MORE BITS & PIECES #132

MORE REASONS TO KEEP WRITING – ALISTAIR COOKE, age 95, was in his 58 year of broadcasting before falling ill a few months before he died. Cooke never decided what he was going to talk about until he wrote the script, made no notes during the preceding week and preferred to rely on his memory. He remained for decades the consummate broadcaster, an elegant writer and a man of enormous wit and charm who made sense of the American Century.

WRITING AUSTRALIA - General short fiction, mainstream, literary, genre, children's stories; up to 1000/wds. $50. Articles/Features Up to 1000/wds. up to $50. Personal Essays - $12.50/25. Poetry - Submit max 2 poems. Length 8-20 lines. $10/poem. Guidelines: http://www.writingaustralia.com/submissions.html (closes periodically to submissions, so watch for openings if interested.)

STRUNKS THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE ONLINE - http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

CHRISTIAN WEEK, Canada - biweekly newspaper bringing news and commentary to Christian readers through religious journalism with an evangelical perspective. $30-100 (USD$23-78), depending on length and complexity. Prefers queries. Guidelines: http://www.christianweek.org/docs/guide_writers.pdf

CITY LIMITS MAGAZINE - a 25-year-old nonprofit mag focusing on issues facing NY City and its neighborhoods, particularly low-income communities, covers urban policy and organizing in NY City. Topics: Urban policy, housing & real state, community organizing, welfare & work-fare, economic development, homelessness, publish housing, youth issues, women's issues. 25-35 cts./wd. Photos:$50/100/photo depending on size and placement. First North American Serial Rights. Guidelines: http://www.citylimits.org/images_pdfs/pdfs/Writers_guidelines.pdf

WARREN ADLER SHORT STORY CONTEST - Contest Deadline July 13, 2009. Entry Fee: $15 Short fiction/varied genres. 2500 wds/max. Award: $1,000. Guidelines: http://www.warrenadler.com/contest09.shtml

DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST - Deadline: July 31st, 2009
Entry fees: $10/short story. Poetry Contest: $5/poem. Multiple poetry and short story entries are accepted. 1ST Prize $500. 2ND Prize: $250. 3RD Prize: $100. Poetry Contest 1ST Prize $250. 2ND Prize: $125. 3RD Prize: $50. Guidelines: http://www.dreamquestone.com

WRITERS LEAGUE OF TEXAS BLOG - http://writersleagueoftexas.wordpress.com

2nd ANNUAL TENNESSEE WILLIAMS NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL – Deadline: Nov. 16, 2009. Entry fee: $25. Winner announced March 1, 2010. Grand Prize $1500 Short stories, written in English, up to 7000 wds. Open to writers who have not yet pub’d book of fiction. Only unpub’d stories accepted. Unlimited entries per person. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Send to: Fiction Contest; Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival; 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514; New Orleans, LA 70113. Guidelines: http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/article.php?story=fictioncontest2

2009 BRANSON STARS & FLAGS BOOK AWARDS - Deadline: Aug. 1, 2009. Entry Fee: $50. Celebrating books written about military-related topics. Works entered must have been published on or after Jan. 1, 2000. Guidelines: http://www.bransonstarsandflags.com/CA%20Book%20Awards.html

6th MARGARET REID POETRY CONTEST – Deadline: June 30, 2009. Entry fee $7. Sponsored by Winning Writers. (See bottom of page for additional contests sponsored by WW.) Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,350. Top prize $2,000. Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets and free verse. Guidelines: http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/margaret/ma_guidelines.php

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