Erika Dreifus

flashquake, a web-based literary journal, has announced a “venue where people affected by [hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma] can share their stories and art. Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, artwork and photographs are welcome from anyone directly affected by the storm. This includes those who endured or were evacuated from the affected areas, their family members, rescuers, volunteers, foster homes and so forth.” Submissions for this “Voices from the Storm” project will be read during three periods: October 21-November 15, 2005; November 16-December 15, 2005; December 16-January 15, 2006. Selected entries will be published in broadsheet form and will receive monetary awards of $25. For more information, read the Voices from the Storm Call for Submissions.

I just revisited the Bellevue Literary Review website and discovered something quite interesting: The Bellevue Literary Press.

According to the website, the Press, a collaboration of the journal and New York University School of Medicine is “a new trade book publishing house” that “intends to publish books of the greatest artistic and intellectual merit from the larger community, both medical and non-medical, while reflecting NYU’s excellence in scholarship, humanistic medicine, and science.” It “will feature original authoritative literary works–both fiction and nonfiction–in the sciences, social sciences and arts.”

For more information, click here.

NewPages.com has posted an interesting feature by Jessica Powers, on the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. Sounds like a great place!

In other “house” news, the Rose O’Neill Literary House at Washington College (Maryland) is accepting applications for a Director. For more information, click here. Review of applications will begin October 24, 2005.

Check out this article (by yours truly) just posted over at the Institute of Children’s Literature, on “Contests for Children’s Writers: Another Path to Publication.” Every contest listed is a no-cost (that is to say, no-fee) contest. Enjoy!

Maisonneuve Magazine has posted details on its latest literary contest: “April is Not the Cruelest Month.” From the website: “February is all soggy boots and self-bought carnations left over from Valentine’s Day. We want to know how you survive the winters. Wail on, but do promise to make us laugh.”

You can send one prose OR two poetry entries–there’s NO FEE. Entries should run “8-800 words” and “given the format of the magazine, first-person narratives are preferable.”

First prize includes $100 and publication in Maisonneuve No. 19. Second and third prizes include publication on Maisonneuve.org and a year’s subscription to the magazine. Note that “All other entries may be published online.”

Deadline: November 1, 2005.

For more information, including submission instructions, click here (scroll down the page).