submissions

We've closed submissions for the Summer 2009 issue

Our editorial team is presently considering manuscripts submitted from January 15 through April 1, 2009. We are no longer accepting new manuscripts for this issue.

 

Get ready for our upcoming Winter 2010 theme issue
“For Richer, for Poorer”
Submission Period: August 15 through November 1, 2009

In response to the current world economic crisis, New Madrid will dedicate its Winter 2010 issue to the dynamics of poverty and wealth. We’re looking for submissions that address cultures of poverty and wealth, psychologies of poverty and wealth, theories of poverty and wealth, concepts of relative poverty and relative wealth, cycles of poverty and wealth, etc. We’re also interested in work that takes up such issues as life expectancy, literacy, food security, income disparity, wealth distribution and voluntary poverty. Our hope is to examine the relationship between poverty and wealth from the vantage point of a number of literary genres and a number of philosophical, religious, social and economic perspectives.

Please see below for our practical guidelines. And as always, we advise that you familiarize yourself with New Madrid before submitting your work.

 

 

 

General Submission Guidelines

New Madrid is published twice per year, during the July and January residencies of Murray State University's low-residency MFA Program. The editors invite submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Please submit manuscripts only during our open Submission Periods (see below). Any submissions sent outside those periods won't be read.

 

Submission Periods

January 15 through April 1: Summer issue

August 15 through November 1: Winter issue

See Upcoming Themes for information about what we're seeking for developing issues.

 

Submitting Your Manuscript

We only accept manuscripts through our Submission Manager. Please note that we don't accept electronic submissions via direct email.

ENTER SUBMISSION MANAGER

 

Format

- Submissions should be in MS Word format with a 12-point font, such as Times New Roman or Arial.

- The attachment should end with ".doc" in the file name.

- The author's name and contact information should appear on the first page of the submission, and the pages should be numbered.

- Please include a brief author bio in the "comments" section of Submissions Manager.

Prose submissions should be double spaced (20 pages maximum).

Poetry submissions should be single spaced (six poems maximum).

 

Simultaneous Submissions

We're happy to consider simultaneous submissions, with the request that you inform us if a piece has been accepted by another publication and is no longer available. Should that occur, please follow these guidelines:

Prose: If a prose piece you've submitted gets picked up by another publication, please withdraw it directly through our online Submission Manager (see Submitting Your Manuscript above).

Poetry: If any poem (one or multiple) submitted as part of a batch gets picked up by another publication, please withdraw the submission through our online Submission Manager, delete the unavailable poems, and resubmit the batch.*

* An exception occurs if you submitted before the close of the Submission Period (see Submission Periods above) but need to withdraw a poem within a batch after the close of the Submission Period. If the Submission Period has closed and you still want a portion of your batch considered, do not withdraw your submission (if your resubmission falls outside the Submission Period, we can't consider it). Instead, if this exception applies to you, please email the editor Ann Neelon with a copy to our general email, explaining your circumstance.

 

Response Time

We read manuscripts on a rolling basis through each of our two annual submission periods, and as a rule, we respond after the close of the reading period. So if you've submitted during the January-April reading period, expect a response by May. If you've submitted during the August-November reading period, expect a response by December.

 

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Summer 2009 Issue