Submission Guidelines
The submission window for the Fall '09 issue of torches n' pitchforks will be from Septemper 15th 2009 - October 31st 2009. We will accept submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews from teen students nationwide.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted, as long as you let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere. Your submission must also include sending us two signed forms:
CONSENT FORM AND RELEASE This form must be signed by your parent/guardian if you are under the age of 18.
Original Work and Permission to Publish.doc This form must be signed by you.
Send these signed documents (AND ONLY THESE DOCUMENTS) via snail mail to:
Torches n' Pitchforks Online Literary Journal
324 E. 1st St, Prineville, OR,97754
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT VIA EMAIL IN A WORD.doc ATTACHMENT
With your e-mail, send a brief cover letter with your name, age, State of residence and your previously unpublished work with the appropriate label, POETRY, SHORT-FICTION, CREATIVE-NONFICTION, or REVIEW SUBMISSION in the subject line to:
SPECIFIC GENRE GUIDELINES
In addition to the above mentioned deadlines, forms and submission processes, torches n’ pitchforks has a fairly rigorous set of content guidelines. As you read this online journal, you may discover an emerging aesthetic. When you submit your original, and previously unpublished writing—whether fiction, creative nonfiction, reviews or poetry—please read the journal to get a feel for the kind of work that we publish. For Poetry, do not send more than 3 poems at a time, (or more than 6 pages, whichever comes first). Fiction and Creative Nonfiction submissions should have a tight narrative arc, and should likewise be 2,000 words or less. Your level of craft in the use of language, imagery, character and conflict will be of high interest.
Reviews should be 1,000 words or less, and
can focus on either music, books, film, art events, or other literary
journals. See the
link for a list of book titles and journals
from which torches n’ pitchforks would eagerly enjoy submitted
reviews. In your reviews, I want you to engage with the ‘hows’ in the
craft of the work being examined. Additionally, I want to know how this
work has implications for an artistic individual’s (or community’s)
evolving aesthetic.
Visual artists should send a sampling of their
work in the form of jpegs or .png files. I would love to see your
experiments with form and media here- whether it be painting,
photographic digital design, or some other unknown conjuring.
For all submissions, please do not send us the only existing copy of your work.
DISCLAIMER: While the aesthetic of torches n' pitchforks encourages frank poetry/prose/discussion on sensitive issues of teen concern, t n' p is not interested in publishing work with dead language, namely random or gratuitous profanity, nor does it choose to showcase works that glorify violence, sex or drug abuse.
COPYRIGHT:
Upon
publication, copyrights
return to and are retained by the Author or Artist with the following
provision: if your work is republished, in another publication,
anthology, or book collection, credit must be given to torches n’
pitchforks as the original publisher of the individual work.
