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Let's  Talk  Honestly.---- http://www.letstalkhonestly.com A website of African American commentary, comics, poetry as well as a weekly poetry contest.  For adults open to honest talk on black issues. Come check it out and chill for awhile.

BBM Magazine
http://www.bbmmagazine.com/submit.html
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NWWP Media is always on the “look-out” for excellent writers and dynamic material.  Types of writing: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, social interest, African American history, and political analysis… We look forward to reading your work!  Submitted material chosen for publication will be paid upon publication. 

COMMISSIONED MATERIAL: NEW-WORLD WRITERS PUBLISHING LLC, retains all copyright and license.  Commissioned material will be paid 50% upon assignment and 50% upon publication

If we think your subject is of interest to our readers but you are a writer new to ESSENCE, you may be asked to submit the completed manuscript on speculation.  Payment will be made if the article is accepted for publication.

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 Family Digest Magazine - for Black women juggling marriage, family, work and dreams.
http://www.familydigest.com/submission_guide.cfm
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Publisher's note: In a world that has ignored, demeaned, devalued and berated the Black family, we stand forth to celebrate and empower Black mothers, fathers, husbands and wives. Come join us in this movement! 

Family Digest Magazine is a magazine for Black Moms/Female heads-of-household; helping them get more out of their roles as wife, mother, home-manager - with special emphasis on areas of interest to Black Americans.

We pay upon publication. Writing fees vary based on budget and need. We will contact you with rate at time of initial contact.  Please feel free to contact editor@familydigest.com with any questions or comments.

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Awards...

The Hurston/Wright Award™ for College Writers

The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award™ has been established by novelist Marita Golden to honor excellence in fiction writing by students of African descent enrolled full time as undergraduate or graduate students in any college or university in the United States.

Calls for Submissions...

Call for Submissions and Contest Information: 
Words & Images http://www.wordsandimages.org

Words and Images is now accepting submissions for our 2005 edition.  Submitting entries is free and the deadline is December 31.  Send works of previously unpublished prose (20 pages or less), poetry (10 pages or less) or prints of artwork to:

Words & Images
University of Southern Maine
11 Baxter Blvd.
P.O. Box 9300
Portland, ME, 04104-9300. 

Words & Images is also sponsoring the third annual Stephen Dunn Poetry Award and the Andre Dubus Short Fiction Award. For a $12.00 reading fee, submissions will be entered into award consideration. Award winners will automatically be published in the 2005 edition of Words & Images. Please specify which award you are entering for and enclose a check or money order addressed to Words & Images. Each award winner will receive special recognition in the 2005 edition as well as a monetary award. For more information about Words & Images, including submission guidelines, contest rules, and deadlines, please visit our website at http://www.wordsandimages.org. 

Submissions can be sent via U.S. mail to: 

Words and Images
11 Baxter Blvd.
P.O. Box 9300
Portland, ME, 04104-9300. 

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ATTENTION POETS OF COLOR: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:         

The editors of  To This Revolution We Will Rise: Poets of Color Dissent from Around the Globe are calling for submissions for the forthcoming anthology to be published by Third World Press. 

This anthology will serve as a space for contemporary radical poets of color to speak to a primarily U.S. and English speaking audience about issues relating to anti-colonialism, self-determination, occupation and resistance. The editors seek the works of Third World peoples in their homes and diasporas to address how internal and external colonialism and occupation have impacted issues related to:    

Culture, Religion, Gender, Tourism, Violence, Economics, Ecology, Land Rights and Agriculture.         

We are especially seeking poets representing:     - Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, The Arab region, Aboriginal Australia, Asia South Asia, Indigenous North America and their diasporas.  

SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE:
-Name and address (please include email address if applicable)
-Short Bio        
-Country of residence         
-Place of origin         

*** No more than 5 poems and their English translation (if necessary).     

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY DECEMBER 1, 2004         

Send submissions to:         

Matthew Shenoda/Anthology     
College of Ethnic Studies     
San Francisco State University     
1600 Holloway Ave     
San Francisco, CA 94132-4100, USA     

***Electronic submissions accepted from poets residing outside of the United States can be mailed to: shenoda@sfsu.edu (please include "Anthology" in the subject line).  

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Okay, we know you all have some kind of families...so here's our CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS 2004-2005 FAMILY POEMS Bottom Dog Press, Inc. is looking for poems dealing with family.  They plan to publish FAMILY POEMS in 2005 edited by Larry Smith and Ann Smith.   The poems may relate to such sub-themes as: Couples & Marriage (Lovers & Mates), Divorce, Grandparents, Parents and Children, Brothers and Sisters, Family Struggles, Family Types and Rites" Class, Ethnicity, Change, Diversity. They will consider reprints if rights are cleared. Payment is $10 and 1 copy of the book.

Send 3-5 poems with a self-addressed stamped envelope with adequate postage for return to

Bottom Dog Press
PO Box 425
Huron, OH 44839.

Deadline is May 1, 2005.

They are the publishers of the award winning anthology O Taste and See: Food Poems and America Zen: A Gathering of Poets.


Contests...

2nd Annual Editors' Prize for Best Essay/Memoir
http://www.msupress.msu.edu/FourthGenre/essaycontest.html   

About the Award:
Fourth Genre is currently seeking the best creative nonfiction essay/memoir for its second annual Editor's Prize. Authors of previously unpublished manuscripts in English are encouraged to enter. The award amount is $750 for First Prize and $250 for Runner-up. Both winners will be featured in an upcoming issue of Fourth Genre.

Submission Guidelines:
All submissions will be considered individually for publication. Entry must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but author must give notice if work is accepted elsewhere. Entry fee is $15 for each submission. Checks should be made payable to Michigan State University Press. Included in the fee is a sample copy of Fourth Genre. 

The reading period is from December 20, 2004 to January 20, 2005. Please do not send manuscripts outside of reading period. Manuscript should be 6000 words maximum, double-spaced, and bound with a clip. Please include SASE and cover letter with name, address, phone number, email address, the piece's title, and an approximate word count. Manuscripts will not be returned; all are recycled. Please do not send corrections. Winners will be allowed to make changes after notification. 

Send completed manuscript to:

Fourth Genre Editor's Prize 
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures 
Michigan State University 
229 Bessey Hall Easy 
Lansing, MI 48824-1033 

About the Judge:
Robert L. Root Jr. has written three books on nonfiction, E. B. White: The Emergence of an Essayist; Working at Writing: Columnists and Critics Composing; Wordsmithery; and, with Michael Steinberg, The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction. He is the interviews and roundtable editor of Fourth Genre and taught composition and creative nonfiction at Central Michigan University. He is a widely published essayist and author of the memoir Recovering Ruth: A Biographer's Tale. Good luck to all authors!  We look forward to hearing from you.

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Announcing the First Annual Dorrie Wheeler/Sparkledoll Productions New Author Contest
http://www.sparkledoll.com/publishing/writingcontest.htm

Sparkledoll Productions is seeking manuscripts for the mature teen/college age female audience. We are seeking stories about real life subject matters, written in first person with strong female leads. We want stories with an edge with characters that readers will be able to relate to.

One lucky author will have the opportunity to have his/her manuscript published by Sparkledoll Productions and will also receive a gift certificate in the amount of $150. Second runner up will receive a $25 gift certificate. All participants will have the opportunity to have their name and website listed on our contest results page.

This contest is co-sponsored by author Dorrie Williams-Wheeler. "I created this contest because I wanted to give a new writer the opportunity to have his/her manuscript published without having to pay a lot of money or losing their rights forever. This contest is crafted to be a stepping stone for a new author in the writing industry."

Guidelines
The 2004 Dorrie Wheeler/Sparkledoll Productions Writing Contest is open to all unpublished authors. If you have published no more than one title via a print on demand company or a company that is similar in nature to a POD company (high priced non returnable titles) you are still eligible to participate. Please submit original, unpublished work that you own all rights to. Men are able to participate, but please remember when are looking for stories written with a female main character. Manuscripts should be at least 25,000 words in length. Participants must be 18 years or older.

Entry Fee
There is an entry fee of $8. This is a legitimate contest. The entry fee will go to offset the cost for prizes and promotion of the contest. We prefer payment via Paypal for the entry fee. Entry fee includes the reading of one manuscript per entrant. If you wish to submit multiple entries please pay one fee per entry.

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Events...

2005 LA BLACK BOOK EXPO

Admission to LABBE is absolutely free and open to all

FRIDAY: JUNE 10, 2005 7-10pm [+]

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION - LOS ANGELES BLACK BOOK EXPO
Ahmanson Senior Center
Exposition Park Intergenerational Community Center
3980 S. Menlo Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90037
For further information, Call: 310.825.6060

SATURDAY: JUNE 11, 2005 10am-6pm [+]

LOS ANGELES BLACK BOOK EXPO 
Ahmanson Senior Center
Exposition Park Intergenerational Community Center
3980 S. Menlo Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90037
For further information, Call: 310.825.6060

EVENT SCHEDULE for Saturday, June 11, 2005 includes presentations by authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, children's book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers, editors and book reviewers. [Event Schedule] THE PURPOSE OF THE LOS ANGELES BLACK BOOK EXPO  [+]

LOS ANGELES BOOK EXPO is a forum for public and private businesses and organizations to exhibit and articulate the need and necessity of independent African and African American and African and African American centered print and electronic media. The event is essential to informing the general public of the wealth and talent within the ranks of the independent African and African American press in the U.S. and around the world who warrant greater attention in the print and electronic information industry. 

Opportunities... 

BlackStudents.com Winter 2004
Scholarship Essay Contest 

The BlackStudents.com 2004 Fall Scholarship will award $500 to an African-American student. The scholarship is NOT an academic scholarship - It is entirely based on an essay submission.

Who's Eligible?
To be eligible for the scholarship award, one or both of your parents must be African-American. The award is not open to students who live in Africa. You must live in the United States, and attend or plan to attend a school in the United States. The institution you choose can be any trade school, college, or university.

How Do I Apply?
There Are Just Two Steps Involved:

1) If you haven't already, you must subscribe to BlackStudents.com - It's 100% free, and we will email you weekly opportunities designed for African-American students.

2) After you register with BlackStudents.com, you have until December 31, 2004 to write a 800-1000 word essay entitled "Is Rap Music Responsible For The Crime, Violence, and Drugs in Black Communities?"

Your submission must be emailed to: scholarship@blackstudents.com
Do not submit your essay through postal mail.

Important Guidelines:
The subject of your email must be: "Winter 2004 Scholarship Entry". Also, your essay submission must be within the body of the email along with your name and contact info. Do not email your essay as an attachment.

If you do not follow these instructions precisely, your entry will be disregarded.

We will review all submissions and select a winner based on the quality, uniqueness, and creativity of the content in your essay. On January 20, 2005, the winner will be awarded $500. We will not publish the winning essay, but will announce the name of the winner, and the school he/she attends. If you are the winner, the check will be written out to you, not your school. So really you can use the money however you'd like to.

Important Note:
For questions not answered on this page, you MUST email us at support@blackstudents.com -- However, we will not respond to pointless inquiries or questions that have already been answered.

If you are having doubts about whether or not you qualify for this scholarship, then you probably don't.

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Submission Guidelines  

The following are our submission guidelines for writers interested in being published by Genesis Press, Inc.  Please follow these guidelines if you wish to have your work considered for publication.  We do not accept queries or submissions by phone, fax or e-mail.  Please include with your submission a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) for a reply.  If you wish for all of your materials to be returned, ensure that a SASE sufficient in size and postage is included.  Please do not use metered mail.  We do not return a manuscript if a SASE is not included.  We will, however, keep materials for a period of 30 days in case a SASE should be sent afterwards.  All queries should be mailed to the following address:

Genesis Press, Inc.
1213 Hwy 45 N
Columbus, MS 39705

General Guidelines

Full novels, when requested, should be between 75,000 and 100,000 words. Except for Fiction/Non-Fiction where up to 180,000 words are acceptable. Main characters must be African-American or cross-cultural. 

When sending a submission, we ask for a substantial outline/synopsis as well as the first three chapters of your work, along with your query letter and SASE.

We are primarily looking for original works, but we will consider works which have been self-published, e-published or are out of print.  Unagented writers are considered.

We are open to non-traditional stories as well as traditional.  Elements we accept include, but are not limited to: multi-racial/ethnic, cross-cultural, and erotica.

Submissions should be typed and double-spaced with one-inch margins.

Please allow 60 – 90 days for initial review and response to any inquiry and an additional 60 – 90 days for replies regarding favorable manuscripts.

Publicity...

Book-Remarks.com

Book-Remarks.com is a top viewed web site that promotes literary works which may reflect the African-American culture.  In addition to posting information regarding new releases by mainstream as well as self-published writers, we also provide readers with monthly author interviews, book previews, book reviews, postings about upcoming literary events, a list of anticipated releases for the current year and beyond, and press releases regarding events, awards, and other related web content.

The web site was launched in March 2000 in order to promote books written by or about African-Americans. Author Interviews are posted monthly and are scheduled at least three months in advance. BookRemarks is not a book club, but an online resource that posts literary information of interest to readers and writers.

 

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