This list posted by Xujun Eberlein, who will have a book coming out soon with Livingston Press: Apologies Forthcoming. Check her out!

Anthologies and Special-Themed Journals

Deadline: 9/30/07
Submit to: Eden Waters Press Anthology. E-mail to: editor@edenwaterspress.com
Theme: Home.
Type: Poetry (5 poems MAX), short stories (5 to 6 pages MAX), and essays (2 to 3 pages MAX).

Deadline: 10/01/07
Submit to: Bitch. E-mail to: bitch@bitchmagazine.com
Theme: Wired; MUST BE a feminist response to pop culture.
Type: Essays (4,000 words MAX).
See http://www.bitchmagazine.com/about-guidelines.shtml for more information.

Deadline: 10/01/07
Submit to: Sinister Wisdom. Juanita Ramos, Editor. PO Box 678 W.V.S., Binghamton, NY 13905-0678, or e-mail to: companeras1994@yahoo.com
Theme: Latina activism. See http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/journal.html#upcoming for more information. ONLY FOR AND BY LESBIANS.
Type: Poetry (5 poems MAX), short stories, and essays (3,000 words MAX).

Deadline: 10/04/07
Submit to: Pockets. Lynn W. Gilliam, Editor. PO Box 340004, Nashville, TN 37203-0004
Theme: Role Models; MUST BE appropriate for 6- to 12-year-old Christians.
Type: Poetry (24 lines each), short stories (1,400 words MAX), and essays (1,000 words MAX).

Deadline: 11/01/07
Submit to: Tin House. Brenda Shaughnessy, Poetry Editor. Rob Spillman, Editor (for prose). PO Box 10500, Portland, OR 97210
Theme: Off The Grid (outside of the norm).
Type: Poetry (5 poems MAX), short stories, and essays (10,000 words MAX).

Deadline: 12/15/07
Submit to: Fiction International. Harold Jaffe, Editor. Dept. of English, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-6020
Theme: Freak.
Type: Poetry, short stories, and essays.

Deadline: 01/02/08
Submit to: Women’s Studies Quarterly. Poetry should go to Kathleen Ossip at ossipk@aol.com. Fiction, essay, and memoir submissions should go to WSQ’s Fiction/Nonfiction editor Kamy Wicoff at kwicoff@yahoo.com.
Theme: Trans-. Visit Web site for more information: http://www.feministpress.org/wsq/#callformaterials
Type: Poetry, short stories, and essays (6,000 words MAX).

Deadline: 02/01/08
Submit to: Rattle. Tim Green, Editor. 12411 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, CA 91604
Theme: Visual poetry. Poetry should be accompanied with visual art (paintings, photography, et al). For more information, please visit Web site: http://rattle.com/callsforsubs.htm
Type: Poetry (3-5 poems) and essays (1,500 words MAX).

Deadline: 02/15/08
Submit to: divide. Editor. University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 317, Boulder, CO 80309
Theme: Down time. NO genre work (mystery, science fiction, romance, Westerns, etc.)
Type: Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (3,000 words MAX).

Deadline: 02/25/08
Submit to: Gulf Stream. Submit via online form: http://w3.fiu.edu/gulfstrm/electronic_submissions.htm
Theme: Florida appetites.
Type: Poetry (5 poems MAX), short stories, and creative nonfiction (5,000 words MAX).

Contests - PLEASE see individual Web sites for complete information and submission guidelines.

Submit to: Robert Watson Literary Prize for Poetry and Fiction sponsored by The Greensboro Review. MFA Writing Program, 3302 HHRA Building, UNC Greensboro,
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Deadline: 09/15/07; entry fee: N/A
Type: Poetry and short stories (7,500 words MAX).
Prize: $500 and publication.
URL: http://www.greensbororeview.org/contests/

Submit to: Chautauqua Literary Journal Annual Contests. PO Box 2039, York Beach, ME 03910
Deadline: 09/30/07; entry fee: $15.
Type: Poetry (6 titles), short stories, and essays (7,000 words MAX).
First prize: $1,500 and publication.
URL: http://writers.ciweb.org/literary-journal/

Submit to: Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers. See Web site link below for making a submission.
Deadline: 09/30/07; entry fee: $15.
Type: Short stories (12,000 words MAX).
Prize: $1,200, publication, and 20 copies of that issue.
URL: http://www.glimmertrain.com/shorawfornew2.html

Submit to: Fiction Contest OR Poetry Contest sponsored by Black Warrior Review. Box 862936, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486
Deadline: 10/01/07; entry fee: $15.
Type: Poetry (3 poems) and short stories (7,500 words MAX).
First prize: $1,000 and publication.
URL: http://webdelsol.com/bwr/contest.html

Submit to: 15th Annual Short Story Contest sponsored by Boston Review. 35 Medford St., Suite 302, Somerville, MA 02143
Deadline: 10/01/07; entry fee: $20 ($30 for international submissions).
Type: Short stories (4,000 words MAX).
First prize: $1,500 and publication.
URL: http://bostonreview.net/contests.html

Submit to: 2007 Mid-American Review’s Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Award. Department of English, Box W, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403
Deadline: 10/01/07; entry fee: $10.
Type: Poetry (3 titles MAX), short stories, and essays (6,000 words MAX).
First prize: $1,000 and publication.
URL: http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/2007contest.html

Submit to: 17th Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize in Fiction, Essay, and Poetry sponsored by The Missouri Review. Submit online: http://www.missourireview.com/submit/, or mail to: 357 McReynolds Hall, UMC, Columbia, MO 65211. The outside of the envelope must be marked "Fiction," "Essay," or "Poetry." Each entry in each category must be mailed in a separate envelope.
Deadline: 10/01/07; entry fee: $20.
Type: poetry (10 pages MAX), fiction, and essays (25 pages MAX).
First prize: $3,000 for each genre and publication.
URL: http://www.missourireview.com/contest/index.php

Submit to: 11th Annual Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest. 916 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
Deadline: 10/01/07; entry fee: $15.
Type: Short stories (5,000 words MAX).
First prize: $1,000
URL: http://all-story.com/contests.cgi

Submit to: Third Coast’s 2008 Fiction or Drama Contest. Department of English, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331
Deadline: 10/15/07; entry fee: $15.
Type: Short stories and plays (9,000 words MAX).
First prize: $1,000 for each genre and publication.
URL: http://www.wmich.edu/thirdcoast/Contests_homepage.htm

Submit to: Indiana Review’s 2007 Fiction Prize. Ballantine Hall 465, 1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-7103
Deadline: 10/15/07; entry fee: $15.
Type: Short stories (35 pages MAX).
First prize: $1,000 and publication.
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~inreview/general/prizes/fictprizeguidelines07.html

Submit to: Rainmaker Awards In Poetry sponsored by Zone 3. APSU Box 4565, Clarksville, TN 37044
Deadline: 11/30/07; entry fee: $10.
First prize: $500 and publication.
Type: poetry (3 poems MAX).
URL: http://www.apsu.edu/zone3/about_zone_3.htm

Upcoming Events/Conferences

Dates: 09/14/07 to 09/15/07
Contact: Cathe Olson
Central Coast Writers’ Conference
2100 E. Deer Canyon Road
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
URL: http://www.communityprograms.net/wc/wcindex.htm

Dates: 09/28/07 to 09/29/07
Contact: Sandy Smith
Idaho Writers League Annual Writers Conference
253 Meadow Lane
Sagle, ID 83860
URL: http://www.idahowritersleague.com/

Dates: 09/28/07 to 09/30/07
Contact: Dianna Love Snell
Moonlight and Magnolia Conference
1029 Peachtree Parkway N.
Peachtree City, GA 30269
URL: http://www.georgiaromancewriters.org

Dates: 09/27/07 to 09/30/07
Contact: John D. Lamb
Walloon Writers’ Retreat
Springfed Arts
PO Box 304
Royal Oak, MI 48068 URL: http://www.springfed.org/Walloonwriters.html

Date: 09/30/07
Contact: Ruth Light, President of the Women’s National Association/LA Chapter at ruthabc@ca.rr.com
The West Hollywood Book Fair—Joan Gelfand is one of the readers for the day.
URL: http://www.weho.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/detailgroup/navid/339/cid/1980/

Keep writing!

Ronnie L. Smith, President
Writer’s Relief, Inc.
(866) 405-3003 (toll free)
http://www.writersrelief.com