[Stylist] Time to Submit

[mjfingerprints at comcast.net]

Hello:

 

It's time to get your work ready to submit for the Spring/Summer edition of
Magnets and Ladders. 

 

Beginning with the Fall/Winter 2022-2023 edition of Magnets and Ladders we
have invited a guest judge to work with us for two editions in a specific
genre. The guest will judge the submissions selected as finalists for the
contest in one genre. 

 

We are honored to announce that our third guest judge is ONA GRITZ. Ona has
judged the poetry finalists for the Fall/Winter 2024-2025 edition and she
will be with us for the Spring/Summer 2025 edition. Behind Our Eyes members
may remember Ona's informative and thought-provoking presentation on our
conference call in April 2024. Read about Ona and her extensive writing
background below.

 

Ona Gritz's new memoir, Everywhere I Look, won the Readers' Choice Gold
Award for Best Adult Book, the Independent Author Award in New Nonfiction,
the Independent Author Award in True Crime, and is an Independent Book
Review 2024 Must-Read.

 

Her poems and essays have appeared widely, including in The New York Times,
The Guardian, Ploughshares, Brevity, Bellevue Literary Review, One Art, and
River Teeth. Among her recent honors are two Notable mentions in The Best
American Essays, a Best Life Story in Salon, and a winning entry in the
Poetry Archive Now: Wordview 2020 Project.

 

The Space You Left Behind, Ona's first young adult novel, written in verse,
has just been released from West 44 Books and featured in The Children's
Book Council's Hot Off the Press roundup of anticipated best sellers.

 

Visit her website at:

https://www.onagritz.com                

 

Please read our submission guidelines below. They can also be found on our
website at:

http://www.magnetsandladders.org.

The deadline for submissions is February 15. Be sure to read the guidelines
carefully.

 

Submission Guidelines

 

Writers with disabilities may submit up to three selections per issue.
Deadlines are February 15 for the Spring/Summer issue, and August 15 for the
Fall/winter issue. Writers must disclose their disability in their biography
or in their work. Biographies may be up to 100 words in length, and should
be written in third-person.

 

Do not submit until your piece is ready to be considered for publication.
Rewrites, additions, deletions, or corrections are part of the editorial
process, and will be suggested or initiated by the editor.

 

Poetry maximum length is 50 lines. Memoir, fiction, and nonfiction maximum
length is 2500 words. In all instances, our preference is for shorter
lengths than the maximum allowed. Please single-space all submissions, and
use a blank line to separate paragraphs and stanzas. It is important to
spell check and proofread all entries. Previously published material and
simultaneous submissions are permitted provided you own the copyright to the
work. Please cite previous publisher and/or notify if work is accepted
elsewhere.

 

We do not feature advocacy, activist, "how-to," or "what's new" articles
regarding disabilities. Innovative techniques for better writing as well as
publication success stories are welcome. Content will include many genres,
with limited attention to the disability theme. Announcements of writing
contests with deadlines beyond April 1 and October 1 respectively are
welcome.

 

All work submitted must be original. We do not accept work written by an AI
or any form of plagiarism.

 

Have You Published a book? If you would like to have an excerpt of your book
published in an issue of "Magnets and Ladders," please submit a chapter or
section of your book to submissions at magnetsandladders.org. The word count
for fiction and nonfiction book excerpt submissions should not exceed
twenty-five hundred words. Poetry book excerpts should be limited to five
poems. Please include information about where your book is available in an
accessible format, either an eBook or audio format. We will publish up to
one book excerpt per issue.

 

Authors under age 18: Please include a statement from a parent or guardian
that indicates awareness of your submission of literary work to "Magnets and
Ladders."

 

Do you have a skill, service, or product valued by writers? For a minimum
contribution of $25.00 we will announce it in the next two issues of
"Magnets and Ladders". All verifications of products or services provided
are the responsibility of our readers. Book cover design? Copyediting?
Critiques? Formatting for publication? Internet access or web design?
Marketing assistance? Special equipment? Make your donation through PayPal
(see magnetsandladders.org) or by check by March/September 1. 100-word
promotional information is due by February/August 15. Not sure about
something? Email submissions at magnetsandladders.org. All donations support
Magnets and Ladders.

 

Please email all submissions to submissions at magnetsandladders.org. Paste
your submission and bio into the body of your email or attach in Microsoft
Word format. If submitting Word documents, please put your name and the name
of your piece at or near the top of the document. When possible, please send
your submissions as a Word or txt attachment as many email programs have
been reformatting poetry and putting unwanted line breaks in stories and
essays. Submissions will be acknowledged within two weeks. You will be
notified if your piece is selected for publication.

 

Final author approval and review is necessary if changes are needed beyond
punctuation, grammar, and sentence or paragraph structure. We will not
change titles, beginnings, endings, dialog, poetic lines, the writer's
voice, or the general tone without writer collaboration. If your work is
selected for inclusion in a future "Behind Our Eyes" project, you will be
notified; your approval and final review will be required. To insure we can
contact you regarding future projects, please keep us updated if your Email
address changes.

 

Remember, the deadline for submissions is February 15, so be sure to get
your entries in on time.

 

Have a safe and happy new year.

 

Mary-Jo Lord

 

mjfingerprints at comcast.net

 

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