Naugatuck River Review Narrative Poetry Contest

This just in from our friend Lori Desrosiers (who will be one of the features this coming Saturday at Poets in the Park)

Contest Submission Deadline: September 1st
Judge for 2009 Contest:  Lesléa Newman

Lesléa Newman is the author of over 50 books including Heather Has Two Mommies, A Letter To Harvey Milk, Writing From The Heart, In Every Laugh a Tear, The Femme Mystique, Still Life with Buddy, Fat Chance and Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear. She has received many literary awards including Poetry Fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Highlights for Children Fiction Writing Award, the James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, and two Pushcart Prize Nominations. Nine of her books have been Lambda Literary Award finalists. She is Poet Laureate of Northampton, MA.

First prize is $1000 and publication in Naugatuck River Review
Second prize $250 and publication
Third prize of  $100 and publication

Winners will be published in the Winter 2010 Issue of Naugatuck River Review.
All entrants will receive one issue of Naugatuck River Review.

All poems will be considered for publication in the Winter 2010 Contest issue (Issue 3).

Contest deadline is September 1st, 2009.  Electronic submissions ONLY will be accepted through our Submission Manager.

Contest submission fee of $20 includes an issue of the journal.

Go to www.naugatuckriverreview.com/contest for guidelines and to access our new submission manager.

Upper Delaware Writers Collective Call For Submissions

One more call for submissions to tell everyone about today.

The Upper Delaware Writers Collective (UDWC) invites writers to submit poems for The Green Heron Poetry Project, a publication and performance opportunity. Poems should focus on the theme, “Create the reality that you’re hoping for.”
The UDWC has chosen the Green Heron (Butorides virescens), observed with increasing frequency in the Upper Delaware River Valley, as inspiration to showcase creative, constructive public expression concerning some critical issues of our time. Native Americans attributed to the Green Heron the qualities of self-reliance, determination, aggressive adaptability and innate balance. At a time when the area’s environment, infrastructures, communities, and way of life are on the brink of enormous change, the bird seems to embody characteristics important for our own species.

Submit up to three typed poems, each not more than 25 lines long. Please provide 3 copies of each poem you submit. The title(s) of the piece, author's name, address, phone number and email must appear on a separate page. Do not include your contact information anywhere else on your submission or it will be disqualified. Include a 50-word bio with your submission. Send your work to UDWC, 1258 Crystal Lake Road, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, ATTN: GHPP. Deadline for submissions is June 1. Early submissions are encouraged.

The culmination of the project will be multi-disciplinary events in each of three river towns. Posters of the poems will be paraded to a venue where they will set the stage for a joint poetry reading and music/theater/dance performance. The posters will be permanently displayed in public spaces such as libraries and parks, as well as in commercial establishments such as coffee houses and restaurants, and will be available for sale to the public.

The Green Heron Poetry Project furthers the mission of the UDWC by fostering community engagement in the arts, specifically by facilitating public expression through poetry.  Looking forward, the collective hopes to publish the results of the project in a chapbook in 2010.

This project is made possible in part with funds from the Decentralization Program for Sullivan County, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.

For more information, call 570-685-8774.

Literary Gazette Call For Submissions

The Literary Gazette is seeking poetry and short prose submissions (essays or short fiction) on the subject of bridges-the real kind that cross rivers and roadways, and also the metaphorical bridges that connect us. We are interested in the history and beauty of bridges and their associations, whether old or modern, and also evocative writing that depicts how bridges of friendship, loyalty, compassion, ideas and cultural understanding bring us together. In these hard economic and social times, it is important to remember what connects us, rather than divides us, and to cross the bridges between us as often as we can.

The photographs of Sandy Long on the theme of bridges will be featured in this 2009 issue of the Literary Gazette, to be published by The River Reporter on July 3. The deadline for submissions is May 22.

Submit word documents to editor Mary Greene at marygreene@riverreporter.com or via snail mail to Literary Gazette, PO Box 150, Narrowsburg, NY 12764. Poetry is limited to 40 lines and five submissions per person. Prose is limited to 1,200 words and three submissions per person. There is no reading fee. Submissions cannot be returned. Include a short (up to four-sentence) bio as well as contact information with your submission. Payment for publication is two contributor's copies

For more information email marygreene@riverreporter.com or call 845/252-7414, ext. 30.

The Capital Flip

Information on a new magazine that is launching tomorrow, January 1st and how you can submit your poetry for publication.  What a way to start the new year!

The Capital Flip (www.thecapitalflip.com) will be launching in January as a cyber-publication (a.k.a. ʽzine), and will contain a section called Vice & Verse. V&V will feature four Capital Region poets, and will include their picture, bio and one or more poems, space permitting.

Submission Guidelines:

• One picture of the poet.
• A brief (100 words or less) bio, including any up-coming events.
• 24 line limit on poetry (not including breaks)
• 300 word limit on experimental prose.

To be considered for submission, please send the following as attachments with the heading ʽV-n-V Submissionʼ to editor@thecapitalflip.com

The deadline for each publication is the 15^th of the previous month. Due to the expected volume of submissions, we cannot guarantee a spot on a given month, but we can try. We do not judge on content or style; thatʼs for our readers to judge.

Poetry Cemetery Magazine Seeking Submissions

The following is from an email from the editor of Poetry Cemetery with information on submitting to the magazine.

This magazine has been in existence since 2006.  We are currently seeking submissions-- our submission requirements are below, and are, of course, available on our website.

I would greatly appreciate your passing along our request for submissions to any poet-friends-- and letting any other connoisseur of poetry know about our site.

I am open to suggestions, comments, complaints-- feel free to email me at any time.

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Submission Guidlines:

POETRY
Poetry Cemetery always welcomes unsolicited poetry submissions from both published and amateur poets alike.  Feel free to send us your best work at any time...just be sure you follow the rules/guidelines below:

1. Send a maximum of 3 poems for consideration per issue.
   
2. PROOFREAD your work before you send it.
   
3. Send your poems in the body of the email...NOT as attachments.  Also, please be sure you  include titles (even if the title is "untitled"), and be sure we can distinguish the end of one poem from the beginning of the next.
   
4. Please let us know if the poems you've sent us have been published elsewhere; it's OK by us, just let us know where so we can properly credit the other publication.
   
5. Please do not send anything that is excessively vulgar, pornographic, or otherwise offensive to the masses.  We believe that every art form has its place in the world...but this is not the  place for overtly offensive material.
   
6. Please include a short bio-- 100 words or so.
   
7. Don't forget your name and at least the city and state where you live.

By sending us your poetry, you are granting us publication rights for our website, and confirming that you have the rights to allow us to publish your work.
All work remains the property of the author--we merely ask that you give us credit if the piece is republished in the future.

ART
We are also seeking artwork to decorate our pages.  If you would like to help us decorate our pages, please send us your artwork in JPEG format only, as an attachment to your email.

Send all submissions to: POETRYCEMETERY@GMAIL.COM

Call for Entries - Written Works for Visual Art Show at ASK

Hudson Valley writers are invited to submit short works for possible use in collaborations with visual artists for "VisuaLit", an innovative, July 2008, exhibition at the Arts Society of Kingston.

A writer may submit one to three works that are each no more than one page in length. Works may be on any subject and may include poetry, short fiction, drama, essays, or memoirs. Submitted works must be typed or word-processed, with no name or identifying information on the page. A coversheet must accompany the submitted works, with your name, address, phone number, and email address.

Mail all submissions, postmarked no later than April 19th, to VisuaLit Submissions, ASK, 97  Broadway, Kingston NY 12401. Electronic submission will not be considered.

By submitting works, the writer agrees to the following conditions:

1. The writer affirms that submitted works are entirely his or her own work.
2. The decision to use a work as the basis or inspiration for a visual-arts work—painting, drawing, collage, or a multimedia or 3-dimensional work—will be made solely by the visual-artist member of ASK.
3. The visual artist may use some or all of the text in the visual work.
4. Writers will be contacted only if their work is selected for the exhibition.
5. The writers of a selected work must provide an electronic version of the text for use in the exhibition or in related publications.
6. All other rights to the text remain the property of the writer.
7. If a visual-art work based on the writer's work is sold, the writer will receive 10 percent of the gross proceeds.

For further information, see "Call for Entries" on the ASK website at www.askforarts.org.

ASK quickens the cultural pulse of the Hudson Valley by providing a nexus for the visual, performing, literary arts and education. Founded in 1995, ASK today has grown to become a not-for-profit membership organization with over six hundred members. Ask hosts on average twenty-four visual arts shows and over two hundred events from at least ten different programs of dance, theater, music, writing & education each year. In addition, ASK produces ArtWorks, a monthly publication distributed by the Kingston Freeman, which includes the Kingston Gallery guide, highlighting the current exhibitions in some thirty art venues in Kingston and many others throughout the Hudson Valley.

For more information, contact Emily Flynn, Arts Society of Kingston, by phone at 845-338-0331 or email communications@askforarts.org.

The Literary Gazette Call For Submissions

The Literary Gazette, published annually by The River Reporter, is seeking submissions for its 2008 edition, to be published in June. The theme is "nature" and poems, short shorts and short memoir/essay pieces will be considered on topics related to nature, wilderness, weather, the seasons, wildlife, trekking, landscape and human encounters with same.

To be considered, entries must not exceed 1,000 words.   Send word documents to marygreene@riverreporter.com or via snail mail to The Literary Gazette, PO Box 150, Narrowsburg, NY 12764.

Submission deadline is Friday, May 2. Submissions cannot be returned.  Please include an email address or SASE to receive response. For more information call 845-252-7414.