CALL-4-SUBMISSIONS: The Laurel Review

The Laurel Review prints poetry, short fiction, essays and reviews. Aesthetic schools don't matter to us; what matters is that the poem or story or essay presents a real investigation of the art and what it is to be human. We read from September 1 to May 1, and we try to reply promptly, though we don't always manage that. We prefer a submission be three to five poems or a single story. Please include a brief cover letter, and a SASE for our reply.

Send Submissions to:

GreenTower PressDepartment of EnglishNorthwest Missouri State University800 University DriveMaryville, MO 64468

In short, we want good poems and stories, we hope to be able to recognize them when we get them, and we print what we believe to be the best work submitted.

Best Wishes
The Editors The Laurel Review

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Coming April 4, 2007

SHALLA CHATS with Alice Andrews

“Biofiction Introduced”

by

Shalla DeGuzman

First of all, who’s Alice?


Alice teaches psychology with an evolutionary lens at the

State University of New York at New Paltz, and is the editor/publisher of Entelechy: Mind & Culture, an evolutionarily-informed interdisciplinary online journal. She is also the author of Trine Erotic, a novel that explores evolutionary psychology and other behavioral science themes.

Alice is currently working on a book (based on her essay with the same title, published at

Metanexus) called An Evolutionary Mind

(to be published as part of Imprint Academic's series: "Societas: Essays in Political and Cultural Criticism"), and plans to begin writing another novel soon.

only at:

www.shalladeguzman.com

What does Entelechy publish?

Heard of BIOFICTION?

Biofiction is not a neologism. (See below for its other uses and meanings.)

In the sense that I am using it, however, it is new; it refers to fiction or creative nonfiction that uses biological, neurological, psychological and/or evolutionary language and/or lenses. That is, a work of biofiction might explicitly deal with biological and /or evolutionary ideas, or it might incorporate biolanguage (see below). It may also do both, as my writing often, but not always, does.

For a while I used the term evolutionary fiction when writing about my own fiction and that of some others; but I soon realized that that term was too limiting (though I still use it in specific instances). At the same time that I felt evolutionary fiction was too restrictive, I was engaged in thinking about literature from a Darwinian and cognitive perspective and doing so primarily through a list called biopoets.

-Alice Andrews, editor, Entelechy: Mind & Culture

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Read Shalla?

"The Fish In My Bed"

by

Shalla de Guzman

Shalla LIVE! On MadHatters Review Issue 6

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And, ever dated someone from online?

E-Crush

by

Shalla de Guzman

now on Word Riot: good writing, no remorse

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Joyce Carol Oates, what a talented writer!

Have you read her short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

How about, The Assignation: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates

Editorial Reviews from Amazon.com

In 44 short narratives, "Oates has captured precisely an essential presence and instant in the lives of her characters," commented PW. " Logical as daydreams, with endings similarly as interrupted or unforeseen, these stories reveal a master of the form, writing at her efficient, full-tilt best ." Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews

Joyce Carol Oates and Literary Journals that Feature her work

And did you know???

Here's one run by Raymond Smith and Joyce Carol Oates ONTARIO REVIEW PRESS and Ontario Review.

For more: JCO

Like Experimental Fiction?

Check out Gertrude Stein and her use of Cubism

Tender Buttons: Gertrude Stein Online. in-depth literary analysis on Stein.
Gertrude Stein. Stein links.
Gertrude Stein Resources. A list of useful Stein links & info.
Gertrude Stein Collection at Bartleby.com. full text of Stein's prose poem "Tender Buttons" and her classic work of fiction Three Lives.
Gertrude Stein (University of Pennsylvania). A compilation of Stein original works.
Gertrude Stein Quotations (MemorableQuotations.com).

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CALL-4-SUBMISSIONS: Mid American Review

Mid-American Review is an international literary journal dedicated to publishing the best contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and translations.

Founded in 1981, MAR is an official publication of the Department of English and the College of Arts & Sciences at Bowling Green State University.

MAR is proud of its tradition of featuring the work of established artists. Writers such as Carl Dennis, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Linda Gregg, Yusef Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, Mary Oliver, Richard Russo, William Stafford, James Tate, Melanie Rae Thon, David Foster Wallace, and C.K. Williams have all appeared in MAR. But we also pride ourselves on our publication of new and up-and-coming writers, case in point our recent Unpublished Writers Issue.

Lastly, MAR is dedicated to introducing non-English speaking voices to our audience through our translation chapbook series. Work from MAR has been reprinted in The Best American Poetry, The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Pushcart: Best of the Small Presses, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, New Stories from the South, Poetry Daily, and Harper's Magazine.

MAR also sponsors the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award, James Wright Poetry Award, and Creative Nonfiction Award, as well as the Fineline Competition for Prose Poems, Short Shorts, and Anything In Between

Submission Guidelines:

Stories, poems, and essays will generally be returned or accepted within one to five months, depending on our publication schedule. MAR does accept and read submissions year round. As of now, we do not accept electronic submissions.

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Watched Shalla?

Shalla Now in MadHatters Review, Issue 6

Glimmer Train (a Top 10 Lit Journal)

Glimmer Train welcomes the work of established and upcoming writers.

We especially appreciate work that is both well written and emotionally engaging. Please let us read yours!

If it is chosen for publication in Glimmer Train Stories, you will be paid upon acceptance. Your story will be prepared with care, and presented in a handsome, highly regarded literary journal to readers all over the country (even a few in Ireland, England, and Australia).

If you've seen Glimmer Train Stories, you know that we go to some lengths to honor our contributors and their writing.

CLICK ON CATEGORIES, IN BLUE BELOW, for specific details on when you can submit work for each category, when you can expect to hear results, how much (if any) is required for reading fees, how much we pay for accepted pieces, and if there are particular restrictions, such as word count limitations.

In all cases: We are interested in original, unpublished pieces. We don't publish stories for children, and we don't publish poetry or novels.

Multiple submissions are okay. (You can send more than one submission per competition, if you like, or submit the same story for different categories, if it qualifies).

Simultaneous submissions are not okay, I'm sorry, especially in competitions. (It breaks our hearts to fall for a story we can't publish.)

We are happy to consider your stories whether they are submitted as competition entries or standard submissions. There are no reading fees for standard story submissions.

On the other hand, the monetary award paid to competition winners is more substantial than the already tidy $700 payment for accepted standard submissions, and agents seem to be on the lookout for competition winners.

ALL stories are read and appreciated and considered for publication by the same diligent readers either way. So relax and choose the category that suits you.

Please use our online submission procedure. Just click on the SUBMISSIONS button above to get started - it's easy and it saves postage and paper!

Please doublespace and use a 12 point font size to save our eyes; other than that, simple formatting is best for our system. See FORMATTING in the Need Help? Have Qs? section on the submissions page if you have concerns or questions.

To check results of any competition after the "results" date, go to www.glimmertrain.org and see the link to the Top 25 lists in the lower right portion of the page.

We are eager to see your work!

Please scroll down to view the categories and click on the category names for details.

Standard SubmissionsWelcome in January, April, July, and October. (Results within 12 weeks.)

Short-Story Award for New WritersEntry dates: Spring - February 1 through March 31. (Results on July 1.)Fall - August 1 through September 30. (Results on January 2.)

Very Short Fiction AwardEntry dates: Summer - May 1 through July 31. (Results on November 1.) Winter - Nov 1 through January 31. (Results on May 1.)

Fiction OpenEntry Dates:Summer - May 1 through July 15. (Results on October 15.)Winter - November 1 through January 15. (Results on April 10.)

Family MattersEntry dates: April - April 1 through April 30. (Results on September 1.) October - Oct 1 through Oct 31. (Results on March 1.)

Glimmer Train Press, Inc. • 1211 NW Glisan Street, Suite 207, Portland, OR 97209 USA

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Shalla writes for Article99

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LIST OF LITERARY JOURNALS

Granta (1 of the Top 10 Literary Journals)

The main guideline for submitting work to Granta is simply to read the magazine thoroughly and ask yourself honestly if you feel your piece meets our criteria. We receive many submissions every day, many of which are completely unsuitable for Granta (however well written).

Here is a list of things that Granta does not publish:

Academic essays, or essays about writers.

Book reviews.

Straight reporting or feature articles whose primary interest is immediate, i.e., stories whose relevancy will not last the life span of the magazine. We have a three-month lead between going to press and being published. The pieces we publish should outlast that period by several years (as the issues themselves do).

Genre fiction. That means: no Romance, Crime, Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Historical.

Poetry.

Travel writing without a story. Then we went to X and a funny thing happened, then we went to Y and another funny thing happened, etc. There should be a narrative focus, a point, a reason for you to tell us the story.
Any issue of Granta magazine will reveal stories or non-fiction that breaks one or the other of these rules to some degree. That's why it's useful to take a look at a copy and try and work out what convinced us about a particular piece.

Here is a list of practical things that will help us to deal with your submission:

Do not send more than two stories at a time.

Submissions should be made by post only. Faxes and emails are not accepted. Please don't send computer discs.

Enclose either a current email address or an SAE and postage:
International Reply Coupons if you are outside the UK (US stamps do not work from the UK. Sorry to state the obvious, but no one seems to be aware of this).

Please indicate (and enclose sufficient postage) if you would like your ms returned, otherwise it will be recycled if unsuitable.

Layout: please type in a plain, legible font on one side of the page.

Cover letter: a brief intro is fine.

Length: we have no length guidelines.

Timing: we aim to respond in three months. However, we have regularly exceeded this timespan, unfortunately, just so you are prepared for a potentially long wait. We do respond to every manuscript eventually.


When submitting fiction please enclose:

A covering letter, to introduce yourself and any relevant information about your writing history.

A synopsis describing the plot and themes of your book (in length anything between 1 paragraph and 2 pages).

The first couple of chapters/first 50 pages of your manuscript. If you have a printed book, then we will accept this instead.

A stamped addressed envelope and postage. If you are outside the UK please send International Reply Coupons.

Please indicate in your covering letter whether you would like the manuscript/proposal returned. If you do, then make sure that you enclose sufficient postage to cover the cost of its return, otherwise it will be recycled if unsuitable.

Submissions should be made by post only. We don't accept faxes, or emails, and please don't send us your work on computer disc.

We cannot take any responsibility for the loss of unsolicited submissions, though of course we make every effort to look after material we receive.
Please address your covering letter to Bella Shand and send your submission to:

The Submissions DepartmentGranta Books2/3 Hanover YardNoel RoadLondon N1 8BE

Due to the large numbers of submissions we receive, it can take some time before we get back to you. We aim to respond within three months, and we do respond to every manuscript eventually.