MORE BITS & PIECES FOR Writers/Authors #177

REASON TO KEEP WRITING - JAMES WHITMORE, age 87, the Emmy-and Tony-winning, Golden Globe, many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theater with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt. Whitmore was nominated for an Academy Award as best actor, marking the only time in Oscar history that an actor has been nominated for a film in which he was the only cast member. He was in a 2007 episode of the TV drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Whitmore also appeared in TV commercials in 2008 for the "First Freedom First" campaign, which advocates religious liberty and preserving the separation of church and state.

TRICYCLE: THE BUDDHIST REVIEW – about American Buddhism, abortion, AIDS, politics, sports, food, art, ecology, and history, and how Buddhist principles are taking root in America. Guidelines: http://www.tricycle.com/submission-guidelines

LAW AND ORDER MAGAZINE - deals with law enforcement, looking for press releases, articles and photographs. Guidelines & Editorial Calendar: http://www.hendonpub.com/publications/lawandorder/submitarticles

NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY REVIEW - pub'd by East Carolina University and North Carolina Literary & Historical Association. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction by and interviews with North Carolina writers, articles and essays about North Carolina writers, literature, and literary history and culture. Guidelines: http://www.nclr.ecu.edu

TOWARD FREEDOM - envisions a world ethic that honors the human spirit and right of individuals to freedom of thought and creativity; advances movements for human rights, peace, justice, enlightenment, and freedom from oppression; and celebrates the contributions of the world's diverse cultures on human rights, globalization, trade, labor, environmental preservation, political prisoners. Guidelines: http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/397/76 (also click on “about”)

THE MALAHAT REVIEW, Canada - pubs poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction by new and established writers from Canada and abroad and reviews of Canadian books. In alternate years, it runs the Long Poem (two $1,000 prizes) and Novella (one $1,500 prize) Contests and the poetry and fiction categories of the Far Horizons Award ($1,000). It also holds an annual Creative Non-fiction Contest (one $1,000 prize), as well as the annual Open Season Awards (one $1000 prize in each of three categories: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction). Guidelines: http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/submission_guidelines.html

OPEN SPACES – general interest, gives voice to the Northwest on issues that are regional, national and international in scope. Profiles, book excerpts (prior to publication), essays, public affairs, medicine, business, law, education, the family, economics, the environment, natural history, science, the arts, religion, culture and society. Guidelines: http://www.open-spaces.com/submissions.php

ANNUAL DREAM HORSE PRESS POETRY CHAPBOOK PRIZE - $500-Deadline: 6-30-10 http://home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/dhpcontests.html

1st ANNUAL FOUR SEASONS POETRY CONTEST - $300-Deadline: 6-30-10 http://yorktown.net/poetry_contest.htm

BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW PRIZES - $1000-Deadline: 7-01-10 http://blr.med.nyu.edu/submissions/prize-guidelines

Online workshop - 'Weapons, Violence And Reality’ June 7-July 4, 2010
http://www.Savvyauthors.Com/Event.Cfm?Eventid=195

Online workshop - 'Completing Your Mystery' June 7-June 21, 2010 http://www.Savvyauthors.Com/Event.Cfm?Eventid=276

SSA-AZ 2010 Writing Contest - Deadline: June 1, 2010 – short stories, short story children, essay, poetry http://www.ssa-az.org/contest.html

Online workshop - 'Show Don’t Tell' June 14-July 3, 2010 http://www.Savvyauthors.Com/Event.Cfm?Eventid=301

Online workshop - 'Romantic Suspense' June 15-July 5, 2010 http://www.Savvyauthors.Com/Event.Cfm?Eventid=300

KINDERART LIST OF CHILDREN’S CONTESTS - http://www.kinderart.com/contests

BOOKS BY CHILDREN - no cost to schools to submit and enter http://booksbychildren.com

NEW MILLENNIUM AWARDS FOR FICTION, POETRY, NON-FICTION - $1000-Deadline: 6-17-10 http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/awards.php

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FREELANCE JOB SEARCH - Jobs for writers, graphic designers, photographers and Web designers. http://www.freelancejobsearch.com

LITERARY CONTEST SCAMS – Writers should bookmark this link & check the list before entering any contest. http://windpub.com/literary.scams