Sexology: An Online Literary Journal of Sex Writing is seeking submissions for
its inaugural issue, which we’re hoping will be mid-May 2010.
We are looking for the highest quality fiction, personal essays, and poetry that
explores what sex means in our culture and on a personal level. This is not the
same as erotica, which can be defined as literature or art intending to arouse
sexual feelings. Sex writing may or may not have actual sex in its pages
(although it usually does, and it will often overlap with erotica in that it can
be arousing). Please no pornography (sex for sex’s sake), romance, or
journalistic articles.
Pieces should be no more than 2000 words.
Contributors are paid in gratitude and admiration.
Send submissions in the body of an email and as a Word doc to
<editors(at) sexologylit. com>
(replace (at) with @) Please include a brief bio as well.
CERISE PRESS (www.cerisepress. com): CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUES 5 and 6 (Fall/Winter 2010 and Spring 2011)
Cerise Press is open to submissions in photography, art, fiction and poetry, including translations in French, Chinese, and Spanish. (For other languages, kindly inquire first.)
We publish 3 issues per year.
Submissions are read year-round. All work accepted will be considered for our future print anthologies. We accept unpublished pieces, and on very rare occasions, previously published ones.
We read and consider each submission with care and integrity. Although it may take up to 2-3 months for us to reach an editorial decision, we’ll do our best to respond promptly to submissions and to general correspondence. After 3 months, please feel free to query.
Submissions
Include a cover letter with a brief biographical note, listing any recent publications you may want to mention, your name and contact information.
Submit 3-5 poems as a .doc or .pdf.
Submit 1 story (1-15 pages) as a .doc or .pdf
Submit 4-6 photographs and/or 2-5 works of art as .jpegs.
Please indicate any additional links/gallery websites for our reference. Translations should be accompanied with the original texts, brief biographical notes for the author(s) and the translator(s) , and a statement of the author’s or literary agent’s permission and approval.
E-mail submissions to <submissions( at)cerisepress. com> (replace (at) with @). Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us immediately at <editors(at) cerisepress. com> (replace (at) with @) upon acceptance elsewhere. Please do not send another submission until we have responded to the first one.
Currently, we publish only solicited essays. If you are interested in submitting essays, interviews, or in proposing other projects, write to us at <editors(at) cerisepress. com>
(replace (at) with @).
If you are interested in reviewing or sending a book, please visit our Books for Review page.
We look forward to reading your work!
Editors, <editors(at) cerisepress. com> (replace (at) with @)
Poetry Motel (publishing since 1984) is currently seeking submissions of poetry,
prose, and performance art for upcoming issues. Submit 1 – 3 pieces to
poetrymotel. org. We also accept submissions sent via regular mail (include a
Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope for our reply) to: Poetry Motel, P.O. Box 103 Duluth MN 55801. We continue to publish work by both new and established
writers.
Children are shaped by the places they live and the events they experience. This collection will gather work that documents how poets were shaped or influenced by growing up in one particular Midwest state. On its north coast, Ohio is a Great Lakes state where it shares a border with Canada; on the east and south, it is Appalachian mountains and foothills, forests and rivers; to its west, it flattens into the beginning of the plains, squared with farms. Demographically, Ohio has its rich cosmopolitan centers, its suburbs surrounding its cities, its bounty of small towns, its agricultural diversity from truck farms to family farms. Yet it also has cultural diversity and rich heritages that decorate the quilt that is Ohio. Poems of place and on characters might be especially welcomed for this collection. Name the people, places, brands, businesses, landmarks, institutions, locations that impacted your life as a child and your life as a poet. The collection will be edited by Robert Miltner of Kent State University and published by Pudding House Publications in Columbus, Ohio.
Guidelines:
Poets should have spent at least five years of their childhood in Ohio.
Beginning, emerging and established poets are equally invited.
Submit no more than four poems.
Include author contact information—name, address, phone number, email—on each submission.
Include a short contributor’s note (under 150 words) about your Ohio connection; keep publication comments brief.
No simultaneous submissions.
Previously published poems considered if poet holds copyright and publication information (journal, issue, year, page or website) is provided. No fees will be paid for reprinting.
Rights revert back to author upon publication.
Electronic submissions only.
Send submissions to (ohiochildhood( at)gmail. com) <replace (at) with @>. Put your last name first in the subject line, followed by “submission.” Attach your poem(s) in a word file AND paste the poem(s) in 12 point font in the body of the email.
Only submissions that follow the guidelines will be considered.
Deadline for submissions is EXTENDED to August1, 2010.
For questions, contact editor at <ohiochildhood( at)gmail. com> (replace (at) with @)Put “Question” in the subject line.
Thought the professional writers here and those aspiring to go professional could use a pick-me-up!
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Most working writers have bachelor’s degrees in English, journalism, or communications, but other degrees are acceptable in many industries if applicants demonstrate good writing skills. Many work on marketing, instructional, and technical materials; online journalism is popular, too. (Only a few writers pen bestsellers and award-winning screenplays.) Many writers work as freelancers, so business courses can come in handy as well. In-demand professional writers and editors can earn six-figure incomes. There are many opportunities, but competition is keen because many people want to enjoy this career.
Did you see agreat show that deserves attention, or meet an artist that you think should be introduced to ARTSHIFT readers? We welcome your articles and reviews. Let’s hear from a larger community of eyes and opinions.
There are just a few rules. We want only material that is original to the web. Subject matter must be the visual arts or artists in/or from Silicon Valley (from Palo Alto to Santa Cruz) –or, roughly, the South Bay Area. Any “conflicts of interest” that create bias should be disclosed in the article. The article can be short or long, but we do insist on a few good jpgs. to accompany the writing. The writing should conform to minimum journalistic standards for the visual arts and submit to editing when determined necessary by the Editor.
About Art Shift San Jose:
This collection of reviews, topical articles and artist’s profiles is where you want to be if you are an artist, art collector or art lover in San Jose and Silicon Valley. This is where you will find the most art news and discussion of exhibitions, art issues and controversy, and of course, artists. We want to fill the great void of media coverage that surrounds the visual arts in our area.
The visual art scene in San Jose and environs is a rich one, increasingly active and innovative, infused with energetic young artists, new exhibition spaces, and expanding artistic opportunities. The Silicon Valley visual arts happenings are one of those best-kept-secrets in the news, and it’s hard — even for insiders — to know what’s going on in all venues from the San Jose Museum of Art to Zero1, the San Jose ICA, the Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, WORKS, Anno Domini, Heritage Bank, Art Object Gallery, the Palo Alto Art Center, Bill Gould Design, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art, MACLA, the Arts Commission, the Art Ark, the Museum of Quilts and Textiles, and the Public Art Program, to name just a few.
ARTSHIFT, San Jose, has a diverse Advisory Board who have already proven themselves indespensable in the short life of this venture. You may direct comments and observations to any of them: Theta Belcher, Jade Bradbury, Stephen French, Kathryn Funk, James Morgan, Bill Kalageros, Sheila and Ralph Pickett, Fawn Powers, Jane Pryzybsz, and Ann Sherman. Kathryn Hetzner has joined us a the What’s Up Editor and Roan Victor as the Calendar/Events Editor.
