Literary Database Sponsors Flash Fiction Contest

Feb. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- Writers will want to enter their best short piece of fiction in Literary Database's Flash Fiction Contest  at http://LiteraryDatabase.com/contest.html .   Enter your flash fiction piece (maximum 250 words) for a chance to win the $50 first prize (along with a copy of Literary Database 2010), or a free copy of Literary Database 2010 for two runner-up entries. Deadline is May 1, 2010.  

Literary Database (http://LiteraryDatabase.com) is a submission database which was developed for writers of short stories, essays, and poetry to help them target and time their submissions to quality literary publications. This PDF database saves writers time and money. It focuses on two types of publications: good stepping-stone publications for new writers starting to build up their credits, and the premier journals of creative writing.


Check out a sample page of the database at http://literarydatabase.com/sample.html

NOTICE:  
•   The HOT LINKS that take you directly to the website for each listing.
•   How easy it is to see which journals submit to the Best American Short Story anthology (shaded entries)
•   How -- at a glance -- you can tell WHEN, WHERE and HOW to submit your work (snail mail, e-mail, or online submission manager).
•   Try the 'cut and paste' feature to lift addresses from the database.  No more mistakes when you type out addresses.
•   How the remarks give you important insight into what each editor is looking for.

"It's the submission database created by writers, for writers." Do you write short stories, poems, or nonfiction essays? Want to get published? Literary Database 2010  allows writers to quickly find the publications where their work may best fit, and to target and time their submissions. The simple, clear format makes it easy to see when the publications accept submissions, what they are looking for, and how to submit work for consideration.

Literary Database is an ideal tool for the ambitious writer just out of a college MFA writing program and looking to break into literary circles. To succeed, emerging writers need to build a resume. Short stories, poems, or essays published in prominent journals are important credits and are recognized by literary agents and editors as an indication of the quality of the writer’s work and commitment of the writer.

More information on the resource is available at http://www.literarydatabase.com/.

Literary Database has also developed a related website (http://www.conferencereviewsbywriters.com/) for detailed reports by writers on literary conferences.  Which conference is worth your time and money?  Writers report on conferences around the nation and let you know which ones were worth their time.

In addition, it has launched a blog (http://literarydatabase.wordpress.com/) with updates, commentary, and advice for writers on all aspects of the literary world.

For more, contact Literary Database at info@LiteraryDatabase.com, or visit its blog of short useful tips or the new site for reports on writing conferences.

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Literary Database is a resource, by writers for writers, for busy emerging authors who wish to improve their submissions, focusing on 350 of the most respected and active journals, in print on online, that publish short stories, poems, and essays.