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

CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Opportunity Knocks

THE LASCAUX REVIEW features literary stories, poems and essays. Submissions are read year round and published on a rolling basis. This is a paying publication : $100 for published stories, poetry and essay.  The Lascaux Review hosts contests yearly (not currently open for submissions) with awards of $1,000.  Submission details HERE.

ALABAMA WRITERS’ FORUM, Cultivating the Literary Arts in partnership with the Alabama State Council on the Arts, is currently accepting submission for the fall 2017 issue of Matador Review. Submissions of unpublished poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative non-fiction are welcome in English language as are translations into English that include the original text. Submissions of visual art are also welcome for consideration. Deadline August 31. Details HERE along with the guidelines for the UNO Press Publishing Lab Prize, deadline August 15.

3ELEMENTS REVIEW is now accepting submissions for Issue 16. “The elements are SCALE, PEPPERMINT, and BREACH. All three words must be used in any poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction submissions. Art and photography submissions must represent at least one of those elements. We have published new and well-known writers and artists from all over the world.”  July 31 deadline. Details HERE. Scroll down.

“ABSTRACT”INTERNATIONAL Call For Artists and Writers by ArtAscent Deadline: June 30, 2017 “Abstractions are all around us. Ideas can be abstract; existing as an idea, feeling or quality but not having a tangible existence. Some conversations can be abstract, vague and theoretical and not based on particular examples or facts. And of course, there is abstract art which evokes feelings without trying to realistically represent the appearance of people or things. Abstract art, like poetry, offers a fragment of a mysteriously familiar narrative without directly revealing it in a realistic way. Reveal your most ABSTRACT thoughts.” Details HERE. Scroll down.

J JOURNAL, Department of English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice “seeks new writing – fiction, creative nonfiction (1st person narrative, personal essay, memoir) and poetry – that examines questions of justice … We encourage writers to approach the justice issue from any angle.” Submit up to three poems or up to 6,000 words of fiction or nonfiction. Details HERE.

CONTESTS/COMPETITIONS

Opportunity Knocks

KILLER NASHVILLE’S BROKEN RIBBON CONTESTS are open through November 15. Submit up to four poems of any form at one time “that present images of noir, mystery, suspense, and the feeling of wanting …”  Details on both fiction and poetry contests HERE.

WRITERS’ DIGEST SELF-PUBLISHED eBOOK AWARDS is open for submissions. Deadline is August 1, 2017.  Details HERE.

WRITERS’ DIGEST POPULAR FICTION AWARDS is open for submissions. Deadline is October 16. Details HERE.

WRITERS’ DIGEST POETRY AWARDS is open for submissions. Deadline is October 2. Details HERE.

EVENTS

SUN VALLEY, IDAHO,WRITERS’ CONFERENCE WITH BILLY COLLINS, June 30 — July 3, Details HERE.

FIRST FRIDAY IN THE GREEN ROOM AT METRONYMY MEDIA Metonymy Media, 1052 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 7, 6-9 p.m. EDT “featuring art by Indy Near West artists in collaboration with Indy Convergence, an acoustic performance by Robin Goodfellow, and a First Friday confessional booth, a la reality TV.  Free admission.

INDY WORD LAB, THE GREEN ROOM, 1052 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana, Monday, July 10, 7- 8:30 PM EDT ” … one of the most unique reading and writing events in the city. Unlike other creative writing workshops, the premise behind Word Lab is creating something new. This Word Lab event will feature Ball State professor, Patrick Collier, who’ll be sharing some of his fabulous Martini Haikus and giving a brief lesson on crafting haikus, concluding with a prompt to guide the writing portion of the evening. The night will also include martinis to drink! Shaken or stirred.”Attendees can listen, write to the prompt, kick back, and share their work if they so desire.”

SPLIT THIS ROCK POETRY FESTIVAL: POEMS OF PROVOCATION & WITNESS 2018. Sponsorships and internships are now being accepted. Calls or proposals due by June 30, 2017 latest. Event scheduled for April 19-21, 2018 in Washington D.C. Details HERE.

FROM THE BeZINE AND THE BARDO GROUP BEQUINES

UPDATE: Well, here we are with half this whirlwind year almost gone. Thanks to all who have shared info and/or opinion on our FB discussion page and those who read, offer feedback and help to promote each issue of the Zine and who submitted work to the Zine for consideration. It takes a village to wage the peace. Special thanks to the core team for their many insights and varied contributions and ongoing support of one another and this effort.
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This month we welcome poet Phillip Stephens as a core team member.
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Thinking ahead about themes @ The BeZine:
  • July – Prison Culture/Restorative Justice, Terri Stewart host
  • August – Theatre, a theatre person will be a guest host. I’ll announce the name shortly.
  • September – 100,000 Poets (and other artists) for Change, Michael Dickel host
  • October – Music, John Anstie host
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Note: In September we’ll publish our usual issue and on the 30th. We’ll do our traditional virtual 100,000 Poets for Change event. Everyone is invited to participate with Michael Dickel as our skilled and gracious master of ceremonies. Message Michael (on Facebook) or leave questions for me here in the comments section.
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If you wish to submit work for consideration, deadline is always the 10th of the month. email bardogroup@gmail.com
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If you are interested in organizing a 100TPC event in September, don’t forget to register at 100tpc.org, hosted by founders Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion. You may also announce your 100TPC event on our Facebook discussion page. If you send a write-up to thepoetbyday@gmail.com, I’ll include it in Sunday Announcements …
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In need of daily inspiration? Visit our sister site hosted by Terri Stewart at Beguine Again. Direct message Terri on Facebook if you have a spiritual practice you’d like to share there.
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After the first of the year, we’ll move to publishing the Zine either quarterly or every two months. More on that to come. We will also have a donate button to enable (encourage) donations to Terri’s Youth Chaplaincy Coalition for incarcerated youth.

KUDOS

Sylva Merjanian (Celebrating American She-Poets #19), Aprilia Zank, Hélène Cardona (Celebrating American She-Poets #27) and many others we know featured recently in Levure littéraire. More kudos: to Hélène for translation work, coaching, and the promotion of poetry worldwide and to Aprilia for a phenomenal number of awards and cover publications of her photographs and the publication of The Word in the Word.   

.days. – artwork by Sonja Benskin Mesher, RCA, has been selected for the Visa feed. It will be displayed from Thursday 22 June 2017 at 11:09 am (Paris, France time). You can view the piece HERE.

Nigerian-American Uche Nduka (b.1963), poet, writer, lecturer and songwriter who was awarded the Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for Poetry in 1997, for his first book to be published in Nigeria in twenty-years. Featured in Poetry magazine, he was once quoted as saying ““So far I just like doing my own thing and not buying into the hype of either formal or informal English; traditional or avant-garde usages. I enact a language style that suits my mood and the subjects I am interested in. Linguistically it seems there are a lot of trenches that have not been explored in poems/poetry. I keep attempting to investigate them. I don’t want to feel like people expect me to write in English timidly.” His Amazon page is HERE.

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DISCLAIMER

Often information is just that – information – and not necessarily recommendation. I haven’t worked with all the publications featured in Sunday Announcements or elsewhere on this site. Awards and contests are often a means to generate income and publicity for the host organize, some of which are more reputable than others. I am homebound due to disabiliity and no longer attend events. Please be sure to verify information for yourself before submitting work, paying fees or attending events et al.

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Pity the Nation, Voices of Poet Prophets

Lebanese-American poet, Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) public domain illustration

Pity The Nation
– Khalil Gibran, 1933, “The Garden of the Prophet”

Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion.
Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero,
and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful.

Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream,
yet submits in its awakening.

Pity the nation that raises not its voice
save when it walks in a funeral,
boasts not except among its ruins,
and will rebel not save when its neck is laid
between the sword and the block.

Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox,
whose philosopher is a juggler,
and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking.

Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpeting,
and farewells him with hooting,
only to welcome another with trumpeting again.

American poet, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919), photo credit voxtheory under CC BY-SA 2.0 license

“PITY THE NATION”
– Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007

Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except  to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
And no other culture but its own
Pity the nation whose breath is money
And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
Pity the nation oh pity the people
who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty!

© Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Link HERE for more of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poetry

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

CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Opportunity Knocks

SONDER REVIEW publishes biannually in print and online and considers submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, art, interviews and reviews.Rolling deadline. This review also offers editorial services. Details HERE.

HAUNTED WATER PRESS, from the depths, publishes fiction, flash fiction and poetry.  Detailed submission calendar and submission guidelines HERE.

THE BeZINE submissions for the July 2017 issues (theme: Environmental Justice/Climate Change: Farming and Access to Water) should be in by July 10th latest.  Publication date is July 15th. Poetry, essays, fiction and creative nonfiction, art and photography, music (videos), and whatever lends itself to online presentation is welcome for consideration. Please check out a few issues first and the Intro./Mission Statement and Submission Guidelines. No demographic restrictions. (Apologies: Last weeks the incorrect date was provided for this theme and issue.  Any submission in line with this theme will still be considered for publication.)

THE FLEXIBLE PERSONA, a literary magazine publishes fiction, nonfiction and poetry biannually. August 31 is the deadline for creative flash nonfiction and flash fiction.  Submission guidelines are HERE.

Jewish Fiction .net “publishes only literary fiction (short stories and excerpts from novels). We consider work that is either written in English or translated into English from another language, as long as it has not yet been published in English, either in print or online … Submissions should be neither as short as flash fiction nor longer than 6,000 words…” Rolling submission policy.  Details HERE.

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FAIRY TALE REVIEW, a yearly publication of Wayne State University, features “poems, stories, and essays with a fairy-tale feel—mainstream to experimental, genre to literary, realist to fabulist.” Submissions to its digital platform are open at this writing. Details HERE.

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HARPER COLLINS accepts manuscript submissions for its romance imprints, Avon Impluse and Harper Legend. Details HERE.

CONTESTS/COMPETITIONS

THE SONDER PRESS ALL FICTION CHAPBOOK COMPETITION is open for submissions through August 31. The award is $300 and ten printed copies.  There is a $10 entry fee. Details HERE.

THE 2017 BARBARA MANDIGO KELLY PEACE POETRY AWARDS “is an annual serious of awards to encourage  poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit.” The three age categories: Adult, Youth 13-18, and Youth 12 and under. The contest is open to people worldwide. Poems must be original, unpublished, and in English. Deadline: July 1, 2017. Cash awards. Entry fees. Details HERE.

FAIRYTALE REVIEW, a yearly publication of Wayne State University, 2017 Poetry and Prose Awards close on July 15. $10 entry fee. Details HERE.

SLAMBASSADORS, The Poetry Society, 2017 UK National Championship Competition closes 30 September. Details HERE.

DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE 2018 Call for submissions is open through June 30, 2017. This award is sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh. “The award is open to writers who have published a novel or a book-length collection of fiction with a reputable book publisher, or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in magazines or journals of national distribution. Digital-only publication and self-publication do not count toward this requirement.” Details HERE.

LEIF AND INGER SJOBERG AWARD to encourage translation of Scandinavian literature is open through June 15, deadline. $2,000 award is given “to the best English translation of poetry, fiction, drama or literary prose written by a Scandinavian author in Danish, Finish, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish after 1800.” Details HERE.

LEDBURY POETRY COMPETITION 2017 is open through 13 July 2017. Details HERE.

EVENTS

LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL (UK)  runs from 30 June- 9 July 2017. Details and booking HERE.

HILL-STEAD MUSEUM (Connecticut) its 25th Sunken Garden Poetry Festival beginning on June 20 with Billy Collins. Details and calendar are HERE.

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From anywhere in the world, you are welcome to send announcements to thepoetbyday@gmail.com These may include calls for submissions, contests/competitions, events, book launches, awards, poetry readings, classes and other news and information of interest to poets and writers. Publication is subject to editorial discretion. 

CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Opportunity Knocks

COLLATERAL, a journal “that explores the perspectives of those whose lives are touched indirectly by the realities of military service …. captures the ‘collateral’ impact of military service, whether it is from the perspective of the partner or chid; the parent or sibling; the friend or co-worker, the vegan, the refugee, or the protester”  This journal is affiliated with Washington State University, Tacoma and accepts submissions of prose, poetry and art year-round with occasional delays in response time due to academic schedule. Details HERE.

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POETRY publishes twice a year and 50-100 poets are feature in each issue. There’s a $5 fee per submission and submissions may include up to six poems. Guidelines are HERE.

GFT PRESS, A Philantropic Literary And Art Press, publishes poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, interviews, and visual art. (GFT= Ground Fresh Thursday) Submission guidelines are HERE.

KILLER NASHVILLE’S BROKEN RIBBON “is an annual print literary journal for new and emerging literary and genre-themed voices and visual artists. Poems, short stories, and artwork can be any form, genre, or literary or art style. We seek short stories and poems that are raw, honest, gritty, from any world, any planet, any time period, any reality, or any dimension. We look for artwork that makes us pause. If it produces an emotion in us after we read it or see it, or you change our opinion on a hardline issue, you’re probably on the right track.”  Deadline is November 15. Submission guidelines are HERE.

THE HITCHLIT REVIEW, A Secular Literary Arts Journal will release its inaugural issue in August. The plan for this journal is to be a biannual publication. It “seeks to showcase and celebrate openly secular artists, their works, and their communities” through fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and cover art. Submissions for that issue are closed. Watch the site for updates.

CREATIVE TALENTS UNLEASHED publishes anthologies and offers a chance for authors to have a voice in the literary world yearly. Submissions of poetry, prose, and short stories are of interest. Details HERE.

THE BeZINE submissions for the June 2017 issues (theme: Environmental Justice/Climate Change: Farming and Access to Water) should be in by June 10th latest.  Publication date is June 15th. Poetry, essays, fiction and creative nonfiction, art and photography, music (videos), and whatever lends itself to online presentation is welcome for consideration. Please check out a few issues first and the Intro./Mission Statement and Submission Guidelines. No demographic restrictions.

TOKEN MAGAZINE, which recently launched its first issue, “is a new bi-annual literature and arts print magazine. The name comes from the experience of tokenism that underrepresented groups often face. This includes people of colour, women, LGBT+, those with disabilities, and other minority groups. TOKEN Magazine is an outlet to work against that – we want to hear and see everyone’s stories, fictional or not.” Token is now accepting submissions for its second issue. The theme is “bodies.”  The magazine publishes fiction and nonfiction, artwork an photograph, and illustrations. Apparently no poetry or academic essays at this time. Details HERE.

AFRICAN WRITING ONLINE, many literatures, one voice welcomes submissions of poetry, essays, memoir, fiction with a  preference for new, unpublished work. “Our natural constituency of writers and material are African or Diasporan (please interpret boldly) but we will publish any writer who writes into the African Condition (please interpret boldly). We are adventurous in our definition of Africana, but we will also publish good literature generally.”  Submission guidelines HERE.

BITTER OLEANDER PRESS, A literary journal publishes poetry and short imaginative fiction. Details HERE.  

THE MATADOR REVIEW: An alternative art and literature magazine is now accepting submissions for the Fall 2017 publication. “We publish poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative non-fiction, inviting all unpublished literature written in the English language (and translations that are accompanied by the original text) as well as many forms of visual art. The call for submissions will end August 31.

“Our purpose is to promote ‘alternative work’ from both art and literature, and to encourage the new-wave of respect for online publications. In each issue, we offer a selection of work from both emerging and established artists, as well as exclusive interviews and book reviews from creators who are, above all else, provocative. For us, alternative is a way of voice and experience. It is the distinction from what is conventional, and it advocates for a progressive attitude.”

Submission information can be found at: www.matadorreview.com/submissions
Submissions can be sent to editors@matadorreview.com
Questions and concerns can be sent to contact@matadorreview.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/matadorreview

MAGNUM OPUS: A Poetry Anthology of Universal Oneness to be published by Authorpress, New Dehli, India has an open call for submissions, which will close December 31, 2018. Publication scheduled for 2019. Editor: Dr. Vivekanand Jha. Details HERE.

ARTEMISpoetry, a publication of Second Light Network of Women Poets,  Issue 19, November 2017  Editors for Issue 19 are: General & Artwork – Dilys Wood and Katherine Gallagher; Poetry – Anne Stewart. All submissions: submit paper copy initially to Dilys Wood, 3 Springfield Close, East Preston, West Sussex, BN16 2SZ. Please write “ARTEMISpoetry” on your envelope. (Enquiries only: e-mail Administrator editor@poetrypf.co.uk) Poems: Issue 19 deadline – August 31, 2017.Poems by women of any age. Poems should be typed, or if written, then very neatly. Each poem should commence on a new page, headed “Submission for ARTEMISpoetry”. Please SEND TWO COPIES.  Include your name with each poem and include your name and full contact details in your submission. Long poems are considered. Submit up to four poems to a maximum of 200 lines in all. Artwork: Black and white photographs or line art. Submit up to four pieces to Dilys as above.

COMPETITONS

Opportunity Knocks

GFT PRESS, A Philanthropic Literary and Art Press has an open call for its 2017 GFT Press Chapbook Contest.  English language poetry manuscripts only. Deadline: July 31st. Details HERE.

THE BITTER OLEANDER PRESS CONTEST offers an award of $1000 and  publication of the winning manuscript. This contest is English and translations are not eligible. Entries “may be sent through the US Postal Service, but do not send it certified with a return-request receipt. Include a stamped self-addressed postcard for receipt notification purposes.” Online submissions will be allowed through Submittable format when the competition closes on June 15th, 2017. Details HERE.

RIGHT OUT LOUD MILESTONE POETRY COMPETITION 2017 welcomes submission from all over the world. Entry fees and cash prizes. Deadline June 31, 2017. Details HERE.

SECOND LIGHT POETRY COMPETITION for Long and Short Poems by Women 2017 – Deadline Tuesday, August 15th JUDGE MYRA SCHNEIDER will read all entries. Myra Schneider’s latest and recent books are Persephone in Finsbury Park (SLP), The Door to Colour(Enitharmon); What Women Want(SLP); and the writing resource, Writing Your Self (with John Killick). Myra is a Poetry School and Second Light regular tutor. More at Myra Schneider website. Entry fees are: £6 each per long poem and short poems are £4 each or £9 for 3, £14 for 8. Enter by post (2 copies) or online. Members are entitled to one free entry into the competition. Join now to be eligible.** (see About Second Light/Joining) Rules & Entry direct link to payment at poetry p f online shop. The competition results will be posted on the website by September 30th. Once winning poems (or extracts) are published in ARTEMISpoetry, they will be available to read there.

EVENTS

KILLER NASHVILLE  is hosting its twelfth annual writing conference, Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference on August 24-27 in Nashville. $375 admission fee. This is a “forum for all genres incorporating mystery, thriller, and suspense.” Details HERE.

SECOND LIGHT NETWORK OF WOMEN POETS Festivals: Bookings open for AUTUMN FESTIVAL in mid-to-late August. This Festival is scheduled for November 17 & 18 this year. Bookings open for SPRING FESTIVAL in mid-to-late February 2018. This Festival is scheduled for May. Exact dates to be announced. Details HERE.

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Jamie’s THE WORDPLAY SHOP: books, tools and supplies for poets, writers and readers

ABOUT THE POET BY DAY

From anywhere in the world, you are welcome to send announcements to thepoetbyday@gmail.com These may include calls for submissions, contests/competitions, events, book launches, awards, poetry readings, classes and other news and information of interest to poets and writers. Publication is subject to editorial discretion.