M. Kaminski's
ACROSS SOFT RUINS
search our soul for something good
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PROSE:
send 15-45 pages of a section of a manuscript. we accept fiction & creative non-fiction.
ESSAYS:
we want cultural deconstructions. creative, not academic. pop-culture is yums.
BOOK REVIEWS:
we want 500 word book reviews +/-. small presses only. literary, no genre.
VISUAL:
this is a very broad spectrum: sketches, diagrams, paintings, photos, comp graphics.
MISC:
even broader: comics, plays, napkin doodles, iconographies, sounds, jibberish.
POETRY:
send 8-15 pages of a section of your thesis/manuscript. make sure it's cohesive
WE NEED CERTAIN KINDS OF TEXTS NOW
(Submission deadline for the third issue of our quarterly magazine has passed)
Spine Road is a tiny, unassuming online magazine that welcomes submissions from both published & unpublished writers. While we appreciate hybrid texts, mini essays, surrealism/ irrealism, and "contemporary writing" (whatever the eff that is), we'll tend to ally ourselves with anything that is well-written & awe-inspiring before we will with something that happens to sync with our aesthetic values.
Please note: from now on, we want each issue to feature the extended work of only a handful of writers: 3 to 4 poets will be given between 8 & 15 pages of poetry each, and 2 to 3 prose writers will be given between 20 & 40 pages each. If you have already submitted, we will still consider your work; however, new submissions should be in harmony with our new format. Think of this as a testing ground for parts of a larger manuscript. This doesn't mean your work has to be "project-oriented" either, but it should still indicate a cohesive artistic vision. Let this be an airy room you're renting to practice your manuscript, so to speak.
To submit, follow these instructions (any deviance will result in your submission being immediately destroyed, likely with fire & acid):
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1) write something
2) read our issues to see if we're a good fit for you
3) take a breather: it's been a long day
5) For now, our policy is that we don't read blind; so in your submission layout, please write your name in all caps as a header in the top right corner of the page, space, and insert the page #. This is for both prose & poetry.
(always accepting submissions)
(always accepting submissions)