Call for Submissions: Sixth Annual Ooligan Editors' Choice Fiction Contest

This just in from the Ooligan Press:

Portland State University's Publishing Program and Ooligan Press are sponsoring the Sixth Annual Ooligan Editors' Choice Fiction Contest. The Advanced Book Editing class wants your stories!

Submit your original short story on the theme MAKING MONSTERS.

The Ooligan Press Editors will carefully select and professionally edit the five entries that best exemplify originality, reader appeal, and writer's craft. The winning stories will receive the Ooligan Editors' Choice Award and will be published in Ooligan's Best Short Stories of 2010 (our annual electronic journal).

Details:

• Stories must not have been previously published
• Maximum of 4,000 words
• One story per person
• Authors will retain copyright to their writing

To Enter:

Send a Word document, double-spaced and formatted in 12-point type, as an e-mail attachment to nancycdinzillo@gmail.com. Include the title of your story. In the body of your e-mail, include your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

All submissions are due by May 1st, May Day.

Read past winners at www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu

Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Thursday, May 28
Interested in self-publishing zines and the like? Concerned about copyright law, contract issues, and other dizzying legal dilemmas? Portland's own Independent Publishing Resource Center is hosting a discussion about Zines and the Law.
When: 7-9pm
Where: 917 SW Oak St. #218 Portland 97205
Cost: Free
Visit www.iprc.org/about , call 503-827-0249, or email info@iprc.org

Date: Thursday, May 28-31
The largest publishing event in North America: BookExpo America (BEA). Whether it's the opening night keynote speech by Steven Tyler (yes, the Aerosmith frontman who apparently moonlights as a writer and conference speaker), the New Title Showcase, the Book and Author breakfasts or any number of other activities, the Expo has a little something for every bibliophile out there.
When: see the website for a detailed schedule
Where: Jacob K. Javits Center, New York City
Cost: the event requires registration, see the website for details
Visit www.bookexpoamerica.com/ for more information, call 1-800-840-561, or email inquiry@bookexpoamerica.com

Date: Friday, May 29
The First Annual Ooligan Press Write to Publish Conference will feature several workshops for writers and publishers, including "The Dos and Don'ts of Self Publishing," "YA: Trends and Audience" and "Marketing Yourself and Your MS."
When: 8:30am - 6pm
Where: Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway 97201
Cost: Individual session Public $22 Student $12 Full day Public $79 Student $39
Visit http://www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu/oolicon.html for more information.

42 Launch Party: Celebrate with Ooligan Press

Join Ooligan Press to celebrate the release of 42!
Thursday July 10th, 2008 from 5 to 7 pm at
The Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209

The reception will feature a reading at 6 pm by author M. Thomas Cooper. About Cooper's first novel, 42, Booklist wrote, "This unconventional thriller reads more like Kobo Abe or even Thomas Pynchon...Highly recommended for adventurous readers willing to expand the boundaries of genre fiction."

Cash bar. Hors d'oeuvres provided.

For more information, contact Amanda Taylor at ooligan.42@pdx.edu.

www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu/42.html