SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Send no more than 10 poems cut and pasted into the body of an e-mail and/or attached as Word.docs or .rtf files if the original forms go screwy in the cut n' paste process. If we like your sample, we will ask to see your manuscript. Be warned: if you send us your ENTIRE unsolicited manuscript, Chris will eat it. No one wants this.
- Please include your name and "submission" on each email and file, as this eliminates confusion when trying to match a download to its author. Also, put your mailing address on there too, so if we publish you it will help us know where to send your copy of the Review.
- Be sure to include a SHORT bio (50 words or less) and your email (or physical address if you are one of those typewriter people). In that case...
- Simultaneous submissions are OK. Please allow up to 1 month for a
response. If you don't hear from us in 30 days or less, you can assume
your poems were not a good fit and we have spared you the sting of a
rejection letter. Do not send queries asking if we have received your
work-- we have an auto-response for that purpose.
- Our mission is to promote new and emerging authors, but if you are a literary superstar and like our style, feel free to send us a sample. Another caveat, though: credentials and previous publications will not make us like your work. Only your writing can do that.
We're looking for poetry that pays an equal amount of attention to linguistics as it does to conceit. We're fans of innovation and enemies of most big lit-mag trends (like publishing "poetry" that is actually prose with line breaks centered around one pithy observation). L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry is fine, but it has to have an emotional impact. We avoid poetry that rhymes, employs a great number of
abstractions, does not contain tropes of any kind, and most
sociopolitical rants or protest poems. Our goal is to produce work
that will still feel innovative, edgy, emotive, and just damn good ten
years from now.
Guts, people. Guts are important. We believe that if you are not shocking or offending anyone, you're not making Art. But neither are you making Art if you simply drink too much and write about it; dammit, you have to do it well. Do it like nobody's ever seen before. That's what we want to see.
For a more complete idea of what we're looking for, why not order a copy of The Night Bomb Review? Or, if you are very very broke and can't afford $5 plus shipping, email us very nicely and we will send you a nice little PDF of the first review.
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