Call For Submissions: Anthologies, Chapbooks and Novels

Hey Guys,

I’m multitasking as usual at the moment. Thanks to my ladies at Essentially Women, some information was recently shared about numerous calls for submission. I’m posting a few here that might be of interest. Please pay attention to the deadlines as some are coming up right around the corner.

Good luck!

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Anthologies

A CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for a new anthology of poems dedicated to the work of members of the LGBT communities in Africa and LGBT Africans in the Diaspora. Poems on any topic are welcome, and in any form. Unpublished poems are preferred. Poems can be in any language; however, translations have to be provided in English. Please submit no more than 5 poems. Send e-mail submissions to Abayomi Animashaun (abayo.animashaun@gmail.com) by January 20. Please include “Poetry Submission” in the subject line.

TELLING OUR STORIES PRESS—dedicated to showcasing literary personal narratives, exploring how we tell the stories of our lives, and pushing the structure of memoir. Currently seeking short memoir submissions for an anthology on shoes; and also 100–300 word entries for UltraShort Memoirs. Visitwww.tellingourstoriespress.com.

ECHOOK DIGITAL PUBLISHING publishes fiction, memoir, and essays on all platforms. Be read by thousands of readers in 95 countries, featured (with links) on Facebook, Twitter, and at echook.com. Learn techniques of classic authors: free writing tips from Tessa Smith McGovern, teacher at Sarah Lawrence College. Submissions open now. echook.com.

 

Chapbooks

GRAYSON BOOKS 2013 Chapbook Contest. $500 and 50 copies to winner. 16–24 pages poetry, $18 reading fee. Brian Clements to judge. Electronic or postal submissions by January 31 to Grayson Books, P.O. Box 270549, West Hartford, CT 06127. For guidelines see www.graysonbooks.com.

GREEN FUSE POETIC ARTS ASSOCIATION is a nonprofit organization that connects writers with their communities by way of short publications, supportive readings, and writing groups and workshops. We publish short works by members as well as short works by women of the wisdom years—our GrandmotherEditions. Visit www.greenfusepoeticarts.org or e-mail greenfusepress@yahoo.com.

 

Novels

ARKTOI BOOKS, an imprint of Red Hen Press specializing in the work of lesbian authors, is seeking submissions of creative nonfiction manuscripts from February 1 through April 30. All manuscripts should be submitted as PDFs. For important submission guidelines, please visit www.arktoi.com.

BLUE LIGHT PRESS Book Award—Imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest poems that push the edge. Send 50–80 page manuscript, SASE, $20 reading fee to Blue Light Press, 1563 – 45th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122 by January 30. For guidelines, e-mail bluelightpress@aol.com or send SASE. Website: www.bluelightpress.com.

WISING UP PRESS: Writers Collective seeks well-written, thoughtful and big-hearted book manuscripts—novel, memoir, nonfiction, and poetry—that resonate with the mission of the press. For talented writers who want the synergy and support of publishing in community. Submissions: January 1–31. More information: www.universaltable.org/writerscollective.html.

 

 

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