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PUBLISHING
Resources for Professional Writers
Michigan Literary
Magazines
- Red
Cedar Review, Michigan State University's Literary Digest
- CR:
New Centennial Review, (Michigan State University) is
devoted to comparative studies of the Americas that suggest
possibilities for plural futures. We seek philosophically inflected
interventions, provocations, and insurgencies that trouble the
limits of the potentialities of the Americas. We also encourage
more global and theoretical work with implications for the Americas.
- Third
Coast, a literary magazine published biannually by the
Department of English at Western Michigan University.
- Sulfur,
founded at the California Institute of Technology in 1981, Sulfur
is now based at Eastern Michigan University, edited by EMU English
professor Clayton Eshleman. In book format, it apears bi-annually,
and translations, artwork, essays, and a 50 page section of
reviews and noticings.
- Journal
of Narrative Theory, a refereed, international journal
published by the Department of English Languag and Literature
at Eastern Michigan University, that publishes theoretically
sophisticated essays that explore narrative issues from a variety
of interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and critical contexts.
- Michigan
Quarterly Review, the University of Michigan's flagship
journal, publishing each season a collection of essays, interviews,
memoirs, fiction, poetry, and book reviews.
- Xylem,
the Undergraduate English Association's annually published
literary magazine. Only undergraduate students at the University
of Michigan are eligible for publication.
- Passages
North, Northern Michigan University's literary journal,
published on a biannual basis, features poetry, short fiction,
interviews, and personal essays. The journal not only receives
and publishes writers from across the country and around the
world, but it also pays special attention to "emerging
writers."
- Fourth
Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction, Michigan
State University's new journal devoted to publishing notable,
innovative work in nonfiction. The title reflects our intention
to give nonfiction its due as a literary genre—to give
writers of the fourth genre a showcase for their work and to
give our readers a place to find the liveliest and most creative
works in the form.
Call
for Submissions/Manuscripts, Contests
Mona
Lisa
Mona Lisa; Edited anthology about or alluding to the Mona Lisa.
Seeking well crafted poetry, prose that refers to the painting
directly or indirectly. Deadline May 15, 2002. Enclose brief bio
to Mona Poetry Project, 29173 Northwestern Highway, Southfield
Mich. 48034. www.MonaLisaMania.com
for guidelines.
Wanted:
Fiction Submissions!
Ann Arbor Review is accepting fictions submissions for its Spring
2002 and Fall 2002 isssue. The Fall 2002 issue is devoted to Michigan
Writers. For this special issue Ann Arbor Review is seeking submissions
from fiction writers living in Michigan or fiction writers raised
in Michigan but currently living elsewhere. There are no limits
on manuscript length. Submissions of short, shorts, short stories
and novel excerpts will be considered. Send submissions to Ann
Arbor Review, 3096 Williamsburg, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2026. For
more information e-mail Keith Hood at gatster@hotmail.com.
The
MacGuffin
The MacGuffin, a fine literary journal, accepts poetry and fiction
for consideration all year long. For details contact: The MacGuffin,
Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152-2696
or email:macguffin@schoolcraft.cc.mi.us
for guidelines.
Rattle
Issue #16
Rattle, Issue #16, includes interviews with C.K. Williams, and
Stephen Dobyns and a Tribute to Boomer Girls. You can purchase
Rattle in your local bookstore. To submit poetry or fiction always
include: Name, Mailing Address, Phone Number, Email address (if
possible), A short bio of the author, and a SASE to RATTLE, 13440
Ventura Blvd., Suite 200, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 or http://www.rattle.com/submissions.htm
The
MacGuffin (Speaking of Freedom)
The MacGuffin’s 160-page themed volume to be published in
June 2002, will give a voice to the issue of freedom through poetry,
essays and fiction. Deadline for submissions is January 30, 2002.
For guidelines send SASE to: The MacGuffin, Schoolcraft College,
18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia MI 48152 or email dsobrask@schoolcraft.cc.mi.us
The
Davorean Hanna Poetry Competition 2002
The
Davoren Hanna Poetry Competition is now accepting submissions
for this year's contest. Sponsored by Eason Bookshops (Ireland's
largest chain of book stores) and The Muse Cafes, the competition
will be judged this year by acclaimed Scottish poet Carol Ann
Duffy, widely regarded as one of Britain's leading contemporary
poets, and US Poet Laureate Billy Collins.
Named after the gifted young Dublin poet who died in 1994, the
competition offers a first prize of EUR6500, and second and third
prizes of EUR2500 and EUR1250 respectively, making it one of the
largest such awards in Ireland and the UK.
The competition is open to both published and unpublished poets
over the age of 18. and entrants may submit as many poems as they
wish. The closing date is 31st May 2002, with the winners being
announced in early August. Entry forms, rules and guide lines
are available for printing on our sponsor's site at www.eason.ie
or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to Poetry Competition,
The Muse Cafe, Eason bookshop, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
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EDUCATION
Resources for Teachers of Writing
- Creative
Writing Prompts
This site offers creative writing prompts that are focused towards
the genres of both fiction and poetry.
- Language
Arts Mini-Lessons
A good prompt/lesson plan page that concerns itself mainly with
K-12, with a lot of the lessons being geared towards the middle
aspect of that spectrum (4th-9th grades).
Click
here to view a list of writing exercises, and a bibliography of
useful books for teachers and students of writing.
Michigan
Writing Centers
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