We
argued amongst ourselves for a while wondering whether we actually
wanted a submissions page. We suspect that like any good writer you
have looked at a submission page and simply clicked on, given that most
submission pages seem like they're asking you to assemble a nuclear
reactor. But we figured in the end, it makes sense to hang an OPEN sign
in the window and welcome any timid folk in from out of the cold.
So a few thoughts...
Poetry
-go ahead and send the standard 3-5 poems, bio (make it
interesting, Micah likes to read these first...we do not gurantee total
biographical accuracy if your work is accepted), etc., attached in a
.doc or .rtf preferably (if we can't open it, we probably won't read
it) to CartographerElectric@gmail.com. a wide range of work is probably
better than a narrow slice.
-we are very happy to be surprised, and would like to see anything that
is daring, interesting....there probably isn't much you can do that
will shock us, but hell, go ahead and try.
(Non/)Fiction-oriented Prose
-as Joel is the main fiction man, he suggests keeping the word
count limited to 1000 words. send a few pieces (same specs as poetry)
to CartographerElectric@gmail.com
-if you're really interested in giving us something longer to look at,
send a shorter excerpt about that size and let us know there is more
where that came from. we might bite. if you have something really
really really long (novella or longer) that might fit into the Press, please
tell us that as well.
Other Prose
-we do enjoy stimulating the academic portion of our bodies from
time to time (if you catch our drift)...if you're interested in an
example of this, see issue 1.
if you feel like you have something interesting to say, go ahead and
send it in. we do not have particular guidelines relating to this, as
we don't necessarily know what we want, but are open to the various
possibilities. even if we do not end up taking it, Micah knows a few
other places he might pass it along to (assuming it's good, of course).
And of course...that red-headed stepchild of Journals....Art
-email a .jpg of your work to CartographerElectric@gmail.com
-that was simple, wasn't it?
CartographerElectric@gmail.com