My Mind Words Paper:
non-fiction

Deadline: 15 February 2012

WABO is calling for submissions from members only for the third edition of our literary journal, Mahube. The theme is WATER.

What we’re looking for:

- poems (maximum of 3) 40 lines maximum
- short stories (maximum of 2) under 1000 words
- creative non-fiction under 1000 words

The deadline for submissions is the 15 February 2012. Email all submissions to botswanawriters@gmail.com.

Submission guidelines:

1. On the first page of your submission include: the title of your piece, your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, and the date on which your membership was paid and membership number.
2. Please write MAHUBE 2012 in the subject line of your email
3. Send as an attachment.
4. Submissions can be in English or Setswana.
5. Writing previously published in other countries is allowed. Please give the publishing history of the piece.
6. Only emailed, typed submissions will be allowed.

All submissions must be accompanied by a letter declaring that the submitted works are the original work of the author who retains the copyright. Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Contributors whose work is published will receive one free copy of Mahube.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: botswanawriters@gmail.com

For submissions: botswanawriters@gmail.com

Website: http://writersassociationofbotswana.blogspot.com

Deadline: 1 April 2012

Superstition Review is now accepting submissions of art, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for Issue 9 to be launched April 1, 2012.

Guidelines

Superstition Review is published twice yearly in April and December. We only accept submissions during our two reading periods in fall (September and October) and spring (January and February). During our submissions period we welcome submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. No previously published works are accepted.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please alert Superstition Review to a piece's potential publication elsewhere. Superstition Review acquires one-time rights. All rights subsequently revert to author.

Fiction

One story of up to 5000 words, double-spaced may be submitted by an individual author per publishing period. Do not send previously published work (either online or print). Please include a 100-word bio highlighting literary, academic, and artistic achievements on the first page of the document. If your work is accepted, we will also request a high quality head shot photo of at least 300 pixels.

Nonfiction

One essay of up to 5000 words, double-spaced may be submitted by an individual author per publishing period. Do not send previously published work (either online or print). Please include a 100-word bio highlighting literary, academic, and artistic achievements in the first page of the document. If your work is accepted, we will also request a high quality head shot photo of at least 200 pixels.

Poetry

Up to 4 poems, single spaced, may be submitted by an individual author per publishing period. Please submit all poems in one file. Do not send previously published (either online or print) work. Please include a 100-word bio highlighting literary, academic, and artistic achievements on the first page of the document. If your work is accepted, we will also request a high quality head shot photo of at least 300 pixels.

Contact Information:

For submissions: http://superstitionreview.submishmash.com/submit

Website: http://superstitionreview.asu.edu/n8/

Deadline: 28 February 2012

Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) invites young people aged 15 years and below to participate in the 2012 International Letter Writing Competition for Young People.

The topic is: “Write a letter to an athlete or sports figure you admire to explain what the Olympic Games mean to you”.

Competition Rules are as follows:

1. The composition should be presented in the form of a letter.
2. The composition MUST include the first and surname, date of birth as well as sex of the participant.
3. The composition should not exceed 800 words.
4. The participant should indicate both private and school addresses for ease of communication. We will appreciate if the telephone number is also included, where available.
5. Parents and teachers should NOT assist in the essays.
6. The essays must be submitted by 28th February, 2012.
7. All letters must be sent by Post to the address given below. Appropriate postage stamps should be affixed on each envelope.
8. Only One entry will be allowed in each envelope posted.

All entries to be sent to:

Postmaster General
Postal Corporation of Kenya
P. O. Box 34567, GPO
NAIROBI, 00100

Attn: Manager/Corporate Communications

The prizes for the top three entries will be as follows:-

First prize - Kshs.50,000
Second prize - Kshs.30,000
Third prize - Kshs.20,000

Postal Corporation of Kenya will award the prizes to the three winners during the World Post Day celebrations to be marked on 9th October 2012.

For further information, don’t hesitate to contact our offices on the above address or telephones 3242472 / 3242064 / 3242102.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info@posta.co.ke

For submissions: Postmaster General, Postal Corporation of Kenya, P. O. Box 34567, GPO NAIROBI, 00100

Website: http://www.posta.co.ke

Date: 24 September 2011

The Miriam Tlali Reading & Book Club invites the public to engage “The Poverty of Ideas, South African Democracy and the Retreat of Intellectuals” with authors Leslie Dikeni and William Gumede, 24th September 2011, African Literature Bookshop, 191 Louis Botha Avenue, and Corner 8th Street, Orange Grove, from 14H00 to 16H30.

This groundbreaking book tackles the uncomfortable and much avoided issue of the devaluation of ideas and the intellect in the public sphere in post-apartheid South Africa. In particular, it examines the intolerance of criticism and dissent and the impact this has had and continues to have on the consolidation of democracy.

Contributors include: William Gumede on building a democratic political culture; Leslie Dikeni on pseudo-intellectuals, James Matthews on poets and dissidence, Albert Nolan on the spiritual life of intellectuals and many other intellectuals.

The discussants will be the co-editors, Leslie Dikeni, a political analyst and researcher at the graduate School of Public and Development Management at the University of Witwatersrand and William Gumede, the author of The New History of South Africa and Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC. He is also a Programme Director of the Africa Asia Centre, School of Orientation and African Studies at the London University.

The facilitator is Sandile Ngidi, one of South Africa’s leading journalists and editor of a literary journal, Baobab.

The programme will also feature the Kiddies’ and Teen’s sessions which accommodate kids aged 2-10 and teens aged 11 – 16. Thembi Mkhizwane of the Pimville Library Services will be facilitating the kiddies’ session by reading “Izinganekwane engazixoxelwa nguGogo by Lisa Grainger ” and the teen’s will be writing and performing poetry under the theme “My Language Is My Pride”, said the wRite associates.

Books will be available for sale. Entrance is free and people are encouraged to bring their kids.
“The Poverty of Ideas, South African Democracy and the Retreat of Intellectuals” can be bought at the wRite associates and leading book stores. The book price is R 180.00

To place an order and for more information, please contact the wRite associates at or 011-791 3585 or info@wRiteassociates.co.za or info@sala.org.za

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info@wRiteassociates.co.za

For submissions: info@wRiteassociates.co.za

Website: http://www.writeassociates.co.za/

Deadline: 30 September 2011

LEE & LOW BOOKS, award-winning publisher of children's books, is pleased to announce the twelfth annual NEW VOICES AWARD. The Award will be given for a children's picture book manuscript by a writer of color. The Award winner receives a cash grant of $1000 and our standard publication contract, including our basic advance and royalties for a first time author. An Honor Award winner will receive a cash grant of $500.

Established in 2000, the New Voices Award encourages writers of color to submit their work to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent. Past New Voices Award submissions that we have published include The Blue Roses, winner of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People and a Texas Bluebonnet Masterlist selection; and Bird, an ALA Notable Children's Book and a Cooperative Children's Book Center "Choices" selection.

Eligibility

1. The contest is open to writers of color who are residents of the United States and who have not previously had a children's picture book published.

2. Writers who have published other work in venues such as children's magazines, young adult, or adult fiction or nonfiction, are eligible. Only unagented submissions will be accepted.

3. Work that has been published in any format is not eligible for this award. Manuscripts previously submitted for this award or to LEE & LOW BOOKS will not be considered.

Submissions

1. Manuscripts should address the needs of children of color by providing stories with which they can identify and relate, and which promote a greater understanding of one another.

2. Submissions may be FICTION, NONFICTION, or POETRY for children ages 5 to 12. Folklore and animal stories will not be considered.

3. Manuscripts should be no more than 1500 words in length and accompanied by a cover letter that includes the author's name, address, phone number, email address, brief biographical note, relevant cultural and ethnic information, how the author heard about the award, and publication history, if any.

4. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced on 8-1/2" x 11" paper. A self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage must be included if you wish to have the manuscript returned.

5. Up to two submissions per entrant. Each submission should be submitted separately.

6. Submissions should be clearly addressed to:

LEE & LOW BOOKS
95 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
ATTN: NEW VOICES AWARD

7. Manuscripts may not be submitted to other publishers or to LEE & LOW BOOKS general submissions while under consideration for this Award. LEE & LOW BOOKS is not responsible for late, lost, or incorrectly addressed or delivered submissions.

Dates for Submission

Manuscripts will be accepted from May 1, 2011, through September 30, 2011 and must be postmarked within that period.

Announcement of the Award

The Award and Honor Award winners will be selected no later than December 31, 2011. All entrants who include an SASE will be notified in writing of our decision by January 31, 2012. The judges are the editors of LEE & LOW BOOKS. The decision of the judges is final. At least one Honor Award will be given each year, but LEE & LOW BOOKS reserves the right not to choose an Award winner.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: general@leeandlow.com

For submissions: LEE & LOW BOOKS, 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, ATTN: NEW VOICES AWARD

Website: http://www.leeandlow.com/

Deadline: 31 December 2011

African autobiography has no doubt developed over the decades as a distinct literary tradition that deals in and with personal, communal as well as national histories and aspirations, cultural and religious values among other issues. As a genre of African literature, it has usually been studied as an appendage to other genres, such that while prose, poetry, and drama have books, journal issues, and conferences dedicated to them, African autobiography has to its credit mainly regional or gender-based critical works. So far, in the history of the genre, James Olney’s Tell me Africa (1973) and the special issue of Research in African Literatures (1997) edited by Patricia Geesey are two of the few boldest evidences of a continental critical inquiry into it. This book intends to provide a collection of essays which cover most aspects of African autobiography.

We seek critical essays that focus on areas which include (but not limited to):

• Theories of African autobiography
• Sub-genres such as memoir, diary, curriculum vitae, medical
• autobiographical writing
• African autobiography and the electronic media
• African autobiography and politics
• Religion and African autobiography
• Gender and African autobiography
• We encourage chapter contributions that cross genres and also those that engage contemporary issues.

Minimum of 5,000 words and maximum of 8,000 words, Times new Roman, double spaced
Submit to fohunsu@oauife.edu.ng or oyinhunsu@yahoo.com

Contact Information:

For inquiries: fohunsu@oauife.edu.ng or oyinhunsu@yahoo.com

For submissions: fohunsu@oauife.edu.ng or oyinhunsu@yahoo.com

Deadline: 31 October 2011

Submissions are accepted online through October 31, 2011 with a prize of US$1000 to the Community Choice Award Winner!

Artists, filmmakers, photographers, musicians, writers: IMOW wants to showcase your work in the new online exhibition Your Voices: On Motherhood. Contributions can come in any medium that is currently supported on IMOW.org (see below for details) and work must address a topic related to motherhood.

IMOW wants to showcase the experiences, ideas, joys and challenges of a new global generation on this important issue. What are your fears and hopes as you think about whether to become a mother? How is being a ‘good' mother defined in your country or culture? How is mothering now different to your mother or grandmother's generation?

Potential topics may include but are not limited to:

• Motherhood and Identity
• Pregnancy and Childbirth - including maternal health
• Work/life Choices
• Motherhood Myths and Realities
• Teenage Motherhood
• Fathers
• Grandmothers

WHY SUBMIT?

Your Voices: On Motherhood is an entirely global community driven showcase that will launch in November 2011. The exhibition will represent the diverse voices, experiences, struggles and successes of women worldwide as they relate to motherhood. We encourage submissions from all global regions.

Submitting your work provides the opportunity to showcase your creativity for a global audience of over 50,000 monthly visitors from 200 countries. Submitted work will be reviewed by a jury, and selected submissions will be curated for inclusion in the Your Voices: On Motherhood exhibition. Additionally, by submitting, your work will automatically be considered for inclusion in IMOW's exciting new flagship exhibition on global motherhood scheduled to launch in 2012. We invite you to share your thoughts and creativity!

COMMUNITY CHOICE AWARD

All published submissions will be eligible for the Community Choice Award, a US$1,000 prize, with a $500 cash award going to the individual contributor and a $500 donation going to a women's nonprofit of the winner's choice. More information about the community choice award guidelines and voting process will be provided at the launch of the Your Voices on Motherhood exhibition in November.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Register for the IMOW Community.
Log-in to access the online submissions form.
Submit by October 31, 2011.

If you have questions or trouble submitting, please e-mail submissions@imow.org.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

Art: Submit images of your paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, or cartoons. Include a minimum 100-word description. Upload .jpg, .gif, or .bmp files sized 600 pixels wide, minimum 72 dpi (300 dpi preferred). Limit 9 images per submission.

Personal Stories/Creative Writing: Submit your short stories, poetry or creative essays. Limit: 300 to 1500 words. Please include an image for visual interest and a minimum 100-word image description.

Journalism/Activism Articles: Submit original articles, essays or non-fiction writing about the issues that matter to you and the work you are doing to change the world. Limit: 300 to 1500 words. Please include an image for visual interest and a 100-word description.

Music/Audio: Submit your music videos, songs, spoken word or podcasts. Please include a minimum 100-word description. Upload .avi, .mp3, .aiff .aif or .wav files no more than 40MB each. Limit two videos per submission.

Photography: Submit your photojournalism and artistic photography. Please include a minimum 100-word description. Upload .jpg, .gif or .bmp files sized at 600 pixels wide and a minimum of 72 dpi (300 dpi preferred). Limit 10 images per submission.

Video/Animation: Submit your video, film, trailers or animation. Please include a minimum 100-word description. Upload .mov, .avi, .mp4, .aiff, .aif or .wav files no more than 40MB each. Limit two videos per submission. Video length must be less than 10 min. in length; if a trailer or excerpt from longer piece, give information on how to view longer or complete version.

TIPS

Here are just a few ways to increase your chances of being selected for inclusion in the exhibition:

SUBMIT EARLY: Don't wait until the last minute! Earlier submissions will have a greater chance of being selected.

DO YOUR BEST: Make your contribution look as good as possible. Edit and review to make sure it's complete. If submitting text, include an image for visual interest. If submitting visuals, include a detailed description of each image, video, or artwork.

TELL THE WHOLE STORY: Provide context and background for your work. For example, if submitting artwork, share information about your methods and/or sources of inspiration. For photographs, tell us where, when, and why you took them.

BE EASY TO REACH:Make it easy for us to contact you. Register for the IMOW community with an email address that you check frequently and include your email address in your submission.

GET PERSONAL: Tell us about yourself by building a complete community profile including a picture and short bio.

A few more guidelines to keep in mind:

• You must be registered with the IMOW online community to submit work
• Submissions must be your own original work
• All languages are welcome

If approved, submissions will be posted to the IMOW website and included in our RSS Story Feed. Once approved, submissions are not available for editing and become the property of the International Museum of Women. Please review our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for details.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: submissions@imow.org

For submissions: submit online here

Website: http://imow.org/

Deadline: 20 August 2011

Aktion „Mein Südafrika“ gestartet – Du hast das Sagen!

Wir wollen deine Meinung zu Themen rund um Südafrika erfahren, ob deutscher oder südafrikanischer Bürger. Wie zum Beispiel dein schönstes Erlebnis im Kapland, deine Meinung zur Politik, deine Ansicht zu gesellschaftlichen Problemen, deine Erfahrungen mit weißen bzw. schwarzen Südafrikanern oder einfach nur deine Argumente, warum du Südafrika liebst oder gar kritisch betrachtest?

Schicke uns einfach ein Foto von dir und deinen Artikel natürlich bis zum 20. August 2011; max. eine halbe A4-Seite in Deutsch und/oder Englisch. Im Anschluss werden die einzelnen Beiträge auf „SÜDAFRIKA – Land der Kontraste“ der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.

Ab dem 01. September 2011 wird abgestimmt und der Autor des besten Artikels kriegt entweder

- eine vom südafrikanischen Krimiroman-Autor Andrew Brown selbst signierte und einzigartige Autogrammkarte ODER

- die Musik-CD der Band Sawubona, Songs of Good Hope.
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Contact Information:

For inquiries: sdafrika2010@yahoo.de

For submissions: sdafrika2010@yahoo.de

Website: http://2010sdafrika.wordpress.com

Deadline: 30 September 2011

The unique role of first and second generation African immigrants in the United States is a subject of interest and debate among researchers. Africans may be one of the highest outbound peoples on the globe. Incidentally, neither the impact of migration on Africans in the Diaspora nor its future consequences for the continent have been sufficiently addressed in research. In recent times, however, the subject of migration or migrancy is assuming center stage in academic circles, among researchers, policy makers, world organizations, and the like. Many agree that migration is, indeed, reshaping the national, self and cultural identities of both migrants and their host nations.

Migration and African Families in the Diaspora is a planned volume conceptualized to provide an update on the status of African families in the Diaspora, with specific focus on the United States. How, for instance, is migration reshaping African family structures and gender dynamics? How does it impact the African’s sense of identity and culture? What gaps exist between first generation and second generation African immigrants in their conception of self, place, home? These are some of the issues that this book is bound to address in order to provide an updated and scholarly assessment on the subject of African migration. The book’s scope will cover African migration to North America in the last forty years.

Interested contributors may send a 200- word abstract for consideration to Dr. Pauline Ada Uwakweh at pauwakwe@ncat.edu, not later than September 30, 2011.

Using any of these five broad categories including Culture, Family, Education, Politics, Health Care and Wellness, contributors may find the following list of themes, though not exhaustive, a useful guide.

• Intergenerational culture conflict
• Bicultural parenting and identity issues
• Role of African cultural associations/cultural communities: national and ethnic identities
• Migrant African parenting in the Diaspora: motherhood, fatherhood, child rearing, single motherhood, single fatherhood
• Migrant African teens and Diaspora peer influence
• Migrant African families and indigenous languages: problems and prospects
• Migrant African families: representations in literature and the media
• Religion, spirituality, and the African family in the Diaspora
• Violence, conflict, mediation and migrant African family experiences
• Negotiating Gender roles: employment, career and culture intersections
• Migrant voices: Narratives of despair, hope and nostalgia
• Migrant African intra marriages vs. ethnic and national identity.
• Migrant African inter marriages and the Diaspora ‘other’
• Migrant families and Healthcare: access, perceptions of mental health, obesity, nutrition, etc.
• Education and migrant African families in the U.S.A.: access, opportunities and challenges
• Education vs. culture: assimilation, acculturation and the American classroom
• Education and career advancement
• Politics and migrant Africans: opportunities and engagement, challenges and barriers.

Chapter Submission Requirements

All submissions are expected to comply with the requirements below.

• Chapters should be original and well-researched. Interdisciplinary explorations are encouraged.
• Submissions should be a maximum of 20 pages ( not including references, abstracts, tables and figures), double-spaced, and in 12 point Times New Roman. More details will be provided.
• Authors should include a 200-word abstract of the chapter, 50–word biography, email, institutional addresses and contact numbers.

Book Timeline

September 30, 2011: Deadline for abstracts

January 3, 2012: Deadline for submitting book chapter drafts

April 15, 2012: Deadline for submitting revised chapters

June 1, 2012: Deadline for submitting manuscript to publisher.

EDITORS

Dr. Pauline Ada Uwakweh
Assistant Professor
Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
North Carolina A & T State University
pauwakwe@ncat.edu.
Office: (336) 285-2343. Fax: (336) 334-3342

Dr. Jerono Rotich
Associate Professor
Department of Human Performance & Services, School of Education
North Carolina A & T State University
jprotich@ncat.edu
Office: (336) 334- 7712. Fax: 334-7258

Dr. Comfort Okpala
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Services, School of Education
North Carolina A & T State University
cookpala@ncat.edu
Office: (336) 285-4365. Fax: 336) 334-7132

Contact Information:

For inquiries: pauwakwe@ncat.edu

For submissions: pauwakwe@ncat.edu

Deadline: 14 September 2011

STORYTELLING season officially opens today with the start of the 2011 True Stories of KwaZulu-Natal Competition.

Now in its 12th year, the competition has become a provincial institution and judges will again be looking for tales that record some of the spunk and sparkle of our region.

All stories must be true and have a strong link with our province. Stories for the Open category should be no longer than 1 500 words.

The winning entry will receive the grand prize of R10 000 and the runner-up will receive R3 000.

In our Snapshot category, we will award R3 000 for the best tale written in under 800 words.

The schools category has been re-introduced due to a growth in entries from schoolchildren, and the prize for the best story, told in under 800 words, will also be R3 000.

The closing date for the 2011 True Story Competition is September 14.

Rules

• State clearly what category you are entering — Open or Snapshot.

• Stories may be submitted via e-mail or post. Send your entries to: The Witness True Stories of KwaZulu-Natal Competition, P.O. Box 362, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, or e-mail features@witness.co.za

• Do not enclose visuals.

• If you send an e-mail attachment, please include your contact details in the same document as the story, not just in the e-mail message field.

• Be sure of your entry before you send it — “improved” versions won’t be accepted.

• Editing is at the discretion of The Witness.

• Manuscripts will not be returned.

• The competition is not open to full-time employees of The Witness.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: features@witness.co.za

For submissions: features@witness.co.za

Website: http://www.witness.co.za

Friends Africa is looking for inspirational stories for its upcoming publications: "What the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria means to Africans - 4th Edition" and "Innovative Practices - 2nd Edition".

The two publications will unify stories about the powerful and innovative progress Africa is making in the struggle against these three pandemics. In the past years, Africa is increasingly taking charge of its own health agenda; Friends Africa is making sure that these gains are documented.

What the Global Fund means to Africans - 3rd EdThe "What the Global Fund means to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis

and Malaria" publication series gathers testimony from people or organisations whose lives have been positively affected by the work of the Global Fund. The Fourth Edition will unite new stories from affected populations, focussing on what the Global Fund has done so far and what it needs to do in the future.

The "Innovative Practices" Innovative Practices publication collects articles and stories from around Africa about innovative ways to confront the three pandemics of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. These testimonials give proof to the imagination and resourcefulness of Africa to confront its heath issues, and are signs of better things to come.

If you have a story worth telling, or know someone who does, spread the world: Africa is taking charge of its health future.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: nwinndix@friends-africa.org

For submissions: nwinndix@friends-africa.org

Website: http://www.friends-africa.org

We are currently open for submissions.

SunDryed Affairs is a new online collective of ideas, primarily by writers of color. We publish accessible nonfiction prose* of all genres, sub-genres, and non-genres, including, but not limited to: essay, memoir, satire, list, reviews, personal narrative, instructional manual, reportage, and letter. Subject matter is also open to the imagination.

There are no further guidelines for submitted work other than high-quality writing.

Please direct all inquiries to info(at)sundryedaffairs.com and submissions to Kyla Marshell kyla.marshell(at)sundryedaffairs.com and Anthony anthonydeanharris(at)sundryedaffairs.com. In your email, please include a) a brief bio and b) how you learned of SunDryed Affairs. Accepted work will be edited for grammatical correctness only.

*SunDryed Affairs does NOT publish fiction, poetry, drama, scholarship, or children's writing.

Visit sundryedaffairs.com for more information and to read our current issues. We publish new work twice monthly.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info(at)sundryedaffairs.com

For submissions: kyla.marshell(at)sundryedaffairs.com or anthonydeanharris(at)sundryedaffairs.com

Website: http://sundryedaffairs.com

Deadline: 13 August 2011

Everyone is invited to the Book Release event of Seye Oke's latest book titled “A Time to Heal”. This creative work takes readers through a journey of uncertainties and excitement as it narrows in on the triumphs and failure experienced by Toriola and Chidi in the face of a civil war.

In A Time to Heal, Chidi finds the very essence of his existence tested when he is called on to fulfill a family obligation that exists beyond his nuclear family. He finds himself on a journey of self-discovery as his close companions, Dozie, Azuka and Jude, lure him to fight for a course he has no faith in. Chidi’s decision excludes Tori from his plans and ultimately from his life. In search for consolation, companionship and support, Tori rekindle her soured relationship with her parents, and clutches to the warmth offered by a stranger. The individual paths chosen by this young couple widens as time pass by, as each struggle to understand and uphold their new found ‘self’.

It will be a pleasure to have your honorable presence at this event.

Date: Saturday 13th August 2011

Time: 5pm prompt

Venue: Lagos Resource Center, 9, Anifowoshe Street, Off Adeola Odeku and Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Deadline: 29 August 2011

We are inviting academic editorial contributors to a new four volume reference work organized by geographic region:

Volume 1: Middle East
Volume 2: Africa
Volume 3: East and Southeast Asia
Volume 4: West, Central, and South Asia

In our age of globalization and multiculturalism, it has never been more important for Americans to understand and appreciate foreign cultures-how people live, love, and learn in areas of the world unfamiliar to most U.S. students and the general public. The Cultural Sociology encyclopedia takes a step forward toward presenting concise information with historical and
contemporary coverage of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, as four volumes of area studies illuminate the powerful influence of culture on society.

Each title comprises approximately 200 articles organized chronologically and alphabetically, addressing such academic disciplines as sociology, political science, women's studies, business, history, religion, law, health, education, economics, and geography. It is the intent of the encyclopedia to convey what daily life was/is like for people in these regions. Each article ranges from 600 to 3,000 words.

This comprehensive project will be published by SAGE Reference in 2012 and will be marketed to academic and public libraries as a print and digital product available to students via the library's electronic services. If you are interested in contributing to this cutting-edge reference, it is a unique opportunity to contribute to the contemporary literature, redefining sociological issues in today's terms. Moreover, it can be a notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing credits.

SAGE Publications offers an honorarium ranging from SAGE book credits for smaller articles up to a free set of the printed product for contributions totaling 10,000 words or more.

At this time the project is nearing completion and all articles have been assigned with the exception of a few entries. The final deadline for submissions is August 29, 2011. The remaining topics for the Africa Volume are as follows:

Time period: Prehistory-1400 - Ethnic Migration Patterns (900 words)

Time period: 1400-1900 - Fulani Empire (1000 words), Market Economies (Pre-European) (1000 words), Music (1000 words)

If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding reference with the Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia, please contact me by the e-mail information below. Please provide a brief summary of your academic/publishing credentials.

Lisbeth Rogers
Author Manager
Golson Media
culturalsociology@golsonmedia.com

Contact Information:

For inquiries: culturalsociology@golsonmedia.com

For submissions: culturalsociology@golsonmedia.com

Website: http://www.golsonmedia.com/

We are seeking short original eBooks about ancient history (Fertile Crescent, Egypt, Rome, China, the Americas) focusing on the entire culture or a specific aspect of it, as well as more recent history, up to and including the present day. Biographies of historical figures, well annotated, are acceptable.

Abbott ePublishing is actively seeking authors to sign with us

Unlike many major publishing houses, and even some online publishers, we actively seek out and LOVE to sign previously unpublished authors.

New talent is fine with us. We want to encourage these new authors by bringing their work to the world through eBooks, which we believe is the format in which many people will read books in the future.

Our contract is relatively straightforward and easy to understand. It protects both the author and the publisher. All terms are, of course, negotiable.

Authors who let us produce books of original content and sell it here at our Website receive 50 percent of the online sales price as a royalty. That’s truly an amazing figure in the publishing business (both off-line AND online) but we want to reward our authors for their hard work.

We are accepting submissions in a wide variety of areas.

Please follow the guidelines below and email your submissions to publisher(at)abbottepublishing.com

Our guidelines are as follows:

* We are accepting and actively seeking submissions.
* Submissions should be in double-spaced text in a readable typeface (Arial, Times New Roman, or Tahoma are common) 12-point type size.
* A note on length: Our philosophy is that eBooks should be not a page longer, nor shorter, than they need to be. No padding with unneeded words, please, just to get up to a "magical" 200-page length. Some eBooks will work perfectly at 50 pages, but most should be between 75 and 100 pages.
* Submit entries in MS Word .doc format, as an email attachment.
* Entries should be spell-checked, grammatically correct and ready for publication. They may be further edited by us for length or content, and of course for grammatical clarity and for spelling mistakes.
* Include full contact information (name, full street address, phone with area code, and email) a synopsis of 100 words or less, and a 200-word or less biography of the author.

What we are seeking - genres and specific subject guidelines:

* Fiction - We are seeking works of general fiction, mystery and romance (no porn!) of at least 10,000 words in length.We’re seeking submissions of short-short “Flash Fiction” works of 750 words or less, for at least two Flash Fiction Anthology eBooks. Topics can be history, horror, science fiction (including alternate history, Steampunk, Time Travel, and future history) fantasy, and historical and contemporary romance (non-pornographic.) Works must be complete stories, with a character or characters, a plot and a resolution. More than one story per author may be considered for publication in anthologies. Authors may submit up to five completed stories for consideration. (Authors who are proficient in the genre, and have five or more completed Flash Fiction stories, may be considered for a full eBook of Flash Fiction stories under their own name.) Only authors whom five or more published works in an anthology, or in stand-alone eBooks, will be considered for royalties.

* Religion - We are seeking original works about specific religions, or those focusing on ancient and modern religions - especially New Religious Movements - either from a sympathetic or neutral viewpoint (no anti-cult polemics.) Works on Neo-paganism, Wicca or The New Age Movement as it relates to spirituality and religion are also being sought. We also consider eBooks on theology (Christian or other faiths) Bible study, Biblical criticism, and Biblical history. If you worship in a "non-traditional" religion, we want to interview you for future sequel to our "Secret Religions" eBook.

* History - We are seeking short original eBooks about ancient history (Fertile Crescent, Egypt, Rome, China, the Americas) focusing on the entire culture or a specific aspect of it, as well as more recent history, up to and including the present day. Biographies of historical figures, well annotated, are acceptable.

* Inspiration & Self Improvement - Books about thriving in the workplace, or as an entrepreneur, spirituality, time management, and “inspirational thought of the day” eBooks.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: publisher@abbottepublishing.com

For submissions: publisher@abbottepublishing.com

Website: http://www.abbottepub.com/

Deadline: 1 August 2011

Mother’s Day 2011, two mama bloggers swarmed the internet with intimate and loving images of Black Women Breastfeeding. It’s powerful message, creating community and demanding space in the discourse of maternal and child wellness specific to Black women. These images were shared in hopes to encourage and validate our choice as Black mothers to parent our babies as we choose. Something that was once legacy and inherent to Black culture has thus become such a revolutionary act.

With the bombardment of free formula samples given to us at our prenatal visits, delivered to us in our mail, offered to us in our social service offices, pushed at community events, breastfeeding has become and been deemed more “complicated” than ever. The message that is being sent to Black women is that when it comes to breastfeeding it is simply too hard, takes too much time, is unclean, and unnatural. All of these ideas (and more) have perpetuated the myth amongst health care providers and professionals that BLACK WOMEN DO NOT BREASTFEED. With only 110 Baby Friendly hospitals in the United States (out of over 10,000 hospitals total) where can Black mamas reference to receive the love, support and encouragement to fulfill their breastfeeding destiny?

This book/anthology will be an extension of the viral Brown Mamas Breastfeeding Project. We aim to create discourse on Black women and breastfeeding, to display how breastfeeding is a part of our culture and legacy, to examine the social, emotional, and physical barriers to breastfeeding, to exhibit examples of perseverance when the breastfeeding gets tough, and to provide tips on how to maintain the breastfeeding relationship if you and baby are separated, while simultaneously sharing stories, images and creative works of and by real breastfeeding, Black mamas.

Submissions to be considered:

*Photos (must be 300 dpi or greater–most digital cameras satisfy this request. Please no cell phone pictures.)

*Written reflections on breastfeeding (extended breastfeeding, multiples, etc.)

*Poetry, songs & other creative writings (no longer than 2 pages in 12 pt Times New Roman, please)

*Original Breastfeeding art

Consider these topics for your submission(s) (no longer than 2 pages in 12 pt Times New Roman, please):

*relactation

*breastfeeding for another mama’s baby

*bf despite what doctors, nurses, midwives told you

*bf in public spaces

*family legacies of bf

*how you’ve dealt with bf difficulties (engorgement, mastitis, sore/cracked nipples)

*seeking support

*mother-child bond

*examples of perseverance in bf

*bf and physical challenges

*text messages or phone call transcriptions of black mamas supporting each other with bf

*anything we haven’t included or thought of!

Submissions should be mailed to liquidgoldbook@gmail.com.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: liquidgoldbook@gmail.com

For submissions: liquidgoldbook@gmail.com

Website: http://itsbetterathome.wordpress.com or http://soulvegmama.com

Deadline: 31 July 2011

Artists working in any medium and writers expressing themselves in any form or genre are invited to submit work for the ninth issue of ITCH Online. The "theme" is:

Intertwined arms, self-embracing, reaching across, beyond and back again. A race track - for formula one Ferraris or electric toy cars? A number, defeated, exhausted, collapsed upon the floor? Everything is everything, what is meant to be will be? As seen from the heavens: two people kissing? Ying and yang, before they worked out the summarized symbol? Winding roads and hairpin bends? Universal time? The totality of space? A sophisticated chignon? Doubling back on the self, trying to rerun old scenes from a life already lived and passed? A looping riff from some gloomy old blues tune? All the numbers that could ever be counted? Things promised and then revoked? A pair of lips twisted into a snarl? A thousand clichéd tattoos? A dough-nut; a diet? A waist cinched into a corset? Forever and ever, amen?

What does ∞ mean to you?

You are free to interpret this theme in any way that you wish, to speak to or against it, to explore or ignore it.

Submissions will be open until 31 July 2011. Contact the editor if you have any suggestions or questions.

ITCH Online Submission Guidelines

Don't send work that has been published or submitted elsewhere. We rely on contributor's good faith in this respect, but should we discover that a published piece has appeared elsewhere, we reserve the right to remove it.

Text submissions:

* No longer than 3500 words. (We know the web is unlimited, but most web-readers attention spans are not!)
* Please submit in a formatted word document.
* Any form of poetry, prose, fiction or non-fictional, experimental, creative or journalistic, public or private writing is welcome.
* An accompanying illustration may be submitted. Must be in JPG format, no larger than 900px wide and no larger than 3MB in size.
* Audio files are welcome (recordings of your sound art, poetry, prose, song lyrics or opinions). Files should be submitted in MP3 format and should be no larger than 50MB.
* Book reviews welcome. Please keep them to about 750 words and include full details of the book you are reviewing (author, publication date, publisher, etc.). Accompanying images are welcome but not necessary.
* Please ensure that your work is finalised and ready for publishing before submitting.

Visual submissions:

* Anything from 1 – 10 images. If you are submitting more than one image, please ensure that they are part of some kind of series (i.e. no arbitrary collection of portfolio shots).
* Must be in RGB colour, JPG file format, no larger than 900px wide and no larger than 3MB per image. Please ensure that each image has decent resolution (300dpi) for enlarged viewing.
* Must be accompanied by a title (even if untitled), year of production, and a very short abstract/explanation. Please save each image filename as follows: "Surname_Title".
* Multimedia files welcome (animations, short films, etc). Send the editor a weblink to the video for viewing. If it is accepted, delivery of the file should be in stand alone .FLV format and should be no larger than 50MB. Please send a jpg screengrab along with the video file, if accepted.
* Submissions for the cover image are welcome. Please submit at least three images in a series (for rolling cover) at 940 x 400px in size, high resolution, no larger than 3MB per file. If you don't make it on to the cover the work will still be considered for a feature.

All submissions:

* Must include name, e-mail and telephone number of contributor, and a short biography (no more than 200 words).
* Feel free to include a link to your webpage.

Submit all work via e-mail to the ITCH editor.

What do I get for contributing?

An invitation to contribute to the "by invitation only" section of the next print magazine (once we raise funding to make this happen). This does not mean that the same piece of work that is published on the website will be included in the magazine, but that you will be invited to write/create something NEW for the magazine.

The inclusion of an e-mail contact or website published alongside the piece.

Sorry, but we can't pay. We hope that exposure to an appreciative community will help to advance your career, or simply give you an outlet for some ideas/thoughts/writings that might not really fit in anywhere else, or that you just simply wish to share.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: mehita@itch.co.za

For submissions: mehita@itch.co.za

Website: http://www.itch.co.za

Deadline: 15 November 2011

People Opposing Women Abus3 (POWA) is a non-governmental organisation offering services to women in South Africa who have experienced domestic vi0lence, s3xual harassm3nt, or rap3, as well as to adult survivors of inc3st.

POWA is calling for submission for its 2011 Women's Writing Project.

The 2011 POWA Women's Writing Project theme is: Sisterhood. The term sisterhood is often used to express relationships and connections built by women to express love, support and solidarity to one another. These connections may be as a result of shared similar experiences or a collective understanding of 'victimhood' or survival and what it means to be strong, courageous and powerful.

This year, POWA is calling for poems, short stories and personal essays that tell of the experience and impact made through the contribution of women around you - mother, grandmothers, sisters, family members, friend, neighbours, counsellors, partners, colleagues or other women- and the way through which this has changed or revolutionised your life.

Submissions in the following categories will be accepted:

* Poetry: no longer than 60 lines;
* Short story: no longer than 2 500 words;
* Personal essay: no longer than 2000 words.

Writing your own story is very brave and sometimes difficult thing to do. We all have a responsibility to respect and acknowledge bravery, in ourselves and each other. In order to do this, POWA and all of its sponsors will treat each submission as confidential. Confidentiality means that submissions will be treated with privacy and respect.

Submission

To submit, send your story to Nehwoh Belinda at writingproject@powa.co.za or post at People Opposing Women Abus3, PO Box 93416, Yeoville, 2143.

Via: sangonet.org.za

Contact Information:

For inquiries: writingproject@powa.co.za

For submissions: writingproject@powa.co.za

Website: http://www.powa.co.za/

Deadline: 31 July 2011

The 2011 Muslim Writers Awards welcomes submissions from Muslim writers across the world. We have a broad range of categories from screen play to novel writing to journalism. Our awards ceremony is an opportunity to showcase talent from both published and unpublished writers. We also work with a number of literary agents and publishers who are eager to read and review writing submitted to us.

The Muslim Writers Awards 2011 is calling submissions from over 16 writers for the following categories:

* Unpublished Novel Award
* Unpublished Short Story Award
* Unpublished Poetry Award
* Unpublished Children’s Story Award
* Screenplay Award
* Young Journalist Award (16-25)
* Blogger’s Award
*Published Novel Award

To submit work for unpublished categories at the Muslim Writers Awards 2011, please click here. To submit for the Unpublished Novel or Blogger Award catergories, please download and complete the Entry Form below.

Terms and Conditions

ELIGIBILITY

1. All entries must be submitted in the English language.
2. All entries must be original and the authors own unaided work.
3. Submissions must not infringe any copyright or contain defamatory or otherwise unlawful matter.
4. All entrants must be over the age of 16. Entrants for the Young Journalism award must be aged 16-25 at the time of the closing date.
5. Entries submitted in previous Muslim Writers Awards competitions will not be accepted.
6. The closing date for the competition is midnight on the 31st of July 2011 and submissions will not be accepted after this date.
7. Entries into unpublished categories must not have been previously published.
8. Entries for the Screenplay award will not be accepted if they have been optioned, sold or produced.
9. Entries for the Published Novel award will be accepted if they have been first published after the 30th of January 2009.
10. Entries for the Unpublished Short Story award must not exceed 8,000 words.
11. Entries for the Unpublished Novel award must be a minimum of 8,000 words.
12. Entries for the Unpublished Children’s Story award must be a minimum of 8,000 words.
13. Entries for the Screenplay award must be no shorter than ten minutes screen time.
14. For both the Young Journalist award and the Unpublished Poetry award, entrants may submit up to three articles/poems. All articles/poems must be placed in one Microsoft Word document, with each article/poem clearly labelled.
15. For the Blogger award category, entrants must have the at least 30 postsin the period of the last twelve months up to the submission entry date.
16. For all other categories, only one entry per category will be accepted.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

1. All unpublished entries can only be submitted electronically through our online submissions managers, Submishmash, unless already submitted by post before 16th June 2011.
2. Entrants should complete all the required fields on Submishmash when submitting their work.
3. Unpublished submissions should be typed in font Times New Roman, font size 11, in a Microsoft Word document format, with numbered pages.
4. Unpublished submissions must bear the title of the entry in the ‘Header’ of each page.
5. Unpublished submissions must not bear the authors name on the copy of the submission.
6. Five copies of each book, accompanied by a completed Entry Form available to download online, must be sent to Muslim Writers Awards, E1 Business Centre, 7 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DU.
7. Entries must be a in a book form. Books published between January 2010 and November 2011 may be submitted in proof form if necessary after obtaining permission from Muslim Writers Awards.
8. The submission of an authors work by the publisher will be taken as agreement by the author that he/she is willing for the submitted work to be considered.
9. Entries received for the 2010 competition will automatically be re-entered for MWA 2011.
10. Once received, entries cannot be amended.
11. For the Unpublished Novel award, the Unpublished Short Story award, and the Unpublished Children’s Story award please include a short synopsis of the work (up to 500 words).
12. The closing date for the competition is 23:59:59 on 31st July 2011.

SELECTION PROCESS

1. Judging for the Muslim Writers Awards will be as follows:
2. Stage 1: A team of readers will read all submissions and select the top entries.
3. Stage 2: The top entries will be put to the judging panels which will assess the entries, giving each a score.
4. Stage 3: The judging panels will convene to discuss the winner of the award.
5. The decisions of the judging panel are final and binding, and Muslim Writers Awards will not enter into correspondence or negotiation regarding the results.
6. Due to the high volume of submissions, the organisers are unable to contact all entrants to inform them of their progression through the selection process. Only shortlisted entrants will be contacted.
7. Young Muslim Writers Awards winners will be announced at an awards ceremony to be held in London during November 2011. More details will be available closer to the time.
8. Details of winners will be made available on the Muslim Writers Awards website after the Awards ceremony.

PUBLICITY

1. Each winner will agree to take part in publicity for the promotion of the Awards which will include - but is not restricted to- his/her name and photograph being used. Writers will not receive payment for this.
2. Winners will retain the copyright to their work but grant Muslim Writers Awards the right to publish their work in the anthology and excerpts on the Muslim Writers Awards website.
3. Submissions do not need to be centred on topics of Islam or Muslim identity, however this is equally welcome.
4. The submission of an entry will be deemed to imply the acceptance of these conditions of entry.

Download:

• MWA11 Blogger Award Entry Form.pdf >>
• MWA11 Published Novel Award Entry Form.pdf >>

For inquiries: click here

For submissions: click here

Website: http://muslimwritersawards.org.uk

Deadline: 30 June 2011

It’s time for the annual Citizen Book Prize! Read about how to enter this year’s competition here:

The Citizen newspaper is offering you the chance to submit a work of carefully crafted fiction or non-fiction, to be submitted and typed electronically (no handwritten manuscripts will be accepted), by 30 June 2011.

What to submit

* A synopsis of your work of no more than 500 words. The public will vote for a shortlist of synopses, which will cut from an initial longlist. Shortlisted synopses will be published in CitiVibe and here on the Pan Macmillan blog at Books LIVE. Synopses will thus be crucial to proceeding in this competition: make sure yours is snazzy and tight!

* Three selected chapters of your masterpiece. These may be in chronological order, or selected, jumbled chapters. Note that synopses submissions will not be valid unless they are accompanied by three selected chapters.

* A simple covering letter. A brief letter/email should accompany your submission. Please keep this concise, with a few brief lines, a paragraph at most motivating your submission and including your contact details.

Please note that poorly presented entries are difficult to process, so adhere closely to the above guidelines. Your entry will be disregarded if it doesn’t make sense.

Voting

A long list of 20 sumbissions will be drawn up by a panel of judges from CitiVibe and Macmillan South Africa. The 500-word synopses of each of these submissions will then be published in CitiVibe and on Books LIVE, with a reader’s poll on Books LIVE to determine the top ten books from the long list. The shortlist will then be re-submitted to the judges, who will then decide on the winning title.

How to submit

By email to: bookprize@citizen.co.za

Hard copies should be posted to: The Citizen Book Prize, Publishing Department, Pan Macmillan, Private Bag X19, Northlands, 2116. No hard copues delivered to Pan Macmillan’s offices will be accepted.

Deadline

Submissoins will be accepted until June 30. Authors may submit as many manuscripts as they like.

Prize

The winner of the 2011 Citizen Book Prize will receive R10 000 in cash from The Citizen, as well as ongoing publicity in CitiVibe: interviews, reviews, updates, etc. In addition, the winner will have the manuscript published and marketed by Macmillan, provided it is up to the standard demanded by the publisher. Please note: winning does no guarantee publication. If Macmillan makes the decision not to publish the winning manuscript, they will undertake to sponsor a writing course worth R5 000 for the author concerned.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: bookprize@citizen.co.za

For submissions: bookprize@citizen.co.za

Website: http://panmacmillan.book.co.za