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Got book? Let’s work together to make your beautiful work even better!

Got book? Let’s work together to make your beautiful work even better!
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I offer full manuscript consultations in all genres, drawing on my two decades as a writing teacher, more than ten years editing, and lessons learned in pursuit of publication of my own five, soon to be six, books.
 
My consultations are offered two ways, by correspondence, or in a three-day intensive one-on-one weekend totally focused on your manuscript at the beautiful and inspiring writers retreat The Porches in Norwood VA.
 
PM or email at carrollhackettma@gmail.com if interested 🙂
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Friday Call for Submissions Love! Posit: A Journal of Literature & Art

Friday Call for Submissions Love! 

Posit: A Journal of Literature & Art 

Posit considers submissions between September 1st and May 31st, via Submittable.

Posit publishes four issues per year of finely crafted contemporary literary and visual art. Due to the large number of excellent submissions we receive, we are currently reading for publication in mid- and late- 2016. We are looking for innovation, aesthetic vision, and accomplished craftsmanship. Our tastes are non-sectarian, with an interest in the experimental. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Posit considers only unpublished written work, and acquires first-time North American rights upon publication. Thereafter, all rights revert to the author, and the work may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgement to Posit is made. No such restrictions apply to visual art submissions.

  • Poetry: 3-6 poems, no line limits, but no epics, please.
  • Fiction and hybrids: 1000 words or less.
  • Visual Art: Please submit six to twelve jpeg images, an inventory list, an artist’s statement and a one-paragraph bio.
  • Film and animation: no longer than 3 minutes, please.

See Posit’s website for complete details.

 

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Another New Journal Seeking Submissions for Inaugural Issue: Courtship of Winds!

The Courtship Of Winds

Submissions accepted year-round.

“It goes without saying that we are looking to publish the best work. For details regarding submissions and a sense of the editorial direction of The Courtship of Winds go towww.thecourtshipofwinds.org.

We are interested in publishing “unknowns,” as well as well-established writers. A writer who has published absolutely nothing will be read the same way as a prize-winning “name” writer. Work that does something not seen before or, more to the point, makes us see differently—call it avant-garde, experimental, or what you like—is always welcome.”

 

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Special Sunday Call for Submissions! SubTerrain

 

SubTerrain

Issue #73 (Spring) – Theme: “SECRETS”

Deadline: February 15, 2016 (postmarked—can also submit online via Submittable. See their website for more info).

Poetry, fiction, nonfiction exploring the idea of secrecy. Personal, corporate, governmental, military—secrecy is used to cement personal relationships, to guarantee state security, to harbour knowledge. Some consider secrecy one of the main sources of human conflict. “We intend to open the doors on the subTerrain confessional.”

For submission instructions, see Writer’s Guidelines: www.subterrain.ca

 

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Friday Call for Submissions Love! New Journal: Mockingheart Review

 

MockingHeart Review

Deadline: December 1, 2015

Call for Inaugural Issue: Submissions for the inaugural issue of MockingHeart Review open November 1, 2015 and close December 1, 2015. We favor poems that express the complexities of the human heart in clear, precise, and lyrical language. Poems should call out to us, not let us sleep or turn away. Bring us poems that gleam and palpitate with intimacy. We seek visionary works that are visceral and that will leave us emotionally undone. We encourage poems that speak to the personal and political inasmuch as the political relates to the person/a. We accept poetry only. Prose poems are welcome.

Guidelines:

We accept poetry only. Prose poems are welcome.
Works that require extensive special formatting are discouraged.  Our apologies in advance.

Here is a .pdf of Frequently Asked Questions for submitting poetry that generally apply:  How to Submit Poetry

We seek works of the highest literary quality. We expect your best work in its final form.

We favor poems that express the complexities of the human heart in clear, precise, and lyrical language. We want poems that call out to us, that won’t let us sleep or turn away. Bring us poems that gleam and palpitate with intimacy. We hope for visionary works that are visceral and that will leave us emotionally undone. We encourage poems that speak to the personal and political inasmuch as the political relates to the person/a.

We believe metaphors. Entrance us with imagery that transforms. We are especially intrigued by imaginative language which melds the real to the surreal, and are pleased when this is done well through artful craft. We question reality. So should your poems.

We do not like poems that utilize clichés or are not finely wrought. We shy away from experimental verse, unless it appeals to our aesthetic and succeeds in moving us. We want works that convey meaning and possess emotional impact, or convince us there is no meaning to be understood.

We favor poems of shorter length, generally of a line length of 30. There is room for flexibility regarding this.

If you are unsure if your work falls within these guidelines, send it to us anyway. We will respond during the selection process and may be able to help to further clarify through conversation.

Your publishing history does not matter, but the quality of the work does.

Our issues will showcase only the best selected works. We will publish issues (3) three times a year.

Unpublished poems only. Simultaneous submissions okay, if the Editor is notified immediately of publication elsewhere. Expect to hear from us in less than (4) four weeks’ time.

Submissions outside of reading periods, unless solicited, will be ignored. If your work has been accepted for an issue, please wait six months before submitting again, within an open submission period. Also, please wait to hear from us regarding a submission before sending more work.

MockingHeart Review cannot pay our contributors at this time.  Rights revert to author upon publication, although MockingHeart Review reserves the right to anthologize, in printed or electronic format, material originally published here. If work that has appeared in this journal subsequently appears elsewhere, the editor requests MockingHeart Review be acknowledged as the place of first publication.

Submissions for the Inaugural Issue will open November 1, 2015 and close at midnight December 1, 2015.

Website: mockingheartreview.com.

Email: mockingheartreview@gmail.com

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Got Book? Let’s Make It Even Better!

I do lots of my group workshops, BUT

I also offer

One-on-One Manuscript Consultation and Editing in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Let’s get together and let me provide you with a weekend consult at the beautiful Porches Writers Retreat in scenic Norwood, Virginia, giving your manuscript three days of undivided attention!

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Got book? Let’s your beautiful work even better!

Check out the page for details! 

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Friday Call for Submissions Love! Twisted Vine

 

 Friday Call for Submissions Love!

Twisted Vine

Open for Fall Submissions

Deadline: November 15, 2015

Produced by graduate students in the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at Western New Mexico University, Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal is a multidisciplinary focused arts journal currently seeking literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, drama, cross-genre, and visual art for fall 2015. While we love prose with a strong narrative voice and poetry that highlights concrete images, we also appreciate non-linear and experimental work. Issues are published biannually online at the end of each semester. Please visit www.twistedvine.org for more information. We look forward to reading your work.

Guidelines

Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal is committed to showcasing undiscovered talent in the literary and visual arts. Twisted Vine seeks to publish an eclectic mix of ideas and values. We are open to all genres, though we have a special affinity for hybrid works that transcend traditional genres. The editors of Twisted Vine strongly encourage submissions that are interdisciplinary in nature (poetry about math is one example), progressive, and unexpected.

All written material submitted should be in Arial or Times New Roman 12 point font, double spaced, and adhere to basic guidelines of grammar and spelling (with obvious exceptions for creative license).

Twisted Vine reads blind, so we ask that you do not include any identifying information within your submission.  

Once a submission is selected for publication, the contributor’s name will be revealed to the staff, and additional information may be requested. We make every attempt to respond to all submissions within 2 months. Editors may provide specific feedback on works submitted but there is no guarantee.

Please limit submissions to one document, video, or collection of images per genre category at one time. If you are submitting poetry, please include no more than six (6) poems in a single document. If your submission includes more than one file, please use one ZIP file before submitting. Once you have received a response from us, you are welcome to submit again. We are looking for quality over quantity.

Twisted Vine is not interested in gratuitous sex or violence. Please keep all submissions “PG-13.”

We only accept original, unpublished material. We consider any work that is available for public viewing on social media, personal websites/blogs, or any other open source to be previously published.

If your submission is accepted elsewhere please notify us immediately by adding a note to your submission in Submittable.

Fiction Guidelines

Please limit short fiction to 4,500-5,000 words. Fiction genre includes but is not limited to romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, etc. We are looking to compile a diverse and eclectic body of work that represents the interdisciplinary theme of our journal. Stories should have strong narration, character development, plot, and so forth.

Creative Non-Fiction Guidelines

Creative non-fiction submissions are limited to 4,500 words. We are looking for eclectic submissions in this genre that compliment our cross-disciplinary focus. We are open to a broad range of material, however your submission must remain literary in essence.

Poetry Guidelines

Twisted Vine accepts both traditional and experimental poetry. We do not adhere to any specific guidelines for style or content and only ask that your poems reflect artistic excellence. We highly encourage poems that represent interdisciplinary themes.

Please submit no more than six (6) poems per document. Along with the written version of the poem, contributors are welcome to submit audio or video readings of their poetry for consideration on our website as well.

Art Guidelines

We accept original graphic art, photography, paintings/drawings, cartoons and all others forms of visual art in .jpg or .jpeg format. We are not genre specific, but will give preference to pieces that capture the spirit of our interdisciplinary theme.

You may submit up to six (6) images that represent a cohesive collection. If submitting more than one image, please title each image file with the same name and corresponding numbers (example: Carnival1, Carnival2, Carnival3, etc) and submit as a ZIP file. Editors reserve the right to publish any part or all of a collection submitted.

Interview Guidelines



Twisted Vine accepts audio, video, and transcribed interviews. Please limit all audio and video submissions to 10 minutes or less in length and all transcribed interviews to 4,500 words or less. Stylistically, we want interviews that discuss cross-disciplinary studies, literature, and, the arts at large. The edgier the better, but keep it above the belt.


Video Guidelines



We are looking for short, experimental videos with an interdisciplinary approach to artistic and literary subject matter. We are open to a wide range of possibilities in this category and will know what we like when we see it. We prefer videos under 5 minutes and definitely no longer than 10 minutes in length. Please polish your work as needed (before submitting) so that you are exhibiting the best of what you have to offer. Please, no unsolicited series, newsreels, or readings of unoriginal work.

For more on what we’re looking for, please check out our editor’s interview with Jim Harrington on Six Questions For…

Twisted Vine is currently a non-paying market.

Twisted Vine website: http://www.twistedvine.org/

Editor/General Questions:  twistedvine.ce1@gmail.com

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A VERY Special Special Call for Submissions: HeartWood: Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Why is this one special special? 

Because in the company of an amazing group of people, this Call for Submissions is coming directly from me!

😀

Allow me to introduce

HeartWood

an online literary journal in association with West Virginia Wesleyan’s Low-Residency MFA program, publishes twice yearly, in April and October. Our inaugural issue will go live April 2016.

HeartWood

 

General Submissions

We accept submissions year round through Submittable, and welcome previously unpublished poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, from both established and emerging writers.

What We Want:

We are interested in writing that pushes into, dares to reveal, its own truth, that takes emotional risks, that gets to the heart of the matter.

Simultaneous submissions are fine, provided you notify us if the work is accepted elsewhere.

We also welcome queries from Appalachian artists (writers, visual artists, musicians, performers, folk artists, etc) interested in being included in our Appalachian Arts section.

 

Submission Details

Prose submissions, fiction or nonfiction, should be 3000 words or less.

Fiction: Fiction submissions may include short stories, flash fiction, or novel excerpts if the excerpt can stand alone. You may submit more than one piece of flash fiction, as long as the total word count does not exceed 3000 words.

Creative Nonfiction: We’re open to a wide range of nonfiction, with the exception of academic articles, or that which would be considered more traditionally journalistic. Personal essay, memoir, lyric, literary journalism, or some blurring in between, are all acceptable.

Poetry: Poets should submit no more than 3-5 single-spaced poems at a time. Include all poems in a single document for upload. Lyric, narrative, experimental, we’re open to all variations of the poetic voice.

Surprise us. Make us think. Make us feel. Make our hearts race.

 

Appalachian Arts Interviews

We also welcome queries from Appalachian artists (writers, visual artists, musicians, performers, folk artists, etc) interested in being included in our Appalachian Arts section. We define Appalachian artists as an artist who is heavily influenced by the Appalachian region and its traditions, history, and people. At HeartWood, we are looking for artists who take these traditions and speak to them in a new and unexpected way.

To query about possible inclusion in the Appalachian Arts section: Submit the following in one document (doc, docx) through the Appalachian Arts link on our Submittable page:

  • Artist bio
  • Artist statement addressing what being an “Appalachian artist” means to you, how you uniquely define yourself as an Appalachian artist, and how your connection to Appalachia as you see/define it connects (or doesn’t) to your work.
  • At least one link to where artwork or samples can be seen/heard (artist website, other publications, YouTube, etc).

If we’re interested, based on the query, editors will email requesting additional information and work sample.

 

What We’ll Do

Submissions will be responded to within three months. If you haven’t heard from us after three months, feel free to inquire by sending us a note through Submittable.

If your work is accepted, HeartWood acquires first North American rights. All rights revert to the author upon publication, but we do ask for first publication attribution in any future publications. We also reserve the right to include accepted pieces in any future anthologies or promotions.

If we have passed on a submission, please wait 6 months before submitting again.

Submit here:

http://www.heartwoodlitmag.com/submit/

Write on! We can’t wait to hear from you!

 

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Special Thursday Call for Submissions: That, Brand New Litmag Wants Your Work

Brand New Litmag Seeking Submissions

That Literary Review

About THAT

THAT Literary Review is affiliated with the Creative Writing Program, the Department of English and Philosophy, and the College of Arts and Sciences at Auburn University at Montgomery. Published annually, THAT will be available online with print copies available at additional cost.

Submission Guidelines

All manuscripts should be in 12-point type, preferably Times Roman. All poems should be submitted in a single document. Fiction must be double-spaced, poetry single-spaced. Please send us your work as a .doc, .docx, .pdf, or .rtf file via the Submittable portal below. We do not accept submissions by post.

Our reporting time is three months; if you have not heard from us by then, feel free to query us at editor@thatliteraryreview.com.

The author’s name, address, telephone number, email address, and approximate word count should be typed at the top of the first page; all other pages should include the page number and the author’s last name in the header.

Fiction

We’re looking for excellently written fiction between 100 and 5,000 words in length.
It should be surprising, relentlessly engaging, fun, and humming with vibrancy. Include compelling characters, lively but minimal dialogue, and plots charting the unexpected.

Poetry

The poetry that we prefer is alive and idiosyncratic and that opens new vistas to the reader. We stay away from rhyming poetry, conventional forms, and love poetry unless brilliantly revisited. Three poems may be submitted (as a single document) at a time, with a total maximum of twenty pages.

General Guidelines

– We are interested only in work that has not appeared previously in either electronic or print format.

– Submit only one story or three poems at one time. If you have material under consideration with THAT, please do not submit additional work until you have heard back from us.

– Simultaneous submissions are permissible, but notify us if the work you’ve sent to us has been accepted elsewhere.

– It is recommended that all interested writers take a look at a sample issue of THAT. It really helps.

-THAT acquires first serial rights, including both print and electronic rights. Copyright remains with the author.

Payment

Authors published in THAT will receive a print copy of the issue in which they appear.

Website for That: http://www.thatliteraryreview.com/home.html

 

 

 

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Friday Call for Submissions Love! Houseguest: The Common & The Strange

Friday Call for Submissions Love!

Houseguest

About

Houseguest: House, Guest. As our name implies, we are interested in the juxtaposition of the common and the strange: the stranger that enters, that invades even as it’s invited, that may never truly leave. As a culture, we are ambivalent about houseguests, and ambivalent about ambivalence.

Here at Houseguest, we value ambivalence. We appreciate uncertainty. We espouse contradiction. We love thresholds—liminal spaces and surreal situations—and watching what gets through, what gets in. We welcome the Welcome Unwelcome.

We welcome anything you see fit to send us, provided it has not been previously published elsewhere.

 

Submissions

Houseguest is published three times a year in March, July, and November. We accept submissions year-round. We allow simultaneous submissions, but we ask that you let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Prose submissions should be typed, double-spaced, in an easy-to-read 12 pt font. Please limit your submission to 1000 words. Technically, we accept micro-nonfiction and flash fiction, but we aren’t overly concerned with categories. Be our guest: blur the lines.

Poetry submissions should be typed, single-spaced, in an easy-to-read 12 pt font, and formatted as a single document. Please limit your submission to five or fewer poems and include your contact information in the header of each page. All lengths and styles of poetry will be considered.

We acquire first serial rights for all work we publish. All rights revert to the author upon publication, though we ask for acknowledgement upon reprinting.

We currently accept submissions through our online submissions manager, known more commonly as email.

Submit to submission@houseguestmag.com

 

Website: http://www.houseguestmag.com/issue-03/current.php

Guidelines: http://www.houseguestmag.com/submission.php

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