October Call for Writers
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Grain magazine is now accepting entries for its 14TH ANNUAL SHORT GRAIN WRITING CONTEST

This year the Short Grain Contest offers TWELVE $500 PRIZES FOR A TOTAL OF $6000 to be awarded for original, unpublished works in four categories: Dramatic Monologue, Postcard Story, Prose Poem, and Long Grain of Truth (creative non-fiction).

Each entrant receives a one-year subscription to Grain.

Contest Deadline: JANUARY 31, 2002.

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PRIZES
------------------------------------------ All categories: Three prizes of $500 each. Short Grain prizewinners will be published in the fall 2002 issue of Grain.

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CATEGORIES

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DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE -- A self-contained speech given by a single character in 500 words or less.
Judge: Mansel Robinson
Mansel Robinson publishes poetry and short fiction but writes primarily for the theatre. His productions include Colonial Tongues, Collateral Damage, The Heart As It Lived, Downsizing Democracy and Spitting Slag. Ghost Trains and Street Wheat will premiere in 2001. He was writer-in-residence at the Berton House in Dawson City, Yukon, in 1999, and is currently playwright-in-residence in the Drama Department, University of Saskatchewan.

POSTCARD STORY -- A work of narrative fiction in 500 words or less. Judge: Lee Gowan Lee Gowan grew up on a farm near Swift Current, Saskatchewan. He has published a short story collection, Going to Cuba, and most recently, a novel, Make Believe Love (Knopf, 2001). Most of all, though, he is proud to have once taken the third prize in Grain’s Prose Poem category. He lives in Toronto. PROSE POEM -- A lyric poem written as a prose paragraph in 500 words or less. Judge: Anne Simpson

Anne Simpson’s first book of poetry, Light Falls Through You (McClelland and Stewart), was published in 2000. Her first novel, Canterbury Beach (Penguin Books), was published in 2001. She lives and works in northeastern Nova Scotia.

LONG GRAIN OF TRUTH -- A non-fiction creative prose piece in 5000 words or less.

Judge: Joan Givner
Joan Givner was a professor of English at the University of Regina for thirty years, and now lives on Vancouver Island where she writes full time. She has written two biographies, an autobiography, four collections of short stories and a mixed collection of essays and stories. Her latest book is a novel Half Known Lives, and she’s at work on another novel.

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ENTRY RULES
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1. The basic entry fee is $22 (CDN) for a maximum of two entries in one category. For an additional $5 you may enter one piece in ANY category of your choice. You may enter as many times as you wish, in as many categories as you wish. For example, to enter two prose poems ($22) plus one postcard story ($5) plus one nonfiction piece ($5) costs $32. Make your cheque or money order payable to Short Grain Contest. US and international entrants: must pay in US funds; add $4 postage for a total of $26 for the basic entry fee.

2. Your entry fee of $22 includes a one-year subscription to Grain (4 issues). If you are already a subscriber, please specify if you want to extend your subscription or give a gift subscription to a friend. For any gift subscriptions, please provide us with the recipient’s name and mailing address. Entries received by January 15: subscription begins with Spring 2002 (February). Entries received after January 15: subscription begins with Summer 2002 (May).

3. All entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2002.

4. Each entry must be original, unpublished, not submitted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, nor accepted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, nor entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition for which it is also eligible to win a prize.

5. All entries in this contest will be judged anonymously, on merit alone. The judges’ decisions are final.

6. A covering page must be attached to the text of your entry. On the covering page please provide the following information:

a) Your name, complete mailing address, telephone number, and email address.

b) Title of your entry.

c) Category or categories you are entering: Postcard Story, Prose Poem, Dramatic Monologue, or Long Grain of Truth. If you do not indicate the category you are entering, the contest logger will arbitrarily decide for you.

d) Word count. An absolutely accurate word count is required. Entries in the short category with more than 500 words (not including the title, but including -- in Dramatic Monologue -- set-up and stage directions) will be disqualified. In the Long Grain of Truth category, entries with more than 5000 words (not including title) will be disqualified. Do not print, type, or write your name on the text pages of your entry. Do not hand-write anything on text pages.

7. Your entry should be typed, double-spaced, on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. It must be legible. It may be photocopied or printed from a word processor (letter quality mode, please). Faxed and/or electronic entries not accepted.

8. Entries will not be returned. Keep a copy of your entry. We will notify you of the final results at the end of the contest if you enclose an SASE for that purpose. US and International entries please send an IRC or Canadian postage. A list of winners will appear on our web site. Winners will be announced in April 2002.

Make your cheque or money order payable to Short Grain Contest. Send your entry or entries to:
Short Grain Contest,
Box 1154,
Regina, SK S4P 3B4 Canada If using a courier, send entries to:
Suite 719,
Delta Bessborough Hotel,
601 Spadina Cresent East Saskatoon, SK
Canada, S7K 3G8 NOTE: Entries by email or fax will not be accepted.
Deadline: January 31, 2002.
Prize Money Donated by:
Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg, Barristers and Solicitors, Saskatoon
City Perk Coffee House, Saskatoon
Playwrights Union of Canada
Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre

For more information:
Jennifer Still
www.skwriter.com/grain
mailto:grain.mag@sk.sympatico.ca
Grain Magazine
V:(306)244-2828 F:(306)244-0255

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Dear Friend of Chicken Soup for the Soul®,

We hope that this email finds you happy and healthy!

Do you have a heart-warming, insightful, humorous and powerfully moving story you've written or seen? If so, we are currently seeking stories, quotations and other material appropriate for inclusion in several of our forthcoming publications which include: Teacher's Soul, Sister's Soul, Grieving Soul, Christmas Treasury, and Christian Woman/Christian Teenage Soul. (Teacher's Soul submissions should be received by October 5th, Grieving Soul April 1st, Christmas Treasury April 1st, Christian Woman and Teen February 5th). Stories should be a maximum of 1500 words, typed and double-spaced in a word document.

What makes a good Chicken Soup story? A Chicken Soup story is an inspirational, true story that opens the heart and re-kindles the spirit. It is simple, inter-denominational, living art piece that helps readers discover basic principles they can use in their own lives. Chicken Soup stories are personal and often filled with emotion and drama…they are filled with vivid images created using the five senses. They have heart, but also something extra…that element that makes us all feel more hopeful, more connected, more thankful, closer in our relationship with God-and better about life in general. A Chicken Soup story isn't a sermon, an essay or eulogy. It isn't about politics or ultra-controversial issues. But it is a heart-warming, insightful and powerfully-moving work that inspires readers to live life more fully, to love more unconditionally and to trust God more completely.

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To submit your story, please send them to Chicken Soup Submissions, 2625 Samarkand Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. (Please keep a copy for your records as we are unable to return unsolicited material.) Fax to 805-682-0872 or email your story to nautio@chickensoupforthesoul.com. Please include all of your contact information on the story itself.

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Story Acquisitions

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Call for submissions for our Anthology called "Spiritual Quest." We are requesting short fiction and creative non-fiction that express experiences of individual spiritual journeys. Deadline: November 1, 2001. Guidelines: http://www.mountainflowerpublications.com/guidelines.html or by mail with SASE to Mountain Flower Publications, 987 Tahoe Blvd., Suite 104, Incline Village, NV 89451.

Contemporary writings sought from published writers for a collection of South Asian 'fiction and innovative writings' to be compiled in a literary anthology. Deadline for submissions Nov. 30, 2001. For details please contact Vasanthi Victor: vasanthi_v2000@yahoo.com

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TWO LINES: A JOURNAL OF TRANSLATION
"Ghosts" is the theme for our 2002 issue. We are looking for any and all interpretations of the theme: ancestors, apparitions, delusions, demons, genies, haunts, holy spirit, illusions, impressions, memories, phantoms, shadows, specters, traces, umbras, visitations

Submissions will be accepted August 31 to ­December 31, 2001, only. (Submissions received earlier will not be acknowledged until September.) Translators will be notified of our decisions in February or March 2002, and the journal will come out in May, 2002.

Original translations into English of writing from any genre. In order to be considered, submissions must include a brief introduction with information about the original author, the background of the piece, special problems the translation presented, and the way you see the piece in relation to the theme of the issue.

Please enclose a copy of the original text with your submission. We expect translators to acquire copyright permission for their translation and for reprinting the original (in full, if poetry; in part, if prose). Permission can generally be requested from the publisher of the original work. Submissions on diskette or over the internet are greatly appreciated, but printed or typescript submissions are also welcome. For electronic submissions, please save your documents as RTF (Rich Text Format); for hard copy, please send an appropriately-sized self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like your materials returned.

Send submissions to editors@twolines.com
or to the postal address listed below.
PO Box 641978
San Francisco
CA 94164-1978
For more information, look at our web site: www.twolines.com

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FATHERHOOD anthology: Seeking essays which capture the essence of new fatherhood. Looking for dynamic, charged, clear prose. Send with SASE to Fatherhood Anthology, 103 Bergen St., Brooklyn, NY 11201

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Poetry Anthology about animal rights: Send SASE fmi to Editor, PO Box 640746, San Jose, CA 95164

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Funtime Comics Presents...
What we publish
Contibutions for publication are always welcome. Special consideration is given to New Zealand comic creators, especial those who haven't had any work published yet. That said, we love overseas creators as well and would like to have at least one contribution from another country in each issue. We prefer original material, so if it's been printed elsewhere think about drawing something new. Our printing schedule is erratic (about twice a year) so it could be a while before you see your work in print.
Funtime is a comics anthology so pages that fit A4 format are our bread and butter. Artwork has to be Black and White, preferably A4 or A3 with good sized margins as it will end up shrunk down to A5 format. Remember that ball point pen is too light for most purposes, especially with the blue ink, it won't reproduce for printing very well at all. Watch the size of any lettering as well, people hate having to use a magnifying glass to read their comics.
Put your name on the back of each page as well as a page number if your contribution is longer than one page, otherwise the editor won't know what the correct order is.
Content wise our regular contributions range from a Science Fiction serial, experimental sequential art, humour in the style of British children's comics, social commentary and more besides so feel free to do anything you want that won't get us arrested or make us feel ill.
We are a non-profit organization so we can't pay you for your work but you will be sent a copy of any issue that your work appears in. Make sure you enclose contact details, biographical information and a self portrait (50x58mm). Money or postage stamps would also be appreciated to help cover costs.
Submissions can be sent to:
Funtime Comics, PO Box 1961, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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