Allegheny Review: Undergraduate Writing, Contest Deadline Dec. 15

The Allegheny Review, now going into its 25th year of publication, is one of America's few nationwide literary magazines dedicated exclusively to undergraduate works of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and artwork. Published annually, the periodical showcases some of the best literature the nation's undergraduates have to offer.
Awards: The Allegheny Review Literature Awards – $250 is awarded to the best entry in poetry & prose. Literature finalists will be judged by Marilyn Chin and Christina Milletti, visiting authors participating in Allegheny’s “Single Voice” reading series.
Contributors: Currently enrolled undergraduate students only.
Genre Guidelines: Fiction – not to exceed 20 pages, double-spaced; Poetry – up to 5 poems; Creative Non-fiction – not to exceed 20 pages, double-spaced; Artwork – no limit on number of pieces submitted
Submission Information: All submissions must be postmarked no later than December 15th each year. Late submissions will be held until the following year, provided that the author will still be an undergraduate. A $5 entry fee is required, which covers a one-year subscription. Please make checks payable to The Allegheny Review. If you would like to send in more than one genre, please send separately with an additional entry fee. All literary work must be submitted in typed hard copy. Artwork may be on disk (minimum resolution of 300) or in a format that permits scanning. E-mail entries and simultaneous submissions are not accepted. Include a cover letter containing name, address, school attending, year in attendance, and e-mail address as well as pertinent experience and previous publications. A short bio paragraph is also helpful. Send a SASE for correspondence. Artwork can be returned, but not manuscripts. Those not published will be recycled.
Send Submissions to:
The Allegheny Review
Allegheny College, Box 32
Meadville, PA 16335
Ordering Information:To purchase a copy of the 2006 issue or to reserve a copy of the 2007 issue, send $4 to the above address. Please make checks payable to The Allegheny Review.Back issues, excluding 1985, can be purchased for a discounted rate of $3. Questions? For more information, please inquire at the address above or e-mail the editors at review@allegheny.edu.Information can be found on the official website, http://review.allegheny.edu, as well.

AWP Creative Writing Conference: Feb. 2007 in Atlanta!

As some of you know, we are lucky to have the national conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs being held in Atlanta in Feb. 28- March 3, 2007. If you have not been, this is a wonderful opportunity to catch readings and workshops, talk with writers of all levels and wander through a great book fair. This is the biggest annual national event of creative writing, and they're expecting about 5,000 people. You should be one of them!
Planned events include a poetry extravaganza (not sure exactly what that is!) and featured readings by John Barth, Anne Beattie, C.D. Wright, Charles Wright, Tayari Jones, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Martone, and many others. The Georgia Review's 60th anniversary poetry reading features readings by Albert Goldbarth, Rita Dove, Paul Zimmer and Kevin Young.
The important stuff: a very reasonable registration rate for the whole conference is $35, but to get this rate you have to register before Nov. 15. After that it's $40, and $45 on-site registration. This doesn't include lodging, so you might want to start checking around for people to crash with. Or maybe the creative writing club will help organize?
For more information and registration, check out www.awpwriter.org.

Award for college writers of African descent

Hurston/Wright Foundation Award for College Writers
A prize of $1,000 is given annually to recognize excellence in fiction writing by a student of African descent enrolled full time in a U.S. college or graduate school. Students who have published a book in any genre are not eligible. Submit two copies of an unpublished short story or novel excerpt of no more than 25 pages with a $10 entry fee by December 31. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for the required application and complete guidelines.

Arthur Sze reads Tues., Nov. 7

On Tuesday, Nov. 7, the Georgia Poetry Circuit hosts Arthur Sze, who has published eight books of poetry, and is currently Director of the Creative Writing Program at the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Arthur Sze is a second-generation Chinese American raised in two languages. He is the recipient of the Lannan Literary for Poetry, the Asian American Literary Award, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and many other awards.
On Tuesday, November 7, 4-5 p.m., Sze will conduct a poetry workshop in Newton 2209. At 7:00 that evening, he will give a reading in COBA 1124. Both events are free and open to the public. Call 486-7328 for more information.

Poetry Events at Sentient Bean Coffee House (Savannah)

FRANTIC RABBIT
Thurs, Oct 12 @ 8pm:Open mic series is hell-bent on using poetry as its vehicle to educate, entertain, and inform the world at large as well as promote the not-so fine science of listening.

YOUTH POETRY W/ SPITFIRE
Sat, Oct 14 @ 4pm: Come hear what the youth have to say!

AWOL
Sun, Oct 15 @ 8pm: A.W.O.L Inc. is an elite organization of poets, hip-hop artists, and performers. The goal of the organization is to promote and provide self-awareness to people of all ages within the community.

New Creative Writing Listserv

The Dept. of Writing & Linguistics at Georgia Southern University has started a creative writing listserv to share announcements and information. We plan on opening this up to those within and beyond the department, including students, alumni, and members of the Statesboro community and beyond who might want to know about campus events, book reviews, author visits, opportunities for publication, and whatever else seems relevant to a general audience.If you are interested in subscribing to the list--and in inviting others to subscribe--please do! Just send an email to listserv@georgiasouthern.edu with the body of the message saying, "Subscribe crwrite-l (your name)" Note that as with many lists, that final character is a lower-case "l" and not an I or a 1. Once you are a list member, you may post whatever you'd like.

GSU Creative Writing Club

Next meeting is Tues., Oct. 24, 6-8 pm
Newton Building Room 1113
For more info., contact Faculty Adviser Peter Christopher, 681-5880
pchrstphr@georgiasouthern.edu

Barbadian writer Anthony Kellman, Oct. 18

The Department of Writing & Linguistics is proud to announce the visit by Barbadian writer Anthony Kellman, now a professor of creative writing at Augusta State University, to Georgia Southern. He holds a B.A. from the University of the West Indies and an M. F. A. from Louisiana State University. Prof. Kellman has published several volumes of poetry, two novels, and two music CDs. His poems have also appeared in the Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry and in numerous journals and other anthologies. He will read from his poetry and fiction and perform some of his music in the Barbadian Tuk style on Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 7:30pm in Lecture Hall 1004 in the IT building. The evening is co-sponsored by the Department of Literature and Philosophy and the Center for International Studies. All are invited to this event. There is no admission fee.

2007 Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship

2007 Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship
www.writermag.com
Award: $500 and a year's subscription to The Writer
Judges: The Writer editors
Deadline: March 1, 2007
The Sylvia K. Burack Award is a writing contest for full-time college students. The award is made in memory of Sylvia K. Burack, longtime editor-in-chief and publisher of The Writer. Burack was known for her dedication to helping writers and editors.
Requirements: You must be 18 or older and a full-time undergraduate student at a university or college in the U.S. or Canada at the time of entry. The winner will be
asked to provide proof of enrollment.

Rules
1. Submit a 600- to 800-word personal essay in English on a topic you feel passionate about.
2. Include a cover page with the essay title and word count, as well as your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Contact information must be valid in May 2007. Place only the title (not your name) at the top of each page of the essay. Entries must be typed and double-spaced on standard letter-size paper. Number each page. Paperclip the pages together.
3. The award is open to students in the U.S. and Canada enrolled full time in a college or university at the time of entry. (Do not send transcripts with entries.) Employees of Kalmbach Publishing Co. are not eligible to participate.
4. Only one entry per student will be accepted.
5. Send entries to: Sylvia K. Burack Award, The Writer, 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612.
6. Entries must be postmarked by March 1, 2007.
7. Entries will not be returned. Do not send originals.
8. The winner will be announced in May 2007 and will receive $500.

Current Contests for Undergrads: Atlantic Monthly

The Atlantic Monthly invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays for its 2006 Student Writing Contest. Categories: Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays.
Prizes: First $1,000 | Second: $500 | Third: $250 and one-year subscriptions to The Atlantic Monthly for seven runners-up in each category.
ENTRANTS must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting U.S. institution. Submissions should be original, unpublished work (they may have appeared in student periodicals) demonstrating superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.
SUBMISSIONS should not exceed three poems or 7,500 words of prose. No entrant may send more than one submission per category, and entries must be postmarked by December 1, 2006.
MANUSCRIPTS should be typewritten (one side only, please) double-spaced, and accompanied by a cover sheet with the following information: title, category, word count, author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if available), and academic institution. Of this information, only the title should appear on the manuscript itself.
PLEASE PROVIDE a stamped, self-addressed postcard for acknowledgement of receipt. We cannot provide information on the status of a manuscript until winners are announced, in the May 2007 issue. Winners will receive notification in March.
POSTMARK SUBMISSIONS BY DECEMBER 1, 2006, AND SEND TO:
Student Writing Contest
The Atlantic Monthly
The Watergate
600 New Hampshire Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Submissions will not be accepted via e-mail or fax.