Let me tell you a true story. It’s a horror story. A publishing horror story. The following is not for the faint of heart. I work at a social science press. We publish history, economic, sociology, psychology, and urban planning books (among others). On occasion, we publish memoirs but these books are usually the memoirsContinue reading “#1 Way to Protect Your Query Letter from an Upon-Arrival Trashcan Fate”
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Perks of Being A “Jersey Girl”
1. Cheap gas that someone else pumps for me 2. Jersey tomatoes (taste so much better than Pennsylvania ones) 3. Jersey corn (can you tell I’m thinking about summer and gardens?) 4. Jersey Devil Press, an online literary journal that has some really impressive content and one I’m looking forward to submitting to! (Thanks goContinue reading “Perks of Being A “Jersey Girl””
The Scoop on New South Journal
As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the rejection letters I got in the past month was for New South, the official literary art journal of George State University. I submitted a fiction story that I’ve been shopping around for two years now–a story I’ve fixed-up, reorganized, and rewrote at the recommendation ofContinue reading “The Scoop on New South Journal”
I Won and I’m Sharing the Prize with All of You!
I hope you all participated in the awesome free literary magazine contest Writer’s Relief hosted, took advantage of the super-discounted subscriptions, and are looking forward to a lovely journal coming to a mailbox near you! After a long week of form rejection letters (I’ll talk about some of them later) it was a welcome surpriseContinue reading “I Won and I’m Sharing the Prize with All of You!”
Dig into the Clapboard House Archive and Submit Your Stories!
Staying with the theme of our budget writing, Clapboard House Literary Journal offers a wide selection of excerpts from past issues on their website archive. So before submitting by their deadline–NOVEMBER 1st–get a taste of what they like.What They Want: short fiction sub-3,000 words or 3 poems. When They Want It: November 1st How TheyContinue reading “Dig into the Clapboard House Archive and Submit Your Stories!”
For All the Broke Writers: The Citron Review Lets you Read for Free
An original goal I had for this blog was to provide readers with information about the submission response times for literary journals and magazines I’ve submitted to in the past. However, I’ve noticed myself recently shying away from publications that don’t offer excerpts online; to read the journal and get a vibe of what theContinue reading “For All the Broke Writers: The Citron Review Lets you Read for Free”
The 4 Rules of Polite Simultaneous Submissions
I’ve read blog posts before where people claim that it’s “rude” or, at the very least, makes them extremely uncomfortable to simultaneously submit their writing to multiple journals or to multiple literary agents. This is ridiculous! Think about it. If you have submitted your manuscript to a single literary agent, the wait time is, perhaps,Continue reading “The 4 Rules of Polite Simultaneous Submissions”
Poll: Rate the Design of Cutbank Literary Journal
While doing my monthly examination of the New Pages [sorry, link won’t work right now] writing contest and call for submission boards (I do best submitting when I have a whole slew of journals and due dates in mind) I stumbled across a lovely journal called Cutbank. They accept fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. They’reContinue reading “Poll: Rate the Design of Cutbank Literary Journal”
Write a Tiny Essay, Win a Tiny Texas House
Tiny animals, tiny teacups, tiny anything, triggers cooing in most humans and I cannot resist saying “it’s so cute!” every time I look at this amazing writing prize. A Tiny Texas House is built of 99% salvaged materials. Basically, it’s an adorable, quaint, and rather small recycled house and you can win one if youContinue reading “Write a Tiny Essay, Win a Tiny Texas House”
Call for Emerging Western (Region, not Genre) Writers!
For all you writers in the great mid-West and Western sector of the United States who think they have a sense of humor, this themed call for submission is for you! Even if you don’t live there, have you visited? Think you can spin a good yarn off your experiences there? Western State Press, theContinue reading “Call for Emerging Western (Region, not Genre) Writers!”
Hannah Karena Jones 