Opportunities

Writing opportunities from around the globe, listed by submission deadline date.

No Submission Deadline Date

dotdotdash – Call for Submissions

dotdotdash magazine is a literary and artistic magazine that comes out quarterly. Submissions are ongoing. Submission forms: Word or PDF.

What to submit:

• Short Stories: Up to two stories no longer than 3000 words each. All genres of prose are welcome.
• Poetry: Up to three poems no longer than 100 lines each.
• Creative Non-fiction: Up to two pieces no longer than 3000 words each (e.g. memoirs, case histories, travel logs, personal essays and literary journalism.)
• Visual Art: Up to three complete works (regardless of the number of components in the work. E.g. A series of related photographs can be considered a single work). We want everything and anything from the wide spectrum of visual arts.
• Challenges: We have a new challenge in each edition.

www.dotdotdash.org

Opportunity to Distribute Your Book

In 2010 First Edition Book Sales will begin selling independent Australian books direct to the reading public. We are currently calling for submissions from authors of small press or self-published books for inclusion in our catalogue. To find out more go to the website at www.firsteditionbooks.com.au

Zeus Publishing and Booksellers

Subsidised publishing. Pay to have your book published. http://www.zeus-publications.com/

verb-ate-him

verb-ate-him is a new quarterly e-journal that publishes literary works in the forms of poetry, short story and micro-fiction along with art works (comic, photography, painting) and sound and video art. Submissions are now open for the first issue which is due to be launched in April. Send your submissions (no more than three pieces at a time please) along with a short biography to submissions.verbatehim@gmail.com.

COTTONMOUTH Zine

Cottonmouth returns to its monthly schedule in 2010. Look out for some special "Cottonmouth Presents" gigs throughout the remainder of this year and check out past copies of the zine and submission guidelines at cottonmouth.org.au/the-zine.html

Positive Words Creative Writing Magazine

Positive Words Magazine is seeking poetry (up to one page) and short stories (up to 1000 words) for upcoming issues.

Future topics include Happiness; Promises & The Garden.

Sample copies of the magazine are available from the editor by sending $2.20 in unused stamps. For submission guidelines (Please include SSAE) or a sample copy of the magazine please contact Sandra James, PO Box 798, Heathcote 3523, Victoria.

WritingRaw.com

FREE literary sharing website (like YouTube but for the literary world) where writers can upload, view and share their writing. The only restriction is that the material cannot be illegal in any sense of the word (such as child porn, plagiarism, etc.). Other then that, feel free to post in any of the following categories:

• FICTION
• POETRY
• NONFICTION
• REMEMBRANCE
• and, ASSORTED writings

Our goal at Writing Raw is simple - to serve the literary community with the opportunity to have their work online and out in the world. Who knows who may see it! In this world of disappearing literary magazines, Writing Raw is providing the blank pages for writers to fill.

To view someone’s writing, just click on the link and a .pdf version (Acrobat Reader must be installed on your computer – click here if you do not already have it) of the piece will open in your browser. Read it, comment on it, vote for it to be a showcased piece! Most important - ENJOY IT.

There is no catch here – all writings will be posted. Let’s create a world where no one rejects a writer or the work of their future masterpiece.

Publishing Opportunities on planbooktravel.com.au

planbooktravel.com.au is an Australian website dedicated to promoting Australian content. The site offers writers the opportunity to publish articles including fact, fiction, historic, stories, community, news, poems, yarns and more. The only criteria is that the article must be positive and related to an Australian location.

The benefits to writers include: Gain exposure for your content and self, link your articles to your own site/blog and resources, publish under your own copyright or choose from Create Commons licenses and interact with other writers in the community.

More Details at planbooktravel's Editorial Policy

Extant: A Literary Press

This new, Perth-based press with a focus on producing experimental poetry. Extant’s editorial vision is to enrich and advance the tradition of experimental literature in Australia. All manuscripts are evaluated for their artistic, poetic and thematic vision and their ability to contribute to the conversation about experimental literature. The editors will be looking for each manuscript to display an awareness of the poetic traditions that precede it, and to utilise their poetic thoughts and devices toward ends which represent their own philosophical, poetic, and aesthetic movements. Extant Press will present a grouping of alternative and experimental voices of Australian poetry so as to further the discussions which are responsible for the progression of experimental literature.

The mandate of Extant is to:

• Provide an opportunity for established writers to publish experimental works which may fall outside mainstream publishing options.
• To continue the tradition of experimental literature by stimulating the creation of new books and creating an experimental community around whom these books and ideas may flourish.
• Publish innovative poetries, innovative engagements with language, innovative poetic theory, and innovative writers, both emerging and experienced.

Queries and chapbook sized submissions (of 20-48 pages) can be emailed in Word or .rtf format to ExtantEditor@gmail.com

Narrative Magazine

Welcomes submissions of previously unpublished manuscripts or all lengths, ranging form short stories to complete booklength works. Narrative regularly publishes fiction, poetry and nonfiction, including stories, novels, personal essays, novel excerpts, humour, sketches, memoirs, literary biographies, commentary, reportage, interviews and features of interest to readers who take pleasure in storytelling and imaginative prose. For poetry submissions Narrative is open to all forms and genres. We look for quality and originality of language and content.

Website: www.narrativemagazine.com/share/submit.php

Accepts only email submissions, with reading fees between $10 to $20. First two weeks of April and August are Open Weeks when no reading fee is charged. Work submitted then should go through the Open Submissions Page.

All accepted work will receive payment.