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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 \nSubmit previously unpublished fiction manuscripts of 6\,000 words or less\, or up to three poems\, per entry.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/
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: The 2023 George Garrett Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:2023 Judge: Manuel Muñoz \nEstablished in 1998\, The George Garrett Fiction Prize highlights one book a year for excellence in a short story collection or novel. The Prize comes with a $1\,000 advance\, publication by TRP\, and 10 copies of the published book. \nSubmissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30. All submissions through Submittable.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/call-for-submissions-the-2023-george-garrett-fiction-prize/
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: The 2023 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize
DESCRIPTION:2023 Judge: Richard Blanco \nEstablished in 1998\, The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize highlights one full-length collection of poetry per year. The Prize comes with a $10\,000 advance\, publication by TRP\, and 10 copies of the published book. \nSubmissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30. All submissions through Submittable.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/call-for-submissions-the-2023-x-j-kennedy-poetry-prize/
LOCATION:TRP: The University Press of SHSU\, United States
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SUMMARY:WGA Member Special: End Summer Strong Tues\, August 15th
DESCRIPTION:In solidarity with the WGA\, we have three \n50% scholarships available for guild members who want to write a new spec in this end of summer start. \n10-Week Basic Training: Tuesday\, August 15th \nOnly 5 Roster Spots Remaining \nTake Your Script Idea Through Three Drafts in 10 Hours Per Week for 10 Weeks with Founder Jeffrey Gordon \nAlumni receive 20% partial scholarship and Pro Members returning to Project Group as Officers receive Basic Training as a complimentary jump-start. \nNo writer achieves more without a real deadline and\, in the absence of an official writing gig\, without a regimen of support. \nYou can join Writers Boot Camp Founder\, Jeffrey Gordon for the second summer session\, the Basic Training starting shortly after the July roster on Tuesday\, August 15th. Basic Training will help you \nwrite your movie\, TV pilot or book. The 10-week process will guide you through the same tools as 12\,000 past alumni–and success stories of writers and filmmakers with hundreds of major movie and television credits. \nAs we’ve emphasized for the past 34 years supporting screenwriters and helping launch careers: \nIf you commit 10 hours per week for 10 weeks\, we’ll help you turn your movie or TV idea into a first draft plus two rewrites–while learning unique writing tools and fundamentals of the profession. \nAs summer fast extends\, nearly half of the year gone\, you can see that creative resolve and productivity can quickly suffer and you can lose momentum under the weight of other priorities. \nAchievement requires renewed commitment–and 10 hours per week can make all the difference. \nWriters Boot Camp will help you manage project goals and shift the trajectory of your year ahead. In just 10 weeks\, we can help you through three drafts of your TV Pilot or Feature Film script–or to develop and write the story foundation and initial set of pages for a book or novel. \nWriters Boot Camp’s tools and strategies have launched hundreds of alumni to careers in television and movies–and the tools apply to prose projects\, as hundreds of books by alumni have been published following the experience and struggle of compacting and structuring stories for the big and small screen. \nBasic Training Is More Than Basic \nThe simple\, forthright decision to commit to your writing can make all the difference. While Basic Training is more than basic for writers with prior experience\, who will appreciate how we put names to key story challenges and writing blocks\, newer writers will greatly benefit from the mentoring and support to learn a foundation of comprehensive tools for Concept\, Structure\, Character Development\, and crucial distinctions of the script page. \nA positive side effect of the pandemic\, the move to zoom has allowed writers and filmmakers outside of LA to participate in the LA groups\, which even many past alumni were not able to do. \nFor more info\, please email jg@writersbootcamp.com. Monthly payment plans are very affordable and also may be customized for writers referred by friends and alumni. \nAs always\, we love to hear from alumni with news and success stories!
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/wga-member-special-end-summer-strong-tues-august-15th/
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SUMMARY:Open calls for writers and artists
DESCRIPTION:Sunspot Lit welcomes art and fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, scripts\, and graphic novels from 4 words to 49\,000 words (open calls for longer categories close early). Accepting genre\, commercial\, mainstream and literary pieces. Pays editor’s prizes and cover art. Submit at https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit today!
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