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The Petigru Review editor has nominated authors for the Pushcart Prize!
Fiction:
William Thrift for “Squirrel Stew”
Bob Strother for “Traveling Mercies”
Donna Campbell for “Shooting Stars”
Nonfiction:
Sandy Richardson for “Nana’s Basket”
Poetry:
Michael Hugh Lythgoe for “Florida Keys, Spring”
Will Jones for “A Language not Spoken for Many Years”
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President’s Post
President’s Post
By Ginny Padgett
As this year comes to a close, I have happy news to share. First, your new SCWW Board elected officers and named committee chairs for 2014. I am excited by the prospect of this new, competent leadership.
Officers
President – Tibby Plants
Vice President – JM Kelley
Vice President Conference Chair – Linda Cookingham
Secretary - Michelle Ross
Treasurer – Jim McFarlane; Charles Duke – apprentice
President Ex Officio – Ginny Padgett
Standing Committees
Chapter Liaison – Michelle Ross
Contests – Marilyn Sowyak
Grants – Linda Cookingham
Membership Co-Chairs – Jim McFarlane, Charles Duke
Quill Editor – Courtney Diles Henderson
Petigru Review Editor – Tibby Plants; Courtney Diles Henderson – apprentice
Publicity – JM Kelley
Silent Auction – Teresa Burgher
Webmasters – Ginny Padgett, Courtney Diles Henderson
Dates of Meetings for 2014: GoToMeeting Conferences 10:000 AM ET
January 11
February 8
May 10
September 13
October 11
November 8
December 13
If you’d like to attend a meeting, email Tibby at scwwpresident@gmail.com.
We bid a grateful farewell to the Board members who are completing their terms of service. Please acknowledge their dedication.
Kia Goins – 6 years (3 years as Conference Co-Chair/Volunteer Coordinator, 2013 Conference Chair)
Beth Browne – 2 years (2 years as Publicity Chair, 1 year as Vice President)
Helen Aitken – 1 year (serving out a vacated term, Publicity Co-Chair)
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Member Chatter
Glad tidings of great writings by our membership! Please send your news to scwwquill@gmail.com.
GREENVILLE
Bob Strother’s short story “High Season” will be included in the winter edition of moonShine review, a literary journal published by Thrift poetic Arts.
COLUMBIA II
Bonnie Stanard‘s short story “Maggie and the Snake” was awarded Third Prize in the Savannah Authors Anthology contest and will be published in the anthology. A reception for the winning writers is being held in Savannah on November 22.
Nan Lundeen’s how-to-write piece, “Find Your Moos,” appears in print and online December editions of the U.K.-based Writing Magazine. Nan is a member of the Spartanburg Chapter.
Mike Long‘s 2nd novel, DOG SOLDIER MOON, has tied for a Gold Medal (First Place) in the 2013 Historical Fiction competition, Military Writers Society of America. Also, my short story CHOTEAU’S CROSSING has been selected for publication in a Western anthology being assembled by Brett Cogburn (great grandson of Rooster Cogburn).
MYRTLE BEACH/SURFSIDE CHAPTER:
Willis-Whyte was awarded 1st Place for her “Young Adult” short story “The Red Shawls.” The award, conferred by the Florida State Association National League of American Pen Women, was presented at their November, 2013 Conference.
In addition, Willis also took 1st Place for her photo “Dark Days,” at the Brunswick Arts Council 13th Annual Exhibition and1st Place for her photograph “Symmetry” at the recent Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild Member’s Judged Show. In addition she received 1st Place, Photography, 2013 Arts By The Shore — Oak Island Arts Council.
MEMBER AT LARGE
Debbie Richard has had a poem published in the Summer 2013 issue of WestWard Quarterly entitled “A Single Rose.” Two poems, “Perennial” and “In Memoriam” were published in the Summer 2013 issue of The Shine Journal-The Light Left Behind” (http://www.theshinejournal.com/richarddeborahelaine.htm). Her memoir, HILLS of HOME, about growing up in Appalachia, has been accepted for publication by eLectio Publishing (http://beta.electiopublishing.com/); expected release date is May 2014.
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The Stealth Poet: Endings
By Nan Lundeen
“Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end,” say Strunk and White in The Elements of Style.
In A Poetry Handbook, Mary Oliver says, “The most important point in the line is the end of the line.”
When reading a poem, it’s natural to pause at the end of a line. If all the lines in a poem end at their natural inclination, whether it be a sentence or a phrase, the poet sets up a certain rhythm.
Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, “The Fish,” illustrates this. Here are the first two lines:
I caught a tremendous fish
and held him beside the boat
They end at a natural pause and Bishop has established a rhythm.
Contemporary poets tend to shy away from end rhyme, but if a poet chooses to use it, the rhythm is emphasized even more.
Take Richard Wilbur’s “Museum Piece,” the first stanza of which follows:
The good grey guardians of art
Patrol the walls on spongy shoes
Impartially protective, though
Perhaps suspicious of Toulouse.
Oliver explains that if the poet chooses to enjamb the line—that is to break it where you wouldn’t ordinarily do so—the end word achieves importance as does the first word of the next line.
Here are the next two lines of Bishop’s poem:
half out of water, with my hook
fast in a corner of his mouth.
The third and fourth lines normally would be read all of a piece, but Bishop chooses to leave the word “hook” hanging out there for emphasis. “Fast,” the first word of the next line is emphasized as well. Imagine combining the two lines. Would “hook” and “fast” carry as much import?
It turns out the poem is about the respect the narrator feels for the fish at the discovery that he is carrying five other big hooks “grown firmly in his mouth.” Much hangs on the emphasis of the word “hook” dangling at the end of the third line.
Where to break the lines of a poem is a huge challenge. In the wonderful cauldron of poetry writing, the poet throws in a pinch of this and that such as enjambment, various types of rhymes or a switch in rhythm such as throwing in a heavy stress. How the poem appears on the page is another factor in considering line breaks.
Oliver says, “I cannot say too many times how powerful the techniques of line length and line breaks are. You cannot swing the lines around, or fling strong-sounding words, or scatter soft ones, to no purpose.”
In prose, Strunk and White say the other most prominent position in a sentence is the beginning. But it isn’t in the placement alone. Rather, it’s when any element other than the subject is placed first.
For example: Placement of words in a sentence is what I want to emphasize.
Happy writing!
Nan Lundeen
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NEW! 10-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST
Deadline: January 15, 2014
Award: Staged reading April 12, 2014
Fee: $15 (members) / $20 (non-members)
The 10-Minute Play Contest and subsequent staged reading of winning entries have become highly anticipated events on the Winston-Salem Writers’ calendar. Are you ready to see your words on stage? Contest is open to North Carolina residents only, including full-time students in a North Carolina school. Each entry must be original and previously unpublished. It can be a complete play or a segment of a play. Winning playwrights will chose their own director for the staged reading event.
NEW! ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD POVERTY CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: January 31, 2014
SAGE’s Encyclopedia of World Poverty 2nd Edition is now under development (1st Edition: Library Journal Best Reference, Booklist Editor’s Choice). This completely updated five-volume reference will provide extensive and current information on the changing world of poverty, as well as insight into the contemporary debates. Over 850 signed articles will explore poverty in various regions of the world, and examine the difficulties associated with the definition and measurement of poverty, along with its causes and effects. If you are interested in contributing to this cutting-edge reference, it is a unique opportunity to contribute to the contemporary literature, redefining sociological issues in today’s terms. Moreover, it can be a notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing credits. SAGE Publications offers an honorarium ranging from SAGE book credits for smaller articles up to a free set of the printed product for contributions totaling 10,000 words or more.
NEW! THE NEW SOUND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: February 1, 2014
The New Sound: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Art & Literature publishes short fiction, poetry, essays, drama, art, and book reviews. Writers at all stages of their careers are invited to submit. Please limit your submission to no more than 5 poems, 2 short plays, or 7,000 words of prose, either critical or creative.
CALL FOR WOMEN- AND NATURE-THEMED ISSUE
Deadline: December 15
In honor of the 35th year since the publication of Susan Griffin’s eco-feminist classic Woman and Nature: the Roaring Inside Her, The Fourth River announces a 2014 themed issue on Women and Nature. We are looking for poetry and creative nonfiction, written by women, inspired by the natural world or addressing environmental concerns. Although we will accept lined poems and traditional essays, we are most interested in seeing prose poetry or lyric essays. In the words of Adrienne Rich, who reviewed Griffin’s book, we are looking for any work that “demands of us activity, not passivity; which enlarges our sense of female presence in the world; . . . which uses language and sensual imagery to impart a new vision of reality, from a woman-centered location; . . . which expands our sense of the connections among us in the bonds of history; . . . which drives us wild, that is, helps us break out from tameness and repetition into new trajectories of our own.”
PERMAFROST MAGAZINE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: December 15
Fee: $3
Permafrost Magazine: the farthest north literary journal for writing and the arts. We’re proud of Permafrost’s thirty-five years as interior Alaska’s foremost literary magazine. We welcome prose submissions of less than 8,000 words (more if it’s really great).No length maximums for poems.
NASSAU REVIEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: December 20
The Nassau Review’s open submission period has begun. ALL literary work submitted during this period will be under consideration for the Writer Awards. You do not have to send any separate submissions for the contest. The THEME for the submission period of 2013-2014 is The Art of Science. Biology, geology, chemistry, physics, and so many other realms of reasoning and discovery constantly overlap with the world of art and writing. Please submit works inspired by your interaction with and observation of science. Please do not submit works written for the sole purpose of catharsis, works that are overly-sentimental, or scientific papers or studies. Rather, submit creative works that delve into the scientific mind in some way. We welcome submissions of many genres, preferring work that is innovative, captivating, well-crafted, and unique, work that crosses boundaries of genres and tradition. You may be serious. You may be humorous. You may be somewhere in between. We are looking simply for quality. New writers and seasoned writers are both welcome. All work must be in English.
FOURTH RIVER CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ISSUE ON WOMEN AND NATURE
Deadline: December 15
In honor of the 35th year since the publication of Susan Griffin’s eco-feminist classic Woman and Nature: the Roaring Inside Her, The Fourth River announces a 2014 themed issue on Women and Nature. We are looking for poetry and creative nonfiction, written by women, inspired by the natural world or addressing environmental concerns. Although we will accept lined poems and traditional essays, we are most interested in seeing prose poetry or lyric essays. In the words of Adrienne Rich, who reviewed Griffin’s book, we are looking for any work that “demands of us activity, not passivity; which enlarges our sense of female presence in the world; . . . which uses language and sensual imagery to impart a new vision of reality, from a woman-centered location; . . . which expands our sense of the connections among us in the bonds of history; . . . which drives us wild, that is, helps us break out from tameness and repetition into new trajectories of our own.”
VERMILLION LITERARY PROJECT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: December 15
The Vermillion Literary Project (VLP) at the University of South Dakota is currently seeking submissions of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction for its April 2014 issue of the VLP magazine, the University’s only student-produced literary journal.
PRESS 53 AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION
Deadline: December 31
Award: $1,000 cash advance, publication, travel
Fee: $30
Press 53 is proud to announce the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction, to be awarded annually to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories. This contest is open to any writer, regardless of his or her publication history, provided the manuscript is written in English and the author lives in the United States. The winner of this contest will receive publication, a $1,000 cash advance, travel expenses and lodging for a special reading and book signing party at Press 53 headquarters at the Community Arts Café in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, attendance to the 2014 Press 53/Prime Number Magazine Gathering of Writers, and ten copies of the book; all prizes will be awarded upon publication.
JULIE SUK PRIZE FOR BEST POETRY BOOK
Deadline: December 31
Award: $500
Fee: $10
Jacar Press is pleased to announce the first annual competition for the $500 Julie Suk Prize for Best Poetry Book. The award competition is open to any poetry book published by an independent press in 2013. All books published by a literary, university, non-profit or any press not considered one of the major commercial publishing houses are eligible. There is no length limit on books submitted. No limit on how many books a poet may submit. All submitted books must contain a Copyright page that shows a 2013 Copyright. Books published by Jacar Press are not eligible.
PRESS 53 CALL FOR SHORT FICTION
Deadline: December 31
In the 21st century, knowledge of the world around us grows increasingly important, and fiction set in other countries has become extremely popular. Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet (Edited by Clifford Garstang, to be published by Press 53 in Fall 2014) is an anthology (and potential series) of short fiction (short stories of any length, short shorts, and flash) set around the globe, including the United States. The anthology will consist of 20-25 fictions, with no more than one story set in any one country. Included stories will be a mix of previously published and new work. Each contributor will be entitled to a contributor copy and author discounts on additional copies. Stories may be any length.
SOUTHERN WRITERS SYMPOSIUM EMERGING WRITERS CONTEST
Deadline: January 3, 2014
Award: $300 / $200 and their work read aloud at symposium
Fee: $15
Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 Southern Writers Symposium Emerging Writers Contest. This year categories will feature fiction and poetry. The contest is open to writers who meet at least two of the following criteria: currently live in the South; are natives of the South; write about the South. Additionally, writers must have not yet published a full-length volume in the genre that they are entering. For example, writers are still eligible for the emerging fiction writers contest if published in volume form in nonfiction or poetry.
BETTER LITERARY CONTESTS (FICTION AND POETRY)
Deadline: January 7, 2014
Award: $1,000 and publication (each genre)
Fee: $15
For Fiction: Submit either one previously unpublished story up to 10,000 words in length, or up to five previously unpublished works of flash fiction totaling no more than ten pages. For Poetry: Submit up to five previously unpublished poems in one document, no more than fifteen pages in length.
NCPS ADULT CONTESTS
Deadline: January 10, 2014
Awards: Vary
Fees: Vary
The North Carolina Poetry Society offers annual awards in many different poetry categories. All judges will be distinguished poets residing outside North Carolina. All winning poems will be published in the NCPS poetry contest anthology Pinesong. Winning poets will be invited to read their winning poems at Awards Day in May 2014.
PER CONTRA CALL FOR FICTION SUBMISSIONS
Per Contra welcomes submissions of literary fiction to 4,500 words, including literary flash fiction to 1,000 words. We publish both well-established authors and occasionally also talented writers with few previous credits.
PIEDMONT LAUREATE APPLICATIONS
Extended Deadline: January 9, 2014
The Piedmont Laureate program is accepting applications from writers of short fiction for 2014. The mission of the Piedmont Laureate program is to promote awareness and heighten appreciation for excellence in the literary arts throughout the Piedmont region. The program is sponsored by the Alamance County Arts Council, City of Raleigh Arts Commission, Durham Arts Council, Orange County Arts Commission, and United Arts of Raleigh and Wake County.
THE GOVER PRIZE FOR VERY SHORT FICTION
Deadline: January 10, 2014
Award: $250 and publication
The Gover Prize, named after groundbreaking author Robert Gover, awards an annual prize and publication in Best New Writing for the best short fiction and creative nonfiction. Entries limited to 500 words or less. The Gover Prize includes $250 to Gover Prize Winner and finalists published in the upcoming Best New Writing edition.
LABEL ME LATINA/O CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: January 12, 2014
Label Me Latina/o is an online, refereed international e-journal that focuses on Latino Literary Production in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The journal invites scholarly essays focusing on these writers for its biannual publication. Label Me Latina/o also publishes creative literary pieces whose authors self-define as Latina or Latino regardless of thematic content. Interviews of Latino authors will also be considered. The Co-Directors will publish creative works and interviews in English, Spanish, or Spanglish whereas analytical essays should be written in English or Spanish. Scholarly submissions should be between 12-30 pages in length and should follow the MLA Style Manual. Creative poetry, essays and short fiction should not exceed 30 pages, 12 point font, double-spaced.
BETHLEHEM ROUNDTABLE SHORT STORY AWARD
Deadline: January 15, 2014
Award: $200 / $200 / $50 and publication
We are now accepting submissions (2,000 words or fewer) on the theme of “Food Stories” for the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE SOUTHERN POETRY ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME VII: NORTH CAROLINA
Deadline: January 15, 2014
Editors William Wright, Jesse Graves, and Paul Ruffin now seek submissions for the seventh in our series, The Southern Poetry Anthology, featuring North Carolina poets. The anthology will be published by Texas Review Press in 2014. If you are a North Carolina native, or if you have lived in North Carolina for more than one year, please feel free to send up to five poems for consideration. This anthology is not limited to those who have published before; we invite first-time submitters as well as those who have had full-length works of poetry published with national presses. The only rules: Poems must be original and of high quality. We consider formal poems and free verse. Poems about North Carolina are not necessarily championed over other motifs and themes, as we wish for the “sense of place” to manifest in different ways, with different voices. Please note that the success of this anthology depends a great deal on word of mouth. Notify your poetry students, poetry-writing friends, and gifted nemeses of this opportunity.
GREAT WEATHER FOR MEDIA CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: January 15
great weather for MEDIA seeks poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction for our annual print anthology. Our focus is on edgy and experimental themes and styles. We highly recommend coming to one of our events, or reading our collections The Understanding between Foxes and Light and It’s Animal but Merciful, to see the type of work we are interested in. Let us know in your cover letter how you found us, and any feedback on what we have done so far. We are based in New York City and welcome submissions from both national and international writers.
THE INDIAN RIVER REVIEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: January 15, 2014
The Indian River Review is currently soliciting submissions for its third issue scheduled for publication in late spring/summer 2014. The theme for this issue is “Technology,” and we plan to take a very broad view of this theme. As man moved from an oral to a literate culture, technology has affected the way we communicate and live. At one time, even the simple number 2 pencil was a technological advancement. From quills to computers, from knitting needles to the Mars Rover, technology comes in many forms, and we would like to explore this concept in our third issue. Genres include short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, critical essays, black and white photography, and book reviews.
SPECULATIVE FLASH-PROSE POEM CONTEST
Deadline: January 15, 2014
Award: $500 and membership
Seventh Annual OddContest, sponsored by OdysseyCon, a science-fiction convention in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, April 4-6, 2014. Send 500 words max of speculative (science-fiction, fantasy, or horror) fiction or prose poetry (paragraph form). No previously published work.
SLIVER OF STONE CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: January 15, 2014
We are a bi-annual, online literary magazine dedicated to the publication of work from both emerging and established poets, writers, and visual artists from all parts of the globe. Check out our past contributors, such as Lynne Barrett, Kim Barnes, Joe Clifford, John Dufresne, Denise Duhamel, Allison Joseph, Winty W. Moore, Matthew Sharpe, and many talented others. Past interviews with Edwidge Danticat, Dean Koontz, Susan Orlean, Les Standiford, and Mark Vonnegut. We’re now looking for submissions for our eight issue!
ANTHOLOGY CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POEMS INSPIRED BY PUBLIC RADIO
Deadline: January 31, 2014
Seeking submissions of poetry and artwork for an anthology of work inspired by NPR and PBS to be published on Nine Toes Press, an offshoot of Lummox Press and tentatively entitled The Liberal Media Made Me Do It!. The poems may have been inspired by stories, quotations, or lines heard/seen on NPR or PBS, and should, if possible, name their original source (the show and subject matter of the story). These can include poems with subject matter and/or lines taken from interviews and news stories, recipes, even book reviews or documentaries. Contributors will receive an e-copy of the book or reduced cost on the hard copy. Previously published poems or poems printed on blogs are permissible, if the author owns the rights, though the place of first publication should be named.
WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING
Deadline: January 31, 2014
Award: $5,000 (each genre)
Nominations are now being accepted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Two prizes of $5,000 each are given biennially for works of fiction and nonfiction. Co-sponsored by the Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation, the awards are intended to “encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan legacy of originality, vitality, and stylistic innovation.”
CUTBANK CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: February 15, 2014
CutBank magazine is now open for submissions! We welcome original, unpublished work from established and upcoming writers alike. We’re looking first and foremost for excellent writing. We love to read, and are always excited to find a piece that startles us, engaging us emotionally and challenging us intellectually. For the print version of CutBank, we accept poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Please only submit online; paper submissions will be recycled. Submit unpublished, original work.
THE HEKTOEN ESSAY CONTEST
Deadline: March 1, 2014
Award: $1,500 / $1,000
Suggested topics include medicine and art or literature, history of medicine, ethics, music, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, etc. Clinical studies or case reports are not eligible. Essays should be 1,500 to 2,000 words.
SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
Deadline: March 3, 2014
Award: $1,000 and publication
Fee: $35
The South Carolina First Novel Prize recognizes one of South Carolina’s exceptional writers by providing a book contract with Hub City Press. The competition is a highly competitive, anonymous process. Publication by Hub City of at least 1,500 copies of the book will bring recognition that may open doors to other resources and opportunities. The book will be nationally distributed. Six to eight novels will be judged by nationally recognized novelist Ben Fountain.
NEIL SIMON FESTIVAL NEW PLAY CONTEST
Deadline: March 15, 2014
Award: Staged reading, production consideration
Fee: $25 ($55 with critique)
The Neil Simon Festival announces its fourth annual New Play Contest. The winning script will receive a staged reading during the 2014 Neil Simon Festival in Cedar City, Utah, July 9 – August 9. The selected script may also be considered for full production in a future season. The winning playwright will be invited to be a part of the staged reading process and will be offered a stipend to help them attend. Script must be full-length (80-120 minutes) and be a character-driven American comedy.
GLINT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: March 31, 2014
Glint Literary Journal is a creative endeavor produced by the student body of Fayetteville State University to provide an outlet for the literary and artistic. The literary, journalistic, and artistic works contained within Glint are that of the highest quality, created by a diverse group for a diverse audience. Accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and more.
BROCKMAN-CAMPBELL BOOK AWARD
Deadline: May 1, 2014
Award: $200
Fee: $10 (members) / $20 (non-members)
The Brockman-Campbell Book Award is open for a book-length (20 or more pages of poetry) volume of poetry published in 2013. Entrants must be native-born North Carolinians or current residents who have lived in the state for at least three years at the time of the book’s publication. Sponsored by the North Carolina Poetry Society.
TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN WRITERS EXCALIBUR AWARD
Deadline: June 1, 2014
Award: $500 and publication
Fee: $20
Tennessee Mountain Writers announces the Excalibur Award for a first-time novelist of a full-length juvenile (for middle school level readers) or young adult novel manuscript of publishable quality. Only first-time novelists who have never published or self-published a novel are eligible.
2S THEATRE PLAY CONTEST
Award: $25 per performance; staged reading
2S Theatre is currently accepting submissions for new, previously unproduced plays by emerging playwrights for its 2013-2014 Season. Plays are being accepted in each of the following categories: Comedy, Christmas, Romantic Comedy, and Children’s Theatre. Selected plays will receive a fully produced staged reading before a live audience in the Los Angeles area. Authors of selected works will be awarded an honorarium of $25 per performance. Scripts must be unpublished and non-professionally produced at the time that they are being staged by 2S. Workshops and readings are acceptable. Submissions must be of plays written expressly for the stage. Submissions should be of plays that include at least two characters that can be realistically portrayed by actors of any ethnicity. For example, a play about a family from the foothills of South Dakota must also include at least two characters who are not members of that family. Selected playwrights must be in attendance for all performances of their work.
BYTESTORIES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Bytestories, a web ‘zine that publishes short prose under 1,500 characters (about 200-250 words), is 100 percent dedicated to sharing stories based on personal experiences. It’s about sharing the funny, sad, dangerous, and/or embarrassing things that happen while at home or abroad.
FUTURECYCLE PRESS CALL FOR ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS
North Carolina-based publisher FutureCycle Press is calling for poetry and flash fiction submissions for three new anthologies. Part of the Good Works Projects, the revenues from sales of the anthologies will go to an appropriate charity. Please submit your writings for any or all of the anthologies: Homeland: Writings About Homelessness; Our Place: Writings About the Earth (environmental or nature-related); (Not Yet Titled): An Anthology about Aging. Robert S. King and David Chorlton are co-editors. No submission deadline has been set, but a 2014 target date is planned for all three volumes.
NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY REVIEW CALL FOR SPECIAL FEATURE TOPICS
The North Carolina Literary Review is seeking suggestions of topics for the 2015 issue’s special feature section.
OH, BABY: TRUE STORIES ABOUT TINY HUMANS
For an upcoming anthology tentatively entitled, Oh, Baby: True Stories About Tiny Humans, In Fact Books is seeking new essays about all things related to babies. We want well-written, true narratives about the art and science/wonder and struggle of birth, babyhood, and childrearing. Whether it’s about adopting them or making them, raising them or ‘sitting them, loving them or fearing them, if you’ve got a story about tiny humans at the outset of life, we want to read it. Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with an informative or reflective element, and reach beyond a strictly personal experience for some universal or deeper meaning. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice; all essays must tell true stories and be factually accurate. 4,500 words maximum.
PASSAGES NORTH CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Contribute to Passages North’s online “Writers on Writing” column. Send us short essays about how you write, craft tricks you’re willing to disclose, frustrations about your muse. Send us your lamentations and praises. Tell us stories about stories. Share your insider info.
POETRY IN PLAIN SIGHT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Winston-Salem Writers is issuing an ongoing call for submissions for Poetry in Plain Sight, a program in which four poems /month are printed on posters and displayed throughout the arts district and other areas of Winston-Salem. Residents of North Carolina may submit one poem per month. Poems are a maximum of 20 lines with a maximum of 50-60 characters per line including spaces. Poems may be excerpts from a longer poem. The winning poems and their authors will also be featured in a monthly reading, “Four Poems and a Party” held on the first Saturday.
SEEKING BLACK, MALE SHORT FICTION WRITERS
An online lifestyle magazine targeting black men is scheduled to launch in early 2014. We’re looking to include short fiction (800 – 7,000 words or so) written by (but not limited to) black male authors to be a regular part of the publications. Genre matters less than the quality of the work. Indeed, we generally hope that any story submitted to us stands out more for its moving parts, the story itself, than whatever genre it is labeled as. Given the nature of the magazine, we prefer some sort of connection between men and life.
SEEKING FICTION WRITING GROUP IN ASHEVILLE AREA
Flexible, fun, a voracious reader and lover of literature, Emily is looking for serious fiction and/or fiction and creative nonfiction writing group that meets regularly. Please e-mail Emily at emilyeileencarter@gmail.com if your group has an opening.
SIMPLY ELEVATE MAGAZINE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Simply Elevate Magazine: Uplifting Artistic People, is seeking submissions. Our mission is to “Simply Elevate” undiscovered artistic talent such as musicians, photographers, models, writers, actors, lawyers… Well just kidding about the lawyers thing.
THORNAPPLE BOOKS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Thornapple Books, the literary fiction imprint of Levellers Press, publishes engaging, distinctive, and emotionally resonant work. We are dedicated to publishing a small number of novels that exemplify extraordinary writing. Thornapple Books exists to publish novels that are rare and fine. We seek works of beauty and depth, lyricism and heart, fiction distinguished by an understanding of the human desire for meaning, connection, and transcendence.
TRIANGLE WRITERS GROUP SEEKS MEMBERS
The Triangle Writers Group, a compassionate critique group for working fiction writers since 1985, is seeking members. The Group meets 2nd and 4th Mondays, 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
YOUR IMPOSSIBLE VOICE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Your Impossible Voice is now accepting submissions for its second and third issue due out this winter and in the spring. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more. We don’t charge any reading fees and do pay our contributors. For prose we’re looking for quality works. We are interested in writing from around the world. We would like to receive transmissions from outer space, as well as from deep underground. We are not bored and prefer not to be. For poetry we are looking for work that is devious and feisty. Send us work that frustrates our ideas of beauty and illuminates surreal new intersections. Ignite our understanding of form. We are drawn to sharp juxtapositions, secret codes and mysterious circumstances.
In case you’re wondering, this month’s mascot for CONTEST HOUND is 10-week-old Loki Koutarou Henderson. If you have a picture you’d like to submit of your own contest hound, please email scwwquill@gmail.com!
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SCWW Board Members:
To change at the beginning of 2013.
Ginny Padgett, President/Webmaster
Columbia,
Member of Columbia II Chapter
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Beth Browne, Vice President/Publicity Chair
Garner, NC
No Chapter affiliation
scwwveep@gmail.com
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Kia Goins, Vice-President/Conference Chair
Columbia
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Trilby Plants, Secretary/Petigru Review Editor
Murrells Inlet
Member of Surfside Beach Chapter
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Jim McFarlane, Treasurer/Webmaster/Membership Chair
Greer
Member of Greenville East Chapter
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Standing Committee Chairs
Helen Aitken, Publicity Co-Chair
Swansboro, NC
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Teresa Burgher, Chapter Liaison/Silent Auction Chair
Christiana, TN
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LindaCookingham, Grants Chair
Murrells Inlet
Member of Surfside Beach Chapter
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Marilyn Benner Sowyak, Contests Chair
Charlotte, NC
Member of Rock Hill Chapter
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