Authortunities June 14—July 12

Free! Two weeks of open paying submissions, grants, contests, fellowships, events+. Additional two weeks (one full month) for paid subscribers. 🧡🧡🧡 Thank you to ALL subscribers!

🍰Happy Birthday to Harriet Beecher Stowe born June 14, 1811—212 years ago today! Harriet was an American author and abolitionist best known for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852 which which depicted the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans of the time. The book reached an audience of millions in the United States and Great Britain, an amazing feat back in that day.

Both a novel and play, Uncle Tom’s Cabin energized anti-slavery forces in the American North. All together Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings as well as for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day. Read Uncle Tom’s Cabin in paperback and ebook here.

💀StokerCon is happening this week! 🖤 The Horror Writer Association is having their yearly event. Usually I attend but this year I’m waiting for my visa in Brazil. The Bram Stoker Awards ceremony will be Sunday, June 18, and will be streamed live online for the public. Watch for it here!

🥇Win a paid subscription! Watch my blog [https://angelaysmith.com/] next Tuesday for a chance to win a year subscription to the paid version of this calendar, a $50 value. I’ll be posting a list of hints for next week’s Authortunity Angel on my blog. To play, be the first to guess the angel’s identity in the comments. I’ll post the winner next week.

And now, on to the main course. In this entire calendar share you will find:

• 12 newly opened submissions 🟢

• 24 submission deadlines 🔴

• 9 events for authors ⭐

• 10 reprint markets ♻️

• 7 education 📚

• 4 awards 🏆

• 7 grants 💲

If you know of something you think should be included, please share it with me! If you find success through this list, let me know so I can share that too. Feel free to pass this on, and thank you. Most of all, good luck! 🥰

And now, your Authortunities knock:

🔴🏆💲 JUN 15 · Palette Poetry’s Sappho Prize for Women Poets closes June 15. A contest for women poets that awards $3000 to the winner, along with publication and a brief interview in Palette Poetry. Second and third place winners will receive $300 and $200, respectively, as well as publication. Submit up to three poems with a $20 reading fee. ➡️https://www.palettepoetry.com/current-contest/

🔴 JUN 15 · Eye to the Telescope 49, a publication of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association calls for submissions of 1–3 unpublished poems in English. Edited by Tony Daly, the theme is “trauma.” Accepted poems will be paid for at the following rate: US 4¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $4, maximum $25. Payment is on publication. The SFPA normally uses PayPal to pay poets, but can also send checks. Eye to the Telescope is an online publication. Therefore, First Electronic Rights (for original unpublished poems) are being sought. ➡️http://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html

⭐🏆📚 JUN 15-18 · The 2023 StokerCon & Awards Ceremony will be a hybrid conference physically held in Pittsburgh, PA. Registration for the online portion of the conference starts at $55. The Bram Stoker Awards ceremony will be Sunday, June 18, and will be streamed live online for the public. ➡️https://www.stokercon2023.com/

🟢📚 JUN 15 · The Crystal Lake Academy’s latest workshop, The Author’s Journey: Poetry! Experienced poets Colleen Anderson, Maxwell I. Gold, Angela Yuriko Smith and Jamal Hodge will guide your poetry writing journey for three months from June 15th to September 7th, working together to enhance your craft and prepare a poem for publication. Crystal Lake Publishing will compile all final poems into an anthology and publish it before Christmas. Poets at any stage of their writing journey can benefit from this course. Course costs $175 for early registration. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/5n6fr5fw

🟢♻️ JUN 15 · Samovar, published by Strange Horizons, seeks speculative fiction, review-essays, poetry, interview/conversations, and reprints in translation. Payment for fiction is 8 US cents per word to the author, and 8 US cents per word to the translator. Payment for reprints is a flat $100 USD to the author and $100 USD to the translator. Payments for poetry are $40 USD to the author and $40 USD to the translator. Payment for interview/conversations is $40 USD to each participant. Payment for review-essays is $40 USD. ➡️http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/submit/

🔴💲 JUN 15 · 2023 Akron Poetry Prize, a competition open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives $1,500 and publication of their book. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages and no longer than 90 pages. The deadline for submissions is June 15​. $25 reading fee. ➡️https://theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit

⭐JUN 15 · The Quick Reads event featuring women and non-binary writers of sci-fi, fantasy and speculative fiction Thursday, June 15 at 7 pm EST. This event features Tori Eldridge, Hadeer Elsbai, Kristi Mcmanus, Branwen O'Shea, Loren Rhoades, and Kaaron Warren. ➡️https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/

🔴💲 JUN 15 · The deadline is June 15 for entries for each year’s $5,000 Narrative Prize for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative. The prize is announced each September and is given to the best work published each year in Narrative by a new or emerging writer, as judged by the magazine’s editors. In some years, the prize may be divided between winners, when more than one work merits the award. Entries selected for publication are eligible for the Narrative Prize, which is not a contest but an award. ➡️https://www.narrativemagazine.com/great-stories/narrative-prize

🟢♻️ JUN 15 · Luna Station Quarterly seeks speculative fiction written by women-identified authors from June 15th – August 15th. They pay $5 USD for each story, payment made via PayPal. In addition, authors receive a lifetime subscription to the ebook version of the magazine and a profile page for all authors which may be used to link to a homepage and display biographical info and social media links. They accept reprints at least 3 years past their initial publication date. ➡️https://lunastationquarterly.com/submissions/

⭐ JUN 15 · Asian American Writer’s Workshop presents [VIRTUAL] Interdisciplinary Poetics: Migration, Earth, and Empire, a reading and roundtable on interdisciplinary approaches to migration, earth, empire, and mental health featuring Filipinx poets Angela Peñaredondo, Jan-Henry Gray, Jen Soriano, and Christine Imperial on Thursday, June 15 at 7 PM ET. Free event. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/6yu4vtte

⭐ JUN 17 · Exercise Your Writes with Alex Davis from the UK Ghost Hunting Convention. Check the YouTube link for times in your area. SPILLING THE INK - YouTube

⭐ JUN 22 · Asian American Writer’s Workshop presents [VIRTUAL] Celebrating Pride with AAWW, a celebratory reading featuring Kay Ulanday Barrett, Chrysanthemum Tran, Diamond Forde, and Ryka Aoki on Thursday, June 22 at 7 PM ET. Free event. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/ykrd6kcj

🟢 JUN 23 · BIPOC only submissions of fantasy flash stories open for Lightspeed from June 23-30 and July 1-7 for all. Lightspeed pays 8 cents per word for original fiction stories of 1500-10,000 words; stories of 5000 words or less are preferred. They also consider flash fiction stories of 1500 words or less. ➡️https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/lightspeed/guidelines

⭐JUN 24 · Exercise Your Writes with Harold Hull on his recent experiences with the Horror Writer Association’s Mentor Program. Check the YouTube link for times in your area. SPILLING THE INK - YouTube

📚 JUN 24 · The AI-Assisted Artisan Author Webinar series by Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn will be available in multiple time zones and the dates are June 24, 25, 26, and July 1. The sessions will cover Attitude to AI, ethical usage, copyright, legalities, what it can and can't do (at the time of recording), How to prompt ChatGPT in the most effective way — designing your mega prompt, ChatGPT for fiction — brainstorming, world-building, character ideation, outlining, discovery writing, book titles, ChatGPT for non-fiction — book titles, outlining, topics, writing Sudowrite for aspects of fiction, ChatGPT for editing — plus, ProWritingAid, ChatGPT for book marketing — sales descriptions, social media, Midjourney — social media images, character portraits, book cover considerations, What's coming next in AI? (auto-GPT, text to video, and more) and a Q&A.These will be live sessions only but ticket-holders will get the recording. This two hour session costs £75. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/32x6rdh5

📚 JUN 25 · The AI-Assisted Artisan Author Webinar series by Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn will be available in multiple time zones and the dates are June 25, 26, and July 1. The sessions will cover Attitude to AI, ethical usage, copyright, legalities, what it can and can't do (at the time of recording), How to prompt ChatGPT in the most effective way — designing your mega prompt, ChatGPT for fiction — brainstorming, world-building, character ideation, outlining, discovery writing, book titles, ChatGPT for non-fiction — book titles, outlining, topics, writing Sudowrite for aspects of fiction, ChatGPT for editing — plus, ProWritingAid, ChatGPT for book marketing — sales descriptions, social media, Midjourney — social media images, character portraits, book cover considerations, What's coming next in AI? (auto-GPT, text to video, and more) and a Q&A. These will be live sessions only but ticket-holders will get the recording. This two hour session costs £75. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/3rwsa4t2

🔴 JUN 25 · Poet Lore will close to submissions of poetry written in traditional poetic forms such as sonnets, villanelles, sestinas, pantoums, ghazals, etc. Payment is $50 per published poem, submit up to 3 poems (maximum of 8 pages). Open to translations. Poet Lore nominates for both the Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets. ➡️https://www.poetlore.com/submit/

🔴💲 JUN 26 · Lighthouse Writers Book Project Fellowship covers partial or full tuition for a two-year program designed to help writers of book-length manuscripts. The deadline for applications is June 26. ➡️https://www.lighthousewriters.org/book-project-fellowships

📚 JUN 26 · The AI-Assisted Artisan Author Webinar series by Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn will be available in multiple time zones and the dates are June 26 and July 1. The sessions will cover Attitude to AI, ethical usage, copyright, legalities, what it can and can't do (at the time of recording), How to prompt ChatGPT in the most effective way — designing your mega prompt, ChatGPT for fiction — brainstorming, world-building, character ideation, outlining, discovery writing, book titles, ChatGPT for non-fiction — book titles, outlining, topics, writing Sudowrite for aspects of fiction, ChatGPT for editing — plus, ProWritingAid, ChatGPT for book marketing — sales descriptions, social media, Midjourney — social media images, character portraits, book cover considerations, What's coming next in AI? (auto-GPT, text to video, and more) and a Q&A. These will be live sessions only but ticket-holders will get the recording. This two hour session costs £75. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/5fv2u7dy

The next two weeks include:

• 13 newly opened submissions 🟢

• 18 submission deadlines 🔴

• 3 events for authors ⭐

• 9 reprint markets ♻️

• 2 education 📚

• 2 awards 🏆

• 3 grants 💲