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I have the majority of my friends from when I first came here MIA has anyone heard from CKAcres at all? Or poppet? Griffon? Sea, G-flat? Hell even the friends who had left like angelicelf and redrandi? I miss them...


I believe CK has a new poem up on the front page...I do know that Miss Poppet is around, even if she don't stop here much...I see her over on FB...

The others I'm not so sure about, but a lot of people never really spent much time here regularly anyway...
I just stopped here by to say,
I hope everyone had a great holiday,
That Santa brought you nice gifts,
Like maybe a couple of fifths,
And you didn't get run over by a sleigh.
Dr. Epstein was a renowned physician who earned his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees in his home town and then left for Manhattan , where he quickly rose to the top of his field. Soon he was invited to deliver a significant paper, at a conference, coincidentally held in his home town. He walked on stage and placed his papers on the lectern, but they slid off onto the floor. As he bent over to retrieve them, at precisely the wrong instant, he inadvertently farted.
The microphone amplified his mistake resoundingly through the room and reverberated it down the hall. He was quite embarrassed but somehow regained his composure just enough to deliver his paper. He ignored the resounding applause and raced out the stage door, never to be seen in his home town again.
Decades later, when his elderly mother was ill, he returned to visit her. He reserved a hotel room under the name of Levy and arrived under cover of darkness.
The desk clerk asked him, "Is this your first visit to our city, Mr. Levy?"
Dr. Epstein replied, "Well, young man, no, it isn't. I grew up here and received my education here, but then I moved away."
"Why haven't you visited?" asked the desk clerk.
"Actually, I did visit once, many years ago, but an embarrassing thing happened and since then I've been too ashamed to return."
The clerk consoled him. "Sir, while I don't have your life experience, one thing I have learned is that often what seems embarrassing to me isn't even remembered by others. I bet that's true of your incident too."
Dr. Epstein replied, "Son, I doubt that's the case with my incident."
"Was it a long time ago?"
"Yes, many years."
The clerk asked, "Was it before or after the Epstein Fart?"
Alright...looks like I got a poem accepted for this one...got this earlier today from Kiki...the poem I submitted was actually written three years back for this one...

Have a poem about the consequences of war or social injustice?
http://www.storiesspace.com/forum/yaf_postsm4870_Have-a-poem-about-the-consequences-of-war-or-social-injustice.aspx#4870

It wasn't accepted then, so I stuck it in my book which came out in 2012...and now it will be in a charity anthology to benefit veterans...cool stuff, me thinks...

TERRAFORM
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-to-submit-stories-to-terraform

Submissions for ​Terraform are open to the public, and the ask is simple: We're looking for 2,000 words or fewer -- a nice, digestible internet length -- of speculative fiction honing in on the tech, science, and future culture topics driving the zeitgeist. We're looking especially for nearer-future fiction; think more sentient chat bots or climate-changed dystopias and less far-flung space operas. And we don't care what form it comes in: Classic-style SF short stories, social media posts from beyond the horizon, fictive data dumps, experimental graphic narratives, and so on. Our baseline rate is 20 cents/word. Remember, we'll publish one new story every week.
Yeah, apparently nobody wants to admit to working here...allegedly, I work here, at least according to that list, though I guess it all depends on how you define the term "work"...

Anyway...yeah, I have a sneaking suspicion there Rump that that "other site" may indeed have a similar list...seek and ye' shall find, as they say...who says that anyway?
New antho looking for food stories or poems that are also a recipe...pays two copies of the book, which I know is not much, but they do accept previously published stuff...like something you already have posted here on Stories Space, for instance...

Calling all Chef-Poets, and others.

We are looking for submissions that are partial poem but viable recipes (must have been cooked successfully).
Red Dashboard.com is looking at publishing it via Annapurna Magazine, title TBA, slated next fall-spring.

Send to t8AnVjPX3A9kaRus via RedDashboard.com

Deadline- Oct 1, 2015

Fiction and non accepted, as well as looking for artwork: 1500 word max (flash), jpg and 300 dpi only

Here's the link to the site...go down to where it says "Anthology #5- Name TBA"...

Red Dashboard - Submissions
http://reddashboard.com/Submissions.html

I'm in one of the Red Dashboard anthos, and I can tell you they do a real nice job...check the "Sing Your Own Praises" section, about my poem "Neon Sign" for more info on that one...
Might be a bit much to ask, really...



Well, at least he is writing...you got to give him some credit here...

This anthology will be published to raise money for various charities that support veterans. With each month’s royalties, I’ll donate 100% of the profits to go to charities such as Operation Homefront or the Wounded Warrior Project, etc.

About the Anthology:

This Anthology will include poetry, fiction and non-fictional stories.

Story Lengths/Payment: Anything from 1K – 15K

Accepted Poetry – Payment is $10 plus a copy of the anthology.
Accepted Stories under 5K – Payment is $50 plus a copy of the anthology.
Accepted Stories Over 5K – Payment is $100 plus a copy of the anthology.

Paid Call for Submission: We Go On - A Veteran’s Anthology for Charity
http://anauthorsmusings.blogspot.com/2014/11/paid-call-for-submission-we-go-on.html[/size]
Any of my friends here suffering from writer's block...this might explain a few things...



Thinking this might be a more realistic way to categorize books, rather than "poetry, short stories, novels" etc...



Some might say the end is already here, looking at Facebook, and other social media...



I'm not sure whether I'd want to live here or not...sounds like a bad neighborhood to me...



Remember this my friends, if you ever get abducted or something...

Simian Publishing is seeking submissions of dark fantasy/horror for a new anthology called Apotheosis: Stories of Survival After the Rise of the Elder Gods, which will feature Lovecraft Mythos tales of human survival, insurgency and insubordination in a world ruled over by the reversion of the Elder Gods ...
Payment: 3 cents/word (semi-pro rates)...1 cent/word for reprints...

Anthology Guidelines: Apotheosis
http://simianpublishing.org/submissions/anthology-guidelines-apotheosis/[/size]
Sesi, a relatively-new teen magazine celebrating and supporting contemporary African-American/Black girls (ages 13-19) and their culture, is inviting freelance writers to contribute articles ...

Writers’ Guidelines
http://sesimag.com/writers-guidelines/

Not sure what they pay, but if it sounds interesting...go figure it out...
Here's another sci-fi market...

AE magazine Updates Writer's Guidelines and Seeks Sci-Fi Stories
AE magazine has posted updated writer's guidelines to help sci-fi writers submit their fiction stories or nonfiction articles to the editorial team for review. AE is a professionally-paying Canadian science fiction market publishing new stories and articles weekly ...
Payment: 7 cents/word

Submission Guidelines
http://aescifi.ca/index.php/submissions


Geminid Press Needs Sci-Fi Stories for Three Upcoming Anthologies
Geminid Press is seeking emerging and professional sci-fi writers to submit original short stories to three forthcoming sci-fi anthologies, tentatively called, Take Me to Your Leader; Space Opera; and Conspiracy Hour ...
Payment: 5 cents/word

Geminid Press, LLC
http://geminidpress.com/send_us_your_short_stories/


Fiction writers are invited to submit sci-fi and fantasy stories to Third Flatiron Publishing's next anthology titled The Time It Happened--a collection of short fiction stories that encompass and explore world-altering events that everyone remembers ...
Payment: 6 cents/word, or 3 cents...read the guidelines...

Submissions Guidelines
http://www.thirdflatiron.com/liveSite/pages/submissions


Crossed Genres magazine Opening Reading Period for Speculative Fiction Stories
Crossed Genres (est. 2008), the magazine of speculative fiction stories, will be opening a new reading period (starting November 1st) to curate stories for the March 2015 issue. The theme is "Ensemble" ...
Payment: 6 cents/word

CG Magazine 2.0
http://crossedgenres.com/submissions/magazine/[/size]
Apex Magazine Accepting Sci-Fi/Fantasy Stories and Poetry
Award-winning sci-fi print and digital publication Apex Magazine, which concluded its free micro-fiction contest last month, is now accepting new submissions via Submittable during its regular reading period ...
Payment: 6 cents/word...25 cents/line for poetry...

Submission Guidelines
http://www.apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/[/size]
Purple Passion Press, a new small press publisher, is accepting submissions for its first anthology. The theme is the dead. The publisher is asking writers to interpret what the phrase means to them ...
Word length: under 750 word for flash fiction. Under 40 lines for poetry. Reprints will be considered. Token Payment: $15 per piece, up to $25 for multiple pieces. Authors receive two print and one digital copies of the book.

Purple Passion Press is open to submissions!
http://purplepassionpress.com/submissions/[/size]
THE ERIATA ORIBHABOR (EOFPC) 2014 FOOD POETRY CONTEST

In recognition of the value of foods to human existence and the need to embellish them in poetic lines, Mr. Eriata Oribhabor launched The Eriata Oribhabor's Food Poetry Contest in 2013. Passionate about promoting their richness and diversity via poetry, Eriata Oribhabor is soliciting poetry submissions for the Annual Poetry Contest tagged ''The Eriata Oribhabor 2014 Food Poetry Contest".
Find below the guidelines:

* Theme: Promoting Unity via Food Diversity

- all poems must be food-related, descriptive and accessible (coherent).

- poems should appeal to the senses.

- effective use of imagery counts.

- submissions are neither limited to country nor race.

- maximum of 2 poems with limitless word count.

- entries must be original intellectual property of the entrants.

- submissions should be accompanied by brief biography and contact information comprising full name, email address and phone number (in the body of the email.)

*All submissions should be forwarded to and tagged: "Eriata Oribhabor Food Poetry Contest 2014"

Submission Deadline: 25th November, 2014

PRIZES TO BE WON:

First Prize: A mini laptop (notebook)
Second Prize: A blackberry Z10 phone
Third Prize: A Tecno P5 Phone

Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom
Moderator, EOFPC
Author, Punctured Silence