riverbabble
Summer Bloomsday Issue 19

Call for Submissions

Submission deadline: May 19, 2011
Publication Date: June 16, 2011

General Overview of riverbabble
riverbabble was founded as an on-line literary journal in the Winter of 2002 to publish fiction, poetry and essay. It is published by Pandemonium Press, which is dedicated to publishing and editing literary works. riverbabble is published twice a year—once in June, the Bloomsbury Issue and once in January, the Solstice Issue. We particularly look forward to reading work, which can be described as modernist: a story or poem, which focuses on the inner self and has a specificity as to geography, especially, to the landscape of the city. We look forward to reading work, which elevates the individual. While special attention is given to literature that reflects a modernist sensibility, riverbabble is broad in scope and embraces a variety of work.

Summer 2011

Theme: temptation & seduction

Deadline: May 19, 2011
Publication Date: June 16, 2011

We accept Poetry, Short Story, essay, Flash Fiction, and Review.

Send submissions to any of these email addresses:

riverbabble@gmail.com
leilarae2@gmail.com
doorknobs & bodypaint@gmail.com
pandemoniumpress@gmail.com

For this issue, we are especially interested in receiving poems using fire or water as image or metaphor. Fiction, any length, 250-2500 words.

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We welcome your submission to riverbabble.

General Guidelines

1. We accepts short stories (up to 2500 words), poetry (up to 30 lines), and criticism and review.

2. Poetry: submissions are limited to 30 lines, 3 poems. We consider all forms, but are most interested in Free Verse, Lyrical, Metaphysical, and Narrative.

3. Fiction: submissions are limited to 2500 words, 2 stories. We accept simultaneous submissions, however, if your work is accepted by another publication, please notify us immediately.

4. Essay: We are interested in all topics: individual writers, literary criticism, form, etc. Please do not confuse essay with review.

5. Reviews: We are interested in reviews of any poet or writer who has been published by riverbabble. We make exceptions in unique situations. Check with us. We do not have a reviewer on staff.

5. Featured Writer or Poem: Starting with issue 11, riverbabble has instituted a section of the journal for a Featured Writer. This includes a selection of the writer’s work, an interview, and biographical information. This usually occurs once a year.

6. E-mail: E-mail submissions are the only way we accept work. When sending an e-mail, put riverbabble, your name, and the issue number on the subject line (example: riverbabble, John Doe, #19). Send your e-mail to: us at riverbabble@gmail.com. In the body of your e-mail, place your name, address, e-mail, the title of your story, and bio (3rd person, 100-150words) at the top followed by your work. Use rich text. Rich text will save your formating. Be sure to use a standard font, such as Times Roman. Please, do not cut-and-paste from your word processing program into your e-mail message. Doing so can garble your work and often produces strange symbols.

7. Do not send stories as attachments. Do not send non-fiction or photo-essay submissions. Do not send stories in HTML text. We will discard them.

8. Notification: Writers receive notification of acceptance/rejection via an email form letter. Because of the volume of submissions we receive, we cannot provide personal responses or critiques for rejected work.

9. We do not return submissions.

10. Payment: riverbabble cannot offer payment for accepted submissions to the magazine. We do have a publication party and reading after each issue. Writers are urged to attend and read their work.

11. Rights: riverbabble receives first rights and permission to archive. Authors retain the copyright to their material. If an essay, poem, or fiction piece (originally published in riverbabble) is reprinted in another publication, the author receives 100 percent of any fee.

12. Any comments on this site, including reports on typos and broken links, as well as suggestions for improvement, will be gladly received at riverbabble@gmail.com.

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