Call for Submissions: William Soutar Writing Prize 2013

This is an annual competition held in honour of Perth’s greatest poet. Now in its twelfth year, it attracts writers from across the globe, as far afield as India and South Africa. It alternates between poetry and short stories; for 2013, poems may be entered. Previous winners of this prestigious competition have gone on to enjoy further success including having their work published. 

Entry is free and open to anyone in the world over the age of 16, but individuals are limited to two poems.

This year’s judge is Brian Johnstone, who is a Scottish poet.

First Prize:  An Arvon Writing course at Moniack Mhor (for which the normal fee would be approximately £600), or another of the UK Arvon Centres. The winner will be announced on Writers’ Day, Saturday 31st August 2013, at the AK Bell Library Perth.

Second Prize:  £100 Book Tokens.

Local Prize: A local prize of £50 will also be awarded for the best work from a resident of Perth and Kinross.

• The deadline for all entries is Tuesday 2nd July 2013.
• All entrants must be 16 years of age or over.
• Poems must not exceed 40 lines.
• A maximum of two poems may be submitted.

For more details see http://www.williamsoutar.com/prize.html  

Call for Submissions for LONE STARS MAGAZINE

The Great 2013 One-Liner Contribution

 "By what words do you want to be known?" by Milo Rosebud

Poets and Writers:

We have space available in the margins of our magazine.

Send us your best one-line quotation(s) from your own works, for consideration of publication in our magazine's pages.

Example:

  "I am a Child of the Universe."  by Terry Lee

Guidelines:
  One line per submission entry.

  Limited to 80 spaces per line.

  Enter as many times as you wish.

  Typed the way you want to see it in-print.

  Name and address on each page.

  Using one-time rights.

  Authors retain all rights.

  Publication notice upon printing.

  Submission deadline June 30th 2013
                                                                
Email entries and any enquiries to: lonestarsmagazine@yahoo.com

Free Submissions Invited by Poems Underwater

Mermaids – half fish and half human – have a long cultural history, from the Wild Man of Orford to Hans Christian Andersen and Walt Disney – even Starbucks Coffee.The project has been looking specifically at the mermaid as a figure anchored in two or more communities with its needs met by neither.

 
But Poems Underwater is a collaborative project seeking to explore the figure of the mermaid from as many different creative viewpoints as possible.

We are looking for submissions of new artworks and writing to join the discussion and to be featured in a Poems Underwater zine and exhibition / poetry reading this September. 

Themes could include (but are not limited to):

• queerness
• migration
• crossing borders
• living in two or more places
• feminism
• waterways
• sea creatures
• hybrids
• new versions of mermaid legends
• not feeling at home
• the environment and eco-consciousness
• disability

Contribute writing

Please send no more than 6 previously unpublished pieces as attachments to poemsunderwater@gmail.com by June 1st 2013.

They welcome short stories, flash fiction, poetry and non-fiction. But please do keep short stories under 2000 words, with poems no longer than 40 lines each.

Contribute artworks

As above – please send these as attachments or (if they’re large files) via WeTransfer or similar to poemsunderwater@gmail.com by June 1st 2013.

We welcome artworks across all media, but please do not submit more than 6 pieces.
There is no entry fee for this project. Selected works will be displayed on this website as they come through, but we will let you know if your work has been chosen for inclusion in the Poems Underwater zine by June 20th.

The Poems Underwater launch event and exhibition will be held in London in September 2013.

If you’d like to clarify anything or ask any questions at all, please get in touch at poemsunderwater@gmail.com

 Website: http://poemsunderwater.wordpress.com/contribute/

Back 2 the Wall Publishing: new publisher seeks submissions

Back 2 the Wall Publishing: new publisher seeks submissions

A new independent publisher based in the north east of England is looking for submissions. The publisher, John Tyson-Capper, is looking for writing which engages and moves the reader. The publisher is also running a competition for new writers. See http://back2thewall.wordpress.com for more details.