Markets and Calls for Submissions

No contests this week, just a few new homes for your writing.

Markets

Freelance Writing Jobs brings you 21 Poetry Markets and 16 Greeting Card Markets, including some general submission guidelines.

The Urban Muse offers up these 5 Unlikely Spots to Find Writing Markets.

Contemporary Verse, The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing accepts poetry submissions as well as poetry-related articles, interviews and reviews. Their submission guidelines are online. Be sure to check out their Resources page as it includes an extensive list of Canadian literary journals, writing organizations, online poetry sites and more.

Calls for Submissions

Chicken Soup for the Soul has many books in development that might be of interest to you, including:

• Christmas and Holidays, deadline February 28, 2010. 
• Devotionals for Mothers, deadline February 28, 2010. 
• Dieting and Fitness, deadline January 31, 2010. 
• Family Matters, deadline February 28, 2010. 
• Grandmothers, deadline March 31, 2010. 
• Grieving and Recovery, deadline March 31, 2010. 
• My Cat’s Life, deadline March 30, 2010. 
• My Dog’s Life, deadline March 30, 2010. 
• New Moms, deadline February 28, 2010. 
• Preteens, deadline June 30, 2010. 
• Teens, deadline June 30, 2010.

Check out their website for details and submission guidelines.