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Call for Submissions: Short Fiction

Our Contemporary Fiction department is currently accepting submissions for a short story anthology to be published next fall. We are looking for original work that is cutting-edge, dynamic and unique. We want to see your individual style and flair, not an aspiration to be someone else. A dark tone is appealing, particularly in terms of humor and wit. Material that definitely will not grab us is preachy, politically motivated, self-conscious and overly opinionated.

Please do not send us submissions in the following categories:

· Romance / Bodice-ripper

· Religious (and we do mean all religions)

· Fantasy (we like Sci Fi, but please send the dragon stories to someone else)

· Erotica (integral sexual content is fine; money-shot fiction is not for us)

· True Crime (figure it out)

· Whodunit/Mystery (a component of mystery is fine, but we’re not looking for detective yarns)

· Childrens’

· Gay/Lesbian/Minority (we don’t care what gender, sexuality or race your characters happen to be. However if that’s the only thing your story is about we’ll probably file it under ‘religious’ )

Any submissions in these categories will be disregarded. If you do decide to send one of the above, please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope so that we can send it back to you.

To give you an understanding of the qualities we're looking for, here are the names of a few of our favourite authors. Keep in mind that we don't want a clone of their work; the list is intended only to help you decide if your writing could be of interest to us.

· Chuck Palahniuk

· Robert Rankin

· Jeff Noon

· Neil Gaiman

· Carl Hiaasen

Please send a printed copy of your short story along with a query letter (see below) and SASE to:

Sophie Fulton
Contemporary Fiction Editor
Falco Press
PO Box 128

Hygeine CO 80533

Mark your envelope ‘Anthology Submission’. This is a fantastic opportunity for unpublished writers to have your work read and possibly developed without needing to have an agent to get a foot in the door.

Complete guidelines at: http://www.falcopress.com/submissions.html

Call for Submissions: Writer Gazette

is currently seeking submissions for the following upcoming writing inspiration books: Rejection Lessons, Writer
Calamities, and Writer Inspiration. Payment: $10 per submission with full bio and a free copy of the book. Click here for full guidelines:
http://www.writergazette.com/insidewritersguide.shtml
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7th ANNUAL ERMA BOMBECK WRITING CONTEST NOW OPEN!

Last year more than 1000 budding writers from 18 countries
and 49 states entered the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition.
Wouldn't it be great if you were the 2003 winner?

The 2003 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition is sponsored by
Washington-Centerville Public Library and the University of
Dayton. There is no entry fee and cash prizes will be
awarded in two categories: humor writing and human interest
writing. The first-place winner in each category will also
be published in the Dayton Daily News.

You can review contest details and submit your entry at:
http://www.wcpl.lib.oh.us/adults/erma.html