Bards and Sages is still accepting entries for the 2007 Legendary Horrors writing contest. Each year, Bards and Sages sponsors a writing contest to promote charitable organizations. This year, we are promoting DonorsChose.org, a non-profit that helps teachers find the funds they need to ensure students get the education they deserve.

For complete details on the contest and more information on DonorsChose.org, please read the contest guidelines page at

http://www.bardsandsages.com/2007contest.htm

PEN USA is a non-profit organization of professional writers who are dedicated to the freedom of expression and to building a literary community in the West. PEN USA is the third largest of 144 centers of International PEN and was originally founded in 1943.Since 1982, PEN USA has sponsored a unique regional literary awards competition to recognize outstanding works published or produced by writers who reside in the western United States. Winners are selected in ten categories – Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Research Nonfiction, Poetry, Children’s & Young Adult Literature, Translation, Literary Journalism, Drama, Teleplay, and Screenplay – celebrating the written word in all forms. Winners are chosen by panels of judges comprised of writers, editors, critics, and booksellers. Literary Award winners are granted PEN USA membership and given a cash prize of $1,000 at the gala Literary Awards Festival in Los Angeles.

PEN CENTER USA 2008 LITERARY AWARDS
Call for
PEN Center USA
c/o Antioch University Los Angeles
400 Corporate Pointe
Culver City, CA 90230
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2007 DEADLINE FOR:
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Research Nonfiction, Poetry,
Children’s & Young Adult Literature, and Translation
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008 DEADLINE FOR:
Literary Journalism, Drama, Teleplay, and Screenplay

Book Category Submissions
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
Authors and translators whose primary residence is in the United States west of the
Mississippi River, including all of Minnesota and Louisiana. For works by two writers
or more, the majority of the writers must reside west of the Mississippi River, or in Minnesota,
or Louisiana. Works may be submitted by authors, their publishers, agents, or publicists.
ELIGIBLE SUBMISSIONS
Books of outstanding literary merit originally published in 2007 in the following categories:
! FICTION
! CREATIVE NONFICTION: Memoir, autobiography, personal essays, etc.
! RESEARCH NONFICTION: Biography, reportage, history, etc.
! POETRY
! CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE: For all age groups.
! TRANSLATION
Anthologies, published-on-demand, and self-published books are not eligible.
ENTRIES WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
! Four (4) copies of the entry. (Submissions are not returnable.)
! Completed entry form. (Must include author’s state of residence.)
! $35 entry fee for each submission.
! Self-addressed stamped postcard for confirmation of receipt. (Optional.)

THE SELECTION PROCESS
Entries will be read and evaluated by a distinguished
panel of judges selected for each category. Based solely
on the decisions of the judges, a winner and up to four
finalists will be named in each category and announced
in the late summer of 2008.
For further information, contact PEN USA.
PHONE: (310) 862-1555 FAX: (310) 862-1556
EMAIL: awards@penusa.org

Link to Pen USA PDF

(Four Year College, Two Year College, University, Vocational/Occupational/Prize)

Purpose: Short fiction award for a previously unpublished story that embodies our goal of furthering the brotherhood of man through the written word. Proof that people from different racial/ethnic backgrounds are more alike than they are different. Maximum length 4,000 words. Story should not moralize. August 15 is deadline.
Focus: Literature/English/Writing Qualif.: High school students not considered.

Minimum award amount: $75. Maximum award amount: $100. No. and Amount Awarded Last Calendar Year: 1 prize(s), totalling $100.

Deadline: 8/15.
Contact: Myron Apilado, Editor, 708-344-4414, apiladoone@aol.com.

Sign up for the OF ICE AND STEEL newsletter. One lucky person will win a 1/350 scale model kit of the AKULA Class Russian submarine, the star in OF ICE AND STEEL. This kit is very rare, and comes from Russia.

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The newletter not only tells you about the book and the books to follow, but will give you some behind the scenes info and pictures as OF ICE AND STEEL makes it to the silver screen.

Contest ends November 5, 2006.

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Happy Birthday to me! Well, it's not my birthday yet. But, in celebration of my upcoming 45th birthday, I'm giving away a pair of paperback book earrings to one lucky reader. They're gorgeous and made by Tibetan artisans. The contest is easy. Just send me an e-mail to vicki@vickimtaylor.com with the subject line "Earrings" and include your name, address, and e-mail address. I'll have the drawing on November 16, 2006, my actual birthday. Good luck!

You can visit my blog at www.vickimtaylor.com/blogs for more information.

Vicki M. Taylor
Real Women. Real Life.
http://www.vickimtaylor.com
http://www.vickimtaylor.com/blogs/
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My fabulous fall contest is underway. I'm giving away some great prizes, including a gift of chocolates from The Swiss Colony.
Visit my website at http://www.lkcampbell.com to find out how you could be a winner.
Contest is going now through Noon (EST) October 31.

If you've read ENTANGLED and want more, here's your chance to vote for whose story is next after Dillon's. I'm taking votes through my website and one lucky voter will receive an ARC of ENTICED, the sequel to ENTANGLED!
www.kathleendante.com/WIPs.html

Kathleen Dante
www.kathleendante.com
Entangled, Berkley Heat ~ NOW OUT!
Erotic Romance with a Touch of Magic