Publishing

Ebook publisher TheWriteDeal launches  e-Leaf Store   In a short statement on its website, TheWriteDeal describes e-leafs as the future of the ebook. “They are flexible, dynamic reads for life on the go,” says senior editor Irene Schneider. E-leafs are very short, short or longer works in any genre, or serialized excerpts from completed or ongoing […]

Sales benefit La Leche League Great Britain.

From their press release: Black Balloon Publishing puts out genre-bending books that rebel against industry convention: the weird, the unwieldy, the unclassifiable — in anything from classic paperback, to interactive e-book, to digital storytelling collage. At only two books a year, we take on what we love — and it’s a deep-seated, hippocampal love — […]

A Room of Her Own‘s To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize will be awarded for the best, unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit 48 to 96 pages of poetry postmarked by August 31, 2011. The $20 reading/entry fee is payable by check or money order to A Room of Her Own – please indicate […]

2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents POSTMARK DEADLINE is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th 2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents In addition to a full year of promotion, a $1000 prize will be presented to the Pen Parentis Writing Fellow at a public reading of the winning work in Manhattan on Tuesday, September […]

Call for essays: Breadwinning Broads: stories from women who bring home most (or even all) of the bacon The topic of wives out-earning their husbands has received a lot of attention recently. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a third of all wives earn more than their husbands (2003). The Breadwinning Broads project wants […]

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on MENNONITE MOTHERING Co-Editors: Rachel Epp Buller and Kerry Fast Publication Date: 2012/2013 Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2011! This collection of scholarly essays will explore the connections between mothering / motherhood and Mennonite religion and culture, broadly defined. There are thriving Mennonite […]

Tell Your Story We would love to hear it. There are lots of places online to read blow-by-blow descriptions of the physical process of giving birth. What’s harder to find is descriptions of what these experiences meant to the women who had them. We crave your deepest stories. Tell us your joy and sorrow, your […]

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Incarcerated Mothers: Oppression and Resistance Co-Editors: Gordana Eljdupovic and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich Publication Date: 2012 Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2011! A large proportion – and in many jurisdictions the majority – of incarcerated women are mothers. Popular attention is often paid […]

Do you—or does someone you know—have an interesting story about changing careers? The Working Chronicles will publish the top stories in our online magazine and publicize them on Facebook and Twitter. Your story may also be included in a future book. Details: Submit stories on the topic of career transitions of 1,000 words or less […]

An artful personal essay showcases your wit, wisdom, and window on the world. This information-packed one-day workshop takes your essays from ideas to potential publication. The instructor draws on more than 20 years of magazine-essay-writing experience to share tips on style, structure, voice, the use of anecdote, and how to target what different publications want. […]