Eclectic Calls for Submissions

The LiteraryMary, journal of the beautiful, unusual and eclectic, will be publishing our second print issue in Spring of 2010. We are now accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and black and white photography. We are also open to experimental pieces that don’t necessarily fall into any of those categories. Rather than ask you to familiarize yourself with our style, you should keep in mind that although we have plenty of class, we have no style. We intend to publish a myriad of styles, our main concern being that what you submit is written well. We do not believe that good writing needs to be style specific, but it does need to be sincere, honest and absolutely free of grammatical errors, spelling errors and the kind of mistakes professionals just don’t make. Please no previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but let us know if your work gets accepted somewhere else as soon as possible. Finally, we ask that if your writing has been workshopped over the internet you take it offline when you submit to us. Submit to us. I like the sound of that.

It is important that you read this next part carefully, because if you do not submit in exactly the manner described below, we will reject your submission. If doing last year’s journal taught us anything, it is that there is a reason editors are so tight assed about submission guidelines.

If you are interested, please send up to six of your best pieces of poetry regardless of length and/or up to three pieces of fiction, for a total of no more than 4000 words, as separate attachments (using either .doc, docx, .rtf, or .wpd file extensions) to literary.mary.submissions@gmail.com. We will not accept submissions pasted into the body of an email or a single document. Do not zip your files. Experimental pieces and black and white photography should also be sent to this address. Please include your name and the best description you can come up with for what you’re submitting in the subject line, such as ‘poetry’ or ‘fiction’ etc. If you do not include a description in the subject line we will not read it. Don’t forget to include the email address at which you’d prefer to be contacted, a snail mail address, telephone number and a short bio in the body of the email.

Submissions will be chosen in a mostly anonymous process and we will notify you whether or not you’ve been accepted in as timely a manner as possible. The deadline for submissions will be December 31, 2009. Payment will be one contributor’s copy since our staff works on a volunteer basis and that’s all we can afford right now. Extra copies will be available for purchase on the LiteraryMary website, and hopefully at a bookstore near you. Regardless, we will eventually take over the world.

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Getty Research Institute Announces 2009-10 Theme for Research Grants for Getty Scholars and Visiting Scholars

The Getty Research Institute’s Getty Scholar and Visiting Scholar Grants are designed to provide a unique research experience. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to the 2009-10 theme, The “Display of Art,” and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.

The Getty Research Institute seeks applications from established researchers as well as those at the pre- and postdoctoral levels who are interested in questions bearing on the display of art and wish to be in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa during the 2009-10 academic year. “The Display of Art” will remain the theme for the Getty Research Institute in 2010-2011; postdoctoral applicants are welcome to apply for both years.

Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.

A complete description of the 2010 theme is available at the Getty Web site. Guidelines and application forms for 2010 grants will be available on the site in July 2009.

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Chicago Community Trust Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Competitive Grants Program

The Chicago Community Trust helps Chicago-area nonprofits achieve their goals to improve the life and vitality of their communities. The trust is accepting letters of inquiry from qualified nonprofit organizations for a highly competitive grantmaking process that seeks to address a wide variety of community needs.

Applicants that represent a qualified 501(c)(3) organization or that have a fiscal agent and serve residents in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will counties of Illinois are eligible to submit an LOI.

The program’s funding areas are arts and culture, basic human needs, community development, education, and health.

The trust does not make discretionary grants for scholarships, individuals, or religious proselytizing; nor for the sole purpose of writing, publishing, producing, or distributing audio, visual, or printed material, for conducting conferences, festivals, exhibitions, or meetings, or reducing operating deficits or liquidating existing debt.

Visit the CCT Web site for complete information on current funding priorities and application procedures. The trust advises applicants to begin their online LOI process at least forty-eight hours before the deadline to allow time to complete all requirements.

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USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program Accepting Applications

The University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and the Getty Foundation have announced the 8th annual USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellowship, November 1-22, 2009.

The fellowship is a three-week education experience for six arts, culture, and entertainment editors, producers, and writers from online, print, radio, and television. Typically one to two of the fellows come from outside the United States. Journalists who cover the visual and performing arts, architecture, literature, and pop culture are welcome to apply. Staff, freelancers, and self-employed Web journalists are also encouraged to apply.

Based in Los Angeles, the fellowship is designed as a total immersion experience that includes attending as many as two dozen performances, art exhibitions, and architectural sites.

The program covers most expenses, including roundtrip travel to and from Los Angeles, hotel, most meals, reading materials, Internet access in hotel room, and transportation within Los Angeles. Fellows are also given a $500 stipend.

Visit the USC Annenberg Web site for complete program details.

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Social Science Research Council Announces Abe Fellowship for Journalists

The Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership have announced the Abe Fellowship for Journalists to encourage in-depth coverage of topics of pressing concern to the United States and Japan through individual short-term policy-related projects.

Applicants are invited to submit proposals on one of the three following themes: traditional and non-traditional approaches to security and diplomacy, global and regional economic issues, or the role of civil society. Fellows are expected to produce an analytical article or feature story that will inform public debate or a policy community.

The competition is open to citizens of the United States and Japan with at least five years of professional journalistic experience in newspapers, newsmagazines, wire services, and online news organizations. Freelancers are also eligible. Nationals of other countries must be permanent residents of the United States or Japan, or have a long-term affiliation with the American or Japanese journalistic communities.

The program provides support for six weeks in Japan or the United States, starting April 1, 2010. The term may be divided between the principal destination and another country. The maximum stipend is $23,500.

Visit the SSRC Web site for complete program information.

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Terra Foundation for American Art Offers Exhibition Program Grants
As part of its effort to strengthen historical American art presentation, study, and programming in Chicago and worldwide, the Terra Foundation for American Art supports exhibitions that increase the understanding and enjoyment of American art.

The foundation provides grants for exhibitions of American art shown at art and cultural institutions in Chicago and outside the United States, as well as exhibitions of American art organized by U.S.-based art and cultural institutions. The foundation also collaborates on and initiates American art exhibitions that include objects from the foundation’s own collection and that bring works of art, new scholarship, and international perspectives to audiences around the globe.

The foundation currently does not accept proposals for exhibitions solely comprised of contemporary art (post-1980 to present), exhibitions solely comprised of private or commercial collections, online exhibitions, art acquisitions, or permanent collection installations, except in Chicago or outside the United States.

The foundation only accepts proposals from art and cultural institutions with United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or the international equivalent.

Visit the Terra Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines.

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Call for Artists : Design Virtual Shelters Using Google Earth and 3-D Modeling Software
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY USA

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Google today announced the launch of Design It: Shelter Competition, a global, online initiative that invites the public to use Google Earth and Google SketchUp to create and submit designs for virtual 3-D shelters for a location of their choice anywhere on Earth. The competition opens today, June 8, 2009, Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday, closes to submissions on August 23, and ends on October 21, the 50th anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum’s opening, when two prizes, a Juried Prize and a People’s Prize, will be awarded. – Read Indepth Article

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OriginalPoetry.com is a place where poets can submit poems, review poems from other poets, rate them, meet and greet. It’s new and in “beta”. (The site is still developing and that things may change quite frequently.)

“You may see features appear, disappear, and develop as we grow this site from user feedback. We intend to run weekly poetry contests. We intend to publish a “user’s choice” collection of poems from each of the first 52 winners. We hope you enjoy the site and would appreciate any feedback you have. Please email us at support@originalpoetry.com

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Heavy Bear magazine is dedicated to the freedom and expression of the writers and artist, herein; uncensored and unfettered in their original intention.

At Heavy Bear the goal is to maintain the integrity of the poetic voice in its entirety. Enclosed in this collective you will find the renowned and the underground poet; this is purposeful. Here at Heavy Bear we wish to engage, entertain and display good poetry from around the world. The collection is eclectic and uncompromising. We are proud to have each and the one a part of it!

Submissions to Heavy Bear will not be reopened until late fall this year, for issues 3 and 4 have been finalized.

Disclaimer: Heavy Bear magazine has several previously published poems. Some are notated by author and some are not. Although there are no biographies, it is our philosophy that the poets be presented in their pure form, without any pretense.

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Off Beat Pulp
*Accept e-mail submissions only, preferably pasted into the body of an e-mail.
*Response time may range anywhere from 3–8 weeks or less.
*All material found within “Off Beat Pulp” remains the exclusive property of the author or artist and may not be reproduced in any form without the consent of the author.
*Simultaneous submissions are pretty much FROWNED UPON. It’s not fair to all the hard working editors in the small press/lit-zine universe.
Poetry: Two to five poems may be submitted during one period.
Short Stories: Two pieces at the most and try to keep the word count under 5000. I may take a submission longer, though it’s fighting an uphill battle.
Flash Fiction/Postcard Prose: No more than three short prose pieces should be submitted at a time. Word count should be under 1000 words.
Art/Photography: Keep it to around three submitted at a time.
Guest Editorials: Just send along one or two and try to keep the work count under 1500. I realize you have something to say and I encourage you to say it, but let’s not turn a rant into a ramble, okay?
Photo Essays: Send us YOUR work, and YOUR work only! Don’t try so hard your images lose all meaning. Don’t try and be Ansel Adams. We have nothing against the late, great Mr. Adams, but he nailed being Ansel Adams, we don’t need another. Go have fun and create something cool. Your images do not need to be brand new, they can be something you created 20 years ago at camp. They do have to be unpublished. We at Off Beat Pulp want to be the first to showcase your work. We are not liable for any problems that may arise from your images WHATSOEVER. Images cannot be more than 900 px wide at 72 dpi. Please send photos in jpeg format. No More than 12 photos per Essay submission.
Off Beat Post Cards: Postcards must be custom made by YOU. They must include some element of art (painted, drawn, inked, glued collage, or mixed media) We prefer it also include some element of poetry or short prose. We discourage digital art on this one, folks. This is a different animal. We want to leave the postal workers in wonder. Send your custom made Off Beat Post Cards to:
Off Beat Pulp
4913 Fontana
Roeland Park, KS 66205
Postcards received will be scanned and posted in a new “Off Beat Postcard” gallery in the next Issue of Off Beat Pulp!
Other Stuff: Just send it. Keep it reasonable. If we like it, we’ll make room for it.
Send your submissions to submissions@offbeatpulp.com. Any questions you have regarding this project can be sent to the above email address. We’ll answer them.

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The world’s largest ArtPrize is a radically open competition. Open to any artist in the world who can find space and anybody in the city who wants to create a venue. Open to a vote from anyone who attends.

How to compete: ArtPrize is an unusual competition. There is no official jury or curator. You submit your work, then negotiate a space in one of many ArtPrize venues.

New venues sign up all the time. Fill out your profile and submit you work. By end of May, you will be able to find and contact venue hosts here on artprize.org.

Two key steps to compete
1. Register and submit work on artprize.org, now
2. Negotiate and complete a Hosting Agreement with a venue, then you are entered into the competition

Things you should know;
ArtPrize is an international competition
The top 10 finalists win a cash prize
The top prize is $250,000
Each artist may only submit one work
There are no restrictions on type or genre of work (See FAQs)
End of May: Artist/venue matching begins (Get announcements)
July 31, 2009: Artist registration ends
August 15, 2009: Artist/Venue matching ends

Apply
How to enter the competition:
Before traveling to Grand Rapids for the ArtPrize competition, there are two important steps an artist must complete:
Submit your work online
Sign a Hosting Agreement with a venue

Step One – Submit your work:
Sign up for an account on artprize.org
Fill out your artist profile
Submit a proposal for one work (What’s “work?” See FAQs)
Pay the $50 registration fee

Go to application form
Read the rules

Step Two – Connect with a venue:
Browse available venues on artprize.org
Contact a venue host regarding available space
If space is available, negotiate a Hosting Agreement
Sign the Hosting Agreement with the venue

When you complete a Hosting Agreement for a venue, you are entered into the ArtPrize competition.

Eligibility
The rules of participation for ArtPrize:
To participate, you submit your work then negotiate a space within an ArtPrize venue. Venues are spread across the city and new ones will be added through July 31, 2009. The ability to “match” yourself with a venue will be available on artprize.org end of May.

Artist eligibility:
You are 18 years of age
You must show your work at an ArtPrize registered venue
You do not have to travel to Grand Rapids, MI in person, a venue can install your work
Your work does not infringe on third party rights
The submitted work is owned by you, the artist
Only original works are eligible for submission

Rules & details:
You submit work online and pay the $50 registration fee
You must negotiate a hosting agreement with a venue
You may submit only one work (What’s “work?” See FAQs)
You may collaborate, but that work counts as the submission for each collaborator involved
The $50 entry fee is for one work, collaborative work pays only one entry fee
You are responsible for transportation and removal of work from the venue
You may sell your work, but it must remain in the ArtPrize exhibition until October 10, 2009
ArtPrize is not involved in selling the work
You grant ArtPrize permission to use imagery of the work submitted for the event
ArtPrize is not responsible for damages to work
The 1st place winner transfers the winning work to ArtPrize—or a comparable work—to be added to the public art collection

Important dates:
Ability to browse and contact venues will be available end of May
You must submit your work by July 31, 2009
You must have entered into a host agreement with a venue by August 15, 2009
Your work must be installed by noon September 23, 2009 or it is not eligible for the competition

Download the Official Rules (PDF)

Submit your work
Browse venues

Assistance
Additional information for ArtPrize applicants
Help for artists
ArtPrize wants to help artists participate in the event. We recognize it could be a significant challenge for some artists to make the trip or for certain works to be installed. We’d like to assist you with any questions or problems you have with participating in ArtPrize.

Please, contact Kevin Buist at kevin@artprize.org with any questions.

Ideas to consider;
You may be able to find an investor to help with costs for a share of the winnings, if you win
If you belong to a gallery, the gallery may want to help you and other artists it represents participate in the contest for a share of the winnings.
Your gallery may also want to consider opening an ArtPrize venue.
You may be able to split the cost of travel and accommodations with other artists from your area.
Volunteers have already offered up rooms for artists to stay in Grand Rapids, inquire with kevin@artprize.org.
Match your work to a venue
Get the announcement

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Gutter Eloquence Magazine is a bad-ass online lit journal that currently seeks submissions of free-verse poetry. Poetry with guts. Poetry that increases global warming. Poetry that takes a chainsaw to pedestals. Poetry that leaves broken glass and peeling paint in its wake. Poetry that pisses all over the mainstream literary world (or at least pisses ‘em off). Real poetry for real people!

The G.E.M. inbox awaits your best, most dangerous poetic work!

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Target Audience Magazine is currently accepting submissions of art, creative non-fiction, opinion pieces and articles targeting helping independent writers and artists (including musicians).

Target Audience Magazine is a quarterly publication dedicated to helping independent artists of all genres and styles find their passion and act as a voice. They focus on both promotion through review as well as information available through articles and their resources page.

Their volunteer staff of editors and writers are always looking for help. Editor-In-Chief, Ellen Eldridge, is looking for more music journalists and poetry editors to help update the website with reviews and featured works.

Authors interested in submitting work should send a query to TargetAudienceMagazineEIC@gmail.com.

No more than 3 poetry submissions should be sent to: VictorS@mts.net

They also have a Creative Nonfiction essay contest with a $50 cash prize. Info can be found at www.TargetAudienceMagazine.com. Submissions should be sent to: Ellen@TargetAudienceMagazine.com

Also on MySpace at www.myspace.com/targetaudiencemagazine

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CUPIDO MAGAZINE IS SEEKING EROTIC FICTION SUBMISSIONS

Cupido magazine, the uniquely intelligent and well-respected erotic magazine published in Norway and Denmark, is now seeking submissions of erotic short stories written in English.

For those who haven’t heard of Cupido, it is a magazine that truly has no parallel among publications in the United States. It is, at once, erotic, sexy, thoughtful, provocative, honest, responsible, artistic, and sexually progressive. I have been Cupido’s U.S. photo representative for 15 years, and am now the U.S. contact for English language written submissions as well.

All themes and styles are welcome, but we are particularly looking for lesbian stories, stories involving fetishes other than BDSM themes, threesomes, and elderly people. Originality, literary quality, and general sex-positivity are all plusses. Previously published stories are welcome.

Payment is $250 per story, paid promptly upon publication — typically two to six months after submission. This is for non-exclusive rights for publication in Cupido’s Norwegian and Danish print magazines, on the Cupido website (www.cupido.no), and possibly in Cupido World, a new English language edition of the magazine scheduled for release in 2010. All other rights are retained by the authors.

Send submissions as Word document attachments or as email text to david@davidsteinberg.us, or call 415-674-1618 for more information.

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Call for Submissions / 2009 Best of the Net Anthology

Calling all Internet-only journals! Sundress Publications has opened submissions for its fourth volume of the Best of the Net Anthology. This project works to promote the diverse and growing collection of voices that are choosing to publish their work online, a venue that continues to see little respect from such yearly anthologies as the Pushcart and Best American series. This collection is intended to bring more prestige to a innovative and continually expanding medium. Our last issue included work by Jill McCorkle, Jehanne Dubrow, Barry Jay Kaplan, Diane Lockwood, and more.

Submissions from editors will be open from July 1, 2009 to September 30th, 2009.
Winners will be announced in February, 2010.

For more information, go to http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.sundress.net/bestof/

Erin Elizabeth Smith: Managing Editor, Best of the Net Anthology

http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.sundress.net/bestof/

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Mountain Sentinel is seeking submissions.

Please check out the website first, read what is currently offered and glance at our mission statement on the ‘about us’ page. If you have something you think will fit our agenda, by all means contact us.

Currently we cannot afford to pay for submissions. All content is presently offered free online. Once we move ahead with our print edition, we will begin paying contributors. At first this will amount to a token payment and contributor’s copies. As sales grow, so will payment.

Fiction: We are interested in satire, speculative fiction, new weird or bizarro fiction, particularly if it offers a radical perspective. Really, we’ll look at anything that attempts to reach people and wake them up. Length does not matter, though we would prefer to be queried first for anything over 10,000 words.

Poetry: We aren’t too interested in poetry, but will look it over if it is something that reaches people and seeks to wake them up.

Artwork: We’d like to see anything that attempts to reach people and make a statement.

Video, multimedia: We might be interested. Query first.

Submissions should be doc or rtf files attached to an email and should be in standard format (double spaced, Times New Roman or Courier font, flush left — for a full description of standard format visit our web page
The subject line should read Submission: *your title*.
Include full contact information.
A short bio and cover letter might be useful, but are not necessary.
Send your submission to mountsent.submissions@gmail.com

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