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ANTHOLOGY on the Demeter/Persephone myth seeks poetry submissions. Send up to 5 pages as Word attachment to both NYGoddess3@aol.com and kathiaguero@comcast.net by November 30. Name and e-mail on each page. Previously published OK.

BORN TO BE WILD? Where were you in the 60s and 70s? Seeking women with telltale stories of that extraordinary era for: Times They Were A-Changing: Women’s Memoirs of the 60s and 70s. Contest prizes and publication opportunities (2,500 words max). Deadline: February 15. Submission guidelines: www.timestheywereachanging.com.

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.

HER SATURN RETURNS Anthology of Queer Women of Color Life Transitions is seeking nonfiction essays, memoir, interviews, and documentary writing by or about women experiencing their first or second Saturn Return—turning 30 or turning 60.  Women who identify as LGBTQ and of color may submit. More info at http://hersaturnreturns.com/calls-for-submission/.

MAGNOLIA, A Journal of Women’s Socially Engaged Literature, seeks works of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction by women from around the globe, exploring themes of social, civic, and political life and responsibility. This year’s submission period is open from September–December 2012. For complete guidelines, see www.theiase.org/magnolia-journal.

ARKTOI BOOKS, an imprint of Red Hen Press specializing in the work of lesbian authors, is seeking submissions of creative nonfiction manuscripts from February 1 through April 30. All manuscripts should be submitted PDF. For important submission guidelines, please visit www.arktoi.com.

BLUE LIGHT PRESS Book Award—Imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest poems that push the edge. Send 50–80 page manuscript, SASE, $20 reading fee to Blue Light Press, 1563 - 45th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122 by December 15.  For guidelines, e-mail bluelightpress@aol.com or send SASE.  Website: www.bluelightpress.com.

CIDER PRESS REVIEW Book Award. Prize: $1,500 and publication of full-length poetry collection. All entrants will receive the winning book. Reading Period: September 1–November 30. Reading fee: $25. Judge: Gray Jacobik. Submit 48–80 page manuscript at www.ciderpressreview.com or mail to CPR, P.O. Box 33384, San Diego, CA 92163. Guidelines: www.ciderpressreview.com/bookaward.

FUTURECYCLE PRESS, a nonprofit corporation, publishes English-language poetry and flash fiction (print and e-book formats). We consider single-author books and chapbooks plus individual works for our annual anthology, FutureCycle. Any style or subject except porn. Submissions are accepted only via our online system. See guidelines before submitting: www.futurecycle.org.

HUDSON WHITMAN/EXCELSIOR COLLEGE PRESS Call for Submissions: Hudson Whitman is a new press looking to publish high-quality nonfiction books and multimedia 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.

STEEL TOE BOOKS, the hardest-working press in po-biz, is reading full-length poetry manuscripts in September and October.  Guidelines at http://www.steeltoebooks.com/submit.html. Send c/o Tom C. Hunley, Director, English Department, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11086, Bowling Green, KY 42101.

15TH ANNUAL Philbrick Poetry Project Chapbook Series accepting manuscripts of up to 25 pages. Postmark deadline October 15. Guest poet: Dennis Barone. Honoree receives $500 and publication. Open to New England residents with no previously published books. Fee $10. For guidelines and to submit online: www.providenceathenaeum.org.

2012 CONCRETE WOLF Poetry Chapbook Contest. Postmark Deadline: November 30. Prize: 100 Copies perfect-bound chapbook. Fee: $20, checks to Concrete Wolf. Judge: Kelli Russell Agodon. www.agodon.com. Submit up to 28 pages of poetry, 2 cover sheets, one with name, e-mail and phone, one with title only. SASE results. Include 10x12 envelope stamped with $2.25 postage for winning chapbook. http://concretewolf.com. Mail: Concrete Wolf, P.O. Box 1808, Kingston, WA 98346.

CODHILL PRESS chapbook award: $1,000 plus 50 copies. Manuscripts read anonymously. Distribution by SUNY Press. Deadline: December 10. Submit 20–30 pages of poetry, acknowledgments, table of contents, and additional cover page (name, address, phone, e-mail) clip-bound plus SASE for contest results and $25 reading fee: Codhill Poetry Chapbook Award, P.O. Box 280, Bloomington, NY 12411. For complete guidelines: www.codhill.com.

FLYING TROUT PRESS Poetry Chapbook Contest. $500 prize and publication. Contest open to new authors (without published book or chapbook). Finalists also considered for publication. Blind review, 3 independent judges, $18 entry fee. Submit 20–24 pages of poetry, deadline January 15. See former winners and details at www.flyingtroutpress.org.

GRANDMOTHER EDITIONS is dedicated to publishing chapbooks by women of the wisdom years.  One need not be a biological grandmother to be wise, but in these times of cultural devolution the one who births wise words is precious. With Grandmother Editions in the subject box, submit to: greenfusepress@yahoo.com.

SUBMIT TO GOLD LINE Press's Fiction and Poetry Chapbook Competitions! Fiction 7,500–15,000 words; Poetry 20–30 pages. Writers of winning chapbooks receive $500, publication of perfect-bound chapbook with ISBN. Ten copies sent to authors, 30 to literary magazines and other venues for review. September 30 deadline. For complete guidelines, visit www.goldlinepress.com.

WORDRUNNER E-CHAPBOOKS publishes 4 online collections annually of fiction, poetry, or memoir, each featuring 1 author, and the occasional anthology. No fee. Payment: $65. Guidelines and 2012 submission and publication schedule at www.echapbook.com.

AJN, the American Journal of Nursing (circ. 120,000), seeks poems, “flash” fiction, and visual art related to health or health care for its Art of Nursing department. Authors need not be health care professionals. Original perspectives and clear, unsentimental writing are preferred. $150 honorarium paid upon publication. Query Art of Nursing coordinator before submitting (use ‘‘Art of Nursing” in subject line): sylvia.foley@wolterskluwer.com.

AJN, the American Journal of Nursing, seeks personal essays (850-word limit) describing experiences related to health and health care for its monthly Reflections department. Authors do not have to be health care professionals. We prefer clear writing with strong details and vivid characterization; $150 honorarium paid upon publication. Go to this website for guidelines and examples: http://edmgr.ovid.com/ajn/accounts/authorguidelinesreflections.doc, or query the Reflections coordinator Madeleine Mysko: mmysko@comcast.net.

AMOSKEAG invites submissions of essays, short stories, poems, and b&w
photography for our 2013—30th Anniversary issue. It’s an open-themed issue.  See our website www.amoskeagjournal.com for submission guidelines. Submission period ends November 1. Include your e-mail and USPS address. Send to: Michael J. Brien,
Editor, Amoskeag, Robert Frost Hall, Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 North River Rd., Manchester, NH 03106. 

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.

ANNOUNCING Freshwater’s 14th annual edition. We seek only original poetry. Deadline December 15. Payment: 2 copies. Send 5 unpublished poems with bio, name, address, phone, e-mail, plus SASE for notification: Freshwater, Asnuntuck Community College, 170 Elm Street, Enfield, CT 06082 or Word attachment by e-mail: freshwater@acc.commnet.edu.

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.

BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW plans a special theme issue on Multiculturalism (Fall 2013).  Seeking fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that explore health, illness, and healing through a cross-cultural lens.  Prose (up to 5,000 words), Poetry (up to 3 poems).  Deadline February 1.  For details and submission guidelines, visit www.BLReview.org.

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.

BLUESTEM (formerly Karamu) is accepting submissions for Spring 2013 print issue and for our online quarterly issues. Submit unpublished poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drawings online at our new website www.bluestemmagazine.com. See website for guidelines.

BOHEMIAN PUPIL PRESS seeks intelligent readers who are indifferent to poetry to accept the rewarding creative challenge of guest editing Dead Flowers: A Poetry Rag, a hopefully not too heady "experiment" exploring a perception that supposes there are no careerists in the underground. Poetry submissions are always open. www.bohemianpupil.com. 

THE BROKEN PLATE wants submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Reading period is September 1–October 31. Accepted works will appear in our annual spring issue. Check out our website for guidelines: www.bsu.edu/brokenplate.

BRYANT LITERARY REVIEW, a journal of poetry and fiction, seeks quality submissions for its May 2013 issue. Work may be of any style or subject matter. See poetry samples at www.bryantliteraryreview.org. Deadline: December 1. Send submission with cover letter, brief bio, and SASE to: Bryant Literary Review, Faculty Suite F, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI 02917.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, Fiction International. Fiction, nonfiction, indeterminate prose and visuals which address “Real Time/Virtual” are welcome. Please submit hard copy from September 1 to December 15 to: Harold Jaffe, Editor, Fiction International, Dept. of English, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182. Queries: hjaffe@mail.sdsu.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.

CHAUTAUQUA seeks poems, stories, and essays for the 2013 issue. This issue will focus on the theme of journeys and pilgrimages, broadly construed. Poets, also check the details for this year’s contest. Submission period August–November. Payment in copies. Simultaneous submissions accepted. No previously published works. For more information, visit http://www.ciweb.org/literary-journal.

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.

THE DESTROYER. Submission Window: Year-Round. We’re a biannual online publication looking for poetry, prose, texts with no determinate genre, video, and audio. We also publish opinion pieces in our section The Vent. Recent contributors include Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Kate Durbin, Brandon Downing, and Brian Foley. For submission guidelines, visit www.thedestroyermag.com/submit.php.

DRASH: NORTHWEST MOSAIC seeks poetry and prose for its seventh edition in May 2013. Postmarked deadline December 15. The literary journal tilts towards contents with Jewish/spiritual/Northwest/nature themes and is open to writers of all persuasions. Contributors receive 2 free copies. Guidelines at www.templebetham.org/music/drash, or contact wendy@templebetham.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.

EMRYS JOURNAL, published annually since 1984, invites submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry related to the theme “Journey” for its thirtieth anniversary edition (spring 2013). Submit at http://emrysjournal.submittable.com until November 1 (no fee; $250 prizes); also, see http://www.emrys.org/blog/emrys-journal/submission-guidelines.  

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.

THE FIDDLEBACK: An online arts & literature magazine. We seek poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, book and music reviews, as well as interviews with writers, artists, and musicians. Year-round reading period. Simultaneous submissions accepted. No reading fee. Submit online: http://thefiddleback.com.

FOR ITS FALL/WINTER ISSUE, The Deronda Review (www.derondareview.org) is seeking poems on the subject of “Boundaries” or “Borders” in all senses. Formal poems welcome; no vulgarity.  Deadline October 15. Send to P.O. Box 5531, Madison, WI 53705 if in US, or e-mail to derondareview@att.net or maber4kids@yahoo.com (Israel).

THE FOUND POETRY REVIEW invites submissions of found poetry—including erasures, blackouts, cut-ups and other experimental texts—for our Fall 2012 (deadline: September 30) and Winter 2013 (deadline: December 31) issues. Check out past editions and submit up to 5 poems at www.foundpoetryreview.com.

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.

GLASSWORKS LITERARY journal, publishing digitally and in print, seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, craft essays, hybrid forms, and new media (photography, video, audio, multi-modal, etc.) for general issue. Also accepting work for themed issue: “utility and beauty.” General deadline: December 15. Themed deadline: March 1. Read guidelines at www.rowanglassworks.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. Website: www.tgaps.net.

HAWAI’I PACIFIC REVIEW seeks quality poetry, fiction (short stories), and short essays for its 2013 issue. Send between September 1 and December 31. Send manuscripts as attachments. Type Poetry, Fiction, or Nonfiction in subject line. Five-line bio in e-mail. Send to/request guidelines at hprsubmissions@hpu.edu.

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.

JERSEYWORKS.COM. Poetry, prose, photography, art. Beautifully designed web pages. Online since 2001, readers in 40 countries. Unsolicited fiction not considered. Best in accomplished poetry only. Pays on publication, see Masthead for rates and specs.

KENNING, an online journal bridging the communities of spoken word and page poetry, reads year-round. If your poem’s accepted, you will need to send us a WAVE or MP3 sound file or video. Any length that can be read in <5 min.  Guidelines and specifics at kenningjournal.com. Submit via www.kenningjournal.submishmash.com.

KWELI, an online literary journal embracing the voices and visions of writers of color, seeks submissions. Since our inception, we have published emerging writers alongside award-winning, established writers. At Kweli, we offer a permanent home for our short stories, poetry, and essays. For our latest submission guidelines, please visit: http://kwelijournal.org.

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.

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.

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.

PICAYUNE LITERARY MAGAZINE accepts submissions from September 15 to December 15, annually, in short fiction (2,500 words max), flash fiction (250 words max), poetry (3 per submission), and black & white photography or art. Submit writing as .doc and art as .pdf to: picayunemagazine@yahoo.com or danielrmtz@nmhu.edu. More information at: www.nmhu.edu.

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.

SEEKING ENERGETIC, witty fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction for theme issue: “How have social networks, cell phones, and drones enriched or compromised our humanity?” Send to The Mochila Review, Eder Hall 222, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Dr., St. Joseph, MO 64507. For details, please visit www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/mochila/homepage.htm.

SEEMS considers unpublished poems (3–5), literary fiction, and creative nonfiction (5K words max of prose).  Submissions in body of e-mail and “P,” “F,” or “CNF,” in subject line to seems@lakeland.edu or, with SASE, to Karl Elder, Editor; Lakeland College; P.O. Box 359; Sheboygan, WI 53082. Website: www.seems.lakeland.edu.

SHENANDOAH: The Washington and Lee University Review (shenandoahliterary.org) will be considering manuscripts in the genres of fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and reviews between September 15 and May 15. This year we will be awarding $1,000 prizes in fiction, poetry and nonfiction.  For detailed information about submitting and the Graybeal-Gowen Prize for Virginia Poets, visit our website. We also recommend our current issue, which includes work by David Huddle, David Wojahn, Margaret Gibson, Linda Pastan, Robert Wrigley, Lisa Russ Spaar, Maggie Smith, Gil Allen, Leslie Ullman and Dawna Kemper, as well as 2012 Bevel Summers Contest winner Jim McDermott’s short short story “The Pointer.”  Before submitting reviews, please query with proposal and sample review.

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.

SLANT: A Journal of Poetry, accepting submissions for Summer 2013 issue. Send up to 5 poems: name, address, e-mail on each page. No haiku, translations, simultaneous or published submissions. Response within 4 months of deadline. Published poets receive 1 copy. Deadline: November 15. Mail submissions with SASE to James Fowler, Editor, Slant, University of Central Arkansas, P.O. Box 5063, Conway, AR 72035.

SNAIL MAIL REVIEW is looking for new poetry and short fiction. Send 3–5 poems, each not exceeding 50 lines, or 1–7 pages of short fiction to: The Snail Mail Review, 1694 Augusta Pointe Dr. Ripon, CA 95366. Include a cover letter and SASE. Submission Deadline is December 31. E-mail: snailmailreview@gmail.com. Facebook: Snail Mail Review.

SOUTH LOOP REVIEW: Creative Nonfiction + Art publishes essays and memoir, lyric and experimental forms, non-linear narratives, blended genre, photography and art.  We look for personal essays and memoir (no longer than 15 pages), with fresh voices and new takes on presentation and form.  We publish established and emerging authors.  We do not accept previously published work. Submissions accepted September 1 through January 11, published in the Fall. Submit work electronically to Tell It Slant http://tellitslant.com/home/journal_details/9 or by hard copy with brief bio and full contact info to South Loop Review, Columbia College Chicago, English Department, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL  60605. Please enclose a SASE. Visit our website: http://cms.colum.edu/southloopreview/.

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.

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 online. We need strong work from established and emerging poets and writers now more than ever. Please see our “Race in American Education” anthology in progress and also consider our other theme issues. Visit: www.the-teachers-voice.org. E-mail: theteachersvoice@aol.com.  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.

THIN AIR MAGAZINE, published by Northern Arizona University, announces a Call for Submissions in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Visual Art for the 2013 issue. Reading through December and publishing February, 2013.  Free Submissions via Submittable.com.  For more information and guidelines please find us on Facebook or visit thinairmagazine.com.

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.

TRAJECTORY, a literary journal, actively seeks unpublished short stories (no word limit), poetry (3–5 poems), CNF, b&w photos & art. Send with cover letter, SASE. Simultaneous submissions okay—notify if accepted elsewhere. Subscriptions $20 annually (checks payable to Trajectory-Helvey Enterprises). Publishes twice per year. For more info go to www.trajectoryjournal.com. Submit to Trajectory, P.O. Box 655, Frankfort, KY 40602.

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.

UNDER THE SUN is reading for its first online issue, beginning August 15 through January 2. Creative nonfiction and single submissions only via mail or e-mail and attachment. Sample copies $2–7. Website: www.tntech.edu/underthesun.

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.

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 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 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. 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. Special Guest Poet, Billy Collins. Contact: srw@palmbeachpoetryfestival.org, or to apply online, visit www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org. 

ADVANCE YOUR CRAFT and energize your writing at the 20th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, January 18–21, 2013 at the Jersey Shore. Enjoy insightful feedback, encouraging community, and challenging and supportive workshops. Choose from poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. Special Guests: Stephen Dunn and Dorianne Laux. Register today: www.wintergetaway.com.

EXPERIENCE HAWAIIAN CULTURE and premier presenters at the Aloha Writers Conference, January 18–21, 2013 at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua during Maui’s whale season. Speakers include Kaui Hemmings, author of The Descendants and blockbuster New York Times best-sellers, Luanne Rice and Jacquelyn Mitchard. Maui: Write-On! For details, visit the website at www.alohawritersconference.com.

GREAT LAKES WRITERS FESTIVAL November 1–2 at Lakeland College near Sheboygan, WI. Readings and workshops. Free and open to the public. Register with Karl Elder (elderk@lakeland.edu). Additional information at www.greatlakeswritersfestival.org.

LAS VEGAS WRITERS CONFERENCE 2013. Join writing professionals, agents, publishers, industry experts, and your colleagues for 3 days in exciting Las Vegas, Nevada as they share knowledge of all aspects of the writer’s craft. April 18–20, 2013. Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall. Phone: (800) 634-6371. Website: lasvegaswritersconference.com.

THE LITQUAKE LITERARY FESTIVAL and San Francisco Writers Grotto announce Lit Camp Writers Conference, Thursday–Sunday, April 4–7, 2013, at Mayacamas Ranch near Calistoga, CA. Work in small groups with established authors and publishing professionals. Open to 40 juried participants; $15 fee to submit. Application deadline December 30. www.litcampwriters.org.

NEW YORK WRITERS Workshop Pitch Conferences: Improve your pitch and present it to editors from three major New York publishing firms, plus attend Agents Panel. Nonfiction October 12–14 and Fiction (Adults and Children’s/YA) November 9–11. Check the New York Writers Workshop website for information: http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/category/conferences.

SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE. A Celebration of Craft, Commerce and Community. February 14–18, 2013—Mark Hopkins Hotel. Our faculty of 100+ bestselling authors, editors, publishers and literary agents will help you become successfully published! Find event/registration information, Indie Publishing Contest, SFWUniversity—and opt-in to receive our free SFWC  Newsletter—at www.sfwriters.org.

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.sanmiguelwritersconferenceblog.org.

$150 PLUS PUBLICATION—Crab Creek Review Fiction Prize. Submit 1 unpublished story up to 3,500 words. $10 submission fee. All entries considered for publication. Postmark: December 15. E-mail subs only. For full guidelines and PayPal please visit: www.crabcreekreview.org/contest.htm.

A $2,500 PRIZE and publication in Saturday’s Child Magazine will be given for an unpublished short story.  Submit up to 25 pages, and $25 online or via mail: Saturday’s Child L.L.P. Fiction Contest, 8 Woodmont Rd., Montclair, NJ 07043.  Entries must be postmarked by November 30. For complete guidelines, see www.SaturdaysChildPress.com/Contest.html.

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.

7TH ANNUAL SMITH COLLEGE Poetry Prize for New England high school girls in 10th and 11th grades. Award: $500 + opportunity to read poem at Smith. Past judges: Sharon Olds, Eavan Boland. No entry fee. Submissions: September 1 to December 1. Sponsored by Poetry Center at Smith College. Guidelines, eligibility, required entry form: www.smith.edu/poetrycenter/highschoolprize.html.

14TH ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS Poetry Award for best MS of original poetry in English, 45 pages or more in any style or form. Prize: $1,000 plus publication. Deadline: December 15; entry fee $20. E-mail for complete guidelines: givalpress@yahoo.com. Website: www.givalpress.com. Call (703) 351-0079, or SASE. Gival Press, Robert L. Giron, Editor, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

2012 NEW AMERICAN Poetry Prize. $1,000 award and book publication. Please send 48–100 pages of poetry with $20 entry fee to New American Press, Attn: Okla Elliott, 2003 S. Orchard St. #A, Urbana, IL 61801. Final judge: David Kirby. Deadline: December 31. For online submission, visit: www.NewAmericanPress.com/contests/current.php.

2012 ROUSSEAU PRIZE for Literature:  $1,000 prize plus copies. Poets and flash fictionists, enter book manuscripts 35 to 100 pages. Simultaneous/multiple submissions acceptable. The winning book will be beautifully designed and published by The National Poetry Review Press. Electronic entries preferred. Deadline: October 31. Follow instructions at http://home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/rousseauprize.html.

AMERICAN SHORT FICTION announces its seventh annual Short Story Contest. Winner receives $1,000 and publication; second prize is $500. Entries accepted from September 15 to December 8. For detailed guidelines and to submit online, visit http://americanshortfiction.org.

ANDERBO Self-Published Book Award—for Fiction or Nonfiction. Complete guidelines at www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderselfpubbookaward2012.html. Judge: Rick Rofihe; Contest Assistant: Carolyn Wilsey. Deadline October 15. Entry fee $20. Winner receives $500 and publication of book-excerpt on Anderbo.com.

THE ATLANTIS AWARD offers $100, publication, Pushcart Prize nomination, and an interview with The Poets Billow editors for a single best, unpublished poem. The first 50 and top 10 entries will receive editorial feedback. Entry fee $10 for 3 poems. Deadline October 1. For details and editorial services see www.thepoetsbillow.org

BACOPA LITERARY REVIEW invites contest submissions September 1–November 30. Open to all genres.  We welcome national/international submissions and diversity of topics/styles for this beautiful annual print journal. Sponsored by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville.  For prizes and submission guidelines: www.writersalliance.org/bacopacontest.html.

BAUHAN PUBLISHING: 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 this year by Alice B. Fogel. Postmark deadline August 31. www.bauhanpublishing.com.

BRIAR CLIFF REVIEW Poetry, Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Contest. $1,000 and publication for best unpublished poem, story, and creative nonfiction essay. Submit 1 story, 1 essay, or 3 poems with $20. All entrants receive magazine. No manuscripts returned. Deadline: November 1. Name/address on cover sheet only. Open to all writers. SASE required. Briar Cliff Review Contest, 3303 Rebecca St., Sioux City, IA 51104. Website: www.briarcliff.edu/bcreview.

BRIGHT HILL PRESS 19th Annual Poetry Book Competition, judged by nationally known poet. $1,000 and publication plus 30 copies for winner. Entry fee $25. Ms. 48-64 paginated pages (plus cover letter with bio) may be submitted electronically or via USPS. Results via e-mail. Complete guidelines: wordthur@stny.rr.com or www.brighthillpress.org. Deadline for ms. receipt at BHP: November 30; BHP Poetry, P.O. Box 193, Treadwell, NY 13846.

THE CHARITON REVIEW Short Fiction Prize. Annual award for the best unpublished short fiction on any theme up to 5,000 words in English. Author receives $1,000 and publication. Three runners-up also get published. $20 entry fee and deadline September 30. Complete guidelines at http://tsup.truman.edu.

CONNECTICUT RIVER REVIEW Poetry Contest. Submit up to 3 unpublished poems, 80-line limit each, by September 30. Two copies each, one only with contact info. $15 reading fee to CPS. Prizes of $400, $100 and $50 and publication in Connecticut River Review. www.ct-poetry-society.org. CRR Contest, CPS, PO Box 270554, W. Hartford, CT 06127.

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.

DANAHY FICTION PRIZE/Tampa Review. $1,000 and publication in Tampa Review for a previously unpublished work of short fiction, 500–5,000 words. $20 entry fee includes one-year subscription. All entries considered for publication. Submit by November 1. Danahy Fiction Prize, Tampa Review, 401 West Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606. Website: www.ut.edu/TampaReview.

THE FLORIDA REVIEW’S Jeanne M. Leiby Chapbook Award is given annually for fiction, flash fiction, or graphic narrative. The winner receives $1,000 and publication in a letterpress chapbook. Second- and third-place winners receive writers’ conference tuition. Submit up to 35 pages with a $25 entry fee by December 1. For guidelines and to submit online, visit http://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu.

THE GRUB STREET National Book Prize is awarded to a writer outside New England publishing a second book (or beyond...). Winner receives $5,000 and will read and teach during the Muse and the Marketplace conference. All travel paid by Grub Street. Deadline for 2013 Nonfiction Prize: October 15, 2012. www.grubstreet.org.

I-70 REVIEW announces the annual Gary Gildner Poetry Award. $500 plus publication. $15 reading fee includes publication consideration. Submit up to 3 poems, no more than 40 lines each, and check payable to I-70 Review. Deadline: January 31. Include name and address on cover letter only.  Must include SASE for response. Send 3 copies of each poem to: Gary Gildner Poetry Award, I-70 Review, 913 Joseph Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049.

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.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY South Bend’s 42 Miles Press Poetry Award will be awarded to an emerging or established poet for a book length manuscript of at least 48 pages. Winner receives $1,000, 50 copies, and will be invited to give a reading in South Bend. Deadline is March 1. David Dodd Lee, Series Editor, will judge. Entry fee: $25. For complete guidelines go to www.42miles.wordpress.com.

THE IRISH WANT Your Best Work. The Strokestown International Poetry Award. First prize: €3,000. Closing date: February 1. Part of the Strokestown International Poetry Festival, Roscommon, Ireland. May 3–6, 2013. New Festival Director: Martin Dyar. Entry details and updates: www.strokestownpoetry.org. Twitter: @strokestownpoem.

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.

THE LEDGE PRESS announces its 2012 and Nineteenth Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition. Winner receives $1,000 and 25 chapbook copies. Submit 16–28 pages of poetry with title page and contact information. $18 entry fee includes a copy of the winning chapbook.  Postmark deadline: October 31. The Ledge 2012 Chapbook Competition, 40 Maple Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713.  For complete guidelines, please visit us at www.theledgemagazine.com.

LITERAL LATTE Food Verse Contest. Looking for poems with food as an ingredient.  All styles and subjects. Prize $500 and publication. All poems considered for publication. $10 entry fee for up to 6 poems. Postmark by February 15. Send to Literal Latte, Food Verse Award, 200 East 10th Street, Suite 240, New York, NY 10003. E-mail: Litlatte@aol.com. Website: www.literal-latte.com.

NEIL POSTMAN AWARD for Metaphor: All submissions to RATTLE magazine are automatically considered for the award, which offers $500 for the best use of metaphor in RATTLE each year. Send up to 5 unpublished poems plus SASE to: RATTLE, 12411 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604. E-mail: submissions@rattle.com. Website: www.rattle.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. Omnidawn offers $3,000 prize for our annual Open Book Poetry Contest. Cole Swensen will judge. Electronic and postal submissions November 1–December 31. Winner receives cash prize, publication, 100 copies. Entry fee: $25. Entrants who add $3 shipping receive Omnidawn book of their choice. For guidelines, see www.omnidawn.com/contest.

POETRY CONTEST from Thin Air Magazine. Judged by acclaimed poet & Truman State University professor Jamie D’Agostino. $250 first prize. Top 5 to be featured in printed edition. $9 Entry fee for 5 poems. For more info including deadline find us on Facebook or visit www.thinairmagazine.com.

POETRY CONTEST: Songs of the Soul, Second Annual Poetry Contest. Theme: Love’s Eternal Melody. Submissions open September 15 to December 1. Submit up to 2 unpublished poems. Winners receive cash awards. Entry fee: $15, payable to: International Association of Sufism. Times New Roman, 12 font, white 8 1/2 by 11 paper, black ink. Send to: International Association of Sufism: Poetry Contest, 14 Commercial Blvd. #101, Novato, CA 94949. For complete submission guidelines and form, please visit: ias.org/Poetry-Contest.

POETRY SOCIETY of Virginia adult and student categories. Over $3,000 in total prizes awarded annually. Deadline January 19 postmark. $4/poem for non-member adults. Students free. SASE for brochure or to join. PSV 2013 Contest, 11594 Hume Road, Hume, VA 22639 or visit www.poetrysocietyofva.org.

PRINCEMERE Poetry Prize. $300 for best unpublished poem in any style. Deadline: September 15. No entry fee. Submit 3 poems (princemerepoetryprize.submittable.com). Paper submissions (typed, single-spaced, no names; cover letter with name, contact, titles) to Princemere Poetry Prize, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984. Previous winners at www.princemere.com.

RIVER STYX Schlafly Beer Micro-Fiction Contest. A prize of $1,500, 1 case of Schlafly Beer, and publication in River Styx is given annually for the best micro-fiction story. The editors of River Styx will judge. 500 words maximum per story, up to 3 stories per entry. $20 entry fee, postmarked by December 31. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to River Styx. River Styx, 3547 Olive St., Ste. 107, St. Louis, MO 63103. Richard Newman, Editor: bigriver@riverstyx.org or (314) 533-4541.

ROSE METAL PRESS, an independent publisher of hybrid genres, seeks submissions to its 7th Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest. Please submit your 25–40 page, double-spaced manuscript of short shorts under 1,000 words from November 1 to December 1. $10 fee. Judge: Deb Olin Unferth. More details at www.rosemetalpress.com or rosemetalpress@gmail.com.

RUMINATE Magazine invites you to enter our annual William Van Dyke Short Story Prize. Entry fee is $15; deadline is October 15. $1,000 and publication will be awarded to the winner. You may submit one story per entry; 5,500 words or less. Enter online at www.ruminatemagazine.com/submit/contests/fiction.

THE SARANAC REVIEW welcomes submissions for Fall 2013 issue. Reading: September 1 to May 15. Also: First Annual Saranac Review Writing Contest. $500 prize each for best story and best poem, plus publication. Judges: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Poetry; Jo-Ann Mapson, Fiction. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: December 15. Submit 1 story or up to 3 poems to: Writing Contest (indicate Fiction or Poetry), Saranac Review, Dept. of English, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Guidelines: http://research.plattsburgh.edu/saranacreview.

SEEKING POEMS regarding wine (imbibing/production), vineyards, Napa Valley or any combination thereof. Selected poems will appear on the Judd’s Hill website and winner will receive a very big bottle of wine if it is legal in your state. Final Judge will be Jane Hall. No fee for entry. Please submit a maximum of 3 poems and a brief cover letter with contact information by November 1 at www.juddshill.com to “Recipes, Poetry & Video” to “Poetry.” Thank you!

SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS: Shelf Unbound book review magazine announces the Shelf Unbound Writing Competition for Best Self-Published Book. Any self-published book in any genre is eligible for entry. Entry fee is $10 per book. Details at http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/pages/competition.html. Contact Margaret Brown, publisher, margaret@shelfmediagroup.com. 

SENECA REVIEW announces The Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Prize. $1,000 to be awarded by the SR editors to the best lyric essay published in the magazine during the calendar year. Submissions of poems and lyric essays should be sent between September 1–May 1 via Submittable (http://senecareview.submittable.com) or the mails.

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.

SOUL-MAKING Keats Literary Competition. National League American Pen Women outreach. Entering its 20th year. Thirteen poetry and prose categories with cash prizes in each. Ongoing, annual deadline November 30. SASE to The Webhallow House, SMK Lit Comp., 1544 Sweetwood Dr., Broadmoor Vlg., CA 94015. E-mail PenNobHill@aol.com. Visit www.soulmakingcontest.us.

SPLIT THIS ROCK Poetry Contest: Poems of Provocation and Witness. Judged by Mark Doty. Recession rate: $20, up to 3 poems; benefits Split This Rock Poetry Festival, Washington, DC. $1,000 in prizes; free festival registration to top 3. Winner reads at 2014 festival, March 27–30 and poem published on website. Postmark deadline: November 1. Guidelines: www.splitthisrock.org.

T.S. ELIOT PRIZE for Poetry. Award for the best poetry manuscript of 60 to 100 pages of original poetry in English. Author receives $2,000 and publication. $25 entry fee and submission deadline of October 31. Complete guidelines at tsup.truman.edu. Truman State University Press, (660) 785-7336.

TALKING WRITING Short Story and Nature-Themed CNF Contests. Winners receive publication in Talking Writing plus admission to the 2013 AWP Conference in Boston, our hometown. Judges: David Cameron (fiction), Steven Lewis (CNF). All entries considered for publication. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: November 1. Guidelines: http://talkingwriting.com/contests.

TAMPA REVIEW Prize for Poetry. Hardcover and paperback book publication, $2,000 (plus royalties), and portfolio in Tampa Review for unpublished manuscript by a new or established poet. $25 entry. Submit by December 31. See guidelines online or send SASE. University of Tampa Press, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606. Website: www.ut.edu/tampareview.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/NEW ORLEANS Literary Festival Writing Contests: One-Act Play and Short Fiction. $1,500 prize each, plus VIP passes ($500 each), reading/staged reading at 27th Anniversary Festival (March 20–24, 2013), and more. $25 entry fee. Deadlines: November 1 and November 15 (postmarked). Writing Contest, 938 Lafayette St, Suite, 514 New Orleans, LA 70113. Guidelines and online submissions: www.tennesseewilliams.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.

UNBOXED BOOKS Prize in Fiction: $5,000 and publication for a novel or short story collection, judged by Francine Prose. Open to all writers, regardless of publication history. Winner announced in the spring of 2013, publication in the fall. Deadline is December 1. $35 reading fee. Guidelines and details at www.unboxedbooks.com.

THE VERN COWLES Poetry Prize. $1,000 and publication in The Cape Rock for a trinity of poems. Maximum 120 lines each. $20 entry fee. Deadline April 1. Visit www6.semo.edu/universitypress/cowlesprize for complete guidelines.  Send to: The Cape Rock Contest, Southeast Missouri State University, MS 2650, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701.

WEST END PRESS and University of Texas–El Paso inaugural prizes for multicultural, feminist, and working-class poets. West End Poetry Prize (first book) and Patricia Clark Smith Prize (for authors of at least 1 full-length collection). Prize: $500, publication, readings. Submit 48–80 page manuscript with $30 fee, January 15. Guidelines: www.westendpress.org.

WRITERS & BOOKS announces the sixth annual Kenneth and Geraldine Gell Poetry Prize competition. $1,000, publication with Big Pencil Press, and a week-long residency at the rural Gell Center of the Finger Lakes will be awarded each year to the author of an outstanding, unpublished, book-length manuscript of poems. Laure-Anne Bosselaar will be the finalist judge for the prize to be awarded in March, 2013. Reading fee is $25. Manuscripts must be postmarked between September 1 and November 30. For guidelines and entry form, go to www.wab.org and click on Gell Poetry Prize.

AUTHOR CRAIG CHILDS will do a multi-media presentation, telling stories of extreme locations around the world from his new, 12th book, Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth, 7 p.m. Saturday November 3, Western Colorado Writers’ Forum, Colorado Mesa University Ballroom, Grand Junction, CO. Tickets $12–$14 (free for faculty and students). See www.westerncoloradowriters.org or call (970) 256-4662.

FOR SALE to College Writing Program: December Press and December magazine. 54 year-old small press & literary magazine founded in Iowa City in 1958; first to publish writers like Raymond Carver.  Purchase of name rights, complete set of back volumes and back list, some records, and most copy rights. Best offer. For prospectus contact: rcsautter@aol.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 www.algora.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, and www.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!

THE ROMANTIC IDEAL by Steve Simonson. The book contains 56 formal sonnets unified by themes of love, beauty, hope and desire. Mr. Simonson’s sonnets have appeared in poetry journals in the US and Europe, including one in an anthology. Available on Amazon.com.

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 on a river/canal; 5 fireplaces, tile and wood floors, beamed ceilings, modern heat, electricity, plumbing, and conveniences; small village, next to a large town, near a city. Fifteen miles from ocean beaches; 5 hours from Paris. For details and photos contact: Phone: (510) 866-5496. E-mail: mgdonna@aol.com or dmu4mg@aol.com.

EXPERIENCE AUTUMN on a mountaintop in the Blue Ridge of western NC! Solitude & beautiful views in serene setting at Treetops Retreat.  All new interior in cozy cottage. Located 2.5 hours from Atlanta, 1.5 hours from Asheville.  Reasonable rates. Contact: (404) 358-6644. Website: www.treetopsretreatnc.com.

HISTORIC FINGER LAKES COTTAGE (Skaneateles Lake), ideal for a writer’s getaway during the off-peak season (September/October 2012, May/June 2013). One-hundred twenty feet of flat beach front. Affordable rates: $1,200 weekly, daily $300 per night, minimum stay 2 nights. Websites: http://slatecove.shutterfly.com and www.fingerlakessummer.com. Phone: (585) 967-4768.

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 a historic farmhouse built in 1854 overlooking the James River in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia. Spacious porches, comfortable, high-ceilinged rooms, WiFi, and communal kitchen. Experience creative solitude in a nurturing atmosphere of beauty. Open year round, available by week, partial week, or month. 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, 2 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.

WRITING STUDIO with water view. Quiet. Elegant. Private patio. Queen-size bed, separate writing/sitting space, private bath, TV, WiFi, refrigerator, microwave. Steps to bay beach. Near transportation, farms, vineyards, restaurants. Nightly/weekly rates. Two and a half hours from NYC. Near New London, CT. Ferry. Contact veyre@juno.com or (347) 678-7378.

CARL SANDBURG Writer-in-Residence Program invites a prose writer to live and work on the grounds of Sandburg’s home, a National Park, in Flat Rock, NC, for 3 weeks in March 2013. Program includes stipend, housing in historic cottage with studio. Application deadline October 15. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/carl.

JENTEL ARTIST RESIDENCY Program. One month residency for two writers and four visual artists in rural ranch setting southeast of Sheridan in foothills of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. Award includes spacious residence with private room, separate studio, stipend. Annual deadlines: September 15 and January 15. Visit website for application and information.

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.

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IT’S YOUR BOOK.  Take it seriously. Grub Street, the nation’s leading non-profit creative writing center, offers manuscript consultations with experienced, highly qualified teachers and editors. One-on-one consultations for all types of projects: intensive critiques, career advice, writing coaches and more. For details visit www.grubstreet.org or call (617) 695-0075.

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. For more info contact The Graduate Institute at (203) 874-4252, info@learn.edu or www.learn.edu.

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.

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.

ACQUIRED AGENTS, Antioch Review, Best American Short Stories, Kenyon Review, Tin House—these are just some of the successes my feedback has brought to writers. And many of my clients began with few—if any—credits. Learn from a former professor, litmag editor, & widely published author. (845) 526-9007, www.markwisniewski.net.

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.

APPLYING to graduate creative writing programs? We’ve been there too. Driftless House is a group of poets and writers with MFAs from the University of Iowa. Through intensive 1-on-1 tutorials, we provide portfolio reviews and other services to writers seeking to strengthen their applications. For rates and testimonials, visit www.driftlesshouse.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.

AWARD-WINNING author, experienced editor, and Johns Hopkins MFA can help transform your manuscript into publishable form.  Honest, sensitive, affordable critiques.  Chrysalis Editorial also offers representation for literary fiction, YA, and memoir.  Let us help you get your book into the hands of quality publishers.  Contact Herta B. Feely: phone: (202) 363-2522, e-mail: herta@starpower.net, website: www.chrysaliseditorial.com.

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.

CHALLENGED to balance a writing life with the rest of life?  My unique professional background in writing, filmmaking and higher education combined with solid training as a coach (CTI/ICF certification) provides a breadth of perspectives and skills with which I help writers increase their productivity, balance and fulfillment in life. Polly Bennell, MFA, CPCC, phone: (207) 749-4474, website: www.thewriterslifecoach.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.

DEEP DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING. Emily Enger holds a certificate in publishing from Minnesota State University Moorhead and has experience in both editing and writing tutorial. She specializes in plot and character complexity. Welcomes all genres. More info at www.emilyengerediting.com.

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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.

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. Individual, university & corporate clients. Workshop Leader. Beaufort NC rental. Published by Johns Hopkins, Milkweed, UNCP. English Professor. EFA member. Awards. References. Susan Schmidt, PhD. (252) 269-0032. E-mail: ; Website: www.susanschmidt.net.

PRIZE-WINNING Fiction Writer, Recipient of 2008 Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters, an O’Henry, a Pushcart, multiple publications in the Best American Short Stories, offers editing and writing coaching services. Teaching experience at Barnard College and The New School, 15 years working privately with clients. E-mail: maxine.swann@gmail.com.

SHERMAN WRITING Services offers content editing for writers seeking a second set of eyes as they begin rethinking and refining their novel. For more information visit our website at: www.shermanwritingservices.com, or find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/shermanwritingservices.

SUPPORT FOR WRITERS. Establish a consistent writing discipline, or get help with a project. One-on-one coaching creates clarity of purpose, balanced priorities, detailed plans, and structures for accountability. I am a poet and Certified Professional Coach supporting writers for over 20 years, not a critic or agent. Phone: (860) 859-7300, e-mail: charliechase@structureforsupport.com.

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.

WORD: editing, straight up.  Heather King: author of 3 memoirs, commentator for NPR’s “All Things Considered,” blogger at Shirt of Flame. Consulting. Critique. Story-telling. The Creative Life. Passion. Paradox. Community. Laughs. Editing in memoir, nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. E-mail hdking719@gmail.com. Websites: http://wordheatherking.blogspot.com, http://heather-king.com, http://shirtofflame.blogspot.com.

A WRITER WITHOUT AN EDITOR handicaps her manuscript. Thorough analysis, editing, consultation and support by New York Times praised novelist and memoirist. I write and edit for NYC nonprofits, as well as private clients. Whether you’re sending your book to agents, or plan to self-publish, you need an editor’s touch to present your book at its best. Reasonable rates. www.mkdiehl.squarespace.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.

13 YEARS—Women of Color Writers’ Workshop: An exceptional creative writing experience. Write, read, manuscript review, publishing.Special summer guest poet series. AWA certified affiliate. Accepts writers at all levels, all genre. 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.

DANCING CHIVA Literary Arts. Take your writing to another level: One day workshops with award-winning writer C.M. Mayo in Mexico. We also publish e-books and limited editions on Bajacaliforniana, Maximiliana, and for writers. Join the Dancing Chiva Literary Arts Club (it’s free) for newsletter with tips, discounts, and more. www.dancingchiva.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.

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.

PHILADELPHIA AREA: Seeking a writing community or mentor? The Word Studio is a place for writers in Chestnut Hill, www.thewordstudio.us. Small and inspiring workshops and private mentoring rich with technical guidance. Janet Benton, editor/writer/teacher with nearly three decades’ experience, will help you strengthen your craft and get that book written. Fiction, nonfiction. Contact janet.thewordstudio@gmail.com.

TAKING FLIGHT: A Writing Workshop in France, June 1 to June 8, 2013. For both beginning and experienced writers: An intensive writing workshop in a four-star B&B in the Lot Valley. Create new poetry and/or prose in response to group exercises in a supportive setting. E-mail Carolyn Miller at cmiller355@sbcglobal.net.