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ESSAYS ABOUT AUSTRALIA
Deadline: January 31
Creative Nonfiction, in association with Tashmadada, seeks essays from a variety of perspectives—locals, expats, tourists, or anyone else. The Writers Conversation offers $6,500 (AUD) for Best Essay and $2,500 (AUD) for Best Essay by an emerging Australian Writer. All writers and submissions, regardless of country of origin, will be considered. For more information, visit http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm#Australia
SEEKING POETS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
Deadline: February 1
Rattle, a literary poetry journal, seeks poems of any style, length, or subject, but they must be written by poets who work or have worked in the field of law enforcement--police officers, sheriffs, investigators, jailers, etc. In addition, Rattle seeks essays on the relationship between law enforcement and poetry. For more information, visit http://rattle.com/blog/
SEEKING NEW AND EMERGING WRITERS
Deadline: May 15
Alaska Quarterly Review publishes fiction, short plays, poetry, photo essays, and literary non-fiction in traditional and experimental styles. Although AQR publishes established writers, most of their content comes from unsolicited submissions and the editors are committed to publishing new and emerging writers. For more information, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/aqr/
BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL SEEKS VENDORS
Deadline: August 15
Booksellers, publishers, authors, and literary organizations are welcome to submit vendor applications for 2012. Last year’s Festival drew over 40,000 attendees and featured over 250 authors from Joyce Carol Oates to Fran Lebowitz. Don’t wait to apply as spaces tend to go quickly. For more information, visit http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/ and click on “Vendors.”
SEEKING MIDDLE GRADE NOVELS FOR BOYS
Move Books is a new children's press that focuses on middle grade novels for boys ages 8-12. Move Books' mission is to move boys to read for the long term, for pleasure, as well as information, through books that resonate with them. Move Books would love books that lend themselves to series but will consider single titles as well. For more information, visit http://www.move-books.com/
WORK LITERARY JOURNAL
Work is dedicated to celebrating the daily grind: white collar, blue collar, pink collar, sex work, food service, freelancing, and more. They seek poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, photography, artwork, and interviews. For more information, visit http://workmagazine.wordpress.com/
$25,000 BOOK AWARD SERIES
Narrative Magazine seeks previously unpublished story collections, novels, memoirs, essay collections, general nonfiction, and graphic stories. There is no deadline. For more information, visit http://www.narrativemagazine.com/award
SEEKING TEXT-WORTHY POEMS
Cellpoems, a poetry journal distributed via text message, seeks poems that are strange, profound, and weird, condensed into 140 characters or less. For more information, visit http://cellpoems.org/
LITERARY MAMA LITMAG
Literary Mama, an online literary magazine, features writing by mother writers about the complexities and many faces of motherhood. They publish book reviews, columns, creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and profiles of mother writers. For more information, visit http://www.literarymama.com/
OPEN LETTER SEEKS TRANSLATIONS
Open Letter is a literary press that publishes books in translation, mostly novels, collections of short stories, and literary essays. Their editors seek contemporary literary fiction from around the world that is unique, distinctive, and that will have a significant impact on world literary conversation. For more information, visit http://openletterbooks.org/
LITMAG SEEKS YA
YARN publishes outstanding original short fiction, poetry, and essays for Young Adult readers, written by the writers you know and love, as well as fresh new voices--including teens. For more information, visit http://yareview.net/
SEEKING TWITTER FICTION
Nanoism is a Twitter-fiction e-zine that pays its writers. For more information, visit http://nanoism.net/
SEEKING PSYCHOLOGY/HEALTH COLUMNISTS
Ana Nogales, author of several books including Latina Power, is launching a new Spanish language magazine and seeks columnists in the areas of psychology and health who are experts in these fields. Visit http://ht.ly/3IHwl to see a magazine demo. If you are interested in contributing to the magazine, which will be available in Spanish in digital format with links to all articles in English, please e-mail your proposal to Andrea Coulson at info@doctoraana.net
SEEKING LATINO CHILDRENS BOOKS
In keeping with their mission to promote books reflecting many cultures, Kane/Miller Book Publishers seeks original work by U.S. Latino authors and illustrators for picture books, chapter books, and middle grade fiction. For submission guidelines, visit http://www.kanemiller.com/
SEEKING STORIES BY NEW PUERTO RICAN WRITERS
Professor, editor, and organizer of the Festival de la Palabra, Mayra Santos Febres is seeking short stories by new Puerto Rican writers for an anthology that will be published by Siruela Publishing in Spain. (Note this is only for short stories and not for poetry). Writers of Puerto Rican heritage born after 1952 are eligible. For information and submissions, please contact Mayra at: mayra.santosfebres@gmail.com
CHOOSING AMERICA
They are looking for authentic anecdotes (1500-4000 words) from your own experience as an immigrant who chose to live in America. For more information, visit http://www.choosingamerica.com/
MAGAZINE SEEKS TEEN WRITERS/ARTISTS
RIP (Revitalize, Inspire, Perform) magazine, a quarterly publication for urban youth ages 13-19, is seeking youth correspondents, artists and photographers to submit their art, poems, and pictures and articles. For more information, visit http://www.revitalizeinspireperform.com/
LATINA VOICES SEEKS WRITERS
Teresa Puente, Columbia College Chicago journalism faculty member and editor and publisher of the web site Latina Voices, seeks writers of fiction and non-fiction. Latina Voices showcases stories by or about Hispanic women. For more information, visit http://latina-voices.com
EXAMINER.COM SEEKS AUTHORS
Puerto Rican author Mayra Calvani is the new National Latino Books Examiner for Examiner.com. She’ll be posting reviews, profiles, interviews, news, and events to promote the work of Latino authors in all genres. Visit her at http://www.examiner.com/x-6309-Latino-Books-Examiner and subscribe to her posts. If you're a Hispanic author who’d like to be promoted, contact Mayra at mayra.calvani@gmail.com
BESTSELLING NIKKI TURNER SEEKS SUBMISSIONS
Nikki Turner, author of Black Widow and A Hustler’s Wife, is seeking short stories and full-length manuscripts for her Nikki Turner Presents series. For more information, visit http://www.nikkiturner.com/
AGENT SEEKING YA LATINO WRITERS
Literary agent Jennifer Lyons is looking for submissions by Latinos writing Young Adult books. She is representing the editor of series for an imprint with a major publisher and helping to gather materials. Interested people can mail her at: Jennifer Lyons, Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency, LLC, 151 West 19th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10011. For more information about Jennifer Lyons, visit http://www.jenniferlyonsliteraryagency.com/.
ARDENT SEEKS POETRY
Ardent, a poetry journal, seeks submissions of up to three unpublished poems. Style is open. Their ongoing themes are passion, strong emotion, and heat. Preference is given to poetry that reads well on and off the page. Please limit lines to 32. Send submissions to Dillon McKinsey, Ardent Editor, at rimer777@gmail.com. For more information about McKinsey, visit http://www.writingontheair.com/.
CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS SEEKS LATINO WRITERS
Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, seeks authors to expand its Latino nonfiction list. Chicago Review Press is a dynamic midsize company with a list of national and international interest, and Lawrence Hill Books publishes mostly nonfiction on topics of African American and Latino interest, progressive politics, civil and human rights, and feminism. Unagented, first-time authors are welcome to submit their proposals. Contact Susan Betz at sbetz@chicagoreviewpress.com for more information.
SLICE MAGAZINE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS
Slice is a New York-based literary magazine created to provide a forum for dynamic conversation between emerging and established authors. Our mission is to pave a space for writers who may not have a platform but show the kind of talent that could be the substance of great works in the future. Our inaugural issue features Junot Díaz, Jonathan Galassi, and Manuel Muñoz. To subscribe and for submission guidelines, please visit: http://www.slicemagazine.org/
CRESCENT MOON PRESS SEEKS SUBMISSIONS
Publisher of Romantic Science Fiction and Fantasy seeks creative storytelling and original style. They are looking for authors who show extraordinary ability to weave tales of romance through strong, unforgettable characters, plots that twist and turn with layers of conflict and emotion, and a style that sets them apart from other writers in the market. Please visit their website at http://www.crescentmoonpress.com/ to find out more about submission guidelines and compensation packages.
