Marc Phillips of the sassy new litmag BLOW links to another recent addition to the litzine scene, Monday Night. Now in its fifth issue, Monday Night publishes stuff like this, Ishle Yi Park’s sardonic “Marine Rules.” Both BLOW and Monday Night are primarily print publications. BLOW is now accepting submissions; Monday Night is not. The…Continue reading new mags, & a contest reminder
Category: Literary Contests
short story contests
Mirtika at Mirathon just posted a list of upcoming story contests, including some good standards and some interesting ones I’ve never heard of. If you’ve got the entry fee (usually $10-$20) and are feeling talented and/or lucky, check it out. Meanwhile, Max over at The Millions lists the most anticipated books of 2006, part 2.…Continue reading short story contests
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
The deadline is approaching for the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. The candy: $15,000 and publication by University of Pittsburgh Press. The most recent winner is my fellow MacAdam/Cage author Todd James Pierce, author of The Australia Stories. His winning manuscript, Newsworld, was selected by Joan Didion, who called it “ambitious and exhilarating, an original collection…Continue reading Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Juniper Prize for Fiction
Juniper Prize for Fiction From the UMass Press website: Since 1976, the University of Massachusetts Press has annually awarded the Juniper Prize for Poetry, publishing the winning collection of poems in book form. Since 1990, it has also published the annual winner of the AWP Grace Paley Prize competition. In 2004, in collaboration with the…Continue reading Juniper Prize for Fiction
Emerging Writers Network Fiction Contest
Chances are you’ve already heard about Dan Wickett’s first annual Emerging Writers Network Short Fiction Contest, but if you haven’t, here are the details: Entry Fee: $10 Deadline: All stories must be physically mailed and arrive with a postmark of August 15, 2006 or earlier (and feel free to start sending as early as today)…Continue reading Emerging Writers Network Fiction Contest