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BAYOU

Bayou is published twice a year. Issues alternate between the University of West Florida (Spring) and University of New Orleans (Winter). Send manuscripts of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction to Laurie O'Brien, English Dept., University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514, by February 15 or Joanna Leake, Dept. of English, University of New Orleans, Lakefront, New Orleans, LA 70148. Subscriptions are $10/year and may be sent to either address.

CALL FOR POEMS

The Mid-America Poetry Review. Payment: $5 per poem, and for first-time contributors, a complimentary 1-year subscription. Guidelines: send SASE to The Mid-America Poetry Review, P.O. Box 575, Warrensburg, MO 64093-0575.

BROAD COMEDY, HORROR, AND ACTION

scripts wanted by AEI, Inc., a motion picture production and literary management company in Los Angeles, for the Under-25 audience. Especially interested in franchise-related stories and stories adapting classical or public domain material already known to general audiences. AEI also represents novels and nonfiction books, as well as scripts for general audiences. All inquiries to jp@aeionline.com. See AEI Online.Com for further details on "What's Hot, What's Not."

THE EDITORS OF GLIMMER TRAIN

Offer Writers Ask, the quarterly newsletter of techniques, practical recommendations, and inspired nudges from accomplished literary writers and mentors. Upcoming topics: point of view, cover letters, working with publishers and agents, pacing and scale, editing. One year: $20; two years: $33. Order online (www.glimmertrain.com) or by mail: Glimmer Train Press, Inc., 710 SW Madison, #504, Portland, OR 97205-2900.

AGENT RESEARCH

Free agent verification and reality check at our Web site. To order agent reports, and/or newsletter, send SASE to Agent Research & Evaluation, Inc., Dept. PWR 300A, 334 E. 30 St., New York, NY 10016 and/or visit us at Agent Research.

AMHERST WRITERS

& Artists certification to lead writers' workshops. Program I is an entrepreneurial model for writers to enable other writers. Program II, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, is co-led by 6 low-income writers using writing for the empowerment of the under-served. Four-day intensive trainings, AWA method, led by Pat Schneider, M.F.A., author The Writer as an Artist: A New Approach to Writing Alone & With Others. ("...useful and eloquent"—Peter Elbow.) Distributed by Amherst Writers & Artists Press. Information: AWA, P.O. Box 1076, Amherst, MA 01004. Phone: (413) 253-3307. E-mail: daphne@amherstwriters.com. Web site: www.amherstwriters.com

BARROW STREET

Press Book Contest for the best manuscript of poetry in English. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: to be announced. Deadline: July 1. Fee: $25. For guidelines, send SASE to Barrow Street, P.O. Box 2017, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10113-2017, or visit www.barrowstreet.org

COMSTOCK REVIEW

Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award Judge: David St. John. Prizes: $1,000, $250, $100, subscriptions. All winners/finalists published in Fall/Winter 2003 issue. Deadline: July 1 postmark. Complete guidelines must be followed: check Web site or send SASE. Basics: $3 per poem, no limit. Special offer: With entry fee, send extra $5 to receive 2003 Awards edition. Send unpublished poems, not under consideration elsewhere, under 40 lines. Samples through 2001: $6. Current copies: $9. Subscriptions: $16 (2 issues), $28 (4 issues). Please note: Only one open reading period/year: next January-March 15, 2004. Submit to: Comstock Review, Contest 2003, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. Web site: www.comstockreview.org

MANAGING EDITORS

wanted by Web del Sol. This is a career builder and an opportunity to serve with dozens of other volunteers helping to promote the literary arts. Please send resume to editor. Volunteers have to be willing to put in up to 20 hours per month. Managing editors will work with publications and writers. HTML coding skills are a plus.

MARTHA'S VINEYARD CLEAVELAND HOUSE

B&B welcomes poets and writers. Built c1750. Home of mystery writer Cynthia Riggs and the late poet Dionis Coffin Riggs. Three rooms: 2 double, $85/night. 1 single, $70/night. P.O. Box 3041, West Tisbury, MA 02575. Phone: (508) 693-9352. E-mail: criggs@vineyard.net

2 1/2 HOURS FROM PARIS

CALM, INSPIRING retreat in Normandy, at Carentan, 2 1/2 hours from Paris, by train. Loft with kitchen, bathroom (shower), laundry, 1 double bed in mezzanine, 1 sofa double bed in living room. No TV, no phone, but a piano. Fee: $300/week. Contact Frederic: (860) 245-0526. E-mail: arch.design@snet.net. You can see the loft on www.rfa3d.com under "A Studio/Loft in Normandy."

LET THE WRITER'S LIFELINE

appraise your fiction or nonfiction project with practical-minded discernment, then bring your skills and craft to the level of your vision and talent under the direction of your customized professional development team. We offer a full range of editorial services to writers of every kind of writing, including conceptual and structural focusing, character and dialogue sharpening (in the case of fiction or screenplays), copy and style editing, as well as a unique one-on-one mentoring program that's based not only on artistic principles, but also upon today's marketplace realities. To learn more about us and our fees, call 323-932-0905 or visit our website: www.thewriterslifeline.com. The Writer's Lifeline can be your bridge to the success you deserve.

CORE WRITING

Literary Services. Established editor, published writer, creative teacher and mentor with Master's of Arts, provides detailed manuscript evaluation, substantive editing/revising, and tutorials. Fiction, nonfiction, memoir and screenplays. Literary fiction a specialty. Aspiring and published writers, works-in-progress and completed manuscripts. References. Call (617) 924-0979 for comprehensive, personalized attention. E-mail: rorysblue@aol.com

NEW MILLENNIUM WRITINGS

www.mach2.com: Read winners of our awards for fiction, poetry and nonfiction, plus new commentary and fiction by NMW editor Don Williams. Also awards guidelines and submission guidelines. A look at cover art from the past. Sign our guestbook. Much more.

EDITORIAL STAFF FOR NEW POTOMAC REVIEW

wanted in the Washington, D.C. metro area (includes Maryland and VA) to edit and manage an online nonprofit literary publication known as "The New Potomac Review." This is a strictly voluntary position. Applicants must have literary background, editorial experience and/or be able to demonstrate similar skills. Electronic issues will be published three or four times per year, depending on quality of submissions. This is a career builder and an opportunity to promote the literary arts. Please send resume to editor. Basic HTML coding skills are an enormous plus.