Writing

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 […]

We’re pleased to feature this reader’s response to one of our For Your Journal writing prompts. Cecilia Wu shares these thoughts about her neighborhood: Journal Entry: Compare your childhood neighborhood with that of your child’s. Do you live in the same community in which you were raised? The same area of the country? How are […]

DATE: Tuesday, December 14 TIME: Party starts at 6:30-8:30 LOCATION: The Libertine Library at Gild Hall,15 Gold Street, NYC With Special Guests, John Reed Writer, editor, father of two and critically acclaimed novelist of, A STILL SMALL VOICE SNOWBALL’S CHANCE, and the forthcoming TALES OF WOE. Liz Rosenberg Is a mother a fiction writer and […]

Tupelo Press Welcomes Your Submissions for the 2010 Dorset Prize The annual Dorset Prize is an open competition for a poetry manuscript, with a $3,000 prize. Prior winners include Ilya Kaminsky, G.C. Waldrep, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Davis McCombs, Sandra Meek, Rachel Contreni Flynn, Joshua Corey, and most recently Rusty Morrison. Submissions are accepted from anyone […]

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 […]

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; […]

San Francisco, CA, October 20, 2010 — SOMArts Cultural Center presents Feast of Words: A Storytelling Potluck, a monthly event that is part social, part reading series, and part inspiration for writers and foodies alike. Co-hosted by Irina Zadov and Lex Leifheit, Feast of Words takes place on the first Tuesday of each month. Guests […]