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Feathertale invites entries for their Egregious Mystery Award. Looking for pulp fiction-style short mystery with a humorous twist. Length: 2100-3500 words. Must contain both humour and mystery. Winning story will be serialized in The Egregious. Winning author will receive $150. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: August 15, 2008. More details...

Days Road Writer's Workshops (Newmarket, ON) invite entries for their memoir contest. First Prize: $75, plus a signed memoir. Length: 1000 words max. Theme: Summer Days. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: August 25, 2008. More details...

The We Are Many festival invites entries for their short fiction contest. Prize: $250. Length: 500 words max. Deadline: August 15, 2008. More details...

All Rights Reserved seeks poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, as well as literary stories told through visual art/photography from publishes works from emerging and established writers. Theme: Undone. Deadline: August 7, 2008. Six poems one story (2500 words) per submission. Payment: free copy. More details...

Stuff My Ear seeks submissions. Wants articles, interviews, information on releases, show info, etc. regarding the independent music scene in Canada. First issue to be published September 1, 2008. Deadline: August 15, 2008. More details...

Lantern Magazine is looking for poetry, comics, and art for their upcoming Halloween issue. Deadline: August 31, 2008. More details...

Poetics Noire (US) seeks poetry submissions The Poetics Noire: Volume I. Open to all ethicities. Deadline: August 1, 2008. More details...

The Malahat Review (BC) invites entries for their Creative Non-Fiction Prize. First prize: $500 and $40 per printed page. Submissions may be personal essay, memoir, cultural criticism, nature writing, or literary journalism. International writers also welcome. Length: 2000-3000 words. Entry fee: $35 (includes subscription). Deadline: August 1, 2008. More details...

New online flash fiction journal, Glossolalia is accepting flash fiction submissions for its inaugural issue (published September 2008). Optional theme: Deviation. 500 words max. Some submissions considered for Glossolalia's 2008 Summer Flash Fiction contest. First prize: US$200; second prize: US$100. No entry fee. Deadline: August 15, 2008. More details... Read the rest of this post

Buffalo Runs Press seeks submissions for its inaugural poetry series. Buffalo Runs 3poets publishes the poetry of three fresh voices from three different regions in Canada and places these poets into a critical conversation with each other. Submit 8-12 pages of poetry, 30 lines per page, as Word docs plus bio to [email protected]. Deadline: August 1, 2008. More details...

Writer (US) is compiling an anthology about those who consistently question authority and pay the price. Seeks poems and stories about negative encounters with people in power. No anticipated publishing date. No payment. Deadline: August 1, 2008. Send submissions to [email protected].

Memoirs Ink is looking for well-written personal essays based on autobiographical experiences, in any genre, for their 5th annual writing contest. First prize: US$1000. Length: 3000 words max. Entry fee: US$15. Deadline: August 1, 2008. More details...

Student-run publication Speculations Magazine (Ottawa, ON) is accepting submissions of science fiction (including hard SF, dystopian fiction, and other speculative works) and humour stories for its premiere issue (September 2008). Length: 500-5000 words. Deadline: August 1, 2008. More details...

Poetry, fiction, essays and artwork are sought for a new humour literary anthology: "Help Me Take This Mask Off" (anticipated publishing date: late 2009). Payment: standard writers fee (approx. $25-50). Open to Canadian writers only. Prefers Canadian slant to the work. No fan fiction or anecdotes about growing up with Star Wars. Submit fiction (1000-2500 words) and poetry (4 poems max.). Deadline: August 15, 2008. More details...

RATTLE (US) seeks poetry written by cowboys and Western poets for an upcoming issue. Also seeking essays on different aspects of Cowboy/Western poetry and history of the literary tradition. Deadline: August 1, 2008. Payment: 2 copies. More details...

The Malahat Review (BC) invites entries for their Creative Non-Fiction Prize. First prize: $500 and $40 per printed page. Submissions may be personal essay, memoir, cultural criticism, nature writing, or literary journalism. International writers also welcome. Length: 2000-3000 words. Entry fee: $35 (includes subscription). Deadline: August 1, 2008. More details...

As promised in a previous post, here are some real recipes for kids. Not a better resource than Lerner Books’ series of Easy Menu Ethnic Cooking. With over 30 titles representing countries all over the world, Lerner provides systematic, lively cooking challenges for responsible young chefs. Featured on the San Francisco Public Library Asian Heritage list, these small-format books offer good illustrations, manageable recipes and an appealing format.

The World Cookbook for Students, another great resource, targets U.S. students in schools where preparing an international dish is a regular assignment. Bobbie Kalman’s Multicultural Meals presents simple vegetarian recipes appropriate for elementary school kids to prepare (with supervision), including curry, pita toppers, greek salad, spinach quiche (with a prepared pie crust), and Thai coconut soup and noodles. Matthew Locriccio’s International Cookbook for Kids has a simple “On your Mark, Get Set, Cook!” format suitable for the somewhat experienced middle schooler. Mollie Katzen, well-known chef for grownups, has two vegetarian cookbooks, Pretend Soup And Other Real Recipes (with educator Ann Henderson) and Salad People and More Real Recipes. Both offer young cooking enthusiasts experience with counting, measuring, and other culinary skills and include advice for supervising adults as well.

Hope these books will inspire the kids in your life to cook up a real multicultural meal!