For Children's Writers

For our children’s writers:

OCCBW presents the tenth Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers Workshop, July 9-13, in the exquisite Oregon coast town of Oceanside. For more information visit www.occbww.com.

Knowonder is an online children’s magazine dedicated to providing a story a day to develop a child’s love of reading. They are currently restructuring to make their site better and more accessible. The newly designed site should launch June 1^st, but they are looking for story submissions now. Visit their website to see what they are looking for and as always follow their submission guidelines.

There is a wonderful online resource for children’s writers. Verla Kay’s message boards (known by the users as the blueboards) is a free site for children’s writers and illustrators. The users discuss everything there is to discuss about craft, publishing opportunities, resources, different genres, even share response times from submissions. It is a wealth of information and a caring, supportive environment. Sign up here.

Oregon Women's Report Writing Contest

Oregon Women's Report is givingaway a new Kindle Fire eReader
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2/ref=famstripe_kf>
(7' color display screen w/WiFi) as part of our
"Inspiration"Writing Contest. The KindleFire was just released
last October and is the hottest eReader on the market.The Kindle Fire
gives you free online cloud storage and access to Amazon's 19million
movies, TV shows, songs, magazines & books.

Previous published material accepted: Includes book, magazine& blog
excerpts from the author. Subject Focus "Inspiration": We are
seeking non-fiction submissions that are inspirational, courageous,
memorable or enlightening. It can be about precious family moments, life
lessons, advice given, life changing events, stories of friendship, role
models, personal inspirations or motivations for you or someone you know.
If you have never taken the time to write about someonewho made a
difference in your life – now may be the perfect time.

Deadline: Noon. Thursday April 12th

Oregon Advantage: Writers must live in Oregon. This is not a cluttered
national competition but rather a local project designed to reward &
recognize the amazing women writers in our state – like yourself!
Our previous February 2012 contest received 32 entries, so your chances
of winning are friendly.

Word Count: Under 500words. Submissions can be longer, but not
recommended.

Requirements: No age limit. Please limit entries to no more than two
submissions.

Submit Articles: Two ways (1) inside an email and also (2) attached as
either Word, TXT or Rich TextFormat. Emails to
oregon[at]oregonreport.com with subject line "Kindle
Fire Contest".

For more information or to submit:

http://oregonwomensreport.com/2012/02/win-a-new-kindle-fire-inspiration-\
writing-contest/

2011 Literary Harvest Now Open for Submissions

ANNOUNCING THE CENTRAL OREGON WRITERS GUILD’S

2011 LITERARY HARVEST WRITING CONTEST

NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
June 1 – September 6

Open to Guild Members and Central Oregon Area Writers

For contest guidelines, rules and entry details,

click HERE to go to the Literary Harvest page

Contest winners will read their stories at the Literary Harvest

Questions? Contact the Contest Manager at

LiteraryHarvest@gmail.com

SAVE THE DATE!

2011 ANNUAL LITERARY HARVEST

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14, 2011

6:30 p.m.

Comfort Suites Inn

2243 SW Yew

Redmond, Oregon

Call For Submissions, Oregon Humanities magazine

Oregon Humanities magazine is seeking submissions for the fall/winter 2011 issue on the theme ³Here.² We¹re interested in nonfiction writing that explores human relationships to place. Writers may wish to consider how places that are important to us shape and affect our individual and collective identities and explore our obligations to these places.

Additional topics may address the following questions: How has the idea of regionalism changed over time? How do our commitments and loyalties to place figure in to our relationship with broader national and global communities? When does localism become territorialism? We are interested in writing that explores this theme in history, literature, art, politics, and other disciplines of the humanities. We appreciate submissions that include Oregon sources, stories, and locales, but will also consider work that explores this theme in broader and more universal ways.

We welcome all forms of nonfiction writing, including scholarly essays, personal essays, and journalistic articles. We accept proposals and drafts of scholarly and journalistic features, which range between 2,500 and 4,000 words in length. We accept drafts only of fully developed personal essays that consider larger thematic questions; essay submissions should run no longer than 2,000 words. All contributors receive an honorarium. Currently the magazine is distributed to more than 12,000 readers. Essays from Oregon Humanities have been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize anthology, Utne Reader, Best American Essays, and numerous college textbooks.

If you are interested in contributing to this issue, please visit our website http://www.oregonhumanities.org/ to read the current issue and the Guidelines for Writers. Then, submit a proposal or draft by Monday, June 20, 2011, to k.holt@oregonhumanities.org (preferred) or by post to Kathleen Holt, Editor, Oregon Humanities magazine, 813 SW Alder Street, Suite 702, Portland, Oregon, 97205. No phone calls, please.

Writing Contests and Calls for Submission

Writing contest links:


Kay Snow Writing Contest, deadline April 23, 2011:
http://www.willamettewriters.com/, sidebar link


Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest, deadline Feb. 18, 2011
http://www.pnwa.org/


Third Annual Cowboy Up Short Story Contest, March 1 – September 1, 2011
Guidelines: http://www.moonlightmesaassociates.com/



Calls for submission:

Oregon Humanities Magazine, “Belong” category, deadline Feb. 14, 2011
Guidelines: http://www.oregonhumanities.org/

Ooligan Press, deadlines vary
Guidelines: http://www.ooligan.pdx.edu/

Rae Ann Proost is seeking submissions for her book—contact Elsie Rochna for more information.

Call For Submissions

JUST A HEARTBEAT AWAY
RECONCILED TO THE LOSS OF OUR ADULT CHILDREN

RaeAnn Proost, author of SORRY LITTLE SUPPER and PEPPER IN HER POCKET, collector of family stories and recipes in CUPCAKES ON THE COUNTER, will produce another collection of stories. Having lost her daughter to ovarian cancer in 2008, she has been encouraged to tell the stories of heartbreak and heart healing in an effort to bring comfort to those who suffer such losses.

Your submission should be in three sections:

A biographical memorial of your loved one.

The loss. (Illness, accident, suicide: as detailed as you are able.)

Becoming reconciled to the loss.

The third section will help readers know they are not alone. Be candid, please, about what did/did not help, does/does not help with your overwhelming heartbreak. This section will no doubt show stages of grief, anger, acceptance, understanding, growth. Our hearts will never be fully mended.

Finally, as a fourth part, please include a recipe of a favorite of your loved one. We nourished and nurtured our children; special foods were often comforting and celebratory. Recipes will be printed near the end of the book.

1000-3000 words. Please attach your document to an email and send to

sorrylittlesupper@bendbroadband.com. Submissions must be received by April 30, 2011.

In the event your submission is selected for publication, you will be asked to send a photo attached to an email. You will receive an honorarium and one copy of the book upon publication planned for the Fall of 2011.

Oregon Humanities magazine invites submissions for its Summer 2009 issue:

For the Summer 2009 issue of Oregon Humanities, the Oregon Council for theHumanities is seeking essays and articles on the theme of "stuff." Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported that consumer spending in America has doubled since 1990 to $8 trillion a year and that the $6 billion storage and organization industry continues to grow at a brisk rate. From comedian George Carlin's famous riff on a house as just a place for stuff to Annie Leonard's critical look at American consumption patterns in her popular online short film The Story of Stuff, writers, scholars, and artists have often explored the deep, seemingly inextricable tie between consumerism and the American identity.

This kind of reflection and analysis seems particularly relevant now as Americans grapple with how to match lifestyles that involve the production and consumption of vast quantities of material goods with concerns about finite natural resources and realities of the current economic downturn. For this reason, we are especially interested in writing that explores the conflicts between consumerism and American culture: How do we use stuff as proxies that explain who we are? What can we learn from historical and artistic representations of American consumer culture? Is shopping a patriotic act that keeps America's economy afloat?

We welcome all forms of nonfiction writing, including scholarly essays, personal essays, and journalistic articles. We accept proposals and drafts of scholarly and journalistic features, which range between 2,500 and 4,000 words in length. We accept drafts only of personal essays, which should consider larger thematic questions and run no longer than 2,000 words. All contributors receive an honorarium. Currently the magazine is distributed to 12,000 readers. Essays from Oregon Humanities have been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize anthology and the Utne Reader.

If you are interested in contributing to this issue, please familiarizeyourself with Oregon Humanities and review our writers' guidelines, available on our website (http://www.oregonhum.org/). The deadline for proposals and drafts is January 20, 2009. Please send submissions to Kathleen Holt, Editor, Oregon Humanities magazine, Oregon Council for the Humanities, 813 SW Alder Street, Suite 702, Portland,Oregon, 97205, or kholt@oregonhum.org. No phone calls, please.

Oregon Humanities Call for Submissions: Nostalgia

Oregon Humanities magazine invites submissions for its Spring 2009 issue on the theme of "Nostalgia".

Whether used to describe fondness for a bygone time or homesickness for aplace, nostalgia involves longing for an idealized past. Historian Christopher Lasch writes, "Nostalgic representations of the past evoke atime irretrievably lost and for that reason timeless and unchanging. Strictly speaking, nostalgia does not entail the exercise of memory at all, since the past it idealizes stands outside time, frozen in unchanging perfection." What are the benefits of and problems with recalling our personal and political histories in this way? How can nostalgia motivate us to or prevent us from imagining a better future?

For the Spring 2009 issue of Oregon Humanities, which coincides with Oregon's sesquicentennial, we are looking for essays and articles that explore the theme of nostalgia. Writers may wish to explore nostalgia in literature, art, media, and consumer culture; nostalgia as a narrative tool in politics and policy-making; the role of nostalgia in public discourse; the phenomena of commemorations and cultural tourism; the use of nostalgiain constructing our identities as Oregonians and Americans.

We welcome all forms of nonfiction writing, including scholarly essays, personal essays, and journalistic articles. We accept proposals and drafts of scholarly and journalistic features, which range between 2,500 and 4,000 words in length. We accept drafts only of personal essays, which should consider larger thematic questions and run no longer than 2,000 words. All contributors receive an honorarium. Currently the magazine is distributed to 12,000 readers. Essays from Oregon Humanities have been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize anthology and the Utne Reader.

If you are interested in contributing to this issue, please submit a proposal or draft by September 22, 2008, to Kathleen Holt, Editor, Oregon Humanities magazine, Oregon Council for the Humanities, 812 SW Washington Street, Suite 225, Portland, Oregon, 97205, or kholt@oregonhum.org.

Oregon Humanities is the triannual magazine of the Oregon Council for theHumanities, an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). We believe that knowledge and ideas are fundamental to the health of our communities. You can learn more about OCH's programs, which include Oregon Chautauqua, Humanity in Perspective, and Commonplace Events, and read the contents of the current issue of Oregon Humanities at www.oregonhum.org.

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Kathleen HoltCommunications Director/Editor of Oregon Humanities magazine
Oregon Council for the Humanities
812 SW Washington, Suite 225
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 241-0543 x15
http://www.oregonhum.org

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