Although there is a $20 entry fee, the grand prize includes $1,000 plus book publication by Kore Press--not bad! The contest calls for a book-length poetry manuscript (between 48 and 70 pages) and is open to any female writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of poetry. Original poetry only--no translations. The prize is tantalizing and the competition will be fierce; writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are still eligible. So, use the next two weeks to dust off those pages and give them a pretty face--the deadline is July 31, 2009.
7.19.2009
Contest of the Week: One for the Ladies
Listen up lady poets! Here's your chance to get that manuscript out there: the 2009 KORE PRESS FIRST BOOK AWARD
Although there is a $20 entry fee, the grand prize includes $1,000 plus book publication by Kore Press--not bad! The contest calls for a book-length poetry manuscript (between 48 and 70 pages) and is open to any female writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of poetry. Original poetry only--no translations. The prize is tantalizing and the competition will be fierce; writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are still eligible. So, use the next two weeks to dust off those pages and give them a pretty face--the deadline is July 31, 2009.
Although there is a $20 entry fee, the grand prize includes $1,000 plus book publication by Kore Press--not bad! The contest calls for a book-length poetry manuscript (between 48 and 70 pages) and is open to any female writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of poetry. Original poetry only--no translations. The prize is tantalizing and the competition will be fierce; writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are still eligible. So, use the next two weeks to dust off those pages and give them a pretty face--the deadline is July 31, 2009.
7.07.2009
20-Something Writers--Not Just Fiction
Anyone remember the book Like the Red Panda by Andrea Seigel (side note: whatever happened to her?)? I loved that book when I was in high school--it symbolized the possibilities the future held for an amateur writer. I thought if a 20-something girl could publish her fiction, well surely I could too. I'm sure there other, better examples of young successful authors, but that was my personal beacon of hope when I first started "seriously" writing.
Now, according to Publisher's Weekly "Nic Sheff, the one-time drug-addled son of New York Times reporter David Sheff (and subject of his dad's memoir, Beautiful Boy), has sold his second book to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Sheff's first memoir, about surviving his meth addiction, Tweak, was published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing in February 2008, around the same time as Beautiful Boy, and hit the Times andUSA Today lists. Sheff's new memoir, We All Fall Down, was acquired by Elizabeth Bewley and will pick up where Tweak left off, detailing his relapse and struggle to get sober. Amanda “Binky” Urban at ICM sold North American rights and pub is slated for spring 2011."
That's right, his SECOND memoir in less than two years. Personally, I think one memoir per life is about the right ratio (if any at all), but hey let's give a hand to the 20-something who got published...again...and try to find some hope in that. I'll try not to be bitter if you will (or if you'd prefer to read some pithy commentary check out The Awl's article/comments.). Back to writing...
P.S. Why is LBB acquiring drug addiction/rehab memoirs for their "Young Readers" books? Seems like the wrong category to me...
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