Friday, September 30, 2011

Elaine's Excellent List: Calls for Submissions, etcetera

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: TURNING THE PAGE, POEMS OF TRAUMA, HEALING, AND TRANSCENDENCE. 

Tentative publication date, Spring 2012.
The Fearless Poetry Series is currently accepting submissions of poems and prose-poems for its next anthology. Full details and submission options  www.fearlessbooks.com/Poetry.htm
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES, A NON-PROFIT ARTS AND CULTURAL MAGAZINE
Their emphasis is on multiculturalism and diversity. They publish both established and emergent writers and artists. Interested in all disciplines of art; music, dance, conceptual art, video, etc. 
The upcoming issue will include poetry, visual art, and criticism (short essays, interviews, reviews).  Send to tribes.editor@gmail.comFor further information: http://www.tribes.org/web/

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LEXI RUDNITSKY FIRST BOOK PRIZE IN POETRY
Award: $1,000, Publication by Persea Books
 
Also, the option of an all-expense-paid residency at Civitella Ranieri, a glorious artist colony in Umbria, Italy.  For details and guidelines, visit Persea's web site.
Persea Books, Independent publishers of fiction and nonfiction, New York
 
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FIFTH ANNUAL TROUBADOUR INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE
Prizes: 1st £2,500, 2nd £500, 3rd £250 & 20 prizes of £20 each
Plus a Spring 2012 Coffee-House-Poetry Season Ticket, a prizewinners' Coffee-House Poetry reading with Susan Wicks & David Harsent on Mon November 28,  2011
for all prize-winning poets
 
Deadline for Submissions: by Mon 17th Oct 2011
For submission guidelines: http://www.coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: DEMETER PRESS IS SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR A COLLECTION ENTITLED  DISABLED MOTHERS, EDITED BY GLORIA FILAX AND DENA TAYLOR 

Deadline for abstracts (250 words): December 31, 2011 
Deadline for completed pieces (up to 20 pages): October 15, 2012.
While there are several books on raising children with disabilities, the literature is scant on experiences of disabled women who are raising children OR the experiences of those parented by a woman with disabilities. This collection will contain stories by disabled mothers or their children as well as chapters of scholarly research and theorizing. Whether a birth mother, an adoptive mother, a foster mother, a co-mother, someone mothered by a disabled woman, or someone whose research explores disabled mothering, we invite you to submit to this collection.  Email detaylor@cabrillo.edu  for more information.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ARKTOI BOOKS, AN IMPRINT OF RED HEN PRESS, BOOK BY LESBIAN POET
Deadline: November 30, 2011
 
They publish high-quality literary fiction and poetry by lesbian writers. Manuscripts should be between 50 to 80 pages and should be sent directly to the Editor, Eloise Klein Healy.  eloisekleinhealy@mac.com
For guidelines: http://www.arktoi.com/submissions.shtml      
 
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: OPEN CALL FOR AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRANS & GENDERQUEER POETRY
Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2011
 
What to Submit: 7-10 pages of poetry, and a prose "poetics" statement. The book will feature the work from approximately 35 poets and will be the first anthology to foreground the poetic writings of trans and genderqueer authors.
 
Where to Submit: email us at transanthology@gmail.com
More information at http://tendenciespoetics.com
 
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 2012 SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL  
 
Grand prize $1500 cash and a flight to San Francisco for our gala awards ceremony and day festival.
Deadline submissions in each category must be received by the close of business on April 25, 2012.
 
This competition honors the best books of the spring season. They will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, compilations/anthologies, teenage, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, audio/spoken word, history, wild card, gay, photography/art, poetry, unpublished, travel and spiritual works.  
 
For guidelines: http://www.diyconvention.com. Scroll down on the right hand side of the website to The 2012 San Francisco Book Festival. 



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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FOR POETRY SEEKS NEW POEMS  
 
Work from new or established poets appreciated.
Jackie Marcus, Editor  jack@forpoetry.com
For visionary poets dedicated to protecting nature.
 
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS ABOUT SISTERS
Deadline, November 15, 2011
 
Liz Nakazawa is compiling the poems that can be in any form. She is looking for submissions of up to one page. Previously published poems okay. Liz is an experienced anthologist (she edited Deer Drink the Moon, an anthology of Oregon poets several years ago). Please contact Liz for questions and submissions. liznakazawa@gmail.com



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Fifty-eight poets, including Ellen Bass, Naomi Shihab Nye, Scott Wiggerman, Matthew Zapruder, Georgia Popoff, Ellaraine Lockie, Annie Finch, David Kirby, and many more,  have contributed sixty-one exercises ranging from quick and simple to involved and multi-layered. In seven chapters, ranging from "Springboards to Imagination" to "Chancing the Accidental" to "Complicating the Poem," each exercise includes not only clear step-by-step instructions but numerous poems that exemplify the successful completion of the exercise. The book includes exercises for working in pairs and/or groups, for incorporating research and/or the Internet, for writing outdoors, for creating a hands-on experience. Of course, traditional poetic techniques covering metaphor, persona, forms, and revision are also included.  
Edited by Scott Wiggerman and David Meischen
 
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THE MACHU PICCHU WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP JOURNEY WITH ELIZABETH BECKER
August 15 -December 15, 2011  (4 on-line sessions) 
Travel:  October 14-26
 
Join former Wednesday poetry student, Elizabeth Becker and a group of outstanding  women business and community leaders on the journey of a lifetime. 12 women, 12 days in Peru hiking the hidden trail to Machu Picchu on the trek National Geographic Traveler calls one of the Top 50 Tours of a Lifetime. Program convening now with on-line meetings, coaching, hikes, exclusive meetings with business leaders – and lots of poetry! 2 spots available.  For more information visit: www.beckercompany.com 
 
Elizabeth is donating a portion of the revenues to the colorectal cancer Cause. Anyone who mentions Ellen Bass or the colorectal Cancer cause gets $500 off.
 
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NEW ONLINE COURSE:  WRITING AS A WAY OF HEALING OURSELVES & OTHERS 
September 12 – November 8, 2011
Through dialogue and written work, we'll explore together why—and how-- writing is healing.   Taught by Sharon Bray, Ed.D., author of When Words Heal and A Healing Journey: Writing Together Through Breast Cancer.  Join us and discover how writing can be a way of healing, a powerful way of expressing our humanity.  Visit www.tlanetwork.org to register.
 
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