Yay! Publication in one of my favorite journals!
So thrilled to be included in the Journal of Compressed Creative Arts from Matter Press 🙂 Thanks to the editors and rock on!
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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
Friday Call for Submissions Love! Sediments Literary-Arts Journal
Friday Call for Submissions Love!
Sediments Literary-Arts Journal
About
Sediments Literary-Arts Journal is a quarterly online literary journal that features work from new and emerging writers and artists as well as the established ones who inspire them. We understand how hard it is to get that first publication under your belt. The process can sometimes be disheartening. Unsure of what publishers really want, new artists can be blown with the wind, changing their aesthetic and losing their passion in order to conform to standards they think publishers want. Here at Sediments, we provide a platform where you can deposit your artistic style. We want your submissions to be compelling, thought-provoking, and force us to question our reality. We love diversity, and we are obsessed with controversy. Help us build a rock of unpublished artists whose voices are finally scratching the surface of the literary sphere. We accept poetry, flash fiction, short stories, and art.
Submit to Sediments
Sediments Literary-Arts Journal accepts poetry, short stories, and art. Accepted work will be published to the homepage every Sunday at 11AM, as well as be collected into a quarterly, digital zine. View previous issues here.
What We Want…
Art
- Please submit your paintings, illustrations, drawings, digital media, photography, etc.
- You may submit up to 15 pieces. We most likely will select more than one, and we want a lot to choose from.
- Include your preferred name, third-person biography, the preferred title(s) of your piece(s), and the medium you used (photography, acrylic on canvas, etc.) in your cover letter.
- Artwork should be high-resolution digital copies.
- Images of your artwork must be in jpeg, png, or tiff format.
- All submitted artwork will automatically be considered for the cover art of that issue.
Poetry
- Please submit 3-5 poems of any length (keeping in mind that shorter poems have a higher chance of being published) in ONE Word document (DOC or DOCX only).
- Separate ONE poem per page.
- We’d love to see prose/narrative or lyrical poems and poems that experiment with form.
- Submit your poems about anything. We accept poems on a variety of topics, humorous or serious. We’re not against love poems, but give those love poems some edge, something we’ve never seen before!
Fiction
- Please submit ONE short story up to 3,500 words or no more than THREE flash fiction pieces up to 1,000 words each.
- Flash fiction pieces should be in ONE document. Each story should start on a new page.
- Submit your fiction in Word documents only (DOC or DOCX).
- Your pieces should be well-written, adult literary fiction.
- Although we welcome genres like science fiction, horror, fantasy, and even erotica, your stories should be written within the scope of adult literary fiction with elements of the aforementioned genres very subtle.
- Formatting should be in 12-point Times New Roman or a font that is easy to read, with one-inch margins and double-spaced.
- Please include the word count in the top left-hand margin of the first page.
Read Current Issue of Sediments Literary-Arts Journal: http://sedimentslit.com/project-type/issue-four/
Hey Artists! HeartWood wants to hear from you!
Hey Artists! HeartWood wants to hear from you!
Check out the guidelines for our
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.
Complete guidelines here:
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.
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!
Two New Publications :-) Grateful to Generous Editors
My house concert tour isn’t over, but has been put on hold while my oldest sister, a tiny fierce woman named Andrea but whom we call Crickett because she’s only 4’9 and quick as all get out 🙂 and who has worked as a nurse for more than forty years, primarily attending to those at the end of their journey, those tender hands midwifing soul after soul after soul into the next life, has been battling cancer herself. Twelve years older than me, she wagged that little finger at me, touting her position as ‘the elder’ in our family now, and told me I ‘better not be neglecting that writin!’ So, while my travel has been limited mostly to running back and forth from Virginia to North Carolina, I have been sending these crazy lil prose pomes out into the world.
“A Chant Against Lonely” at Josephine Quarterly (This poem will be included in my book, A Little Blood, A Little Rain, coming out from FutureCycle Press in 2016)
http://issuu.com/josephinequarterly/docs/summer_2015_issue/5?e=6563413%2F14573219
The Girl Who Read the Land” at Sediments Literary-Arts Journal (This poem is included in my most recent book, The Night I Heard Everything, available now from FutureCycle Press)
http://sedimentslit.com/portfolio/the-girl-who-read-the-land-mary-carroll-hackett/
I’m very grateful to the kind editors who have made homes for some of them. ❤
Friday Call for Submissions: Spank the Carp: Wading Into the Stream
Spank the Carp
About
SPANK the CARP publishes unique, thought-provoking fiction and poetry that isn’t obscure or pretentious. Our goal is to invite readers to wade into the stream, not make them afraid of water for fear it’s too cold.
We look for tight, pithy Flash Fiction and Short Stories of any genre, including sci-fi and humor, except fantasy and erotica.
We also look for poetry that takes chances, including concrete or “shape” poetry.
NOTE: Each issue will include only four to six works, with a mix of fiction and poetry. There will be no set timetable; only when we feel we have a good variety will we publish an issue.
Guidelines
We publish fiction and poetry from any author including as yet unpublished writers or writers with only a few publications under their belt.
PREFERRED CONTENT
Any genre, including hard science fiction, though PLEASE no fantasy, erotica, or sappy romance. Humor is good.
Flash Fiction (around 800 words or less).
Short stories (around 6000 words or less).
Poetry that is lyrical, where you’ve paid as much attention to the sound of the words as to their meaning. Also concrete or shape poetry.
Regardless, we prefer works that cut to the chase, that are pithy, and have a sense of importance (without overdoing it). And by that we mean, you wrote something you felt needed to be written and put out there in the world.
CONTENT NOTES
Please DO NOT SUBMIT anything erotic, sexual, pornographic, or portraying gratuitous violence. Think PG-13, maybe PG-18. Also do not submit political or religious screeds disguised as fiction or poetry. Sensitive thought-provoking actual fiction that makes a general religious or political point, like something utopian or dystopian is okay, just no preaching. It won’t even be considered. Same goes with anything erotic, sexual, pornographic, or violent.
Anything you submit must be your own original creation. It must never have been published on any website or print publication that you do not personally own. If it has appeared only on your own blog or website or your own self-published printed material it is considered self-published. In this case, as long as you are the sole copyright owner, we will accept your work for consideration for reprint.
PAST PONDS ARTWORK and PHOTOS
I’m looking for images and photos that depict Carp and Koi in artistic and natural settings. See the Past Ponds page for examples. A one sentence bio will appear under your image or photo. Submission process, compensation, and terms are the same as for written work.
Submission Process
All stories must be submitted via email. We will respond as quickly as possible. Expect a 30 to 45 day turnaround time.
Please submit one short story, one flash, or two poems at a time. Simultaneous submissions are fine but please inform us if your submission is accepted for publication elsewhere.
Please include:
– A docx, doc, or rtf formatted document. For visual poetry, png or jpg only.
– A two sentence max description of your work.
– Do not send a formal bio. If your work is accepted we will contact you for a formal bio. DO however tell us whether you have been published before.
Email to: the_carp (at) spankthecarp.com with the word Submission as the subject.
Compensation
No compensation can be offered at this time. If accepted, your work will appear prominently on the home page, with a link to it’s own page. This can easily be linked to from a personal or other website. Also, since we seek quality over quantity, in the issue in which your work appears, you will appear with only a few other authors and not buried in a sea of screen clutter.
Terms and Agreements
If we accept your work, we ask for First Serial Rights until publication. After publication all rights revert back to the author. Also your work will remain in our past issues archives unless you ask us to remove it. Exceptions to these terms can be granted on a case by case basis, just ask.
Visit Spank the Carp here: http://www.spankthecarp.com/
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/
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/
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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