Lots of good news! As some of you know, I had a story accepted by the national undergraduate literary journal, The Susquehanna Review, back in June.* This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the launch party for the 2011-2012 issue which means that: My short non-fiction piece, “What to Expect While Grieving forContinue reading “Published in The Susquehanna Review: “What to Expect While Grieving for Your Father””
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Submit to the Gary Fincke Creative Writing Prize
The competition for The Susquehanna Review’s Gary Fincke Creative Writing Prize is less steep than it is for other literary journals. Though it’s nationally distributed, it only accepts submissions from current undergraduates. As I’ve mentioned before, you want to submit to writing contests that narrow down the pool as much as possible, so if you’reContinue reading “Submit to the Gary Fincke Creative Writing Prize”
Hunting for Undiscovered Publication Paths
As I mentioned earlier, I was slammed with a load of rejection letters this week. This means that I need to start up the submission process again. However, I’ve kind of run out of ideas of where to send my writing. Does anybody have any recommendations for literary journals to submit fiction and creative non-fiction to? Or a resource that listsContinue reading “Hunting for Undiscovered Publication Paths”
What to Expect While Submitting to the Owl Eye Review and Palooka
I’m a strong believer in simultaneous submissions. So I’ve had this creative non-fiction short story, “What To Expect While Grieving for Your Father” that I’ve been submitting around multiple places for a month or so. It’s gotten three rejection letters–from New Delta Review, Owl Eye Review, and Palooka–and today [drum roll please!] I was notifiedContinue reading “What to Expect While Submitting to the Owl Eye Review and Palooka”
The “Writing What You Know” Rule is Baloney
A lot of you writers are probably throwing up your arms in disagreement at my sacrilegious statement. But honestly, fiction writing would be really boring if authors strictly stuck to writing only what they know. Books wouldn’t portray fantasy creatures that they concocted because they never experienced meeting one themselves. Can you imagine how awfulContinue reading “The “Writing What You Know” Rule is Baloney”
Lesson: You Can Get a Rejection Letter at Any Time
Despite the fact that it’s Sunday morning, I was able to wake up and smell the roses with a form rejection letter in the mail. A form rejection letter at that. [Depressed hang of head]. But at least we learned something from it, yes? Palooka: A Journal of Underdog Excellence Official submission response time: Continue reading “Lesson: You Can Get a Rejection Letter at Any Time”
Listen to Your Mother: Waiting By the Phone Never Gets You Anywhere
Sixty-five unopened emails greeted me. Not a single one was about my submissions. An awful great amount were from Victoria’s Secret and Barnes and Noble, warning me about last-minute sales. Lame. One was The Honors Review, announcing that the print version of this year’s issue are heading out in the mail this week (!!!) So,Continue reading “Listen to Your Mother: Waiting By the Phone Never Gets You Anywhere”
Mythbuster: The “Good” Rejection Letter
Believe it or not, there are two types of rejection letters: bad ones, and good ones. The bad ones are form letters, one that the editors obviously composed and mass sent out to authors, merely filling in the blanks for name and perhaps the title of the submission. Good rejection letters, on the other hand,Continue reading “Mythbuster: The “Good” Rejection Letter”
Hannah Karena Jones 