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Haiku this Haiga

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:59:15 +0100

For the December 2010 issue of Haigaonline (http://www.haigaonline.com/issue10-2/issue10-2.html), we invite you to 'Haiku this Haiga'. We have a new painting by Mary in the Traditional section. Send us a haiku for it - the chosen haiku will be featured in our Dec. 2010 issue. Include "Haigaonline--Haiku this Haiga" in your subject line and mail to paplinda@yahoo.com. The deadline for submissions is 22 March 2010.

Share Your Recipes and Win $100

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:42:04 +0100

Create a recipe that uses fresh ingredients and can be made in 30 minutes or less. Receive $100 for each recipe published. Send original recipes to www.sunset.com/submitrecipe Include recipe title, its origin, ingredients and directions, plus your name, email, address and phone.

TAKE THE READER WEEKEND CHALLENGE

They seek an original recipe for an inventive weeknight dish that includes these three basic ingredients: chicken (any cut), tomatoes (fresh or canned), and feta cheese. From start to finish, including prep and cooking time, the dish must be ready in 45 minutes or less. You may add additional ingredients. Deadline March 15, 2010. The winning recipe will be awarded $500 and published in Sunset Magazine. www.sunset.com/submitrecipe

from: www.hopeclark.blogspot.com

Novel Beginnings First Chapter Contest

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:41:12 +0100

The Great American Novel beckons! (Or any other country for that matter!) You accept the challenge. But first things first, you must write the opening chapter. Your objective: to write the best attention-grabbing, heart-stopping, thought-provoking chapter imaginable. So get started, your adoring public awaits!

Free critique available upon request! To request your free critique, write the words "free critique" on your title page. (Optional: To receive a thorough line edit, enclose an additional $1 per page, (250 words equal a page) plus 9 x 12 SASE with enough postage for returning your chapter.)

DEADLINE: Postmarked by April 30, 2010.Entry Fee: $10 per entry, maximum of three entries. Checks payable to: The Write Helper. Prizes: $100, $50, $25

Full details: http://www.thewritehelper.com/id74.html

Whispering Angel Books: Living Lessons

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:43:31 +0100

Whispering Angel Books is now accepting submissions for its next anthology, Living Lessons. The deadline is May 31, 2010. Living Lessons will focus on people who have positively impacted our lives by teaching us, directly or indirectly, important life lessons.

Did someone help you learn a critical life lesson that changed you for the better?
Did they turn you around when you were going down the wrong path?
Did they open up your mind in a way that changed your life?

Your work should be uplifting, inspirational and should have imparted a valuable lesson that has affected you positively and your outlook on life. Ideal submissions will illustrate how you are applying that lesson in your life today.

more details: http://www.whisperingangelbooks.com/submissions.html

from: www.anthologiesonline.com

Country Woman Magazine

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:14:26 +0100

http://www.countrywomanmagazine.com/Misc_Pages/cGuidelines.asp

Payment for craft projects will generally range from $50 to $150, depending on the project. Features negotiated. Country Woman is a 68-page, full-color, bimonthly magazine for women who live in or long for the country. It is a positive, upbeat, entertaining and informative publication. The publication reflects the many interests and roles of its readers through short, photo-illustrated profiles of rural women doing interesting things, be it having a special hobby or avocation, running a rural-based business, or engaging in a special volunteer activity.

from: www.fundsforwriters.com

Lyrical Passion Poetry 2010 Haiku Pen Contest

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:44:02 +0100

http://lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com/2010-haiku-pen-contest.php

Only previously unpublished haiku poems accepted. Seeking high quality haiku poetry. There is no theme for this contest. Please type "Haiku Pen" in subject line to avoid deletion. Enter as often as you like by email (no attachments please) or by snail mail and you can make 1 total payment by paypal, US check or US money order.

Fee: $2 per haiku. Prizes: $100, $50, $20

Snail mail entries must be postmarked by April 15, 2010, to qualify.

Voices de la Luna

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:32:32 +0100

A quarterly poetry and arts magazine printed in San Antonio, Texas.

Poetry: We are devoted to publishing mostly poems from unsolicited manuscripts. We do not base our selections on a writer’s publication or award history, but on the poems themselves. We will accept up to 3 original poems per month. To fit into the format of our magazine, please limit the length of your poems to 28 (or fewer) lines of no more than 60 characters each. We believe it is up to the poet to break longer lines in the way that s/he sees fit. Please submit poetry to Joans@voicesdelaluna.com

Prose: We are looking for short fiction pieces of up to 1200 words, works in which a heart struggles against itself, in which the messy, unmanageable complexity of the world is revealed in "sentences that are so sharp they cut the eye.” As Takashi Murakami puts it: "We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if only momentarily. It is the moment in which, even if we don’t completely understand what we have glimpsed, we are nonetheless touched by it. This is what we have come to call art." Please submit fiction to Awinstead@voicesdelaluna

For more information and a sample of their work: http://www.voicesdelaluna.com/subscription.html

Literary Database Flash Fiction Contest

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:51:28 +0100

http://LiteraryDatabase.com/contest.html
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NO ENTRY FEE
First prize, $50 and a copy of LITERARY DATABASE 2010.
Two runner ups receive a copy of LITERARY DATABASE 2010.
Enter your best flash fiction online (maximum 250 words) in LITERARY DATABASE's FLASH FICTION CONTEST.

Deadline May 1, 2010.

The First Line

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:37:24 +0100

http://www.thefirstline.com

Theme: Every story starts out the same: Paul and Miriam Kaufman met the old-fashioned way.
Type: Short stories (3,000 words MAX).

Submit to: The First Line. E-mail (via MS Word or WordPerfect attachment) to: submission@thefirstline.com.

Deadline: 05/01/10

The Christmas Spirit

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:40:35 +0100

Cecil Murphey is looking for submissions to The Christmas Spirit, the sequel to the successful "Christmas Miracles" book. He has contracted for this book with St. Martin's Press for the fall of 2011. Best-selling author, Debbie Macomber, has agreed to write the foreword.

The completed manuscript is due in the spring of 2010. Deadline is May 1, 2010

He seeks true stories that emphasize the significance of the Christmas season. So often, we get caught up in the busy-ness of the season-the shopping, the family drama, and the event planning-that we lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas. Sometimes, through God's grace or what some call a twist of fate, we're able to step back and grasp the real meaning of Christmas and our lives are enriched. These are the kind of stories he is seeking.

http://www.christmasspiritbook.com/

from: www.stuartmarket.blogspot.com