Info about Submissions

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The Black Widow & The Brown Recluse

An Online Magazine of Writing Arts

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Info about Submissions

PLEASE READ: If you have questions please query first. Mass emailed submissions will be rejected outright. Submissions which show an ignorance of our guidelines will be bounced as well. Submissions will be limited to high school writers, with preference being given to students of Ingram Tom Moore High School, with whom we have a working relationship; however, students from other schools are encouraged to submit. Please include your hometown, state, country, age and name of your school, along with a bio that you would want published with your poetry, and a statement that the work you are submitting is your original work, and has not been published or submitted elsewhere. Thanks.

Submissions are acceptable from student writers by e-mail only. Please understand that this journal is intended as a vehicle for student poets; "professional" poets and writers are published only by invitation. Cut and paste your work into an e-mail block. No attachments will be opened. Please limit poems to no more than five; send one story up to 3,000 words; it is okay to send works in both categories in a single submission. Other forms, or pieces outside the limits, may be considered -- please query. Do not send previously published works. We do not accept and will not post works simultaneously. Also attach a bio of 100 words or less. We acquire first-time, one-time, online serial rights only, and assume no further copyright. Copyright reverts to the author immediately on publication.

If accepted, your work will be posted in the next issue unless we notify you otherwise. We reserve the right to make obvious corrections; revisions may be suggested, and your acceptance of them may mean the difference in acceptance or denial. We will work with you as long as you work with us.

Hints for submitting acceptable work: We are not censors per se; believing strongly in freedom of speech; but we also believe in responsibility of speech. Because this magazine is a vehicle for students, we ask that you submit only works generally suitable for reading by (sometimes quite young) students. Foul language, images, or innuendo are generally not acceptable, but, when so, must serve a purpose. Gratuity in these matters will make the work unlikely to be published here. We DO want, and need, powerful language and usage, deep context and meaning, and serious attempts at enlightenment. Please don't send generic poetry about "life," "love," “lost love,” “suicide,” "flowers," "butterflies," "clouds," “swans,” "rainbows," “God,” or spiritual “awakening” or send us any other generic poetry that has nothing new to say. Those will surely not appear on this site. "My summer vacation" stories won't either. We may be young, but we ain't dumb. Tell us a story and make it real.

Poets and authors may be invited to read at various events sponsored by the Locker Room Writers & Thinkers Workshop. Past events have included readings at The Twig Poetry Series in San Antonio, The Texas Writers Conference, The Texas Book Festival at the State Capitol, The Kerrville Book Festival, Wolfmueller's Books and Records, Tivy High School, and Schreiner University. Hard copies of certain anthologies are also occasionally printed. We are not otherwise engaged in book publication.

There is no payment other than publication.

Good luck with your submissions. If you have any other questions please feel free to contact us.

E-mail all submissions and questions to: [email protected] or [email protected]

-- tony gallucci, editor