ANTHOLOGY, Of a Certain Age: Voices of Experience. Seeking fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from writers of “a certain age” (50+). Deadline: June 15. Max: 10,000 words, 5 poems. Include cover letter with bio and sase. To submit or for more information: Turtle House Ink, 235 Black Oaks Ln., Wayzata, MN 55391.

ANTHOLOGY, seeking nonfiction and poetry submissions from well-published writers who have dealt with depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, institutionalization, or attempted suicide. We want to hear your story with utter honesty. Maximum 5,000-word essay or 5 poems with bio note. Deadline: May 1. E-mail submission and bio note to: brinkanthology@gmail.com.

BEST NEW POETS 2008, an annual anthology of emerging poets, is accepting entries April 15 to June 5 in its Open Competition. Reading fee: $3.50. All Open Competition entries selected for publication receive $50. Only poets who have yet to publish a book-length collection may enter. For details, see www.bestnewpoets.org.

(BLANK) BEGINS at conception. Seeking essays for an anthology about female experiences with reproduction. All perspectives welcome: infertility, pregnancy, adoption, abortion, parenthood, deciding to remain child-free, etc. Target audience is anyone looking for a broader perspective on reproductive choices. Send queries and submissions to blank.begins.at.conception@gmail.com.

C0-EDITORS co-editors seeking articles for proposed anthologies. Women & Poetry: Tips on Writing, Publishing and Teaching from Amer-ican Women Poets: info@encirclepubcom; Women Writing on Family: Writing, Publishing, and Teaching Tips by U.S. Women Writers: smallwood@tm.net. Or send SASE: Attn: Anthologies, The Aurorean, P.O. Box 187, Farmington, ME 04938.

EMERGING and/or young Jewish women poets of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, submit poetry to new anthology also featuring poems by established Jewish women poets of this region. Co-editors are former Rosenberg Award director and four well-known poets. Deadline: June 28. No names on manuscripts (use two cover sheets, one anonymous); up to three unpublished poems (maximum 6 pages total), standard fonts. SASE for notification; no manuscripts returned. Send to Paula Friedman, (attn: anthology), 5830 Billings Rd., Parkdale, OR 97041.

FOR ANTHOLOGY putting human face on America’s health care crisis, editor seeks true stories from/about women—patients, providers, caregivers, family members—sharing positive and negative experiences. Anthology will illuminate system failing everyone, particularly women shouldering much of the burden; offer alternatives that work for developing responsive public health policy. Deadline: August 15. Stories embedded in e-mail (2,500 word maximum), 50-word bio: eclift@vermontel.net.

JULY LITERARY Press: poetry, essays, stories about Christmas, winter season. Submission deadline: September 30. No previously published except by invitation. Read guidelines first: e-mail gayb@buffnet.net or tkovalesky@aol.com; or SASE to JLP, 294 Hunters Lane, Williamsville, NY 14221. Electronic submissions will be deleted unread. Web site: www.julyliterarypress.com.

LACHANCE Publishing is seeking inspiring, true stories of literary merit by individuals personally touched by the Iraq War for an upcoming volume of its acclaimed Voices Of series of anthologies. Voices Of books feature uplifting and informative stories by individuals touched by serious life challenges. If you, a family member, or friend have served in Iraq and have a story of how the experience has transformed your life, please visit www. lachancepublishing.com for guidelines. We pay foraccepted submissions. Proceeds from the sale of Voices Of books fund The Healing Project, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing support, community and information to those touched by major illness. Web site: www.thehealingproject.org.

MAIN STREET RAG is seeking short fiction to fill two anthologies on the following themes: (1) unique small town characters and (2) eccentric women. No deadline—when we have enough to fill an anthology, we will close submissions. For details, send sase to Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 690100, Charlotte, NC 28227-7001 or visit us online at www.mainstreetrag.com.

PERGOLA Publishing seeks literary and art submissions for inclusion in forthcoming book, Midnight Suns of a Blue Moon. Often one grasps a significant notion for a short-lived moment, taps a hidden spring. Book relates several authors’/artists’ captured notions of existence. 3,000 words max. Deadline: July 1. Questions/submissions via e-mail: pergolapublishing@yahoo.com.

PERGOLA Publishing seeks submissions for inclusion in forthcoming book, Memoir of Meanness. Short stories, poems, nonfiction essays all acceptable, so long as subject is “mean.” 3,000 words max. We’re looking for variety. Nasty-mean stories are great, but mean can also be humorous, etc. Deadline: May 28. Questions/submissions via e-mail: pergolapublishing@yahoo.com.

PESSOA Anthology: Seeking submissions for an anthology of North American poetic responses to Fernando Pessoa. Tentative title of book: In the Footsteps of a Shadow: North American Poetic Responses to Fernando Pessoa. All correspondence to Charles Cutler (Emeritus, Smith College), 22 Savoy Rd., W. Hawley, MA 01339. E-mail: ccutler@email.smith.edu.

SIBLINGS AND Autism Anthology. Seeking submissions of essays for anthology exploring dynamic of growing up/aging with a sibling who has autism. We seek essays that span generations, cultures, and ethnicities. Send submissions with an SASE by June 15 to: Deb Cumberland, English Dept., Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987, or Bruce Mills, English Dept., Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI 49006. For inquiries, e-mail dcumberland@winona.edu or bmills@kzoo.edu.

ARKTOI BOOKS, an imprint of Red Hen Press, seeks fiction manuscripts from lesbian authors. Fiction submissions (hardcopy) must be received between August 1 and December 1. For submission guidelines, please visit www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp or www.eloisekleinhealy.com and click on Arktoi Books.

OPEN READING period: We will publish 1–2 book-length poetry manuscripts submitted during the month of June. There’s no reading fee, but everyone who submits must purchase one title directly from us ($12). Steel Toe Books, English Dept., Western Kentucky University,1906 College Heights Blvd. #11086, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1086. Web site: www.steeltoebooks.com.

PLAIN VIEW PRESS, a 30-year-old independent publishing house accepting book manuscripts—high literary standards, collaborative process, activist orientation, poetry, fiction, non-fiction—environmental protection, peace, and gender, racial, and economic justice. E-mail sb@plainviewpress.net —put “Query” in subject line. Guidelines at our Web site and e-bookstore: www.plainviewpress.net.

COPPERDOME Poetry Chapbook Award. Winner re-ceives $300, 25 copies. Send 20 to 32 pages and cover sheet with title and author info. $15 fee includes copy of winning chapbook. Deadline: June 1. Send to Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. More at www.semo.edu/universitypress.

PHILBRICK POETRY Award accepting manuscripts of up to 25 pages, July 15 until October 15. Judge: Marilyn Nelson. Winner receives $500 and chapbook publication. New England residents with no previously published books. Fee: $10. For guidelines, send SASE to Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit St., Providence, RI 02903 or visit www.providenceathenaeum.org.

WEST TOWN Press 13th annual Poetry Chapbook Award. Winner receives $250 and publication. Postmark deadline extended: June 10. Reading fee: $15, payable to “WestTown Press.” Send 16–20 page manuscript, with SASE for results notification, or send SASE for guidelines: West Town Press, P.O. Box 181, Lebanon, IL 62254.

WORD OF MOUTH Books (alias Seems). Query for our no-fee, any-genre, chapbook contest: elderk@lakeland.edu or (with SASE) Karl Elder, WMB, Lakeland College, P.O. Box 359, Sheboygan, WI 53082-0359. Seems Web site: www.seems.lakeland.edu. Editor: www.karlelder.com.

AJN, THE AMERICAN Journal of Nursing (circ. 300,000), seeks poems and short personal essays on experiences related to health and health care for its Art of Nursing and Reflections departments. Authors need not be health professionals. Original perspectives and clear, unsentimental writing are preferred. $150 honorarium paid upon publication. Guidelines available at www.editorialmanager.com/ajn.

ALEHOUSE PRESS seeks submissions for Alehouse. Now considering short essays on all subjects related to poetry, plus reviews of recent publications. For more information, send an SASE to Editor, Alehouse Press, P.O. Box 31655, San Francisco, CA 94131. Or query the editor at www.alehousepress.com.

ANDERBO.COM, “Best New Online Literary Journal,” features writers in fiction, “fact,” and poetry. Always looking for new voices. For submission information and guidelines, visit www.anderbo.com.

APPLE VALLEY Review congratulates Rosa Salazar (2007 Editor’s Prize), Edward Byrne and J. W. Young (Best of the Web), and Kerri Quinn (Best of the Net). New poetry, fiction, and essays will be considered for our Fall 2008 issue until August 17. No simultaneous submissions, please. Samples and complete guidelines: www.applevalleyreview.com.

ARS MEDICA A Journal of Medicine, the Arts and Humanities is a new literary magazine looking for fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and artwork dealing with illness, the body, healing, and the culture of medicine. For submission/subscription info, see www.ars-medica.ca.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Editorial Guidelines: Published biannually, Global City Review includes stories, poems, memoirs, interviews and essays organized around a broad theme. Upcoming themes are: "Beyond Good and Evil" Fall/Winter 2008, "Nothing Is Simple" Spring/Summer 2009, "Second Chances" Fall/Winter 2009, "Unusual Weather" Spring/Summer 2010, "History Repeats Itself Again" Fall/Winter 2010. "Beyond Good and Evil" deadline is June 15, for other Fall/Winter issues March 1-May 1 and for Spring/Summer issues October 1-December 1. Submit work for any upcoming issue during the reading periods, but note which theme in your cover letter. Length: poetry 5 pages, stories, memoirs, essays and interviews 15. No e-mail submissions. SASE for reply. All submissions, except poetry, must be double-spaced. We regret that manuscripts can't be returned. Payment in copies. Submissions should be sent to: Global City Review, Simon H. Rifkind Center for the Humanities, City College of New York, West 138th St. and Convent Ave., New York, NY 10031.

CHEST, the Journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, invites submissions of up to 3 previously unpublished, quality poems, maximum 40 lines, on subjects of some medical relevance. CHEST, with a subscriber base of 22,000 readers, is beginning this new poetry section in January 2008. E-mail submissions to poetrychest@aol.com.

CONTE, an independent journal of narrative writing, announces an open call for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for its summer issue. We welcome submissions from emerging writers as well as established voices. Deadline, submission guidelines, and past issues available at www.conteonline.net. Direct queries to poetry@conteonline.net.

DOS PASSOS REVIEW accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry submissions April 1–July 31. Limit 3–5 poems, 3,000 words prose. Send to: Editor, The Dos Passos Review, Dept. of English,Longwood University, 201 High St., Farmville, VA 23909. SASE for reply only. See Web site for specific guidelines: www.brierycreekpress.org.

EARTH'S Daughters is reading for Issue #74, on the theme “Soapbox.” Submit up to 3 poems, or 1,500 words of prose by June 15. Write “Soapbox” on outer envelope and include sase for response. Earth’s Daughters, P.O. Box 41, Central Park Station, Buffalo, New York 14215. Web site: www.earthsdaughters.org.

EDGY CHRISTIAN journal seeks submissions in short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry from authors who don’t pull their punches. Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression accepts submissions year-round online. Please see Web site for submission guidelines and to purchase a sample issue: www.reliefjournal.com.

THE EVENING Street Review, a bi-annual journal centered on the belief that all men and women are created equal, reads poetry and prose submissions year-round. Send 4–6 poems or 1–2 prose pieces to 7652 Sawmill Rd., #335, Dublin, OH 43016-9296. E-mail inquiries may be sent to editors@eveningstreetpress.com. Web site: www.eveningstreetpress.com.

FEED YER MIND/Cirque. A regional literary journal with a strong connection to the North Pacific Rim-—Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Washington, and Oregon—invites submissions of short stories, poems, creative nonfiction, translations, plays, reviews of first books of poems, b&w photographs, drawings, etc., for its inaugural Fall Equinox issue. Feed Yer Mind is a contemporary e-zine. Flipped over, the journal becomes Cirque, a more traditional literary journal. Submission deadlines: June 21 for Fall Equinox 2008 Issue (published September 2008), December 21 for Spring Equinox 2009 Issue (published March 2009). By mail: Feed Yer Mind/Cirque, P.O. Box 873325, Wasilla, AL 99687. Electronically: submissions@feedyermind.com. Submission guidelines and inquiries to inquiries@feedyermind.com. Web site: http://feedyermind.com.

FOR AN ISSUE on the “The Artist in Wartime,” Fiction International will read fiction, nonfiction, and indeterminate prose between September 1 and December 15. Submit hardcopy texts or visuals (with SASE) to Harold Jaffe, Editor, Fiction International, Dept. of English, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-6020. Queries: hjaffe@mail.sdsu.edu.

FRIGG, a quarterly online journal featuring fiction and poetry, is accepting submissions for upcoming issues. Submit writing to friggmagazine@hotmail.com. Visit us at www.friggmagazine.com.

GETTING READ is a noncommercial Web site that publishes short short work by writers of prose and verse. For details, go to http://shortpoem.org.

GOT POEM? Submit any subject, any style, any length, any number, any time by e-mail or by mail with SASE. Previously published poems and simultaneous submissions are welcome. The Great American Poetry Show, P.O. Box 69506, West Hollywood, CA 90069. E-mail: info@tgaps.net. Web site: www.tgaps.net.

J, THE LITERARY Journal of John Jay College, is accepting submissions for the Fall 2008 issue. Send new fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry on crime, criminal justice, law, and law enforcement by June 15 to Editors, J Journal, Dept. of English, John Jay College, 445 W. 59th St., New York, NY, 10019. Three poems or 5,000 words of prose max. Enclose SASE. Queries only: jjournal@jjay.cuny.edu.

THE KING'S English, three-time winner of the Million Writers Award for Best Publisher of Novella-Length Fiction, is an international online literary journal seeking long fiction and personal essays. Has published Pushcart nominees and work selected for Dzanc Books’ Best of the Web 2007 anthology. Electronic submissions only. Full guidelines: www.thekingsenglish.org.

LANGUAGEANDculture.net, an online publication, seeks poetry submissions and also accepts translations. Send 3–5 poems with bio to review@languageandculture.net. We publish biannually. Simultaneous submissions OK. Check submission guidelines and information online.

MELUSINE, or Woman in the 21st Century is a new online journal that explores the good, bad, and ugly of the contemporary female experience, especially that of the female artist/thinker, through art, poetry, short fiction, and essay. We want only ambitious, thought-provoking work that is carefully crafted and pushes boundaries. Artists, please query. Writers, feel free to query or send 1–4 poems, 1 piece of short fiction, or 1–2 essays and a short bio in the body of an e-mail to sub2melusine@gmail.com. If there are formatting concerns, especially with poems, please attach a Word document version as well. More details at melusineblog.blogspot.com.

MIDWAY JOURNAL is accepting submissions of aesthetically ambitious work that occupies the realms between the experimental and the traditional. Please send no more than 3–5 poems, 1 work of fiction (or 2 works of flash-—or sudden—fiction), 1 play, 1 essay (that transcends its subject matter, or that is artful as well as meaningful) or 1 multi-genre or cross-genre work. Include a brief bio, complete with name, address, phone number, and e-mail with your submission. No electronic submissions, please (exceptions can, however, be made for international submissions). All work must be postmarked by June 1. Please send manuscripts to Editors, Midway Journal, P.O. Box 14499, St. Paul, MN 55114. Please direct inquires to editors@midwayjournal.com. Web site: www.midwayjournal.com.

MINNETONKA Review seeks fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Two $150 prizes awarded each issue. No entry fee. For more details, send submissions to P.O. Box 386, Spring Park, MN 55384 or visit www.minnetonkareview.com.

MOM WRITERS Literary Magazine, a quarterly online and print publication, is accepting quality creative nonfiction, poetry, guest profiles and reviews, and art-work for upcoming issues. For submission guidelines, visit the magazine’s Web site
at www.momwriterslitmag.com.

NEW FICTION venture for Short Story. Short story podcasts on the Short Story Web site. One story a week, 52 stories a year. All stories archived on the Web site. Listeners can download onto their iPods. Call for submissions. Special reading period: April/May 2008. Maximum word length: 3,000 words. For details, please visit www.shortstoryreview.org.

NEW JOURNAL. Contribute critical prose, fiction, nonfiction, essays, interviews, video art, e-poetry, and photography to Cadillac Cicatrix, a new journal of innovative writing and art. Artists, advertisers, please query. Mail/Questions to Cadillac Cicatrix, 21800 Parrot Ranch Rd., Carmel Valley, CA 93924. Web site: www.cadillaccicatrix.org.

PALABRA. Print litmag of Chicano/Latino writing invites submissions of inventive fiction, poetry, novel excerpts, and short plays that explore new directions in Chicano and Latino literary art. Some pay. Submit via USPS only to PALABRA, P.O. Box 86146, Los Angeles, CA 90086-0146. Queries: info@palabralitmag.com. Guidelines on Web site: www.palabralitmag.com.

PASSAGER publishes quality writing by people over 50. Submit 3–5 poems (35 lines max), and/or up to 4,000 words total of fiction and/or memoir, June 1–September 15. Include bio and SASE. Send to: Passager, University of Baltimore, 1420 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201. More information: www.passagerpress.com.

PERSIMMON TREE: An Online Literary Magazine by Women Over Sixty. An exciting new magazine that can be found at www.persimmontree.org. We are looking for quality short fiction and nonfiction submissions. Send to editor@persimmontree.org.

PILGRIMAGE Magazine. Welcoming nonfiction and poetry for the following 2008 themes: the 1960s (deadline: July 1); deep democracy (dealine: October 1). All published nonfiction eligible for the annual Pilgrimage Writing Award ($1,000). For more info, send SASE to P.O. Box 696, Crestone, CO 81131 or see guidelines at www.pilgrimagepress.org.

POETS: NEED THAT oddly named, but excellent, publishing score to spark up your writer’s resumé? Submit poems to Origami Condom. Submission guidelines available through http://origamicondom.org.

THE RAMBLER wants your stories! Get inspired by the artwork we supply—nonfiction, fiction, and poetry welcome. Also seeking regular submissions for nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and photography. Paying market. For details, see www.ramblermagazine.com.

RATTLE SEEKS submissions of Cowboy/Western poetry for the Winter 2008 issue—humorous or serious work that addresses western themes in traditional forms or free verse. Deadline: August 1. Send up to 5 poems to: RATTLE, 12411 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604. E-mail submissions accepted. Web site: www.rattle.com.

RAVING DOVE is an online literary journal dedicated to sharing thought-provoking writing, photography, and art that opposes the use of violence as conflict resolution, and embraces the intrinsic themes of peace and human rights. Published three times/year, Raving Dove welcomes original poetry, nonfiction essays, fiction, photography, and art. Web site: www.ravingdove.org.

R-KV-R-Y, a Quarterly Literary Journal, is now accepting submissions for its Summer and Fall 2008 issues. We seek poetry, fiction, and literary or academic nonfiction on the theme of “Recovery” in its broadest sense, i.e., as the release from oppression of any kind, be it personal, political, or relational. See Web site for guidelines: www.ninetymeetingsinninetydays.com.

SHOOFLY: An Audio magazine for Children is a unique semiannual publication on CD, dedicated to the celebration of contemporary children’s poetry and literature. Described by one critic as a moveable feast for the wee literati, this award-winning audio series features original and traditional stories, poems, and songs for children ages 3–7. The editors invite the submission of original poems, stories, and limericks suitable for preschoolers and early readers. Accepted works will be produced for audio presentation. Payment in copies and honorarium. Sample CD: $6.95. Submissions accepted by mail only. Guidelines: jack@shooflyaudio.com or send SASE to Shoofly, P.O. Box 339, Carrboro, NC 27510.

STONE CANOE, a Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York, awards prizes in fiction, poetry, and visual arts each year for exemplary work submitted to the journal by emerging artists and writers with ties to Upstate New York. Submit entries between March 1 and July 31. No fee or application is required for eligibility. One story, 3 poems, or 3 works of visual art must be submitted to qualify for the prizes. Writers must not be previously published by a national press; artists may not have had a solo show in a major gallery or museum. The prizes are: the 2009 Allen and Nirelle Galson Prize for Fiction, the 2009 Bea Gonzalez Prize for Poetry, and the 2009 Michael Fawcett Prize for Visual Arts. Prize winners receive $500 and a bronze replica of the original stone canoe carving by artist Tom Huff. For address information, see http://stonecanoejournal.org.

TATTOO HIGHWAY, an online journal of prose, poetry, and art, will be reading for issue #17 between March 1 and June 1. Quality short fiction especially encouraged. “Blind” readings; response within 2 weeks of deadline. See guidelines (and—please!—read an issue or two before submitting) at www.tattoohighway.org.

THE TEACHER'S Voice has radically changed! We are now a free online magazine and teacher resource. We seek poems, short stories, creative nonfiction, and essays about the promise and hard truths of teaching in our schools and colleges. Chapbook and poetry contests too. The Teacher’s Voice, P.O. Box 150384, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. Query: editor@the-teachers-voice.org. Visit www.the-teachers-voice.org.

TERRAIN.ORG A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments—an award-winning international online publication—seeks poetry, essays, fiction, articles, and reviews for upcoming theme-based issues: “Understory/Overgrowth, Symbiosis”
and “Borders & Bridges.” View issues and submission guidelines at www.terrain.org.

THEPEDESTALmagazine.com is currently accepting submissions of poetry and fiction. Please visit the Web site for additional information and to view the work of our contributors, including W. S. Merwin, Linda Pastan, Billy Collins, and Ai. Web site: www.thepedestalmagazine.com.

THE TONOPAH Review, a quarterly online literary journal, seeks submissions of short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. Submissions should be sent as text in the body of an e-mail with contact information to tonopahla@gmail.com. For guidelines, please visit us at www.tonopahreview.com.

TWO REVIEW, an independent print journal of poetry and nonfiction, is seeking submissions. Preference is given to work about the modern world, its inhabitants, and the events that shape them, from personal experiences of work and family life to world-wide events that affect us all. For guidelines, query tworeview@gmail.com or visit http://tworeview.googlepages.com.

WHITE PELICAN Review, a biannual, seeks insightful, imaginative, and carefully crafted poetry for coming issues. Outstanding poem in each issue awarded $100. Submit 3–5 poems. SASE and bio required. Name, address, phone, and e-mail on each page. Simultaneous submissions discarded. Subscription: $8 per year. White Pelican Review, P.O. Box 7833, Lakeland, FL 33813.

XANADU, an annual poetry journal under new editorship, seeks quality, well-crafted, unpublished poetry. Previous contributors include William Stafford, Lin Lifshin, David Ingatow. Simultaneous submissions accepted, notification, please, if accepted elsewhere. Editors reading from May to November 2008. Send 3–5 poems, name/address on each page, alone with SASE, to Xanadu, P.O. Box 773, Huntington, NY 11743.

15TH Harriette Austin Writers Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, July 18–19, will feature noted Southern author Sharyn McCrumb as keynoter. Speakers include Robert Vaughn, Ralph McInerny, Pat LoBrutto. Manuscript critiques available. Program, registration details at www.harrietteaustin.org.

EMILY DICKINSON'S World, Amherst, MA, October 10–12. Eleventh biannual weekend of lectures, tours, poetry, and music. Hear scholars Polly Lonsworth, Harrison Gregg, and Jane Walk, Director of the Emily Dickinson Museum. Visit Dickinson Homestead, Evergreens, Graveside, and Strong House. Be intrigued by Dickinson and an autumn in New England. Accommodations, meals, all admissions, $385 per person. For a brochure, call: (413) 253-2848 or e-mail office@uusocietyamherst.org.

THE GATHERING: a literature conference for writers, readers, and thinkers. Keystone College, La Plume, PA. August 7–10. Theme: Setting the Table: Imagination and the Metaphorical and Literal Properties of Food. Faculty includes Greg Pape (poetry), Elise Blackwell (fiction), Ibtisam Barakat (memoir), Gail Carson Levine (children’s literature), Cathleen Medwick (nonfiction). Lectures, book discussions, workshops. Web site: www.gathering.keystone.edu.

PNWA SUMMER Writers Conference. Meet agents and editors. Learn craft from renowned authors. Uncover new marketing secrets. PNWA’s 53rd Anniversary Conference, July 17–20 at the Seattle Airport Hilton, Seattle, WA 98188.Phone: (425) 673-BOOK. Web site: www.pnwa.org.

STOP STEALING time to write. Immerse yourself in the writing life at the Stonecoast Writers’ Conference. For 29 years the Stonecoast Writers’ Conference at the University of Southern Maine has been a beacon to serious students of writing. We offer workshops in the novel, short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction and memoir. This summer our faculty includes Peter Behrens, Dianne Benedict, Maria Flook, and Major Jackson. Enjoy daily workshops, round tables, and panel discussions overlooking Casco Bay. The conference runs July 20–26. For more information, e-mail jtussing@usm.maine.edu or visit www.usm.maine.edu/stonecoast_wc

THE WELLNESS & Writing Connections Conference brings together writers and professionals who see therapeutic value in writing, including personal journals, creative nonfiction, memoir, fiction, drama, and poetry. Inquire about opportunities for a book exhibit and visual art displays. For more information contact John Evans (jevans@aiuniv.edu) or visit our Web site at www.wellnessandwritingconnections.com.

1ST ANNUAL Evolve Beyond Violence Nonfiction Essay Award, offered by Raving Dove, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Themes: antiviolence, antiwar, peace. First prize $1,000, three honorable mentions, all to receive publication. Open to Raving Dove members, with no additional entry fee. Judges: Raving Dove’s editor and board members. Deadline: September 1. Guidelines at: www.ravingdove.org.

1ST ANNUAL Ronald Wardall Poetry Chapbook Contest. $250 and 50 copies published by Rain Mountain Press. Deadline July 1. Reading fee $15. Send up to 30 pages of poetry to Rain Mountain Press, 68 E. Third St., Ste. 16, New York, NY 10003. Complete guidelines at www.rainmountainpress.com.

4TH ANNUAL Burnside Review Poetry Chapbook Contest. Judge: Paul Guest. Winner receives $200 and 25 copies. Contest runs March 15–June 30. 18–28 pages of poetry. Complete details are available by post with a SASE, P.O. Box 1782, Portland OR, 97207 on our Web site, www.burnsidereview.org.

4TH GIVAL PRESS Novel Award. Deadline: May 30 postmark. Prize: $1,000 plus author’s copies for best original unpublished literary ms in English of 30,000 to 100,000 words. Reading fee: $50 per entry (by check or credit card). For complete guidelines, call (703) 351-0079. E-mail: givalpress@yahoo.com. Web site: www.givalpress.com.

5TH YEAR! The RRofihe Trophy for an unpublished short story! (Up to 5,000 words.) Winner receives: $500, trophy, and publication in Open City Magazine. Judge: Rick Rofihe. Fee: $10. Deadline: September 15. Mail entries to RRofihe, 270 Lafayette St., Suite 1412, NewYork, NY 10012. For detailed guidelines, see www.opencity.org/rrofihe.html.

7TH GIVAL PRESS Oscar Wilde Award. Deadline: June 27 for best previously unpublished original GLBT poem written in English. Prize $100 and publication on Web site. Reading fee: $5 per poem submitted. Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203. For complete details, e-mail givalpress@yahoo.com or visit Web site: www.givalpress.com.

$500 FOR THE American Poet Prize for Poetry, plus publication in the American Poetry Journal. Three poems, $16 reading fee to: J. P. Dancing Bear, APJ Poet Prize, P.O. Box 2080, Aptos, CA 95001. Deadline: June 30. Entrants receive a year’s subscription to the APJ.Complete guidelines at www.americanpoetryjournal.com.

$500 PRIZE PLUS publication awarded for 16–24 page chapbook manuscript. The Annual Dream Horse Press Poetry Chapbook Prize. All entries considered for publication. Deadline: May 31. Reading fee: $15. Dream Horse Press. P.O. Box 2080, Aptos, CA 95001. Include e-mail for results; bio; acknowledgments. Complete guidelines: www.dreamhorsepress.com.

2008 FINELINE Competition for prose poetry and short-shorts, 500 words or less. Mid-American Review offers prize of $1,000, publication, commemorative pen. Aimee Nezhukumatathil will judge. Postmark deadline: June 1. Entry fee $10 for 3 (includes prize issue). Fineline, Mid-American Review, English Dept., BGSU, Bowling Green OH, 43403. For complete guidelines, visit www.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview.

2008 LATE BLOOMS Poetry Postcard Contest for Women over 40 who have not yet published a full-length poetry book. Reading fee: $10 (U.S.) for up to 3 poems of 18 lines or less (including blank lines and byline). $17 reading fee includes set of 2007 postcards. Deadline: July 1 postmark. Seven winning poems will be printed on 5x7 art postcards. Winners receive 20 sets of postcards. All entrants receive one set. Include postal and e-mail address on poems. SASE for winners list. Mail entry, check payable to Lana Ayers to: Late Blooms Postcard Series, 12911 NE Marine View Dr., Kingston, WA 98346. For online submissions and more details, go to http://lanaayers.com/LateBlooms2008.aspx.

2008 MAIN STREET Rag Chapbook Contest. Deadline: May 31 (May 15 for e-mailed entries). Length: 24–32 pgs. Reading fee: $15. Prize: $500, publication, and more. Detailed guidelines available online or by sending an SASE. All entries considered for publication, multiple manuscripts will be published. Send to: Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 690100,
Charlotte, NC 28227-7001.Web site: www.mainstreetrag.com.

ALEHOUSE PRESS presents the 2008 Happy Hour Poetry Awards. $1,000 Best Poem. Four $100 Honorable Mentions. Any topic. Any form. Deadline: July 1. For contest rules and writer guidelines, please send an SASE to Happy Hour Awards, Alehouse Press, P.O. Box 31655, San Francisco, CA 94131. Or visit: www.alehousepress.com.

ALWAYS HOT! www.hotmetalpress.net offering $300 prize for best 3 poems. Multiple sets of three are accepted but each three must be accompanied by $3 reading fee. See guidelines at www.hotmetalpress.net.

THE AMY AWARDS. Open to women 30 and under in NYC metropolitan area and Long Island. Honorarium and reading in New York in October. Send 3 lyric poems (50 lines or less), short bio, and SASE by June 1 to: Amy Awards, Poets & Writers, 90 Broad St., Suite 2100, New York, NY 10004.

ANABIOSIS PRESS announces its 2008 Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest. Send 16–20 pages, $11 reading fee by June 30 postmarked deadline. For more information, contact Anabiosis Press, 2 S. New St., Bradford, MA 01835 or rsmyth@anabiosispress.org. For contest guidelines and the Albatross poetry journal online, go to www.anabiosispress.org.

ANN ARBOR BOOK Festival. Short Story Contest. Cash prize ($250) and chance for publication for winner of this annual Ann Arbor Book Festival Contest. Original short stories may be submitted from May 1 until August 1. Winner announced by October 1. Entry fee: $10, checks payable to Ann Arbor Book Festival. Submit entries to: Ann Arbor Book Festival, 500 S. Main St., Ann Arbor MI 48104, c/o Short Story Contest. For guidelines, check www.aabookfestival.org.

ARIZONA AUTHORS Association Contest Categories: Published—fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. Unpublished—poetry, short story, essay, and novel. Winners receive cash prizes and publication in Arizona Literary Magazine. Novel published and free listings by www.fivestarpublications.com. Deadline: July 1. Fees vary. Critiques available. For contest rules and an entry blank, go to www.azauthors.com/contest.html.

BELLVUE LITERARY Review’s annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. Deadline: August 1. $1,000 Poetry Prize (judge: Naomi Shihab Nye), $1,000 Fiction Prize (judge: Rosellen Brown), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (judge: Natalie Angier). Entry fee: $15 ($20 includes subscription). Submit online. Web site: www.blreview.org.

CARVE MAGAZINE'S 2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest is open April 15–May 31. Prizes: $1,000, $750, $500, and two Editor’s Choice for $250 each. All five winners published in Fall 2008 issue and annual paperback anthology. Entry fee: $15. No limit to number of entries. Max: 6,000 words. Web site: www.carvezine.com/contest.htm.

COMSTOCK REVIEW. Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award. Prizes: $1,000, $250, $100, subscriptions. Marie Howe, Judge. Entry fee: $4/poem. Deadline: July 1. Basics: 40 lines max/poem. No simultaneous submissions or previous publication in any medium. Check Web site or send SASE for complete rules which must be followed. Web site features previous winning poems, reviews with links to poetry, downloadable Poets Handbook, editors’ sample poems. Comstock Review Contest 2008, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. Web site: www.comstockreview.org.

DEADLINE is June 17 in our New Millennium Writing Awards contest. $4,000 plus publication in New Millennium Writings and at www.writingawards.com. Best Poem: $1,000; Fiction: $1,000; Nonfiction: $1,000; Short-Short Fiction: $1,000. You receive 2008 issue, featuring winners. Guidelines: No restrictions on content or style. Send between now and midnight of June 17 with a $17 check payable to NMW for each set of 3 poems (5 pages max), or each story or nonfiction (6,000 words max, except in the Short-Short fiction category—1,000 words max). Multiple and simultaneous submissions welcome. Include name, phone, address, e-mail, and category entered on cover page only. Provide e-mail or SASE for results. To: NMW, Room A, P.O. Box 2463, Knoxville, TN, 37901. Or, enter online at www.writingawards.com.

EKPHRASIS PRIZE: $500. Unpublished poems, each addressing a single work of art. $3 per poem, payable to Laverne Frith (U.S. funds). Entries considered for publication. Bio and SASE. 50 lines per poem. Name, address, telephone, e-mail on every page. No simultaneous submissions. Deadline: June 30, postmark. Ekphrasis Prize, P.O. Box 161236, Sacramento, CA 95816. Web site: www.hometown.aol.com/artspoetry.

A GATHERING of the Tribes and The Aquarian Arts are co-sponsoring a poetry contest. First prize: $150 dollars and publication in Tribes literary magazine. Second: $75; Third: $50. Deadline is July 1. Send up to 3 poems (include SASE for winners) and a $5 entry fee made payable to The Aquarian Arts, 502 Plandome Rd., Manhasset, NY 11030. Finalist judge will be Yerra Sugarman. Web sites: http://tribes.org and http://aquarianarts.org.

HEART POETRY Award: $500. Winner, Honorable Mentions published Fall 2008. $10 covers 3 poems, reserves issue. Insightful, imagistic unpublished poem. Each page include name, address, phone, e-mail. Web site or SASE announces winners, poems discarded. Deadline: June 30 postmark. Sample: $5. Nostalgia Press, 2003 Broughton St., Orangeburg, SC 29115. E-mail: heart@sc.rr.com.Web site: www.nostalgiapress.com.

THE JOURNAL/OSU Press Poetry Prize: $3,000 and publication given to winning manuscript of at least 48 typed pages of poetry. Must be postmarked during September. Include entry fee of $25 (check or money order payable to The Ohio State University). Entrants receive one-year subscription of the Journal. Address: Poetry Editor, The Ohio State University Press, 180 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1002. Full details: www.ohiostatepress.org.

LITERAL LATTE Short Short Contest. $500 First Prize. Looking for shorts, 2,000 word max. Entry fee: $10 entry fee for one short. $15 for up to 3 shorts. Send to: Literal Latté SSC, 200 E. 10th St., Ste. 240, New York, NY 10003. E-mail: litlatte@aol.com. Web site: www.literal-latte.com.

LOGAN HOUSE announces the 4th annual Holland Prize for the best unpublished book of poetry in American English. The winner will receive $500. Submit manuscript, $25 reading fee, and SASE to Logan House, Rte. 1, Box 154, Winside, NE 68790, before August 1. For complete guidelines, visit our Web site www.loganhousepress.com.

MANY MOUNTAINS Moving Press 2008 Poetry Book Contest. Winner receives $1,000 and publication. Deadline: June 1 postmark. $25 entry fee entitles entrants to 1 free back issue of the journal and great subscription and book discounts. Traditional and e-mail entries are now being accepted. Questions to: jeffreyethan@att.net. Get the full eligibility and submission guidelines, with the entrant’s order form, at http://mmminc.org.

MARGARET REID Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse. Fifth year. Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top prize: $2,000. Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets and free verse. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Deadline: June 30. Judges: J. H. Reid, D. C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2007). More information: www.winningwriters.com/margaret.

MIGHTY RIVER Short Story Contest. Deadline: August 1. $500, publication in Big Muddy. Best short story relating to Mississippi River, River Valley, or sister River. $15 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. MRSS Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Web site: www6.semo.edu/universitypress/mrss.

NARRATIVE awards the $4,000 Narrative Prize annuallyfor the best work of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry published in Narrative by a new or emerging writer. Each year, Narrative also sponsors StoryQuarterly writing contests with various prizes totaling more than $10,000. For a free subscription, go to http://narrativemagazine.com

OMNIDAWN publishing will offer a $2,000 prize for our first annual first/second book poetry contest. Marjorie Welish will judge. We will be open for submissions March 1–June 30. Winner published in Fall 2009. Entry fee: $25. Your choice of any Omnidawn book included in entry fee if you send SASE with postage for mailing. For further information, see www.omnidawn.com.

PAUL LAURENCE Dunbar Poetry Contest and Margaret A. Walker S/Story Contest. First Prize: $100; Second: $75; Third: $50 and 10 Certificates in each category. Winners to be published in an anthology. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: July 30. For guidelines and details, write to: Detroit Writers’ Guild, 18600 Conant Ave., Detroit, MI 48234 or visit www.detroitwritersguild.com.

THE PITTSBURGH Quarterly announces The Sara Henderson Hay Prize for Poetry. Deadline: July 1 postmark. Prize: $600. The winner for 2007 was John Stupp of Sewickley, PA. Limit: 3 poems, up to 100 lines each. One winning poem will be selected. Entry fee is $10 USD. Send SASE for guidelines to: TPQ, 6336 Crombie St., Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Guidelines also at: www.city-net.com/~tpq.

POETRY CONTEST. Deadline: May 15. Winners read at California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. Any subject, 40 line max, 43 cash awards. Three grand prizes choreographed. Send 2 copies, one with ID. One poem: $5, 3 poems: $10, no limit. To: Judy Cheung, 704 Brigham Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Web site: www.dancingpoetry.com.

A PRIZE OF $1,500 and publication in River Styx is given annually for the best poem. Kim Addonizio will judge. Three poems maximum, up to 14 pages per entry. Include $20 entry fee, which includes a 1-year subscription to River Styx, by May 31. Richard Newman, Editor. River Styx, 3547 Olive St., Ste. 107, St. Louis,MO 63103. Phone: (314) 533-4541. For complete guidelines, see River Styx Web site: www.riverstyx.org.

QUARTER AFTER Eight presents the annual Robert DeMott Short Prose Contest. Accepting prose poems, short short fiction, essays in brief, etc., up to 500 words. First prize: $200, Second: $50, and Third: $50. Deadline: June 15. Entry fee: $15 for three entries. Send to: Prose Contest, QAE, Ellis Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701. Web site: www.quarteraftereight.org/contest/.

SLAPERING HOL Press Chapbook Competition for writers who have not published a poetry book or chapbook. Prize is $1,000, publication, ten books, and a reading at the Writers’ Center. At the discretion of the judges, a second chapbook may be selected for publication with an award of $250. SHP uses a blind judging system and subscribes to the CLMP contest code of ethics. Deadline: May 15. Send 16–20 pages of poems, bio, acknowledgments, second anonymous title page, SASE for results only, and $15 reading fee to SHP, The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 300 Riverside Dr., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Web site: www.writerscenter.org.

SPORT LITERATE wants your best pigskin essay. Risk $15 to win $300 and publication in our Fall 2008 football collective. Postmarked by Father’s Day (June 15); all entrants receive the issue. Creative Nonfiction’s Lee Gutkind picks the winner. Enter by post: 2248 West Belmont #20, Chicago, IL 60618 or online at www.sportliterate.org.

TENNESSEE Writers Alliance Poetry and Short Fiction Contest. Prizes of $600 awarded for first place winners in each category. Deadline: July 1. For complete guidelines, please send SASE to Tennessee Writers Alliance, P.O. Box 257, Linden, TN 37096 or visit http://tn-writers.org.

TOM HOWARD/John H. Reid Poetry Contest. Sixth year. Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top prize: $2,000. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Deadline: September 30 postmark. Judges: J. H. Reid, D. C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2007). More information: www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry.

TRILLIUM LITERARY Journal is accepting submissions for the Dev Hathaway Short Fiction Award May 1 to September 1. First prize is $500 plus publication. Second prize is $250 plus publication. Submit an unpublished story with a cover sheet and $10 entry fee. All stories submitted considered for publication. Please check guidelines and make submissions online: www.trilliumliteraryjournal.org.

TWO REVIEW Poetry Contest. Judge: Marvin Bell. First: $100; Second: $50; Third: $25. Deadline: July 31. Send up to 5 unpublished poems, bio-sketch, e-mail address, and a $10 check or money order made out to Jeremy Edward Shiok, Editor, Two Review,P.O. Box 200639, Anchorage, AK 99520. Full guidelines: http://tworeview.googlepages.com.

WAR POETRY Contest. Seventh year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,000. Top prize $2,000. Submit 1–3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in all. $15 entry fee, payable to Winning Writers. Deadline: May 31 postmark. Judge: Jendi Reiter. Include cover sheet with contact information. No name on poems. Winning entries published online. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2007). Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: War Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. More information: www.winningwriters.com/war.

WHAT: 10-MINUTE play contest. Who: Actors’ Theatre. When: Deadline, July 1, 2008. Description: 10-minute play contest. Winning plays will receive a fully staged production in the sell-out "Eight Tens @ Eight" Ten Minute Play Festival opening in January 2009. Submissions must be original, unpublished, un-produced 10-minute plays. Entry fee is $10.00. Please mail five copies of the script. Mail to: Actors’ Theatre, 1001 Center St., Ste. 12, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060. See Web site or call for further guidelines. Phone: (831) 425-1003. Web site: www.sccat.org

WILDA HEARNE Flash Fiction Contest. Deadline: August 1. $200, publication in Big Muddy. Best short short story, 500 words or less (any theme). $15 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Web site: www6.semo.edu/universitypress/hearne.

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC Network Poetry Contest Awards: First place: $75; Second Place: $50; Third Place: $25. Deadline: September 30, postmark. Entry fees: one entry $5, 3 entries: $10. SASE for rules to Women’s Artistic Network, P.O. Box 1485, Simi Valley, CA 93062 or e-mail cedoering1@verizon.net.

NEW MEXICO Hike & Write and other small-group writing intensives. In the Carson National Forest, the Rio Grande Gorge, and the Continental Divide Trail. Exceptional faculty! Also scheduling solo retreats. Contact: (505) 988-5185 or edit@thema.us. Go to www.narrativeartcenter.com, Carson Literary events page.

WRITING, YOGA, and Meditation Retreat, June 6–9, Spring Hills Farm, Dalton, PA. This workshop will combine yoga and meditation focusing on the seven chakras to free the mind and release the creativity that can lead to full self-expression. We’ll chant, meditate, practice simple asanas, and write. Daily personal writing time and workshops, nightly readings. Three full meals, rustic accommodations, $495. Contact: Crystal Bacon at crystalbacon@comcast.net. Web site: www.springhillsfarm.org.

NEW MILLENNIUM Writings. Read winners of our awards for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, contest and submission guidelines. Profiles, interviews, and essays on famous writers, such as Cormac McCarthy, the late Ken Kesey, and others. Exciting cover art from years past, plus writing tips, provocative commentary by Don Williams, more. Web site: www.newmillenniumwritings.com.

STATE OF THE Heart: A Medical Tourist’s True Story of Lifesaving Surgery in India by Maggi Ann Grace. New Harbinger Publications (2007). Engaging medical drama of the first uninsured American who traveled to India for heart surgery—stirring the debate over U.S. health care crisis and medical outsourcing. Web sites: www.stateoftheheart.name and www.maggigrace.com.

BRITTANY WRITER'S house. Ninteenth-century stone house; five fireplaces, tile and wood floors, beamed ceiling, modern heat, electricity, and plumbing, quiet—small town, on a river, ten miles from ocean beaches; five hours from Paris. Available on a monthly basis. Phone: (510) 530-4341. E-mail: mgdonna@aol.com or dmu4mg@aol.com.

CHARMING, comfortably furnished farmhouse on 80 acres. 4 BR, 2 baths; sleeps 10. Wireless DSL; numerous amenities. Deck overlooks spectacular valley and mountain views in Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains. Hiking, fishing, cycling, horseback riding, Civil War studies. Perfect for writers, artists, workshops, retreats. Phone: (702) 869-4843. E-mail: MarhWL@aol.com. Web site: www.virginiavacationhome.com.

THE PORCHES Writing Retreat. 1854 farmhouse sitting high on a hill overlooking James River in VA countryside. Wide spacious porches, large private rooms, high ceilings, communal well-equipped kitchen. Enjoy canoeing, hiking Appalachian trails, vineyards. Fifty minutes from Charlottesville, three hours from Washington, D.C. Weekly: $280–$350. E-mail trudyhale@verizon.net or visit www.porcheswritingretreat.com.

ST. GEORGE Island, Florida. Uncrowded natural beaches offer solitude and nourishment for the soul, a perfect setting for writing and reflection. 1–6 BR beach homes accommodate group writing retreats as well as the individual writing project. Assistance in arranging a retreat: Nancy (888) 804-2893.For reservations, call (866) 921-3635 or visit www.collinsvacationrentals.com.

TRADITIONAL Irish cottage with modern heat, electricity, plumbing. Spectacular views of the Atlantic, the Minaun cliffs. 3BR, full bath with Jacuzzi. Access to Blue Flag beaches, surfing. Front room faces the cliffs, with fireplace, 20-foot ceiling. One mile to town, restaurants, post office. In July/August $600 weekly, $2,000/month. Phone: (212) 645-5131.

VERMONT STUDIO: quiet, simple, clean. Sunny, open room, gas fireplace, 4-poster bed, kitchenette, great desk, and Internet. Dirt road rural (cows, chickens), but close to village with bookstore café, small college, three libraries, and restaurants. Cross-country skiing and canoeing. Reasonable rates: available by day, week, or month. No smoking. Phone: (802) 586-7733.

WAVECATCHER: Oceanfront writer’s cabin on the spectacular Oregon coast; quiet coastal community. Stunning views, sandy beach. Small, intelligent library. Two BR + loft, all w/double beds. Fully equipped including linens. $135/night (tax included) plus cleaning. Portland or Eugene airports, 2–4 scenic hours by car depending on route. Writer owned/managed. Web site: www.wavecatcherbeachrentals.com.

WELLSPRING HOUSE retreat center for writers and artists in Massachusetts hills, 35 minutes from Northampton/Amherst. Sheltered by towering spruce, secluded but in town. Private rooms, communal kitchen. Four hours from New York City. Unspoiled village where writers write, painters paint. Open all year in 2008. $175/week. Resumé to P.O. Box 2006, Ashfield, MA 01330. Phone: (413) 628-3276. E-mail: browning@wellspringhouse.net. Web site: www.wellspringhouse.net.

WRITER ESCAPE in Taos, NM. Let yourself be inspired! Lovely 1-BR guesthouse with comfortable desk and chair. Wireless Internet, stereo, fireplace, fine art, large portal. Grassy grounds with apple trees, flower beds. Easy walk to plaza, bookstores, restaurants. $750/week. Call (505) 770-5091 or e-mail kateontheshift@newmex.com.

THE JAMES MERRILL House Writer-in-Residence Program invites writers to live and work in James Merrill’s Stonington, CT, apartment rent-free for 5-month or 11-month terms. A stipend will be offered beginning September 2008. Application deadline: January 15. Visit Web site for more information: www.jamesmerrillhouse.org.

JENTEL ARTIST Residency Program. One-month residency in rural ranch setting for two writers and four artists. Includes private room, studio, stipend. Deadline: September 15, 2008 for January 15–May 13, 2009. Deadline: January 15, 2009 for May 15–December 13, 2009. To request information and application, contact jentel@jentelarts.org or visit www.jentelarts.org.

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LITERARY DATABASE 2008: Finally, an easy-to-use resource enabling you to better target and time your fiction, poetry, and nonfiction submissions. This PDF contains ~200 literary journals, including all of the journals considered for the annual The Best American Short Stories anthology. Check out the innovative features at www.literarydatabase.com.

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EDITOR, WRITER college writing instructor offers professional, friendly editing, and manuscript critiques for your articles, short stories, and book length manuscripts. Fiction and nonfiction. Will also edit business material and web content. Contact: Ricki Walters. Phone: (507) 279-4668. E-mail: rwalters@rlweditorial.com. Web site: www.rlweditorial.com.

EMERGING Writers Studio. Private mentoring, workshops, and e-courses. Break through creative barriers, receive in-depth critique, and empower yourself with a fuller range of techniques, ideas, and revising methods for your short story, novel, or memoir. For a free initial consultation, contact Nanci Panuccio, MFA. Phone: (845) 688-7328.Web site: http://emergingwriters.us.

FREELANCE EDITOR and Writing Coach specializing in African American fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays. Editorial services offered: evaluation, line, and substantive editing, proofreading, plot and character development. Rates based on the level of editing required. Contact Bluestocking Ink, (954) 761-7744. E-mail: info@bluestockingink.net. Web site: www.bluestockingink.net.

FSW: SERIOUS editing For Serious Writers is back! B. A. Moskowitz, author, editor, project nanny is on the job. Call me
at (845) 679-6770 or e-mail me at editorfsw@aol.com. Check my Web site at www.forseriouswriters.com.

GET PUBLISHED! Three publishing packages. An easy, affordable, and professional way to get your book published. Take advantage of our experienced publishing teams to make your book a reality. For a Free Self-Publishing Guide, call (800) 547-5113 or visit us at www.laredopublishing.com.

LARRY FAGIN, poet, editor, teacher, publisher, has worked with wide variety of prose writers and poets for more than 35 years. “Maybe the best editor we have.” —Allen Ginsberg. Fee negotiable. Call (212) 254-6621 or e-mail larryfagin@earthlink.net.

NURTURING BUT whip-cracking, well-connected, well-published, and energetic NYC writing coach/editor available to help you unleash the true fabulosity in your projects and bring them to fruition in the real world before depression or drink destroy your nerve! Sessions in person or by phone. Call (212) 841-0177. E-mail: jilldearman@gmail.com. Web site: www.jilldearman.com.

POEMS, LYRICS, and songs wanted. $100,000/recording contract possible! Free appraisal! Record company in business for 29 years is seeking poetry/song lyrics to be set to music for possible future national release. Send to Majestic Records, P.O. Box 1140 PW, Linden, TX 75563.

POETRY COACH manuscript editing:experienced poet, editor, and creative writing teacher, MFA in Creative Writing,
NEA, among other awards. Full-length manuscripts or chapbooks. Please visit www.pambernard.com, then contact me at pam@pambernard.com.

POETRY manuscripts. Sixteen+ years editorial experience at mags and poetry presses. I’ll turn your pile of poems into a book through arrangement, elisions, etc. I’ll also help younger poets write their breakthrough poems. My books are Downsides of Fish Culture (New Issues, 1997), Arrow Pointing North (Four Way Books, 2002), and Abrupt Rural
(New Issues, 2004). Editor in chief of the anthology, Shade. For details visit http://hmbediting.blogspot.com, then e-mail me (David Dodd Lee) at mardoddhalfmoon@aol.com.

A PROFESSIONALeditor...can make all the difference. Inexpensive proofreading, editing, critiques, query letters, and manuscript formatting. Service available 24/7. Web site www.scribendi.com.

PSYCHOTHERAPY for Writers. The Writing Practice. Transform self-doubt into confidence; turn writing blocks into creative flow. Change procrastination and perfectionism into resilience and perseverance. Increase self-esteem. Rediscover pleasure in your creative process. Individual & group therapy, short term classes, Summer Writers’ Retreat by the ocean. Boston area. In-person or by phone and e-mail. Contact Marcia Weiss at (617) 868-0660. Web site: www.collaborativepsychotherapy.com.

RESEARCH Assistance. Need background information for your next book? I can gather the details to flesh out your story. Send me your questions, I’ll get you the answers fast! References provided on request. E-mail: mjgoetter@gmail.com.

THREE-TIME author (novels for St. Martin’s, Hyperion that have garnered major magazine and newspaper reviews; half a dozen foreign rights, including best-seller), Edgar, and four-time Emmy-winning journalist (on-camera for NBC News), and editor (history for FSG) to ghost, edit, or coach your fiction, nonfiction, screenplay, or memoir. $125/hr. Experienced. Diligent. Phone: (250) 352-0833. E-mail:nykanen@telus.net.

WEBFORAUTHORS creates dynamic and exciting Web sites for writers, authors and speakers. Visit our Web site at www.webforauthors.com, email info@webforauthors.com or call (678) 753-0043. New! Try our free wiki at www.wikiforwriters.com and add your profile, articles and other information.

WELL-REVIEWED novelist, author of 100+ published short stories, winner of Pushcart Prize, 3 fellowships, and numerous national fiction awards will help you succeed. My extraordinarily thorough focus on manuscripts has helped writers acquire agents, sell novels, and publish in venues such as the Kenyon Review, TriQuarterly, and Tin House. Phone: (845) 526-9007.

WRITING consultant & editor (nonfiction, memoir, fiction). Book development, book proposals, query letters, targeting agents, ghostwriting, editing, coaching. Twenty-five years experience (editor Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Bay Books, Womens Sports magazine, numerous published authors); script analyst (HBO Pictures); Web writer/editor; writing instructor; author. Proposals sold to top agents. Suzanne Sherman. Phone: (707) 478-3819. E-mail ssherman@sonic.net. Web site: www.suzannesherman.com.

YOU DON'T KNOW where to send your work? In our 15th year, Writer’s Relief will do it for you—from A to Z. Stop researching and targeting markets, preparing cover letters, addressing envelopes, proofing, tracking submissions, etc. Our highly recommended submission service will have your work circulating at all times to all the right markets. Monthly submissions, queries to agents or publishers, manuscript preparation, tracking, proofing, reports for taxes, etc. Electronic submissions with personalized service. Reasonable rates, references, highly recommended. Use your time to write. Free brochure: Writer’s Relief, Inc., 409 S. River St., #26D, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Phone: (201) 641-3003 or toll-free (866) 405-3003, or visit Web site: www.writersrelief.com.

2008 ONLINE workshops hosted by Mid-American Review. Participate in an eight-week workshop to receive feedback on your poetry, fiction, or nonfiction, May 12 to July 6. To apply, send Word attachment of 20-page writing sample to editor in chief Michael Czyzniejewski at mikeczy@bgsu.edu (subject: Online workshop application). Complete details at www.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview.

A 20-YEAR-OLD program that helps fiction writers and poets reach their potential. Workshops in NYC, Tucson, San Francisco, and online. Tutorials available. Alumni include recent National Book Award finalists Jennifer Egan and Martha McPhee. Philip Schultz, director. Phone: (212) 255-7075. Web site: www.writerstudio.com.

BECOMING a Novelist--a year-long workshop, with Jane Vandenburgh, author of Failure to Zigzag and The Physics of Sunset. Workshop meets July 6-13, 2008 and July 5-12, 2009 at Fishtrap, and 3 days in January 2009 in Portland, OR. Regular critique exchanges with Vandenburgh. Maximum: 10 participants. For details, call (541) 426-3623 or visit www.fishtrap.org.

BELOW SEA LEVEL presents: Remembering Blue Writing Weekends. Three-day workshop-intensive, fiction writing weekends conducted by award-winning novelist and teacher Connie May Fowler. February 1–4, April 4–7, June 20–23. Each weekend limited to seven participants. Individualized instruction in a serene Florida waterfront setting. Application details and information: www.writingbelowsealevel.com.

CREATIVE WRITING. Guided writing, critiques, yoga, and meditation at sacred sites around the world. Join us this summer on Scotland’s historic and beautiful Isle of Cumbrae, July 12–19. Also, celebrate fall in the Berkshires, October 2–5. Contact Patricia Lee Lewis, Affiliate of Amherst Writers & Artists. Phone: (413) 527-5819. E-mail: patricia@writingretreats.org, Web site: http://writingretreats.org.

CREATIVE WRITING. Tinker Mountain Writer’s Workshops, June 8–13, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia. Fiction, creative nonfiction, thriller/crime/horror fiction, screenwriting, new media, and introductory and advanced poetry. Writers of all levels. Faculty includes Hal Ackerman, Laura Benedict, Pinckney Benedict, Jen Boyle plus Michelle Brooks, James McKean, Thorpe Moeckel, Daniel Mueller, and Ashley Warlick. Individual readings, group discussion, personal critique. See Web site for details. Phone: (540) 362-6229 E-mail: cpowell@hollins.edu. Web site: www.hollins.edu/tmww.

CREATIVE WRITING workshop and one-on-one. Having trouble going it alone? O. Henry Prize–winning author Nancy Hallinan gives group and private sessions in her NYC home. Afternoons, evenings. Short story, novel, memoir. Emphasis on characterization, structure, and style. Aim: fulfillment and publication. Call (212) 222-6936 or (732) 280-8645.

CREATIVE WRITING workshops in fiction and memoir. Welcoming both new and experienced writers, these ten-week evening lessons offer inspiration, instruction, and the supportive atmosphere of a workshop setting. Led by Julia Thacker, formerly of Tufts and Radcliffe Seminars. Workshops meet in Cambridge, MA. Next session begins in June. Call (617) 864-1033 or e-mail tha312@comcast.net. Visit: www.juliathacker.com.

ELIZABETH AYRES Center for Creative Writing offers an online workshop program proven to expand your imagination, dissolve blocks, enhance productivity, build confidence, and maximize skills. Exercises and techniques for all genres. Five-week sessions. Take separately or combine as an ongoing course. Call (800) 510-1049. E-mail: eayres@creativewritingcenter.com. Visit www.creativewritingcenter.com.

GOTHAM WRITERS' Workshop. Selected “Best of the Web” by Forbes, Gotham Writers’ Workshop offers comprehensive 10-week online classes in more than a dozen forms of writing, including fiction, memoir, nonfiction, poetry, and more. Gotham workshops are renowned for expert instruction by professional writers, small class size, and individual attention to your work. Web site: www.writingclasses.com.

GREATER Philadelphia Wordshop Studio supports writers in the development of their individual voices and the practice of their craft. Workshops in Center City and Delaware County, following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method pioneered by Pat Schneider. Writers of all ages, levels of experience, and genres welcome. Phone: (610) 853-0296. E-mail: ahicks@philawordshop.com. Web site: www.philawordshop.com.

GREEK ISLAND—Poetry & Writing Courses. June and September. In a spectacular mountain and sea setting accessible only by sea, Loutro on Crete is an idyllic location for writers and poets to explore and be inspired. Excellence of writing combines with excellence of location. Please e-mail worldspirit99@aol.com or visit www.worldspirit.org.uk.

MEMOIR WRITING Workshop at Ghost Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Join Thomas Larson, author of The Memoir and the Memoirist, one week, May 11–17. Discover the emotional truth of your story, read and critique, private consultation. Tuition, housing, meals, $750 by May 1. E-mail: tlarson@adnc.com. Web site: www.thomaslarson.com.

NYC'S SACKETT Street Writers’ Workshop offers advanced, intermediate, and beginning fiction, novel, nonfiction, poetry, teen, and post-MFA writing workshops and an MFA Application Preparation Workshop. Small classes are taught by graduates of top MFA programs and include individual conferences. Students have gone on to attend prestigious MFA programs and to publish. To apply, see www.sackettworkshop.com.

PARIS WRITERS Workshop celebrates diverse voices in English literature: July 1–11 in Paris, France. Faculty includes: Vijay Seshardi, Nuala O’Faolain, Cole Swensen, Nahid Rachlin, Ann Snodgrass, Patrick McGillgan, Toni Johnson-Woods, Catherine Texier, Kevin Jackson, Peter Guttridge, Karen Weir-Jimerson, Jon Fink. Master classes in Novel and Nonfiction; workshops in Poetry, Translation, Memoir, Writing the Fine Arts, Romance, Fantasy, Crime Fiction, Hollywood Lives, and more. Agents Jonathan Lloyd and Patrick Janson-Smith; manuscript consultations. Two half-tuition merit scholarships. Web site: www.pariswritersworkshop.org. E-mail: pww@wice-paris.org.

SANTA BARBARA 8th Annual Summer Poetry Workshop, August 2–4, led by Perie Longo (2007–2009 Santa Barbara Poet Laureate), with Barry Spacks (2004–2006 Santa Barbara Poet Laureate), David Starkey (Director of Creative Writing Program, poet, playwright). Poetry contest winner receives full Workshop scholarship. Accommodations available. For more information, call (805) 966-1423 or visit www.sbpoetry.net.

WRITE DOWNTOWN: group and private instruction; poetry, fiction, nonfiction manuscript analysis, craft development, writing and revision assignments, readings workshops led by Madeleine Beckman, author of published articles, poetry, and fiction; NYFA fellow, PSA award recipient, and NYU poetry instructor. For further information, call (212) 533-2033. E-mail: madi@echonyc.com. Web site: www.writedowntown.com.