Sherry Chandler

Green River Writers Contest 2010

The Green River Writers have issued a call for submissions to their 2010 Writing Contest.

Deadline for submissions is September 30.

Prizes will be issued in 16 categories of fiction and poetry.

For complete guidelines, here is a copy of the contest brochure in PDF format or you can visit the Green River Writers website.

Pieces submitted to the GRW contest are not published, so all rights remain with the author.

Reminders

Tupelo Press is having its open reading period during the month of July.

Our annual July open reading period is now underway. This month we’re reading both full-length AND chapbook-length manuscripts. You may send either (or both) by regular postal mail, or through our on-line submission manager. We welcome the opportunity to see your work and look forward to reading your manuscript(s).

Submissions are made online. You’ll find complete guidelines here.

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Sarabande’s Bruckheimer Kentucky Series

presents an opportunity to focus on the fine literature the state of Kentucky has produced, bringing it to the nation’s attention. Sarabande will publish one book annually of short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, a novella(s), or short novel.

Submissions are accepted throughout the month of July. Complete guidelines here.

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And a reminder also that Accents Publishing’s chapbook contest is accepting submissions through July 31. Complete guidelines here.

2010 Ruth Redel Poetry Prize

The Heartland Review has put out a call for submissions for the 2010 Ruth Redel Poetry Prize

First Prize – 250 dollars and publication in the fall 2010 issue of the The Heartland Review.

The Review asks for a tax-deductible 3 dollar contribution to support the contest and the publication. Please make checks out to The Heartland Review. Send a cover page with titles of poems, author’s name, address and a short biography (75 words, maximum.)

Names and addresses should NOT appear on the poems themselves. Poems should be typed and should be no longer than 30 lines.

Post mark deadline for entries is August 15, 2010.

Winners will be announced in October and invited to read at the Morrison Gallery Poetry Series.

Send a self-addressed stamped LEGAL size envelope in order to receive results.

Mail entries to:

Ruth Redel Poetry Contest
c/o Mick Kennedy
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
600 College Street Rd
Elizabethtown KY 42701

Questions? Contact Mick.Kennedy@kctcs.edu

Still: The Journal announces first annual literary contest

The Editors of Still: The Journal announce the first annual Still Writing Contests in Fiction, Poetry and Nonfiction. Contest entries should follow the submission guidelines, which state that “we want to feature writing that exemplifies the Mountain South or that is written by an author with an established connection to the region.” Prizes of $100 will be awarded to first place winners of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Judges are acclaimed writers Ann Pancake (fiction), Maurice Manning (poetry) and Janisse Ray (nonfiction). Deadline for entry is August 15, 2010. $8 entry fee. Complete guidelines for submission can be found on the Still website: www.stilljournal.net/contest.php. Inquiries or questions can be directed to: contest@stilljournal.net.

Still: The Journal, an online literary journal, was founded in 2009 by Silas House (fiction editor), Jason Howard (nonfiction editor) and Marianne Worthington (poetry editor) with the mission to offer the finest in contemporary literary writing of Central Appalachia, or the Mountain South. Still: The Journal is published three times a year in October, February and June. In the three issues published since its founding, Still has featured emerging writers as well as national and regional award-winning writers Pamela Duncan, Steve Holt, Ron Houchin, Irene Latham, Karen Salyers McElmurray, Jim Minick, Elaine Fowler Palencia, Mark Powell, Joshua Robbins, Dana Wildsmith, and Neela Vaswani. Each issue also contains an in-depth interview with an Appalachian artist and a multi-media presentation by an Appalachian artist.

Contest deadlines

A reminder of some local contest deadlines.

The Kentucky State Poetry Society offers prizes for poetry in 29 categories. Postmark deadline June 30. Complete guidelines here.

Accents Publishing 2010 Poetry Chapbook Contest, contest deadline July 31. Complete guidelines here.

By the way, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, owner of Accents Publishing, and Leatha Kendrick are doing a Saturday Seminar at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning here in Lexington on the subject How to Create a Chapbook Manuscript. The date is June 19, 10:00 a.m. to Noon, fee $25. You can register here.

The Betty Gabehart Prizes of the Kentucky Women Writers Conference is still accepting entries in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction , which must be postmarked by July 15. Think of this contest as a merit-based scholarship program to the conference, awarding free conference admission for two, $100, and an opportunity to read from your work during the conference. Contest guidelines are here.

New Southerner lilterary contest in three categories, poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Contest deadline October 1. Complete guidelines here.

You can get the New Southerner 2008-2009 anthology for a bargain $10 at lulu

Accents Publishing 2010 Chapbook Contest

An e-mail from Katerina:

Accents Publishing is happy to announce its 2010 Poetry Chapbook Contest.

Two winners will be selected – one by an independent judge, Richard Taylor, and one by the Senior Editor and founder of Accents Publishing, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.

Each winner will have his/her submission published as a perfect-bound chapbook and will receive 50 free copies, along with a $150 cash prize. Additionally, the winners will be invited for a featured reading at a book premiere celebration event. All contest entries will be considered for regular publication with Accents Publishing, as well.

The entry fee is $10.00. Multiple submissions are allowed, as long as each one is accompanied by a separate entry fee and submission form. Winning chapbooks may be pre-ordered at the time of submission for $5.00 each.

You will find complete guidelines at the Accents Publishing website.

And the winners are

Here is the list of entrants in the order received:

1. Laurie MacKellar
2. Diane Lockward
3. Jessie Carty
4. Dorothy Sutton
5. Natalie Tyler
6. Andrew
7. Sandy Longhorn
8. Suzanne Frischkorn
9. Kristin Berkey-Abbott
10. Jessica Thompson
11. Ev
12. Kathy D
13. Nandini Dhar
14. Michael Wells
15. Joann Johns
16. Sharon Fairclough
17. Paul David
18. Peadar O’Donoghue
19. Valerie
20. Carl Palmer
21. Molly
22. Jé Maverick
23. Margaret Ricketts
24. Frogtown
25. Lindsay
26. Cati Porter
27. Ronald Lewis
28. Sam Boyd
29. Stacy Lynn Mar
30. Amber M.
31. Deb Scott

Okay, for Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s Blood Run, I asked the Random Number Generator to give me a number between 1 and 31. It gave me 14.

So, Michael Wells, congratulations on winning a copy of Blood Run.

For copies of my two chaps, the generator gave me 5, so Natalie Tyler, congratulations on winning copies of Dance the Black-Eyed Girl and My Will & Testament Is on the Desk.

I’ll be getting in touch for mailing addresses, etc.

This giveaway was a great idea for which, again, I thank Kelli Russell Agodon. It was a lot of fun and I hope you all enjoy your books.

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Whee! I won too. A copy of Marie Gauthier’s chapbook, Hunger All Inside, from my favorite chapbook press, Finishing Line.