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New literary art arts mag, The Moose & Pussy (ON), seeks submissions with a focus on sex for their second issue. Submit stories, poems, essays, visual art -- "any sex that can be put to the page." Length: 2000 words max. Deadline: October 31, 2008. More details...

Frontenac Publishing (AB) invites poetry manuscripts for Dektet 2010: A Celebration of Canadian Poetry. Ten poetry books will be chosen for the series. Length: 65-85 pages. Selected manuscripts will receive a publishing contract, including a $1000 advance and royalties. Open to Canadian writers only. Deadline: October 31, 2008. More details...

Entries are being accepted for the 2008 Indiana Review Fiction Prize. Grand prize: US$1,000. Deadline: October 15, 2008. Entry fee: US$22 (includes subscription). More details...

La Scena Musicale, a bilingual, classical music magazine based in Montreal, seeks freelance pitches for its upcoming November issue. Preference given to critical analysis, literary journalism and other in depth articles by professional writers, musicians and musicologists. Theme: Higher Education. Length: 750-2000 words. Payment: 10 cents a word. Send a CV, writing sample and query letter to [email protected].

Narrative Magazine (US) is accepting entries for their 30 Below Story Contest. First prize: US$1500. Open to writers aged 18-30. Length: 10000 words max. Interested in narrative in the many forms it takes: the word and the image, the traditional and the innovative, the true and the imaginary. No entry fee. Deadline: October 27, 2008. More details...

University of Calgary's undergraduate-run magazine NōD is accepting submissions of poetry, prose, and visual art for their 9th issue. Open to undergraduate, emerging and established writers. Length: 2000 words max or 10 poems. Payment: contributor copy. Deadline: October 31, 2008. Send all submissions as an attachment to [email protected].

DESCANT is accepting entries for the 2009 Winston Collins / Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem. First prize: $1000; two honourable mentions, $250 each. Length: 100 lines max. Entry fee: $29 (includes subscription). Deadline: October 10, 2008. More details...

Earth Vision invites entries of short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetic prose and poetry for the The Earth Vision nature writing contest 2008. First Prize: $500. Theme: nature, deep ecology, or spiritual ecology. Deadline: October 15, 2008. Entry fee: US$12. More details...

RHYTHM Poetry Magazine, Atlantic Canada's online journal of metrical/formal poetry, is seeking submissions of 2 to 6 poems for its Fall/Winter 2008/2009 issue. Accepts only unpublished metrical verse. Deadline: October 7, 2008. More details...

More.ca, a Canadian site celebrating women over 40, invites personal stories for their "View from her" section. Women at midlife are invited to share pivotal experiences in their life. Until October 31, submitted stories will be eligible to win a $1000 prize. More details...

Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (Hong Kong, China), "the first and currently the only Hong Kong-based online literary publication," is now seeking poetry, short stories, non-fiction, reviews, drama, photography, and art submissions for its November 2008 issue. Deadline: October 1, 2008. More details...

RHYTHM Poetry Magazine, Atlantic Canada's online journal of metrical/formal poetry, is seeking submissions of 2 to 6 poems for its Fall/Winter 2008/2009 issue. Accepts only unpublished metrical verse. Deadline: October 7, 2008. More details...

By Kirsty OUP-UK

In the latest of my monthly Very Short Introductions columns, I have been speaking to Andrew Clapham, author of Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction. Andrew is Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. He has also been a Representative of Amnesty International to the UN in New York, and has written several books on human rights for OUP.

OUP: What has caused the recent backlash in Britain against ‘human rights culture’ and the Human Rights Act? (more…)

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