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THE SIMPLE RULES
* Once we resume reading, all of the usual rules will apply: * We accept essays of 750 words or less. Nonfiction only. * Clear, concise, vivid prose -- memoir, journalism, or lyric all welcome. Memoir and narrative are best told with scenes and detail, not explanation, and even the personal essay form benefits from image and sensory language. * Bernard Cooper suggests that short nonfiction “requires an alertness to detail, a quickening of the senses, a focusing of the literary lens, so to speak, until one has magnified some small aspect of what it means to be human.” * We agree. * No more than two submissions per author per calendar year. We have filled the upcoming issue and are now reading for the January 2010 and May 2010 issues. * Though we have occasionally paid a small honorarium in the past, most of the time we regretfully cannot. * If you are wondering, Do we only publish published authors? * Upon acceptance, we ask only one-time rights; all subsequent rights revert immediately to the author. A NOTE ABOUT ART: We are looking for artists and photographers who may want to be featured in future issues. As you can see by looking at the individual essays in Issues 27, 28, and 30, the artwork does not attempt to illustrate the essays but instead sits alongside the work with either no or merely a subtle connection. What we are looking for is distinctive, quality work. If you are interested, write to us at the address below. No need to attach work if you have a website. We'll visit the website. How to submit: We ask that you cut-and-paste your brief essay into the body of an e-mail, single spaced. Please include a brief bio note before the essay and indicate your approximate word count. Send the essay to:
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