CALL FOR wo/manuscripts

"Some philosophies, physical and metaphysical both, hold time an illusion,
a misperception, a trick of the mind, only a tracing of the real but not the real itself.
Sitting here, I believe them, sitting here, I doubt."
--Tom Lynch

Coyote meets Corrina

could be the title of your book.
Maybe not. Either way.
Send it to us. To see if it becomes
winner of Sandy Lee Marie Prize.
Or is it a contest?

Hmm...well in the old fashioned sense of choosing what we love the best it is a contest.

But we don't like competitions so we like to call it a prize.
and in the spirit of poetry highway everyone who sends us their work will receive a giveaway.
Prize here means being published, distributed, loved by Embers.
and if we receive more than $600 reading fees, we will publish TWO books.
you see?

So. It is not a prize in the sense that you send us a book already published.

We publish what we love the best...of that which comes to us for Sandy Lee.

But who is Sandy Lee and why this?
because time undoes what memories allow...

Okay. So. Being published
There will be a release party, regional book tours and...
$600 stipend while in production

Yes. ...Sandy prize gets your book in print.
Circulated and loved by us. Embers.
So. Here are the details for submitting your full-length book to us:

Pub Date: Fall 2007
Deadline date for submissions: Dec. 1, 2006
promoted/distributed via Wild Embers Collective.

THEME: environmental activism; first-hand experiences with working to protect Earth from all that humans forget to remember; emphasis on release from patriarchy/dominator reality, honoring of the feminine (see our philosophy page for more info) prefer stories/writing based in s. oregon/n. california bioregion but all Earth regions esp. Western Pa. will be loved. we are also looking for work which is infused with vision which prevailed during the 1960's. Work which which is like a rally in the streets of D.C. circa 1970. (Listen to Donovan, Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell's woodstock to feel our vision).

GENRE: all genres welcome. we prefer experimental writing (ask us for details about that, if you wonder what we mean); poetry accepted if it is poetic prose or experimental epic

LENGTH: not more than 200 pages, double spaced 10pt font

JUDGES: to be announced. will include activists, poets and parents.

PAYMENT: $600 up front. After publishing, author is paid standard Embers collective sharing. 40% of all profits go to author. plus 6 free copies and option to buy books at wholesale price.

DETAILS of CONTEST:

1. submit work by Dec. 1, 2006
2. snail mail (paper copy) to:
wild embers
po box 3026
ashland, or. 97520
3. $16 reading fee (sliding scale/trade available. email us about this option)
include payment with your submission,
check/money order payable to: antoinette claypoole
sent to:
wild embers
po box 3026
ashland, Or. 97520


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

all pages w/title and author at the top of the page.
work returned ONLY w/enclosed paid postage envelope (SASE)
hard copy only (no email submissions)


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