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Social Hour for all writers
Quarantini





HRW hosts virtual social hours known as a WRITERS QUARANTINI via ZOOM the first Friday of every month, from 4:30-5:30 pm

Next Quarantini March 5, 2021

Bring your sparkling water, your wine, your martini, or whatever else you prefer


If you'd like to participate in this fun free event, send us an email by March 3 so that we may send you an invitation link


Spend time with fellow writers, talking about craft, goals, frustrations, and successes.
Catch up with old friends and/or make new ones. 
 Discover others who write in your preferred genre.
Poet's Quarantini

see old friends
make new connections
read your poetry to a live audience
or BE the live audience

March 19, 2021  7 - 8 p.m.

FEEL THE POWER OF POETRY


Email HRW for a ZOOM link by March 17, 2021
 
HRW Traveling Pen Writers Workshops
 
 

Hampton Roads Writers 2021 TRAVELING PEN Series of Workshops




Each 2.5-hour workshop costs $15 for HRW members and $25 for non-members and will be held VIA ZOOM until it is safe to meet in the classroom again. A payment link has been provided under every workshop. Should you prefer to pay via check, please send it along with your name, address, email, and phone number along with a note about which workshop you're registering for and payment (check or money order) to:
 
Hampton Roads Writers
P.O. Box 56228
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
 
Once payment has been received you will be emailed the Zoom invitation and instructions on how to access the class.
 

March 20, 2021 -- Starting out Strong, presented by Novelist Erin Beaty.

Workshop Description:
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an author in possession of a good story idea, must be in want of a killer opening.

In this class we will discuss where, when, and how to start your novel or short story with a balance of grounding the reader, setting up their expectations, and compelling them to continue all in a few paragraphs. Topics will also include first lines, prologues, opener dos and don’ts, and how various genres and categories begin in modern literature. You have less than 1000 words to hook your reader—make sure you’re painting the right picture to do so.

Presenter Bio:
Erin Beaty studied aerospace engineering at the US Naval Academy (really) and served in the fleet as a weapons officer and leadership instructor. After leaving active duty to raise her five children, she somehow also ended up writing Young Adult Fantasy novels with nerdy elements. She is the author of The Traitor’s Circle Trilogy, which has been translated into six languages, and the forthcoming Blood & Moonlight duology. While her husband was stationed in Hampton Roads, she taught classes at The Muse Writers Center and several workshops for HRW. She currently lives in Busan, South Korea but can teach again through the miracle of Zoom. You can find her at www.erinbeaty.com and on Instagram as @ErinBeatyWrites.


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April 17, 2021 -- From Logline to Draft: Writing Children’s Picture Books, presented by Dr. Jen Malia.

Workshop Description:
Do you have an idea for a children’s picture book but don’t know where to start? Or do you feel stuck on your current picture book project? This is a hands-on workshop that will take you from writing a logline to using notecards for the beats of your story to drafting a scene for your picture book. You’ll leave this workshop with a solid plan to complete your story.


Presenter Bio:
Jen Malia is Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing Coordinator for Norfolk State University. Her #ownvoices picture book, Too Sticky! Sensory Issues with Autism, was published by Albert Whitman in 2020. She has appeared on NPR’s With Good Reason and written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, Woman’s Day, Glamour, SELF, Catapult, and others. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @jenmaliabooks or on her website www.JenMalia.com
 

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May 15, 2021 -- Self-Publishing: It’s Not All DIY, presented by Novelist Michelle Garren Flye.

Workshop Description:
How much of self-publishing can you actually do by yourself? This workshop will take you through the steps from writing to obtaining reviews for your book. Should you hire an editor? A cover designer? Buy an ISBN? What is copyrighting and should you file for it? How do you get your books into a bookstore? It’s all here in this all-inclusive workshop.

Presenter Bio:
Michelle Garren Flye is the owner of The Next Chapter Books & Art in New Bern, N.C., editor of The Next Chapter Literary Magazine, a multi-published author of romance, children’s books, and poetry. Her most recent project, HourGlass, is an adult comic book based on her poetry. A second comic book in the series, SeaGlass, is planned for release in 2021. For more information, visit her website: http://michellegflye.com.
 

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June 19, 2021 -- Jumpstarting and Revising the Poem, presented by VA Poet Laureate Luisa Igloria.

Workshop Description:
In our writing practice, there are times when it feels as though the challenges or obstacles we encounter are insurmountable. Sometimes, we need to apply patience and care; other times, perhaps a bit more ruthlessness might be necessary for clearing away the underbrush so the poem can emerge.

This poetry workshop (for poets ideally with some workshop experience) will invite participants to focus on finding (re)generative contexts for poems, as well as to try some strategies for radical revision. Poets should bring 1 poem to share with others in class that they're willing to tinker with some more.

Presenter Bio:
Luisa A. Igloria is one of 2 Co-Winners of the 2019 Crab Orchard Poetry Prize for Maps for Migrants and Ghosts (Southern Illinois University Press, fall 2020). In 2015, she was the inaugural winner of the Resurgence Prize (UK), the world's first major award for ecopoetry, selected by former UK Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion, Alice Oswald, and Jo Shapcott. Former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey selected her chapbook What is Left of Wings, I Ask as the 2018 recipient of the Center for the Book Arts Letterpress Poetry Chapbook Prize. Other works include The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis (Phoenicia Publishing, Montreal, 2018), Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser (2014 May Swenson Prize, Utah State University Press), and 12 other books. Her poems are widely published or appearing in national and international anthologies, and print and online literary journals including Orion, Shenandoah, Indiana Review, Crab Orchard Review, Diode, Missouri Review, Rattle, Poetry East, Your Impossible Voice, Poetry, Shanghai Literary Review, Cha, Hotel Amerika, Spoon River Poetry Review, and others. With 40 years of experience teaching literature and creative writing, Luisa also leads workshops at The Muse Writers Center in Norfolk (and serves on the Muse Board). She is a Louis I. Jaffe Professor and University Professor of English and Creative Writing— teaching in the MFA Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University, which she directed from 2009-2015. For over ten years to date, she has been writing (at least) a poem a day.  www.luisaigloria.com

 
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July 17, 2021 -- FICTION & CREATIVE NONFICTION: Description, Metaphor, and the Narrative Lens, presented by Novelist Diane Zinna.

Workshop Description:
Join novelist Diane Zinna for an exploration of how vivid descriptions can bring our readers closer to our work, advance story, and make the hearts of our characters known by what they see.

Presenter Bio:
Diane Zinna is originally from Long Island, New York. She received her MFA from the University of Florida and has taught creative writing for over ten years. She was formerly the executive co-director at AWP, the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, which hosts the largest literary conference in North America each year. In 2014, Diane created the Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, helping to match more than six hundred writers over twelve seasons.

The All-Night Sun, her first novel, was longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. She is the recipient of the 2020 ArtsFairfax Artist Grant, and her work has appeared in Electric Literature, LiteraryHub, Brevity, and Monkeybicycle. Diane lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with her husband and daughter.
 
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August 21, 2021 -- Writing a Spooky Story: Incorporating Horror Elements into Your Writing, presented by Novelist Leigh Anne Lagoe, who writes as Red Lagoe.

Workshop Description:
Halloweeen is just around the corner, so get ready for those spooky story submissions. The horror genre isn't for everyone, but elements of horror do appear in plenty of stories. Learn how to incorporate these elements into your work wisely, and how to make your spooky Halloween story stand out from the rest.

Presenter Bio:
Red Lagoe is the author of Lucid Screams. She is a staff writer for Crystal Lake Publishing's Still Water Bay dark fiction series and has been published in Crystal Lake's Shallow Waters anthologies, volumes I, II, III, & IV. Her short stories have been published in Dark Moon Digest, Sinister Smile Press' If I Die Before I Wake, Volumes I, II, III, & IV, Slashertorte, Shiver, We Are Wolves, Twisted Anatomy, and more. Red is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Hampton Roads Writers, and Tidewater Writers. When she's not spewing her horror-ridden mind onto the page, she can be found substituting in elementary schools or dabbling in amateur astronomy.

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October 16, 2021 -- Writing Fantasy, presented by award-winning fantasy author L. Penelope

Workshop Description:
The fantasy genre imagines other worlds as settings for the story, worlds where myths and legends are real, magic rules, and wondrous creatures leap off the page. With the monumental success on the page and screen of properties like Game of Thrones and Harry Potter, interest in the genre is at an all-time high. But where do you begin when the only limits imposed are those of your imagination? How do you approach building an entirely new world and not let all the possibilities and minutiae overwhelm you and prevent you from telling a compelling tale? Attendees will learn tips of the trade from award-winning fantasy author L. Penelope.

Presenter Bio:
L. Penelope is the award-winning author of the Earthsinger Chronicles. The first book in the series, Song of Blood & Stone, was chosen as one of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. Equally left and right-brained, she studied filmmaking and computer science in college and sometimes dreams in HTML. She hosts the 'My Imaginary Friends' podcast and lives in Maryland with her husband and furry dependents.
 
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November 20, 2021 -- Scene Building in novels: Scene by Scene, presented by Laura Ellen Scott.

Workshop Description:
Chances are that the last “unputdownable” novel you read was composed of dynamic, vivid scenes that gripped you from page one and never let go. In this workshop we’ll discuss the power of scenes, analyze their components, and explore traditional and non-traditional ways to keep your reader glued to the page. We’ll also practice techniques for building strong scenes and developing a habit of telling by showing.

Presenter Bio:
Laura Ellen Scott is the author of four novels including Death Wishing (2011), The Juliet (2016), and The New Royal Mysteries Series which includes The Mean Bone in Her Body (2016) and Crybaby Lane (2017). The third book in the series, Blue Billy, is forthcoming. An Ohio native, Scott now lives in Northern Virginia and teaches creative writing at George Mason University.
  


KUDOS

Congratulations
Dr. AnneMeek.


Please join us on March 14, from 2 – 3 PM for a virtual book launch and celebration of Dr. Anne Meek’s poetry collection, Tree Full of Stars. During the live streamed event, some of the poems in the collection will be read by the poet and her close friends and family. Here’s the link you’ll use to register for the live webinar:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xlI3ocYuQ_usa8j6aVe2ew
 
A prolific poet, Anne has seen her work published in the Tennessee Poetry Journal, The Small Farm, Skipping Stones, The Poets Domain, In Good Company, Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume Six, Tennessee, and Joys of the Table. Two of her short stories have been published in In Good Company.  She is currently working on two longer fiction and non-fiction projects.
 
Anne has been a treasured member of the board of Hampton Roads Writers (HRW) since 2009. She has used her many talents as poet, teacher, administrator, and patron of the arts to further the organization’s mission “to promote the craft and passion of writing and literature in Virginia.”
 
Her contributions have been and are abundant and exceptional.  For example, Anne helped develop and was often an emcee for HRW’s initial Open Mic program held at multiple Hampton Roads libraries. She taught workshops in poetry and memoir writing for the Traveling Pen series. To celebrate Black History Month, Anne organized an interactive writing experience for community children K-12 at the Virginia Beach Barnes and Noble Book Store. The students enjoyed artwork by Maria Winfield, then were encouraged by HRW members to respond to it in writing.  She later initiated a poetry reading at the bookstore, featuring African American poets, including Nathan Richardson and Shonda Buchanan.  Anne played a major role in the Youth Poetry Explosion at the Chrysler Museum, during which students were guided through parts of the Museum, then sat with volunteer tutors who encouraged them to write poems about their reactions.  This event blossomed into two other events.
 
Anne’s continued contributions have helped propel HRW to become a widely recognized literary organization with one of the foremost writers conferences in Southeastern Virginia.
The board members of Hampton Roads Writers are extremely grateful for Anne Meek’s devotion to sharing the written word with readers and writers of all ages, genders, and ethnic groups.  And on a very personal note, we thank her and her husband, Captain Gil Kraine, for graciously opening their home to us on a great many occasions. 
 
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KUDOS

to Patrice Wilkerson
Patrice's "Hellacious Times" has been  published on The African Magazine website. 
 
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KUDOS

To Jim Healy


 
 
Retired FBI Agent Jim Healy has announced release of FBI Code Name: BOURBON STREET BULLETS, Mardi Gras Mayhem, the ninth in his Special Agent Del Dickerson series of thrillers.

New Orleans’ iconic French Quarter is the center of non-stop action as Del is targeted by an international terrorist and a homicidal Ten Most Wanted fugitive while guarding a North Korean defector.  Repeated assassination attempts, complicated by an internal security leak, flourish amidst a background of ribald Mardi Gras revelry, spiced by exotic strippers, bullets and bombs.  Romance blooms as the good times roll!

BOURBON STREET BULLETS, Mardi Gras Mayhem, is now available on Amazon.com, and as a Kindle e-book, along with previously published Del Dickerson novels: FLYING HIGH, FBI vs. The Mob; LUCKY DAZE, FBI vs. The Mob-Rematch; SHARKS, Fighting Washington Corruption; CULTURED PEARL, Smuggled Terror; DEADLY DECEPTION, Murder in Monterey; SPYTRAP, Washington Seduction; SEACATCH, Secrets of Old Baldy; and PARADISE PANIC, Costa Rica Capers.
                                                          
If you would like to contact Jim, email us and we will forward your email to him.
 
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KUDOS
To Melissa Story, aka, Lynn Story.
 
Melissa writes a  a contemporary romance series, Gates Point, under the penname of Lynn Story. Her books are more sweet than saucy. She bases the fictional city of Gates Point on the Hampton Roads area. There are several familiar local landmarks featured in the stories. 
 
 Love at Bay will be released in February. 
 
Other books in the series include: Rescue My Love, Ginny's Christmas Wish, and The Primrose Heart. 
 
 
 
Congratulations on your publication successes!
 

HRW New Members


We welcome new member Peter G. Stipe from Williamsburg and look forward to hearing more about him in the future.
 
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Bay To Ocean Writers Conference Goes Online! 

 
The 24th annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference – ranked as one of the top 1-day conferences in the country – WILL BE HELD this year, but with an exciting twist. It will be virtual, using the magic of Zoom to bring more than 30 speakers to writers, poets, screenwriters, and memoir writers into your home on Saturday, March 20th.
 
The conference features six tracks: beginning fiction, advanced fiction, poetry, memoir and non-fiction, the craft of writing, and publication, promotion, and social media. Stick to a track in your favorite genre or diversify to create your own writing conference experience—one tailored to meet your own unique needs! Attendees will be able to attend five sessions plus the keynote, for a total of six sessions. All sessions except the keynote will be held in Zoom breakout rooms. Our keynote speaker is Truth Thomas, a recognized poet, songwriter, editor, and founder of Cherry Castle Publishing. His speech, “Vaccinate Against Fear” is at 1:30 pm. 

Once registered, you'll receive a confirmation email. A link to the BTO Zoom conference will be emailed to you 24 hours before it starts, along with a downloadable session grid and instructions on how to move between breakout rooms. If you are unfamiliar with Zoom, fear not. A dedicated team of aides will be online to help you navigate the process.  
To register, visit the registration page on the Eastern Shore Writers Association’s website: https://www.easternshorewriters.org/event-4068585  

Registration, payable by credit card, is $60 for members and $70 for non-members. Refunds are available for cancelations by March 7.  

The Eastern Shore Writers Association is a nonprofit organization of writers from throughout the Delmarva Peninsula. their mission is to inform, encourage, and inspire writers of all levels and in all genres. They strive to share their knowledge and experiences about every facet of writing. 

Click here is you have Questions.
 

Hampton Roads Writers is a nonprofit that strives to strengthen the connections among everyone in the Hampton Roads' literary community. 
 
Did you know that if you use the Amazon.com referral portal found on almost all of the HRW web pages  Amazon donates a small percentenage of your purchase price to HRW at NO COST TO YOU.  Small donations add up and help us keep up with HRW's operating expenses.  Here is a link to one of the referral portals. Look on the bottom of the page for this picture.
 
                                                  
When you click the picture, you'll be sent to Amazon.com where you may shop for whatever you'd like. We won't know if you bought anything. We won't know who you are. We won't have access to any of the payment information. What we will have though, a couple months after you've made the purchase, is a small donation from Amazon.  

We would be grateful if you would bookmark the this link in your favorites so that you can use it whenever you shop at Amazon.com
 
http://www.hamptonroadswriters.org/events.php
 
 
Thanks so much for being a part of the HRW community!
 

Literary journals and publishers put out calls for submissions when they are seeking new material. If you have a completed story, essay, poem, or piece of creative nonfiction, these are good opportunities. GO FORTH AND SUBMIT AND LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR PUBLICATION SUCESSES!
Hindsight is a collection of stories about 2020, written by people just like you. We’re seeking stories from around the world that capture what it was like to wake up every day to a new normal — whether that means navigating emergencies as a first responder or tying the knot over Zoom. We're particularly interested in material that gets up close and personal with the struggles of 2020, rather than headlines or commentary on current events.

Hindsight is an independent, one-time publication. Content will be made available in two forms: Some stories will be shared on our website; the very best submissions will be compiled into a print anthology, which will be published in 2021.

Submission fee: None
Length: Up to 2,000 words
Deadline: Rolling
Compensation: Writers whose work is selected for the print anthology will receive a complimentary hard copy of the book, as well as a digital file.
 
To learn more, please visit www.hindsightbook2020.com. 
 
Hamilton Stone Review is Open for Submissions!

Deadline: March 25, 2021

The Hamilton Stone Review opens for submissions for the Spring 2021 Issue #44 on February 25, 2021 and closes March 25, 2021. Submissions may close early if the issue fills. Poetry submissions should be emailed only to Roger Mitchell at  with “HSR” in the subject line. Fiction and nonfiction submissions should be emailed only to Dorian Gossy . For more information, please see www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr.html#submissions.

 
Utopia Science Fiction 

Deadline: April 3, 2021

Utopia Science Fiction Magazine is seeking science fiction stories and nonfiction that touch on ideas of ecology and the environment. If you've written a story about an alien ecosystem, or that mentions biology, exobiology, geography, exo-geography, chemistry, climate, etc., send it to us! We pay our authors and provide feedback on all submissions. www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit

 

The Blue Mountain Review
Deadline: Submissions accepted year-round.

The Blue Mountain Review launched from Athens, Georgia in 2015 with the mantra, “We’re all south of somewhere.” As a journal of culture the BMR strives to represent life through its stories. Stories are vital to our survival. Songs save the soul. Our goal is to preserve and promote lives told well through prose, poetry, music, and the visual arts. Our editors read year-round with an eye out for work with homespun and international appeal. We’ve published work with Jericho Brown, Kelli Russell Agodon, Robert Pinsky, Rising Appalachia, Nahko, Michel Stone, Genesis Greykid, Cassandra King, Melissa Studdard, and A.E. Stallings. www.southerncollectiveexperience.com/submission-guidelines/

The Fictional Café Seeks Distinctive, Cutting-Edge Short Stories and Poetry
Deadline: Rolling

The Fictional Café is a highly regarded online ‘zine, nine years old with 900 Coffee Club members in 47 countries. Fiction and poetry only, please, exploring the creative boundaries of the art. Visit our site to read recent works. Your short story or novel excerpt should be extremely well written with engaging characters and a unique, avant-garde, or unconventional plot. We welcome bold, sophisticated poetry collections of all types. Please join our Coffee Club, then review our submissions guidelines. We reply in 30 days. www.fictionalcafe.com


BreakBread Magazine Seeks Young Creatives 13-25
Deadline: Rolling

BreakBread Magazine is a magazine for all young creatives between the ages of 13 and 25. We are always looking for vivid, timely poetry, nonfiction, short stories, comics, and visual arts (photography, illustrated narratives, and hybrid work) that explore new directions in arts and letters. Submissions are always free. Visit breakbreadproject.submittable.com/submit to send us your work. Check out our website for more information.


Gallery Gallery LUX Call for Art, Writing
Deadline: April 1, 2021

Event Dates: May 1- September 1 Event Location: Virtual
Open call for art and writing submissions for the group exhibition Lux (Latin for light). We welcome interpretations in all mediums and all forms. Light can reference hope, fresh beginnings, a new way of seeing. Post tenebras lux, (after darkness, light) may reference a new start, such as emerges with vernal equinox post winter. In darkness can we find hope for change? “Only in darkness can we see the stars.” (MLK JR.) After a winter of germination, let us celebrate with all things Lux. What does Spring mean for you? Show us! gallerygallery.org
 

 

Mistake House: a space between ordinary and odd

Mistake House Magazine seeks work that speaks to the heart in a complex global context. Submissions, including work in translation, accepted through March 15, 2021 from students currently enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs worldwide. See guidelines at www.mistakehouse.org/submit/. Mistake House: a space between ordinary and odd. 


Planisphere Q Seeks Flash Fiction, Vignettes, Character Sketches, and Poetry
Deadline: March 31, 2021

Planisphere Q is seeking submissions for its inaugural issue. The theme is "sight." Any interpretation of the word is acceptable. All genres are accepted. The 500-word limit is firm. Flash fiction, vignettes, character sketches, and poetry. PQ also accepts one-page comics. See submission guidelines: www.planisphereq.com/p/guidelines.html.

Club Plum Seeks Works for April 2021 Issue

Deadline: April 1, 2021

Please send flash fiction, prose poetry, hybrid works, & art to Club Plum for Volume 2, Issue 2, dropping April 16, 2021. Send your pain. Send your fury. Send your strange. Unsure if prose poem or flash fiction? Send it our way. See www.clubplumliteraryjournal.com for guidelines.
 

Beliefs, Myths, and Narratives in Southern Culture
Deadline: May 15, 2021

Founded in 2020, Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore is a work-in-progress online anthology of creative nonfiction works about the prevailing beliefs, myths, and narratives that have driven Southern culture over the last fifty years, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The anthology is collecting personal essays, memoirs, short articles, opinion pieces, and contemplative works about the ideas, experiences, and assumptions that have shaped life below the old Mason-Dixon Line since 1970. www.modernsouthernfolklore.com


Oyster River Pages Seeks Submissions for Annual Issue
Deadline: May 31, 2021

Oyster River Pages is a literary and artistic collective seeking submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts that stretch creative and social boundaries. We believe in the power of art to connect people to their own and others’ humanity, something we see as especially important during these tumultuous times. Because of this, we seek to feature artists whose voices have been historically decentered or marginalized. Please see www.oysterriverpages.com for submission details.

 

Jokes Review: Call for Manifestos

Deadline: May 31, 2021

Jokes Review is currently accepting submissions exclusively of manifestos, broadly defined. We want your manifesto (serious or otherwise) about life, art, philosophy, economics, poetry, rocketry, absinthe, interpretive dance, etc. etc. If you have a manifesto—whether it’s nonfiction, fiction, poetry, or art—to bring to the world, send it our way! For submission info: www.jokesliteraryreview.com/submit.

 

HWP Seeks Fiction/Poetry/Flash for Paid Print Publication/Awards
Deadline: August 31, 2021

Haunted Waters Press seeking submissions for consideration in the 2nd edition of our fiction anthology Tin Can Literary Review—$250 per published story. Also seeking works of fiction, poetry, flash, and Penny Fiction for paid print publication in the 19th issue of our literary journal From the Depths. Works appearing online in SPLASH! are eligible for future offers of paid publication. All submissions considered for 2021 HWP Awards. Your words and endeavors are important to us! Custom artwork, author interviews, and the HWP Contributor Showcase are just a few of the ways we show our appreciation. Visit us today! www.hauntedwaterspress.com

 

Auroras & Blossoms International Submissions Call - Inspirational Art, Flash Fiction, Photography, Short Stories
Deadline: year-round

Launched in 2019, Auroras & Blossoms is dedicated to promoting positive and inspirational art; and giving artists (ages 13 and over) of all levels a platform where they can showcase their work and build their publishing credits. We publish photography, poetry, short stories, six-word stories, paintings, drawings, essays, and flash fiction in two magazines. We are also looking for testimonies and art on social justice for our new No Longer Ignored Anthology. We are particularly interested in entries from women, minorities, POC, and disabled artists. International submissions welcome. Submission Guidelines and apply here: abpoetryjournal.com/submit/.

 

Driftwood Press Submissions Open
Deadline: Year-round

We Pay Contributors

John Updike once said, "Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better." At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it right, or better. We are excited to receive your submissions and will diligently work to bring you the best in full poetry collections, novellas, graphic novels, short fiction, poetry, graphic narrative, photography, art, interviews, and contests. We also offer our submitters a premium option to receive an acceptance or rejection letter within one week of submission; many authors are offered editorships and interviews. To polish your fiction, note our editing services and seminars, too. www.driftwoodpress.net

 

Submit your 50-word story to 50 Give or Take
Deadline: Rolling

50 Give or Take daily delivers micro-fiction of fifty words or less straight into your inbox. Please subscribe (it’s free!) to get an idea of what is published, before submitting your work. All accepted 50 Give or Take pieces will be published in a print collection at the end of every year, starting in 2021. All you have to do is submit your: 50-word story, one-line bio, website or social media URL, and a vertical photo of yourself to 50giveortake@vineleavespress.com. Good luck!

 
The Austin Film Festival’s Script Competition is open for entries! Regardless of placement, all entrants receive free reader comments so at the very least they’ll get feedback on their script from seasoned readers.
 
  • Early Deadline: March 26, 2021
  • Regular Deadline: April 16, 2021
  • Late Deadline: May 21, 2021

In addition to feature screenplays and teleplay pilots and specs, we also accept short screenplays, digital series scripts, stage plays, and fiction podcast scripts. More information on all script competitions can be found here: Austin Film Festival Script Competitions.

The American Journal of Poetry Volume 11 Call for Submissions
Deadline: Rolling

Now reading for Volume Eleven, our Summer/Fall 2021 issue. Please visit us to read our previous volumes filled with poems from poets the world over, from the first-published to the most acclaimed in literature. A unique voice is highly prized. Be bold, uncensored, take risks. Our hallmark is "STRONG Rx MEDICINE." We are the home of the long poem! No restrictions as to subject matter, style, or length. Published biannually online. Submissions accepted through our online submission manager, Submittable; a submission fee is charged. (BOO HISS!)  theamericanjournalofpoetry.com
 


 

Dear College-aged Writers & Artists: Submit to ANGLES
Deadline: April 1, 2021

ANGLES seeks poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art by college-aged people with diverse voices and distinct perspectives. As a literary magazine edited by students at St. John Fisher College, ANGLES takes pride in being among a writer's first publications. Send us urgent writing and art that cares about language, people, and the world and pays close attention to them. We value traditions but are keen on challenging them. We make space for underrepresented communities. Our current reading period ends on 4/1. Visit our website to see who we are and what we publish, or go straight to angleslitmag.submittable.com to submit.
 


 

MudRoom 
Deadline: May 1, 2021

MudRoom is open for submissions until May 1st for our Spring Issue! We are seeking poetry and prose in all their forms. Submissions are free, and we pay $15 per accepted piece. MudRoom is somewhere between where you’ve come from and where you’re going. We believe in the liminal, the dirty, the messy, and the mundane. We publish four issues of prose and poetry a year, and we also work to put out content devoted to developing a practice—we feature short essays on craft, and interviews with writers. Send us your work, we’d love to read it!
 


April Gloaming
April Gloaming Publishing is a nonprofit independent press based in Nashville, TN that aims to capture and better understand the Southern soul, Southern writing, and the Southern holler.

In the words of William Faulkner, to be Southern is to, "Tell about the South. What do they do there. How do they live there. Why do they live at all." April Gloaming seeks to arrive at the conclusions to these questions through amplifying the voices of the unbridled holler.

April Gloaming is a refuge for the small and the weird. Our impetus is our authors and artists and ensuring that they have a voice at every step of the publishing process. We seek the formless and sublime, the chaotic and the devastating. April Gloaming celebrates the genre-benders, those rare works that bring the old and the new together into something entirely transcendent. Being small lets us follow our dreams, however dark and twisted they may be, and allows us to show them to the world.

If you are thinking of submitting to us for potential publication, please follow the guidelines listed below (unsolicited and agent submissions are accepted):

For Poetry
Please send 10-12 poems of your manuscript to:
poetry.aprilgloaming@gmail.com

For Fiction
Please send up to 40 pages of an excerpt of your work to: fiction.aprilgloaming@gmail.com

For Creative Nonfiction
Please send up to 40 pages of an excerpt of your work to: nonfiction.aprilgloaming@gmail.com

For Graphic Novels
Please send a pitch page, a script sample, and some sample art to: comics.aprilgloaming@gmail.com

 
 

 
 Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)
 
Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP) offers classes, workshops, and performances for veterans, service members, military family members, or caregivers within the Hampton Roads Writers community and local area.
 
Creative Writing:  www.asapasap.org/writing

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Storytelling Crash Course — One Day Workshop
NEXT COURSE: Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, ET (every 6 weeks). This workshop was developed as an introduction to Storytelling Bootcamp. This 3-hour single day workshop will guide participants in finding the stories in their lives. New courses are offered on a regular basis on our website here.

 
HRW is supported solely through the generosity of our individual members and patrons. If you haven’t done so already, please consider joining HRW. We need your time, talents, and tax-deductible financial support so we can continue to provide the quality literary events you’ve come to know and love. If you would like more information or would like to arrange a meeting to discuss supporting Hampton Roads Writers, please contact Lauran Strait, HRW’s President, at HRWritersATcoxDOTnet.
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