DEADLINE AUGUST 1, 2010

Ohio Childhood Poems: Final Call for Submissions

Children are shaped by the places they live and the events they experience. This collection will gather work that documents how poets were shaped or influenced by growing up in one particular Midwest state. On its north coast, Ohio is a Great Lakes state where it shares a border with Canada on the east and south, it is Appalachian mountains and foothills, forests and rivers; to its west, it flattens into the beginning of the plains, squared with farms. Demographically, Ohio has its rich cosmopolitan centers, its suburbs surrounding its cities, its bounty of small towns, its agricultural diversity from truck farms to family farms. Yet it also has cultural diversity and rich heritages that decorate the quilt that is Ohio. Poems of place and on characters might be especially welcomed for this collection. Name the people, places, brands, businesses, landmarks, institutions, locations that impacted your life as a child and your life as a poet.

The collection will be edited by Robert Miltner of Kent State University and published by Pudding House Publications in Columbus, Ohio.

Guidelines:
• Poets should have spent at least five years of their childhood in Ohio.
• Beginning, emerging and established poets are equally invited.
• Submit no more than four poems.
• Include author contact information—name, address, phone number, email—on each submission.
• Include a short contributor’s note (under 150 words) about your Ohio connection; keep publication comments brief.
• Sorry, no simultaneous submissions.
• Previously published poems considered if poet holds copyright and publication information (journal, issue, year, page or website) is provided. No fees will be paid for reprinting.
• Rights revert back to author upon publication.
• Electronic submissions only.
• Send submissions to <ohiochildhood(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @)
Put your last name first in the subject line, followed by “submission.” Attach your poem(s) in a word file AND paste the poem(s) in 12 point font in the body of the email.
• Only submissions that follow the guidelines will be considered.
• Deadline for submissions is EXTENDED to August 1, 2010.
• For questions, contact editor at <ohiochildhood(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @) Put “Question” in the subject line.

For further information, visit our blog: http://ohiochildhoodpoemsanthology.blogspot.com/

damselfly press, an online literary journal for women is pleased to announce the publication of our twelfth issue and call for submissions for the thirteenth issue. We are seeking electronic submissions of original fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by female writers only slated for online publication in October 2010.

As always, we welcome a myriad of women’s voices from new and experienced writers.

The deadline to submit for the thirteenth issue is September 15th.

These are the e-mails per genre editor:

Fiction: jennifer(at)damselflypress.net (replace (at) with @)

Poetry: lesley(at)damselflypress.net (replace (at) with @)

Nonfiction: nonfiction(at)damselflypress.net (replace (at) with @)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: JMS BOOKS LLC

JMS Books LLC is a new small press catering to fans of queer erotic
romance as well as a variety of other genres. We publish in print and
electronic formats, and our royalty rates are very competitive — among
the best in e-publishing.

We are looking for fresh, new voices in the following fiction genres:

* CONTEMPORARY – stories set in modern day without any fantastical or
paranormal elements
* FANTASY – all subgenres, including urban fantasy, high fantasy, epics,
magic, superhero, mythology, fairy tales, legends, etc.
* GAY – stories in any subgenre whose focus is a loving relationship
between consenting, adult men
* HISTORICAL – stories set in any era before Stonewall
* HORROR – stories intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify (no vampires,
werewolves, or shifters)
* HUMOR – stories in any subgenre with humorous elements which are the
driving focus of the plot
* INTERRACIAL – stories with characters of different races in a relationship
* LESBIAN – stories in any subgenre whose focus is a loving relationship
between consenting, adult women
* MILITARY/WAR – stories in any subgenre with military characters or set
during wartime
* NON-FICTION – please query
* POETRY – please query
* SCIENCE FICTION – all subgenres, including futuristic, space opera, time
travel, alternate reality/history, utopia or dystopia, etc.
* TRANSGENDER – stories in any subgenre whose focus is a loving
relationship between consenting, adult characters who identify with the
gender other than the one with which they were born, including
intersexual, transsexual, transvestite, and gender-queer characters
* YOUNG ADULT – stories in any subgenre aimed at readers between the ages
of 14-18

For full submission guidelines visit our site at http://www.jms-books.com