Classifieds

ARE YOU A GRASS ROOTS POET? We define a grass roots poet as: one who is not necessarily educated or defined as a poet by traditional poetry societies. Diversity! Submit work to Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association’s anthology, chapbook, e-zine publications, contests, as well as the new “Grandmother Editions.” www.greenfusepoeticarts.org.

ARE YOU OVER 60? Whether you’ve aged gracefully—or disgracefully—we want to hear about the insights age has brought you that will inspire and entertain readers. Seeking submissions for “Wit and Wisdom of the Sages.” Narratives up to 3,500 words. Three free books on publication. For manuscripts or guidelines e-mail jnjscher@yahoo.com or send SASE to P.O. Box 4725, Santa Barbara, CA 93140.

ECHOOK DIGITAL PUBLISHING publishes fiction, memoir, and essays on all platforms. Be read by thousands of readers in 95 countries, featured (with links) on Facebook, Twitter, and at echook.com. Learn techniques of classic authors: free writing tips from Tessa Smith McGovern, teacher at Sarah Lawrence College. Submissions open now. echook.com.

THE LAW AND DISORDER short fiction anthology seeks submissions exploring the idea of law, whether written or unwritten, enforced or broken. Stories may range from realistic to fantastic, but popular genres must have original twists and high literary quality. Deadline September 15. For guidelines, click on Short Fiction Anthologies at http://www.mainstreetrag.com/How2GetIn.html.

ARKTOI BOOKS, an imprint of Red Hen Press specializing in the work of lesbian authors, is accepting poetry manuscripts from August 1 through November 30. Not a contest. No fees. Please visit the website for submission guidelines at www.arktoi.com.

CALL FOR NONFICTION MANUSCRIPTS—essay, memoir, or book-length treatise—of 200–300 pages. Send manuscripts, $20, and e-mail for notification by September 1 (no online submissions) to Will Hall Books, 611 Oliver Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72701. For more information see website: willhallbooks.com.

FICTION ATTIC PRESS, a small, independent press dedicated to publishing exciting and thought-provoking fiction by new and established writers, is now accepting flash fiction, novellas, novels, and story collections. Annual flash fiction contest and the single story ebook series. Find a good home for your best work at Fiction Attic Press. http://fictionattic.com.

HUDSON WHITMAN/EXCELSIOR COLLEGE PRESS Call for Submissions: Hudson Whitman is a new press looking to publish high-quality nonfiction books and multi-media projects in American culture & society, health care, education, military issues, and business & technology. HW/ECP is currently seeking book-length manuscripts and accepts electronic submissions via Submittable. For information and guidelines: www.hudsonwhitman.com.

WORDRUNNER eChapbooks publishes online collections of fiction, poetry, or memoir, each featuring one author, and an annual anthology. No fee to submit. Authors are paid. For our September 2012 themed anthology, submit poetry, short stories, novel or memoir excerpts, from July 1 through August 21. Theme TBA. Details, guidelines: www.echapbook.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.

ARS MEDICA: A Journal of Medicine, the Arts and Humanities is an international literary magazine exploring illness, the body, healing, and the culture of medicine. Fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, and artwork are preferred. For submission/subscription info, see www.ars-medica.ca.

BASEBALL BARD.Online literary magazine with annual printed book seeks poems up to 32 lines on subject of baseball. All properly submitted poems are published. Poets new to Baseball Bard are invited to submit on free trial basis. For guidelines, see “Poem Submit” at baseballbard.com.  E-mail: baseballbard@yahoo.com.

BLUELINE seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence. We also welcome creative nonfiction interpreting the region’s literature or culture: For Volume 34, we want to feature several essays on the material and/or cultural history of the region. Submission period July through November. Decisions mid-February. Payment in copies. No simultaneous submissions or previously published works. Send manuscripts to Blueline, 120 Morey Hall, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676. For e-mailed submissions, please identify the genre of the work in the subject line. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files or as e-mails to blueline@potsdam.edu.

CHANGES IN LIFE monthly online newsletter is seeking personal essays from women of all ages. New writers are encouraged to submit their work. For details and submission guidelines, see www.changesinlife.com.

COMMON GROUND REVIEW seeks submissions for Fall/Winter 2012 issue. Send 3–5 poems, 61 lines max, and/or creative non-fiction (12 pages max) with SASE. See guidelines at www.cgreview.org. Deadline: August 31. Mail to Janet Bowdan, Editor, Common Ground Review, Box E-5309, Western New England University, 1215 Wilbraham Rd., Springfield, MA, 01119.

CREATIVE NONFICTION seeks your true stories, well told, on any subject or theme. Submissions should be 4,000 words or less, written in narrative form, with compelling scenes, descriptive characters and dialogue. Reading period open year-round. Also accepting query letters for magazine column ideas. For complete guidelines please visit www.creativenonfiction.org.

EDGE Literary Journal published annually by Tahoe Writers Works, seeks provocative fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and art. Please send up to 6 poems or 5,000 words of prose. EDGE, volume 7, reading period September 1–November 15. Electronic submissions only. Guidelines at http://tahoewritersworks.com/EDGE-submissions.html.

EKPHRASIS, a biannual journal, seeking poems, each based on a single work of art. Free or formal verse considered. No simultaneous submissions. Previously published OK if credited. Send 3 to 5 original poems, bio, e-mail, and SASE to: Ekphrasis, Laverne & Carol Frith, P.O. Box 161236, Sacramento, CA 95816. www.ekphrasisjournal.com.

THE EVENING STREET REVIEW is centered on the belief that all men and women are created equal. Reads poetry/prose submissions year-round. Replies in 2–3 months. Sometimes includes comments. Send 4–6 poems or 1–2 prose pieces. 7652 Sawmill Rd., #352, Dublin, OH 43016. E-mail: editor@eveningstreetpress.com. For contests and guidelines: www.eveningstreetpress.com.

FLOWERS & VORTEXES is accepting submissions. We also have a free haiku contest for members. Membership is free. At Promise of Light, www.promiseoflight.org, we seek to bring a poetic experience of sights and sounds to all writers and artists who seek a deeper meaning in life, a promise of light.

FOURTH GENRE: Explorations in Nonfiction is seeking submissions for the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 issues. Reading period: August 15–November 30. All manuscripts must be received by November 30. For complete guidelines, visit www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg. Submit manuscripts to Laura Julier, Editor; Fourth Genre; Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures; Michigan State University; 235 Bessey Hall; East Lansing, MI 48824. Submissions not accepted at MSU Press. Subscriptions: $42/yr (2 issues). Sample copy: $22. To subscribe, contact MSU Press Journals; ; P.O. Box 121; Congers, NY 10920; phone (845) 267-3054; fax (845) 267-3478.

FRONT RANGE REVIEW seeks literary short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for its 13th annual issue. Our reading period is August 15–December 1. Send all correspondence to: Blair Oliver, Faculty Advisor, Front Range Review, FRCC, 4616 S Shields, FT. Collins, CO 80526. For guidelines, see www.frontrange.edu/frontrangereview.

“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 Holly-wood, CA 90069. E-mail: info@tgaps.net. Website: www.tgaps.net.

HOSPITAL DRIVE, an online journal at the University of Virginia, publishes original creative work that examines themes of health, illness, and healing. Submissions are open to anyone, preferably those involved with providing, teaching, studying, or researching patient care. All submissions are reviewed by outside reviewers and the editors. Poems, short fiction, personal essays, reviews, photography, and visual art will be considered. See http://hospitaldrive.med.virginia.edu.

MOUNT HOPE, a new literary magazine of fiction, photography, nonfiction, and poetry, welcomes submissions of original work for upcoming issues. Give us a spark of life that surprises, delights and uplifts, with short stories or nonfiction up to 5,000 words and up to 4 poems per author. www.mounthopemagazine.com.

NEBO is now looking for flash fiction and literary fiction no longer than 2,000 words. Payment is in contributor’s copy. Deadline: October 31. Submit to James Ritchie, Editor, NEBO, English Department, Arkansas Tech University, 407 W Q St., Russellville, AR 72801.

NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND REVIEW seeks unpublished short fiction (2,500 word limit), creative nonfiction, and poetry from writers from or with strong ties to northern New England. For guidelines: nner@franklinpierce.edu. Reading period, August–October. Send to Northern New England Review, Humanities Department, Franklin Pierce University, 40 University Dr., Rindge, NH 03461.

ONLINE PAYING magazine Cab accepting year-round submissions of poetry, creative nonfiction, literary fiction, and cross-genre work. Cab is a philanthropic literary journal: proceeds of sales go to schools and writing programs around the world as well as payment to writers. For more information (and to submit work), please visit www.conversationsacrossborders.org.

OYEZ REVIEW, award-winning journal established in 1965, seeks poems, short fiction, and especially creative nonfiction. Send best work only. Reading period:  August 1—October 1. Sample copy: $5. For first time, accepting limited online submissions at oyezreview.submishmash.com/submit. Or send hard-copy submissions with SASE to Oyez Review, Department of Literature and Languages, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605. Attention: Janet Wondra. www.roosevelt.edu/oyezreview.

THE PEDESTAL MAGAZINE is currently seeking submissions of poetry and fiction. Please visit the website for additional information and to read the work of our many contributors: www.thepedestalmagazine.com.

PINYON invites high quality submissions of poetry and short fiction from emerging and established writers. Reading period is August 1 to December 1. Send short bio, including e-mail address, and SASE to Pinyon, Department of Languages, Literature, and Mass Communication, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave., Grand Junction, CO 81501.

RATTLE seeks submissions of Speculative/Science Fiction Poetry for the December 2012 issue. Poems may be any style or length, but should feature otherworldly themes. Deadline: August 1. Send up to 5 unpublished poems or a relevant essay (plus SASE) to: RATTLE, 12411 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604. E-mail submissions accepted: submissions@rattle.com. Website: www.rattle.com.

RAY’S ROAD REVIEW, an online journal, is seeking creative nonfiction up to 3,000 words. We are looking for insights into the human experience that change the way we breathe, points of view that make us laugh, or cry, or poke the stranger sitting next to us at Starbucks and say Dude, you gotta read this. For guidelines, visit www.raysroadreview.com.

RED BOOTH REVIEW, an online poetry/art journal is accepting submissions of poems and photos for volume 7 (“Food”) and volume 8 (“Celebrity”). Guidelines and more at redboothreview.com.

RHINO, eclectic annual journal of more than 30 years seeks poetry, flash fiction (1,000 words max), and poetry-in-translation that experiments, provokes, compels, and/or sings. More than 100 poets showcased. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Call for submissions is from April 1 to October 1 and includes entry in our Editors’ Prize. Please note Rhino accepts Founders’ Prize Contest submissions between July 1 and October 1. For information, including our translation initiative and Founders’ Prize, visit www.rhinopoetry.org.

ROCKHURST REVIEW seeks lively material for 26th Edition, Spring 2013.  Submissions accepted September 15–January 15. Typed. SASE for acceptance. Maximum lengths for submissions:  fiction/essay: 2,500 words; drama: 10 pages; poetry: 10 pages/5 poems; 5 b&w or color, glossy photographs. No return of materials.  Send name, address, phone, e-mail, bio to Patricia Cleary Miller, Rockhurst Review, Rockhurst University, 1100 Rockhurst  Rd., Kansas City, MO 64110.  Or submit to rockhurstreview@hawks.rockhurst.edu in a Word document attachment or in e-mail body. In subject line put your name and the word Submission, e.g., John Smith – Submission.

SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW seeks poetry and flash fiction with an edge. Surprise us! No previously published work, please. SFLR accepts submissions year round, to be read in the fall. Send 4–7 pages and SASE for reply only to: Miriam Sagan, Santa Fe Literary Review, 6401 Richards Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87508.

SLAB wants your on-the-cusp, interesting, and plain-out weird creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and text/image pieces. We love flash too. Reading period: late summer until December 1. All submissions read by actual Homo sapiens. Samples and loads more info at www.slablitmag.org.

SLEET MAGAZINE searches for submissions: poetry, fiction, irregulars, flash. Please see website for guidelines! www.sleetmagazine.com.

SPILLWAY wants poems, July and August only, for a themed issue: “Nature Red in Tooth & Claw.” Send us poems about both nature and human nature. Find unusual ways to interpret this. Surprise us. Editor: Susan Terris. Tebot Bach Publisher: Mifanwy Kaiser. Submit 3–5 poems. Website: http://tebotbach.org. E-mail submission only: Spillway2@tebotbach.org.

THE ST. SEBASTIAN REVIEW is an LGBTQ Christian literary magazine seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction essays, and visual art from among the LGBTQ Christian community and its allies. Topics of sexuality and faith are welcome, though they are certainly not required. For submission guidelines please visit: http://stsebastianreview.com/submissions.

SUFI JOURNAL seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that in some way addresses themes related to Sufism; other established spiritual traditions and paths; or a personal spiritual quest, discovery, or understanding. Contributors receive copies of magazine. Submissions accepted on an ongoing basis. Direct all inquiries and submissions to sufijournal@gmail.com.

THE TEACHER’S VOICE is still independent and free. We need strong work from established and emerging poets and writers right now. Read our “Race in American Education” anthology in progress. Consider our 2012 chapbook contest and other critical theme issues. Visit: www.the-teachers-voice.org. Mail: The Teacher’s Voice, P.O. Box 150384, Kew Gardens, NY 11415.

THEODATE, the new online poetry journal of Hill-Stead Museum (home of the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize and Festival), is receiving submissions—online only—year-round for both its “New Works” and “Daily Ekphrasis” sections. Selecting the best of what we receive from young, emerging, and established poets: www.theodate.org.

THIRD WEDNESDAY, international arts journal, seeks unpublished poetry (5-poem limit), fiction to 1,500 words, and b&w art-work by experienced writers and artists. We pay a small stipend. Send to: submissions@thirdwednesday.org. (No snail mail, please.) Check us out at: thirdwednesday.org.

TRAVELLING POETS SOCIETY needs quality poems and prose in English and Spanish about love, relationships, vows, oaths, weddings and all members of weddings, to be placed on new website. If your work is used, you will be compensated. Send to: travellingpoetssociety@gmail.com.

TWO HAWKS QUARTERLY is an online literary journal dedicated to exposing the world to prose and poetry that is challenging, edgy, or lyrical. Well-written, compelling works are currently being accepted in the following genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, memoir, and cross-genre. Submission guidelines can be viewed at external link: http://aulapress.com/submission-guidelines.

VISIONS INTERNATIONAL open for submissions of unpublished poetry and translations. Send 3–6 poems to: vias.poetry@gmail.com. Our temporary snail-mail: C/O Melissa Bell, 6608  7 Locks Rd.,  Cabin John, MD 20818 for sample - $5.50. Thirtieth Anniversary issue featuring: Linda Gregg, Jack Gilbert, Marge Piercy, Eamon Grennan, Etc. $6.50. We now accept Paypal.

THE WHIRLWIND REVIEW is a new online literary journal focusing on the connections between writing and spirituality. We are now inviting submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Works by new writers are welcome. www.writingthewhirlwind.net.

WOMENARTS QUARTERLY JOURNAL (www.vivacepress.com/waq), published by Vivace Press at the University of Missouri–Saint Louis, is accepting submissions of essays, fiction, poetry, visual art, interviews, and reviews by women in the genres of music, fiction, poetry, visual art, dance, and drama. Please upload submissions to our submission manager at http://womeninthearts.submishmash.com/submit.

WORKERS WRITES, a literary journal of 9–5ers, loves good stories from the printed page to movies and the theatre. Accepting all genres for our inaugural issue: short stories, novellas, screenplay and play excerpts and comics. Fiction only please. Now accepting submissions. Guidelines at http://www.workerswrites.us.

THE WRITER’S WORKSHOP REVIEW publishes the best in creative nonfiction, fiction, and interviews. Send us narrative nonfiction, personal essays, short stories, short shorts, as well as travel, food and wine, and writing with a strong narrative element. Submissions: kathleenglassburn@comcast.net. For more, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net, or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net.

4TH ANNUAL BLUE FLOWER ARTS Winter Writers’ Conference, January 6–11, 2013 hosted by Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Join Master Writers Amy Bloom (fiction), Da Chen (memoir), and Marie Howe (poetry) for an intense week of writing that will push your creative borders. Class sizes are limited to just 13 participants with on-site housing available. Register before August 15, 2012 and receive $100 of the total conference fee. For more information visit www.blueflowerarts.com/wwc, or telephone (800) 393-6975 x16.

9TH ANNUAL PALM BEACH Poetry Festival—January 21–26, 2013—6 days of readings, lectures, craft talks, poetry workshops, and more in Delray Beach, FL. An extraordinary opportunity to focus on your work with some of America’s finest poets: B.H. Fairchild; Terrance Hayes; Jane Hirshfield; Tony Hoagland; Laura Kasischke; Thomas Lux; Tracy K. Smith; Lisa Russ Spaar. Workshops for qualified writers are limited to 12 participants and 3 auditors. Visit www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org to apply. Application Deadline: November 9, 2012. Special Guest Poet, Billy Collins. Contact: srw@palmbeachpoetryfestival.org, or to apply online, visit www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org.

KENTUCKY WOMEN Writers Conference, September 21–22, in Lexington: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting. Ruth Reichl, Kim Addonizio, Tara Betts, Debra Gwartney, Karen Joy Fowler, Julia Johnson, Kelly Link, Naomi Wallace, agent Anna Sproul. $175 until August 1, $195 thereafter, $30 students. Registration is first come, first served. E-mail: www.kentuckywomenwriters.org. Phone: (859) 257-2874.

THE NORTH COAST Redwoods Writers’ Conference will be Friday and Saturday, September 21–22, Crescent City, CA. More information: ncrwc.org or SASE to Ken Letko, North Coast Redwoods Writers’ Conference, College of the Redwoods, 883 W Washington Blvd., Crescent City, CA 95531.

OCEANSIDE PARAJO DUNES, CA, near Steinbeck’s Monterey & Henry Miller’s Big Sur. Launch Your Book Weekend September 7–9. ALP Literary Agency’s approach is personal & motivating. Full manuscript proposal feedback. Tips for current publishing climate. Small group! Send book idea & register early for a place! E-mail: devorahbh@literaryalp.com. More info at www.literaryalp.com.

SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE is a magical setting for an unforgettable Writers’ Conference. Past faculty includes Barbara Kingsolver, Margaret Atwood, Tom Robbins, Naomi Wolf, Joy Harjo, Sandra Cisneros, Elena Poniatowska, John Berendt, Rebecca Walker, Erica Jong, Todd Gitlin, Sena Naslund, Josephine Humphreys. February 13–17, 2013. www.sanmiguelwritersconference.org.

WRITING MASTER CLASSES in legendary Mexican village. January 4-12, 2013. Fiction, memoir, poetry, vocal art, food writing and writing to witness, with Paul Muldoon, Jessica Hagedorn, Magda Bogin, Betty Fussell, Catherine Filloux Elena Poniatowska and resident composers. Past faculty: Sandra Cisneros, Grace Paley, Maureen Howard, Russell Banks, Carolyn Forché, Breyten Breytenbach & others. Visit www.underthevolcano.org.

1 GREAT REASON to Enter Here: NMW has launched careers. Visit www.NewMillenniumWritings.com for testimonials. Best Fiction–$1,000; Poem–$1,000; Nonfiction–$1,000; Short-short Fiction–$1,000, plus publication alongside famous writers in our anthology and online. Judges include William Pitt Root (poetry), David Madden (fiction) and Don Williams (nonfiction). Enter at www.WritingAwards.com or follow these guidelines: No restrictions as to style, content or number of submissions. Previously published pieces welcome if under 5,000 circulation or online only. Deadline extended once only to midnight July 31. Include $17 check payable to NMW for each piece of fiction or nonfiction (6,000 words max, except for short-short fiction, 1,000 max) or each set of 3 poems (5 pages max). Include name, phone, address, e-mail and category on cover sheet or letter. Address: ‘NMW,’ Room A, P.O. Box 2463, Knoxville, TN, 37901. Include SASE or e-mail for results only. “I found this to be one of the most powerful literary experiences I’ve ever had. For anyone who gives a whit about writing or the human condition, New Millennium Writings should be required reading.” Kane S. LaTranz, Alibi.

1ST POETRY CONTEST. Prize $150. The first early-bird entry receives $50. Entry fee only $10, any type of poem, published or unpublished. Deadline: August 31. Sponsored by Creative Endeavors MFTS. For guidelines e-mail: cemusicfts@aol.com or SASE to Rebecca Urrutia, P.O. Box 20231, Long Beach, CA 90801.

2012 CALYPSO EDITIONS Translation Contest. Deadline: December 1. Poetry: submit translations of poetry to 80 pages. Prose: submit translations of short fiction, memoir, or novella up to 25,000 words total. Manuscript length will encompass original and translated text. Your submission must include a letter from the original author or publisher granting permission for the translation, no exceptions. The fee for entry is $20. The winner receives $1,000 and publication by Calypso Editions in 2013. Submit work via the Calypso Editions website, www.calypsoeditions.org/contest.

2012 ORPHIC PRIZE for Poetry. Deadline: August 31. 48–80 pages and $25 reading fee. Winner gets $1,000, publication, 20 copies. All entries will be considered for publication. Send to: Dream Horse Press, P.O. Box 2080, Aptos, CA 95001. Before sending please read full guidelines at dreamhorsepress.com.

3RD ANNUAL CROSSROADS Irish-American Writing Contest. First prize:  $400. Submit 3–5 previously unpublished poems (10 pages max.) about Irish-America.  Deadline: September 30. Fee: $20. Submit online only. Contest and submission details: www.irishamericancrossroads.org.

4TH ANNUAL MONKEY PUZZLE PRESS Flash Fiction Contest! First Prize: $300 plus publication. Second and Third Prizes plus publication. Submit one story per entry, 1,000 words or less. $10 entry fee. All entries considered for publication. Deadline: August 15 (postmarked). For detailed information, see Submission Guidelines at: www.monkeypuzzlepress.com/magazine-submissions.

5TH ANNUAL LITTORAL PRESS Poetry Prize! First place: 50 letterpress-printed broadsides of the winning poem. 3 honorable mentions: earlier broadsides. Judge: Elizabeth Robinson. Entry fee $10 1–2 poems; $5 each additional. Mail to P.O. Box 3226, Berkeley, CA 94703 by August 15. View complete guidelines and broadside examples at www.littoralpress.com.

8TH ANNUAL CALVINO PRIZE. Sponsored by the University of Louisville. Final Judge for 2012: Michael Wood, Film/Literary Critic, Charles Barnwell Straut, English Professor at Princeton University. First prize,  $1,500 plus publication in the Salt Hill Journal. Second prize, $300. For short story, short story collection, novel or novella in the fabulist, experimental vein of Italo Calvino. First place winner invited, expenses paid, to read winning entry at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture held in February at the University of Louisville. Fee: $25. Deadline: October, 15. Submission details: louisville.edu/english.

9TH ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS Short Story Award for best original previously unpublished literary story in English, approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words. Prize $1,000 and publication on website. Reading fee $25 per story submitted. Deadline August 8. For complete details, e-mail givalpress@yahoo.com or visit website: www.givalpress.com. Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

BEYOND BAROQUE’S third annual poetry competition, this year open to all. Prizes $1,000, $500, $250, plus reading at BB, L.A.’s famed literary center. Judge: Suzanne Lummis. ID info on cover sheet only, not on poems. No SASE. Deadline: September 1. Send 1–3 poems, 40-line limit (snail mail only), with $15 check payable to Beyond Baroque to Contest, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. 

BLOODROOT Poetry Prizes. $200/$100/$50. Three honorable mentions. Winners published in 2013 Bloodroot. Final Judge: Juan Velasco. Deadline: September 15. Entry fee: $15 for 3 poems, $5 each additional poem. Send manuscript and entry fee to: Bloodroot Literary Magazine, P.O. Box 322, Thetford Center, VT 05075. For guidelines: www.bloodrootlm.com.

BONA FIDE BOOKS,the Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize. An award of $500, publication, and a reading at Lake Tahoe is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit manuscript of 48–100 pages with $20 entry fee by August 31. For complete guidelines, see www.bonafidebooks.com/contests.

BRIGHT HILL PRESS 18th Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition. Winner receives $300, publication, 25 copies and national distribution. Reading fee: $15, $10 BHP members. Deadline: July 31. Last year’s winner was Richard Levine for “A Tide of a Hundred Mountains,” published in 2012. Submit electronically only. For full details and rules, contact brighthillpress@stny.rr.com or see www.brighthillpress.org.

CAKETRAIN PRESS 2012 Chapbook Competition. Genre: Fiction. Final Judge: Michael Kimball. Prize: $250 and 25 copies. Both winner and runner-up published. Previous Winners: Tina May Hall, Sarah Rose Etter, Matt Bell. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: October 1. Guidelines at www.caketrain.org or send SASE to Caketrain, Box 82588, Pittsburgh, PA 15218.

CREAM CITY REVIEW announces contests in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Submit from June 1 to December 31. Fee: $15/story (20-page limit) or 3–5 poems, payable to cream city review. Prize: $1,000 plus publication and contributor’s copy. Send to (genre) Contest, cream city review, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201. See www.creamcityreview.org/submit.

DANA AWARDS: New!! Essay Award, $1,000! And $1,000 each for Novel (first 40 pages only), Short Fiction, and Poetry. Postmark deadline October 31. No e-mail submissions. Crucial guidelines: Website: www.danaawards.com or e-mail danaawards@pipeline.com or danaawards@gmail.com or SASE to 200 Fosseway Dr., Greensboro, NC 27455.

ENTRIES for the Great River Shakespeare Festival Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest must be postmarked by July 15 to GRSF Maria W. Faust Sonnet contest, c/o Emilio DeGrazia, 211 W. Wabasha St., Winona, MN 55987. Winners announced August 4 at GRSF.org. Entry fee $5 for up to three sonnets. Submissions will not be returned. Include a separate sheet with your name, age, address, e-mail, phone number and titles of the poems. No names on the poems. Cash prizes up to $100 in teen and adult categories.

EUGENE PAUL NASSAR Poetry Prize Annual competition presented by Utica College celebrating upstate New York poets. $2,000 cash prize for winning English language poetry collection published between January 1, 2011 and July 1, 2012 by upstate author. Vanity press and self-published works excluded. Must be single-author collections. No works in translation. Submission deadline: August 31. No entry fee. For detailed guidelines and entry form, visit www.utica.edu/nassarprize.

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GRIBBLE PRESS Poetry Chapbook Contest. Winner receives $250 plus 25 copies of book. Send 16–25 pages plus $15 reading fee by October 31 to Iris Gribble-Neal, Gribble Press, P.O. Box 10307, Spokane, WA 99209. Previous winner Carol Frith/Elegiacs in a Closed Room. For complete guidelines see www.greymaredit.com. 

INDIANA REVIEW 2012 Fiction Prize. $1,000 Honorarium and publication. Final judge: TBA. Contest reading period opens September 1. Postmark deadline: October 31. Reading fee: $20 (includes a 1-year subscription). For more information, visit www.indianareview.org.

INTERNATIONAL LAWRENCE DURRELL SOCIETY announces the White Mice Poetry Contest. Submit 1–3 poems focusing on “The City;” prizes ($200, $100) and publication in Deus Loci. Entry fee: $10; $15 with subscription. Deadline: October 1. David Radavich, 6216 Glenridge Rd., Charlotte, NC 28211. Guidelines: www.lawrencedurrell.org.

JUDGE for this year’s May Swenson Poetry Award will be Edward Field. Winning manuscript receives $1,000 plus publication by Utah State University Press. Full-length poetry collection in English; no restrictions on form or subject. Postmark deadline: September 30. Guidelines available at www.USUPress.org. 

LITERAL LATTE’S 18th Annual Short Shorts Contest (deadline June 30) and Poetry Awards (deadline July 15th). $2,000 in prizes and publication in Literal Latte. We are always hungry for delectable words. Taste the magazine and get guidelines at www.literal-latte.com. Get addicted.

MAY SARTON NH PRIZE. $1,000 and book publication for a full-length poetry collection. Open to all poets. Initiated in 2011 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of May Sarton’s birth in 2012. Entry fee $25. Judged by Alice B. Fogel. Postmark deadline: August 31. Details: www.bauhanpublishing.com.

MEMOIRS INK’S Annual Personal Essay Contest. We’re looking for memoirs, personal essays, or creative non-fiction stories on any topic. Max 1,500 words. Prizes: $1,000, $500, $250 + publication. Entry fee $17. Deadline: August 1 postmark. Late deadline: August 15 postmark (additional $5 fee). Full guidelines here: www.memoirsink.com/contest. E-mail questions to jill@memoirsink.com.

NEW RIVERS PRESS, Many Voices Project. A prize of $1,000, publication, and ten complimentary copies are awarded to each of two authors, one for prose and one for poetry. Judges TBA. Submit a full-length, unpublished manuscript of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry postmarked September 15 through November 1, along with a $25 reading fee. See website for complete guidelines and recent winners. New Rivers Press, MVP Competition, 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead, MN, 56563. Alan Davis, Senior Editor. E-mail: davisa@mnstate.edu. Website: www.newriverspress.com.

OMNIDAWN offers $1,000 prize for our first annual Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest. Jeff VanderMeer will judge. Electronic and postal submissions August 1–September 30. Winner receives cash prize, publication, 100 copies. Entry fee: $15. Entrants who add $2 shipping receive Omnidawn fiction book of their choice. For guidelines, see www.omnidawn.com/contest/fiction.

THE PARIS LITERARY PRIZE announces its second international contest for an unpublished novella on any topic. Winner receives 10,000 euros (approximately $13,500), a weekend in Paris, and a reading at the Shakespeare and Company Bookshop. Submission deadline: September 1. Fee to submit. Sponsored by Shakespeare and Company and The de Groot Foundation. Full updates, guidelines, and submission instructions at www.parisliteraryprize.com.

PHREN-Z online literary magazine invites you to enter the Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Contest: Submit up to 3 poems, none previously published. $1,000 prize. September 1 deadine. Entry fee $18. Free Marcus memoir with each submission. Winning poem read at MM Memorial Reading in November. Submit online at phren-z.org.

POETRY CONTEST: Off The Grid Press will publish a full-length book of poetry by a poet over 60. Entry fee: $25. Award to winner: $1,000. Postmark deadline: August 31. For full submission guidelines, please visit: http://offthegridpress.net.

RED BERRY EDITIONS Chapbook Contest. Submit up to 15 pages of poetry or prose on any subject. Winner will receive 20 chapbooks beautifully produced and hand bound. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: September 1. For complete details, see redberryeditions.com.

SALT HILL Philip Booth Poetry Prize. Guest Judge: National Book Award & Pulitzer Prize finalist Bruce Smith. Award: $500 plus publication in Salt Hill. Submit up to 3 poems. May 15– August 1. Entry Fee: $15, includes a copy of Salt Hill. All entries considered for general publication. Website: http://www.salthilljournal.com.

SLAB 2013 Curry Poetry Prize. First place: $600, and a limited edition, hand-bound chapbook of the winner’s poetry. Runner up: $400. Judge: Amy Catanzano, author of Multiversal, PEN Poetry Award recipient. All winners published in SLAB; all entries considered for publication. $10 reading fee. More details at www.slablitmag.org.

SLIPSTREAM Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition offers $1,000 prize plus 50 copies for winner. Deadline: December 1. Entrants receive copy of winner and 1-issue subscription. Send up to 40 pages and $20 reading fee to Slipstream, Box 2071, Niagara Falls, NY 14301.  You may also submit electronically through website. Details: www.slipstreampress.org.

STAGEOFLIFE.COM: Do you have a unique perspective on life? Submit your essays to our free, national writing competitions. New essay contests about students, singles, weddings, marriage, homeownership, having a baby, raising a family, grandparenting, empty nest, and retirement are released each month. To enter your essays, visit www.stageoflife.com/pw.aspx.

TEBOT BACH announces the 2013 Patricia Bibby First Book Award: $1,000 and book publication. Deadline: October 31, 2012 postmark. Winner announced April 2013. Send manuscript and reading fee of $25 for each manuscript submitted to Tebot Bach, Bibby, Box 7887, Huntington Beach, CA 92615. Complete guidelines: www.tebotbach.org.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Contest. A single entry is 2–4 unpublished poems of any theme with combined length of up to 400 lines. Prize: $1,000, public reading, VIP Festival pass ($500 value) at 27th annual Festival (March 20–24, 2013), and publication. Deadline: August 15. $20 entry fee. Poetry Contest, 938 Lafayette St, Ste. 514, New Orleans, LA 70113. Guidelines and online submission: www.tennessewilliams.net/contests.

TOM HOWARD/John H. Reid Poetry Contest. Tenth year. Ten cash prizes totaling $5,550. Top prize $3,000. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: September 30. Judges: John H. Reid, Dee 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, 2005–2011). More information: www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry.

WRITING CONTEST: deadline, July 31. Petra Eiko’s the-green-heart is collecting stories of people’s hearts to create an art piece of thoughts, dreams and ideas. The project asks, “What is in your heart? - the world is listening.” Winning entry: $1,000 + admission ticket to the Red Hen Press Anniversary Champagne Luncheon. http://www.thegreenheartcall.wordpress.com.

1 GREAT REASON to read New Millennium Writings…American Book Award Winner Pamela Uschuk, featured in our current issue. Also prize-winning fiction, short-short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Contest guidelines, profiles and interviews with famous writers, exciting cover art, provocative commentary by Don Williams, writing advice, testimonials, and more. www.newmillenniumwritings.com.

A BOOK BY JOSEPH W. BURRELL: Work is for the People. Algora Publishing. Excerpt: “I think that corporatism is identical to fascism. This is a matter of simple definition. Benito Mussolini established the first fascist party in 1919 and ruled Italy under it from 1922 until near the end of World War II when he was killed by his own people. When asked what fascism was, he said, ‘Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state power and corporate power.’ Thus, I make what seems to me a perfectly logical connection between corporatism and the Republican Party. As far as I know, no one else has made this claim or agrees with it. Nevertheless, it seems absolutely obvious to me that the Republican Party is fanatically devoted to corporatism and almost violently hostile to working people and their unions. To me at least, the Republican Party is the American Fascist Party.” Available at algora.com, barnesandnoble.com, and amazon.com.

FREE: If you love short poems and small stories go to www.poemshareandmore.blogspot.com. Frequent updates. Comments welcome. Pass it on. Put in your favorites. Enjoy!

ABSOLUMENT PARFAIT Paris Writers’ Retreat: charming, safe, sunny garden studio in amiable neighborhood minutes from Père Lachaise with great shopping, food and transportation. Kitchen, full bath, 30 square meters. $85/day, $575/week, $1,825/month. Don’t be a tourist—be at home in Paris. For details and photos, contact categable@gmail.com.

BRITTANY WRITER’S HOUSE. 19th-century stone house; 5 fireplaces, tile and wood floors, beamed ceiling, modern heat, electricity, and plumbing, quiet—small town, on a river, 15 miles from ocean beaches; 5 hours from Paris. Available on a monthly basis. Phone: (510) 866-5496. E-mail: mgdonna@aol.com or dmu4mg@aol.com.

THE CABIN AT TREETOPS. Autumn in the Blue Ridge of western NC! New interior, full bath & kitchen in cozy efficiency.  Solitude & beautiful views in serene setting. 2.5 hours from Atlanta, 1.5 from Asheville, 30 minutes to Highlands.  Reasonable rates. Phone: (404) 358-6644. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/treetopscabin/home-page.

LABRO, ITALY November 11–17. A weeklong writing workshop in a beautifully renovated monastery 90 minutes from Rome. An opportunity to deepen your connection to your writing and creativity through daily practice, prompts, meditation and small group workshops. Where will your writing take you? For more information and to apply visit writersresidency.com/italy. 

PANTHER ORCHARD Writers’ Retreat is a large historic home nestled into 43 acres of fields, woods, and ponds in southern Rhode Island. Rented year-round to writers seeking a totally private, elegant sanctuary in which to focus on their creative vision. Available by week or month. Website: www.pantherorchardretreat.org. E-mail: lynneandrs@gmail.com.

THE PORCHES Writing Retreat is an 1854 farmhouse on the James River in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia. Spacious double porches, inspiring views, elegant high ceilings, Wi-Fi. Explore nearby vineyards and local history. Nightly, weekly, monthly rates. Three hours from Washington, D.C. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com.

STILLPOINT, a writer’s retreat in southwest New Hampshire, spectacular views, natural surroundings, utter peace. Prized by writers and artists for its beauty and solitude. Not far from the MacDowell Colony. One bedroom, full kitchen, two porches, amazing walks. Available by week or month, May through October. Inquiries: (603) 563-8197 or ediec@gis.net.

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. $220/week, single. $275/week, double. Special winter rates November 15–April 1. Résumé to P.O. Box 2006, Ashfield, MA 01330. Phone: (413) 628-3276. E-mail: browning@wellspringhouse.net. Website: www.wellspringhouse.net.

WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA. Writers Lockdown Retreat. First write the book! It’s all in the craft. For aspiring and experienced writers. October 11–13. Instructors: Jennie Shortridge, Terry Persun, Bharti Kirchner. Limited to 24. Retreat, meal, lodging $575+. Details and registration: 360-341-1861 or www.nila.edu/wiwa.

WRITERS’ RETREAT in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The importance of flow: a unique writer’s retreat, August 12-16, 2012. Daily writing workshops and exercises, excursions, yoga, meditation. Elevate your writing, develop your craft, get published. Make new friends and deepen your writing. A few spots left! Register now at: http://www.yourppl.com/write-in-halifax-summer-2012.

MARTHA’S VINEYARD Writer’s Residency. Two-week and monthlong residencies on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. April 1–30 and September 1–October 15. To learn more or apply, visit www.writersresidency.com, or send manuscript, cover letter, bio, with $10 application fee to Justen Ahren, P.O. Box 1041, W Tisbury, MA 02575.

BOOK SIGNING coming up? We’ve got you covered. We’ll print, bind, and ship your books in 2 days. High-quality, perfect-bound books, full-color covers, easy ordering, helpful staff. Order 100 or more and get 25 free. Casebound and coil-bound also available. Our authors just love us! For details, visit www.48hrbooks.com or call (800) 231-0521. 

MASTER OF ARTS in oral traditions: the Writers Cohort – Bethany, CT. Celebrate the power of storytelling in a unique MA program that bridges the connection between the spoken and written word.  Join a supportive peer community, receive valuable feedback from award-winning faculty, and breathe life into that book you always dreamed of writing! Classes begin November 2012.  Contact The Graduate Institute at (203) 874-4252, info@learn.edu or www.learn.edu for more info.

1A EDITING at Jacob’s Studio Workshop. Jump-start stalled work. Refine your manuscript to completion and publication. Teacher and award-winning writer and editor Jacob Miller (editor of Empyrea, Times-Mirror, the Yorkville Anthology; recipient of Hopwood Award—Poetry; Best of Lit. Prize—Nonfiction; NYFA grants—Fiction) offers workshops and private editing in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Phone: (917) 279-3018. E-mail jbmil@prodigy.net. Website: www.jacobs-studio.org.

1 ON 1 MANUSCRIPT EDITING and Consulting. Award-winning author in Time magazine, Wired magazine, on NPR. Respecting the craft, helping you shine. Affordable rates, 30 years’ experience, the personal touch. Developmental editing, line editing, critiques, query letters, mentoring. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, stage plays. Nurturing the inner writer. www.myeditorcarol.com. Contact Carol: goldduets@aol.com. Phone: (310) 459-1526.

5-STAR EDITING by poet James Arthur, published in the New Yorker, the New Republic, Ploughshares, and the Southern Review, recipient of a Stegner Fellowship, the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship, and a Discovery/The Nation Prize. Prompt, thoughtful critique at very reasonable rates. For details, please write to jamesarthurpoetry@gmail.com.

1,000+ WRITERS have already benefited from the Attic touch, successfully publishing novels, stories, poems, plays, articles, and children’s books since 1999. Sign up for a free 15-minute phone consult about your writing—and how we can help you from draft to publication—at: www.atticinstitute.com.

ABLE SCREEN/PLAYWRIGHT. I will help you jump-start or edit your play, screenplay, or speech. Credits include a Harvard BA, 20 produced plays, and 6 screenplays. Have also acted professionally, and mentored play and screenwriters at New York’s Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School and 3 Minnesota universities. John Fenn: (612) 371-9010. E-mail: john@johnfenn.net. Website: www.johnfenn.net.

ACCELERATE YOUR WRITING and transform your manuscripts into publishable form. Honest, sensitive critiques. Memoirs, novels, short stories, and nonfiction. Available services: writing coach, ghostwriting, manuscript critiques, literary representation, and publishing consults. Let a Johns Hopkins MFA, award-winning author help you get published. E-mail herta@starpower.net or visit www.chrysaliseditorial.com.

ACCESSIBLE, affordable services: Visit my website for info on new rates, budget-sensitive options, discounts, and sample estimates. Experienced writer (Bennington MFA), editor, and teacher offers copyediting, critique, mentoring, and consultation. Memoir, personal essays, novels, short fiction. Patient, supportive approach. References available upon request. E-mail: info@marciatrahan.com. Website: www.marciatrahan.com.

ACCESSIBLE and patient editor (fiction, poetry, nonfiction). I’m well-read in science, politics, and literature, and will do research if needed. Have worked with writers of all levels. MFA from the University of Iowa. Call Craig Taylor at (707) 591-0478. E-mail: editingtaylor@aol.com.

ACCOMPLISHED editor Wyn Cooper seeks poetry, fiction, non-fiction. I’ve published 4 books; my clients have had books published by Salmon Press, Slope Editions, and others. I help writers revise and perfect their manuscripts, and offer publishing advice. Fee negotiable. Free consultation. See website for testimonials: www.wyncooper.com. E-mail: wyncooper@gmail.com.

ADRIFT NO MORE! Experienced writing teacher, editor, memoirist, and pub-lished poet (Bluestem Award, Milkweed Editions) will help you begin or complete your personal/family/literary memoir, poetry, nonfiction, or academic writing. Specialties: overcoming writing blocks, in-depth critiques, and reasonable rates. MFA in Creative Writing; Master’s, Counseling Psychology. Call Jill Breckenridge at (612) 371-9010. E-mail: jbreckenridge@visi.com. Website: www.jillbreckenridge.com.

AGENT SEARCHES and professional book editing. Need help polishing (or finishing) your book, or finding an agent? PhD, award-winning writer/editor offers expert manuscript upgrades in your own style and customized agent searches, pitch letters, and synopses to get your work into print. Two NY agents recently asked for the latest novel I edited. Another author has a publisher for his memoir. Competitive rates. Contact Michele Cooper at mapleaspen@aol.com. Website: www.bookeditingsolutions.com.

AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Professional editor, literary midwife, award-winning author (Bantam, Avon, Scholastic, Berkley/Ace, others) offers extensive critiques, tutorials, revisions, support. Upgrade your writing skills; solve problems with plot, character development, pacing. Specialties include literary and mainstream fiction, mystery/thriller, juvenile/YA, general nonfiction, psychology, spirituality. Carol Gaskin. Phone: (941) 377-7640. E-mail: carol@editorialalchemy.com. Website: www.editorialalchemy.com.

AUTHORS NEED instant gratification? We’ll print, bind, and ship your books in 2 days. High-quality, perfect-bound books, full-color covers, easy ordering, helpful staff. Casebound and coil-bound also available. Our authors just love us! For details, visit www.48hrbooks.com or call (800) 231-0521.

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of two books of poetry with over a decade of teaching experience offers extensive editorial services, generative exercises, and guidance. Former students include widely publishing MFA grads and those simply intent on practicing the craft of poetry. E-mail for complete bio, references, and rate sheets: arspoeticaediting@gmail.com.

AWARD-WINNING FICTION WRITER, graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Creative Writing teacher for 35 years, provides personalized manuscript editing. I offer detailed editing, honest evaluation, and sensitive critique. I work with new and experienced writers, fiction and nonfiction. Contact Hugh Cook. E-mail: jhcook@quickclic.net. Website: hugh-cook.ca.

BOOK DESIGN & EDITING. Marsh Cassady does editing, ghosting, rewriting and consulting in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. He has published fifty-three books. Former co-publisher, Los Hombres Press. marshcassady@yahoo.com. Susan Mahalick will put your book on Kindle or CreateSpace for reasonable rates. russnldy@aol.com.

COMPLETE EDITORIAL SERVICES to new and experienced fiction and nonfiction writers. Professional editor and published author of literary criticism offers honest evaluation, sensitive critique, plot/character development, line-by-line editing, rewrites. Benefit from years of editorial experience at major publishing houses. Contact Helga Schier, PhD: (310) 828-8421. E-mail: withpenandpaper@verizon.net.

DON’T HAVE TIME to submit your creative writing? We can help. Submission leads and cover/query letter guidelines. Join 30,000+ writers who subscribe to Submit Write Now! In Our 18th Year! Writer’s Relief, Inc., 409 S River St., #26C, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Phone: (866) 405-3003. Website: www.writersrelief.com.

EDITORS. Acclaimed authors Marcy Dermansky (Bad Marie) and Jurgen Fauth (Kino) will help you improve your novel, short story, or creative nonfiction. We provide a detailed rewriting strategy, including big picture structural suggestions and thorough line edits on the manuscript. E-mail: editor@mjedit.com. Website: http://mjedit.com.

GHOSTWRITING. More than 15 years of professional experience helping authors from early manuscript planning and narrative design to proposal writing and acquiring an agent and publisher. Reasonable rates. I can help you create, sell and tell your story to the world. James Buchanan. Website: www.orchardwriting.com. E-mail: James@OrchardWriting.com. Phone: (603) 580-2042.

IS YOUR POETRY manuscript ready for publication? Professional evaluation and comprehensive editing provided by acclaimed editor. Workshops, tutorials, publishing advice. Former Executive Director of Alice James Books, with 12+ years of publishing experience. Author of Anxious Music (Four Way Books, 2007). For details, visit: www.aprilossmann.com. E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com.

KILL THE BUDDHA: Award-winning writer and teacher offers comprehensive manuscript critique and mentoring services in poetry and nonfiction. Innovative, craft-based approach empowers your inner authority and artistic vision to help you become your own best editor. Services available for writers at all levels. E-mail: julietpatterson@earthlink.net. Website: www.julietpatterson.com.

MALONE EDITED BOOKS Sell to Traditional Publishers. Turning manuscripts into traditionally published books, and developing writers into successful authors. Malone Editorial Services, www.maloneeditorial.com. E-mail: maloneeditorial@hotmail.com. Phone: (903) 326-4945.

O. HENRY PRIZE–WINNING author Nancy Hallinan gives group and private creative writing 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.

POETRY COACH Manuscript Editing: Experienced poet, editor, creative writing teacher, MFA in Creative Writing, NEA among other awards. Manuscript editing, individualized tutorials. Please visit www.pambernard.com, then contact me at pam@pambernard.com.

POLISH TO PUBLISH Developmental Editor. Structural critique: shape, focus, fine-tune narrative voice, tone & trajectory. Grammar/style copyeditor. Dissertation proofreader. Recent client: Hobbs, BeachBook, Columbia UP. Workshop Leader. Beaufort NC rental. Published by Johns Hopkins, Milkweed. English professor. Awards. References. EFA. Susan Schmidt, PhD. (252) 269-0032. E-mail: ; Website: www.susanschmidt.net.

WEB DESIGN RELIEF: Professional author websites starting at $299. Take advantage of our unique POV—helping creative writers since 1994. Turn visitors into fans. Free tips: www.WebDesignRelief.com.

WRITING COACH/EDITOR. Nurturing but whip-cracking, well-connected author of Bang the Keys (Penguin) will 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! Fiction, nonfiction, scripts, poetry, doctoral dissertations, and MFA theses. E-mail: jill@jilldearman.com. For more (including writing exercise app): www.bangthekeys.com.

YOU DON’T KNOW where to send your creative writing? Submission leads/guidelines. Cover/query letter tips. Join 30,000+ writers who subscribe to Submit Write Now! In our 18th year! Writer’s Relief, Inc., 409 S. River St., #26C, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Phone: (866) 405-3003. Website: www.writersrelief.com.

YOUR VISION IN MEDIA—and in book trailers. Looking for a fun, easy and affordable way to make your own vision for your book trailer a reality? Cholla Productions, now in its tenth year, will customize a book trailer to your needs.  Free consultation and estimates. Phone: (602) 788-6428. Web:  www.chollaproduction.com.

13 YEARS—Women of Color Writers’ Workshop: An exceptional creative writing experience. Write, read, comment, review manuscripts, publish. An AWA Certified Affiliate Workshop. Accepts writers at all levels, all genres. Celebrating 13 years helping women find their writing voices. Small classes, 6-week cycles, $150, partial scholarships available. Park Slope, Brooklyn. www.wocwriters.com. Phone: (347) 210-8026. E-mail: NYCWomenWriters@gmail.com.

25-YEAR-OLD PROGRAM developed by Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Philip Schultz helps fiction writers and poets reach their potential. Workshops in NYC, Tucson, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Paris, and online. Tutorials available. Former students include Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan and Martha McPhee. Phone: (212) 255-7075. Website: www.writerstudio.com.

AWA ONLINE writers workshops with Salon.com columnist Cary Tennis. Just like the face-to-face San Francisco workshops except you can be anywhere in the world and do it. Sign up online at www.carytennis.com/workshops or phone (415) 308-5685. E-mail info@carytennis.com.

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

FICTION WRITING IN FRANCE, August 6-10. Author Ann Tashi Slater will lead a short story workshop at La Porte Peinte Centre Pour les Arts in the medieval village of Noyers sur Serein, just 1.5 hours from Paris. Expect to come away from this intensive week with renewed inspiration and freshly honed writing skills. See www.laportepeinte.com/?page_id=653 and www.anntashislater.com.

GOTHAM WRITERS’ WORKSHOP. Selected “Best of the Web” by Forbes. Professional writers teach 6- and 10-week workshops in more than a dozen forms of writing. Gotham classes are renowned for expert instruction, small class size, and individual attention to student’s work. Comprehensive classes offered online and in NYC. www.writingclasses.com.

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

JOIN US for a creative writing journey in southern Spain. “Writing Fiction by the Sea” (September 10–15) with prize-winning authors Andrew Miller (Pure) and Tobias Hill (The Hidden). An inspiring course in an idyllic location highlighting techniques and sources of inspiration. (For 10% discount quote P&W 521.) See www.arthouseholidays.com.

HEART & CRAFT: A Memoir Workshop for Women, November 10–16 in La Barra de Potosi, Mexico, led by author Anndee Hochman. Morning classes; afternoons free for exploring. $1,300 (single room) or $1,200 (shared) includes tuition, lodging, breakfasts, dinners. For details, e-mail aehoch@aol.com.

WRITING AT SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE. Writing Institute 11-week and 5-week non-credit courses and weekend workshops. All genres, including: poetry, children’s literature, memoir writing, screenwriting, fiction, nonfiction and more. Small classes, distinguished faculty. SLC’s extraordinary one-on-one attention. Website: www.sarahlawrence.edu/writinginstitute. Phone: (914) 395-2205.