"Becoming" Anthology Seeks Submissions from Women

10 March 2010
"Becoming" Anthology Seeks Submissions from Women
The University of Nebraska Gender Programs / Women's Center is publishing the anthology Becoming, edited by Jill McCabe Johnson. The editors seek personal narratives and a small number of poems relaying the story of a formative experience that helped shape the woman you've become.

Please send one personal narrative or one autobiographical poem to:
becominganthology [at] gmail [dot] com

Files must be in .doc, .docx, .pdf, or .rtf formats. Files should be named with the word poetry or prose followed by the author’s last name. For example:

"Prose_Gonzalez.doc" or "Poetry_Albrecht-Hanes.pdf"

Poems should be one page or less. Personal narratives can be up to 1,000 words. Please note: only a handful of poems will be selected for the anthology. No fiction, please, only your own personal story.

In your email, please include:

1. Name
2. Address
3. Email address
4. Phone
5. Title of submission
6. Genre
7. If your submission was previously published please include the publication title, edition, and date

Contributors will be paid with one copy of the anthology. Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2010.

(More information HERE.)
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