Firebird Poetry opportunity

Firebird Poetry invites submissions of poems for free publication. If your
poem is good enough, you might also win an award. Here's the site:
http://www.firebirdpoetry.com:80/

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

improving your site: website grader & Thomas Umstaddt

Want to improve your website? You can plug in your url here http://www.websitegrader.com and get free tips on optimizing your site. Also lots of good advice on Thomas Umstaddt's blog. He specializes in website design for authors.
His site is www.umstattdmedia.com/ and he blogs at http://www.authortechtips.com.

opportunities for poetry, story collections & novellas

Four Way Books of New York accepts submissions till June 30, 2011.
Open to all poets and fiction writers. Book-length poetry collections, story
collections and novellas. They do not publish novels, translations, or non
fiction. Submission guidelines are available at
http://fourwaybooks.com/general.php.

The Montreal International Poetry Prize is a first-of-its-kind global
poetry competition awarding $50,000 for one poem. The international jury of
ten distinguished poets from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the
Americas will select the top 50 entries. This shortlist will be published in
a groundbreaking global poetry anthology. And from that shortlist, prize
judge Andrew Motion, the former UK poet laureate, will select the winner.
Deadline July 8, 2011. Here's the link: http://montrealprize.com/

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

Robert Lee Brewer on driving/drawing visitors to your blog or web site

Robert Lee Brewer provides lots of good advice to authors on his catchily
named blog My Name Is Not Bob. His article for June 22, 2011, tells how to
make the most of your own blog or web site. Here's the link:
http://robertleebrewer.blogspot.com/

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

Pakistani poetry opportunity

Here's an interesting opportunity I just found out about.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: September 30, 2011

Vallum Magazine is featuring a special issue on PAKISTANI POETRY (Vol. 9:1
fall/winter 2011).

Seeking submissions of unpublished work on any aspect of Pakistani poetry by
Canadian or Landed Immigrants of Pakistani origin or Canadians interested in
Pakistan. Submissions must be postmarked by September 30, 2011.

http://www.vallummag.com/upcoming_issues.html

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

NewPages: online site for writers & readers

NewPages is a marvelous online site listing all kinds of resources and
opportunities for writers and readers. Examples: book reviews, literary
magazines, publishers, creative writing programs, writing conferences,
contests, calls for submission. Here's the link: http://www.newpages.com/

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

university presses: possible publication avenues

University presses publish all kinds of things, maybe even [surprisingly]
the sort of thing you write. To explore them as possible avenues of
publication, see the Association of American University Presses web site. It
includes Canadian presses as well as American. Here's the link:
http://www.aaupnet.org/aaup-members/membership-list

Elma Schemenauer, author of 75 books published in Canada and the USA, editor
of many others. Blog www.elmasalmanac.blogspot.com Website www.elma03.com

free "upmarket" women's fiction contest

Here's a free contest for book-length women's fiction. It needs to be "upmarket" fiction—definition given on the web site. Note that the category doesn't include romance or romantic suspense. Send the first 150-200 words of the [unpublished] work to the e-mail address specified on the site, along with your name, e-mail address, and a logline [one-sentence description of the work]. The contest runs June 12 to June 26, and there's no charge to enter. Here's the link to the site. Scroll down to the entry for Monday, June 13, 2011.

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/

 

no-fee short story contest & poems-about-poets

British publisher Creative Print Publishing invites submissions of short stories, 3000 word maximum, June 30 deadline. There's no fee to submit. On the other hand, I understand there's no payment either. The best 10 stories will be published in an anthology. Here's the link:

http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/10-best-short-stories-competition.php

 

Guernica Editions of Toronto invites submission of poems by Canadian poets. They're to be FOR, ABOUT, OR INSPIRED BY other poets [not necessarily Canadian]. Each poem is to be accompanied by a 250-word prose statement regarding the background of the poem. June 30 deadline. Poems chosen will be published in an anthology. More at the following address:

http://www.guernicaeditions.com/