Call for Submissions: Dove Tales, An Interantional Journal of the Arts

DoveTales, An International Journal of the Arts
2019 Guidelines



Winter 2020 Issue


The Winter Issue of DoveTales, An International Online Journal of the Arts will be published on February 1st, 2020. Our guest editor is Writing for Peace Adviser Robert Kostuck. His theme is “Gardens in the Desert: Cultivating Awareness.” Reading period will open on August 1st, 2019, and close on November 1st, 2019.

In a world where mass shootings have become commonplace, where politicians and their supporters revel in violent and divisive rhetoric, where television sets and the internet spew hate-filled propaganda, awareness can seem like an oasis in the desert. How will we cultivate gardens of empathy, compassion, and common sense in these barren deserts?

Our DoveTales journal is a manifestation of the Writing for Peace mission to promote writing that explores the many aspects of peace. One of our goals is to expose young writers to a diverse collection of thoughtful works by both established and emerging writers, as well as our Writing for Peace advisers.

Writing for Peace has published six beautiful print journals. Beginning 2019, DoveTales is going online. We will publish two issues per year, February 1st and August 1st.

General Guidelines

• We prefer previously unpublished work, but if you feel your published piece is especially relevant to our theme, and you own the rights to it, please give us all the particulars of its publishing history so we can be sure to properly credit the previous publisher.

• Work must be submitted electronically through Submittable. Please include a 50-word third-person biography, and make sure your contact information and mailing address are current.

• We are happy to accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

• Contributors maintain all rights to their work, but grant Writing for Peace the right to publish work in our online journal and a print anthology that may be published at a later date. For work that is particularly relevant that we aren’t able to publish in the smaller online journal, we may ask permission to publish the piece on our blog. Should the piece be re-published in another journal, we would be grateful for a mention.

Fiction and Nonfiction:

We consider short fiction and personal essays with a unique voice. We do not accept genre fiction. We welcome flash fiction, nonfiction, and lyric essays, as well as translations, with the author’s permission (if applicable). Though the guidelines can be flexible for extraordinary work, published short stories and essays should not exceed 20 manuscript pages. Please submit one story or essay at a time.

Poetry:

We consider poetry of any style. Please limit poetry submissions to no more than three poems per issue.

Interviews:

We welcome theme-appropriate interviews with activists and writers who add a unique approach or voice to the conversation. Please send queries to editor@writingforpeace.org with “DoveTales Query” in the subject heading.

Art and Photography:

We welcome your art and photography submissions. Please submit them in jpeg format through the link below, and include a short cover letter describing why you feel your images are suitable for the DoveTales theme.

Submission link.