You're getting the weekly listings early because I am going out of town and wont be in the office the 25th-29th. I hope something in here suits you. See you next week!
Contests
Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Short Story Competition. They want a positive story about gay/lesbian lifestyle that is based on a historic person or event. The prize is $1,000, the deadline is Nov 30th and there’s no entry fee.
Sonora Review Short-Short Contest. Judged by David Means (author of The Secret Goldfish and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the O. Henry Award), the prize is $250 and publication, plus 10 finalists will also be considered for publication. Mss must be 1,000 words or less. A $10 entry fee is required. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but fees are non-refundable. Postmark deadline of Dec 1. Current students or instructors in the University of Arizona's MFA program are not eligable.
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award. Sponsored by the ALA, this contest is to recognize a published YA or adult novel set in a time when the US was at war. There’s no entry fee, the deadline is Dec 1, and books can be submitted by publishers or authors. Oh, and did I mention the prize is $5,000?
Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award. Poets & Writers, Inc. sponsors two prizes of $500 each awarded annually to a poet and a fiction writer from a select area (this year-Washington, D.C.). Each winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to give a reading and meet with writers, editors, publishers, and agents. Writers who have published no more than one full-length book in the genre in which they are applying are eligible. Submit five copies of up to 10 pages of poetry or 25 pages of fiction by December 1. There is no entry fee.
Black Caucus of the ALA Literary Awards. Given to African American writers. First prize is $500. There’s no entry fee, but your publisher has to send 7 copies to the committee by Dec 31st.
Cintas Foundation Fiction Fellowship. A fellowship worth $15,000 will be given to a Cuban writer, or one of Cuban decent. Students are not eligible. There’s no entry fee, and the submission deadline is Jan 14th, 2008.
Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. This is for the best previously unpublished short story or novel excerpt by a student of African descent enrolled full time as undergraduate or graduate student in any college or university in the United States. First prize is $1000, two finalists get $500, and the entry fee is $10. Submissions accepted Nov 1-Jan 15th.
Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award. A national award presented to published writers of African descent by the national community of Black writers. "This award, underwritten by Borders Books & Music, consists of prizes for the highest quality writing in the categories of Fiction, Debut Fiction, Nonfiction, and Contemporary Fiction." Paperback originals and self-published books are eligible. There’s a $25 submission fee, prize is around $3000, and the deadline is Nov 15th
Southern California Review 1st Annual Fiction Prize. Send one story of up to 8,000 words with a $10 reading fee payable to Southern California Review. Multiple entries are permitted, but a separate check should be included with each entry. All entrants will receive a free copy of Southern California Review. 1st Prize: $1,000; 2nd Prize: $200; 3rd Prize: $100. The winning entry will appear in the spring 2008 issue of Southern California Review. Only the 1st prize entry will be published. Postmark deadline of Dec 31st.
Conferences
The New York Anime Festival will be held on December 7-9, 2007 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. Pop culture publishing and consulting company ICv2 has announced its first ICv2 Conference on Anime and Manga: "Inside the Otaku Generation" at New York Anime Festival (NYAF), the new event being launched by the organizers of New York Comic Con. The ICv2 Conference on Anime and Manga: "Inside the Otaku Generation" will be held on Thursday afternoon, December 6, 2007 at the Javits Center, on the eve of NYAF. These are the panelists currently booked for the event.
The Nineteenth Annual Independent and Small Press Book Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, December 2nd, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 3rd. The Fair will take place in the building of the General Society Library of Mechanics and Tradesmen, at 20 West 44th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, in Manhattan. Admission to the Fair continues to be free, though a one dollar donation is encouraged.
Submissions
Feminine fiction. damselfly press, an online literary journal for women, is seeking electronic submissions of original fiction, nonfiction and poetry by female writers for their second issue, slated for online publication January 15th, 2008. "We welcome a myriad of women's voices from new and experienced writers". The deadline for submissions is December 15th, 2007.
Appalachian Activist fiction. And you know it’s an anthology by the content matter. University Press of North Carolina is looking for fiction, poetry and drama for “Artist as Activist in the Appalachian South.” The deadline is December 1 and they want three copies of your story. For more info contact B.J. Robinson at upngATngcsuDOTedu.
Social/environmental. Plain View Press is actively seeking novel mss.
Fiction. A new mag is launching in May 2008, and the Broome Review is looking for submissions. They’re not specific on what they want beyond under 15 pgs of prose by the end of January, but you can contact them via thebroomereviewATaolDOTcom or Broome Review, PO Box 900, Vestal, NY 13851
Literary. Iron Horse Review is open to submissions. Pays $100.
Literary crime/law enforcement. John Jay College is launching a magazine aptly named J. Send ms with SASE by Dec 15th to J, Dept of English, c/o John Jay College, 445 West 59th St, NY NY 10019
The Bryant Literary Review and Alembic have calls out for submissions.
Revolving Door
Beacon Press: Amy Caldwell and Gayatri Patnaik have both been promoted to executive editor, and Brian Halley has been promoted to editor.
Chronicle's children's division: Julie Romeis has been hired as editor, managing a list of titles including middle grade and young adult fiction. She was an editor at Bloomsbury, and is relocating to San Francisco to start next month. Peter Bohan will join the unit as children's marketing manager. He was marketing and promotions manager at Workman.
Da Capo: Bob Pigeon (working out of the company's Philadelphia office), and Ben Schafer (working out of the New York office) have been promoted to executive editor. And Jonathan Crowe (in the Cambridge office) and Courtney Napoles (in New York) have been promoted to assistant editor.
Guideposts: Jennifer Willingham has been hired as vp of marketing for the retail book division. Marty Flanagan was promoted to vp of sales and group publisher for their children's product line and Beth Adams in the New York office has been promoted to editor.
Quercus: Jon Riley has been promoted to editor-in-chief of the trade list.