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SUMMARY:Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse
DESCRIPTION:Livingston Press announces its new annual Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse. Recommended length: 90-160 pages. $500 prize plus 20 copies\, standard royalty contract. Publication in trade paper\, e-book\, and Kindle. There is no entry fee. Submission deadline: May 25. Send Word attachment including contact information\, brief bio\, and letter to jwt@uwa.edu. Please list Novel-in-Verse on your subject line. \nPrevious similar titles from Livingston: \nAn Art\, A Craft\, A Mystery – Laura Secord \nDon Quickshot – William Van Wert \nForthcoming title: \n Near Where the Blood Pools – Ben Terry
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/changing-light-prize-for-a-novel-in-verse/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Livingston Press":MAILTO:jwt@uwa.edu
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SUMMARY:Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
DESCRIPTION:Contest for up-and-coming screenwriters! A great way to gain potential industry exposure and place in our competition. All entrants\, regardless of placement\, receive free reader comments\, so everyone will get feedback on their scripts! \n– Early Deadline: March 23rd\, 2023\n– Regular: April 18th\, 2023\n– Late Deadline: May 25th\, 2023 \n$5 Off Discount Code: AFFWG23 \nLink for more information:\n \n\nScreenplay and Teleplay Submissions
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/austin-film-festival-screenplay-competition/
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SUMMARY:Rigel 2023: $500 for Fiction\, Nonfiction\, Poetry\, Art\, or Graphic Novel
DESCRIPTION:Sunspot Lit seeks one short story\, CNF\, artwork\, poem\, graphic novel\, script\, or excerpt that outshines the rest. No restrictions on theme. Literary and genre works accepted. Winner receives $500 plus publication. Feedback available for additional fee. See guidelines for details. Closes May 31\, 2023. Entry fee is $10. Enter through Sunspot’s Submittable: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit/259026/rigel-2023-500-for-fiction-nonfiction-poetry-art-or-graphic-novel page or through Duotrope: https://duotrope.com/listing/32395/sunspot-lit-rigel-contest.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/rigel-2023-500-for-fiction-nonfiction-poetry-art-or-graphic-novel/
LOCATION:Online\, NC
ORGANIZER;CN="Sunspot Literary Journal":MAILTO:SunspotLit@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Opens May 1
DESCRIPTION:The annual Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York will be open May 1 – June 1. Submit up to 3 poems for this year’s judge\, Joy Harjo! Entry fee of $15. Winner receives $1\,000 and a chance to read at an event in Auburn\, AL. \nPresented in October by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University\, the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize event features the recipient and judge in conversation at the museum and includes a workshop. The recipient also receives travel expenses to attend the event. \nJoy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022 and is winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/auburn-witness-poetry-prize-opens-may-1/
LOCATION:Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University\, 901 S. College St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Humanities Review":MAILTO:shr@auburn.edu
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SUMMARY:Submit Your Writing to Salvation South
DESCRIPTION:Salvation South is the new online magazine founded by former Bitter Southerner editor-in-chief Chuck Reece. We’re looking for narrative journalism\, personal essays\, fiction and poetry.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/submit-your-writing-to-salvation-south/
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SUMMARY:ILS / Fence 2023 Fiction and Poetry Contest Now Live!
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to submit your writing for a chance to be published in Fence\, one of North America’s most prestigious literary magazines\, and be awarded a full scholarship to attend the December 2023 International Literary Seminars program in Kenya. The ILS program is a unique and intensive series of literary workshops\, career consultations\, and cultural offerings in Nairobi and Lamu\, Kenya. All entries will be considered for publication in Fence or Fence Digital\, and a chance to receive editorial feedback. \nThe first-prize winner will have their winning work published in Fence and will be awarded a full scholarship\, including tuition\, accommodations\, and an airfare stipend\, to attend the December 2023 International Literary Seminars program in Kenya. \nThe second-prize winner will have their work published in Fence\, and be offered a full tuition fee waiver to attend the December 2023 International Literary Seminars program in Kenya. \nThe third-prize winner will be offered 50% off the tuition fee. Runners-up will be awarded partial fellowships to attend the program. \nSubmit previously unpublished fiction manuscripts of 6\,000 words or less\, or up to three poems\, per entry. Multiple entries may be submitted. Simultaneous submissions are allowed\, but please notify us immediately if your work gets accepted elsewhere. The contest will run until August 25\, 2023 (11:59 p.m EST). The winners will be announced in September 2023.\nSince entries are read blind\, please leave off identifying information in your submission and file name. Submissions capped at 1\,000. \nOur low entry fee of $19 USD helps cover costs for running ILS\, a not-for-profit organization.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/ils-fence-2023-fiction-and-poetry-contest-now-live/
LOCATION:Online\, NC
ORGANIZER;CN="International Literary Seminars":MAILTO:info@internationalliteraryseminars.org
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SUMMARY:Coffee with Patti Callahan Henry\, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
DESCRIPTION:The Snail on the Wall and the Huntsville-Madison County Library Foundation are pleased to bring back bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry to Huntsville to celebrate the release of her new novel\, The Secret Book of Flora Lea. This event will be at the Downtown Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Auditorium on Thursday\, May 18 at 10 a.m. Book signing to follow.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/coffee-with-patti-callahan-henry-the-secret-book-of-flora-lea/
LOCATION:Downtown Huntsville-Madison County Public Library\, 915 Monroe Street\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801
ORGANIZER;CN="Snail on the Wall Bookstore":MAILTO:lady.smith@me.com
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SUMMARY:Reading at NewSouth Books: Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter
DESCRIPTION:The fascinating double identity of Asa Carter is a subject of Dan Carter’s newest book\, Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter\, new from NewSouth Books. A distinguished Southern historian\, Dan Carter (no relation) has spent decades researching his subject\, who was a secret advisor to George Wallace in the 1960s and wrote his famous “Segregation now\, Segregation Forever” speech. Asa Carter disappeared from Alabama in the ‘70s and resurfaced as a Cherokee author in Abilene\, Texas\, writing under the name Forrest Carter. Curiously\, he went on to author the sensitively told The Education of Little Tree\, which became a bestseller. The unbelievable story Carter’s life and activities is conveyed with vigor and insight in Unmasking the Klansman. It practically guarantees that Dan Carter’s bookstore talk will be every bit as interesting.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/reading-at-newsouth-books-unmasking-the-klansman-the-double-life-of-asa-and-forrest-carter/
LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Patti Callahan Henry at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
DESCRIPTION:Ernest & Hadley Booksellers will host an intimate evening with critically acclaimed\, bestselling author\, Patti Callahan Henry\, in conversation with Don Noble\, Thursday\, May 18\, 2023\, from 5:30 until 7:30 PM. Ms. Henry will introduce and discuss her latest triumph in historical fiction: The Secret Book of Flora Lea. Advance tickets are required for this event! Priority Admission includes a signed copy of the featured book\, whereas General Admission is to simply attend the event (seating is limited.) This event is HYBRID\, presented both in-person and virtually\, in conjunction with the E&H [OPEN] Book Club. If you would like to attend virtually (for free!)\, DO NOT PURCHASE A TICKET. Simply register in advance on Zoom by clicking here: \nhttps://www.ernestandhadleybooks.com/event/evening-patti-callahan-henry \nA registered account is required\, so you must create a Zoom account if you have not already done so\, and/or login. Virtual participates will not need a webcam for this event\, but may participate through audio and/or chat.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/an-evening-with-patti-callahan-henry-at-ernest-hadley-booksellers/
LOCATION:Ernest & Hadley Booksellers\, 1928 7th St\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35401
ORGANIZER;CN="Ernest &amp%3B Hadley Booksellers":MAILTO:avery@ernestandhadleybooks.com
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SUMMARY:May 18th Mini-Camp: Free Script Evaluation from Writers Boot Camp
DESCRIPTION:Normally reserved for our Professional Members\, we are opening up this Mini-Camp to friends and colleagues in solidarity of the Writers Guild of America–and all entertainment industry union members! Fight On!! \nThursday\, 5/18\, 4-5pm\, LA Time \nMini-Camp: Free Script Evaluation \nTools to Make Your Best Script Stronger \nwith Founder Jeffrey Gordon \nWe invite you to enjoy a free Mini-Camp with Writers Boot Camp Founder Jeffrey Gordon on the topic of…Free Script Evaluation. We’ll review the most Common First Draft Problems\, and deploy a checklist of tools and tests to help free you from the need for outside script evaluation\, which will also pre-empt the tendency to rush your material out to market. \nWhile Writers Boot Camp’s unique support includes script evaluation and conferencing as part of the 10-Week Basic Training and all levels of Professional Membership\, there are certain threshold creative issues that newer writers will benefit from understanding about the nature of early stages of writing and project development. After all\, screenwriting is a profession–and while many ideas do spring forth from one’s personal life\, the curation of entertainment is a craft. \nLinked to our mission of dispelling fallacies to accelerate careers is the philosophy of freeing our alumni from insecurity about their own work and the unwitting abdication of creative authority. While it can be very natural to lose objectivity about one’s work from the outset and during various stages of rewriting\, Writers Boot Camp provides tools for artist empowerment and methods of breaking down the work into more manageable exercises and stages\, especially during rewriting. \nMany respectable and respected colleagues run companies offering script evaluation services\, though we don’t abide or encourage the need for writers to pay extra for script evaluation. Our Professional Membership offers the free\, ongoing benefit of script evaluation\, along with a constructively directed reinforcement of a method to gradually wean writers off that dependency. \nOf course\, an earnest and capable practitioner may offer insight that can be justified for the few hundred bucks. But the general lack of experience and education by new writers can render the most insightful commentary superfluous to a writer’s current capacity to integrate notes\, let alone at the right stage of the writing and rewriting process. More profoundly\, a writer is the presumed expert of their material\, so it’s not great form. \nThe insight of a veteran executive or producer who’s willing to take time to be supportive with insight about commercial viability and creative notes can be perceived as a golden ticket. Too often\, however\, screenwriters impose on their friends in the business by submitting early drafts of scripts that are premature to evaluate–unless the ultimate bottom line is whether the idea has merit in the first place and\, in that case\, why impose at all? \nThe comments of the best facilitator can be lost by the inevitable need for multiple drafts\, as well as negated by the editorial stance of an executive and their company’s business model. \nThat’s why we teach tools for development and why our Professional Members learn dozens of unique rewriting exercises\, as well as development tools applicable to the many stages it takes for your script to merit submission. \nYou can email jg@writersbootcamp.com with questions about the next 10-Week Basic Training or the benefits of Pro Membership. \nWe always appreciate hearing personal news and breakthroughs\, and recent film and TV credits\, as well as achievements in book publishing by alumni.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/may-18th-mini-camp-free-script-evaluation-from-writers-boot-camp/
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