05 November 2013

NOVEMBER writing and reading events and calls for work in PARIS France

Part I) Paris Events and READINGS by date in NOVEMBER 2013

Part II) Writing, and Theater Workshops in Paris this month

Part III) AMAZING News Reviews and Reviews News: publications, CALLS FOR WORK--including for 5 local Paris magazines and sites!

*Note: event and section III will be updated, so check back!
(IF YOU HAVE EVENTS, CALLS FOR WORK, etc for Dec 2013 or Jan 2014 please send those announcements as early as possible, and in the format of the listings below, to Jennifer K Dick at fragment78 AT gmail.com 

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PART ONE: READINGS and THEATER events in PARIS this NOVEMBER
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5 to 9 Nov. "Life and Times." Performed in English with French subtitles.  Nature Theater of Olahoma-USA. At Nouveau Theatre de Montreuil.  Reservations.  01 48 70 48 90  They are passionate performers. Singing, dancing and acting.  The show begins as a musical: on an empty stage, three women perform and sing about a young middle-class American woman. They are gradually joined on stage by other actors. 

6 to 23 Nov.  Robert Wilson / Mikhail Baryshnikov / Willem Dafoe - "The Old Woman. Performed in English & Russian with French subtitles.  Theatre de la Ville, Reservations  01 42 74 22 77

6th Nov 3pm Children’s Hour Bring your children (2-6 year-olds, siblings welcome too) to the library at Shakespeare and Company for an hour of music, songs, and stories in English (for all nationalities, even those who don't speak English). Led by the magic Kate Stables, mum and singer/songwriter from This is the Kit, this lovely event has become an institution. There will be instruments to play and a lot of noise to make! Four euros donation appreciated. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

7 Nov at 19h/19h30  Paris Lit Up Open Mic featuring contemporary poets and writers.  Culture Rapide  103, rue Julien Lacroix 75020 The Paris Lit Up Magazine is available at Shakespeare & Co.

7th November 7pm Reading of Touched by Grace by Gary Lucas (with music) We’re delighted to welcome world-class guitarist and Grammy-nominated songwriter Gary Lucas back to the bookshop to discuss his new book, Touched by Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley. He will also perform a solo set featuring songs from his musical collaborations. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

8-10 Nov : all day the 9-10 and from 10h the 8th : ART Book CONTEMPORARY DAYS Paris show and book fair with Yvon Lambert Gallery.
Vernissage vendredi 8 novembre à 19h PLUS Ouverture du vendredi 8 au dimanche 10 novembre de 11h à 19h AT : Topographie de l'art 15, rue de Thorigny - 75003 Paris

8th Nov 6pm Philosophers in the Library: BUDDHISM This month’s Philosophers in the Library will focus on the influence of Buddhism in American literature. With an emphasis on writers of the Beat Generation (many of whom were visitors to the shop), Ben McConnell will discuss the transmission of Buddhism from east to west through the vein of poetry and literature AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

10 Nov at 7.30 pm MOVING  PARTS presents a reading of a play by  George VanceSEIN KAMPF: The Hitler That Never WasWith The Habsburg Empire on the wane and the Vienna 1900 Renaissance in full flower, the unformed down-and-out Adolph struggles to forge his singular persona...An English language play based on documented but freely interpreted anecdotes from Hitler’s youth in Pre-WW I  fin-de-siècle Vienna. with MICHAEL MARICONDI,  ROBBIE NOCK, BETH JERVIS,  PIERRE KNOESEN, JOHNNY PALMER,  STEPHANIE CAMPION AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, Metro : Tuileries  

11 Nov from 8pm  SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.  Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/

12 Nov at 19h15 Ivy Writers with Arpine Konyalian Grenier, Jacques Rébotier and Peter Cockelbergh.  BIOS: JACQUES REBOTIER (né en 1950) peut être défini comme un créateur inclassable de par ses multiples activités : écrivain, poète, compositeur, comédien, metteur en scène. Il est l’auteur de nombreux ouvrages, entre autres, de Litaniques (2000) et Le Dos de la langue (2001) dans la collection « L’Arbalète » (Gallimard). Son théâtre est publié par Les solitaires intempestifs : Le Désordre des langages, 1, 2, 3 (1998-1999) ; Vengeance tardive (2001) ; La Vie est courbe (2001) ; Réponse à la question précédente (2002). « Son style est caractérisé par une constante proximité des marges et un malin plaisir à transgresser les codes. Ses créations, interpellations conviendrait mieux, sont tout à la fois point de vue sur l'état du monde, critique des rapports humains, travail sur la mécanique des mots, mais toujours parcourues d'une énergie joyeuse. Elles mêlent lecture-performance, concert-performance, poésie, photographie, montages vidéo, théâtre-installation... et s'articulent autour d'une écriture exigeante. Il fonde en 1992 la compagnie VoQue, dont le nom est un condensé de voix, invocation, équivoque. » Pour plus, voir http://voque-rebotier.blogspot.fr/ Peter Cockelbergh is editor of Pierre Joris—Cartographies of the In-between (Litteraria Pragensia, 2011), and translator of Boris Groys's Portrait de l’artiste en masochiste (Éditions Arkhê, 2013). Current projects include translation of Joris’ A Nomad Poetics, editing an online anthology of Deep Image(-related) writings, and co-editing, with Pierre Joris, the collected essays of Robert Kelly as well as a book on Robert Kelly (ContraMundum Press, 2013). Early November at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Peter will also be co-convening, with Franca Bellarsi, an international poetry seminar titled, Moving Back and Forth between Poetry as/and Translation: Nomadic Travels and Travails with Alice Notley and Pierre Joris. Arpine Konyalian Grenier’s poetry and translations have appeared in numerous publications including Columbia Poetry Review, The Iowa Review, Fence, Sulfur and Envoi. She has authored four collections of poetry, most recently, The Concession Stand: Exaptation at the Margins (Otoliths, 2011). The Phenomenology of Giving is a feature she recently guest edited for Big Bridge.  (Note: reading will begin promptly at 19h30 as the upstairs space is reserved by another group) AT: LE NEXT, 17 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris, M° Etienne Marcel. For more, join our CFB group at: or see http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com

12, 13 14 et 15 Nov à 19h30 American poet Michelle Noteboom has had a series of poems from her book UNCAGED as translated by Frederic Forte reworked into a spectacular performance piece in French by the group Choeur de Scène. Here is the information about that event: Voici une nouvelle occasion de découvrir la création 2013 de Chœur en Scène Attention : peut fournir des indices est une forme courte (55mn) pour 14 chanteurs-comédiens. Elle associe des polyphonies vocales de Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc et Thierry Machuel à des textes drôles et caustiques contemporains de Michelle Noteboom (traduits par Frédéric Forte), dans une mise en scène de Benoît Richter.  Télécharger le Flyer des quatre représentations à Anis Gras. Pour réserver votre place, contactez Anis Gras au 01 49 12 03 29. Tarifs : 8€ / 5€ En espérant vous voir bientôt, Emmanuèle Dubost, chef de chœur et directrice artistique Tél : 06 70 79 96 33 AT: Anis Gras, le lieu de l'autre au 55 Avenue Laplace, 94110 Arcueil (à deux minutes du RER B Laplace). http://www.choeurenscene.fr/actualites/actualites

13 Nov at 6:30 p.m. The Young Writers & Translators @ AUP Reading Series Jarrah Burns, writer and LCA major, will be hosting presentations of fiction, poetry, and playwriting by Venessa Weller (Masters of Arts in Cultural Translation), Lethokuhle Msimang, Claudia Galtes,  AT: AUP, Grand Salon, 31 av Bosquet, 75007

14th November 7pm Paris launch of The Last Kings of Sark by Rosa Rankin-Gee. We’re very excited to be hosting the Paris launch for a book and an author very close to our hearts. Rosa Rankin-Gee won the inaugural Paris Literary Prize in 2011 for The Last Kings of Sark, published this November by Virago. The Last Kings of Sark is a bewitching ode to youth, summer’s strange haze, the idea of an island, scallop smuggling, and rosé in the morning. A luminous debut from a compelling new voice in literary fiction. Rosa Rankin-Gee grew up in Kensal Rise, London, but now lives by the Parc de Belleville in Paris. In 2010, she was one of Esquire magazine's '75 Brilliant Young Brits'. Rosa runs a night-bird version of a Book Club, where up to 300 people come to swap books and drink cocktails in the former home of George Bizet. This is her first novel. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

14 Nov at 19h/19h30  Paris Lit Up Open Mic featuring contemporary poets and writers.  Culture Rapide  103, rue Julien Lacroix 75020 The Paris Lit Up Magazine is available at Shakespeare & Co.

14 et 15 Nov à 19h30 Last chances to see American poet Michelle Noteboom’s piece--Noteboom has had a series of poems from her book UNCAGED as translated by Frederic Forte reworked into a spectacular performance piece in French by the group Choeur de Scène. Here is the information about that event: Voici une nouvelle occasion de découvrir la création 2013 de Chœur en Scène Attention : peut fournir des indices est une forme courte (55mn) pour 14 chanteurs-comédiens. Elle associe des polyphonies vocales de Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc et Thierry Machuel à des textes drôles et caustiques contemporains de Michelle Noteboom (traduits par Frédéric Forte), dans une mise en scène de Benoît Richter.  Télécharger le Flyer des quatre représentations à Anis Gras. Pour réserver votre place, contactez Anis Gras au 01 49 12 03 29. Tarifs : 8€ / 5€ En espérant vous voir bientôt, Emmanuèle Dubost, chef de chœur et directrice artistique Tél : 06 70 79 96 33 http://www.choeurenscene.fr/actualites/actualites AT: Anis Gras, le lieu de l'autre au 55 Avenue Laplace, 94110 Arcueil (à deux minutes du RER B Laplace).

15 Nov From 7 to 9 pm  Concert American Songs with Take Three.  Dorothy's Gallery Ticketing 01 43 57 08 51  

16 nov 18.00/21.00 Exposition de tous les livres de La Camera Verde. Présentation des 30 livres de la série Cartella d’Artista: Alfredo Anzellini, Franco Belsole, Umberto Bignardi, Giovanni Cozzani, Alessandro De Francesco, Romina De Novellis, Gerardo Di Fabrizio, Francesco Forlani, Matteo Di Giamberardino, Luigi Francini, Massimo Fusaro, Elisabetta Gazziero, Marco Giovenale, Matias Guerra, Aram Kebabdjian, Olivier Kervern, Andrea Inglese, Anna Macchi, Franco Mancini, Pierre Martin, Grazia Menna, Raffaella Nappo, Gianni Nigro, Andrea Pacioni, Marco Perri, Nicola Ponzio, Paolo Mussat Sartor, Ilaria Scarpa, Zeno Tentella, Francesca Vitale, Caroline Zekri AT : Galerie Laure Roynette, 20 rue de Thorigny 75003 Paris

16 to 19 Nov.  Benjamin Britten  / Text by Martin Crimp.  "Written on skin."  Opera in English with French subtitles. Opéra Comique. Reservations 0 825 01 01 23 

18th November 7pm Celebration of The Cahiers Series (with special guests) The series just received this wonderful review in the Times Literary Supplement: http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1333562.ece  The Cahiers Series was launched in 2007 as an initiative linking the American University of Paris with London’s Sylph Editions. Its goal has been “to make available new explorations in writing, in translating, and in the areas linking these two activities”. To date 22 cahiers have been published, by authors as varied as Muriel Spark, Paul Muldoon, Simon Leys, Gao Xingjian, László Krasznahorkai, and Elfriede Jelinek. Join us to celebrate the series, in the company of translator Richard Pevear (author of cahier no.1), architect Vincen Cornu (no.11), translator into French Bernard Turle (no.19), and poet Jeffrey Greene and artist Ralph Petty (co-authors of no.20), as well as of the directors of the series Dan Gunn and Daniel Medin. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

18 to 19 Nov  "Hello Hi There"  (Digital Theatre) by Annie Dorsen.  Performed in English.   Théâtre de la Villette  01 40 03 75 75  Hello Hi There was inspired and is based on the correspondance and exchanges in the 1970s between the philosopher Michel Foucault et the linguist Noam Chomsky.

18 Nov from 8pm SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.  Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/

19 Nov: Andrew Davidson, the author of the amazing bestseller The Gargole and our writer in residence running the AUP Writers Group.  Introduced by Hynd Lalam. AT: the Grand Salon, AUP 31 av Bosquet, 75007.

19 Nov at 7:30 p.m. POETS LIVE with Rosarita Cuccoli, Bonny Finberg and George Vance.  Drinks at the bar from whenever you like, poetry starts downstairs at 19:30, sharp, please!  Rosarita Cuccoli was born in Bologna, Italy, in 1967 and has lived in Paris since 1999.  She writes both poetry and fiction and publishes in English, Italian and French. Her first collection of poetry, L’Amore Più Profondo was published in 1998. Poems from this collection were showcased at an exhibition in the streets of Camogli, on Italy’s Ligurian coast. In 1999, two of her poems in Italian were nominated for the Italian literary prize, Premio Miramare. Her second poetry collection, The Love of a Woman, prefaced by poet/critic Andrew Parkin, was first presented in 2011 at the Cambridge Society of Paris. Her novel, La Logica della Solitudine was published in 2004. Rosarita is a graduate from the universities of Cambridge (Magdalene College), where she took an M.Phil in International Relations, and Bologna, where she graduated with honours in Political Science, specializing in Development Cooperation. She has worked for banks, international organizations and non-profit associations in different countries. She teaches in France and writes for various publications.  Bonny Finberg, a native New Yorker, has lived in Europe, India and Nepal. Her work has been translated into French, Japanese and Hungarian. Her poetry, fiction and reviews have appeared in numerous publications and e-zines, including Le Purple Journal, Upstairs at Duroc, Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, The Brooklyn Rail, Evergreen Review, Ping Pong, Neighborhood, Best American Erotica, most recently the Unbearable Big Book of Sex as well as Lost and Found: New York Stories from Mr. Beller’s. Her article on the Three Kings of Klezmer is included in Jews: A People’s History of the Lower East Side, vol.2. Her chapbook of short stories, How the Discovery of Sugar Produced the Romantic Era (2006) is featured in the video 5 Guys Read Finberg. Déjà Vu, a poetry and photocollage chapbook, appeared in 2011. Her photography has been exhibited as well as published in print and online art journals. Her novel, Kali’s Day, is forthcoming and she is working on her second novel.  Born in Ohio, George Vance dictated his first poem to his mother at 5. Following a long hiatus of prosaic teaching gigs sprinkled with bardly syncopations, he turned full-time to poetry after tiring of translating verses posted in Metro cars by the RATP in Paris, where he has lived off and on for the last 30 years. He has also resided in Vienna, Aachen, Brussels and the French overseas possession New Caledonia (Kanaky), and now lives in Reims. He has read at numerous Paris venues and his work has been published in Upstairs at Duroc, Pharos, the on-line magazines Ekleksopgraphia, Nth position and Retort, and is a regular contributor to the poetry blog Rewords. His hybrid poetry volume A Short Circuit (including the poem series Bent Time) and a chapbook, Xmas Collage, were both published by corrupt press. Vance continues to work on text/image fusion and street art experiments. Carr’s Pub, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, Métros:  Tuileries or Concorde Next POETS LIVE reading will be Dec.17, http://poets-live.com

21 Nov at 7PM: UPSTAIRS AT DUROC, the Paris literary journal, invites you to a fiction/nonfiction reading in their series "Pause on the Landing" with writers ISABELLE SOLAL, LALA DRONA and MELINDA MAYOR. Bios: Isabelle Solal worked as a lawyer for several years and is currently a PhD student at INSEAD. She is the author of the novel In the Past Imperfect and several short stories. She was born in France, raised in the US, and has also lived in the UK, Belgium and Switzerland. Lala Drona is an American writer/artist whose current project location is Paris. Her latest publication of short fiction, “Gnaw,” appears in the horror anthology What Fears Become by Imajin Books. More about Drona can be found at www.basedonafact.com. Melinda Mayor is a writer and performer whose work has been featured in the online magazine France Revisited and on stages from Vancouver to London. As a singer, her voice has been called “100% musical firepower” (The Muse’s Muse) and she can currently be heard singing French chansons as a singing tour guide of Montmartre. For more of Mayor’s work, please visit www.MelindaMayor.com. Reading at: Berkeley Books of Paris, 8 rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris, Metro Odéon.

21 Nov at 19h/19h30  Paris Lit Up Open Mic featuring contemporary poets and writers. AT: Culture Rapide  103, rue Julien Lacroix 75020 The Paris Lit Up Magazine is available at Shakespeare & Co.

22nd November 7pm  Concert with Sam Amidon. Born and raised in Brattleboro, Vermont, Sam Amidon released his fourth album of radically re-worked folk songs this year on Nonesuch Records. ‘Bright Sunny South’ has been called “an interior, wandering journey through your own soul”, by none other than Sam Amidon himself. The album was produced by Sam Amidon in collaboration with Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) and legendary engineer Jerry Boys (Buena Vista Social Club, Vashti Bunyan, R.E.M.) and recorded in London. Sam Amidon himself not only sings but also plays banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar, and piano on the album. In addition to his solo albums, Sam Amidon has collaborated on performance pieces with musical polymath Nico Muhly, toured as part of Thomas Bartlett’s group Doveman and the Brooklyn band Stars Like Fleas, collaborated with Beth Orton, and embarked on a series of live shows with the guitarist Bill Frisell. Come along for a beautiful musical interlude on a cold Friday night…AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris

22 to 23 Nov  "A Piece of Work"  (Digital Theatre) by Annie Dorsen.  Performed in English.   Théâtre de la Villette  01 40 03 75 75 "Director Annie Dorsen and her tech-savvy compatriots have purposefully hijacked the text of “Hamlet,” computerized it, and then created a set of nightly variable algorithms (programmatic commands) that reshuffle the words, lines, stage directions and scenes of “Hamlet” into a new configuration each night." The Seattle Times 

25th November 7pm Simon Sebag Montefiore on One Night in Winter We’re thrilled to welcome best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore to speak about his new novel, One Night in Winter. Simon Sebag Montefiore’s history books are world-wide bestsellers, and are published in over 40 languages. Catherine the Great & Potemkin was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper, and Marsh Biography Prizes. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. Young Stalin won the Costa Biography Award (UK), the LA Times Book Prize for Biography (USA), Le Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique (France) and the Kreisky Prize for Political Literature (Austria), and is currently being developed as a TV mini-series. Jerusalem: The Biography won the Jewish Book of the Year Prize (USA) and was a number one bestseller in the UK. He is the presenter of the BBC TV series Jerusalem, Making of a Holy City and Rome, History of the Eternal City. AT: Shakespeare and Co Paris, 37 Rue de la Bucherie  75005 Paris  

25 Nov from 8pm  SpokenWord – open mic/scène ouverte: performance poetry, stand up, monologue, stories, beat poetry, sketches, songs, spoken word. Primarily in English but open to all languages. Your own original texts or favourite old texts – from Rimbaud to Dr Seuss, Beowulf to Gil Scott-Heron.  Sign up in the bar from 7.30pm for your 5 minutes of fame. Poetics begin underground from 8.30pm. Make the words come alive. Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes. Run by David Barnes & Alberto Rigettini. http://spokenwordparis.org/

28 Nov at 19h/19h30  Paris Lit Up Open Mic featuring contemporary poets and writers.  Culture Rapide  103, rue Julien Lacroix 75020 The Paris Lit Up Magazine is available at Shakespeare & Co.

Until 30 Nov. "39 Marches" by John Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock.  Performed in French.  Théâtre des Béliers Parisiens  01 42 23 27 67

Until 8th Dec.  "Au bois lacté"  ("Under Mil Wood") by Dylan Thomas.  Performed in French. (Under Milk Wood)  Theatre de Poche Montparnasse  




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Part II) Writing, and Theater Workshops in Paris this month or to sign up for:
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SING UP SOON: Please keep an eye out for enrollment for two exceptional back-to-back summer creative writing programs in Paris: The WICE Paris Writers Workshop hosted at AUP in late June and the American University of Paris Program in early July:  Summer Creative Writing Institute, now in its third successful year.  

IN NOVEMBER:
Words Alive O Theatre in English Classes & Workshops Paris 75001. OPEN TO NATIVE and NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS. Contact:  wordsaliveo@gmail.com  06 37 66 27 98 / 01 77 15 71 90

Fridays 20h-22h. 
Friday Actor Training & Performance Workshop Have an interest in Theatre?  Wish to meet an international circle of fluent anglophiles with a passion for theatre?  The workshop focuses on a selection of texts in English and leads towards the creation of an ensemble and production at the end of the year. Participants interviewed.  06 37 66 27 98  wordsaliveo@gmail.com 

Sunday 3rd November 12:30-2:30 pm.  Welsh poet Kate Noakes will hold an open writing workshop (in English) at Shakespeare & Company.  See link for details.   Suggested donation 10 euros.  

Sat 9th Nov (17h-19h) and Sunday 10th Nov (11h-15h).  Theatre Workshop in English Native & non-native speakers.  Creation of an ensemble through exercises on voice, breath and movement to explore excerpts from a text in English.  Address:  35, rue St. Roch 75001 Paris  M° Pyramides/Tuileries, Map
Fee Native speakers 40€  Info 06 37 66 27 98  /  01 77 15 71 90  wordsaliveo@gmail.com   For a list of all courses, see www.wordsaliveo.info

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Part III) News Reviews and Reviews News: publications, CALLS FOR WORK, new books and more!

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VOLT would like to read your poetry submissions. Check out our latest issue and if you feel like your work is a good fit for our publication, please send 3-5 poems of no more than 10 pages including a self-addressed stamped envelope to: VOLT c/o English Dept / Nichols 362 , Sonoma State University , 1801 E. Cotati Avenue , Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609. For more info see http://www.voltpoetry.com/ or their FB page.

NOW OUT : FRENCH REVIEW LIGNE 13 ! Announcing the « parution du septième numéro de LIGNE 13, que Francis Cohen et Sébastien Smirou ont pris, encore une fois, beaucoup de plaisir à réaliser. Au sommaire : Peter Bast, Sébastien Smirou, Jean-Michel Fauquet, Antonino Ferro, Arno Calleja, Virginie Poitrasson,Francis Cohen, John Rickman, et Jean-François Bory. Tous les détails sont disponibles sur : lignetreize.blogspot.fr En espérant vivement que ce volume vous plaira--Sébastien Smirou »

SUBMIT : to the Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award. Following upon Stacy’s spirit of creative invention and inventive creation; engaging wit and ingenious playfulness; discovery in construction; and radical appropriations based on classical forms, pastiche, etc. and love: the Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award will be given for a poem with a truly inventive spirit.  The award is $500 / Submission is for 1-10 pages by January 1, 2014 / Publication is in 14 Hills. Website: http://14hills.net/node/725 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/216335301859366/

SUBMIT and SUBSCRIBE to Belleville Park Pages : Released every 2 weeks at the cost of 2euros, the Belleville Park Pages are always excited to receive submissions. We print poems, short stories and essays. Submit work to: bellevilleparkpages@gmail.com with the subject ‘Submission’. Submission Guidelines: - 400 word limit on poems - 1000 word limit on short stories and essays - Pieces must be previously unpublished - Include the information you would like to be printed under: Name, Place, E-mail/Website *The Belleville Park Pages makes note on each publication that authors printed retain all copyrights to their work. To buy a sample copy or to see their blog, check out http://bellevilleparkpages.wordpress.com/buy-the-page/

NEW Magazine ZONE issue one is out! Get yourself a copy at: http://www.zonepoetrymagazine.com/#!product/prd3/1223512891/zone-poetry-magazine-for-shipping-in-europe And then consider submitting work for issue 2: Poems: Please send no more than six poems as an email attachment in Word or .PDF format. Essays should be between 500-3000 words. Essays and literary non-fiction considered.  Visuals: Please send all visuals in .PDF format. We have a particular interest in work that incorporates both textual and visual elements Full guidelines at http://www.zonepoetrymagazine.com/#!submissions/cihc

SUBMIT EXPERIMENTAL WRITING: THE 1ST ANNUAL Best American Experimental Writing (“BAX”) anthology, to be published in the spring of 2014 by Omnidawn, is open for submissions until November 15. Guest editor: Cole Swensen; series editors: Seth Abramson and Jesse Damiani. Submit 9 pages or 3 pieces for $9. For details, visit www.omnidawn.com/bax.

GET INVOLVED IN PARIS LIT UP, or keep track of what they are up to! ABOUT PARIS LIT UP, a site you can check into for MORE on PARIS : Paris Lit Up does not exist.* Or rather, Paris Lit Up isn’t any individual project or person. Paris Lit Up is the space between the independently run projects that trace its outline. Paris Lit Up shines as a constellation of these bright literary stars in the Parisian night. Paris Lit Up lives in the visible and invisible connections between these ventures and the groups that animate them. Paris Lit Up dwells somewhere deep inside each of these projects because they enrich and empower the people around them. Paris Lit Up aims to build this open community while nurturing the goodwill to collectively share and grow together. Paris Lit Up pulses through the rhizomes of shared practices, common spaces and cooperative spirit. Paris Lit Up explodes in the creative potential of the international literary scene in our beloved City of Lights, Paris. Paris Lit Up includes, reviews and lists events for: Barbara Beck – Co-editor of Upstairs at DurocLucy Binnersley – Reviewer for Paris Lit UpJames Bird – Co-editor of Belleville Park PagesWill Cox – Co-editor of Belleville Park PagesMissy Green – Reviewer for Paris Lit UpHelen Cusack O’Keeffe – Co-host of The Paris Writers’ Group and co-editor of PLU MagazineJennifer K. Dick –Curator of Ivy Writers Jason Francis Mc Gimsey –Co-host of PLU Open Mic, co-editor of PLU Magazine and web monkeyKate Noakes – Co-host of PLU Open Mic, host of PLU Writing Workshop and co-editor of PLU MagazineJulie Poole - Co-editor of PLU MagazinePansy Maurer-Alvarez -Host of Poets LiveEmily Ruck Keene – Special contributor to Paris Lit Up, Keene as Mustard and co-host of PLU Open Mic Bruce Sherfield – Founder and coordinator of MegaloManiacsDemian Smith -Founder and editor of Underground Paris Hassle us on Facebook, molest us on Twitter and join the fray with meetup for events, parties, readings and random outings.Got something to contribute ? Got a bone to pick ? Write us at: info@parislitup.com. For more information: http://parislitup.com

OPEN READING PERIOD for POETRY. Steel Toe Books, the hardest-working press in po-biz, is reading full-length poetry manuscripts in September and October. Guidelines at www.steeltoebooks.com/submit.html. Send c/o Tom C. Hunley, Director, English Department, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11086, Bowling Green, KY 42101.

PICAYUNE LITERARY Magazine accepts submissions from September 15 to December 15, annually, in short fiction (1,250 words max), flash fiction (250 words max), nonfiction and creative nonfiction (1,250 words max), poetry (3 per submission), and black & white line art. Submit writing as .doc and art as PDF to: picayunemagazine@yahoo.com or danielrmtz@nmhu.edu. More information at: www.nmhu.edu.

QUERCUS REVIEW PRESS Annual Book Award. $1,000 prize, book publication, generous royalties. Deadline: December 13. Send manuscript and $25 reading fee to Quercus Review Press, Dept. of English, Modesto Junior College, 425 College Ave., Modesto, CA 95350. New and emerging writers especially encouraged to submit. More info: quercusreviewpress.com.

SLAB (winner of AWP’s 2012 National Directors Prize) wants your on-the-cusp, interesting, and plain-out weird creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and text/image pieces. We love flash too. Reading period: late summer until December 1. All submissions read by mammals, not computers. Samples & more info at slablitmag.org.

STAGING GROUND MAG announces they have published online our first installment of Translation Caravanserai -- Melina Kameric translated from the Bosnian by Jennifer Zoble; Edmond Amran El Maleh translated from the French by Lucy McNair; and Kim Cheom Seon translated from the Korean by Matt Reeck and Angela Choi. Please check it out -- http://staginggroundmag.com/ Staging Ground Magazine also accepts submissions of translations and original work—to see more, look at their site or request info at:  info@staginggroundmag.com

2013 ALL ACCESS SCREENWRITING COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES! Our eleventh annual All Access Screenwriting Competition is now open for entries. You can choose to take advantage of an extraordinary opportunity for talented screenwriters to open the door to Hollywood and its deal-makers and have your work submitted to participating companies that have already requested our top three Winners. When we asked writers what they really wanted from a screenwriting competition the response was overwhelming, ACCESS TO HOLLYWOOD. We've taken this a step further to give THREE WINNERS unprecedented levels of industry exposure and access, plus some cool prizes and cash on top.There are also plenty of other opportunities and prizes to go around, with five finalist prize packages and random entry prizes. There's a lot of stuff just waiting to be won. Enter by October 31st and qualify for lower entry fees. Moviebytes users receive a 10% discount! Check it out at www.SellAScript.com

CHECK OUT and consider writing for FRANCE REVISITED: edited by Gary Lee Kraut, FRANCE REVISITED is an online magazine that publishes a wide variety of journalistic and creative approaches in exploring life, travel, touring and culture in Paris and throughout France. Written 50% by Gary, 50% by contributors, FRANCE REVISITED presents a fluent mix of information, insights, reviews, personal essays, interviews, commentary, humor, poetry and vignettes, as well as photography and videos. www.francerevisited.com. Like what you read? Want to contribute? Gary likes getting work by people who have a passion for a subject or are particularly creative in their approach to travel and place. Before sending anything, read the site, then see France Revisited's Writer's Guidelines if you are still interested in submitting material:  http://francerevisited.com/contact-2/write-for-us/

THE BASTILLE is looking for writing and art with a rong point of view for our 3rd issue. We want your Art - Photography - Poetry - Rants - Interviews - Articles - Prose – Stories - Opinion pieces - Documentary work (art, photos or words) – Journalism WRITERS (journalis, poets, ranters, orytellers, visionaries) Write about something you feel rongly about (passionate or angry). Something personal or political, about life or the world. And give us a twi. Be radical - reach down to the root of things. Why should the reader care? Experiment - Break your own mould - push your limits. Don’t do what is familiar and easy for you. Have fun. This could be an article, a rant, an interview, a poem, anything… it could be a mix of prose and other forms. ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS  Put your passion into your work. Make it about something personal or political, life or the world. Find something to say. Be radical, get to the root of things, take a side, document, have a rong point of view. Break your own mould - push your limits. Don’t do what is familiar and easy foryou. Experiment and… have fun. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Work  mu not have been published before. Simultaneous submissions ne if you tell us as soon as you get accepted elsewhere. Include a 50 word bio with your submission. Send to themag.paris@gmail.com [1] WORDS Send as an attachment .doc or .rtf [not .docx] Use Perpetua 12. Prose - send us 50 to 2000 words. Poems - send us up to 3 poems of up to 40 lines each. ART, PHOTOS Send as jpeg 300dpi Deadline 15th December