Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- July 11, 2011

   Hello all! How was the weekend? Anyone do anything productive? I wasn’t very productive this weekend. It was my sister’s birthday and between spending all day at Disney on Friday and a party with family on Sunday, I didn’t get get much done. I did manage to have a great editors meeting on Skype with Pam and Quita about Black Fox. That was only my second time using Skype, but it was SO COOL. I should definitely use it more often. Starting Wednesday, I’ll be off from my day job for a week. Until then, I’m trying to tie up some loose ends, which is the reason the opportunities are so short today. Still some good stuff, however.

Contests:

1. The Story Prize

A prize of $20,000 is given annually to honor a story collection written in English and first published in the U.S. Two runners-up will also receive $5,000 each. Entry Fee is $75 and the deadline is July 15, 2011. For more information and official guidelines, visit the link below.

http://www.thestoryprize.org/

2. A Room of Her Own Foundationn

The foundation awards four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Los Angeles Review twice yearly to one poem, short story, short short story, and essay by women writers. Entry fee is $15 and the contest closes on July 31, 2011.

http://www.aroho.org/

Calls for Submissions:

1. eFiction Magazine

eFiction seeks short fiction, poetry, book reviews and art work. They publish writers who are published and unpublished, but prefer new writers who are underrepresented and do not have publishing deals with big publishers.

http://efictionmag.submishmash.com/Submit

2. The Literarian

The Literarian is the literary magazine of The Center for Fiction. They are currently accepting submissions for fiction.

http://www.centerforfiction.org/magazine/submissions/

As always, Black Fox Literary Magazine is accepting Submissions of Fiction and Poetry for Issue #2! Happy Writing!