Hey everyone! This week we’re introducing a new feature on the website where we find a handful of contests, calls for submissions and residencies that we deem BP-friendly and collect them here. If you know of any calls for submissions that we have missed, please email Alison at [email protected].
Trio House Press July Open Reading Period extended to August 15
(http://triohousepress.submittable.com/submit)
Trio House Press will accept submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts (48-70 pp.) until August 15 for its open reading period.
Poets whose manuscripts are selected must serve as Collective Members of Trio House Press for a period of twenty-four months.
All submissions are through Submittable, accessed through our website. Please include a detailed cover letter, approximately two pages in length, with bio, publication history and marketing plan at the beginning of the file in front of your manuscript. Open reading fee is $20.
Call for Submissions: Dead Gender Magazine
http://www.deadgender.blogspot.com
dead gender magazine is calling for art+lit submissions for our FOURTH ISSUE— the Fall 2012 issue!
WHAAA? WHAT’S DEAD GENDER?!
DG is less of a magazine, and more of a collection of cool; an anthology of AWESOME.
We’ve published a diverse range of artistic styles and media by an even more eclectic bunch of artists and writers from all around the world.
We like the radical, and the hilarious! WE ALSO REALLY LIKE ACTIVISM.
Visual art: attach up to five visual pieces (high-res jpg. doc’s/photos)
Lit: attach up to five poems, or prose pieces no longer than 2000 words!
*include literature in the body of your email, or as a single attachment!
Submissions and questions can be sent to: [email protected]
(you must include your mailing address and a short biography with your submission!)
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE is AUGUST 31st, 2012.
Fall/Winter Residencies At Artscape Gibraltar Point
http://www.torontoartscape.org/artscape-lodge/
Open year-round, Artscape Gibraltar Point is peaceful artist retreat centre located on the Toronto Islands, a natural haven that feels worlds away. Enjoy clean and cozy private accommodations, a variety of bright and spacious studio spaces, a shared kitchen and lounge, free Wi-Fi, bike rentals, beautiful green spaces and the Gibraltar Point Beach!
To find out more about artist residencies, visit us online to check out rates and amenities.
We are now booking for Fall/Winter 2012 and beyond. Contact Lisa Cristinzo at 416-392-1030 or [email protected] to learn more.
Springfield Writer’s Guild 19th Annual Literary Awards
http://springfieldwritersguild.org/files/Contest_2012_Guideline_form.pdf
JIM STONE GRAND PRIZE MEMORIAL AWARDS
#1 Poetry Any subject, any form Limit: one page, single spaced
#2 Fiction Any subject Limit: 1,000 words, double spaced
#3 Non-Fiction Any subject Limit: 1,000 words, double spaced
Awards: 1st Place – $100, 2nd Place – $50, 3rd place – $25, one Honorable
Mention, plus Certificates
(Fee: $3.00 per entry)
There is no limit to the number of entries as long as the $3.00 fee is paid for
each submission.
Only one award will be given per person in the same category in the Jim Stone
Division.
PROSE POETRY
Limit: 1,000 words, double spaced Limit: 1 page, single spaced
#4 Fiction, any genre # 8 Any Specific Form, any subject
#5 Non-Fiction, any subject # 9 Humorous, any form
#6 Humorous #10 Free Verse, any subject
#7 SWG Members Only: any genre, any subject #11 Shakespearean Sonnet, any
subject
Awards: 1st place – $25, 2nd place – $15, 3rd place – $10, one Honorable
Mention, plus Certificates
(Fee: $2.00 per entry)
NOTE: There is no limit to the number of entries as long as the $2.00 fee is
paid for each submission.
It IS possible to win more than one award per person in the same category in
these Prose and Poetry Divisions.
Click here for entry regulations.
San Gabriel Literary Festival Chapbook Contest
http://sgvlitfest.com/?p=524
The San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival announces its first chapbook contest open to everyone. Prizes will include $100 and a featured reading at the upcoming San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival in West Covina, California. To enter, log on the festival website and download an application.
Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards
https://www.wizehive.com/apps/popularfictionawards12
A Short Story Competition from Writer’s Digest.
Devise a thriller. Scare up a horror. Entice a romance from your most tender recesses. Whatever your genre, we’ve got the category for you.
Choose your favorite genre and enter your best in 4,000 words or less. Each of the 6 categories offers the a place for everybody’s story.
Compete and win in All 6 Categories! Entry Deadline: September 14, 2012
Wondering what’s in it for you?
• A chance to win the Grand Prize including $2,500 and a trip to the 2013 Writer’s Digest Conference in New York City.
• A chance to win one of the six $500 Category First Prizes
• Get your fiction story featured in Writer’s Digest and on WritersDigest.com
• Win $100 off a purchase at www.writersdigestshop.com
• Receive a copy of the 2013 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market