Legend: (WD)  Writer’s Digest; (WM) Writer’s Market; (N&SSWM) Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market; (SPR) Small Press Review;

(P&W) Poets & Writers

(TW) The Writer magazine

 

 

Bellevue Literary Review (www.blreview.org); semiannual (Spring and Fall issues); Subscription-$12/yr.

      The Bellevue Literary Review was born in 2000 when three physicians pooled their common interests to develop a literary journal.  The journal’s editorial emphasis is on high quality literary writing, with strong character development, taut description and creative interpretations of their themes (Fall issues; Spring issue is devoted to winners of their annual writing contests).

      Accepts fiction, poetry and essays year round, pertaining to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind and body.

      Purchases FNAR and anthology rights.  Pays in copies; response time, 1-6 months. (W)

 

Food Anthology—City Works Press, 1313 Park Blvd., A-8, San Diego, CA 92101.  Email: cwpfood@gmail.com.

      Submissions for anthology on food—push boundaries: write on food as metaphor, memory, and culture.  Explore thirst.  Investigate hunger, power, poverty, and addiction.

      Linked to recipes or not.

      Fiction and creative nonfiction to 3,000 words maximum.  Poems: 3 maximum.  Art and photography: 3 max.

      Deadline: December 17, 2007.

      No info on payment, rights purchased, response time. (P&W)

 

Vegan Living, Freya Dinshah, Editor; 56 Dinshah Lane, PO box 369, Malaga, NJ 08328-0908. Phone: 856-694-2887. www.americanvegan.org.  Published 4 times/yr.  Subscription: $20.  Copy: $3, sample copy, $2.  Back issues: $3.  32 pgs.

      Looking for articles, cartoons, interviews, reviews, letter, news items about the veganism and “to encourage and inspire people to adopt this compassionate lifestyle.” Subjects include: environment, ethics, fashion, food, eating, gardening and health.

      No simultaneous submissions.

      Pays one year subscription; copyright reverts to author after publication.  Response time: up to one month. (SPR)

 

Image (www.imagejournal.org), 3307 Third Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119. Phone: 206-281-2988. Email: image@imagejournal.org.  Quarterly. $12/yr.  Send SASE or see web site for guidelines.

      Seeks well-crafted essays, stories and poetry, that explore the intersection of art and faith.

      Soliciting fiction to 4,000-6,000 words; essays (4-6K words); poetry (1-5 poems per submission).

      Prefers queries via email but accepts unsolicited mss.  Send in electronic or hard copy.

      Pays $10/pg. ($150 maximum) for fiction; $10/pg. ($200 maximum) for nonfiction; $2/line ($150 maximum) for poetry, on acceptance for FNASR.

      Response time: queries, 1 month; submissions, 2 months. (W)

 

The Broome Review, PO Box 900, Vestal, NY 13851.   Inaugural issue, May 2008.

       Seeking poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction for first issue.  Send 3-5 poems, up to 15 pages of prose.  Visual artists, please query first via email: thebroomereview@aol.com.

      Submissions accepted through January 2008.  Include cover letter, bio and SASE for reply.  No info on payment, rights or response times (P&W)

 

Watermen, Thomas Lockie, Editor; 2428 Gramercy Ave., Torrance, CA 90501. Phone 310-850-6431. 2 issues/yr.  Subscription: $12.  Copy: $6.  Sample copy—free. 32 pgs.

      Accepts poetry, fiction, articles, art, photos, music, nonfiction; must all be ocean based, sport based, lifestyle based.  “Surfing, diving, paddle sports, underwater hunting, lifeguarding, underwater photography and videography.”

      No info as to payment, rights purchased and response times. (SPR)

 

Omnidawn Publishing seeking submissions for new anthology.  Complete guidelines and addresses at their web site: www.omnidawn.com.

      Needs Fabulist and New Wave fabulist short stories for Paraspheres 2: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction.  Also seeking novellas and full-length manuscripts.  Payment in royalties.  No electronic submissions. (P&W)

 

Tilbury House, 2 Mechanic St., #3, Gardiner, ME 04345.  Phone: 207-582-1900.

Web site: www. tilburyhouse.com.  Email: tilbury@tilburyhouse. com. 

      Small, independent publisher of children’s picture books (with possible teacher guide), that deal with cultural diversity or nature/environment.  Also adult nonfiction titles on Maine and the Northeast.

      Query with outline and sample chapters.  Prefers hardcopy format.  Will not open e-mail attachments.  Accepts unsolicited mss.

      Pays on publication.  No info on royalty of advance payments. (W).

 

Beanpole Books (publisher@beanpolebooks.net).

      Looking for children and young adult stories with a solid plot, strong character development and attention to detail. Stories should grab the reader’s attention quickly and hold it to the end.

      Contact publisher for complete guidelines and address, etc. (P&W)

 

Sensations Magazine, David Messineo, Editor; PO Box 132, Lafayette, NJ 07848-0132. www.sensationsmag.com.  Two issues/yr.  Subscriptions:$30.  $20/copy.  Sample: $20.  150 pgs.  Checks payable to “The Six Centuries Club.”

      Sensations Magazine begins a six-issue, three-year series of American Century themes issues, starting with Spring/Summer 2008 (Issue #43).  All poems and stories submitted in 2008 must be inspired by individuals, events, and research of America in the years 1501-1700.

      For more details, access web site above and click on “Submit” button, then “Poetry” or “Fiction” for details, including submission requirements and timeline of events. 

      Pays on acceptance.  Response: two months after posted deadline.  Copyright reverts to author. (SPR)

 

The First Line, David LaBounty, Editor; PO Box 250382, Plano, TX 75025.  Web site: http://thefirstline.com.  Quarterly. $12/yr.  Email: submissions@thefirstline.com.

      For each issue, the editors invite short-story submissions stemming from a single given first line.  They then publish the best of those received.  The lines are posted on the web site.

      Accepts fiction with the first line provided, and critical essays about a favorite first line from a literary work.  Welcomes multiple fiction genres and styles.  Prefers that would-be contributors not submit a story with TLR’s first line to another publication until the corresponding TLR issue has been published.

      Prefers submissions via e-mail; attach Word or Word Perfect documents. 

      Payment: $20 for fiction and $10 for nonfiction, on publication.  Response time: 3-4 weeks after each issue’s submission deadline. (W)

 

Poisoned Pen Press, 6962 E. First St., STE. 103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251.

Web site: www.poisonedpenpress.com. 

Email: editor@poisonedpenpress.com.  Guidelines on web site or send SASE.

      Publisher of adult mysteries on crime and detection.   Publishing goal is to produce well-written novels of crime and detection, where the mystery and its resolution are the main plot device.

      Pays in royalties.  Publishes 36 titles/year, 35% from first-time authors, 65% from unagented writers. (W)

 

C O N T E S T S

 

Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry of the Sacred.  Merton Institute, 2117 Payne St., Louisville, KY 40206.  For complete contest rules call (502)899-1991 or visit www.mertoninstitute.org.

      First prize: $500.  Judge: Billy Collins

      Submit 1 unpublished poem to above address.

      No reading or entry fee.

Deadline: December 31, 2007. (P&W)

 

River Styx Schlafly Beer Annual Micro-Fiction Contest; Editor, Richard Newman.  3547 Olive St., Ste. 107, St. Louis, MO 63117. Phone: 314-533-4541. For complete guidelines, see www.riverstyx.org.

   Prize: $1,500 and 2 cases of Schlafly beer, and publication in River Styx.

      Judging by editor of RS.

      Limit: 500 words max per story, up to 3 stories per entry.

      Entry fee: $20 (includes 1-year subscription).

      Deadline: December 31 postmark. (P&W)

 

Slab’s 2007 Elizabeth Curry Prize in Poetry.  Details/past winners at: www.slablitmag.com.

      Prizes: $500/$300/$100.  All winners/finalists published in Slab.

      Judge: Lance Larsen, 2007 NEA Literature Fellow.

      Submit 3 unpublished poems.

      Entry fee: $10 reading fee (includes 2-year subscription).

      Deadline: November 26, 2007 postmark. (P&W)

 

Omnidawn Publishing will offer $2,000 prize for their first annual first/second book poetry contest.  Judge to be announced.  Open to submissions March 1-June 30, 2008.  Entry fee: $25.  Winner(s) to be published in Spring 2009.

      For further information, see www.omnidawn.com.