Now offering author advances up to $1,000.00.

So what do you think? Do you have what it takes? Are you ready to accept the challenge? We look forward to reviewing your submission!

Jill N. Noble
Senior Editor
Noble Romance Publishing, LLC

Atlantic Publishing Company is a leading publisher in the business, finance, real estate, and hospitality areas. We are searching for freelance writers who are interested in several types of projects. We have a small project which we need anyone who is interested. Please specify small project when responding. We also need writers for 65K word books on various subjects (real estate, education & studying, new business, small business, nonprofit, and others). We would like writers who are interested and would like additional information to e-mail Angela Adams at the e-mail below and provide writing samples. We will provide you with a list of available projects which you can then bid on. Our budgets are limited for these projects.

Please contact us for further information.
Thank you,
Angela C. Adams
Managing Editor
aadams@atlantic-pub.com

Author Guidelines
-Scholarly essays submitted to The Brock Review should not exceed 25 pages in length. Essays should adhere to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and include endnotes (where necessary) and a bibliography.

-Manuscripts should be original works and should not be published (or under consideration for publication) in another format. Since all submissions are subject to the peer-review process, it is important that the author’s name and institutional affiliation appear only on the first page of the manuscript.

-Each article submission must be accompanied by a 100 word abstract, and a brief (2-3 line) biography of the author.

-It is the sole responsibility of the author to obtain any necessary copyright permissions for images accompanying an essay. If your essay is accepted for publication, you must provide copies of these permissions before your essay can be published.

-Book reviews should be between 500-1500 words in length. The latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style should be used as a guide for citations and references.

-Creative work (i.e.: paintings, photographs, poetry, short fiction or other types of work suitable to the online format of the journal) will also be subject to peer-review and should be submitted in an electronic format by the 15th of November, 2007 (brockreview@brocku.ca). In the event that your submission is too large of a file to send via email, CDs or DVDs can be sent to the address below. Creative work must be accompanied by a statement indicating the creator(s) of the piece have given consent to have it included in The Brock Review.

Dr. Keri Cronin
Editor, The Brock Review
c/o Department of Visual Arts
Brock University
500 Glenridge Ave.
St. Catharines, ON L2N 4C2
CANADA

Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca).
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review) have been followed.

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Open call for submissions—Samhain Publishing psychic powers anthology
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Open call for submissions—Samhain Publishing psychic powers anthology for Fall 2008

I'd like to announce an open call for submissions for a new anthology. This psychic powers anthology will consist of three to four novellas to be released individually as ebooks for release November 2008 and combined into one print title for release November 2009.

I am open to any genre, setting and heat level. But the central premise MUST involve psychic powers. These psychic powers can be underlain by magic or science or both. A few examples would be: telepathy, telekinesis, precognition and mind control. The anthology is certainly not limited to these. Submissions should be 20,000 to 30,000 words in length.

Submissions are open to all authors previously published with Samhain and authors aspiring to publish with Samhain. Submissions must be new material, previously published material will not be considered.

To submit, please include the full manuscript (of 20,000 to 30,000 words) with a comprehensive 2-3 page synopsis. Also include a letter of introduction/ query letter and tell me a little about yourself.

Submissions are open until January 13, 2008, and final decision will be made by February 3. Submissions should be sent to editor@samhainpublishing.com and please put Psychic Powers Anthology Submission in the subject line.

Anne Scott, Editor
Samhain Publishing
www.samhainpublishing.com

permission to forward granted

BARBERSHOP CHRONICLES
Deadline: November 1, 2007
Reply to: submissions@penmanshipbooks.com
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Penmanship Publishing Group
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Barbershop Chronicles
Edited Mahogany L. Browne
Foreword by: Patrick Rosal

This anthology is open to male writers featuring poems, essays,
prose, fiction, non-fiction, memoir and monologues. Submissions
should fit into the category below:
Coming-of-Age
Love
Loss
Irony
Political/Socio-Political (investigative, etc)

Individuals may submit up to three pieces (short stories/essays no
more than 5,000 words) to either submissions@penmanshipbooks.com

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2007
Submissions should include a separate page with your bio and contact
information (email and phone number).
Contributors will receive a copy of the anthology and selected
authors will be invited to participate in the Penmanship Bookstore
Tri-City Tour Spring 2009.

Surfing's Greatest Misadventures: Volume 2

DEADLINE: January 15th, 2008
We are seeking stories, articles and essays on the general subject of surfing misadventure for publication in Surfing's Greatest Misadventures: Volume 2. We are looking for nonfiction, first-person surf stories of bad judgment calls, pranks, comical/ironic episodes, disaster, attacking predators, misfortune, injury, loss of wit or limb, panic, critical conditions, contest meltdowns, everyday fears, surf trips gone wrong or the out-of-water episodes that surround surfing. We’re looking for well-written stories that tell a good tale, reflect a culture, and develop the depth of the characters involved. We also like stories that have a tight narrative tension and a payoff at the end. Open to writers and surfers of any level. There is no fee or cost to submit a story.

What do we mean by surfing?
We include the following types of wave riding: surfing, body boarding, bodysurfing, tow-in surfing, wind surfing, kiteboarding and other forms of wave riding on a board.

Payment
Writers will be paid $100 and four contributor copies upon publication if their story is selected for publication.

Book Description
The true stories in this one-of-a-kind collection cross the spectrum from terrifying to comical to downright bizarre. Prepare yourself for the most gripping and unbelievable stories about big waves, shark attacks, tsunamis, boating disasters, devastating wipeouts, pranks, and bad judgment calls. These thirty tales, by surf journalists, filmmakers, magazine editors, watermen, and everyday surfers, illuminate the less enchanting aspects of a life committed to surf.

Visit the Casagrande Press Submission Manager to submit online now
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Addendum:
Seeking Golf, Fishing, Surfing & Wedding Misadventure Stories

Casagrande Press is seeking golfing, fishing, surfing, and wedding stories for four upcoming anthologies. (Golfs Greatest Misadventures, Fishings Greatest Misadventures, Surfings Greatest Misadventures Vol. 2, and Weddings Greatest Misadventures) The press is looking for nonfiction, first-person misadventure stories such as those involving bad judgment calls, pranks, comical/ironic episodes, disaster, animal attacks, misfortune, injury, loss of wit, panic, temper flare-ups, rough weather, critical conditions, trip or game meltdowns, everyday fears, bizarre injuries, etc. The editors are looking for well-written stories that tell a good tale, reflect a culture, and develop character depth while maintaining a tight narrative tension. There is no fee to submit a story. Writers paid upon publication.

Submit online at www.casagrandepress.com
Deadlines vary for each book.

PRINTED MATTER: Submissions & queries should be sent to the address below. Please provide SASE for response and full contact information, including email. Artists should send EPS or TIFF files on CD, preferably at 300dpi or above. Color artwork will be considered, but with the exception of the cover, printed reproductions will be grayscale at this time.

SIDEBROW
912 COLE ST., #162
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117

VIRTUAL MATTER:
Submissions & queries are accepted via email provided that full contact information, including address, are included in the body of the message. Submissions must be sent as .doc, .rtf, or .pdf attachments. Please provide your name & submission type (e.g., poetry) in the subject line & submit to submit (at) sidebrow (dot) net. Artists are encouraged to submit links to Web portfolios.

Enspiren Press is a Canadian print/ebook small publisher.
Our books will have a wide distribution network for print and ebooks will be sold in many formats.

The Enspiren Press' new website has been updated with the debut authors' beautiful new covers. We also have listed the coming soon novels.

Announcing our debut releases of:-

Corpse Whisperer by Chris Redding (suspense)

Tangled Hearts by Rosemary Morris (historical romance)

Duking Days Rebellion by Anita Davison (historical mainstream)

Eliza's Hope by Vicki Gaia (Edwardian/20th century romance)

Jacqui's Dilemma by Joanna Hunt (contemporary novella)

Click on each cover to be taken to their page.

Enspiren is open to submissions
http://www.enspirenpress.com

Congratulations to our debut authors. May you all have many sales and long and happy careers.

Readers, we have a yahoo group up and running if you wish to know about Enspiren Press and its authors.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Enspiren_Press_Readers

All are welcome!

Marketing Director,
Enspiren Press
http://www.enspirenpress.com

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) will provide a forum to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future.

Submissions are currently being accepted for the first issue of this promising new journal. Please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals for articles to c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com (a private list read only by C4LJ editors) by Friday, August 31, 2007. Publication of the first issue is planned for late December 2007.

Possible topics for articles include, but are not limited to:

* Practical applications of library technology. Both actual and hypothetical applications invited.
* Technology projects (failed, successful, proposed, or in-progress), how they were done, and challenges faced
* Case studies
* Best practices
* Reviews
* Comparisons of third party software or libraries
* Analyses of library metadata for use with technology
* Project management and communication within the library environment
* Assessment and user studies

Above all, C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors
welcome submissions across a broad variety of topics. Anything that
supports the mission of C4LJ is welcome.

The goal of the journal is to promote professional communication by minimizing the barriers to publication. While articles in the journal should be of a high quality, they need not follow any formal structure or guidelines. Writers should aim for the middle ground between, on the one hand, blog or mailing-list posts, and, on the other hand, articles in traditional journals. We want publishing in the journal to be easy and painless, helping the community to share timely, relevant information that is currently shared all too rarely.

Articles need not include comprehensive literature reviews and bibliographies, although pointing the reader to useful work that has gone before can certainly be helpful. Authors are encouraged to include code samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code where appropriate.

The Journal will be electronic only, and at least initially, edited rather than refereed.

Please contact us with proposals or queries, as well as draft articles, at c4lj-articles@googlegroups.com (a private list read only by C4LJ editors) no later than Friday, August 31, 2007. Earlier contact is appreciated.

For more information, you can find information on our mission, processes and structures, and guidelines for authors at: http://journal.code4lib.org/

We look forward to hearing from interested people.

Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee

Carol Bean
Jonathan Brinley
Edward Corrado
Tom Keays
Emily Lynema
Eric Lease Morgan
Ron Peterson
Jonathan Rochkind
Jodi Schneider
Dan Scott
Ken Varnum

STAPLE MAGAZINE - INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE
The next issue of Staple magazine will focus on Nottingham and feature a showcase of NWS members’ work. Any members who wish to send poems, stories, articles, rants on the state of the art, theatrical monologues that work on the page, or any other unclassifiable items please forward them either by email to Wayne Burrows
wayneburrows@ntlworld.com or to his snail mail address at
114 - 116 St Stephen’s Road, Sneinton
Nottingham NG2 4JS.

The deadline will be early September, and while shorter pieces will obviously have a better chance of inclusion than longer ones, there’s no specific limit at this stage: as a rough guideline, around 3 - 4000
words for prose is probably the maximum, but he’d be happy to use an exceptional piece of double that length if it were possible to fit it in - anything from a paragraph upwards will be fine, apparently…

The Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship at Clarion University of Pennsylvania is seeking scholarly articles for the publication of its two journals:

1) Rural Libraries, focusing on current trends and issues affecting small and rural libraries

2) Bookmobile and Outreach Services, concentrating on current trends and issues in library outreach.

Each journal is published twice a year. Articles may take the form of scholarly papers or essays and may reflect librarianship from any part of the world. Submissions must conform to APA style and should be 10-25 pages in length. (Exceptional work that falls outside these parameters may be considered.)

Submissions in Microsoft Word format may be:

1) mailed to the address below in hard copy accompanied by an electronic version on floppy disc or CD-ROM or

2) e-mailed as an attached to csrl@clarion.edu.

Include the following information with your submission:

1) Name
2) Title/Position
3) Institution
4) Address
5) Phone Number
6) E-mail Address

Notification of receipt of your submission will be sent via e-mail, as will notification if your article is selected for publication.

The deadline for fall issue submissions is: September 8, 2007

Thank you and we look forward to reviewing your work.

Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship
Department of Library Science
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
840 Wood Street
Clarion, PA 16214
814-393-2014
csrl@clarion.edu.

blue skies poetry, in association with the Writers Guild of Alberta, is looking for poems by Alberta writers that explore the magnificent and diverse landscape of our province and how we interact with it. From the tar sands in the north, to the towering Rockies, to the bald prairie of the south – not to mention the rich farmland, forests and wandering rivers in-between – this land and its resources have shaped and continue to influence the history, culture, and economy of Alberta.

In celebration of the theme chosen for the 2007 Conference and AGM of the Writers Guild of Alberta, blue skies poetry will feature work by Albertan poets on the theme of “Writing the Land” throughout the month of September. The poems selected will also be included in an anthology to be released at the Conference and AGM in Grande Prairie (September 28-30), and several spaces will be reserved for contributors (on a first come, first served basis that evening) to read at the Open Mike Coffeehouse event. Each contributor will receive two copies of the anthology.

In addition, this project will connect with the “Power of the Land” concert to be held in Grande Prairie on October 20, 2007. For a preview of the concert, be sure to attend the Open Mike Coffeehouse at the conference.

To submit your work, email 1-3 poems, 50 lines maximum each, with “Writing the Land” in the subject line, to akublik@blueskiespoetry.ca. Please include a short biographical note, as well as your mailing address and home phone number. Submission deadline is August 15, 2007.

For those of you who do not live in Alberta, we trust that you will enjoy reading the work that results from this project. blue skies welcomes regular submissions during September and will return to posting work from across Canada and internationally in October.

For more information about the Writer’s Guild of Alberta, please visit their website at http://www.writersguild.ab.ca.

Submission Guidelines

Topic: Secrecy
If you want to see your writing appear in Harbinger, use this as your bible and you can't go wrong. If you don't live by these guidelines, your work will NOT be accepted. You have been warned...

On this page:
General stipulations
Style guidelines
Word lengths & submission categories
Poetry: a special note
Payment, returns, simultaneous submission, etc

General stipulations

1. All work we receive must be unpublished.
2. You may submit up to one piece in each category (academic/fiction/nonfiction) per issue
3. Poetry is only accepted if the editors consider it to be exceptional
4. All submissions must be in Word format, single-spaced
5. Your name and the title of your work must be in the header
6. All submissions are accepted by email only to our literary editor
7. Include your real name, any pseudonym (clearly marked), contact email, where you live, and the word count in the body of your email
8. Please note, submissions to our general email address, or submissions provided in the body of an email, will be deleted

Style guidelines

1. Single space after a full-stop
2. Use single quotation marks only
3. Australian spellings only, unless within dialogue where it could reasonably be an accent (-our, -ise)

Word lengths & categories

1. SHORT fiction is defined as fiction up to 3,000 words
2. MEDIUM fiction is defined as fiction up to 10,000 words
3. Any fiction over 10,000 words will not be accepted
4. NONFICTION and ESSAYS must be limited to 5,000 words unless by prior arrangement
5. SERIALISED work is not done unless you can convince us of its merit
6. ARTWORK may be considered but only as cover art... can you convince us to use it?

Poetry: a special note

POETRY is not accepted for publication unless we consider it to be exceptional

Payment, returns, simulationeous submission, and all the other stuff

1. We cannot pay you in $$$ for your submission ... it's all paid in karma baby!
2. IMPORTANT: Pieces are published on merit only
3. If we deem your piece to not be of a high enough standard, we will provide feedback
4. We do not return manuscripts. If it is not accepted, it is deleted. Always keep your own copy!
5. We do accept simultaneous submission, provided that we are informed that it is such, and that you let us know the instant you know it has been accepted elsewhere if you haven't heard from us
6. Rights remain with all authors for their work. If you reproduce a piece that first appeared in Harbinger, we request that it is acknowledged (and we like to hear about it so we can see where our writers end up!)

See more at http://www.harbinger.tk/

Bindlestiff Studio: Creation, Destruction and Everything in Between is a literary and arts journal documenting the life and times of our beloved black box theater. In addition to historically documenting the first 17 years of the nation's only Filipino American theater, this journal will also celebrate the homecoming of Bindlestiff back to its original location on Sixth Street, SOMA in 2008.

So, if you wrote a journal entry about the theater, were inspired to write poetry or a play, created music with insane lyrics, criticized a show, snapped some photographs, or made some type of art that was inspired by your time at Bindlestiff Studio, AND it fits in the guidelines, PLEASE SEND US YOUR WORK!

Alternatively, you may also answer any of the questions below and send in your responses.

Bindlestiff Studio: Creation, Destruction and Everything in Between welcomes daring and insightful submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, cultural/artistic criticism, and visual art. We will be considering works from February 1, 2007, to August 15, 2007. Please allow up to two months for a response.

Guidelines for Writers
· Please limit your submissions to 7,000 words. Prose writers may submit more than one work.
· Poets should fulfill this requirement by limiting your submissions to five poems or five pages of hard copy.
· DO NOT put your name and/or contact information on any pages of your work.
· Please send five copies of each work

Guidelines for Artists
· Please limit your submissions to five slides or five images on a CD.
· Images submitted on a CD must be 300 dpi or higher.
· If you submit slides, label each slide with the name of the work.
· For each image, please indicate the following: title, date, materials, dimensions, and image credit.
· If you have representation, please include complete contact information for the gallery on a separate sheet of paper.
· DO NOT put your name and/or contact information on any slide/image of your work.

Guidelines for Questions/Answers
You may answer any or all of the questions below and send in your responses. Please DO NOT put your name and/or contact information on any pages of your responses.
· What was your most memorable and/or worst moment within the theatre?
· What does the theatre mean to you personally?
· How has the theatre affected you artistically?
· Do you think the theatre is affecting the Filipino arts community/Filipino community in general?
· What keeps you coming back to the theatre?
· What would you give/take out of the theatre to make the place better?

Mailing Your Submission
Please include contact information, name, email, phone number, mailing address and brief biography on a SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER for all works submitted. Please do not have your name on any work submitted, since submissions will be chosen anonymously. Only materials sent with a SASE and the proper corresponding postage will be returned.

Please send your submissions via mail:
Bindlestiff Studio
ATTN: Journal Submissions
1072 Folsom Street #470
San Francisco, CA 94103

WHAT: print anthology in 2008; tHE THEME is response.) writings that respond to, collaborate with, collage from, extend, elaborate, etc. a piece of writing that HAS APPEARED in horse less review, 2) COLLABORATIONS WITH WRITERS who've been published by horse less press or review, 3) BEGINNINGS, FRAGMENTS, PROPOSALS, HALF-MADE WORKS which desire some attention. We may also be interested in collaborative or response-based writings that do not fall into these categories. Please query early if you have an idea.

EMAIL: horselessresponse at gmail dot com.

Deadline: December 15, 2007. Send work IN THE BODY of email or as a single word, rtf, or pdf file.

Cover Letter: please tell us a little about yourself and a little about the work you are submitting. CLARIFY whether your submission falls into category 1, 2, 3. If #1, MAKE SURE you identify the source work.

For more info, visit http://www.horselesspress.com/

Milkweed Editions seeks works of short fiction for an anthology to be published in fall 2008.

The editors hope to solicit work suggestive of the increasingly diverse and multicultural nature of Minnesota, and the volume’s publication is timed to mark the sesquicentennial of the founding of the state.

Authors must be residents of Minnesota, and may not have more than one previous book-length publication. Unpublished writers and writers of color are encouraged to submit manuscripts for consideration. All contributors will receive an honorarium of at least $500 (the final amount to be determined according to the number of contributors included).

Manuscripts must be previously unpublished, between 15 and 50 pages, double-spaced, printed either single-side or double-side. Electronic submissions will be considered. Manuscripts will not be returned. Please enclose a business-size SASE or email address for response. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2007.

Please send manuscripts to:

New Minnesota Writing
Milkweed Editions
1011 Washington Avenue South
Open Book, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55415

or

editor@milkweed.org

Milkweed Editions is particularly grateful to the Jerome Foundation for its generous support of this project.

Poets Jeremy Halinen and Brett Ortler are editors of a new print literary magazine called KNOCKOUT. The first issue is scheduled to appear in September 2007. KNOCKOUT is not an LGBT magazine, per se (meaning that it’s open to everyone), but it will have a strong LGBT emphasis or presence (at least 50% of each issue by LGBT poets).

The first issue includes work by Carol Guess, Larissa Szporluk, Lynn Levin, Timothy Liu, Jonathan Williams, Thomas Meyer, Jim Elledge, Christopher Hennessy, Antler, Ronald H. Bayes, CAConrad, Gerard Wozek, Jeff Mann, Aaron Smith, Michael Montlack, Jeffery Beam, Billy Collins, Robert Bly, Ger Killeen, Thomas Lux, Denver Butson, Dan Pinkerton, Todd Boss, Charles Jensen, Brent Goodman, Theodore Enslin, Alberto Rios, David Mason, and Joseph Massey, among others.

The editors are now reading submissions for the second issue, and request submissions of 3-6 poems, sent all in one file, preferably an MS Word document, to the following two email addresses:

knockoutpoetry@gmail.com
jeremyhalinen@yahoo.com

Please note that the editors are NOT considering unsolicited fiction or nonfiction submissions at this time.

To be considered for our second issue, please submit no later than August 15, 2007 (although the editors recommend sending them much sooner, as the issue may fill up much sooner than that). A submission received after that deadline will be considered for the following issue. Response time is generally two weeks, but never more than a month. Payment for accepted work will be two copies, one for the contributor and one for a friend of the contributor.

No-Fun City

Some cities are known for their sense of fun—New Orleans during Mardi Gras, for instance, or Black Rock City during Burning Man. But there are just as many cities out there that don’t want any fun at all, darn it. (East Berlin before the wall fell, say, or Quesnel during mosquito season.) Who can say what goes into making a place No-Fun City? It could be a repressive civic attitude, a lack of entertainment options, a dictatorial regime, bad weather, a locust infestation or something less tangible (but equally drab) that’s bringing the place down.

This year, we’re asking you to write about No-Fun City for our annual Summer Fiction contest. Now, No-Fun City doesn’t have to be Victoria and it doesn’t even have to really exist, but to qualify for the contest, each story must be between 800 and 1,200 words, include the phrase “No-Fun City” and be set during the summer. How you use that phrase is up to you: it could describe a location, an attitude, a philosophy, a dystopian future . . . it’s all up to you. But remember, creativity counts!

Stories will be judged by Robert J. Wiersema, noted book reviewer and author of the acclaimed novel Before I Wake. The winning stories will appear in the July 5 issue of Monday Magazine.

First Prize: $200

Second Prize: $100

Third Prize: A stack of great books, courtesy of Monday Magazine

We reserve the right to award up to two honourable mentions, if warranted by the quality of entries.

Entry Guidelines:

• To qualify, entries must contain the phrase “No-Fun City” and be set during the summer. Please BOLD the first use of this phrase in your story and the first reference to summer, to allow us to verify these requirements have been met.

• Stories must be between 800 and 1,200 words long. Please include the WORD COUNT.

• All entries must be typed, double-spaced, on 8-1/2 x 11” paper.

• Put the full title of your story at the top of each page, but do NOT put your name anywhere on the story.

• Include the title of your story, along with your name, address, daytime phone number and e-mail address, on a separate cover page.

• All entries MUST ALSO be sent in via e-mail as a .txt attachment to editorial@mondaymag.com with the words “Summer Fiction Contest” in the subject line. To clarify, we need both a hard copy AND an electronic version of your story.

• You may enter more than one story, but we will accept no more than three stories from one person.

• Entry fee: $5 per story entered, cash or cheque payable to Black Press.

•DEADLINE: Entries must be received at the Monday office by 5 p.m. Thursday June 14. No exceptions.

• No faxed submissions will be accepted, and no electronic versions will be accepted without a hard copy as well.

• Judge’s decisions are final.

• Winners will be announced in the July 5 issue of Monday Magazine. No advance notification or announcement will take place.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (POETRY)

What: Motherhood Anthology (Poetry/Photography)

Photographer Elisha Rain & poet/writer Kelli Russell Agodon are joining together to create an anthology that speaks to being a mother in this current world. We are looking for poems exploring all areas of pregnancy, birth, and any aspects of being a mother. We are very open to all motherhood content and themes, but want poems that are powerful, truthful, thought-provoking, and/or thoughtful.

Send no more than 4 poems cut & pasted into the text of the email to:
motherhoodanthology (at) excite.com -- replace (at) with @

Or you may mail your poems with an SASE to: Motherhood Anthology, PO Box 1524, Kingston, WA 98346

Please include bio, contact information, and a brief paragraph about your experience or thoughts on motherhood, your relationship to motherhood and how it’s changed you (maybe you have chosen not to be a mother), how you balance your life as a poet and a mother, or some insight you’ve learned as a mother.

Previously published poems are welcome as long as you hold the rights to the poems.

We are currently querying publishers, so we are unsure what compensation will be, however our goal is monetary payment as well as a copy of the anthology.

For more information about the editors of this anthology, please feel free to visit their websites:

Elisha Rain, Photographer www.erainimages.com
Kelli Russell Agodon, Poetry Editor www.agodon.com

Postmark deadline: October 31, 2007

Thank you for your interest in this project. Any questions or inquiries may also be addressed to the above email address.

BLOOD, SWEATS AND CHEERS: 10 YEARS OF RAHRAH RADICAL CHEERING

We are compiling a zine like anthology that will include a range of styles and voices – personal, political, academic, and artistic. This book should be like radical cheerleading itself, where the initial idea (an anthology) is corrupted to create a tool for activism. Let’s start writing about our experiences as radical cheerleaders setting protest (and turned over cop cars) on fire! This is a guideline. Choose your own adventure… mix, match, or make up your own!

Pom Pom’s Not Bomb Bombs————————————–
• Do we make an impact politically? • Action brag book, or I can’t believe you got away with that! • What was your favorite protest, and why? • How does creative street theatre allow you to express your politics? • How do the physical movements and choreography of radical cheerleading affect the way you participate in and feel about political action? Did you ever write your own cheer or cheer ‘zine?

You Too Can Be a Cheerleader! NO TRYOUTS!!! • Where/when did you first see radical cheerleading? • What made you want to be a part of a radical cheerleading squad? • How old were you when you first started cheering, and do you still cheer? How is radical cheerleading empowering? Pleated skirts and pom poms: Does radical cheerleading ever reproduce the politics or aesthetics it attempts to mock and reject?

We’re Here. We’re Queer. Get used to it. Sex, Gender, and Politics • What were the gender politics of your squad? • Is radical cheerleading for all genders/everybody?

White Girls Gone Wild • How are race and class accounted for in radical cheerleading? • Why does radical cheerleading appeal to_____________ people? • What did your squad look like and why?

Here Come the Cameras and the TV crew • How do radical cheerleading (and performance activism) generate media attention? • Does publicity help or hurt your message? • Which stunts and antics worked, and which didn’t? • How is radical cheerleading is part of a larger movement of creative protest? How is radical cheerleading connected or influenced by Queerleaders, jeerleaders, cuntleaders, raging grannies? • Is radical cheerleading 3rd wave? • How is it DIY? Do you have a personal collection ofradical cheerleading memorabilia? What does it look like?

Deadline is June 1, 2007. Send your photos, artwork, personal stories, academic essays, manifestos, cheers, flyers, collages, sound files, and more to: radicalcheerleaders@gmail.com - or - Francis Goldin Literary Agency 57 E. 11th Street, Suite 5B New York, NY 10003 Attn: Radical Cheerleading Visit us at www.myspace.com/radicalcheerleadingbook

All accepted contributors will receive a copy of the book and financial compensation. The editors – Brackin Firecracker, Cara Jennings, Aimee Jennings and Jeanne Vaccaro – are represented by the politically progressive Francis Goldin Literary Agency in New York City (goldinlit.com). PASS IT ON.

Call for Submissions (Poetry)

Robert Johnson, Founder of Media Press in Minneapolis, seeks submissions for a book of poems in honor of James Wright. The book will be a standard trade edition of about 70 pages. Each contributor will receive two copies of the book, and a small number of poems in the book will also be printed in broadside format suitable for framing. Submissions should be no more than two pages of poetry in any form. Your name and contact information should appear in an upper corner. Poems may refer directly or indirectly to Wright’s work, to his themes, and to the regions he wrote about. It is not desirable that more than a few of the poems in the book mention Wright by name. No handwritten submissions please. Limit your cover letter to one page. Identify yourself and describe your publishing background, if any. Say something about your relation to Wright’s work, and explain how your poem honors that work. Please include an SASE.

Submissions should be sent to:

Bruce Hendricksen
P.O. Box 3054
Duluth, MN 55803

E-mail submissions will not be read.

The deadline is October 1, 2007

These guidelines are available at bhendricksen@charter.net. Please type James Wright on the subject line.

All Rights Reserved publishes works from emerging and established writers and artists. The journal requests submissions twice a year for our winter and summer publications. We accept poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, as well as literary stories told through visual art/photography. Material sent for consideration must be unpublished work.

As a non-profit, volunteer run publication All Rights Reserved cannot offer payment but provides a free copy of the journal to those contributors who are published in the issue.

Please note we are ONLY accepting electronic submissions as .rtf attachments.

The Cover Letter
Include a brief biographical statement,
your full mailing address, e-mail address (where applicable) and phone number,
the title(s) of the piece(s) you are submitting, AND
the genre of the piece(s) you are submitting (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, etc.).

General
Send a maximum of six poems OR one story per submission.
The maximum length for fiction is 2,500 words.
Graphic shorts should be a maximum of 10 pages, 300 dpi, 5 1/2" x 7", TIFF (PDF, PSD, EPS, AI are also accepted).
All Rights Reserved does not accept previously published work or simultaneous submissions.
Your submission should be double-spaced; poetry may be single-spaced.
Margins of at least 1.5 inches should surround all copy.
Each page of poetry must contain one poem only.
Your surname, the title of the piece, and the page number must appear at the top of each page.
E-mail submissions

In order to reach the correct editor, please enter the type of submission in the subject line.

Please send submissions to the attention of The Editors: editors@allrightsreserved.ca

Each volume will incorporate the work of five authors. We are looking for three established BDSM authors for each volume. Remaining story slots for each book are open to newer writers to submit. Stories must be no less than 10K words and no more than 20K. Any sub-genre of BDSM is welcome with ratings of sweet, tangy, spicy, sizzling and beyond sizzling.

Both volumes are based on a rose theme. Whether the rose (or some form of a rose such as its thorns or petals) is integral to the plot or merely makes an appearance in the story, it is a requirement for all submissions.

Submit entire ms attached as an MS Word document to kmirandaATfreyasbowerDOTcom with the words "BDSM Rose" in the subject line. Established authors must include a short bio.

If these volumes are long enough in word length, there is the possibility of them going to print and being available on Good Vibes as well as a few other sex site shops.

Deadline has been extended to the end of April or May

Katherine Merchant
Assistant Editor
Freya's Bower

Author: Tom Brown Date: 01-17-07 13:35

Coming very soon is a test program to sell indie books without competing with big market books. I don't have all the details, but if any indie writer is interested in participating in the test of this program, please contact Jerry Simmons at jerry@writersreaders.com.

Two hundred (200) indie authors (POD, Self-Published) are needed to run an adequate test. There are 189 slots left. The more books the better, so bring them on!

What I do know is this: there is no fee to the author to participate; the program is designed to sell books; the program is NOT limited to US authors; any genre (except illegal materials, child porn, etc).

What I don't know will be explained in an email from Jerry within a few weeks. After that informational email, there will be an opportunity to opt in or out of the test program.

May I remind you that test programs, Beta Programs, go through tweaking, that is why it is a test. Feedback and patience will be appreciated.

It is a first come first served deal for the test, then open full tilt. Don't delay. What do you have to lose? Nothing. I'm expecting book sales to increase over time.

If you don't know who Jerry Simmons is, look here http://www.writersreaders.com/about.php

Please share this email with ALL your indie writer friends (or reword it). Post it on forums, your writing newsletters, and your blogs.

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* I found this on writers.net but I don't know how reputable the project is. I would be interested in hearing any feedback about this--I don't know if this would be more properly classified as a writers beware!

Call for Submissions by Frey's Bower
Freyas Bower

Freya’s Bower is compiling a two-book anthology for readers who love
BDSM stories:

A Rose of Any Color
Book One: Femdom

and

A Rose of Any Color
Book Two: Maledom

Each volume will incorporate the work of five authors. We are looking
for three established BDSM authors for each volume. Remaining story
slots for each book are open to newer writers to submit. Stories must be no
less than 10K words and no more than 20K. Any sub-genre of BDSM is
welcome with ratings of sweet, tangy, spicy, sizzling and beyond sizzling.

Both volumes are based on a rose theme. Whether the rose (or some form
of a rose such as its thorns or petals) is integral to the plot or
merely makes an appearance in the story, it is a requirement for all
submissions.

Submit entire ms attached as an MS Word document to
editorkatherinem@yahoo.com with the words “BDSM Rose” in the subject
line. Established authors must include a short bio.

Deadline is March 31st.

Twilight Fantasies Publications, Romance Publisher  is currently seeking submissions in all genres of romance and from 5k to over 100k.

Twilight Fantasies Publications is a full-service, royalty paying ePublishing company. We are currently accepting submissions in anticipation of our May 2, 2007 scheduled opening date. At this time, we do accept simultaneous submissions; however, we do require you inform us if your work is being considered elsewhere.

For more information, visit our website at http://twilightfantasiespublications.com.

We are happy to look at previously published books, as long as rights have or will soon be reverted back to the author.

Be sure to check out our specialty lines:

Aphrodite's Scrolls--Romance according to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Any romance story that features mythological elements, including gods and goddesses as characters, belong in this specialty line.

Caught-Un-A-Weres-- These romances feature shapeshifters, such as werewolves, werefoxes, werebears, etc. At least one of the main characters (either the hero or the heroine) must be a shapeshifter.

Twisted Fairytales-- A romantic retelling of our favorite fairytales or fables.

Vampire Vixens-- These stories will probably not be classified as TAME. The heroine of the story must be a vampire or become a vampire during the course of the story. Our Vixen must either be at ease with her own sexuality or explore her sexuality during the plot.

Zuzu's Petals-- This is a reference to end of the classic film, It's a Wonderful Life. In the film, George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) wishes he never existed and is granted that wish. Of course, after seeing what the world would be like without him, he wants his life back. When he discovers his daughter's (Zuzu's) rose petals in his pocket, he knows he is "alive again."

The Zuzu's Petals line features romances in which one of the main characters discover how good it is to be alive or finally discover or rediscover their reason(s) for living.

Twilight Fantasies Publications, Romance Publisher 

Desdmona’s 2007 Titillating Tattoo Story Contest
http://www.desdmona.com/contest.php

Skin. Body adornment. Tattoos. Piercings. Stories. Sex.
Desdmona’s 2007 Titillating Tattoo Story Contest wants them.

We are eager to see sexy stories from talented authors that include any
kind of permanent body adornment: a tattoo, a piercing, or whatever
else your perverted mind can come up with.

Desdmona’s 2007 Titillating Tattoo Story Contest is an erotic short
story contest. Stories must be 3500 words or less. There is no entry fee.
Only one story is allowed per author. Stories must be received by
Sunday, April 1, 2007. Prizes will be awarded to the judges’ three favorite
stories:

First prize: $500
Second prize: $250
Third prize: $125

Honorable mention prizes of $40 will be awarded at the discretion of
desdmona.com and the judges.

Winners will be picked by our judges and will be based on quality of
writing, erotic appeal, originality, and adherence to contest theme.
Please, be imaginative! The winning stories and honorable mentions will be
displayed on desdmona.com on Sunday, April 15, 2007.

Contest guidelines and submission details at:
http://www.desdmona.com/contest.php

My name is Jason Williams. I am contacting you to let you know that we are looking for poets, writers, artists to publish at Starving Writers Publishing www.starvingwriters.net.

I am a poet and author of 6 books. My website is www.authorsden.com/jasononealwilliams You can check some of my poetry and more information about me. My 6th book came out Tuesday, Jan. 9. It is called Prince Jason, Welcome To My Kingdom Pre-ordering is starting now. The book costs 19.99 .
You can your order at http://www.starvingwriters.net/bookstore/

Or call

Jason Almgreen
Starving Writers Publishing
214-669-8766

You can pass this information along to anyone you know.

Also I'm looking for poets, artists, and writers to publish in an anthlogy I'm working on called Tha Renissance. This book will feature poets, artists and writers from all over. Submission deadline for this anthology is Feb. 28. This book will be out in late March. This book will feature poets, writers, artists from all around the world.

Contact me at this email address, if you have any questions.

Take it easy

Jason
Starving Writers Publishing
www.starvingwriters.net

Best New Paranormal Romance 3 (2008 Edition)

The anthology, compiling works published in the year 2007, will be published in spring 2008 and be nationally distributed. [Best New Paranormal Romance (2006 edition) is now available. Reading it is your best opportunity to discover what we are looking for.] In order to have the book out early in 2008, reading must be done before the end of the year. Submissions should be made as soon as possible and reading will close on December 1, 2007. This is an annual "best of"-type reprint anthology so we want only material published in 2007. (No original stories.) E-published material is acceptable, but please -- no self-published fiction!

We are looking for stories from all branches of sf/f that also include a strong "romance" element or, conversely, romance that is fantastic, supernatural, paranormal, futuristic, etc. Definitions are ambiguous. If in doubt, send it. Erotic romance and alternative sexuality are acceptable but the emphasis must be on well-written stories.

If your work is scheduled for publication in Nov/Dec 2006 please submit it now and indicate where and when it will be published.
We prefer accept only email submissions (attached in .doc, or .rtf), but email us for snail mail address if for some bizarre reason you can not email it.

To avoid confusion, when sending material please put Best New Paranormal Romance 3 or BNPR 3 as subject line of email or on envelope.

As with any "year's best" anthology, the contents will be announced. You will be informed if chosen. No rejections will be sent out. No mss. returned.
Email for submissions or information: Paula Guran, editor@juno-books.com.
(Editors and Publishers: We could use copies of your publication! PDFs are fine or email for a snail mail address.)

BelleBooks, the successful small press started by a group of authors including Deborah Smith, Sandra Chastain, Debra Dixon and others, is interested in queries for erotica/romantica with Southern settings and/or themes with a distinct feel for Southern culture. We're interested in short stories and novellas only. BelleBooks specializes in Southern-themed fiction, and while our current list is G-rated and mainstream, they hope to establish a separate imprint for erotic anthologies.

We're not seeking category romance with extra-hot sex, we're looking for more serious erotica written with a certain elegance. It can be dark, it can be gothic, it can contain paranormal elements. Ultra-sleek urban settings are fine, also suburban, as long as the settings are Southern. Everyone sends us New Orleans but we'd prefer a variety of other
Southern cities.

We're also interested in light-hearted and funny erotica, sweetly gentle and more sensual than explicit. I know that's vague but we're open to all ideas as long as they're written in a sophisticated style. What we definitely don't want are Hee Haw Southern stereotypesand romantica submissions that read like naughty series romance.

Send queries to Deborah Smith at debbsmith@aol.com. For more information about BelleBooks, check out the publisher at http://www.bellebooks.com