Alibi has teamed up with HarperCollins and Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate to unearth some of the country's hottest new crime-writing talent of 2011 and we're asking you to submit your very own crime fiction short story.
Your story should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words and should refer to your local region and create a strong sense of place. Click on 'Competition Criteria' below for a full overview of what we're looking for.
Eight regional shortlist finalists will win tickets to attend the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate (with travel and two nights accommodation included), where they'll get to the chance to rub shoulders with leading authors and agents from the crime writing world including best-selling author Camilla Lackberg. They'll also be invited to attend the Creative Thursday writing workshop to hone their skills.
The winner will be announced during a special reception on the opening evening of the festival and will get a fantastic holiday to Sweden with two nights in a central Gothenburg hotel, a Kindle and a library of 100 Harper Collins crime books including a signed Camilla Lackberg back catalogue.
Entries must reach us by noon on 1st May. The eight shortlisted stories will be announced on 1st June and will go before a public vote and an expert judging panel to determine the winner. Good luck!
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.We're looking for a short crime story that creates a strong ‘sense of place’ about your local region. Your story will also be judged on:
• Originality of the story
• Strength of the characters
• Structure of the story
• Intrigue and predictability of the crime
Please also be aware that:
•Your entry must be between 1,000-2,500 words
•Your story must be entirely your own work
•Your story cannot have been published or self-published previously
•Your story must have a 'sense of place' about your local region
•There is only one entry per person
•Entry is open to UK residents only over 18 years of age
Click here for the full terms and conditions.
More about regions...
You are absolutely free to define what constitutes your local region - be it your local street, your local village/town, your local county etc. All that we ask is that your story evokes a sense of place in the area that you set your story. The local region in which you set your story doesn't even need to be the region in which you are currently resident. For example, you may have grown up in a particular place and want to set a story in that area even though you may now be resident elsewhere in the UK.
When you submit your story for the competition, we ask us to tell us which region you reside in (North England, South England, Midlands, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) because we'll be shortlisting 8 finalists by region (1 from each region and then 2 further 'wildcard' stories from all the entries) but, as mentioned, your story doesn't need to be set in the region you reside in if you wish to set it elsewhere.
You're also free to invent places within the area you set your story in, but we would ask you to bear in mind that we'll need to have a clear sense of the region in which it is set, so there should be enough references to a real place or places for us to judge that the story is successful in evoking that area.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
CERISE PRESS
Cerise Press is open year-round to submissions in photography, art, fiction, and poetry, including translations in French, Chinese, and Spanish. (For other languages, kindly inquire first.)
If you are interested in submitting essays, interviews, or in proposing other projects, please query editors@cerisepress.com with a cover letter including a brief synopsis, as well as the first 1-2 pages of the work.
If you are interested in reviewing or sending a book, please visit our Books for Review page.
We publish 3 issues per year. Our Summer 2011 issue is forthcoming in July. We are currently reading for the Fall/Winter 2011-12 and Spring 2012 issues.
All work accepted will be considered for future print anthologies. We accept unpublished pieces, and on very rare occasions, previously published ones.
At the moment, we are not able to offer payment. We read and consider each submission with care and integrity. Although it may take up to 2-3 months for us to reach an editorial decision, we’ll do our best to respond promptly to submissions and to general correspondence. After 3 months, please feel free to query.
Submissions
Include a cover letter with a brief biographical note, listing any recent publications you may want to mention, your name and contact information.
Submit 3-5 poems as a .doc or .pdf.
Submit 1 story (1-15 pages) as a .doc or .pdf.
Submit 4-6 photographs and/or 2-5 works of art as .jpegs. Please indicate any additional links/gallery websites for our reference.
Translations should be accompanied with the original texts, brief biographical notes for the author(s) and the translator(s), and a statement of the author’s or literary agent’s permission and approval.
E-mail submissions to submissions@cerisepress.com.
We strongly prefer e-mail submissions. For postal submissions, please include
a self-addressed stamped envelope or an e-mail address for a response.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us at editors@cerisepress.com immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Please do not send another submission until we have responded to the first one, and please do not submit more than twice per year.
We look forward to reading your work!
If you are interested in submitting essays, interviews, or in proposing other projects, please query editors@cerisepress.com with a cover letter including a brief synopsis, as well as the first 1-2 pages of the work.
If you are interested in reviewing or sending a book, please visit our Books for Review page.
We publish 3 issues per year. Our Summer 2011 issue is forthcoming in July. We are currently reading for the Fall/Winter 2011-12 and Spring 2012 issues.
All work accepted will be considered for future print anthologies. We accept unpublished pieces, and on very rare occasions, previously published ones.
At the moment, we are not able to offer payment. We read and consider each submission with care and integrity. Although it may take up to 2-3 months for us to reach an editorial decision, we’ll do our best to respond promptly to submissions and to general correspondence. After 3 months, please feel free to query.
Submissions
Include a cover letter with a brief biographical note, listing any recent publications you may want to mention, your name and contact information.
Submit 3-5 poems as a .doc or .pdf.
Submit 1 story (1-15 pages) as a .doc or .pdf.
Submit 4-6 photographs and/or 2-5 works of art as .jpegs. Please indicate any additional links/gallery websites for our reference.
Translations should be accompanied with the original texts, brief biographical notes for the author(s) and the translator(s), and a statement of the author’s or literary agent’s permission and approval.
E-mail submissions to submissions@cerisepress.com.
We strongly prefer e-mail submissions. For postal submissions, please include
a self-addressed stamped envelope or an e-mail address for a response.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us at editors@cerisepress.com immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Please do not send another submission until we have responded to the first one, and please do not submit more than twice per year.
We look forward to reading your work!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Publication Opportunity for poets
Contact details
Catriona O'Reilly, Editor. Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Ireland, 2 Proud's Lane off St Stephen's Green, Dubin 2, Ireland
website: http://poetryieland.ie/publications/submissions.html
It doesn't matter where in the world you live, the quarterly Poetry Ireland Review welcomes unsolicited submissions of poetry and proposals for articles and reviews.
Poetry Ireland Review is published quarterly. We welcome unsolicited submissions of poems, and proposals for articles and reviews, from Ireland and abroad, in Irish or English.
Guidelines for Poetry Submissions
■Send a maximum of six poems.
■Keep a hard copy of each submission.
■Poems should be original, and previously unpublished.
■Poems should be typed, with the author's name on each sheet.
■If a poem continues over more than one page, clearly indicate stanza breaks between pages.
■A stamped self-addressed envelope should be enclosed to facilitate return. Submissions not accompanied by SAEs will not be returned.
■Include an e-mail address with your posted submission if you only need notification of the editor’s decision and don’t need your work returned. The paperwork will be recycled in due course.
■Overseas submissions should be accompanied by International Reply Coupons, or with an e-mail address (see above).
■There are no restrictions on style or subject, but Poetry Ireland strongly dislikes poems advocating sexism or racism.
The Editor normally replies within 6 months or earlier; this timeframe may vary with the volume of submissions at any given time.
Poets will receive a copy of the issue in which their work appears plus a payment for their contribution.
Articles and Reviews
Articles and reviews are normally commissioned by the Editor. We will, however, consider proposals for both, but unsolicited articles and reviews will not be considered. Reviewers and article writers receive a copy of the journal plus payment.
Where to Submit Your Work
All communications should be addressed to the Editor, currently CaitrÃona O'Reilly (see address below).
Email: e-mail submissions are not accepted, although an e-mail address may be included with a posted submission – see above.
Post: Poetry Ireland Review,
Poetry Ireland,
2 Proud's Lane,
off St Stephen's Green,
Dublin 2
Ireland
Catriona O'Reilly, Editor. Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Ireland, 2 Proud's Lane off St Stephen's Green, Dubin 2, Ireland
website: http://poetryieland.ie/publications/submissions.html
It doesn't matter where in the world you live, the quarterly Poetry Ireland Review welcomes unsolicited submissions of poetry and proposals for articles and reviews.
Poetry Ireland Review is published quarterly. We welcome unsolicited submissions of poems, and proposals for articles and reviews, from Ireland and abroad, in Irish or English.
Guidelines for Poetry Submissions
■Send a maximum of six poems.
■Keep a hard copy of each submission.
■Poems should be original, and previously unpublished.
■Poems should be typed, with the author's name on each sheet.
■If a poem continues over more than one page, clearly indicate stanza breaks between pages.
■A stamped self-addressed envelope should be enclosed to facilitate return. Submissions not accompanied by SAEs will not be returned.
■Include an e-mail address with your posted submission if you only need notification of the editor’s decision and don’t need your work returned. The paperwork will be recycled in due course.
■Overseas submissions should be accompanied by International Reply Coupons, or with an e-mail address (see above).
■There are no restrictions on style or subject, but Poetry Ireland strongly dislikes poems advocating sexism or racism.
The Editor normally replies within 6 months or earlier; this timeframe may vary with the volume of submissions at any given time.
Poets will receive a copy of the issue in which their work appears plus a payment for their contribution.
Articles and Reviews
Articles and reviews are normally commissioned by the Editor. We will, however, consider proposals for both, but unsolicited articles and reviews will not be considered. Reviewers and article writers receive a copy of the journal plus payment.
Where to Submit Your Work
All communications should be addressed to the Editor, currently CaitrÃona O'Reilly (see address below).
Email: e-mail submissions are not accepted, although an e-mail address may be included with a posted submission – see above.
Post: Poetry Ireland Review,
Poetry Ireland,
2 Proud's Lane,
off St Stephen's Green,
Dublin 2
Ireland
Bust into ADBUSTERS
CONTACT DETAILS
Adbusters, 1243 West 7th Avenue, Vancoucer, BC V6H 1B7, Canada
email: editor@adbusters.org
website: www.adbusters.org/magazine
Adbusters is the magazine of The Media Foundation, who are a 'global network of culture jammers and creatives working to change the wat information flows, the corporations wield powere, and the way meaning is produced in our society'. The group is genuinely international and the magazine has a world wide readership. ADBUSTERS the magazine is produced in Vancouver and is one of those Canadian magazines with attitude and a half.
The magazine is 'concerned about the erosion of our physical and cultural environments by commercial forces.'
Check out the online archives for samples of published writing, and sneak a look at the spoof ads, these people have a great sense of humour, so get a feeling for the tone which is not heavy at all, but strong on fats. The editors beg writers to read the magazine before submitting.
They would like writing which is personal, personal opinions 'about the politics of the mental environment,' feature articles featuring new ways of living gently on the planet, relevan fiction and poetry, and news of culture jamming from around the work.
Submission Guidelines
.ADBUSTERS is dedicated to reinventing the outdated paradigms of our consumer culture and building a brave new understanding of living. We relish all truly political materials, whether they be scholarly probes into the decline of civilization, environmental forays into the forests, sci-fi carpet rides into cyberspace or humorous spoofs about commercial culture. More than anything, we seek compelling ideas that further the critical perspective and offer activist solutions. Our language is culture jamming: the new activism.
Our audience is global. We have subscribers in 40 countries and we are on newsstands in North America, Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan. Our circulation is 120,000 and constantly growing. We are neither left nor right, but straight ahead. Many of our readers are serious activists on the academic, entrepreneurial, environmental and communications fronts.
Editorial Guidelines
01.Read the magazine before submitting any ideas.
02.Send us your thoughts about the politics of the mental environment, your features, fiction, poetry and culture jamming/activist news from around the world. Tell us what’s happening.
03.The perfect submission offers a fresh angle on our world; it could be political analysis, an activist victory over big business, a new culture jam, a short story illustrating the madness of the modern world, a spiritual mindbomb or a quirky piece about nettles.
04.Do not submit a 1,200-word thinkpiece about how bad Starbucks is.
05.If we like your idea we will be in touch. It may take months, so be patient.
06.Submissions will not be returned. No exceptions, so do not send originals.
By Email: editor@adbusters.org
By Mail: Attn: Editor
Adbusters, 1243 West 7th Avenue, Vancoucer, BC V6H 1B7, Canada
email: editor@adbusters.org
website: www.adbusters.org/magazine
Adbusters is the magazine of The Media Foundation, who are a 'global network of culture jammers and creatives working to change the wat information flows, the corporations wield powere, and the way meaning is produced in our society'. The group is genuinely international and the magazine has a world wide readership. ADBUSTERS the magazine is produced in Vancouver and is one of those Canadian magazines with attitude and a half.
The magazine is 'concerned about the erosion of our physical and cultural environments by commercial forces.'
Check out the online archives for samples of published writing, and sneak a look at the spoof ads, these people have a great sense of humour, so get a feeling for the tone which is not heavy at all, but strong on fats. The editors beg writers to read the magazine before submitting.
They would like writing which is personal, personal opinions 'about the politics of the mental environment,' feature articles featuring new ways of living gently on the planet, relevan fiction and poetry, and news of culture jamming from around the work.
Submission Guidelines
.ADBUSTERS is dedicated to reinventing the outdated paradigms of our consumer culture and building a brave new understanding of living. We relish all truly political materials, whether they be scholarly probes into the decline of civilization, environmental forays into the forests, sci-fi carpet rides into cyberspace or humorous spoofs about commercial culture. More than anything, we seek compelling ideas that further the critical perspective and offer activist solutions. Our language is culture jamming: the new activism.
Our audience is global. We have subscribers in 40 countries and we are on newsstands in North America, Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan. Our circulation is 120,000 and constantly growing. We are neither left nor right, but straight ahead. Many of our readers are serious activists on the academic, entrepreneurial, environmental and communications fronts.
Editorial Guidelines
01.Read the magazine before submitting any ideas.
02.Send us your thoughts about the politics of the mental environment, your features, fiction, poetry and culture jamming/activist news from around the world. Tell us what’s happening.
03.The perfect submission offers a fresh angle on our world; it could be political analysis, an activist victory over big business, a new culture jam, a short story illustrating the madness of the modern world, a spiritual mindbomb or a quirky piece about nettles.
04.Do not submit a 1,200-word thinkpiece about how bad Starbucks is.
05.If we like your idea we will be in touch. It may take months, so be patient.
06.Submissions will not be returned. No exceptions, so do not send originals.
By Email: editor@adbusters.org
By Mail: Attn: Editor
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Rolling Short Story Competition
Short story contest
Want to see YOUR story
published in Writers’ Forum?
Three great prizes every issue
1st £300 2nd £150 3rd £100
All types of story are welcome, be it crime, comedy, romance, thriller, literary, twist in the tail, horror, SF etc
•Stories MUST be between 1000 and 3000 words
•Entry fee is £6 or just £3 for subscribers.
•If your story is shortlisted you will be notified and we will ask you to send a photo of yourself and a brief biography via email.
Optional feedback for just £5
Our judges Sue Moorcroft and Jan Jones can provide a page of personalised critique to help you improve your writing. The fee is just £5. You will receive feedback by email if you enter online or please include a stamped addressed envelope if you are entering by post.
TO ENTER ONLINE
Please choose one of the following links to be taken to the secure Select website to pay by card:
■Subscriber entry (£3)
■Subscriber entry with critique (£8)
■Non-subscriber entry (£6)
■Non-subscriber entry with critique (£11)
To enter send an email with your story attached as a Word-compatible file (.doc or .docx or .rtf). The document must be set out on plain A4, with double line spacing and good margin widths. Please indent the first line of paragraphs using either a tab or paragraph formatting (not spaces). On a title page give your name, address, phone number, email address, story title and wordcount. The address to send your entry to is:
storycomp@writers-forum.com
Your entry will be forwarded to the judges as soon as all fees due have been paid and your subscriber status has been confirmed. To subscribe now please click here
FREE WORKSHOP!
One story each issue will be selected for our workshop feature. If you would like your story to be considered, please state this clearly in your email entry.
Good luck!
TO ENTER BY POST
See the magazine for a postal entry form or download one (as a pdf) here. Please include a stamped postcard if you require proof of receipt.
Rolling competition
This is a rolling competition which means that entries received after one issue's cut-off point are simply placed in the next contest.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Steam-Powered 2: More Lesbian Steampunk Stories
Steam-Powered 2: More Lesbian Steampunk Stories is an anthology of steampunk stories that feature lesbian-identified protagonist and which strives to be inclusive of underrepresented (and often misrepresented!) identities in steampunk and lesbian fiction.
Although “steampunk” is a fairly broad genre, we are interested in the following:
* Stories set in the past and present as we know them, or in an alternate past or present, as well as a future in which 19th Century technology dominates.
* Stories that involve 19th Century steam technology or retro-future technology that does not involve steam. For example, if your story is set in the Gobi Desert, the lack of water may make this technology look different than it would in a society that has enough water for steam technology to be feasible. For a good idea of what I mean here, please read this essay by Steam-Powered 1 contributor Amal El-Mohtar: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/10/towards-a-steampunk-without-steam.
* Stories that explore and critique 19th and early 20th Century notions of colonialism, empire, race, sex and sexuality.
* The editor also has a strong preference for stories set outside Victorian England and the United States, stories that feature women of color protagonists, stories that feature protagonists from the lower or working class, stories with disabled protagonists (including those with cognitive disabilities and mental illnesses), and stories whose protagonists are not Christian. This is not to say that more ‘typical’ steampunk stories are unwelcome, just that they will be a harder sell.
* While Torquere Press publishes several romance and erotica titles, stories need not have romantic or erotic elements.
We are not interested in the following:
* Stories that exoticize, misrepresent or demonize lesbians, people of color, people with disabilities, or any culture or religion. (look up “cultural appropriation” for an idea of what we mean here).
* Stories with anti-lesbian clichés (such as the lesbian who would really enjoy heterosexual sex, if she met the right man)
* Stories with villains whose sole motivation for being bad is a mental illness or “being crazy.”
* Poetry
* Fan fiction (stories featuring characters that are not copyrighted to the author)
Submission Period: February 1 – March 30.
Word Count: 3,000 – 10,000 words (though shorter stories may be considered). **PLEASE query with your story idea first to save both you and the editor time.
Payment: $35 per story.
If your query is accepted, submit stories in .rtf or .doc format to JoSelle Vanderhooft at upstart.crow@gmail.com. Please title your submissions as [Author's Last Name]: Steam-Powered II Submission, and use standard manuscript format that includes your full name (and pen name if applicable), address, phone number and email.
The Stinging Fly taking submissions
The Stinging Fly taking submissions
"The Stinging Fly only accepts submissions between January 1st and March 31st each year. Submissions will not be accepted outside of this period.
The Stinging Fly welcomes submissions from Irish and international writers.
All work submitted must be previously unpublished and ideally should not be under consideration elsewhere.
The postal address for submissions is: The Stinging Fly, PO Box 6016, Dublin 8, Ireland. We do not accept e-mail submissions.
Each submission should include an email address for reply. To save time and reduce costs we would prefer to respond to all submissions via email.
If you do need or prefer to have your manuscript returned, please be sure to include return envelopes/postage. If sending work from outside of the Irish Republic, please note that non-Irish stamps are of no use to us here.
All submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter, which should include:
* Author's Name
* E-mail address and postal address
* Name of stories / poems submitted
* Brief biog if you wish, no CV necessary.
* Date of Submission
Anyone submitting both fiction and poetry submissions should include a separate cover letter with each.
All submissions should be printed using 1.5 or double line spacing. Minimum font size: 11pt. Every piece of work should have the author's name printed or signed on it.
* No more than two stories and/or four poems should be submitted at any one time or in any one year.
* Short stories should not exceed 3000 words. We do publish longer stories, but it is recommended that first-time submissions not exceed 3000 words (by too much).
* There is no restriction on the length of poems.
* All submissions are read. The editors' decision may not be correct but it is final.
* With a limited budget, we are only in a position to offer contributors a discretionary token payment. They will also receive two copies of the issue in which their work is featured and can order further copies at a discounted rate.
* Copyright remains in all cases with the author. Some work selected may be included in future versions of this web site."
For further information on submissions, visit The Stinging Fly website: http://www.stingingfly.org/
"The Stinging Fly only accepts submissions between January 1st and March 31st each year. Submissions will not be accepted outside of this period.
The Stinging Fly welcomes submissions from Irish and international writers.
All work submitted must be previously unpublished and ideally should not be under consideration elsewhere.
The postal address for submissions is: The Stinging Fly, PO Box 6016, Dublin 8, Ireland. We do not accept e-mail submissions.
Each submission should include an email address for reply. To save time and reduce costs we would prefer to respond to all submissions via email.
If you do need or prefer to have your manuscript returned, please be sure to include return envelopes/postage. If sending work from outside of the Irish Republic, please note that non-Irish stamps are of no use to us here.
All submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter, which should include:
* Author's Name
* E-mail address and postal address
* Name of stories / poems submitted
* Brief biog if you wish, no CV necessary.
* Date of Submission
Anyone submitting both fiction and poetry submissions should include a separate cover letter with each.
All submissions should be printed using 1.5 or double line spacing. Minimum font size: 11pt. Every piece of work should have the author's name printed or signed on it.
* No more than two stories and/or four poems should be submitted at any one time or in any one year.
* Short stories should not exceed 3000 words. We do publish longer stories, but it is recommended that first-time submissions not exceed 3000 words (by too much).
* There is no restriction on the length of poems.
* All submissions are read. The editors' decision may not be correct but it is final.
* With a limited budget, we are only in a position to offer contributors a discretionary token payment. They will also receive two copies of the issue in which their work is featured and can order further copies at a discounted rate.
* Copyright remains in all cases with the author. Some work selected may be included in future versions of this web site."
For further information on submissions, visit The Stinging Fly website: http://www.stingingfly.org/
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