Call for Submissions: Anthology of Women’s Stories of Becoming
The University of Nebraska Women’s Center is publishing the anthology Becoming, edited by Jill McCabe Johnson. The editors seek personal narratives and a small number of poems relaying the story of a formative experience that helped shape the woman you’ve become. Please send one personal narrative or one autobiographical poem to:
<becominganthology(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @)
Files must be in .doc, .docx, .pdf, or .rtf formats. Files should be named with the word poetry or prose followed by the author’s last name. For example:
Poems should  be one page or less. Personal narratives can be up to 1,000 words. Please note: only a handful of poems will be selected for the anthology.
In your email, please include: Name Address Email address PhoneTitle of submission
Genre If your submission was previously published please include the publication title, edition, and date For full guidelines, go to: http://becominganthology.blogspot.com/

A WIR subscriber writes this very good question, “What I find mysterious about creative writing is how do I believe in myself each time I sit down with pen and paper?”

There are many ways we can learn to affirm the importance of what we are doing when we choose to spend our time writing. Here is one: Writing means to consider life and in that consideration, to set down the glow of one or more of life’s sparks. Whether you are
writing about making and losing friends, moving, hearing children’s nightmares and stories, remembering parents and grandparents, planting gardens, exploring new places, walking to the same old store, or about war, abuse, and sad neglect, you are writing not only  to capture life’s meaning but to capture the very struggle you endure
to stay in touch with it. Because we all need to be reminded of how to do this, every piece  you write, no matter the topic, has value to a wide range of readers as well as to you.

Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, you have to fully envision the people who populate your writing. This week’s article provides many, many ways to think up the information that will help you flesh out your characters. Let us know what you find rewarding or discouraging about character development.

See http://networkedblogs.com/p26532719 for full description of the Michael Steinberg Essay Prize.

Currently accepting submissions for Steam Ticket XIV, deadline: March 15, 2010. Electronic submissions encouraged. For guidelines: http://steamticket.org

This week’s article describes five points of view possible for authors to use. Have you read books, essays or stories that utilize particular ones brilliantly? Let us know titles so we can read up!

Accepting short fiction & poetry, spoken word recordings, creative non-fiction, interviews, social justice concerns for the 10th issue of GINOSKO LITERARY JOURNAL, the winter issue.

Editorial lead time 1-2 months; accepts simultaneous submissions & reprints; length flexible, accepts excerpts. Receives postal submissions & email—prefer email submissions as attachments in Microsoft Works Word Processor or Rich Text Format; cannot open .docx files. Copyright reverts to author.

Publishing as semiannual ezine, winter & summer. Selecting material from ezine for Kindle anthology.
Check downloadable issues on website for style & tone: http://www.ginoskoliteraryjournal.com/
Use latest version of Adobe Reader. Ezine circulation 4500+. Website traffic 750-1000 hits/month.  Also looking for artwork, photography, to post on website and links to exchange.
Ginosko Short Fiction Contest:  Best Rendering of a Spiritual Awakening.  Deadline September 1st, decision October 1st;  $1000 prize, $10 entry fee.  Write check or money order to “Ginosko”.

Ginosko (ghin-océ-koe):To perceive, understand, realize, come to know; knowledge that has an inception, a progress, an attainment. The recognition of truth by experience.
Member CLMP. Listed in Best of the Web 2008.

Robert Paul Cesaretti, Editor
PO Box 246
Fairfax, CA 94978
USA
GinoskoEditor@aol.com

Got a self-published novel or manuscript? Amazon.com is accepting submissions for an opportunity to win one of two $15,000 publishing contracts with Penguin USA.  All entrants will also receive an electronic coupon for a free proof copy from CreateSpace, and 10% off of any single service offering. A publishing contract will be awarded in each of two categories: General Fiction and Young Adult Fiction. We will accept up to 5,000 entries in each category between now and 11:59 PM EST on February 7th, on a first come first serve basis, so make sure you enter in time.  You can submit your entry at www.createspace.com/abna. For more information and instructions on how to enter, watch the helpful video tutorials located there as well.

We will be sending out our information very shortly. If you know you would like to receive information on this October 15-17 Friday evening through Sunday afternoon writer’s workshop taught by Sheila Bender, Meg Files and Jack Heffron, email conference@writingitreal.com now! Space is limited to 30 participants and lodging at the retreat houses 15, so it will be first come first served on those rooms, with others staying in lovely hotels or bed and breakfasts.

For schedule and other information visit http://www.writingitreal.com/page.php?p=2010 and scroll down.

Sheila

Joel Vance is involved this year in the new week-long Missoula Goldenrod Workshop August 1-7  in conjunction with the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Deadline for application to attend is May 1, 2010.  For more information on the event and its faculty or to register visit owass@montana.com.