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Friday Call for Submissions Love! Oyez Review

Friday Call for Submissions Love!

Oyez Review

Submissions Now live!

Submission Guidelines

Oyez Review accepts previously unpublished submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction,poetry, and art. There are no restrictions on style, theme, or subject matter. Oyez Reviewis open for submissions from August 1st to October 1st each year, but please check each genre category, as certain genres may close earlier than others. The journal seeks First North American Serial Rights on all submissions, in addition to the requisite digital rights to distribute each issue of the journal as an e-book. Simultaneous submissions in any category are not accepted.

Format

All Manuscripts:

  • Standard font and font size.

  • 8.5″ x 11″ white paper is preferred.


Fiction and Creative Nonfiction:

  • Typed and double-spaced.

  • No strict length restrictions, but because of space limitations, we are unlikely to publish manuscripts longer than 15-20 pages (4,500-5,500 words).

Poetry:

  • Up to five poems, not to exceed ten pages total.

Art:

We feature one visual artist per issue, whose work appears on the front and back covers of the magazine and in an eight-page spread at the magazine’s center. We feature both color and black-and-white work. Please send us a thoughtful sampling of about thirty high-resolution images. We cannot consider work less than 300 dpi. We prefer to receive your work via Submittable, but if you are submitting by mail, please send your art on a CD or a flash drive, and be sure to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Do not send original artworks.


How To Submit

The annual reading period is August 1 through October 1. Submissions received before or after this period will be returned unread. Simultaneous submissions and previously published work will not be considered.

  • Or you can send your work via snail mail:

Oyez Review
Attn: Janet Wondra
Department of Literature & Languages
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605

If submitting via postal mail, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage for reply.


Need to get in touch?
If you have any additional questions, e-mail at: oyezreview@roosevelt.edu

Oyez Review Website: https://oyezreview.wordpress.com/

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Special Thursday Call for Submissions :-) Shapeshifting

Little Patuxent Review

Seeking Works that Witness Shape Shifting

Submissions

Little Patuxent Review will accept submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork for the Winter 2016 Myth issue.

Mythology both shapes and reflects culture—forming a bridge between individual and universal experience. How do you cross the bridge from past to present—or from individual to universal? How do you travel the mythic quality of life? LPR seeks works that witness shape shifting in micro and macro ways. Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel prize in literature suggests: “The writer who shuts himself up in a room and goes on a journey inside will, over the years, discover literature’s eternal rule; he/she must have the artistry to tell their own stories as if they were other people’s stories, and to tell other people’s stories as their own…”

Submissions are open from August 1, 2015 to October 24, 2015.

Little Patuxent Review is a community-based publication focused on writers and artists from the Mid-Atlantic region, but all excellent work originating in the United States will be considered.

Although our issues are organized around themes, we allow considerable leeway in how contributors interpret them in order to ensure access to the broadest range of high-quality work.

Submissions details here: http://littlepatuxentreview.org/

 

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A Lil Something Published at Life in 10 Minutes

Thanks to Valley for including me at Life in 10 Minutes  🙂

http://www.lifein10minutes.com/your-10/2015/8/11/brother-bill

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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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Sometimes YOU Are the Poem <3

Extra prompt for today

Line from the pome I just drafted this morning 🙂

“You are radiant
always, already, although you fail to believe”

Make art about how beautiful, how radiant, you are ❤

Radiance-L

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Special Tuesday Call for Submissions: A-Minor Magazine

Special Tuesday Call for Submissions

from the fabulous editors who brought out my book If We Could Know Our Bones

A-MINOR Magazine: Stories in the Chord of Am

Reading submissions for the September issue of A-Minor Magazine! Send your prose, poetry or artwork. Spread the word!

Editor Nicolette Wong says, “p.s. we have more room in the prose/fiction house at the moment.”

GUIDELINES/SUBMISSIONS

We’re now reading submissions for our next September 2015 issue.

Please submit in ONE category only. Prose and poetry should be pasted in the body of the email. If your poems require special formatting, you may send an attachment.

Simultaneous submissions are fine. Include a 50-word, third person bio. Longer bio will be subject to editing. Send your work to aminormagazine@gmail.com

Short Fiction/Prose: 1000 to 4000 words. One story/prose piece only.

Flash Fiction/Prose: 100 to 1000 words apiece. One to three pieces.

Poetry: Three to Five poems. Prose poetry and hybrid form welcome.

For fiction/prose, we are partial to surrealist, experimental and quirky writing. For poetry, we lean toward the lyrical, eccentric, ambivalent and wildly imaginative.

Art/Text: One to three flash prose pieces or poems, based on or paired with artwork by the writer or a visual artist.

Artwork: Two to five pieces of visual poetry, asemic writing or other post-literate variety. Preferences will be given to images that work as a series. Collaborations are welcome.

Prose and poetry must be entirely unpublished. Artwork may be previously posted on the artist’s web site or blog.

Please check out the list of selected back issues and features to get a sense of our editorial drift.

If your work has been featured in A-Minor, please wait at least six months before submitting again.

If your submission has been declined, please wait at least one month before submitting again.

A-Minor requires First North American Serial Rights and all archival rights. All rights revert back to the author upon publication. If your work appears elsewhere in print or online, please give due credit to A-Minor.

Send all questions to aminormagazine@gmail.com

Check out A-Minor Magazine’s Fifth Anniversary Issue here:

http://aminormagazine.com/2015/05/28/a-minor-magazines-fifth-anniversary-issue-4/

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I Forgot to Remember :-) Writing Prompt

7/27/2015

I forgot to post a prompt yesterday 🙂
So make art about forgetting.

 

forgot-remember

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Friday Call for Submissions: carbonate: Satisfy Your Read

Friday Call for Submissions: carbonate: Satisfy Your Read

carbonate

Deadline for Fall issue: August 31, 2015

About

carbonate is a quarterly literary magazine published online in January, April, July, and October. We accept submissions of poetry, essays, short fiction, novel excerpts, art, and photography year-round.

Originating in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, carbonate® is produced by The Foundry/Rocky Mountain Centre for Writing, a non-profit organization increasing access and visibility of the literary arts in the mountain regions.

We are seeking deeply human, fully realized work from far and wide, and always hope to include voices new to us and new to publication. We publish online: one story, one portfolio of poems, one essay or piece of narrative nonfiction, and visual art. Subscribers and selected contributors get the full edition electronically in a beautifully formatted, full color e-book.

We’re exceptionally partial to works that are well-written and engaging.

Please send us work that truly resonates and brings the reader to a new place. The online journal also publishes interviews with accepted authors and artists. Please inquire before submitting interviews.

We’ll take a look at everything, but boring work will probably not find a home here. Send us your best. Try something new. We might love it.

Deadline for Fall issue: August 31, 2015

Send your submission as an attachment to: carbonatemagazine@gmail.com

Put your contact information and a short bio in the body of the email.

Submission Guidelines

Short Fiction: 5,000 words or less.

Short fiction submitted to the magazine must be original and previously unpublished. carbonate considers work that has appeared online (including on blogs and Facebook) to be previously published.

All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced, with the author’s name, address, phone number, and approximate word count at the top of the first page, and numbered throughout and sent as a WORD attachment to the email address listed herein.

Send only your best work. Submit only one story at a time.

We are not accepting paper submissions at this time. All paper submissions will be recycled upon receipt.

All manuscripts must be written in English. Translations are acceptable, but must be accompanied by a copy of the original text.

Poetry: 3-5 poems (no more than 8 pages)

Novel Excerpts: 5,000 words or less.  You must indicate that your submission is part of an unpublished novel.  The ideal excerpt will be self contained in terms of characterization and storyline.  We will not print setups or explanations of what is taking place.  Your writing should embody a smaller version of the overall story arc.

Creative Non-Fiction: We draw heavily from unsolicited submissions. Our editors believe that providing a platform for emerging writers and helping them find readers is an essential role of literary magazines, and it’s been our privilege to work with many fine writers early in their careers. A typical issue of carbonate contains at least one essay by a previously unpublished writer.

We’re open to all types of creative nonfiction, from immersion reportage to personal essay to memoir. Our editors tend to gravitate toward submissions structured around narratives, but we’re always happy to be pleasantly surprised by work that breaks outside this general mold. Above all, we’re most interested in writing that blends style with substance, and reaches beyond the personal to tell us something new about the world. We firmly believe that great writing can make any subject interesting to a general audience.

Art: Please submit only 4-6 pieces per email. However, you may submit more than one email. We prefer to receive submissions digitally as JPEGs or PNGs sent via email to salidafoundry@gmail.com. Please make sure that your name and contact information appears in the body of the email. Each piece should be accompanied by the work’s title (if any), medium, and contact information should one of our readers want to purchase your work.

We are unable to provide critiques or feedback regarding art submissions or the selection process. If your artwork is selected for publication, you will be notified by telephone or email with further information.  If you do not hear from us in 4-8 week’s time, you should assume that your submission was not a fit for our publication at this time, but we will place them in our files for potential use in future publications. We do accept professionally presented pencil or pen/ink images.

Photography: The photography published in ‘carbonate’ is very high level, professional-quality imagery suitable for commercial purposes. If you are a recreational photographer/hobbyist, unfortunately your work will likely not be a fit for our product lines.

Submission Deadlines

The following publishing deadlines are set for the forthcoming publications.  If we receive a submission between deadlines, we will assume it is meant for the next issue.

October 2015   deadline August 31, 2015

January 2016  deadline October 31, 2016

April 2016  deadline February 1, 2016

July 2016 deadline May 1, 2016

October 2016 deadline August 31, 2016

Publication Rights

Simultaneous submissions must be marked as such, and you should notify us immediately in the event your work is accepted elsewhere.

We do not pay contributors for any work published in carbonate. However, accepted contributors will receive a 1-year digital subscription beginning with the edition your work appears in.

Upon acceptance, we acquire first rights for publication in our online magazine and one-time rights for pieces selected for re-publication. Following publication, all rights revert to the author. Should we desire to use your work in any other context (primarily, this might occur in an advertisement-type context), we will contact you via email requesting the appropriate permission.

Visit carbonate: http://carbonatemagazine.org/

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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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Writing Prompts Updated Daily!

Good Morning!

I’ve been on the road, home only three days in the last three weeks–whew! But now, I’m home and it’s time to get a little writing done!

Join me!

Check out my page of writing prompts, updated daily!

Get that beautiful write on, y’all!

https://marycarrollhackett.com/writing-prompts/

Happy writing!

xo

Mary

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