Call for Submissions: James Brown Anthology

This is a shout out for help. Almost a year ago, when
brother James Brown made his transition, I posted the
following Call for Poems about the impact his
lifetime of music has had on anyone within the reach
of the call. To date the response has been powerful
but as of today-February 20, 2008, the number of
poems submitted for consideration number less than 50.

Poets we need at least another 150 poems, to put
together a strong anthology.

I know a lot of people hit this drum. I'm asking each
person who reads this call to stop and take a minute
to forward it to at least 3 people they know who are
either poets or who know poets.

If you belong to other listserves, consider helping us
out by posting this call on it if possible.

If ya'll don't have a James Brown poem-considering
writing one and send it to us. I realize all things
come in their own time, but on the practical
side-books like these have their time too-

May 6, 2008, will mark year the world's been without
James Brown. In his honor, get down-send us your James
Brown poems today. Peace, Mary Weems

Dr. Mary E. Weems invites your submission:

Say it Loud: Poems about James Brown. Edited by: Mary
E. Weems, and Michael Oatman. We grew up on James
Brown's hit me! When he danced every young Black
man wanted to move, groove and look like him. Mr.
Brown wasn't called the hardest workingman in show
business because he wasn't. Experiencing a James Brown
show was like getting your favourite soul food twice,
plus desert. His songs, like black power fists you
could be proud of and move to at the same time.
When Mr. Brown sang make it funky we sweated even in
the wintertime.

Losing him was like losing somebody in our family.
This is a shout out for poems about the impact James
Brown had on our lives. Poems that will help people
remember, honour, and celebrate his legacy. Don't be
left in a cold sweat, send us your old and new James
Brown poems today.

Submission Guidelines: 3-5 Unpublished and/or
published poems with acknowledgement included. No
longer than 73 lines Deadline: April 30, 2008
(Receipt not postmark) Send hard copies along with a
Word Document and short bio on a CD to: Dr. Mary E.
Weems / English Department / John Carroll University /
20700 North Park Blvd. / University Hts., Ohio 44118 /

Send via e-mail attachment (Word Documents Only) to:
mweems @sbcglobal.net
and mikeoatman@hotmail.com

Call for Submissions: Dark Hart Press

It is indeed an open call. Stories must be between 500 and 5000 words. The anthology can include stories that are horror, SF, or fantasy as long as they are scary, dark, and frightening...and written by a female. No female pen names, please. This is a women's-only project. The anthology will also include illustrations by female artists.

The Anthology will be published by Dark Hart Press for a release date in July 2008. Accepted stories are paid 1 cent per word (and, I believe, a copy of the anthology). This isn't a huge payment, but Dark Hart and Pretty Scary are both great places to get exposure. NOBODY, DH's first anthology, took Book of The Year from Spinetinglers in the UK, and their novels are making waves, all over the net and at horror conventions. Dark Hart, I should note, is one of my print-only publishers. This is not an e-book venue. Judy Comeau of Count Gore's site recently did an interview with Pam Marin Kingsley, owner of Dark Hart, and one of her authors, John Dimes. In addition, Heidi Martinuzzi (one of the ladies behind Pretty Scary) is a horror journalist, with a site that gets in excess of 350,000 hits per month.

Please email your story with a letter of introduction to
GabbyGoff@Pretty-Scary.net

in DOC or RTF file format to be considered.

You can also register at the Pretty Scary site and take this route to
submitting.
Gabby and company take 2-4 days to get back to you.

http://www.pretty-scary.net/fiction/user.php?action=register

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