MARKETS FOR POETS & SHORT STORY WRITERS

ANTHOLOGY, Things I’d Never Tell My Mother. Seeking essays exploring mother/daughter tensions—from humorous to heartbreaking. Deadline: November 30. Max: 5,000 words. Include cover letter with bio and SASE. To submit work, or for more information, send to P.O. Box 7231, Norfolk, VA 23509.

BATHROOM STORIES wanted! Self-publisher seeks true bathroom stories for new book. Just the facts—no novel writing. You went into a bathroom (say where) and you saw or heard—tell us what! Deadline: August 18. Limit: 2–3 pages. SASE. No pay, but chance to be published. Mail to Bathroom Stories, c/o Shook, 1775 E. Palm Canyon, Ste. H-254, Palm Springs, CA 92264.

CASAGRANDE PRESS is taking nonfiction submissions for 5 new anthologies. We are seeking misadventure stories, articles, and essays for the following books: Fishing’s Greatest Misadventures, Golfing’s Greatest Misadventures, Surfing’s Greatest Misadventures, Wedding’s Greatest Misadventures, and Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures. No charge to submit; writers paid upon publication. For details, visit www.casagrandepress .com.

DOG BLESSINGS: Poems, Prose, and Prayers Celebrating Our Relationship with Dogs. June Cotner, author of the bestselling Graces, seeks short, universal selections. Publisher: New World Library. Deadline: October 31. Terms: 1 copy of book plus $25 for 1-time rights. Reprints OK. Send SASE to June Cotner, P.O. Box 2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370, or see www.junecotner. com for details.

ESSAYS WANTED from college instructors for The Best and Worst Ways to Teach Freshman English, a book being compiled by an experienced Freshman English instructor about pedagogical experiments that didn’t go well at all, along with those that were a success. Compensation negotiable. Send correspondence/ submissions to Dr. Val Gerstle, Humanities, Media, and Cultural Studies Dept., University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210205, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0205, or e-mail gerstlmv@email. uc.edu.

FABULIST AND New Wave Fabulist short stories sought by Omnidawn Publishing for Paraspheres–2: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction. Also seeking novellas and full-length manuscripts. No fees. Paid royalties. No electronic submissions. For submission definitions, guidelines, mailing address, and royalty amounts, go to www.omnidawn. com.

FOR A FORTHCOMING poetry anthology, Holy Cow! Press would like to consider poems that express grief and gratitude for lost loved ones (parents, grandparents, relatives, friends, lovers, et al.). We would especially like to include poems from a wide variety of religious, spiritual, and cultural beliefs. Both new work and previously published poems are welcome. Limit: up to 3 poems and 6 pages in length. Deadline for submissions: October 1, 2007, with publication in Fall 2008. Please include an SASE and address your poems to: The Editors, Poems of Grief and Gratitude Anthology, Holy Cow! Press, P.O. Box 3170, Mount Royal Station, Duluth, MN 55803.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. Autism. Parkinson’s. Breast Cancer. Diseases and disorders that challenge individuals and families to the core of their being. LaChance Publishing wants to hear how these and other diseases and chronic illnesses have inspired change in your life, or the life of someone you know, for our internationally distributed “Voices of” series. “Voices of” features true stories of literary merit and real emotional impact, courageously confronting the reality of disease and affirming the enduring strength of the human spirit. If you or someone you know is a victim, caregiver, friend, or family member who has been touched by a major illness and have a story to inspire and inform, visit www.lachancepublish ing.com/submissi ons.php for a list of the illnesses and for submission guidelines. Net profits from “Voices of” will be donated to The Healing Project, a nonprofit organization. Please visit www.thehealingproje ct.com to see what we’re about, and how you can impact the community with your story.

PESSOA Anthology: Seeking submissions for an anthology of North American poetic responses to Fernando Pessoa. Tentative title of book: In the Footsteps of a Shadow: North American Poetic Responses to Fernando Pessoa. All correspondence to Charles Cutler (Emeritus, Smith College), 22 Savoy Rd., W. Hawley, MA 01339. E-mail: ccutler@email. smith.edu.

POETRY WANTED for upcoming anthology from past or present residents of Buffalo/western New York. All genres welcome. National distribution and live readings tie-in. Send 25 pages or less to: Robert Pomerhn, Highest Hurdle Press, 660 Cleveland Dr., #3, Cheektowaga, NY 14225. Include SASE. E-mail: pomerhn.robert@ gmail.com.

PUBLISHED WRITER/poet compiling anthology: Stories by Ex-Spouses of Deceased Ex-Spouses, traditional/ civil unions. Extended deadline: October 1. Must be first-person, unpublished essay/narrative (may include poetry). Max: 5,000 words. Contributors receive signed copy. Send ms. to P. Sapphire, P.O. Box 8, Craftsbury, VT 05826. For guidelines, e-mail: suenos88@vtlink. net.

RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL conversion stories needed for nonfiction book—partly anthology, partly commentary. Looking for first-person stories about how one moved from not caring about religion to belief in organized religion, or abandoned the religion of their upbringing, or moved from agnosticism/ atheism to spirituality. Pieces must be 100% true and show the logic and/or feelings involved in the transition. Limit: 1,750 words. Deadline: October 1. E-mail submission only: mmppjj2@aol. com (questions welcome).

SEEKING SHORT prose and/or poetry (800–1,800 words) to be read in high school oral interpretation contests. Finalists are published and receive a copy of the book. The author of the best submission will be paid $300. Attach all stories as a Word document and submit to submissions@ tobereadaloud. org.