Seeking Short Stories for Anthology

Anthology Seeking Stories

For details, go to: http://www.vivavocepress.com.

Co-author Theresa Kane of Viva Voce Press Inc. is co-creating
a book entitled "They Lied! True Tales of Pregnancy,
Childbirth and Breastfeeding." She is seeking funny stories
about "pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding? Do you have a
friend who has a funny story? You know the kind of story we
mean - funny, unexpected experiences that sound a little hard
to believe, but oh so true." Accepted stories will be
published in the book and authors will be paid a one-time fee
of US $100.They should be a minimum of 300 words and no longer than 1,200
words.

All stories must be submitted by May 15, 2003

Seeking 500 - 600 word proposals for essays in an anthology tentatively titled Resistance and Rage: Women of Color Respond to Violence. This constellation of work seeks to explore topics such as the dialectical approaches to the relationship between individual action, selfhood and collective identity; women's rights and feminist struggle as articulated by women of color; traditions of resistance; legal discursive formulations of rape and self-defense as applied to cases involving women of color. Essays that expressly address the cases of Inez Garcia, Joann Little, Yvonne Wanrow, Dessie Woods are encouraged.

Submit proposals and one page CV to

Persons invited to submit completed essays will be asked to meet

Imagining Ourselves: An Anthology of Art and Ideas

For more information and submissions guidelines, see:

Imagining Ourselves aims to give a powerful voice to a new generation of women internationally. A global anthology of contributions from women in their twenties and early 30s, the book will include a wide variety of mediums -- from poetry and essays to photography and reproductions of visual art. We're looking for creative and dynamic young women from all backgrounds and in every corner of the globe-- artists, athletes, photographers, activists...Tell us what defines your generation! Show us the world you live in and the one you wish to create!

THEMES:
Body (fashion, disease/illness, sports, sensuality/sexuality, dance and movement, pregnancy...)
Identity/Borders (All the cleavages which divide us: Nationality, ethnicity, race, gender,language...)
Power (Political systems, human rights, power in the household, between lovers, personal empowerment
Spirituality (religion, ritual, deity/deities, what's bigger than us...)
Family (ancestors, mother/daughter connections, parenthood, childhood, marriage...)
Work (the office, the farm, the factory, our material possessions)
Land/Earth (Food, nature, ecology, animals, physics/physical science)
Connections/Community (Friendship, Romantic relationships, community groups, collective experiences)
Invent Your Own!

Contact:
Koko Kawasaki
Asia Outreach Manager, Imagining Ourselves
Email:

Final Deadline: June 1, 2003

UMKC, University House, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, or visit <
http://cctr.umkc.edu/%7Enewletters/awards00.htm. "These awards were
established to discover and reward new writers, to give them a chance to
compete with more established writers, and to encourage the more
established writers to try new genrés or new work in competition. Submit
unpublished work up to 5,000 words." FEE: $10 (or $17 for a one-year
subscription and reading fee is waived). PRIZES: $750 fiction, $750 poetry,
$500 nonfiction. http://cctr.umkc.edu/%7Enewletters/awards00.htm

Deadline: Friday closest to May 15, 2003

The Flannery O'Connor Award For Short Fiction

Each year the University of Georgia Press selects two winners of the
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Authors of winning
manuscripts receive a cash award of $1,000 and their
collections are subsequently published by the Press under a
standard book contract. The Press may occasionally select
more than two winners. The competition is open to writers in
English, whether published or unpublished. Entry fee: $20.
Details:

Deadline: MAY 31, 2003

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

"Krack'd Pot Moms" is looking for true, heart-warming, funny stories involving children and stress. Did you ever have one of those days when nothing seemed to go right? When you were ready to pull your hair out or scream at the top of your lungs? Yet, even while you were standing there feeling like a lunatic with a bazooka, others couldn't help but laugh at your situation? Was there a day when you felt your life should have been in a sitcom? Share your story with us!

Payment: Top three funniest stories will recieve $100 in prizes. Each accepted author will receive one copy of the book upon its publication. Plus two ebooks and a hotel voucher.

Deadline: For submissions is January 1, 2004 unless we can get enough really funny stories sooner! Word count should be 350 to 1500 words.

Rights: Buys one-time rights. Must be unpublished story, but once book comes out you can sell your reprints to story.

Send submissions to: Alyice Edrich, Compiler/Author, Krackd Pot Moms, via e-mail to

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