I collected two new pages of fiction today. The ones I have read so far are brilliant.
You should be hearing from The Claremont Review in the next few days so be sure to check your email.
Next Wed. in the lab, you will be sending pieces to Aerie International and Polyphony H.S.
Fiction for Aerie must be 1500 words or less.
Know what you wish to send where and keep a list:
Claremont Review submission for spring or fall issue (Via envelope). Up to 5 pieces.
Claremont Review contest (your longest story) Fill in a cover page and hand in. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE CONTEST STORY. ALL ITEMS ARE JUDGED ANONYMOUSLY.
BCTELA contest (less than 1500 words. No name on the story).
Aerie International (Up to five pieces)
Polyphony H.S. Depending on how many poems you sent them, you will have 2 or 3 spots left for short stories.
Best not to double submit the same pieces to Aerie and The Claremont Review.
Don't send the same story to the C.R. contest as you do to the C.R. submission as that will look awkward if a poem they have already published or plan to publish gets picked as a winner. YOU GET DISQUALIFIED. OUCH.
This is the business of writing. Take it slow. Be prepared though.
Know what you want to send where.
Meet in the lab on Wed.
Friday and Monday are work blocks. Get your work edited. Let me see anything new that you want to put in the manuscript. Monday is the last opportunity you will have to edit as we are in the Learning Commons for our reading on Tuesday.
