is March 30, 2017. You can submit electronically, so you have time to make the deadline if you have something prepared.  Details HERE.

EVENTS

  • 03/28/2017, 6 p.m. Chrystal Williams & Amelia Blanquera, Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Reading and Discussion at  NYU Bookstore, 726 Broadway, New York City, NY 10003 Details HERE.
  • On March 31: Starting From San Francisco. A Life of Writing by Armienian-American author, David Kherdian.  You can pre-order this memoir for $7.99. Thanks to Silva Merjanian (Rumor) for the heads-up announcement.
  • April is National Poetry Month in the U.S. and interNational Poetry Month at The BeZine. Check out our special poetry issue online on April 15.
  • Singing American Sunrise by Joy Haro is feature by Poetry Foundation. Each line ends with a word from Gwendolyn Brook’s We Real Cool.  It’s pretty fabulous. Link HERE to listen and get the back story.

Saturday, April 8 at 7:15 PM – 9:30 PM EDT at Cyrus: Chai & Coffee Company, 1 Railroad Plz, Bay Shore, New York 11706.

***SHAKESPEARE IN DOWNTOWN BAY SHORE!*** Join hosts Matt Pasca and Terri Muuss every second Saturday at Cyrus’ for the kind of poetry, coffee, treats and open mic experience you’ve been looking for!!! Our features will move and inspire you with their honesty and scintillating presence. Open mic follows features, so bring your ukulele, cello, double bass, guitar, sonnets, spoken word, villanelles and more!

KNIGHTHORSE THEATRE COMPANY:
Amy & Ty Lemerande have been touring the country and beyond, bringing their electric performances to audiences of all kinds, since 2003!! Their mission is simple: make Shakespeare cool again. Amy & Ty move Shakespeare off the page and onto the stage, where he belongs. But not just any stage — a Knighthorse stage is unlike anything you have ever seen. It has no dimensions, no boundaries, no limits. It is not constrained by the “fourth wall” because for Amy & Ty it doesn’t even exist. Actor and audience occupy the same space. They believe in theatre that is a communal experience filled with cheers, jeers, fears and tears.

**Be prepared to enjoy theatre and Shakespeare in a way you never thought you could! We guarantee it!** Don’t miss this opportunity!!!

For more information:  www.knighthorse.org

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