ANTHOLOGY on memorable students that teachers will always hold in their hearts. Length: No more than 5,000 words, hard copy. Enclose SASE. Deadline: December 31. Send to
S. McFern
3419 SE 18 Pl.,
Cape Coral, FL 33904.

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FAIRY TALE POETRY Anthology. Now accepting submissions of poems based on fairy/folktale/myth themes and/or structures. Creative, unconventional interpretations are encouraged. This volume will not be directed at children.

Deadline: January 15, 2002. E-mail submissions and questions to Cory-Ellen cefaery@yahoo.com

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SEEKING PERSONAL ESSAYS, MEMOIR EXCERPTS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SHORT STORIES FOR "UNHOLY MOTHERS," A CROSS-CULTURAL, INTERNATIONAL LITERARY ANTHOLOGY EXPLORING THE SHADOW SIDE OF MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.

Seeking personal essays, memoir excerpts and autobiographical short stories for an anthology of well-known and emerging writers exploring their survival and self-empowerment as they emerge from the shadows of their mothers' motherhood. "Unholy Mothers" seeks to redress the balance in literature about daughters and mothers, most of which portrays mothers in a near-reverent light, obscuring the truth of many women's lives that rather than loving them, their mothers feared or resented them or, in some cases, were simply uninterested in mothering. In spite of not receiving the traditional love and nurturing that mothers are supposed to give, the writers reveal how they have made sense of themselves and their lives. The collection also includes an exploration of why, from the daughters' point of view, mothers were unable to love or nurture their daughters, including personal history, socio-economic or other pressures.

Edited by Margo Perin. To be published by Tarcher/Putnam with a tentative publication date of Spring 2003.

To ensure your work will be read, please adhere to these guidelines: Autobiographical essays, stories or memoir excerpts ONLY. No fiction or poetry. Manuscripts can be up to 10,000 words. Double-spaced, in 12 point font, with one-inch margins on standard white paper. Include the number of words in the top right-hand corner of the first page of the manuscript. Include your full name, address, phone number and email on the top left-hand corner of the first page. The author's name, page number and title of the work should appear on every page. Enclose an S.A.S.E. Manuscripts will only be returned if accompanied by an S.A.S.E. with sufficient postage. Include a stamped, addressed postcard to ensure your manuscript has been received. Submissions will be read from mid-December so you may not receive your postcard until then. No electronic submissions. If you send through email, we will be unable to respond. If the work has already been published, please include notification of where, when., etc. Accepting submissions until December 1, 2001 (postmarked). No need to send cover letter. Questions about the guidelines can be sent to margoper@yahoo.com

Again, the writing has to be autobiographical. Sorry, but absolutely no fiction or poetry will be considered.

Send submissions to
Margo Perin
Box #32, 322 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110
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SUBMISSIONS wanted for Climate Controlled, an electronic anthology of writing from and of the Northern climates. Send published or unpublished fiction, poems, essays, art, or new media with SASE, cover letter, and acknowledgments to Climate Controlled, 51 Cedar Crest, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 by January 31, 2002. E-mail:
mrkrgnao@yahoo.com
mailto:%20mrkrgnao@yahoo.com
or go to
www.thediagram.com
http://www.thediagram.com/ for more details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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TallGrass Writers Guild Literary Anthology/Contest Guidelines

Planned publication date: summer 2002. Diverse writings by writers of all ages, geographies, and backgrounds on the theme of Food, with all related areas such as Mom's apple pie, Army chow, weight issues, diets,etc. Tentative title: "Take Two - They're Small." Poetry and prose (which is comprised of fiction and creative non-fiction) welcome.

All accepted poetry and prose submissions will be published in the anthology, (a 250-300 page, perfect bound, trade paper original with national distribution by Baker & Taylor), with a total of $1000 in cash prizes. Best in each category wins $500 as determined by independent judges, plus Second and Third places and Honorable Mention. Each published contributor will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology. Published TWG members will not only receive a free copy, they will also receive free shipping of any additional copies ordered at that time. Reading/entry fees for each category are $16, reduced to $12 each for TWG members.

TallGrass is unique among arts organizations in that it neither seeks nor accepts government funding because of the creative limitations imposed by such grants, often of an arbitrary and political nature. TWG is an independent, self-supporting arts guild. Annual TWG membership fee of $35 (effective July 1, 2001-June 30, 2002) includes six 12-page newsletters each year. Newsletters contain a calendar of upcoming arts events; member news; health news; book reviews; notices of upcoming TWG Open Mikes and formal readings; and pages of Manuscripts Wanted, listing periodicals, anthologies and contests submissions. An entry form for the 2002 Anthology/Contest must be completed and accompany each entry category.

Poetry: Each poem not more than one page in length (single spacing okay for poetry). Reading fee for four poems: $16/$12 TWG member. For eight poems: $32/$24 TWG member. Maximum 8 poems per person.

Prose: 2500 word limit per entry; excerpts from longer works permitted. Reading fee for each story: $16/$12. Maximum two prose entries per person: $32/$24 TWG member.

Writers should send TWO copies of each manuscript (ms.) PLUS disk as follows:

- HARD COPY Double-spaced manuscript on one side, on 8.5x11 unlined white paper. Single-spacing okay for poetry. Only laserjet, inkjet or letter-quality dot matrix acceptable. Plus: Four-sentence bio. Plus:
- ELECTRONIC Provide ms. and bio (separate files, please) on 3.5 IBM disk, using Rich-Text-Format (RTF), WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 for DOS or MicroSoft Word 7.0 NO ASCII; no centering, bold, italics codes; only Tabs for paragraph indents. Specify word processing program on label, along w/ name of author and phone number. No MAC. Disks can be converted quickly and inexpensively at Kinkos or comparable computer support center.
- INCLUDE name, address, phone/FAX numbers (w/area code) on first sheet of fiction; EACH sheet of poetry.
- INCLUDE a stamped, self-addressed #10 (business size) envelope. No mss. returned. Include a stamped, self-addressed postcard if you wish to have receipt of ms. confirmed.

-DEADLINE: Postmarked no later than 2-28-02. Mail submissions to TallGrass Writers Guild, c/o Outrider Press,937 Patricia, Crete, IL 60417. For info: (708) 672-6630.

Literary Anthology/Contest
Entry Form Name ..............................................................................
Address............................................................................
Telephone/Fax/E-Mail...............................................................
Category (check only one per form; photocopies ok) Prose - Fiction ..... Prose - Creative Non-Fiction ...... Poetry.....

Number of entries submitted within category ............

Title(s)............................................................................

TWG Member
Yes ............
No .............

Amount of Reading/Entry Fee
Enclosed ..............................

How did you hear abou the Anthology/contest? ............................

PUBLICATIONS (All prices include shipping & handling)

-Daily Differences, (1987; $5.25-Illinois residents add 35 cents tax), a Guild poetry/photography chapbook.

-Prairie Hearts, our 1996 anthology on The Midwest; 208 pages, trade paper original, perfect bound. ($17.50-Illinois residents add $1.15 tax).

-Alternatives, our 1997 anthology of writings on roads less traveled; 208 pages, trade paper original, perfect bound. ($17.50-Illinois residents add $1.15 tax)

-Freedom is Just Another Word - our 1998 anthology on concepts, responsibilities and yearnings for freedom; 224 pages, trade paper original, perfect bound. ($18.50-Illinois residents add $1.15 tax)

-Feathers, Fins & fur - our 1999 anthology on the theme of animals; 256 pages, trade paper, perfect bound. ($19.50-Illinois residents add $1.35 tax)

-Earth Beneath, Sky Beyond - our 2000 anthology on Nature and our planet; 256 pages, trade paper, perfect bound. ($19.50-Illinois residents add $1.45 tax)

-A Kiss Is Still A Kiss - our 2001 anthology on Romantic Love; 256 pages, trade paper original, perfect bound. ($19.50-Illinois residents add $1.45 tax)

You may write a single check for total entry fees (+ optional TWG membership + publications) if you enter more than one category. Make check payable to TallGrass Writers Guild. Mail:

......Your check for the required reading fees (+ membership + books, optional) ......Your completed entry form(s) ......Submission(s), ......IBM computer disk; and ......Stamped, self-addressed #10 size envelope (SASE) to:

TWG / Anthology
c/o Outrider Press
937 Patricia
Crete, IL 60417