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Submissions
By: JoeClegg Date: May 19, 2020, 2:34 pm
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Does anyone have good places to submit stories or other pieces?
I recently submitted my poems to Spank the Carp website. They
seem to publish regularly and have some nice pieces on there.
Also they offer editorial feedback for a small tip.
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Re: Submissions
By: Shona Date: May 23, 2020, 10:35 am
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I submitted a story a while ago to Gutter which is a great
Glasgow-based magazine (think this is the third piece I've sent
them, but the previous rejections were encouraging enough that
I'm refusing to give up on it!)
I tend to end up submitting to Scottish publications out of
familiarity - feels like having a local connection makes it
easier to get a grasp on what's what, the international lit mag
scene is too overwhelming to know where to start... Does anyone
know of good Amsterdam/NL-based mags or websites that publish in
English? The only one I know about is Versal but they recently
stopped publishing the magazine.
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Re: Submissions
By: Shona Date: May 23, 2020, 10:42 am
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Oh also, the International Writers' Collective (that runs
creative writing courses in Amsterdam and The Hague) is quite a
good resource for this - their blog and newsletter often
includes lists of contests and publications to submit different
types of prose/poetry (plus listings for literary events in NL):
HTML https://internationalwriterscollective.com/blog/
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Re: Submissions
By: JoeClegg Date: May 23, 2020, 3:14 pm
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Cool, will check it! Got a reasonably encouraging rejection from
the Carp so might hit them with my story once it's in shape.
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Re: Submissions
By: JoeClegg Date: May 23, 2020, 3:15 pm
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Would be cool to find a few local publications
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Re: Submissions
By: PeterH Date: June 3, 2020, 7:37 am
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I'm the same way with submissions. So many options out there but
it's been difficult to find a collective site where you can
narrow down by type pf writing, genre, etc. It does become a bit
overwhelming/frustrating.
In regards to your poems, Joe. Poetry Magazine allows you to
submit up to 4 poems (max 10 pages) in a single submission, but
they can take months before they read (like many places). I have
never submitted anything but it may be worth a look.
HTML https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submit
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Re: Submissions
By: JoeClegg Date: June 6, 2020, 6:37 am
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Cheers Peter! It's worth thinking about for sure. I might try
and refine my style a bit in the short term.
I got this stunning poem from Poetry Foundation a while ago, as
poem of the day:
HTML https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147214/untitled-with-rosy-inflection
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Re: Submissions
By: PeterH Date: June 10, 2020, 3:06 pm
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Thanks for sharing that poem, Joe. Very powerful and remarkable
piece! Do you ever share your poems with the Amsterdam Writers
Group? I noticed that mostly it is flash fiction and parts of
longer pieces but was wondering if many people shared poems with
the group or if there is another group where it would be more
appropriate. I know there is another group that meets at
Labyrinth to read poetry live on Mondays, but not pulled the
trigger on that yet.
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Re: Submissions
By: JoeClegg Date: June 17, 2020, 7:10 am
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The critique sessions are just for fiction, but if there's
interest I'd be up for doing some kind of poetry session
separately from the main critique.
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Re: Submissions
By: PeterH Date: June 18, 2020, 10:00 am
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That might be interesting! I did see in the Inklings description
that you can share short stories, poetry and longer fiction.
I’ve never seen anyone share a poem but that may be worth a shot
to see how it goes over with the group. I am used to my old
group in the U.S. where we shared memoirs, novels, poetry,
plays, etc. Liked the variety in that. 😁
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