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Call for Submissions: Kawartha Lakes Stories anthology volume 2

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Call for SubmissionsKawartha Lakes is home to a lot of talented writers.

This anthology aims showcase writing talent across genres. Often, genre literature is able to tell stories and present issues that might not otherwise be told. It is hoped that fictional stories from genres such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, action-adventure, romance, and mystery will help form and inform the culture of Kawartha Lakes. Using Kawartha Lakes as a setting will also give opportunity to engage a wider audience with this beautiful city.

Story setting must be within Kawartha Lakes. Stories should be works of fiction of about 3000 words. Shorter works will be accepted. Longer works will be considered (up to a maximum of 7000 words, but query before sending.) Stories must fit the theme: winter in Kawartha Lakes. Send stories about getting snowed in, Christmas mishaps, solstice romance, Festival of Lights murder mystery, etc.

Poetry will be considered.

Writers do not have to reside in Kawartha Lakes.

I am purchasing non-exclusive, first print anthology rights in English. Payment for stories is $25 CAD on acceptance, plus contributor copy. (Selected stories will be edited, and writers will be expected to adhere to all deadlines.) Payment for poetry is $10 CAD on acceptance, plus contributor copy.

When submitting, indicate if the work is original and unpublished. Reprints are welcome, but query first and tell me where and when the story was published.

Excerpts from longer works will not be considered at this time. I want stories with beginnings, middles and endings, and characters I want to spend time with.

Open to ALL genres. Fiction preferred. Non-fiction will be considered, if it meets these guidelines.

Submissions will be open until spaces filled.

To submit, send a brief cover letter in the body of the email with your submission attached as a Word document (.doc only) in standard manuscript format (12-point Times New Roman. See here for explanation of standard manuscript format.) Your cover letter should be short and include relevant experience and publishing credits, if you have them. (See here for examples of cover letters.)

Send submissions to: kawarthaauthors@gmail.com

Here are some examples of what I’m looking for, but the possibilities are endless:

  • a ghost story set in the Academy Theatre or the old Lindsay jail
  • a fairy encounter along the Omemee Hogsback/Esker
  • a werewolf story set in the woods near Bobcaygeon
  • an alien attack in Kirkfield
  • a feud between cottagers where the cottagers are witches
  • a murder mystery set at a local bed & breakfast

I want characters with agency and stories with conflict.

For more examples, check out Kawartha Lakes Stories, volume 1.

Please send any questions to kawarthaauthors@gmail.com

QUESTIONS

“Are these stories for children or for adults?”
At this time, I am not looking for children’s stories. If these stories were movies, then I’m looking for 14A. (Teen writers are invited to submit!) Perhaps in the future I’ll do an anthology of children’s stories.

“What does “non-exclusive rights” mean?”
Non-exclusive rights means you retain all rights to your work. Sometimes when a short story is purchased by a magazine, for example, they retain the rights, which means you cannot publish that story anywhere else. If you decide in the future you want to put together a collection of your short stories or submit your story to another anthology or sell your rights to a foreign market, I believe you should be able to do that so I’m asking for non-exclusive rights.

“Will I get paid royalties?”
At this time, royalties will not be paid. Payment is a one-time only $25 for short story or $10 for poetry, plus contributor copy. All proceeds from the anthology will go towards funding future anthologies and paying writers professional rates.

Call for Submissions: Kawartha Stories Anthology

On By Sara WalkerIn call for submissions3 Comments

Kawartha Lakes is home to a lot of talented writers. Previous paid writing opportunities in this area have existed for writers of non-fiction, historical and literary fiction, but not for genre fiction. This anthology aims showcase writing talent across other genres and pay writers for their work. Often, genre literature is able to tell stories and present issues that might not otherwise be told. It is hoped that fictional stories from genres such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, action-adventure, romance, and mystery will help form and inform the culture of Kawartha Lakes. Using Kawartha Lakes as a setting will also give opportunity to engage a wider audience with this beautiful city.

Stories must be written by Kawartha Lakes writers. Story setting must be within Kawartha Lakes. Stories should be works of fiction of about 5000 words. Shorter works will be accepted. Longer works will be considered (up to a maximum of 7000 words, but query before sending.)

If your story is chosen, I will need non-exclusive rights to it, and I will pay you $25 CAD on acceptance. I will also send you a copy of the print version of the book when it is published. (Selected stories will be edited, and writers will be expected to adhere to all deadlines.)

When submitting, indicate if the work is original and unpublished. Reprints are welcome, but query first and tell me where and when the story was published.

Excerpts from longer works will not be considered at this time. I want stories with beginnings, middles and endings, and characters I want to spend time with.

All genres accepted. Fiction preferred. Non-fiction will be considered, if it meets these guidelines.

Submissions will open January 1, 2016 and close March 15, 2016 with expected publishing date of July 1, 2016.

Your submission package will include a brief cover letter followed by your story submission in the body of the email. Your cover letter should be short and include relevant experience and publishing credits, if you have them. (See here for examples of cover letters.) Include your address in your email signature.

Send submissions to: kawarthaauthors@gmail.com

Here are some examples of what I’m looking for, but the possibilities are endless:

  • a ghost story set in the Academy Theatre or the old Lindsay jail
  • a fairy encounter along the Omemee Hogsback/Esker
  • a werewolf story set in the woods near Bobcaygeon
  • an alien attack in Kirkfield
  • a romance set on a boat traveling the Trent canal
  • a feud between cottagers where the cottagers are witches
  • a murder mystery set at a local bed & breakfast
  • a horror set at a summer camp near Burnt River

I want characters with agency and stories with conflict.

Please send any questions to kawarthaauthors@gmail.com

QUESTIONS

“Are these stories for children or for adults?”
At this time, I am not looking for children’s stories. If these stories were movies, then I’m looking for 14A. (Teen writers are invited to submit!) Perhaps in the future I’ll do an anthology of children’s stories.

“What does “non-exclusive rights” mean?”
Non-exclusive rights means you retain all rights to your work. Sometimes when a short story is purchased by a magazine, for example, they retain the rights, which means you cannot publish that story anywhere else. If you decide in the future you want to put together a collection of your short stories or submit your story to another anthology, I believe you should be able to do that so I’m asking for non-exclusive rights.

“Will I get paid royalties?”
At this time, there will not be royalties. Payment is a one-time only $25. All proceeds from the anthology will go towards funding future anthologies and paying writers professional rates. (Basically, I got tired of seeing writers in this area give their work away for free (or worse, paying to enter contests), so I’m funding this out of my own pocket because I believe writers should get paid and I also believe that where opportunities don’t exist, you create them.) I have plans for three more anthologies, and I expect to be able to pay more for each story as we go along.

Literary Journals in Ontario

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klawn logoArc

As a nationally focused magazine whose exclusive focus is poetry and poetry-related reviews, interviews and articles, Arc occupies near-exclusive terrain: it has the longest uninterrupted publishing history of a poetry-only literary journal in the country, is the only one of its kind in Ontario, and maintains a commitment to extensive critical discussion of poetry as a form, of work by new poets and new work by established poets.

Brick

Brick is one of North America’s oldest and most respected literary magazines. Edited by three Michaels (Helm, Ondaatje and Redhill) and two Spaldings (Linda and Esta), Brick is published twice yearly out of Toronto, and has readers in every corner of the planet. Brick is known especially as a journal of literary non-fiction focusing on literature and the arts. We publish essays, interviews with writers, cultural commentaries, and belles lettres on everything from film to food. Brick prizes the personal voice, and celebrates opinion, passion, revelation, and the occasional bad joke. In 29 years of publishing, we have featured a great many of the world’s best-loved writers, including Alice Munro, Lawrence Weschler, Jeffrey Eugenides, Margaret Atwood, Robert Creeley, Jose Saramago, Jane Jacobs, Colm Toibin, Marilynne Robinson, Russell Banks, Anne Carson, and many, many others.

Canadian Poetry

Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews (1977- ) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of Canadian poetry and related materials from all periods and regions in Canada. Edited by D.M.R. Bentley (Department of English, University of Western Ontario) and published twice yearly, it includes reviews of scholarly works and documents of scholarly importance (such as interviews with Canadian poets) as well as articles of varying lengths.

The Danforth Review

The Danforth Review publishes four issues of fiction annually and includes interviews and other features about Canadian literature with a focus on the small press scene.

Descant

Now in its third decade, Descant is a quarterly journal publishing new and established contemporary writers and visual artists from Canada and around the world.

Joyland

Originally started by Toronto writer Emily Schultz to promote her novel of the same name, Joyland has blossomed into a truly remarkable literary playground. From Schultz’s novel, the site moved its focus to short fiction from Toronto, and then expanded operations to include franchises across North America.

Lichen

LICHEN Arts & Letters Preview was launched on May 19, 1999 by four Durham Region writers, Lucy Brennan, Rabindranath Maharaj, Gwynn Scheltema, and Ruth E. Walker. Taking a cue from their publication’s botanical namesake, lichen, the founding editors of this non-profit venture were determined to publish the many creative artists whose diverse work springs from the bedrock of this community. In the pages of LICHEN, the work of local poets, writers, and visual artists appears alongside that of others from across Canada and beyond.

Queen’s Quarterly

Every three months, Queen’s Quarterly, Canada’s oldest multidisciplinary journal, reviews and debates the important events that shape the cultural, political and intellectual life of the country.

Quill & Quire

Quill & Quire is the monthly magazine of the Canadian book trade. Its primary audience is publishers, booksellers, librarians, writers, students and educators, and other media in every province. With an average circulation of 5,000 copies per issue, Quill & Quire reaches an audience of over 25,000 readers. More than 6,000 copies of the magazine are sold on the newsstand each year.

Rampike Magazine

Rampike magazine, in print since 1979, edited by Karl Jirgens, features post-modern art and writing from around the world with a strong focus on Canadian expression. The journal has received substantial support from the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council and has published interviews and works by internationally acclaimed figures including Charles Bernstein, Nicole Brossard, William Burroughs, Joseph Beuys, Grand Chief Matthew Coon-Come, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Martin Esslin, Tomson Highway, Linda Hutcheon, Thomas King, Al Purdy, Julia Kristeva, Robert Kroetsch, Eli Mandel, Louise Nevelson, Dennis Oppenheim, Al Purdy, Josef Skvorecky, Rosemary Sullivan, Phillipe Sollers, and David Foster Wallace, to name only a very few.

The Puritan

The Puritan describes itself as “an online, quarterly publication based in Toronto, Ontario committed to publishing the best in new fiction, poetry, interviews, and reviews.” Specifically, its mission is to publish what it calls “pioneering” literature, though it seems to have a broad definition of what that term means. This is a good thing, since variety is the spice of lit.

University of Toronto Quarterley

Acclaimed as one of the finest journals focused on the humanities, the University of Toronto Quarterly publishes interdisciplinary articles and reviews of international repute. This interdisciplinary approach provides a depth and quality to the journal that attracts both general readers and specialists from across the humanities. UTQ accepts submissions in either English or French. Discover Canada’s Best Kept Literary Secret! – Letters in Canada Subscribers anticipate the ‘Letters in Canada’ issue, published each winter, which contains reviews of the previous year’s work in Canadian fiction, poetry, drama, translations and works in the humanities.

Call for Submissions: Carina Press

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The editors at Carina Press have posted their wish lists, and they’re pretty much looking for anything:

Of course, our standard disclaimer applies: PLEASE note that in the end, what we really want is a good story, so even if yours doesn’t fit the descriptions below, don’t hesitate to send it to us anyway! Sometimes we don’t know what we want until we get it in our inbox.

If you have a novel looking for a home, check their lists and submissions page.

*Don’t miss the #carinapitch opportunity Thursday, April 4, 2013.

Call for Submission: Mysterious Entity Theatre Wants Unpublished Scripts

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Call for Submissions: Mysterious Entity Theatre presents a call for proposals in Peterborough. We are thrilled to announce the fourth call for submissions to Playpen — our new script development program. We are currently looking for original unpublished scripts, or works-in-progress, that have not been previously produced. Scripts that have been submitted to previous Playpen calls are not eligible. Writers must have a STRONG connection to our region. Please specify your local connection in a cover letter to be included with your submission. We are looking for work that expresses or explores marginalized voices and stories. Past original work developed by Mysterious Entity has tackled issues such as mental health, sexuality, gender and race. We are committed to presenting work with an inherent political and social conscience. If you think that your work fits our mandate, this is an opportunity to have one of Peterborough’s leading professional theatre companies contribute to the exploration and further development of your script. One submission per artist please. For more information and to submit work that has never been produced or published, please send a synopsis along with a cover letter and your resume with a script sample (20 page max) to m.entity@gmail.com.

Deadline: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 5 PM

For more information: http://mysteriousentity.com/

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