March Submission Listings

AUGURY BOOKS is pleased to announce that they are now accepting manuscripts for their inaugural Editors’ Prize in Poetry. To enter, submit 40-75 pages of poetry and an acknowledgments page. Entry fee is $20. The winner will receive a $1,000 honorarium and publication with Augury Books as well as 10 complimentary copies of the book. The reading period will be from March 15-May 15, 2011. Please visithttp://augurybooks.com/submissions/ for further information.

(UN)REMARKABLE MAGAZINE is currently seeking unpublished creative writing for the Fall 2011 issue. They seek fiction and creative non-fiction up to 8,000 words, as well as poetry, up to 5 poems per submission. More specific submission guidelines can be found at: www.unremarkablemagazine.com.

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS is pleased to announce the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. This prize, presented annually to a writer who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems, awards the winner with $2,000 and publication of his or her first full-length book of poetry by the Kent State University Press. The judge will be Edward Hirsch. There is a $20 reading fee. Deadline is May 2nd. For more info check out: www.kent.edu/wick

THE TEXAS OBSERVER is pleased to announce its first annual short story contest, to be judged by Larry McMurty. Winner will receive $1,ooo prize and publication in the Summer Books Issue of the Texas Observer. There are no genre/theme restrictions, but entries with a Texas setting or themes are encouraged. Stories should not exceed 2,500 words. Entries must contain cover note with story title, name, address, phone number, and email address and a $25 reading fee. Name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Deadline is May 1st. For more information, please see: https://www.texasobserver.org/2011-short-story-contest

YEMASSE is proud to announce the 2011 Pocataligo Poetry Contest. Submit 3 to 5 poems for your chance at cash prizes and publication. A $10 reading fee, and a cover letter should accompany your work. Your name must not appear on any page of the manuscript. No manuscripts will be returned. Deadline is March 31st. For more information please see: http://yemasseejournalonline.org/poetry_contest.html

BOMB Magazine is pleased to announce their annual Fiction Contest, judged this year by novelist Rivka Galchen. The contest winner will receive $500 and the story will be published in an upcoming issue of BOMB’s literary supplement, First Proof. The postmark deadline is April 16. All submissions will be read anonymously. Find out more at http://bombsite.com/issues/0/articles/4770

Students are encouraged to look up the BLACK FOREST WRITING SEMINARS SUMMER SESSION 2011, which meets August 8-20. The program is situated in the historic town of Freiburg, Germany; this year’s offerings (featuring authors Sandra Beasley, Kirk Nesset, Lee Durkee, Sieglinde Lemke and others) include courses in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and literature. Operated by the University of Freiburg, and by Germany’s top-ranking English department, the program attracts students of all kinds and all ages, European as well as American. If interested, apply early, as courses tend to fill quickly. Here is their website:http://www.blackforestwritingseminars.de/