[The Atlantic Essay Submissions
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South Atlantic Review (SAR) is the quarterly publication of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA). SAR has a worldwide readership and is a forum for the publication of the scholarly and research interests of our membership.
At the time of submission, SAR requires all authors (including those submitting collaborative work) to have a current SAMLA membership. An author who has not yet joined or whose membership has expired may initiate or renew membership at the time of submission.
The editors of SAR welcome submissions of essays concerned with the study of language, literature, rhetoric and composition, and other topics of scholarly concern: essays must be in English. SAR also considers proposals for clusters of essays and full issues related to a specific topic.
The review process begins with an internal evaluation. Essays deemed suitable for further publication consideration are subject to external blind review by qualified referees. Editors determine the number of outside reviewers needed for a given essay; generally, there are two. The editors of SAR make final publication decisions. Editors will communicate with authors by email.
Please note: due to the amount of time and resources expended for the review of scholarly essays, SAR asks that authors not submit an essay simultaneously to other journals for publication consideration. Should SAR elect not to publish the work, our editors will endeavor to provide authors with a timely and detailed publication decision.
SAR does not accept proposals for individual essays: a full essay is required in order to receive publication consideration. Sections IV and V provide information regarding the specific requirements for submitting an essay. Essays should be submitted to Managing Editor at SouthAtla...@clemson.edu.
Proposals for essay clusters and special issues may include the essays or a selection of the essays; however, this is not required. Proposals should include the following details: name of guest editor(s) for the cluster or special issue; brief description of the topic; scholarly significance of the topic; names of authors and essay titles or topics (or, if there will be an open call for papers, please include a draft and any information regarding the circulation of the CFP). Send proposals to Editor Barton Palmer by email to ppa...@clemson.edu with a copy to the SAR editorial office at SouthAtla...@clemson.edu.
SAR requires standard formatting for all essays submitted for publication consideration, including those that are a part of an essay cluster or special issue. Essays that fail to adhere to these requirements will be returned to authors for reformatting before initiation of the consideration process.
Essays should be submitted as a Microsoft Word attachment to an email directed to the managing editor at SouthAtla...@clemson.edu. Please include your full name, affiliation, and preferred email address in the email, along with a statement of your SAMLA membership status. In the email, please also confirm that the manuscript is not currently being considered by another publisher, and has not been published elsewhere under this or another title.
SAR endeavors to administer an efficient review process for essays. There are times, however, when the review process can take longer than expected. Please see the estimated timetable below. If you have not heard from SAR pursuant to this time table, please contact the Managing Editor at SouthAtla...@clemson.edu to inquire about the status of your work.
Upon completion of the external review and editorial decision, authors will receive prompt communication by email regarding the publication of their essay. Please direct specific questions regarding the review process to the Managing Editor at SouthAtla...@clemson.edu.
When the author submits the final version of the essay for publication, the managing editor will communicate to the author the volume number and issue for inclusion on their curriculum vitae. Page numbers are not available until the time of printing. The timetable for copyediting, galley review, and publication will also be communicated at this time.
Because essay clusters and special issues have a guest editor, the communication and formatting process is slightly different from that of a single-essay submission. Guest editors serve as the primary contact for SAR and for the authors during the proposal, editorial review, and publication process. The guest editor will collect the essays and send them as a group to the SAR editorial office.
The Atlantic allows for unsolicited submissions. Do you still read stories from the slush? Can you comment on how many stories you publish from the slush pile in a year?
The Atlantic publishes fiction alongside politics, news, and culture. There are so few publications that do so these days. What does that say about the value of short fiction in your mind? For The Atlantic and others?
The value of short fiction lies, perhaps, in its capacity to ignite uncertainty and mindfulness into our lives, as well as remind us of the perceptiveness and artfulness of the storytellers among us. No magazine that I know of has made money publishing fiction, and where you find fiction in magazines you are seeing the work of editors who believe in its value as a complement to news from the marketplace and the battlefield, as a component of life informed and graced by aesthetic concerns.
Advice to new writers: avoid obvious spelling and grammar mistakes; check previous issues to discern desired length and apparent tolerance for rough language; see to it that, in your story, something happens; check the magazine for emphasis on realism, or a tolerance for other worlds; send manuscripts that are readable (double-spaced, paragraphed, one side of page only); attach SASE if you want manuscript returned or a reply; do not send rejection letters from other magazines.
At The Masters Review, our mission is to support emerging writers. We only accept submissions from writers who can benefit from a larger platform: typically, writers without published novels or story collections or with low circulation. We publish fiction and nonfiction online year-round and put out an annual anthology of the ten best emerging writers in the country, judged by an expert in the field. We publish craft essays, interviews and book reviews and hold workshops that connect emerging and established writers.
THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book contracts.
Please submit your best nonfiction and nonfiction only. I am interested in literary essays and memoir. Please submit only one essay at a time. Essays should be between 1500 and 3000 words. We may take up to eight weeks to respond but we will respond to all submissions.
I am interested in thoughtful essays, beautiful, intelligent writing, deep explorations, timelessness, and challenging conventional thinking without being cheap and lazy. I am interested in provocative work but we are not interested in senseless provocation. You don't have to cannibalize yourself to tell a compelling story. The essays in Unruly Bodies or that I have preciously published in The Audacity might give you a sense of what I like but I am always open to being surprised. I am not looking to publish anew what I've already published.
Again, I am only interested in nonfiction, which is to say no poetry, fiction, or anything else that is not nonfiction. I cannot stress this enough. I am only interested in nonfiction for the Emerging Writer Series.
ROXANE GAY BOOKS ACCEPTS submissions from both agented and unagented writers. This imprint publishes three (3) books a year, so when submissions are closed to unagented writers, it is because my slate is currently full.
I will consider novels, short fiction, memoirs, essay collections, and nonfiction. Most genres are welcome but my tastes skew to not only literary fiction but contemporary romance, and science fiction and fantasy. I am always open to being surprised but I will not likely be drawn to stories about sad white people marriages or autofiction. I am not interested in police propaganda narratives. Historical fiction, Westerns and the like will be a hard sell and there are other imprints that are a better fit for those stories. I am not currently seeking YA, middle-grade, or children's books. Only non-fiction will be considered on proposal.
Submissions will only be considered via Submittable. I will not consider e-mail submissions. I do not ever do business in DMs. I hope to respond within three months but may take up to six months.
There are few guidelines for the kind of essays I am looking for. i want nuanced, thoughtful work where the essayist looks both inward and outward. I am particularly interested in well-researched, voice-driven writing. Personal essays and cultural criticism are warmly welcomed.
Essay submissions of 6500-8000 words should be sent to the managing editor at southatla...@clemson.edu. At the time of submission, SAR requires all authors to have a current SAMLA membership and also asks that author not submit an essay simultaneously to other journals for publication consideration. Essay submissions first go through an internal evaluation; those deemed suitable for further consideration are then sent out for external blind review. Final publication decisions are generally communicated within 2-3 months of submission.
Proposals for essay clusters (3-5 related essays written by different authors) and special issues (7-9 related essays written by different authors, with a guest editor) should be sent to the managing editor at southatla...@clemson.edu and to Editor Barton Palmer at ppa...@clemson.edu. Proposals may include the essays or a selection of the essays; however, this is not required. Proposals should include the following details: name of the guest editor(s) for the cluster or special issue; a brief description of the topic and its scholarly significance; names of authors and essay titles or topics (or, if there will be an open call for papers, please include a draft and any information regarding the circulation of the CFP).
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