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September 2, 2010
Brooklyn Book Festival 2010
The Brooklyn Book Festival is a huge, free public event presenting an array of literary stars and emerging authors who represent the exciting world of literature today. One of America's premier literary and literacy events, this hip, smart, diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages. The festival is organized around themed readings and devoted to timely and lively panel discussions with top national and international authors. This year, panelists include Salman Rushdie, Tishani Doshi, Dennis Lehane, Pete Hamill, Sara Silverman among others. Click here for a full schedule...http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/BrooklynBookFestival/events.html
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August 12, 2010
Jumpstart Join the Dots Festival in Delhi!
JUMPSTART Join the Dots follows the successful series of individual workshops and seminars that were held through 2010. This two-day event is open to authors, illustrators, publishers, marketing professionals, booksellers, librarians, teachers, principals… anyone and EVERYONE working with, and interested in Children’s Books.
Sessions will cover:
• Panel discussions
• Open forums
• Illustrating children’s books
• Marketing children's books
• Translating children’s books
• Writing for different age groups
• Rights selling and buying
• New Technologies
• Storytelling skills
• Comics and Graphic novels
• Libraries
• Nurturing readers
• Fiction, fantasy, comics, picture books
… and much more
Speakers will include:
• Anushka Ravishankar
• Anita Roy
• Karthika V.K
• Ole Koennecke
• Paro Anand
• Pierre Thome
• R. Sriram
• Radhika Menon
• Renate Reichstein
• Samit Basu
• Sarnath Banerjee
• Sayoni Basu
• Sirish Rao
• Sibylle Hoffmann
among others including writers, illustrators, publishers, film producers, booksellers…along with award winning writers, illustrators and library experts from India, Asia, France, Germany, Norway and Switzerland.
When? 20 August & 21 August 2010
Where? Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
Registration required- Limited seats.
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August 12, 2010
AURA ESTRADA SHORT STORY CONTEST
The winning author will receive
$1,500 and have his or her work published in Boston Review,
the summer of 2011. Stories should not exceed 4,000 words
and must be previously unpublished. $20 Entry Fee. Deadline October 1, 2010. Visit
http://bostonreview.net/about/contest/#Estrada for more information.
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July 24, 2010
Call for submissions!
Damselfly press, an online literary journal for women is pleased to announce the publication of our twelfth issue and call for submissions for the thirteenth issue. We are seeking electronic submissions of original fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by female writers only slated for online publication in October 2010.
As always, we welcome a myriad of women's voices from new and experienced writers.
The deadline to submit for the thirteenth issue is September 15th.
These are the e-mails per genre editor:
Fiction: jennifer(at)damselflypress.net (replace (at) with @)
Poetry: lesley(at)damselflypress.net (replace (at) with @)
Nonfiction: nonfiction(at)damselflypress.net (replace (at) with @)
Visit the damselfly press website: http://damselflypress.net to read the latest issue and learn more about the journal.
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July 13, 2010
ROAD JUNKY TRAVEL WRITING CONTEST
We're looking for offbeat, witty and original entries from travelers
who write from the heart of the gonzo experience. Know a country well?
Read our guidelines carefully and send us your intro. Submissions
close on August 31, 2010 when we will select 21 candidates to
complete the 6,000-word guides. Twenty will receive $100 and get
published and the winning entry as voted by our readers will win
$1,000. Deadline August 31, 2010. Winner and finalists give us
exclusive online rights to the work though you can do anything
you want with the piece in print. Countries available are:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia,
Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France,
Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy,
Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Papau New Guinea,
Poland, Portugal, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa,
Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen and maybe we'd
consider other ones if they were particularly biting. NO ENTRY FEE. Visit http://www.roadjunky.com/article/2413/win-1000-in-our-travel-writing-contest-write-a-road-junky-country-guide for more information.
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June 8, 2010
V. S. PRITCHETT MEMORIAL SHORT STORY PRIZE
There is a prize of £1,000, and the winning entry will be
published in Prospect magazine and the RSL Review. In addition
there will be an opportunity to appear at an RSL event with
established short story writers in autumn 2010. Entrants must
be citizens of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, or have
been resident for the past three years. Stories entered for
the competition must not have been published previously, or
broadcast in any other medium. Any story submitted should be
between 2,000 and 5,000 words in length. Entries should be
in English. There is no restriction on submitting the same
entry to other prizes. Deadline June 30, 2010. ENTRY FEE £5. Visit
http://www.rslit.org/docs/content/vsp_2010_entry_form-2.pdf for more information.
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May 18, 2010
MONEY FOR WOMEN GRANTS
Offers grants of up to $1,500 to poets, fiction and nonfiction
writers, visual artists, and for a mixed-genre category
(illustration and text) to feminist women in the arts. Two
deadlines each year: December 31 (art and fiction) and June 30
(nonfiction and poetry). Fund does not maintain an email, phone,
or website. To request application materials, write to the postal
address and be sure to include a SASE.
Susan Pliner, Executive Director
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc.
P.O. Box 309
Wilton, NH 03086
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May 4, 2010
PERFECTLY FORMED SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Perfectly Formed is our first short story competition, in
association with Pan Macmillan and the Arvon Foundation.
We're looking for the best short story of 2,000 words or less.
All our readers are eligible, as long as you're over 16 and haven't
had fiction professionally published before. Your short story can
be about any subject and in any fiction genre, be it drama, comedy,
crime, historical or modern - just make it punchy, original and
imaginative. Limit 2,000 words. Deadline July 1, 2010.
The winner will see their work published in the October issue of
Books Quarterly to our readership of more than a quarter of a
million, and online at www.macmillannewwriting.com,
www.arvonfoundation.org, Wbqonline.com and Waterstones.com. But
that's just the start. The winner will be invited to attend an
exclusive publisher's lunch with Will Atkins, Editorial Director
at Pan Macmillan, and author James McCreet to gain feedback and
ideas on where to take their writing career in the future. And
just to top things off, they will receive £200-worth of quality
reading from Pan Macmillan of their choice. To develop skills, the
winner will also receive a place on a week-long Arvon Foundation
creative writing course of their choice.
The prize includes all tuition, food and accommodation. During the
week, the winner will have plenty of opportunity to spend time
working on their own writing, as well as taking part in workshops,
readings, and a one-to-one session with a course tutor. The three
best runners-up will receive concise written feedback on their
entries, which will be published online, as well as winning £50-
worth of Pan Macmillan books.
No entry fee.
Visit
http://www.wbqonline.com/feature.do?featureid=505 for more information.
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April 9, 2010
IDAHO PRIZE FOR POETRY
The Idaho Prize is an annual, national competition offering
$1,000 plus publication by Lost Horse Press for a book-length
poetry manuscript. Manuscripts are accepted for review before
May 15 of each year, and on 15 August, a winner is announced.
In addition to announcements in national publications, the
winning book and author will be featured on the Lost Horse
Press website, along with a list of the finalists. $25 ENTRY FEE
Visit http://www.losthorsepress.org/idahoprize.html for more information
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March 21, 2010
2010 HOPSCOTCH HOUSE SUMMER RESIDENCY PROGRAM
The Hopscotch House Summer Residency Program provides feminist
social change artists with opportunities to advance their artistic
development in a supportive creative community. The program
welcomes artists at all stages of development and does not
require a work sample. Artists may apply for a one-week residency
during either of the following weeks:
June 21 - June 27, 2010
June 28 - July 4, 2010
Artists may apply for a two-week residency during the following weeks:
June 21 - July 4, 2010
Applicants must be able to commit to completing a residency of at
least one week. Five private bedrooms and three studio spaces are
available, along with modest stipends of up to $400. The natural
setting, physical space and shared commitment to feminist art and
social change at Hopscotch House can inspire, nurture, rejuvenate,
and enhance the creative time of artists selected to participate. Application deadline: April 2, 2010. Notification: May 6, 2010.
For more information, visit
http://www.kfw.org/hophouse.html
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