Seeking Submissions from U.S. Women Writers for 3 Proposed Books
Guidelines also on: http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/announcements
1. Women & Poetry: Tips on Writing, Publishing and Teaching from American Women Poets
Foreword by Robin Merrill, Maine Poets Society President 2006-2007. M.F.A.
Stonecoast. With hundreds of poems published, some from her chapbook Laundry &
Stories (Moon Pie Press) were featured on Garrison Keillor's “Writers'
Almanac.” http://www.robinmerrill.com
Afterword by the editors of Iris Magazine, an award-winning publication of 27
years celebrating and empowering young women through provocative articles,
essays, and fiction pieces that are uplifting, inclusive, and literate.
http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/coreprograms/iris.html
Markets for women, why women write, time management, using life experience,
women's magazines, critique groups, networking, blogs, unique issues women must
overcome, lesbian and bisexual writing, formal education, queries and
proposals, conference participation, family scheduling, feminist writing,
self-publishing, teaching tips, are just a few areas women poets are
interested.
Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have proven the most
helpful. Please avoid writing about “me” and concentrate on what will most
help the reader. A question and answer format for interviews may be used.
2. Milestones for American Women: Our Defining Passages
Foreword by Carolyn Lesser, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, nonfiction
writing faculty; natural science children's books published by Harcourt, Alfred
A. Knopf; essayist, poet, photographer, keynote speaker, artist.
Afterword by Dr. Loriene Roy, 2007-2008 President of the American Library
Association. Professor, University of Texas at Austin, founder of "If I Can
Read, I Can Do Anything," a national reading club for Native American children.
Please consider sharing the important milestones, life changing events,
transitions in your life--material that would broadly fit the “Women's
Studies” genre that is highly readable, moving and relatable. There are the
passages that occur to us (for example, losing a loved one, having to relocate)
and then the passages we choose (such as getting a degree in mid-life, adopting
a child). Please focus on those pivotal moments and why they were milestones
for you.
This book celebrates our passages as women, from one moment into another, from
one door to the next. Often it is after the navigation, that in reflection, we
see that some of the most difficult are the ones we have learned the most and
have had lasting effects as well on those around us.
Guidelines for Women and Poetry and/or Milestones for American Women:
Step 1: send your proposed topics before writing articles to avoid duplication;
proposed topics must be accompanied by a 65-70 word bio with your present
position, location, relevant publications, career highlights for the
contributor page; please use POETS or MILESTONES on the subject line to
brackett-vincent@encirclepub.com.
Step 2:(if your topics are approved): deadline for submissions (by e-mail only)
is June 30, 2008. Again, please use POETS or MILESTONES in the subject line;
send to either Cynthia at brackett-vincent@encirclepub.com; or Carol at
smallwood@tm.net in a Word document (.doc format only) using 12-point font.
(Send to one co-editor only please; your submission will be acknowledged.)
Article specifics: word total for 1-2 articles based on your experience: 1,900
minimum; maximum 2,100. Two articles preferred. If submitting two articles,
please break them up fairly evenly in word count.
No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. Contributors must
be reside in the U.S. Books such as this can typically take up to a year to
compile. Contributors receive a complimentary copy and contributor's discount
on additional copies.
Co-editor Cynthia Brackett-Vincent is publisher/editor of the esteemed Aurorean
poetry journal; poetry instructor; award-winning poet; author of The 95 Poems
chapbook (2005) and contributor to Educators as Writers: Publishing for
Personal and Professional Development. In 2007, her poems received a citation,
honorable mention and second place in the National Federation of State Poetry
Societies, New England Writers and Maine Poets Society competitions. View
Cynthia at http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/editor
Co-editor, Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 19 books such
as Educators as Writers for Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited. An award-winning
writer, her work has appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary Review,
Iris, and several others including anthologies; chapbook, Pudding House 2008;
Educators as Writers, Peter Lang 2006;
and http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3575-3
3. U.S. Women on Family: Writing, Publishing, and Teaching Tips
Foreword: Robbi Hess, Journalist, co-author, Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000
Baby Names (Penguin Books); Editor, Byline Magazine
Afterword: Suzanne Bunkers, Professor of English, Minnesota State University,
editor of Diaries of Girls and Women: a Midwestern American Sampler (University
of Wisconsin Press)
This is a book not just on writing but tips for women writing about family.
Possible subject areas you might address include: markets; why women write
about family; using life experience; networking; blogs; unique issues women
must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals; conference
participation; family scheduling; self-publishing; teaching tips; family in
creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels.
Practical, concise, how-to articles with bullets/headings have proven the most
helpful to readers. Please avoid writing about “me” and concentrate on what
will help the reader. A question and answer format for interviews may be used.
Word total for 1-2 articles based on your experience: 1,900 minimum; maximum
2,100. Two articles preferred. If submitting 2, please break them up fairly
evenly in word count. No previously published or simultaneously submitted
material; no co-authors. No underlining, bold, all caps for emphasis.
Deadline: June 30, 2008
Contributors receive a complimentary copy and discounts on additional copies.
It is common for compilation of an anthology to take upwards of a year, but I
will be in touch with updates on securing a publisher.
Editor: Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 19 books such as
Educators as Writers (Peter Lang, 2006); chapbook, (Pudding House 2008); The
Published Librarian (American Library Association, forthcoming). My work has
appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary Review, Iris, The Detroit News,
several others including anthologies; Words and Images of Belonging co-edited
with the editor of the Aurorean is with an agent; a recent book is
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3575-3
Please send articles for consideration with a 65-70 word bio. Place FAMILY and
your name on the subject line, send to: smallwood@tm.net
Sample bio:
Suzanne Doe’s has been published in the Bellingham Review, Beloit Poetry
Journal, Passages North. Her M.F.A.’s from the Stonecoast Program/University
of Southern Maine and she teaches creative writing at Central Michigan
University. Her recent books include: The Mystery Woman (Random House, 2006);
Midwest Ski Slopes (Michigan State University, forthcoming). She received the
Kitty Maize Fiction Award, 2008. An avid skier, Suzanne organizes writing
workshops for Pine Arts Council.
Most publishers return rights to contributors after publication. Contributors
will be asked to sign a release from the publisher and therefore may agree to
the details of the contract or withdraw.
