The Missouri Review

WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING

Deadline for Entries: January 31, 2012

For More Information: http://library.stanford.edu/saroyan/

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. Cosponsored by theStanford 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.”

Visit the website for more information, including entry forms, contest rules, and complete guidelines. Go to: saroyanprize.stanford.edu

 DEADLINE: Please note that entries must be received on or before January 31, 2012.

Fault Zone: Stepping Up to the Edge, an anthology of short stories, will be published January 2012 by the San Francisco & Peninsula branch of the California Writers Club. We encourage you to submit your short stories to our 2^nd annual contest. Your piece should relate to the anthology’s theme in some way. Interpret as you wish and have fun. We can’t wait to see it!

• Send to: CWC Fault Zone Contest, PO Box 853, Belmont, CA  94002-0853.
• First Prize is $300 and publication in Fault Zone.
• Second Prize is $100.
• Third Prize is $50.
• Postmark deadline is September 30, 2011. Entry fee is $15. [Read more...]

Filtered through Time is an anthology of original fiction and poetry reflecting how Middle Tennessee traditions and reactions to the Civil War have come down through the generations for 150 years.

There are many excellent history books covering the war and the years before and after that conflict. In this new book, we are seeking examples of how the war plays out in the community’s memory and consciousness as expressed in imaginative writing.

Deadline for submissions is May 2012 [Read more...]

CALL FOR ENTRIES: AESTHETICA CREATIVE WORKS COMPETITION

The 2011 Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is now open for entries! Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all artists, photographers, writers and poets to submit their work into the Creative Works Competition, Now in its fourth year, the competition is dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent across the disciplines and welcomes entries from poets and writers working in short fiction!

The Competition has three categories, Artwork & Photography, Poetry and Fiction. [Read more...]

The History Press strives to fill the gap between university presses and the larger publishing houses by working with local writers and historians to produce professionally published histories of their region. We publish on a range of historical topics, with a diverse list of titles across Tennessee. I would encourage you to visit our website at http://historypress.net to learn more about our work. As a fully-staffed traditional publisher, we pay our authors in royalties.

If you have any questions about our press, our publishing goals, or our Tennessee titles, I would be delighted to tell you more. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Will

Will McKay

Commissioning Editor

The History Press

The Oxford So & So

A bi-monthly hard copy journal of SOUTHERN oriented nostalgia always welcomes submissions.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: OXFORDSOANDSO@YAHOO.COM

THE OXFORD SO & SO, 1739 University Avenue (#177) Oxford, MS 38655.

“SO & SO” is an acronym for “Southern Owned & Southern Operated.”

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YEMASSEE LITERARY JOURNAL

Submit fiction, poetry, and nonfiction toYemassee, the literary journal of the University of South Carolina’s MFA creative writing program. We are a relatively small journal and are very interested in finding fresh new voices to publish alongside those of more established authors. yemassee.org