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Except for the annual writing contest, OWC does not accept submissions. The annual writing contest deadline is mid-August each year, and has very specific submission requirements. For info go to contest.

 IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH WRITER TO RESEARCH ANY PLACE TO WHICH THEY SUBMIT THEIR MATERIAL.

Due to a recently expanded database of school and youth contacts, The Nature of Words has extended the submission deadline for its Rising Star Creative Writing Competition to June 10, 2008. The original deadline was May 10, 2008. This additional time will allow the newly contacted organizations and young writers to present their best creative writing for inclusion in the packets submitted to the competition's judges.

The competition is open to writers in two age categories: 15-18 and 19-25. Winners of the competition receive their awards at The Nature of Words' annual literary festival, scheduled for November 5-9, 2008 in Bend, Oregon. Prizes will be awarded in fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry. First place winners will receive a $100 cash prize, recognition at the November ceremony, inclusion in an anthology of winning entries, and a scholarship to one of The Nature of Words workshops in their winning genre.

Naomi Kersey-Bronec, a 2007 Rising Star winner for literary nonfiction in the 15 to 18 age category, said, "I was surprised I won the competition and it didn't seem real. It made me realize I could write well. I am glad I had the experience of writing an essay and having it impact my writing as it did. Thanks to The Nature of Words for giving me this opportunity."

Submission Guidelines 

• The competition is open to writers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. 
• All entrants must be a member of one of the eligible age categories: ages 15-18 or ages 19-25.
• Submitting writers who have won in the past two years may not submit in their winning genre(s). Also, submitting writers may not have published a first book or chapbook, but may have had individual stories, essays or poems in print. 
• Submit each entry, accompanied by a short biographical summary, either electronically to risingstar@thenatureofwords.org OR via US mail to The Nature of Words, P.O. Box 56, Bend, OR 97709.
• Poets may submit two unpublished poems (4 single-spaced pages, total); prose writers may submit an unpublished double-spaced piece of no more than 3,000 words. "Publication" includes appearance on any Internet source except a blog. Use one inch margins, and 12-pt. type. Electronic submissions must be in Microsoft Word format. Entries will not be returned. 
• The author's name, mailing address, phone number, word count and email address must appear on a cover sheet with each entry. 
• Entrants' short bio should include information about themselves and their interest in/experience in writing. 
• Entrants must mail a check in the amount of $5 (submission fee), payable to The Nature of Words OR pay via the PayPal link at www.thenatureofwords.org/Donate. PayPal payments must include "Rising Star submission fee" in the payment description. 
• Winners must submit an electronic version of their entry, accompanied by a photo (head shot preferred), for use in publicity and the chapbook. 

Electronic entries must be received and mailed entries must be postmarked no later than June 10, 2008 (new extended date). Entries dated after this date will not be read.

About Our Sponsors
The Nature of Words is made possible thanks to the generous support of Central Oregon Community College, Oregon State University-Cascades Campus, The Shops at The Old Mill District, Starview Foundation in support of the S.M.A.R.T. (Start Making A Reader Today) Program, the Writing Ranch, and an anonymous donor. Additional support is being provided by Brooks Resources, Cascade Publications, Clear 101.7 FM, Deschutes County Board of Commissioners, Devore's Good Food, Emily Bonavia, James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Bend, S. Park Shaw Foundation, Sun Forest Construction, The Bulletin, The Roundhouse Foundation, The Source Weekly and Umpqua Bank.

For more information about the Rising Star Creative Writing Competition and The Nature of Words, visit www.thenatureofwords.org, email info@thenatureofwords.org or call 541.330.4381. 

The Tallahassee Writers Association is now accepting submissions for their annual Seven Hills Contest.  First place winners will receive $100; second $75, and third, $50.  Creative nonfiction, short stories, and children’s literature entries must be no more than 2,500 words. Manuscripts must be postmarked by Sept. 30. Please see the TWA website (www.tallahasseewriters.net) for complete contest rules and entry fees. Donna Meredith, Seven Hills contest coordinator

Seeking works for an anthology of poems by Jewish women poets of the U.S. West Coast states. Anthology is being co-edited by four noted Jewish women poets of this region and by the former director of the Rosenberg Award for Poems on the Jewish Experience. Please send 2 copies of up to 3 poems, totaling no more than 8 pages (no names on manuscripts), plus two cover sheets (one with poem titles only, one with titles plus author's name and contact info), by June 28, 2008 (standard USPS snailmail *only*), to Paula Friedman, 5830 Billings Road, Parkdale, OR 97041, (attn: anthology).

"Mom Writer's Literary Magazine is currently accepting submissions for our first-line writing contest, from 3/31 through 5/16/08, with a $10.00 entry fee. It may be creative non-fiction or fiction and should be between 700 - 1,200 words. The first line must be "I knew what I was supposed to be doing,  but my desires distracted me..." The work submitted will be judged by MWLM Editors, and we will choose one grand prize winner to receive $100!Please see our website for more details: http://www.momwriterslitmag.com/.

Pam Vanden Bos, Mom Writer's Literary Magazine Intern http://www.momwriterslitmag.com/

RaeAnn Proost, Author of SORRY LITTLE SUPPER, THE STOVE AND STORIES OF A SWEDISH GRANDMOTHER and PEPPER IN HER POCKET, THE STOVE AND STORIES OF A COUNTRY GRANDMOTHER  wants submissions for her next book:

“If you don’t, who will?” is the question I ask at my book signings. If you don’t take responsibility for writing and sharing your family stories, who will? Genealogy studies and time lines are important in the process of capturing our histories, but names, places, and dates can be dull reading. Preservation of events and impressions may be lost along the way. Remembered sights, sounds, touches, and aromas tell the stories. These are the facets of the imperfect crystals of our lives. I propose to give back and offer encouragement to new authors, inviting them to share family memories and a recipe. CUPCAKES ON THE COUNTER, THE STOVES AND STORIES OF OUR FAMILIES is to be a collection published in 2009. Please copy your story (500-1500 words) and recipe to an email (no attachments, please) and send to me before December 31, 2008, at sorrylittlesupper@bendbroadband.com . In the event your story and recipe become part of the final publication, you will receive and honorarium.

The Greater Seattle Romance Writer of America chapter hosts a regional conference each October with great workshops and agent/editor appointments available. This year the conference will be Oct 10-12, 2008 with workshops all day Sat and until about noon on Sunday.  Cherry Adair is scheduled to close the conference from noon-2:00 on Sunday.    

We average 250 registrants each year who range from aspiring authors to New York Times Best Selling Authors. At this time the Call for Workshop Proposals is open and if you have an area of expertise, I hope you consider submitting a proposal – the form is at http://gsrwa.org/emerald_city_con/ECWC_Main.htm.  Also, if you are interested in attending, the registration will open in mid-April!

Julia Hunter, 2008 ECWC Program Chair Juliahunter2@gmail.com

DOMESTIC TERROR: Freezone at 2GQ

We live in our bodies. We live in our little lives. We live in our homes.

Sometimes these realities are not reflected in the creative literature associated with taking risks, presenting challenges, engendering
innovative fiction, and going out on the occasional experimental limb. Welcome DOMESTIC TERROR. This series of short literature & other fun stuff
will be published on the 2GQ.org Freezone throughout 2008. On deck we have Kristy Athens, John Barrios, and Nora Robertson. If you would like to
submit material, which can include memoir, poetry, fiction, hypertext, visual works, comics, multimedia presentation, and documentation of performance/visual works, please read more about the project at http://www.2GQ.org , then click through to the submission guidelines at
http://www.2gq.org/DT-submit.html. Thanks. --Tiffany Lee Brown

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