Postcard Writing

One of my writing tips is to carry postcards (you can find them free around town, advertising galleries and such), or index cards, if you're in a pinch. They're informal, they offer limited space (almost unheard of in our age of the infinite blank page of word processing systems), they encourage you to write to a specific audience (though you don't have to mail the card), sometimes the picture serves as a writing prompt, and they're light and, as I said before, often free or inexpensive.

And now there's a cool-looking book and contest related to this idea! (Sadly, I had nothing to do with either.)

Ink-Filled Page Call for Submissions

Ink-Filled Page Call for Submissions
Fall 2007

The Ink-Filled Page is a quarterly literary journal produced by Indigo Editing, LLC. The journal is published online quarterly, and we print an anthology annually. To sponsor an anthology or to get involved, e-mail info@indigoediting.com.

Literary Submissions:

Fiction submissions can be short stories or novel excerpts, and the nonfiction section is open to personal narratives and essays. While all genres are welcome, special interests include travel, multi-cultural themes, feminism, and magical realism.

Limit submissions to 4,000 words, one submission per candidate. Authors who submit more than one piece will not be considered.

Artwork submissions:

Artwork submissions are open to all mediums, but pieces must be submitted electronically. Winning pieces are selected based on composition and originality. We are looking for pieces that highlight the human experience—show us the good or the bad, be surreal or real, but make sure that whatever you submit connects us, human to human.

Limit three submissions per candidate. Artists who submit more than three pieces will not be considered. Submit digital artwork at 300 dpi or higher.

Selected authors and artists earn publication and will receive a complimentary copy of the annual anthology. All work must be original and unpublished. By submitting your work to the Ink-Filled Page, you are offering first online and print publication rights. Rights revert to authors and artists after publication.

E-mail all submissions to inkfilledpage@indigoediting.com with a 100-word bio and "Fiction Submission," "Nonfiction Submission," or "Artwork Submission" in the subject bar by August 31.

View the most recent issue of the Ink-Filled Page here.

Write a Fake Epigraph and Win a Copy of Jim Crace's Useless America

How are your epigraph-writing skills? Find out by writing a fake epigraph for Crace's Useless America, a book that went on sale at Amazon.com almost a year ago — despite the fact that Crace had never actually written it (read Jim Crace's essay on Useless America in the Guardian). The best epigraph writers will win signed copies of Crace's nonexistent book from Doubleday (a real publisher), which comes complete with fake epigraphs of its own... and is available in a print run of 75 copies exclusive to Powells.com! Click here for more information from Powells.com.

Short Story Contest

Announcing the 3rd Annual

Ooligan's Choice Short Story Contest

What: Unpublished short stories (maximum of 4000 words, one story per person)

Theme: The Hidden Self (Exposing that which you keep hidden)

Who’s eligible: The Portland State community, past and present

When: Submit by midnight, January 21, 2007

How: Send a Word document, double-spaced and formatted in 12-point type, via email attachment to LBGmermaid@gmail.com. Include your name and title of your story.

Judges: The Ooligan Press Editors

The Ooligan Press Editors will carefully select and professionally edit the four best entries.The winning stories will receive the Ooligan Editors’ Choice Award and will be published in Ooligan’s Best Short Stories of 2007, our annual electronic journal.

Sponsored by Portland State University’sPublishing Program and Ooligan Press

Glimmer Train Press Contest

Fiction Writing Competition

Glimmer Train Press is now accepting submissions for their winter Fiction Open competition.
First Place: $2,000, publication in the winter edition of Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the anthology
Second Place: $1,000 and acknowledgement in Glimmer Train Stories
Third Place: $600 and acknowledgement in Glimmer Train Stories

The stories can be any length (under 20,000 words) and any theme.

The entries can be submitted online and will be accepted from Nov. 1, 2006 through Jan. 15, 2007.

For more information, see www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html

Last Call

Today is the last day to submit your stories,
essays, and artwork for the winter issue of the Ink-Filled Page!

The Ink-Filled Page is a quarterly literary journal produced by Indigo Editing, LLC. At this point, the journal exists as an online presence with the hope to print an anthology annually. To sponsor an anthology or to get involved, e-mail amccart@indigoediting.com.

Literary Submissions
Fiction submissions can be short stories or novel excerpts, and the nonfiction section is open to personal narratives and essays. While all genres are welcome, special interests include travel, multi-cultural themes, feminism, and young adult.

Limit submissions to 4,000 words, one submission per candidate.

Artwork submissions
Open to all mediums and are selected based on composition and compatibility with selected literary submissions. Submit digital artwork at low dpi. Upon acceptance, a digital version of 300 dpi or higher will be requested.

Limit three submissions per candidate per issue.

By submitting your work to the Ink-Filled Page, you are offering first online and print publication rights. Rights revert to authors and artists after publication.

E-mail all submissions to editors@indigoediting.com with "Fiction Submission," "Nonfiction Submission," or "Artwork Submission" in the subject bar by midnight tonight.

Poetry Contest

Writer's Digest Poetry Awards

If you write poetry, this could be your opportunity for recognition. It is wonderful when any writer has his or her work acknowledged.

Writer's Digest is now accepting poems of all styles
(free verse, haiku, rhyming, etc.)
for the Writer's Digest Poetry Awards.

Entries cannot exceed 32 lines and must be original, unpublished, and in English.

Entries are due by Wednesday, December 20th, 2006. Poems can be submitted online or by mail.

For more information regarding this poetry contest, please see http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/poetry/index.asp