Submission Guidelines
The
Caribbean Writer
is an international, referred, literary journal with a Caribbean focus. Issues
unique to the Caribbean should be central in the work, or the work should
reflect a Caribbean heritage, experience, or perspective.
Submit poems, short
stories, personal essays, and one-act plays. Maximum length (for short stories
and personal essays) is 3500 words or 10 pages. Only previously unpublished
work will be accepted. (If previously self-published, give details.)
Now accepting submissions for Volume
26, to be published in 2012.
Deadline: October 15, 2011.
THEME:
Nature & Ecology
This
26th anniversary issue of The
Caribbean Writer will be dedicated to the environment: nature and
ecology. As we move into the 21st
century we have to be mindful of our environment, how we care for it, what
kinds of expansions (developments) we allow to take place, how do we preserve
and maintain its pristine beaches, lush mountains and diverse, extraordinary
bird/insect and animal life.
The Caribbean Writer seeks works
that celebrate as well as explore our relationship to nature, how tourism and
cruise ships impact our environment, the role nature plays in our lives, the
names of our trees and flowers, the rich fauna, etc.
TCW will also celebrate women writers and
welcome interviews, essays, personal narratives on Sylvia Wynter, Olive Senior,
Paule Marshall, Claire Harris, Lorna Goodison, Nancy Morejon, Velma Pollard,
Erna Bordber, and Zee Edgell.
Follow
this procedure for submissions: List name, address, and title of
submission on a separate sheet. Title only on submission. All
submissions should be on a separate sheet.
Include brief biographical information and mention previous publications
and Caribbean connection, if any. Type (double-spaced) all manuscripts.
All
submissions are eligible for these prizes:
The
Daily News Prize
for best poetry ($300)
The
Canute A. Brodhurst Prize for best short fiction ($400)
The
David Hough Literary Prize to a Caribbean author ($500)
The
Marguerite Cobb McKay Prize to a Virgin Island author ($200)
The
Charlotte & Isidor Paiewonsky Prize for first-time publication ($250)
Book
Reviews
- Persons interested in reviewing books should contact the editor, indicating
their areas of expertise. Include sample reviews if possible.
Snail
mail submissions to address below or email submissions to submit@thecaribbeanwriter.org
as attached Word or RTF files.
Submissions
can also be made via “Submissions” page at www.thecaribbeanwriter.org
The
Caribbean Writer
University
of the Virgin Islands
RR
1, Box 10,000
Kingshill,
St. Croix
U.S.
Virgin Islands 00850-9781
Phone:
340-692-4152
Fax:
340-692-4026
Email:
info@thecaribbeanwriter.org
Website:
www.thecaribbeanwriter.org
1 comment:
This is exciting! Thanks for the heads up.
Sarah Allen
(my creative writing blog)
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