Sunday, March 10, 2013

Call for Submiss Special Mother Issue Islands For Writers Due 15Apr2013

Call for Submiss Special Mother Issue Islands for Writers Deadline 15Apr2013

Call for Submissions
Islands For Writers Special Anthology
Featuring Mother Theme:
Poetry, Spoken Word, Letters, Short Memoirs, Creative Non-Fiction, Interviews, Art, Photography, Drawings, Comics, Cartoons, Multi Media, Audio files, Videos
Deadline 15April2013



Submission Rules and Regulations

Thank you for visiting the Islands For Writers website at www.islandsforwriters.blogspot.com. And the Expressionist's Oasis website at www.expressionistsoasis.blogspot.com. If you are interested in submitting to one of the upcoming anthologies, please follow the proceeding guidelines for the forthcoming issue.
Please email your submissions to islandsforwriters@gmail.com
We look forward to your submissions.
Islands For Writers Staff

We are currently accepting submissions for the following anthology:
Theme:
What do you love the most about your mother, grandmother, or the most significant mother figure(s) in your life?
Or
What do you like the most about being a mother? What makes you proud to be a mother?
We are looking for poetry, spoken word, letters, short memoirs, creative non-fiction, and interviews. We would like a diverse collection of interesting personal narratives. We welcome you to surprise us, engage us, dazzle us, enlighten us, and educate us. We hope you will consider participating in this call for submissions as both fun, nostalgic and containing very good memories. We encourage writers and artists to share the positive aspects of Motherhood and Mothers within their poetry, spoken word, letters, short memoirs, creative non-fiction and interviews.
We are also looking for mother themed art, photography, audio files, and videos for both our print and online anthologies.
All submissions will be considered for both the written anthology and online anthology. The best submissions will be featured in both.
The submission due date is 15April2013.

Submissions Rules and Regulations:
  1. Deadline for the Winter edition of the Islands of Writers Anthology is 15April2013.
  2. Name, address & phone number of the submitter must appear on the of the work submitted.
  3. Any pen name must be included within submission.
  4. Include in the Subject line of the email: the type of work submitted: Poetry, Spoken Word, Short Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction, Interviews. Only one email per submission. All cover letters, bios, and submissions must be submitted as separate attachments.
  5. For Short Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction and Interviews: Only one fiction or non-fiction work will be accepted and sent in an attachment. The maximum word count is 2000 words and not to exceed 10 pages in length.
  6. For Poetry and Spoken Word: Only one to five poems will be accepted. Each poem may have no more than 40 lines and the maximum length of all five submissions must be less than 10 pages in length. The poems may be sent in one email but each poem must be a as separate attachment.
  7. For Art: Include in the Subject line of the email: the type of work submitted: Art, Drawing, Comic, Cartoon, Photography. The file must be in .jpeg format and sent as attachments.
  8. For Audio and Video files: Include in the Subject line of the email: the type of work submitted: Audio, Video. The files must be in .mp3 and/or .mp4 format and sent as attachments. The maximum duration must not exceed 5 minutes for poems or son
  9. Please include a cover letter and a bio of 500 words or less and some interesting facts about yourself. You may include your website and/or email address. (If your submission is accepted, we will request a full color author photo for the anthology).
  10. Written work may be no more than 10 pagesin length.
  11. Written submissions must be in black, 12 point, Times New Roman font with 1’’ margins.
  12. The author's last name, submission title, and page number must appear in the header. For poetry (ie: Jones, 4 poems: “Hip”, “Hop”, “Rap”, and “Music”; 1) For all other written submissions (ie: Jones, “Hip Hop Interview”, 1)
  13. All written submissions must be in .doc or .docx format.
  14. All artwork is limited to 3 entries per person.
  15. Art and photography submissions must be in .jpeg format with at least 300 dpi or of a high-resolution nature.
  16. Poetry must be limited to 40 lines.
  17. We will not accept submissions which contain excessive profanity or descriptions of body parts.
  18. All work must be original and unpublished.
  19. Submissions are open to all who wish to submit their work for potential publication in the Islands For Writers Anthology.
  20. Islands For Writers reserves the right to refuse publication of any works submitted, for only the finest submissions will be accepted for publication as chosen by the staff of the Islands For Writers Anthology.
  21. The Islands For Writers Anthology is a literary and art magazine published quarterly, with special editions of that anthology published throughout the year. The content is generated by artists and authors who chose to contribute. The magazine is published by Islands For Writers Publishing House.
  22. Opinions and ideas expressed in the Islands For Writers Anthology are those of the artists and authors. The Islands For Writers Anthologies and their contents do not necessarily reflect the views of Islands For Writers Publishing House.
  23. All rights revert solely to the artists and authors upon publication.

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