Great Writing for a Good Cause
Our friends at Dzanc have put together a writing program that’s all-around sweet. The Dzanc Sessions is a series of workshops, from mentorships for in-progress writers to essays to short-form writing, led by established pros. Signing up gets you access to an online classroom that works like a private social network — and proceeds from the program go toward supporting charitable programs in schools and communities, as well as to the publication of Best of the Web. (We’re partial to the 2008 edition
Calling All Mommies
If you can find the time to write between playdates, The Mom Egg has an opportunity for you:
Submissions are now open for the tenth annual issue of The Mom Egg.
The Mom Egg publishes sharp, articulate, inventive work by mothers about everything and by everyone about mothers and motherhood.
Submissions period for poetry, fiction, creative prose and art for The Mom Egg 2012 Vol. 10 will be July 15 through Sept. 30, 2011. That issue will be a themed issue on “The Body”. Full guidelines here.
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New Issue: Summer 2011
We’re pleased to announce the release of our latest issue, packed with poetry and fiction from talents including Trisha Bora, Elijah Burrell, Anna Elkins, Stephen Germic, Jazmine Green, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Joanne Merriam and George Moore. Check it out, and check the blog in coming weeks for more from this issue’s contributors.
Photo by Ali Wisch
Prize Alert: Anderbo Seeks Novelists
The Contest: The Anderbo No-Fee Novel Contest
The Prize: $500 to the winner
Entry Fee: $0
Deadline: Sept. 21, 2011
Guidelines from Anderbo:
Anderbo.com wishes to post up to the first 36 manuscript pages of an unpublished novel on its website by December 21st, 2011 for at least the following six months. We will look at the FIRST 36 PAGES (up to 9,000 words) of your e-manuscript submitted to editors@anderbo.com and decide within 60 days of its arrival if we want to see more.
YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT ENTRY WITHIN THE BODY OF THE E-MAIL—NO ATTACHMENTS!
THERE IS NO READING FEE
and all literary rights will remain with the author.
NO NOVEL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER SEPTEMBER 21st, 2011.
This contest is not open to anyone previously published on anderbo.com at any time.
This Anderbo No-Fee Novel Contest will be judged by the anderbo.com editorial staff; Anderbo guarantees to choose and use one manuscript-excerpt. There will be an honorarium of $500 paid by the sponsor of this contest, Mercer Street Books & Records, to the winning author upon publication on Anderbo.
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It’s Over
National Short Story Month, that is. But you can still read all our fiction picks from May right here. Every day is a day for fiction, as far as we’re concerned.
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