Fiction, non-fiction and drama submissions should be 8-14 pages. Poetry submissions should be no more than 5 pages. Please submit the entire manuscript to be presented.
Conference Dates: November 1 - 4, 2007
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2007
A hard copy of the submissions should be sent to:
The Deep South Festival of Writers
c/o Dayana Stetco, Director of Creative Writing
Department of English
University of Louisiana Lafayette
P.O. Box 44691
Lafayette, LA 70504-4691
For more information, please see the website:
http://english.louisiana.edu/deep-south/DeepSouth.html
One of the oldest literary conferences in the country, the Deep South Festival of Writers is an annual event run by the Creative Writing Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The festival encourages innovative cultural exchange by providing panel discussions, performances, readings and craft lectures by prominent artists and writers from across the nation. This year's featured writers include Mary Gaitskill, Rikki Ducornet and Ernest Gaines.
]]>A good place to get acquainted with the e-literary world is the Million Writers Award, an online fiction contest started by an editor of the online publication storySouth in which readers vote for their favorite stories. Simon Owens at Bloggasm reports that the Million Writers Award was started after a print editor asserted that storySouth wasn't a "real" publication. Now, the awards are gaining notoriety and acclaim. Last year's winner of the best short story, Catherynne M. Valente, says "Most of those people would never have seen it otherwise, and that's a fantastic result."
Read more. And read more storySouth.
]]>Alison Pelegrin (Summer 2002)) of Mandeville, Louisiana, won the 12th annual Akron Poetry Prize for Big Muddy River of Stars. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by the University of Akron Press. B. H. Fairchild judged. Alison was also awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship earlier this year.
Allan Peterson (Spring 2004 and Summer 2005) of Gulf Breeze, Florida, won the 2006 Muriel Craft Bailey Award for "Antipyretic." He received $1,000 and publication of his poem in Comstock Review. Thomas Lux judged. The annual award is given for a single poem.
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]]>Edward Hirsch, the final judge for this year's competition praised Dan's work, noting "The Boatloads, is filled with the spirit of mystery. It is a startling achievement that begins in wonder and ends in awe."
All our congratulations go to Dan. We hope you'll share in our celebration and join us again next Spring with the book comes out.
]]>Ausherman's 2004 storySouth essay "The Road to Drumcree" was a runner-up for a North American Travel Journalists Association award. In addition, his short story collection, Night Weeding and Other Late-Hour Stories, won the Southern Hum Chapbook Competition and is due out any day now. The collection contains the Million Writers Award Notable Story of 2005 "She Gave Me Her Pineapple." For more on Stephen Ausherman and his writings, check out his website.
]]>The first prize is $500 and the winning story will be published in the Frostproof Review's Spring 2007 issue and online at Emerging Writers Network Blog. The guest judge is Charles D’Ambrosio. There is a $10 Entry Fee and manuscripts must be postmarked by August 15, 2006. The winner to be announced during December 2006.
Full rules and details can be found at EWN Blog: http://emergingwriters.typepad.com/emerging_writers_network/2006/03/2006_emerging_w.html
]]>He says the editors are open to all viewpoints, "though our biases are skewed toward the dystopian, something like Dilbert meets Kafka meets Disgruntled.com. But other visions might just win us over. We also favor the personal over the polemic. Good writing is key."
Preferred length: 3000 - 10,000 words.
How to submit: Standard U.S. mail preferred: (include SASE)
4100-10 Redwood Rd. # 256
Oakland CA 94619-2363
You can also submit online at workanthology@yahoo.com.
PLEASE NO ATTACHMENTS.
Paste the story into the message window. (The editors say they understand this can mangle the formatting, so they'll be tolerant of imperfections.)
Payment: expect none; we have no contract yet and can make no promises. Acceptance does not guarantee publication. The editors' plan is to seek a publisher after they've selected the best 15-20 stories. If they are unable to find a print publisher, we will try to set up something on the Web.
Previously published OK, just let the editors know the source.
Simultaneous submission OK.
Deadline: 6/30/2006
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
American literature owes a debt of gratitude to the rich cultural traditions of the Deep South. The literary dynamism of the region truly captures a jambalaya of cultures, voices and ideas. Sadly, the 2005 hurricane season has
destroyed or severely impaired the libraries, literacy programs, and lives of writers and publishers in the region.
We at Margin and Periphery wish to aid in the restoration of this treasured cultural region by devoting our 2006 edition of Periphery, entitled "Southern Revival: Deep South Magic for Hurricane Relief," to library recovery efforts.
The editor pledges to absorb all production costs and to forward all sales, donations and support culled from Periphery to the Hurricane Katrina Book Relief Campaign funded by www.firstbook.org. First Book is a 4-star charity concerned with restoring literature, libraries and literacy to the hurricane-devastated Deep South.
JANUARY 2006 UPDATE AT FIRST BOOK: Book Relief has distributed more than 1 million books already to evacuees in 22 states, from California to New York as well as to groups working to rebuild hurricane-devastated communities in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Recent shipments of more than a quarter million books each have been sent to Dallas and Mobile alone, and First Book has been working with other charities such as the Salvation Army, Mercy Corps and Head Start to bring books back to the hurricane-ravaged South.
Our goal at PERIPHERY? $2,500. If we raise this amount, First Book will donate 5,000 books to several destroyed libraries in the Deep South. So far we've raised almost 25% of our goal; please help us bring that number up! Send in your submissions and donations today.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Contributions to Southern Revival must capture, in some way, the magical essence of the Deep South. While our usual focus is magical realism, the editor has expanded the possibilities this time to include all imaginative literary forms. We are interested in diverse voices and ideas.
Forms: free verse, flash fiction (<1000 words), creative nonfiction (<1000 words), digital artwork and prose poetics.
Possible subjects: faith healing, voodoo, haints, curses, miracles, legends, fish stories, vampires, devils, preachers, black cats, owls, thunder and lightning, snake oil salesmen, black magic, mardi gras, witchcraft, planting by the moon, superstitions, ghost armies, sleepwalking, and all things haunted.
From these submissions, we will select the best work to fill 24 pages. Full guidelines available at: www.angelfire.com/wa2/margin/guidelinesSoRev.html.
As this is a fundraising event, we are not offering payment to contributors. Instead, we request that potential contributors include a minimum entry donation of $10 with their submission. Individual donations without entry to show support are also welcomed. All donors will be acknowledged at the website. These funds will go directly to First Book.
We will consider both electronic submissions (using PayPal to receive entry donations) and surface mail submissions (make checks or money orders in USFunds payable to First Book). We will also gladly accept donations without submissions to show your support for this effort, and thank those who have already helped in this way.
If you have any questions about this special fundraising effort, don't hesitate to ask.
Tamara Kaye Sellman, Publisher and Founding Editor
MARGIN: Exploring Modern Magical Realism
PERIPHERY: A MAGICAL REALIST ZINE
Editorial Inquiries: magicalrealismmaven@yahoo.com (magicalrealismmaven(at)yahoo.com--replace (at) with @)
Electronic submissions only/no attachments or URLs: submissions@magical-realism.com -- Indicate "Southern Revival" in subject line (submissions(at)magical-realism.com--replace (at) with @)
Surface mail submissions to:
MARGIN/Southern Revival
321 High School Road N.E.
PMB #204
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
USA
RE: BookRelief and FirstBook: If you would like to speak with someone at First Book about receiving books or registering a group with them due to the hurricanes, please contact:
Kit Lunney
Senior Advisor, First Book
(202)393-1222 ext. 120
klunney@firstbook.org
Kevin Pritchard's essay "Old 82" (storySouth, Fall 2004) won First Place in the 2005 NATJA award for the "Best Travel Article Written for Internet." Pritchard's essay is an amazing exploration of an old southern road and the storySouth editor's are excited to see the essay receive the acclaim it deserves.
In 2004, Stephen Ausherman's essay "The Road to Drumcree," (storySouth, summer 2004) won a runner-up in the award for the "Best Travel Article Written for Internet."
To see other awards storySouth writings have won, check out the journal's best writings page.
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Morehead State University, in a publishing partnership with The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., announces its second annual First Book Award. The award for 2005 was for fiction manuscripts, including short story, novel or novella; the winning manuscript was Rock Big and Sing Loud by Tamara Baxter, publication forthcoming. The winner for 2006 will also be published by The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., under its standard contract.
THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION IS FOR BOOK-LENGTH COLLECTIONS OF POETRY.
Eligibility:
The competition is open to all authors from the southern Appalachian region who have not previously published a full-length book of poetry. On-line publication or publication with a run of fewer than 300 copies does not apply to this requirement; poets who have published chapbooks are eligible.
Current employees of Morehead State University or The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., are disqualified from entering.
Submission Procedure
Submit a book-length manuscript (at least 80 pages) of original poetry on a diskette or CD. THE AUTHOR MUST NOT BE IDENTIFIED ON THE MANUSCRIPT. Also send a separate page with your name and contact information and the title of your manuscript.
Manuscripts and information sheets must be received by December 9, 2005.
Deadline extended to January 27, 2006
All submissions must be accompanied by a $20 non-refundable entry fee. Please make your check payable to MSU Foundation, Inc.
All authors in the Morehead New Writers Award competition will receive a copy of the published winning entry.
Please indicate whether you wish to be notified of contest results.
Please address entries to:
The Morehead New Writers Award
150 University Blvd.
UPO 630
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY 40351
Additional Information
The winning manuscript will be chosen by a panel of judges appointed by MSU/JSF
Manuscripts may be under consideration elsewhere, but MSU/JSF must be notified if a manuscript is accepted for publication.
Authors may submit one manuscript only. The winner will be announced in May of each year. No telephone inquiries, please.
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