Saturday, April 27, 2024

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Rural Living": The Gilded Weathervane

The Gilded Weathervane is looking for poems, stories, essays, artwork, and photography that is grounded in the beauty and experience of rural living in its variety of expressions.

General Guidelines

The Gilded Weathervane considers only previously unpublished work. We are published in the fall and spring and accept submissions year round. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere. Submission is free, and manuscripts must be submitted electronically via this link: https://forms.gle/aKVMnvSHA3zpT5vd8

 Manuscript Preparation

Each submission should include a cover letter and a short bio, no longer than 150 words. If citations are needed in any of the submissions, please follow MLA Guidelines. We prefer PDF or Word doc submissions.

Fiction

Short stories should be double spaced and no longer than 6,000 words. We also accept flash fiction (no genre fiction, please). Please submit only one longer story at a time. You may submit 3-4 pieces of flash-length prose.

Essays

Essays should be double spaced and no longer than 6,000 words. We also accept flash-length essays. We are particularly interested in creative nonfiction (memoir and personal essays). Please submit only one longer essay at a time. You may submit 3-4 pieces of flash-length prose.

Poetry

Submit 4-6 poems for us to consider in your poetry submissions. Please do not submit entire poetry manuscripts/collections.

Artwork/Photography

Please send only high resolution images as a PNG or JPEG. Art may not be an AI image.

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