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SUMMARY:The Louisville Review's National Poetry Book Contest
DESCRIPTION:The Louisville Review is thrilled to announce that Jeanie Thompson will serve as distinguished judge for our 2024 National Poetry Book Contest! \nThis first-book contest invites poets living in the United States who have not yet published a full-length book of poetry to submit manuscripts of 48-70 pages. \nWinner will receive $1\,000 and Publication through The Louisville Review’s Fleur-de-Lis Press\, 25 author copies\, and distribution through Barnes & Nobel and Amazon. \nThe winning book will be reviewed online in North American Review\, the longest running literary magazine in the nation. \nFinalists will receive publication of a selected\, previously unpublished poem in The Louisville Review\, and we will hold an online reading for the winner and finalists. \nThe reading fee of $25 includes a 1-year print subscription to The Louisville Review. \nFull details here: https://louisvillereview.org
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/the-louisville-reviews-national-poetry-book-contest/
LOCATION:Online Submissions only\, The Louisvilel Review\, 1436 St. James Court\, Louisville\, KY\, 40213\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Louisville Review and Fleur-de-Lis Press":MAILTO:associateeditor@louisvillereview.org
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: The George Garrett Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:Winner Receives: $2\,000 + Publication \nJudge’s Selection Receives: $1\,000 + Publication \n2024 Judge: Kaveh Akbar \nThanks to generous support from the judge\, Kaveh Akbar\, a Judge’s Selection from this year’s George Garrett Fiction Prize will also receive a $1\,000 advance and publication. \nEstablished in 1998\, The George Garrett Fiction Prize highlights one book a year for excellence in a short story collection or novel. Starting 2024\, the Prize comes with a $2\,000 advance\, a standard royalty contract\, and 10 copies of the published book. \nRecent judges include Manuel Muñoz\, Vi Khi Nao\, Selah Saterstrom\, Joe Wilkins\, and John McNally. \nSubmissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/call-for-submissions-the-george-garrett-fiction-prize/
LOCATION:TRP: The University Press of SHSU\, United States
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize
DESCRIPTION:$10\,000 + Publication + Residency at Vermont Studio Center \n2024 Judge: Diane Seuss \nEstablished in 1998\, The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize highlights one full-length collection of poetry per year. Since 2024\, the Prize comes with a $10\,000 advance\, TRP’s X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center\, a standard royalty contract\, and 10 copies of the published book. \nRecent judges include Richard Blanco\, Kimiko Hahn\, Kazim Ali\, Maggie Smith\, and Marilyn Nelson. \nSubmissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/call-for-submissions-the-x-j-kennedy-poetry-prize/
LOCATION:TRP: The University Press of SHSU\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture (LCLC) - Call for Papers
DESCRIPTION:2025 CALL FOR PAPERS \n52nd Annual Louisville Conference on Literature & Culture\nFEB 17-18 – Virtual\nFEB 20-22 – In-Person\nFeaturing Keynote Speakers\nRACHEL KUSHNER\, BEN LERNER\, JAHAN RAMAZANI\,\nand GEORGIE MEDINA MARCANO! \nThe Louisville Conference on Literature & Culture welcomes critical papers and full panel discussions about literature from the 20th and 21st centuries and its connections to other art forms and academic fields. The conference also welcomes creative submissions\, such as literary compositions\, videos\, or hybrid genres. Additionally\, critical-creative submissions exploring poetics\, crafts\, or writing practices are welcomed. \nConfirmed LCLC52 events include The Hero Project of the Century: Tyrone Williams As iZ (Aldon Nielsen\, organizer) and The Function of Music in Poetry (Adeena Karasick and Mark Scroggins\, organizers). And so much more to come! \nVENDORS and EXHIBITORS are welcome. Contact Emily Ravenscraft\, Conference Coordinator at lclc@louisville.edu to learn how you can be a part of LCLC52. \nSubmissions are accepted in English\, Spanish\, Portuguese\, French\, German\, Hebrew\, and Italian. Panels involving global literature and culture in other languages are encouraged. We also encourage proposals that bring together people from different universities or organizations\, with varying levels of experience in academia\, and from various fields of study. Recent society participants include the African American Literature & Culture Society\, Charles Olson Society\, E.E. Cummings Society\, International Harold Pinter Society\, International Lawrence Durrell Society\, International Virginia Woolf Society\, Iris Murdoch Society\, T.S. Eliot Society\, among others. \nConference registrants may participate in up to two of the following activities: (1) a critical\, critical-creative\, or group/society panel; (2) a creative session; (3) or as the leader of a seminar. Additionally\, registrants may also chair one or more panels\, as well as participate in seminars. Submissions are limited to one entry per category. \nDeadline for submissions is 11:59 P.M. EST on September 15\, 2024. \nSUBMISSION PROCESS\nEmail submissions to lclc@louisville.edu\nPlease use the Subject line exactly: LCLC52 Submission\, [Type of submission]\nExample: LCLC52 Submission\, Roundtable Session \nSubmission Components: \nIndividual Critical / Critical-Creative Submissions\nPlease send as 2 separate attachments\n1) Cover sheet: Name as it is to appear in program with any institutional affiliation\, Paper Title\, and a biographical statement (250 words).\n2) Abstract: be sure to omit all references to the author and the author’s name (250-300 words). \nIndividual Creative Submissions\nPlease send as 2 separate attachments\n1) Cover Sheet: Name as it is to appear in program with any institutional affiliation\, Title of Work Submitted\, and a biographical statement (250 words).\n2) Writing Sample: suitable for a 15-20 minute presentation. \nFull Panels\, Roundtables and Societies Sessions (single panels or streams) Submissions:\nSessions are to be designed for a 90-minute time slot. The organizer should submit the following documents:\nPlease send as 2 separate attachments\n1) Cover Sheet: Names and Institutional Affiliations\, Titles of Work Submitted\, biographical statements.\n2) Dependent on the subject of the submission please submit either:\na) Abstract: be sure to omit all references to the author and the author’s name (250-300 words).\nb) Writing Sample: suitable for a 15-20 minute presentation \nSEMINARS. These 120 minutes sessions typically feature informal conversation moderated by the seminar leader(s) on the topic and or activity. If you wish to propose a seminar for LCLC52\, contact LCLC Coordinator Emily Ravenscraft and we will evaluate it in advance of our second CFP which will be circulated in August 2024. See below for the current line-up of for this the current LCLC52 seminars. Each seminar has it’s own process for submission\, so please read the descriptions carefully. \nSEMINAR I\nTranslation Chapbook Workshop and Reading\nDr. Mark Mattes & Dr. Clare Sullivan\nParticipants will take part in a bookbinding workshop led by Dr. Mattes of Louisville-based Hot Brown Press and create chapbooks of their translations. All tools and materials will be provided. Then\, in a subsequent panel\, chapbook contributors will share their work and participate in a group discussion led by LCLC committee member Dr. Clare Sullivan. Participants should submit 1) Cover sheet and 2) Sample of original\, unpublished translations into English from any language. Limit your selection to 150 words – excerpts are fine. Include the source text with your submission and a brief citation. \nSEMINAR II\nPoetry\, Games\, and Magic\nDr. Brandon Harwood & Dr. Robert Eric Shoemaker\nThis seminar explores the interplay between poetry\, magic\, and games. What similarities\, practical and theoretical\, may be drawn from these fields? How can the poetics of play\, or the magic circle of the video game\, inform our understanding and practice of each? What do today’s multimedia games and poetries say about or to ancient rituals\, sociocultural stratification\, or morality and purity rules? What openings do we see in language and culture to bend rules in order to break open systems? Participants should submit 1) Cover sheet and 2) Abstract touching two of these fields: game studies\, poetry/poetics\, and the magical/occult. \nSEMINAR III\nPandemic Studies\nMartha Greenwald\, Seminar Leader\nParticipants will pursue the imaginative structures\, disputed narratives\, cross-pollinating conspiracies\, and contested discourses used to make sense of COVID-19 as well as other past\, contemporaneous\, or future pandemics. As we accept that life now is increasingly lived with the COVID-19 virus as a normalized and never-ending event\, Narrative frameworks and genres of the pandemic experience have shifted and need now additional study. We seek surprising\, ambitious\, theoretically-rich\, and provocative response. Participants should submit 1) Cover sheet and 2) Abstract. Contributions that introduce fiction or generic hybridity are welcome.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/the-louisville-conference-on-literature-and-culture-lclc-call-for-papers/
LOCATION:University of Louisville\, 2301 South 3rd Street\, Louisville\, KY\, 40292\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture":MAILTO:lclc@louisville.edu
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SUMMARY:Southern Humanities Review Open for Submissions
DESCRIPTION:Southern Humanities Review is seeking poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction for our next quarterly issue. Submissions will be open until October 15. Fiction is capped at 250 submissions\, and we are currently only open to historically underrepresented writers in poetry. There are 100 free submissions available for historically underrepresented writers in each genre. Contributors receive a small honorarium.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/southern-humanities-review-open-for-submissions/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Humanities Review":MAILTO:shr@auburn.edu
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SUMMARY:Alabama Writers' Cooperative 2024 Conference\, September 6-8 at Orange Beach!
DESCRIPTION:AWC Conference 2024 Registration\n\n\nSeptember 6-8\, 2024 \nThe Alabama Writers’ Cooperative presents this year’s conference in beautiful Orange Beach\, AL! \nOur focus is to nurture and engage a diverse community of Alabama writers with this year’s conference\, and we’re pleased with how the backgrounds and expertise of our faculty reflect that focus. \nRegistration is required. Manuscript consultations and First-page critiques are available to AWC members only. \nPlease follow the link below to become a member or to renew your membership if you’d like to register for one of these options\, before you continue to registration. Annual membership is $25. \nalabamawriterscooperative.org/membership \n\nAWC Conference 2024 Registration\n\n\nSeptember 6-8\, 2024 \nThe Alabama Writers’ Cooperative presents this year’s conference in beautiful Orange Beach\, AL! \nOur focus is to nurture and engage a diverse community of Alabama writers with this year’s conference\, and we’re pleased with how the backgrounds and expertise of our faculty reflect that focus. \nRegistration is required. Manuscript consultations and First-page critiques are available to AWC members only. \nPlease follow the link below to become a member or to renew your membership if you’d like to register for one of these options\, before you continue to registration. Annual membership is $25. \nalabamawriterscooperative.org/membership \nAbout this year’s conference: \nPrices:\n– Full Conference – $175 (includes awards dinner) \n– Student Discount – $150 \n– Saturday Workshops Only – $100 \n– Saturday Awards Dinner – $60 \nThe conference will include manuscript consultations and a first-page reading at no additional charge for Full Conference attendees. AWC membership is required. These spaces are first come\, first serve. Space is limited. \nManuscript Consultations: \nMembers may submit up to 10 pages. Each will be discussed during one-on-one sessions on Friday afternoon.\n– Caleb Johnson (fiction) will accept the first 8 registrations.\n– Sue Brannan Walker (poetry) will accept the first 8 registrations.\n– Brooke Champagne (nonfiction) will accept the first 8 registrations. \nFirst-page Reading:\nThe conference will also include a First-page Critique\, where AWC members may submit the first page of their manuscript in progress to Aimee Hardy. She will read as many submissions aloud as time permits\, providing comments on what’s working and what’s not\, and giving general advice on what agents are looking for. This will be informative for participants to observe even if they don’t submit their first page. \n  \nKeynote Address: \nThe keynote speaker for Saturday’s Awards Dinner is JavaciaHarris Bowser. \n  \nAWC’s Annual Membership Meeting: \nSunday’s line up will feature the AWC annual membership meeting where AWC members will vote for next year’s board members. \n  \nLocation: \n*All workshops\, open mic\, awards dinner\, and hotel will be located on Canal Rd. within a 4-mile stretch. \n  \nFriday\, Saturday & Sunday workshops \nOrange Beach Community Center \n27235 Canal Rd. \nOrange Beach\, AL 36561 \n  \nWine Down Social & Awards Dinner \nMagnolia Hall (located behind BuzzCatz Coffee & Sweets) \n25689 Canal Rd Suite C \nOrange Beach\, AL 36561 \n  \nHotel: \nSpringhill Suites – Orange Beach at the Wharf \n$145 per night – AWC group rate \nwww.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1715202895586&key=GRP&app=resvlink \n***Hotel reservations must be made on or before August 7\, 2024 to receive the AWC group rate*** \nConference Schedule \nFriday 9/6/24: \nOrange Beach Community Center \n  \n12:30 PM Bookstore Check-In & Networking \n  \n1:00 PM   Don Noble – “Confessions of a Book Critic”\n2:00 PM   Matthew Layne – “The State of Alabama’s Libraries”\n3:00 PM   Barbara Barcellona Smith – “Let’s Write Books! Perspectives from the Writer of Let’s Eat Snails!”\n4:00 PM    Hallie Christensen and Emma Fox – “Writing Fantasy Novels for Young Readers” \n  \n1:00-5:00 PM Manuscript Consultations \n  \n5:00-5:30 PM Network & Netwine (BYOB) the Community Center has a refrigerator & ice machine \n5:30-6:30 PM Open Mic \n7:00 PM Bookstore Closes \n  \n7:00 PM (Optional) Opening Night After Party at The Galway Irish Public House – 2301 E 2nd St\, Gulf Shores\, AL \n  \nSaturday 9/7/24: \nOrange Beach Community Center \n  \n8:30 AM Bookstore Opens & Networking \n  \n9:00 AM (Concurrent) Tina Mozelle Braziel and Jim Braziel – “Writing in Place” \n*This workshop ONLY – will be located at Orange Beach Waterfront Park – 26425 Canal Rd \n9:00 A.M (Concurrent) Don Keith – “Going Beyond Getting Ready to Start to Commence to Begin Thinking About Writing or Completing Your Novel” \n10:00 AM    Sue Walker and Saundra Grace – “Publishing Your Poetry Manuscript”\n11:00 AM    Aimee Hardy – “First-page Critique”\nLUNCH ON YOUR OWN\n1:00 PM    Melissa Carrigee and Mandy Haynes – Publishing Panel: “Queries\, Proposals\, and Submissions”\n2:00 PM    T.K. Thorne and Debra Goldstein – “Understanding the Art of Mystery Writing”\n3:00 PM    Jason McCall – “Music Writing and the EkphrasticTradition”\n4:00 PM    Neal Wooten – “Make ‘Em Laugh” \n  \n5:30 PM Bookstore Closes \n  \n6:00 PM Wine Down Social – Magnolia Hall (located behind BuzzCatz Coffee & Sweets) 25689 Canal Rd Suite C \n  \n7:00 PM Awards Dinner – Magnolia Hall \nKeynote Address: Javacia Harris Bowser – “Write With the Whole World in Your Arms: Building Writing Communities” \n  \nSunday 9/8/24 \nOrange Beach Community Center \n  \n7:30 AM Bookstore Opens & Networking \n  \n8:00 AM    Don Keith and Neal Wooten – “Beyond the Big Five: Assessing the Publishing Landscape”\n9:00 AM    Aimee Hardy – “Taking the Leap: How to Jump from Short Story- and Poetry-Writing to Novel-Writing”\n10:00 AM    Mike Turner – “Strategic Management for Impactful Writing” \n11:00 AM AWC Annual Membership Meeting \n  \n12:30 PM Bookstore Check-Out \n 
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-writers-cooperative-2024-conference-september-6-8-at-orange-beach/
LOCATION:Oarange Beach Community Center\, 27235 Canal Rd.\, Orange Beach\, AL\, 36561\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tuesday\, August 6 at 5:30pm at The NewSouth Bookstore Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer talk about The Fall of Roe
DESCRIPTION:“The most important book in the lead up to this election\,” according to MSNBC\, is The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America. We are thrilled to bring to the store its two authors\, Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer. The book from these top New York Times journalists is a tour de force\, which tells the story of the plan to overturn Roe v. Wade and the consequences for women\, abortion\, and the future of America. This is a story located at the intersection of religion and power. There will be insights aplenty from this amazing team. At The NewSouth Bookstore on Tuesday\, August 6 at 5:30pm. Don’t miss it.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/tuesday-august-6-at-530pm-at-the-newsouth-bookstore-elizabeth-dias-and-lisa-lerer-talk-about-the-fall-of-roe/
LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States
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