Perugia Press is now accepting submissions for the Perugia Press Prize for a First or Second Book by a Woman. The prize includes a $1000 honorarium and publication. Entry must be received by November 15, 2013. Contest guidelines may be found at http://www.perugiapress.com/contest.html and manuscripts may be submitted at:
3Elements Review, an online journal with e-book versions forthcoming, is accepting submissions submissions for their second issue, due December 1.
For each issue, they require that all three of the current elements be in the piece of writing. The current elements are helix, cower, and hammock. View submission guidelines here: http://3elementsreview.com/
The upcoming double-issue of Sonora Review will feature explorations of the Mind & Body. They invite submissions of " work that connects, separates, interrogates, unpacks, packs up, misinterprets and examines in every which way the body, the mind and their intersections." Read through the guidelines and visit the submissions page for more info.
Minerva Rising is sponsoring its first chapbook contest. Two winning chapbooks, one in prose and one in poetry, will be selected. The press is looking for "submissions that speak creatively, powerfully, thoughtfully and maybe even uniquely to our theme 'Daring to be the Woman I Am.'" Prose submissions may be a collection of short stories or a long short story (up to 45 pages). Poetry submissions should be a collection of poems, 12 - 15 pages.
Submissions will be accepted from October 1, 2013 through December 1, 2013. Publication is planned for March 2014 to coincide with Women's History Month.
Submission fee: $20
Prize: $250 each and 10 copies of the book.
The Judge: Rosemary Daniell, author of Secrets Of The Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women Lives
For more information: www.minervarising.com
