DePaul’s second annual Diversity Film Festival is accepting submissions of short films (up to 15 minutes in length) through May 10, 2015. The competition is open to all current DePaul students. The festival will take place on May 29, 2015.
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The Kentucky Women Writers Conference will award five postgraduate merit scholarships to women enrolled in graduate school to attend this year’s conference. The conference will take place September 11–12, 2015, in Lexington, Kentucky. To apply, submit a five-page writing sample—enclosing a cover letter that describes your interest in the event and mentions the writing workshop in which you would like to enroll—to the following address: Postgraduate Scholarships Kentucky Women Writers Conference 232 East Maxwell Street Lexington, KY 40506 The postmark deadline is June 1. For other prizes the Kentucky Women Writers Conference offers, click here.
Notting Hill Editions is accepting submissions for its 2015 Essay Prize. The submission deadline is midnight on May 1, 2015. First prize is £20,000. Five runners-up will receive £1,000 each. Applicants can enter their essays into the contest here.
Cowbird is accepting applications for its first ever Unheard Voices grant. Cowbird will award grants to two multimedia storytellers, journalists, or photographers to work with communities whose voices aren’t usually heard and to help share these communities’ stories. Grantees will receive a $2,500 stipend and technical and logistical support. The submission deadline is May 10, 2015. Cowbird will announce the grants on or before June 1. To apply, send a résumé and one professional reference to hay@cowbird.com and complete a list of questions.
Front Porch Commons, a new online forum for the independent literary publishing community from the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), is launching this summer. The forum is accepting submissions of blog posts (500–1,000 words), essays (1,500–2000 words), and long articles. While funding lasts, Front Porch Commons will pay $25 for essays and $50 for long articles. Blog posts are unpaid. Email pitches or pieces to info@clmp.org with the email subject “Front Porch Commons + Submitter’s Last Name,” attaching pieces as Word documents.
The Kenyon Review is looking for poetry, fiction, essays, and dramas on science, ecology, and the environment for a special issue, The Poetics of Science. The submission deadline is December 31, 2015. Writers can submit their work here.
Write A House, a Detroit-based nonprofit focused on community development and the literary arts, invites DePaulians to apply for its writer’s residency program. Write A House works with vocational programs in Detroit to purchase vacant homes and renovate them. At the same time, the organization holds an admissions campaign to match a deserving writer to one of these homes. The artist is granted full ownership of the house, provided he or she plans to use it as a primary residence. In 2014, Write a House awarded poet-historian Casey Rocheteau its first home, and on April 27, 2015, it will begin accepting a… Read Article →
Crook & Folly, DePaul’s student journal of literature and art, seeks applications from graduate and undergraduate students for two positions as 2016 editors in chief. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 22. Candidates should email a one-page (250-word) application letter describing relevant experience, commitment, and vision for the magazine as an attachment to Professor Borich (bborich@depaul.edu). Interviews will take place in mid-May.
Glimmer Train‘s Very Short Fiction Award is now accepting submissions. This contest welcomes any story of up to 3,000 words that has not been accepted for print publication. The reading fee is $15 per story. The prizes are as follows: • First place: $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue • Second place: $500 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies) • Third place: $300 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies) The submission deadline is April 30, 2015.
Black Warrior Review is accepting submissions for its eleventh annual contest starting today, April 1. This year’s guest judges are Heather Christle (poetry), Alissa Nutting (fiction/prose), and Mary Roach (nonfiction). The submission deadline is September 1, 2015. The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Black Warrior Review. Writers may submit their work here. Winners in each genre will receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BWR 42.2, Spring/Summer 2016. Three runners-up will receive $100 in addition to publication.
The Illinois Emerging Writers Competition is accepting submissions for the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award. The award for first place is $500; second place is $300 and third place is $100. Winning poems also will be submitted for possible publication in Bluestem, Ninth Letter, Quiddity, and RHINO journals and Poetic License Press publications. Entries must be postmarked by June 30, 2015. View the entry form and guidelines here.
The Writer’s “An Ocean of Possibility” short story contest is now accepting submissions of 1,000-word fiction stories. Writers have a choice of three ocean-themed quotes as inspiration for their stories: “Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.” – Sarah Kay “Doesn’t it seem to you,” asked Madame Bovary, “that the mind moves more freely in the presence of that boundless expanse, that the sight of it elevates the soul and gives rise to thoughts of the infinite and the ideal?” – Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary … Read Article →