Two, yes two, announcements in one blog post — a new paying market for essays, and a book contest. Two separate announcements! What will these amazing blog people think of next?

Qu

Qu: a literary magazine is now open for submissions! Payment upon publications: $100 per prose piece, $50 per poem. Qu is produced by the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte (www.qulitmag.com) and publishes fiction, poetry, essays and script excerpts of outstanding quality. We will be accepting submissions through August 31st.

Stillhouse Press Nonfiction Book Contest

Prize: $1,000 + publication, 20 copies of book, and paid transport to a Fall for the Book event announcing publication.

We are requesting complete mss. of narrative non-fiction, either a collection of linked essays or memoir, between 60,000-90,000 words. Mss. should include a query letter and a synopsis with an overview of the work. For complete guidelines please visit: www.stillhousepress.org/contest

Finalists will be…