2008 Calendar:
     "Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them - work, family, health, friends, and spirit - and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life."
~Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises from 1959-1994
"As the season of believing seems to wind down, let me gently remind you that many dreams still wait in the wings.
Many authentic sparks must be fanned before passion performs her perfect work in you. Throw another log on the fire. ~Sarah Ban Breathnach, author of Simple AbundanceContests and Events:
Writers' Journal Poetry Contests
Serious verse only. Each poem may be no longer than 25 lines
Entries must be double-spaced on 8-1/2 x 11 white paper
Every entry must be submitted in duplicate. Name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, if available, should appear in upper left corner of one sheet. No name or address on duplicate. No staples please.
Photocopies accepted—poems will not be returned.
For those without Web access, a winner’s list can be obtained by sending a #10 SASE.
Only previously unpublished poems accepted. Copyrights to poems remain with authors. WRITERS’ Journal requires only one-time publishing rights to winning entries.
Address all entries to:
(Name of Contest)
Val-Tech media
P. O. Box 394
Perham, MN 56573
Make checks or money orders payable to: Writers' Journal
Reading Fee: $3.00 Prizes – 1st/2nd/3rd : $50/$25/$10
Annual Deadlines: April 30, August 30, December 30.
Boston Review Sixteenth Annual Short-Story Contest
Deadline: October 1, 2008
Judge: to be announced
First Prize: $1,500
Complete guidelines:
The winning author will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the May/June 2009 issue of Boston Review. Stories should not exceed 4,000 words and must be previously unpublished. Manuscripts should be submitted with a cover note listing the author's name, address, and phone number; names should not appear on the stories themselves. Note that simultaneous submissions are not eligible. A $20 entry fee ($30 for international submissions), payable to Boston Review in the form of a check or money order, must accompany each story entered. Entrants will receive a one-year print subscription to the Review beginning with the May/June 2009 issue. Submissions must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2008. Manuscripts will not be returned. The winner will be announced no later than May 1, 2009, on the Boston Review Web site. Send submissions to:
Short-Story Contest, Boston Review, 35 Medford St., Suite 302, Somerville, MA 02143
The Silver Quill Society Short Story Contest
Best Short Fiction 2008
Must be postmarked by September 25, 2008
Entry fee: $5.00
You may enter as many times as you wish, but entry fee must accompany each entry
3,000 words max
Winner to be announced in the Oct/Nov/Dec 2008 issue and on our website at http://www.storyteller1@UPCsites.org
Do not send SASE--No submissions will be returned.
PRIZES:
1st place $50.00
2nd place $25.00
3rd place $15.00
1st Honorable Mention $10.00
This is an open genre contest, but send your best and remember this story will be published in The Storyteller in the Oct/Nov/Dec issue (if room), or in the Jan/Feb/March issue. Publishing of the winning story is totally up to the winner--it is not a requirement for winning.
Include title page: Title, name, address, phone number and email (if you have one) and number of words. Your name should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript. To have your name on your manuscript will result in disqualification.
No pornography, erotica, new age, graphic horror, graphic voilence, graphic language, nor will be include anything deemed racial or biased toward any religion, race or moral preference.
Send to:
The Storyteller
2441 Washington Rd.
Maynard, AR 72444
WRITE: SILVER QUILL on outside of envelope
Make checks or money orders payable to The Storyteller
The Paris Review is seeking new writers. $10,000 prizeThe Paris Review
The Paris Review does not accept online submissions. Short stories should be mailed to the Fiction Editor and poetry to the Poetry Editor at the
following address:
The Paris Review
62 White Street
New York, NY 10013
Please submit only one story manuscript at a time. Read several issues to acquaint yourself with the magazine. No application form is required.
The Plimpton Prize
($10,000) is awarded to the best work of fiction or poetry published in given year by an emerging or previously unpublished writer.
The Aga Khan Prize for Fiction is awarded for the best short story published in The Paris Review in a given year.
The Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry is awarded for the finest poem over 200 lines published in The Paris Review in a given year.
Rosebud Rosebud Submission Guidelines Rosebud is open to outside submissions and review material throughout the year. They do not at this time accept electronic submissions. Please study few issues of Rosebud to determine what they like. Mail poetry to: John E. Smelcer
Poetry Editor, Rosebud
P.O. Box 671236
Chugiak, AK 99567 Fiction: Publishes short stories and an occasional essay. The ideal length for prose is 1,200 to 2,500 words. .
Put the letters RFI on the outside of the envelope, and circle them!
Include a one-dollar fee for the entire submission or check for $1 made out to Rosebud.
Send fiction and essays with SASE and $1.00 handling fee included to:
RFI PROSE Submissions
c/o Roderick Clark
N3310 Asje Rd.
Cambridge, WI 53523
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it
leads." ~Erica Jong
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