Submit Submit Part 2...

More places to submit this summer...

The Collagist, a new monthly online journal accepting fiction (flash, short stories, novel excerpts), non-fiction, poetry

Zoetrope All-Story's Fiction Contest opens July 1st

Glimmer Train's Fiction Open Contest, deadline June 30th

let us know about your publications...

For Godot

I don't know if anyone has seen this, but I think it's really funny. I've been waiting who knows how long for an anthology like this to come out. And now I just can't wait to hold it in my hands. Unfortunately, they don't have any ordering information, so the wait could be very long. And I would also have to wait a long time to print the PDF, because it's over 3,000 pages long. So, yeah. Very cute.

Outrage and opinions and comments are in full swing over at the Poetry Foundation.

Join the fun.

Read for Phoebe

GMU MFAers: joining Phoebe as a fiction reader is a great way to get involved with a literary journal (on a smaller scale, or as a toe-in-the-water now if you think you'd like to become an editor later). It also offers an inside view to the kind of work submitted to journals, among other lessons . . . and it can take care of those required fiction project hours! If you're interested or would like more information, contact Fiction Editor Regan Douglass.

Our Stories Recognized

Our Stories, the online lit journal run by alum Alexis Santi, has received a bit of recognition from two organizations - 1) the folks at One Story, as part of their "Save The Short Story" project, wrote up a nice little feature on their blog, and 2) the storySouth Million Writers Award, the judges of which nominated "These People I Know" by Alex Stephens for the award. In May, Jason Sanford, publisher and editor of storySouth, will post the top ten finalists out of the many nominations and open the award up for the public to vote. Other nominations include stories from online journals such as failbetter.com, Blackbird, Agni, The Mississippi Review, and StoryQuarterly, so Our Stories is in good company. Good work to Alexis and his staff.

Latest Issues of Journals...For You

Over at Phoebe, we came back with quite the haul from AWP - here's a list of what we have. If you're interested in reading some of it, stop by, grab some issues, etc.

• Willow Springs #61/Spring 2008
• Quarterly West #65/FallWinter 20072008
• Passages North 29.1/WinterSpring2008
• The Yalobusha Review Volume XIII 2008
• Cutbank #68/Winter 2008
• The Hopkins Review Winter 2008 (first issue)
• Redivider Volume 5, Issue 1
• Santa Clara Review FallWinter 2008
• Portland Review Summer 2007
• Sonora Review #51

And others...I think those are the most recent issues. There might be more. I am tired of typing.

Hobart #8 is out, with Ryan's story

The latest issue of Hobart is out, with Ryan's iron lung story. Definitely support Hobart and Ryan by purchasing the issue (or a subscription) at Hobart

Keep me posted if you're getting published, online or in print!

Some New Journals

Just an alert for those interested in taking a look at some recent lit journals - over at the Phoebe and So To Speak office we've received the following:

• the latest issue of Gulf Coast, which features a special section of Donald Barthelme's collage art and such
• the Winter 2007 issue of Praire Schooner, out of the University of Nebraska
• the latest Mid-American Review
• and the recently redesigned magazine from the University of Memphis: The Pinch (formerly called River City)

Feel free to drop by the office if you'd like to "check out" one of these journals, or any other on our shelves for that matter - simply sign them out in the blue three ring binder.

Phoebe Resources

Another thing I've been meaning to mention to everyone: Phoebe, our literary journal, seems like a good resource for those of you interested in checking out what other journals are looking for. This can be helpful if you've got a story that you'd like to submit somewhere, but haven't had a chance to read enough journals to find a match. Ideally, it'd be great if we could all subscribe everywhere and then read everything, but that's not the case. And usually bookstores don't carry a wide variety of journals anyhow (on a related note: check out Stephen King's introduction to the latest Best American Short Stories for his take on this; it's excerpted here).

Phoebe, though, exchanges issues with quite a few journals, and as a result we've built up a decent library. Anyone is welcome to stop by our office (SUB I, 206A) to check out a few issues - please sign them out in the blue three ring notebook on top of the bookshelf.

Here's a list of what we've recently received in the mail:

• Zone3, Fall 07
• Santa Clara Review, Spring/Summer 07
• Indiana Review, Summer 07
• Crazyhorse, Spring 07
• Quarterly West, Spring/Summer 07
• Bellingham Review, Spring/Fall 07
• Hayden's Ferry Review, Spring/Summer 07
• Mid-American Review, Volume XXVII, Number 2
• Yemassee, Spring 07
• Alaska Quarterly Review, Spring/Summer 07
• West Branch, Spring/Summer 07
• Natural Bridge, Spring 07
• The Journal, Spring/Summer 07
• Prairie Schooner, Summer 07
• Willow Springs, Fall 07
• Sycamore Review, Summer/Fall 07
  

I suppose I could have put this in alphabetical order...

Phoebe Needs Readers

Dear Mason Fiction Writers:

Phoebe, Mason's grad-run literary journal, needs fiction readers for the 2007-2008 school year. We've just reopened our reading period and the submissions have started coming in.

Phoebe publishes twice a year; each issue generally has about 4-5 fiction stories, which we select from hundreds of submissions.

This is a good opportunity for fiction writers to see both the work that goes into a literary journal and the quality of writing that other authors are sending around for consideration.

Fiction readers also have the option of using their position at Phoebe to fulfill their MFA Project requirement.

If you are interested or want more information, please email me at as soon as you can.