Personal Narratives

I’m looking for sharp women-authored nonfiction essay submissions for Her Madgesty, a new anthology (forthcoming from Soft Skull Press) about our favorite freaky feminist singer/artist/’Sex’-er/mother/material girl: Madonna. She’s been such a powerful, iconic cultural figure for the past 27 years (!). For women and girls in America, it’s almost impossible not have been influenced, in […]

In our own lives as writers and educators, we have felt buoyed by, and thirsty for, dialogue about the creative process. We think it is particularly essential to gather a collection of process/craft-based essays by women who span several different generations. We hope that an anthology such as this will serve as both a historical […]

Writing it Real Reading Period: December 4 – February 15, 2011 Everyone’s a winner in this Writing It Real contest. Send in a draft you are wondering how to develop, a free-write you hope is going somewhere, or a piece you think may be finished about which you want a second opinion; within two weeks […]

It’s crunch time on The Moment book, as the Jan 7 deadline is coming soon. We have no lack of submissions, but definitely love to reach out to more people, especially writers and/or people who have simply led interesting lives. Whether you’re a bestselling writer, or never been published before, it will feel really great […]

Call for Submissions: Book publisher Dream of Things seeks submissions for anthologies of creative nonfiction on a variety of themes. Current themes include stories of forgiveness, coffee shop stories, travel writing, life in the modern workplace, Internet dating, and others. Future topics will include anthologies of holiday-related stories and volume two of Saying Goodbye. See […]

Book Publisher: The Key Publishing House Inc., publisher of academic and non-academic books, Toronto, Ontario Submissions are being sought for an anthology about writing and publishing by women with experience in writing and publishing about family. Possible subjects: using life experience; networking; unique issues women must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals; conference participation; self-publishing; […]

Mothering Adult Children Editor: Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard Publication Date: 2013 Deadline for abstracts: December 1, 2011 This anthology will explore the changing experiences and the challenges of relationships between mothers and their adult children. I invite submissions that address a range of factors that may impact these relations, health, generational differences in values, conflicts with […]

Book Publisher: The Key Publishing House Inc., publisher of academic and non-academic books, Toronto, Ontario. Submissions are being sought for an anthology about writing and publishing by women with experience in writing and publishing about family. Possible subjects: using life experience; networking; unique issues women must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals; conference participation; self-publishing; […]

2,000-4,000 words Editors: Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort. Audrey Bilger is the Faculty Director of the Writing Center and Associate Professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College. Michele Kort is Senior Editor at Ms. magazine, a freelance writer, and author of three books (including Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro). Same-sex marriage […]

Call for Papers Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Laboring On: Testimony, Theory & Transgressions of Black Mothering in Academia Editors: Sekile Nzinga-Johnson & Karen Craddock Pub Date: 2012/2013 This book aims to interrogate the intersecting forms of oppression that are experienced by Black female faculty and scholars who “labor” and […]

Led by Local Author Elizabeth Fishel Welcome New Members This Fall The Wednesday and Friday morning women’s writers’ workshops I’ve led in my Rockridge living room for many years are testimony to the power of writers’ groups as catalysts, support, sources of ideas, and inspiration for the literary life. Part writing class, part support group, […]