Deadline: 31 October 2012
Memory is a slippery surface, and not just when it’s wet. At no other time is this slipperiness more stark than when a person starts forgetting. Not the everyday forgetfulness that we all suffer from or are blessed with, depending on what or who is forgotten. It is the progressive erosion of memory that establishes its indubitable power on the human mind. The very edifice of a human personality is built with memory - whether in mammoth blocks, faded patchwork or negligible scraps. If all those blocks disappeared as a result of some accident, the person will still remain, but not the personality.
What is it about memory then? From the blueprint of routine that it plasters to our psyche to the pleasurable glimmers with which it ignites us or even the extreme pain recalling certain events can cause--memory sustains, nurtures, and tortures.
Writing Memory - the theme of our next issue - can be a celebration, or a catharsis, or a therapy for the writer. Through experiencing our disparate individual histories--true or fictionalized--we become part of a larger canvas that would not be as brilliant but for the strokes of graffiti employed by each memory artist.
What are you going to remember then?
Send in your poetry, fiction and non-fiction in the form of word file attachments, and not pasted in the body of the email.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
We accept only original, unpublished material. Even if your work has been displayed on your own Web page, we shall consider it published. If you have shared it on Facebook, or any other social networking site, then chances are we will consider it for publication, but you will be requested to confirm that it is no longer on view online. Each submission must be accompanied by a disclaimer by the author stating that the work submitted by them is ORIGINAL and UNPUBLISHED.
The Four Quarters Magazine is a magazine for creative writing in most of its aspects. We realize that there are different definitions of what creative writing is, and most of them have their own merit. In our magazine, we shall only consider the following genres for publication:
Please note that we are also asking for one year archiving and anthology rights. Anthology rights are secondary, meaning that the author may sell his or her work to any other anthology market providing that 30 days have passed after the publication with our magazine. For your information, The Four Quarters Magazine DOES NOT pay for published work. We are a non-profit enterprise and plan to stay that way.
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these following guidelines.
For queries/ submissions: submissionsFQM@gmail.com
Website: http://tfqmagazine.org/
Memory is a slippery surface, and not just when it’s wet. At no other time is this slipperiness more stark than when a person starts forgetting. Not the everyday forgetfulness that we all suffer from or are blessed with, depending on what or who is forgotten. It is the progressive erosion of memory that establishes its indubitable power on the human mind. The very edifice of a human personality is built with memory - whether in mammoth blocks, faded patchwork or negligible scraps. If all those blocks disappeared as a result of some accident, the person will still remain, but not the personality.
What is it about memory then? From the blueprint of routine that it plasters to our psyche to the pleasurable glimmers with which it ignites us or even the extreme pain recalling certain events can cause--memory sustains, nurtures, and tortures.
Writing Memory - the theme of our next issue - can be a celebration, or a catharsis, or a therapy for the writer. Through experiencing our disparate individual histories--true or fictionalized--we become part of a larger canvas that would not be as brilliant but for the strokes of graffiti employed by each memory artist.
What are you going to remember then?
Send in your poetry, fiction and non-fiction in the form of word file attachments, and not pasted in the body of the email.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
We accept only original, unpublished material. Even if your work has been displayed on your own Web page, we shall consider it published. If you have shared it on Facebook, or any other social networking site, then chances are we will consider it for publication, but you will be requested to confirm that it is no longer on view online. Each submission must be accompanied by a disclaimer by the author stating that the work submitted by them is ORIGINAL and UNPUBLISHED.
The Four Quarters Magazine is a magazine for creative writing in most of its aspects. We realize that there are different definitions of what creative writing is, and most of them have their own merit. In our magazine, we shall only consider the following genres for publication:
- POETRY: A minimum of three short poems (14 lines) and a maximum of five are desired. For longer poems to be published, the opinion of our peer review group is considered. We may need to discuss such cases with the authors in question.
- PROSE FICTION: There is no upper word limit for submissions in this category. There is no lower word limit as such, but a minimum limit of 500 words is expected, but that depends on the author.
- PROSE NON-FICTION: There is no upper word limit for this category. There is a lower word limit in this case and that is 1000 words.
- EXPERIMENTAL: This is a rather broad classification as you would think. In spite of our best efforts at conformity, newer ways and methods of writing do emerge. We are very interested in such ‘new’ work. In this case there is no upper/lower limit. However, an extensive peer review and editorial discretion will determine whether your work in this category will be considered for publication. There shall be no discussion with the authors in this case. This is part of our publication policy.
- We shall also consider submissions in the ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY category. Discussions with the artist will be the way we shall deal with this. However, one thing that must be kept in mind is that the work in question must not have been published or used in part or in whole anywhere on the Web or in any print or otherwise public edition.
Please note that we are also asking for one year archiving and anthology rights. Anthology rights are secondary, meaning that the author may sell his or her work to any other anthology market providing that 30 days have passed after the publication with our magazine. For your information, The Four Quarters Magazine DOES NOT pay for published work. We are a non-profit enterprise and plan to stay that way.
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these following guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published; it is not in the public domain; nor is it before another journal or publisher for consideration.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format. (No pdf files, please)
- All URL addresses in the text are activated and ready to click.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses). We prefer Arial, Courier and Times New Roman to other fonts.
- Our target is to reply as soon as possible, and we do allow simultaneous submissions. Please inform us immediately if your story is accepted elsewhere. If your work is accepted for The Four Quarters Magazine, please withdraw it from other agencies immediately. These guidelines have been created to make the editors' lives easier and our replies to you faster. So please do follow them.
- A cover letter is necessary. Please enclose a 2-3 line third-person bio note without fail. We would like to know whom we are dealing with. We will not consider an anonymous submission.
For queries/ submissions: submissionsFQM@gmail.com
Website: http://tfqmagazine.org/
