Women Writing on Today’s American Family are being sought for an anthology about writing and publishing by women with family publication experience. Possible subjects: markets; using life experience; networking; unique issues women must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals; conference participation; self-publishing; teaching tips. Family in creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels.

Submissions

Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have proven the most helpful to readers. Please avoid writing too much about “me” and concentrate on what will help the reader. No previously published, co-written, or simultaneously submitted material.

Foreword by Supriya Bhatnagar, Director of Publications, Editor of The Writer’s Chronicle, Association of Writers & Writing Programs, George Mason University.

Afterword by Dr. Amy Hudock, co-founder of Literary Mama, an on-line literary magazine chosen by Writers Digest as one of the 101 Best Web Sites for Writers.

Co-Editor Colleen S. Harris is a 2010 Pushcart Prize nominee. Her book of poetry, God in My Throat: The Lilith Poems (Bellowing Ark Press, 2009), was a finalist for the Black Lawrence Book Award; These Terrible Sacraments, is forthcoming in 2011. Colleen has a MFA degree in writing and has appeared in The Louisville Review, Wisconsin Review, River Styx, and Adirondack Review, among others. She’s included in Library Journal; and Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages.

Co-Editor Carol Smallwood is a 2009 National Federation of State Poetry Societies award winner included in Who’s Who of American Women who has appeared in Michigan Feminist Studies, The Writer’s Chronicle, The Detroit News. She’s included in Best New Writing in Prose 2009. Her 23rd book isWriting and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook (American Library Association, 2010). A chapter of newly published Lily’s Odyssey was short listed for the Eric Hoffer Prose Award.

Please send 3-4 possible topics you would like to contribute each described in a few sentences and a 65-75 word bio using the format like the bio’s above. Please send by May 24, 2010 using FAMILY/your last name on the subject line to <smallwood(at) tm.net> (replace (at) with @).
You’ll receive a Go-Ahead and guidelines if your topics haven’t been taken. Contributors will be asked to contribute a total of 1900-2100 words. You may contribute one article 1900-2100 words or contribute two articles that combined equal 1900-2100 words. Those included in the anthology will receive a complimentary copy as compensation.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Haiti I Knew, The Haiti I know, The Haiti I want to Know
Edited by Women Writers of Haitian Descent, Inc.
To be published in the United States through an independent press in English,
French and Creole.
Distribution: International.

We are currently seeking short stories for our anthology. The Haiti I
Knew, The Haiti I know, The Haiti I want to Know: Contemporary Writings
by Haitian Women, an anthology of prose by women in Haiti, and women of
Haitian descent living abroad, will strengthen the voice of Haitian
women in the world of literature.

Through a sampling of various Haitian women’s narratives, the literary
legacy and unique history of the island will be highlighted in content
and style. This collection will be unique yet use successful techniques
from preceding anthologies. As in Lillian Castillo-Speed’ s
anthologyLatina: Women’s Voices from the Borderlands, the work will
include both fiction and nonfiction. Like Edwidge Danticat‘s
anthology The Butterfly’s Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the
United States, the book will have a thematic structure according to the
contributions received.

Guidelines: Haitian women living on the island or women of Haitian
descent living abroad are encouraged to tell their stories. Submissions
may include fiction, creative nonfiction,
personal essays and memoirs. Please only send unpublished work. No
simultaneous submissions. Writings submitted will not be returned.
Deadline: June 30, 2010
Length: 3,000-5,000 words
Format: Pieces should be typed, double-spaced and paginated. Please
include your mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number and a
short bio on the last page.
Submitting: Electronic submissions are preferred. Send work electronically as a
Word or Rich Text Format file (with .doc or .rtf extension) to M.J. Fievre at
<jessfievre( at)gmail. com> (replace (at) with @). Put “Anthology” in the subject
line.

Reply: Please allow until January 31st for a response. If you haven’t
received a response by then, please assume your work was not selected.
An effort will be made to contact each writer.

Message in a Bottle Poetry Magazine is an online magazine publishing four times a year. We are calling for submissions of well crafted poetry for our Summer issue. Please send poems in the main body of an email to the editor at <fsmessageinabottle 3(at)gmail. com> (replace (at) with @)

Website: www.messageinabottlepoetrymagzine.com

Quake in Tibet. Please help. Donate here: http://tibetanvillageproject.org/ (Please RT and repost)

Almost four thousand dead and counting, more thousands injured. Help assist survivors regardless of politics.

Blog post from Tibetans in the area – http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2010/04/earthquake-in-tibet-initial-reactions.html

Heard about this from the International Campaign for Tibet, http://www.ict.org

Saturday, January 30, 2010

LaChance Publishing Seeking Stories

LaChance publishing is a non-fiction publisher that publishes books about health topics and fitness. Their “Voices Of” series of anthologies is seeking 500-3,000 word personal essays on the following topics:

Alzheimer’s Disease
Anorexia/Bulimia
Breast Cancer
Depression
Epilepsy

They are also seeking stories about dogs who’ve made a difference in people’s lives. From the website:

MORE Good Dogs Doing Good

“Following on the success of Good Dogs Doing Good, we’re planning a second volume of uplifting, true stories of dogs that have transformed people’s lives.

What we need: True stories of literary merit that show the real, positive and transformative impact a dog has had in your life or the lives of your family or loved ones. For example, has a dog aided you through an illness or given you new insights on yourself or your life? Good Dogs Doing Good itself is the best reference. Your story should be 500-3,000 words.

What we do NOT need: Stories that focus primarily on a dog’s adorable characteristics.”

There is no information listed on payment.

From another writers’ group blog, available here: http://coffeeandcritique.blogspot.com/

Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters, published by St. Francis College in Brooklyn, is now accepting submissions (poetry, short stories, non-fiction essays, photography and art work) for our second issue.

To see our inaugural issue, and our submission guidelines, go to www.stfranciscollege.edu/academics/Publications/assisi and follow the link.

If you have questions, or need further information, please contact Dr. Wendy Galgan, Editor, at <wgalgan(at) stfranciscollege .edu>(replace (at) with @). NOTE WELL: This is not the e-mail to which you should send your submissions. Please follow the directions in the submission guidelines.

Assisi holds first rights for publication; we also reserve the right to use your name and the title of your work in press releases and on sections of our website other than the pages of Assisi. Beyond this use, and following publication in Assisi, rights revert to the author/artist providing Assisi is acknowledged in any subsequent publication of the work.

Link to 21 fairly well-paying markets for poetry, from the wonderful website http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com – here’s the link: http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2010/01/21-poetry-markets/