Call for Submissions from Old Mountain Press

 Old Mountain Press (OMP) is accepting submissions for Holiday Cheer PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTORS ONLY OR SOMEONE RECOMMENDED BY A PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTOR. Previously published okay. Each contributor whose work will appear in this anthology can recommend TWO writers to submit to this anthology. Someone whose work you would like included with yours–maybe right beside yours:-).

See http://www.oldmp.com/anthology/holiday-cheer.htm here you will also find guidelines and the link to an online submission form.

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View camera-ready copy of all submissions accepted so far at: http://www.oldmp.com/anthology/review/holiday-cheer.pdf


Holiday Cheer’s THEME: Anything relating to the holidays:  Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, Valentine's Day or fall/autumn or winter.

I will accept submissions until noon on 15 October or when I have 70 contributors.

There is no reading fee, no entry fee, and no requirement for a contributor to purchase this anthology. As always, contributors will be able to purchase copies at a reduced rate. Previously published okay if you have retained rights.

Of interest to writers:
The Punctuation Guide. An excellent reference site! When to use em and en dashes and more!
https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/

ALL past OMP Anthologies are now available as Kindle and/or Nook. See http://www.oldmp.com/e-book/#anthologies  Feel free to pass the link to your friends and family!

Tom Davis
Publisher
Old Mountain Press
910-476-2542

View OMP eBooks for Kindle and NOOK at http://www.oldmp.com/e-book

Robert Brooks has an interesting bit of news

Dear Writers:

Here is a bit of news that came as a surprise: a short story was rejected by Kzine and I was working to convert to first person.  I checked another on-line site where it had been submitted and got some good news.

Quantum Muse, an on-line journal that requires three positive reviews by fellow authors before publication, indicated I had two reviews.  I figured I was just unlucky in that no third reviewer was interested enough to read.  Then I noticed that I had a message.  The message was that "Crystal Bears" would be published in the April edition of Quantum Muse.  I went to that issue and behold it was there:

Crystal Bears by R.R. Brooks.  Quantum Muse April 2018  (Click on the link or put http://www.quantummuse.com/story.php?RecID=864 in your browser.  This is a fantasy piece that explores how doubt can lead to belief.

Too bad I completed the first-person version because I realize now that the published version could have been polished.  At any rate, the moral is that you should check your messages.

Bob

R.R. Brooks

Author, Fantasy, Mystery

Justi the Gifted

The Clown Forest Murders

[www.brooks-authors.com]www.brooks-authors.com

News News News

Hello, Karen Paul Holmes here. I've been saving up news items, so here is a mishmash:

Give yourself the gift of time to write: Come to my all-genre writing class at the wonderful John C. Campbell Folk School, May 3-9. Locals may qualify for half-price tuition, so get on the list today! Bring a friend for any number of other arts/crafts classes offered that week -- it's like summer camp for adults.   https://classes.folkschool.org/class_details.aspx?pk=17708

Writers' Night Out will resume in April. We may be switching back to Friday nights, so please let me know your preference.

Some of you know that my dog Watson loves watching TV.
Well, he loves looking at my laptop screen as I type too,
and he's pretty good at grammar.

Have you Googled yourself lately? Recently, I was surprised to find that the poem "Rug" from my book, Untying the Knot, was included in a list of the Top 10 "Red" Poems by Tweetspeak Poetry on Oct 14. Go figure! You an read it and the other top poems using the color red here: http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2014/10/16/top-ten-red-poems/

I've been busy doing readings from my book and workshops, including the Georgia Poetry Society meeting in Gainesville, the Decatur Public Library (as part of the Georgia Center for the Book), and an upcoming reading with Michael Diebert (editor of the Chattahoochee Review) at Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta on Feb 11 at 8 pm. My book is available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback. If you'd like a personalized copy, please let me know. I'm running out of my supply, which is a happy problem for poets.

A new publication is accepting submissions: Sling Magazine. My poem about my mom and dad meeting in Australia during WWII is in the second issue (page 7) here: http://www.slingmag.com/

My mom and dad in Australia, WWII

As It Ought to Be featured two poems on their Saturday Poetry Series, November 15. You can read "Drawn into Circles" (my most published poem) and "Teaching Mozart in Stone Mountain Prison" here:  http://asitoughttobe.com/2014/11/15/saturday-poetry-series-presents-karen-paul-holmes/

OK, folks, I think that's it for the new news. Hope your writing will flourish in 2015.