The Shine Journal Seeks Poetry and Short Stories

11 August 2010
The Shine Journal Seeks Poetry and Short Stories
Deadline: every 20th of each month
Geographical coverage: undisclosed
Reading Fee: none
Accepts (genre): poems, short stories
Prize/Payment: up to $5
Contact: shinesubmit@fastmail.us

All published works are also archived online and may be featured in print anthologies without additional payment. All rights revert to the authors after publication. We ask that we be advised if the work is or has been published elsewhere.

Please spellcheck and proofread your work carefully. Please avoid gratuitous sex, profanity, or work which disrespects or demeans an ethnic group, a person's sexual orientation or physical/mental challenge. In other words, although I am not a prude or easily offended, the intent of The Shine Journal is to showcase work of the highest quality. I reserve the right to define what that means for this publication.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

1.Please do NOT indent paragraphs in your short stories and articles.

2.Please SINGLE space within paragraphs and DOUBLE space between paragraphs.

3.For poems: Please SINGLE space within stanzas and DOUBLE space between stanzas.

Payment:

Up to 5.00 per poem <-- depending on poem length
5.00 per story/article
5.00 per photo/artwork

Payment via Paypal is preferred and is paid approximately one month to two months (four- eight weeks) after publication. If you do NOT want the payment, it will revert to The Shine Journal and you will be listed as a Shining Supporter like any other donation.

Please advise if your work is published elsewhere before you hear back from us. Previously published work is ok so long as you provide name of previous publisher.

NOTE: You may submit up to three poems or photos/artwork at a time. Prose - submit only ONE and in any case don't submit again until you have heard back on the first submission of any kind.

Fiction - Up to 1000 words. All genres welcome. One submission.

Non-Fiction - Up to 1000 words. One submission.

Poems of no more than 100 lines - rhyming ok. Submit no more than three poems at a time.

Art and Photography- One submission and no pornography- no more than three at a time.

Send other email to: shinesubmit@fastmail.us Mail which includes unsolicited attachments, will be deleted without being read.

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) forbids the collection of data from children under the age of 13 . SHINE! accepts submissions and email only from those who are over the age of 13.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AGAIN:

1.Please do NOT indent paragraphs in your short stories and articles.

2.Please SINGLE space within paragraphs and DOUBLE space between paragraphs.

3.For poems: Please SINGLE space within stanzas and DOUBLE space between stanzas.

More information here.
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