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Epiphany Magazine- Call for Submissions
About Epiphany www.epiphanymag.com :
Epiphany: a celebration in writing is an online magazine and email newsletter dedicated to helping new authors break into the writing industry. We pride ourselves in allowing writers to gain the experience necessary to become successful. Epiphany will be published every month on the 20th of each month. The newsletter will be sent weekly and will carry mainly articles about the craft and the industry.
Because our staff is small, we rely on you the writer to bring us content. It is through this process that we hope to give struggling artist a place to gain experience and recognition.
General Information:
Epiphany welcomes any unsolicited submissions from writers, poets and artists. We publish fiction, essays, reviews, industry articles and poetry. However, we do not, at present, pay for submissions and we do not charge a reading fee. In return for allowing us to publish your work we will link to your home page or showcase site, and you will receive a byline. Unfortunately, because of cost, the Epiphany Guide to Publishing will no longer be given to submitters. Those who have submitted prior to July 20th will receive other forms of compensation. Sorry for the inconvenience.
We do not copyright any work that is sent to us because the writer retains all rights to his/her work.
Please do not send us work that has been copyrighted by any other publication unless you have retained ownership .
We reserve the right to edit any submission, not only for proper spelling and grammar, but also for content. We will discuss content changes with writers in advance of publication.
By submitting work to Epiphany, you acknowledge that your work may not be published exactly as it was written.
If, after reading our guidelines, you decide to submit to us, please do so in one of the two ways below.
You must adhere to the guidelines below or your work WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
What are we looking for?
Artwork
If you are interested in submitting artwork, please contact Karole Svitak at editor@epiphanymag.com .
Articles
Length: 500-1200 words, however, please do not struggle with reaching this length. We are more interested in content. Articles should be informative yet fun, and we like to keep things intimate, so please no sermon-like articles.
How-to Articles:
We are a magazine for writers, so we need articles that relate to writing. "How-to Write" articles are of special interest to us, but we are also interested in articles about writing/publishing experiences. Some sample topics are:
screenwriting format
writing a query letter
researching a topic
Technique Articles:
Technique articles refer to articles written about specific writing practices such as
using dialogue to define character
the use of time in the course of a story
the proper use of suspense
These articles should be written and submitted by only those writers who have sufficient knowledge in the area in which they write. In order to make these articles effective, please be sure to point out the following:
recent usage of the technique in mainstream media
significance
definition of the technique etc.
Book/Market Reviews
Length: 750 words
Book Reviews
To begin, be sure to include the Title, Author, Publisher, Genre, Age Group. A book review should give a general plot summary without retelling the story. After that you need to explore the good AND bad aspects of the writing. Try asking yourself these questions:
1. Did the writing hold your interest? What about it made you want to continue/stop reading? Explore the use of different techniques.
2. What would you have done differently? Would you have used less complicated language? Less flash backs? etc.
3. In comparison to other works of the same author/genre, how does this rate?
Your job is to critique the story not just as a reader but as a writer too.
Market Reviews
Generally speaking, these types of reviews tend to cover the changing trends in the writing industry. Please try to keep these articles up-to-date with the CURRENT trends.
Creative Writing
Poetry
We are looking for poetry that demonstrates the beauty of the written word, and therefore we are interested in poetry that is 20 lines or longer (max 500 words). Please no sappy, greeting-card type poetry. Only original pieces will be accepted.
Short Stories
Length: 8,000 Words (any thing longer may be used in serial form)
We do not accept any Fan Fiction ex. stories based on Star Wars, X-Files or other copyrighted ideas. We are looking for (not in this order):
Mystery/Suspense
Tasteful Erotica focusing on the art of the chase, the first time, realization of sexuality
Science Fiction
Personal Essays
Romance Stories
General Stories
Serial Fiction/Screenplays/Stage Plays
Must be completed works. If you send fiction it would help if there were clearly marked sections where you think the story can be stopped.
When, How, and Where to Send Your Work
Publish Date
No March Issue
April 20, 2003
May 20, 2003
June 20, 2003
July 20, 2003
Email
Attach a Plain Text File (.txt) or a Rich Text File (.rtf file) virus checked document to an email and forward it to the appropriate address below. If you do not know how to create a .txt or .rtf file, please email us at help@epiphanymag.com for instructions. Please underline all words that should be italicized. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HTML CODED PAGES, OR MS WORD DOCUMENTS UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OK. If you have a PERSONAL WEB PAGE and your work is posted there, send an email with the link to the page and the title of the work.
Submissions sent without contact information (email address and full name) will not be read.
DO NOT SEND YOUR WORK, EVEN POEMS, IN THE BODY OF YOUR EMAIL. IF YOU DO IT WILL NOT BE READ.
Send all submissions to appropriate address below.
Please put title, genre, and type of work submitted in the Subject. Failure to do so will result in your submission being deleted.
Allow two weeks for response. You will only be contacted if your submission has been accepted.
All Short Stories, Longer Serial Pieces, and Personal
Essays
Fiction Editor: Pamela June Kimmell
fiction@epiphanymag.com
Poetic Verse
Poetry Editor: Anastasia Clark
poetry@epiphanymag.com
All Non-Creative Writing i.e. Book Reviews, Market Reviews
Managing Editor: Kristina Kennedy
articles@epiphanymag.com
All Magazine Questions
Assistant Editor: Karole Svitak
karole@epiphanymag.com
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