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THE LASCAUX REVIEW publishes work by both emerging and established writers and artists and includes stories, poems, essays and works of art. This magazine nominates its contributors for awards, prizes and honors such as the Pushcart Prize and the Million Writers Award. Details HERE.

EASY STREET, a magazine of words and culture accepts submissions of flash fiction, fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, reviews, interviews, editorials and opinion pieces. Will consider previously published material and simultaneous submission. Reading and publication is year round and on a rolling basis. Details HERE.

THE BeZINE, a publication of The Bardo Group Beguines, a virtual arts collective, is a digital publication that is published on the fifteenth of each month. The deadline is always  on the tenth. Submit via email to bardogroup@gmail.com.  Each issue is themed and the themes for each month are included in Submission Guidelines.  Please read the guidelines, one or two issues AND the Mission Statement before submitting. Special issues are April for interNational Poetry Month and September when we host a virtual 100,000 Poets for Change (100TPC) event for reader participation. This year 100TPC will be on September 30 and the September issue will post on the fifteenth as usual. The site was established in 2011 and the Zine is in publication now for three years. The theme for March 2017 is Science in Culture, Politics and Religion. Submissions of poetry, essay, fiction and creative nonfiction, music videos, photography and art are welcome.

THE BOND STREET REVIEW is a publishes in PDF only to subscribers on Ink Publications Mailing List. Issues are twice a year in January and July and included are poems and flash fiction. Details HERE.

CRICKET family of children’s publications has open calls for submissions for several of its magazines: Journeys (Babybug and Ladybug); Folktales, Myths, & Legends (Spider and Cricket); Contemporary Fiction (Cricket), Hauntings (Cicada)
Aliens (Cicada). Details HERE.

CONTESTS

Opportunity Knocks

LASCAUX REVIEW PRIZE IN FLASH FICTION is open for submissions for its 2018 Anthology. Deadline: March 31, 2017. 1,000 word max story length. Entry fee. Cash award plus publication. Details HERE.

THE LASCAUX BOOK PRIZE accepts submissions from 1 October 2017 through 31 December 2017. Categories include novels and poetry collections that were published during 2016 or 2017 calendar years. Entry fee. Cash Prize.  Details HERE.

THE LASCAUX PRIZE IN POETRY is open for submissions from 1 July 2017 through 30 September 2017. Published or unpublished submissions are accepted. Entry Fee. Cash prize. Details HERE.

THE LUXEMBOURG ART PRIZE, an annual international competition aiming to discover talents, amateur or professional, regardless of age and nationality, seeks to accelerate the careers of unknown artists by providing them with professional art gallery space, first as part of a group exhibition showcasing the finalists for the Prize and then as a solo exhibition for the winner. To help the winner prepare and create a solo exhibition at the gallery, a grant of 25,000 euros (about 26,523 USD or 21,126 GBP or 26’623 CHF or 34,768 CAD or 2,976,000 JPY) is awarded by the gallery for the 2017 edition of the prize. Deadline is 31 May 2017. Details HERE.

Award Winning British Poet, Myra Schneider (b. 1936), Writer, Writing Coach, Consultant to Second Light Nework of Women Poets
Award Winning British Poet, Myra Schneider (b. 1936), Writer, Writing Coach, Consultant to Second Light Network of Women Poets

SECOND LIGHT POETRY COMPETITION FOR LONG AND SHORT POEMS BY WOMEN 2017 – Deadline Tues, 15 August.
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. £300 First Prize for each of Long (no upper limit) and Short (max 50 lines) poems. £150 Second Prize (1 poem from either category). £75 Third Prize (1 poem from either category) Winning & Commended Poets published (in full or extract) in ARTEMISpoetry. Winners offered a London reading.
Entry: £6 each per long poem. Short poems: £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. Recommended ladies. I’m a member.) more: Rules & Entry direct link to payment at [Anne Stewart’s] poetry p f online shop, The results of the competitions will be posted on the website by 30th September. Once winning poems (or extracts) are published in ARTEMISpoetry. Second Light Network was founded and is managed by Dilys Wood.

EVENTS

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THE THIRD DUBLIN WRITERS CONFERENCE sponsored by The Society of Authors is scheduled to be held at The Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 from the 23rd-25th of June 2017. Seventeen speakers are scheduled.  Details on conference, programme and to purchase tickets are HERE.  The Society is offering a lower early-bird registration rate.

NEWS

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51u0fnastll-_sx309_bo1204203200_The recommended read for this week is Ted Kooser’s The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets.  There’s so much I like about this manual.  For one thing, Ted assumes that if you are a heavy-duty reader, you already know quite a bit.  After all, one of the best ways to learn to write is to read. He operates on the moral principle that if you have a gift then you have the obligation to offer something by way of giving back. He says, “I hope I won’t exhaust your patience” and he doesn’t. He assumes that our ultimate goal is to reach others and to move them, so there is a great deal of emphasis on the relationship between the poet and her reader. He discusses our job as poet – not money, not fame – but “to serve the poems we write.”  This perspective makes reading and working with Ted Kooser’s The Poetry Home Repair Manual an refreshing guide to the poetic terrain for both budding and even some experienced writers interested in creating work that is fulfilling and truly artistic.

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SOUTH 95 JOURNAL accepts submissions of fiction, nonfiction and poetry for its online publication from September 1 through April 30. Artwork and bog submission may be sent year-round. Details HERE.

THEMA Literary Journal seeks “to provide a stimulating forum for established and emerging literary and visual artists, to serve as source material and inspiration for teachers of creative writing and to provide readers with unique and entertaining collection of stories, poems, art and photography.”  Details HERE. 

CHICAGO LIITERATI, a nonprofit literary magazine is no longer accepting submissions of poetry but does have an interest in fiction and essay and is reading until March 2nd for its Dystopia Issue. Submissions are electronic, so if you have something ready to go, you still have some time.  Details HERE. They also publish a “daily flash” feature of 200-800 word fictions.

FLARE: THE FLAGLER REVIEW publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama and screenplay genres. Deadline for the summer issue is March 31. Details HERE.

FISHFOOD MAGAZINE literary and arts magazine describes itself as “an independent, free-spirited literary and arts magazine dedicated to all forms of creative expression and talent and publishes micro fiction/flash fiction, poetry, essays, artwork and photography. Details HERE.

EAST JASMINE REVIEW “established in 2013, East Jasmine Review is an electronic literary magazine that publishes quality fiction, nonfiction, poetry, articles and reviews. Our first goal is to publish diverse voices that may not have mainstream access or traditional access to publishing. This includes but is not limited to LGBTQIA, ethnic minorities, women, lower socio-economic status, those who are older or younger, religious minorities, and non-American persons. We are looking to build an inclusive online community and audience for our voices.”  Details HERE.

THE BeZINE, a publication of The Bardo Group Beguines, a virtual arts collective, is a digital publication that is published on the fifteenth of each month. The deadline is always  on the tenth. Submit via email to bardogroup@gmail.com.  Each issue is themed and the themes for each month are included in Submission Guidelines.  Please read the guidelines, one or two issues AND the Mission Statement before submitting. Special issues are April for interNational Poetry Month and September when we host a virtual 100,000 Poets for Change (100TPC) event for reader participation. This year 100TPC will be on September 30 and the September issue will post on the fifteenth as usual. The site was established in 2011 and the Zine is in publication now for three years. The theme for March 2017 is Science in Culture, Politics and Religion. Submissions of poetry, essay, fiction and creative nonfiction, music videos, photography and art are welcome.

CONTESTS/COMPETITIONS

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WRITER’S DIGEST SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD 2017 deadline April 3, 2017. Details HERE.

WRITER’S DIGEST 86TH ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION deadline May 5, 2017 Details HERE.

EVENTS

SECOND LIGHT NETWORK OF WOMEN POETS announces its Spring Festival The Other Side. “What is ‘the other side’? It certainly fascinates us – a locked door, a closed gate is an invitation to imagine the unknown, what might be… The ‘other side’ (right side) of our brains are the territory of intuition, creativity? What about life-experiences, viewpoints other than our own? Failures to understand ‘the other side’ are rampant, but writers may try to get inside another person’s skin?” Friday 19th and Saturday 20th, May. Details HERE.

Four workshops exploring the theme and our responses to it will be led by Caroline Price, Penelope Shuttle, Sarah Westcott and Dilys Wood (see information flyer for workshop information from tutors). Our traditional ‘Open Mic’ sessions, for women readers only but men are most welcome to join us, will take place from 5 to 6pm on both evenings, with Guest Poet readings from Maggie Butt, June Hall, Penelope Shuttle and Anne Stewart.

All events will take place at The Art Workers Guild: 6 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AT (near Russell Square). map showing Venue

FORMS & FEATURES AT COMPOUND YELLOW: TANKA Heads-up/this is tomorrow – Monday, February 20th, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM, Compound Yellow, 244 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302 “All experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative workshop run by Poetry Foundation library coordinator Maggie Queeney. In February, we explore tanka, an ancient Japanese mood poem often composed in sequence or conversation.” Details HERE.

POETS OUT LOUD: Sandra Esteves and Vijay Seshadri tomorrow night February 20 – 7 pm at Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, Lowenstein Hall, 12th floor lounge (E. Gerald corrigan Center), New York, NY 10023

DISTANCE LEARNING/ONLINE CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

  • Second Light Network of Women Poets (remote/distance class). London-based. Details HERE.
  • Gotham Writers Workshops Online New York based. Details HERE.
  • Writer’s Digest University, Online Writing Workshops (F + W Corporation based in New York) Details HERE.

ABOUT THE POET BY DAY

51ylkyldh7lThe recommended read for this week is Poems That Make Grown Men Cry: 100 Men on the Words That Move Them compiled by the father and son team, Anthony Holden and Ben Holden. I have to thank my good friend Linda F. for this recommendation. A moving book and a unique perspective. This is a poetry anthology in which 100 men from diverse backgrounds share the poems that they can’t read without being moved to tears and they tell us why.  The poems and poets feature span the centuries and the world. Definitely worthy of our time.

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LITTLE RED TREE PUBLISHING is accepting unsolicited full-length manuscripts of fiction and creative nonfiction throughout the year. Translations and bi-lingual manuscripts are considered, but all work must be in the English language. There is a reading fee. Details HERE.

BERLIN REVIEW OF CULTURE, BERLIN QUARTERLY accepts submissions of previously unpublished work. Submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, photography and pitches for reportage, nonfiction and interviews should be uploaded through Submittable HERE. “BERLIN QUARTERLY is a European review of long-form journalism, literature and the Arts. It’s a new cultural journal with global perspective. It combines in-depth reportage, literature and visual culture. BERLIN QUARTERLY aims to bring you insightful and inquiring reportage and stories from around the globe. At their best, journalism, literature and the visual arts can be keys to mutual understanding, allowing us to interpret the past and to prepare ourselves for the challenges of the future. With a starting point of Berlin we look towards the rest of the world for inspiration beyond the German capital.” You can purchase issues from the site using Paypal.

HAMILTON ARTS AND LETTERS MAGAZINE (HA&L) is a biannual magazine publishing “new literary works,” graphic novel excerpts, exploratory writing, poetry, literary nonfiction and visual art. It is run by an arts collective in Ontario and funded through a number of sources. Editors accept submissions from the wider international community. Details HERE. The magazine hosts a short-works prize for local writers but hasn’t as yet published details for 2017. 

DIME STORE REVIEW publishes work periodically online and print publications three-times a year. All work must be in English and categories are : fiction, flash fiction, ten word stories, essay and poetry. Details HERE.

EMPTY SINK PUBLISHING has ceased doing a magazine format but is accepting submissions of short fiction and creative nonfiction.  Details HERE.

LITERARY MAMA publishes writing about motherhood including poetry, fiction, columns and creative nonfiction “that may be too raw, too irreverent, too ironic, or too body-conscious  for traditional or commercial motherhood publications.”  Submission guidelines HERE.

THE MASTERS REVIEW, a platform for emerging writers is accepting submissions for a sixth anthology of fiction and creative nonfiction.  Submission guidelines HERE.

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY “Is a global Christian ministry dedicated to helping families thrive. We provide help and resources for couples to build healthy marriages that reflect God’s design, and for parents to raise their children according to morals and values grounded in biblical principles.” Details and guidelines HERE.

THE BeZINE, a publication of The Bardo Group Beguines, a virtual arts collective, is a digital publication that is published on the fifteenth of each month. The deadline is always  on the tenth. Submit via email to bardogroup@gmail.com.  Each issue is themed and the themes for each month are included in Submission Guidelines.  Please read the guidelines, one or two issues AND the Mission Statement before submitting. Special issues are April for interNational Poetry Month and September when we host a virtual 100,000 Poets for Change (100TPC) event for reader participation. This year 100TPC will be on September 30 and the September issue will post on the fifteenth as usual. The site was established in 2011 and the Zine is in publication now for three years. The theme for March 2017 is Science in Culture, Politics and Religion. Submission of poetry, essay, fiction and creative nonfiction, music videos, photograph and art are welcome.

CONTESTS/COMPETITIONS

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LITTLE RED TREE PUBLISHING announced that is  is proud to launch the 5th Vernice Quebodeaux “Pathways” Poetry Prize for Women, which includes a $1000 cash award and offer to publish a full-length collection of poetry with a generous royalty contract. The book will be published sometime in 2017. There is a reading fee.  Details HERE.

ALL POETRY regularly hosts poetry competitions.  Details HERE.

FELLOWSHIP

ALSCW FELLOWSHIP AT VERMONT STUDIO CENTER – heads-up: Deadline for one of the fellowships is February 15, 2017.  Writers and translators are invited to apply for a four-week fully funded residency.  There are fellowships for visual artists as well. Details HERE.

KUDOS

LITTLE RED TREE PUBLISHING L.L.C. for making it to the best poetry anthologies list on Amazon for the inaugural edition of the “Peacock Journal — Anthology” — Beauty First, [Vol 1, No 1], edited by W.F. Lantry. The anthology features fifty-five poems and ten short stories. It includes biographical details of all sixty-five poets and authors. Started in August 2016, the Journal has expanded to include art and non-fiction, as well as translations. Details HERE.

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2015, Kevin Young at Library of Congress National Book Festival September 5, 2015 Washington, DC, by fourandsixty, CC BY SA 2.0
2015, Kevin Young at Library of Congress National Book Festival September 5, 2015 Washington, DC, by fourandsixty, CC BY SA 2.0

The recommended read for this week is The Art of Losing by Kevin Young.  I find this to be an extraordinarily beautiful anthology about grief and recommend it for all those who work with living and dying, clergy of all faiths, hospice workers, physicians and nurses as well as those grieving a lost family member or friend. It was conceived and edited by Kevin Young, a poet in his own right and the editor of four poetry anthologies. His book Jelly Roll: A Blues was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It won the Paterson Poetry Prize.

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VALLUM CONTEMPORARY POETRY was founded in 2000 and is based in Montreal. The publisher says, “As one of Canada’s top poetry journals with an international focus, Vallum encourages dialogue between Quebec and the rest of Canada and allows Canadian artists to exchange ideas with acclaimed and emerging artists from the United States, Britain, Ireland, Australia, India and other countries around the world.”  The magazine is in hardcopy and digital. Poetry is accepted by snail mail only, no electronic submissions. Details HERE. Submissions are accepted year-round, but I’m waiting to here back from the editors regarding theme and specific deadline for the next issue. I’ll post that for you when received and you can also watch the site for updates as well.

THE TISHMAN REVIEW publishes poetry, fiction, micro-fiction, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, interviews, book reviews and craft essays. Details HERE.

subTERRAIN, Strong Words for a Polite Nation “is published three times a year from modest offices just off of Main Street in Vancouver, BC. We strive to produce a stimulating fusion of fiction, poetry, photography and graphic illustration from uprising Canadian, U.S. & International writers and artists.”  subTerrain publishs art and commentary, creative nonfiction, fiction, photography, poetry and reviews. The deadline for Issue #77 is May 1, 2017 and the theme is “Interview Issue.”  The deadline for issue #78 is September 1, 2017 and the theme is “General Issue.” Details HERE.

THE BeZINE, a publication of The Bardo Group Beguines, a virtual arts collective, is a digital publication that is published on the fifteenth of each month. The deadline is always  on the tenth. Submit via email to bardogroup@gmail.com.  Each issue is themed and the themes for each month are included in Submission Guidelines.  Please read the guidelines, one or two issues AND the Mission Statement before submitting. Special issues are April for interNational Poetry Month and September when we host a virtual 100,000 Poets for Change (100TPC) event for reader participation. This year 100TPC will be on September 30 and the September issue will post on the fifteenth as usual. The site was established in 2011 and the Zine is in publication now for three years.

BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION is a digital publication that accepts submissions of fiction –  1,000 words or less – on a rolling basis. Submission is by email. NO poetry.  Details HERE. This magazine is published quarterly.

HAIK/UNIVERSE is a Zine that publishes daily haiku or micro-poem. Details HERE.

COMPETITIONS/CONTESTS

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VALLUM CONTEMPORARY POETRY is accepting submissions for the Vallum Award for Poetry 2017 and the deadline is July 15. First Prise is $750 and Second Prize is $250. The award includes publication. Details HERE. There is a reading fee.

VALLUM CHAPBOOK AWARD 2017 considers original and unpublished work for this competion. The prize is publication and $125. Details HERE.

THE TISHMAN REVIEW holds annual contests. Their contest page hasn’t been updated.  Monitor it for updates HERE.

BRILLIANT FLASH FICTION holds quarterly contests.  The deadline for the next contest is March 16, 2017. The prompt for which is Overseas Travel.  There is no entry fee. Details HERE. 

2017 SCIENCE FICTION POETRY CONTEST – hosted by the Science Fiction Poetry Association – opens on June 1 and the DEADLINE is August 31. “The 2017 SFPA speculative poetry contest is open to all poets, including non-SFPA-members. Prizes will be awarded for best poem in 3 categories: Dwarf (poems 1–10 lines [prose poems 0–100 words]); Short (11–49 lines [prose poems 101–499 words]); Long (50 lines and more [prose 500 words and up]). Line count does not include title or stanza breaks. All sub-genres of speculative poetry allowed in any form. Entries will be read blind.” Details HERE.

GRANTS

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SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION $750 working Class Writers Grant ~ “Working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction, due to financial barriers which have made it much harder for them to have access to the writing world. Such lack of access might include an inability to attend conventions, to purchase a computer, to buy books, to attend college or high school, to have the time to write (if, for example, you must work two jobs simply to pay rent and feed a family, or if you must spend all your waking hours job-hunting for months on end). The SLF would like to assist in finding more of these marginalized voices and bringing them into speculative fiction. Details HERE.

SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION $500 Diverse Writers and $500 Diverse Worlds Grants ~  “The SLF offers two new diversity-centered grants: Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds, both intended to foster the creation of speculative fiction work rich in diversity.

“The $500 Diverse Writers grant is intended to support new and emerging writers from underrepresented and underprivileged groups, such as writers of color, women, queer writers, disabled writers, working-class writers, etc. — those whose marginalized identities may present additional obstacles in the writing / publishing process.
The $500 Diverse Worlds grant is intended for work that best presents a diverse world, regardless of the writer’s background.”  Details HERE.

THE SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION Older Writer Grants ~ “The SLF currently offers four grants: The Older Writers’ Grant, the Travel Grant, the Working Class Writers Grant, and the Diversity Grant. All of our grants are free to apply, and are designed as ‘gateway’ grants, with easy and straightforward applications that should be quick to complete. We hope that they will both serve the community directly, and also encourage genre writers to explore the wide variety of grants, awards, and residencies available in the larger writing community.

“This grant is awarded annually to a writer who is fifty years of age or older at the time of the grant application, and is intended to assist such writers who are just starting to work at a professional level. The SLF offers two $500 grants annually, to be used as each writer determines will best assist his or her work. We will be accepting applications for the grant starting in January.” Details HERE.

EVENTS

PLUME POETRY reading with seven poets including Lyn Emanuel, Linda Paston, Thomas Lux, Nancy Mitchell, John FitzGrrsld, Hélène Cordona, Elizabeth Metzger,Philip Fried, Marc Encnez, Chard deNiord, and Ira Sadoff at The Atrium, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC, Wednesday, February 8 from 7 – 9:30 pm.

POETS PUSH BACK Paris. Co-hosted by Moe Seager and Malik Crumpler in association with 100TPC NYC-San Francisco. Saturday, February 11. 7 p.m. Berkeley Books of Paris.

KUDOS

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41-mshkw5pl-_sx331_bo1204203200_The recommended read for this week is Borges’ The Craft of Verse. (One of my faves.) These are the famed lost lectures given in English at Harvard University (1967/68) by Jorge Luis Borges that were transcribed (c. 2000) and published in 2002.

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