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Feb.05.2011
THE SMOKING POET: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – SPRING 2011. We are reading submissions now.
http://thesmokingpoet.com/
THE SMOKING POET publishes flash fiction; fiction; nonfiction; poetry; feature author interview; feature poet; feature artist (by invitation only); travel essays; book and cigar...
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Jan.18.2011
End of Days Anthology Call
2012: End of Days Anthology Call
The current Great Cycle, as the Mayas call it, is set to end on the winter solstice of 2012: December 21, 2012. Many people believe on that date the world will change and never be the same. Some predict terrible events resulting in the...
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Jan.03.2011
Miranda Literary Magazine Presents:
Y2K – The Big Nothing
Happy New Year! It’s 2011. Next year it will be 2012, and while we here at Miranda firmly believe that the Mayans stopped their calendar on December 21, 2012 because they just kind of got lazy, we have decided to quell...
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Jan.02.2011
Since I’m a compulsive list maker, it’ll come as no surprise that I keep an Excel spreadsheet on my computer to track all of my story submissions. Each time I send out a story, I add a line to the spreadsheet listing where the story was sent, when, and whether the magazine/publication accepts...
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Nov.04.2010
In the world of writing, one of the dreaded chores is submitting. Whether it's a simple query letter (or is that an oxymoron?), a proposal, a partial, or the exhilaration resulting from a request for a full manuscript, you're still left relying on the decision of someone else. And, odds are,...
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Aug.19.2010
I just came across a rejection letter from the Museum of Art, politely declining the donation of a painting by an artist. The letter is dated October 18, 1956, and the reason stated is "severely limited gallery and storage space."
The artist is no less than ... Andy Warhol. The painting...
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Aug.05.2010
Paris Writers News is honored to welcome
the twelve distinguished Judges for the Short Story Contest
Nicola Keegan
Nicola Keegan's debut novel, Swimming, was named one of 2009's top ten novels by Time. Nicola divides her time between Ireland and France with her husband and...
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Jul.17.2010
THE SMOKING POET: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – FALL 2010. We are reading submissions now.http://thesmokingpoet.com
THE SMOKING POET publishes flash fiction; fiction; nonfiction; poetry; feature author interview; feature poet; feature artist (by invitation only); travel essays; book and cigar reviews. We...
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Jul.16.2010
Today I heard a story on the radio that caught my attention. It began with a story not unlike my own. A writer discussed how she’d received complementary letters from publishers and editors in response to her manuscript submissions. Although they liked her work respondents didn’t think they’d be...
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Jul.07.2010
‘Mara Buck lives in the woods. She hopes to leave one day.’ So reads the bio from my last submission. I felt it was succinct, catchy, even jingle-esque, but when pitted against those of my professional peers whose work is oft accepted, I now bow to convention and recognize that the...
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