EXTRA EXTRA

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week:
None.

This month:
Fri. Jan 30- Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction- ohiostatepress.org
Fri. Jan 30- Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship- www.creativewriting.wisc.edu
Fri. Jan 30- Writers' Journal Annual Fiction Contest- www.writersjournal.com
Sat. Jan 31- Glimmer Train's Family Matters- www.glimmertrain.org
Sat. Jan 31- Just Deserts Short-Short Fiction Prize- http://myweb.num.edu/~passages
Sat. Jan 31- Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant- www.ohioana.org
Sat. Jan 31- Frank O'Conner International Short Story Award- www.munsterlit.ie
Sat. Jan 31- Prism International Annual Short Fiction Contest- prismmagazine.ca

ROLLING DEADLINE: www.milkweed.org

Oh Oh Oh Oberlin

So, I'm back at school, overwhelmed with such a winter and such a state. I feel less alone than I have in a very long time, and yet, I can tell I'm a different person from when I left. In a good way, though. But it's still a strange feeling. I feel like I'm doing things I could have never been capable of, even if I had been willing to do them in the past. I'm glad I'm living life in such a way that makes me become more like what I want to be, and even more, what I've always felt I'm supposed to become. Going to school at Oberlin has certainly been part of this.

Currently it's Winter Term, so the campus is bare--but that's part of the beauty of it. Not to mention, I'm not overwhelmed with billions of people around me. In Paris there were many people too, but as it's a city (and especially Paris) people keep to themselves there. I feel like I'd gotten so good at being alone that I need to learn a way to cultivate that skill, to be happy being alone, in a way. But I'm also happy to be meeting many people for lunch tomorrow, at Java Zone.

All this might seem irrelevant, but it's very relevant to my writing, so I guess that's why I'm posting it here. A book of places to publish to should be showing up in the mail soon, so some EXTRA EXTRAs will be popping up soon here. My writing projects have come to a halt, with the unexpected culture shock, as well as other reasons. My thoughts are preoccupied, but, not to worry friends, at least I am still reading (even if what I am reading is in French and I have once again halted reading Middlemarch).

The world is quite bizarre sometimes. I'm listening to Sufjan Stevens, and that helps. But I'm happy, be sure of that. I'm happy.

EXTRA EXTRA

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week:
None.

This month:
Mon. Dec 15- www.richardburgin.com (Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers)
Mon. Dec 15- www.calwriterstv.com (Masters Literary Awards, $15)
Tues. Dec 16- http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu (Crazyhorse Fiction Prize, $15)
Mon. Dec 22- www.scratchcontest.net
Wed. Dec 31- www.uah.edu/colleges/liberal/english/whatnewcontest.html (H.E. Francise Short Story Award)
Wed. Dec 31- webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR/HTMLpages/NARtoday.html (Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Prize, $18)

Voila!

EXTRA EXTRA

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week:
Sat. Nov 22- www.scratchcontest.net

This month:
Sun. Nov 30- www.fishpublishing.com ($30/story)
Sun. Nov 30- www.glimmertrain.org ($15)

Voila!

EXTRA EXTRA

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week:
Fri. Oct 31 (Halloween!)- www.tebotbach.org ($25, First Book Award)
Fri. Oct 31 (Halloween!)- www.danaawards.com
Fri. Oct 31 (Halloween!)- www.glimmertrain.org (Family Matters)
Sat. Nov 1- http://tampareview.ut.edu/tr_prize.html
Sat. Nov 1- www.fccj.edu/wf
Sat. Nov 1- www.wwph.org (Annual Book Competition, DC Area)
Sat. Nov 1- www.briarcliff.edu/bcreview (Briar Cliff Review Competition)

Voila!

EXTRA EXTRA

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week:
Wed. Oct 8- www.missourireview.org/contest/
Sat. Oct 11- www.indiana.edu/~inreview

This month:
Mon. Oct 13- www.indianareview.org ($15, fiction prize)
Wed. Oct 15- www.louisville.edu/english
Wed. Oct 15- http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/wsr ($12)
Wed. Oct 22- www.scratchcontest.net
Fri. Oct 31 (Halloween!)- www.tebotbach.org ($25, First Book Award)
Fri. Oct 31 (Halloween!)- www.danaawards.com

Voila!

EXTRA EXTRA

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week:
None.

This month:
Mon. Sept 15- www.calwriterstv.com (Masters Literary Awards)
Mon. Sept 15- www.uncg.edu/eng/mfa (Robert Watson Literary Prize)
www.opencity.org/rrofihe.html
Mon. Sept 22- www.scratchcontest.net

Voila!

Extra Extra

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week:
July 22- http://www.scratchcontest.net/
July 23- http://www.opiummagazine.com/

This month:
July 31- Best of Ohio Writer Contest (for residents of Ohio, only). http://www.pwlge.com/
July 31- Glimmer Train Family Matters Contest. http://www.glimmertrain.org/
July 31- http://www.munsterlit.ie/
July 31- http://www.writingawards.com/

Voila!

Extra Extra

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week:
None

This month:
July 22- http://www.scratchcontest.net/
July 23- http://www.opiummagazine.com/
July 31- Best of Ohio Writer Contest (for residents of Ohio, only). http://www.pwlge.com/
July 31- Glimmer Train Family Matters Contest. http://www.glimmertrain.org/
July 31- http://www.munsterlit.ie/
July 31- http://www.writingawards.com/

Voila!

Extra Extra

This is a new addition. The "extra extra" entries are for whoever reads this, who's interested in writing, and wants to see some good contests to submit stuff to. There's a lot of different places to look for for applying, and I'm only listing stuff that's in my agenda--so, if you have specific genres you write in, or specific themes, you should look up some additional stuff for yourself. If you're interested, though, I tend to go towards (in no particular order) (1) literary, (2) hispanic/American literature, (3) experimental/ magical realism, and (4) translation. The themes that carry through my works tend to be (in no particular order) (1) family, (2) socially incorrect relationships, (3) academic/intellectual (like randomly mentioning famous authors, or something), (4) sex is a big one, (5) beautiful women, (6) music, and (7) quirky characters and events. So, if any of your stuff matches those, I highly suggest you apply to the contests I post up here.

So, the "extra extra" section will look something like this:

EXTRA EXTRA:

This week: None
This month:
July 22- http://www.scratchcontest.net/
July 23- http://www.opiummagazine.com/
July 31- Best of Ohio Writer Contest (for residents of Ohio, only). http://www.pwlge.com/
July 31- Glimmer Train Family Matters Contest. http://www.glimmertrain.org/
July 31- http://www.munsterlit.ie/
July 31- http://www.writingawards.com/

Voila!