Erika Dreifus

For an upcoming special section, Hayden’s Ferry Review, a literary journal based at Arizona State University, is looking for poetry, fiction, essays, and visual art “that explore social and political injustice on any scale, give a voice to the voiceless, raise a call for awareness and act as a catalyst for change.”

The journal’s editors read year-round. Payment is $25/page (maximum of $100), plus two copies of the magazine and a one-year gift subscription. Submission deadline for this special section: July 30, 2006. Full guidelines are available here.

As Green Mountains Review prepares for its twentieth anniversary the journal plans a special double-issue on “Literature of the American Apocalypse.” They’re seeking work (poems, essays, and stories), “darkly comic or deadly serious, that centers on American dread, inspired by everything from the current Administration’s war on terror and war on privacy, to continuing threats of environmental degradation, nuclear annihilation, world-ravaging disease, corruptions of culture and language, takeover by clones and computers, natural disasters that some say are caused by global warming and others say are acts of an angry god, or whatever else can be imagined by an end-of-days mind.” Submissions will be read throughout this year (including summertime). Anticipated publication date is May 2007. Payment will be $20/page. For more information, read the announcement.

Earlier this month, Dan Wickett announced a terrific offer via the Emerging Writers Network: “The offer is simple – pay for one less journal than your order. Subscribe to 3? Pay for 2. Subscribe to 4? Pay for 3.”

As Dan correctly notes, these journals “are frequently where authors of literary writing first publish. Think about it. You pick up a book by a first time author and read the notes beneath his or her photo. They frequently mention having published stories, poems or essays in two or three journals, the names of which you recognize. Recognize, but perhaps have not ever read, or seen.” And that’s too bad. We writers rely on these journals; the journals should be able to rely on us. This offer really helps. Dan has assembled a truly impressive list of participating journals, so be sure to check it out.

And here’s some related news: that list includes The Chattahoochee Review, which recently appointed me a Contributing Editor. As you can imagine, I am thrilled and proud!

Words and Pictures magazine, a publication “devoted to written and visual expression, and the inevitable commentary that springs from living in the global societies of the 21st century,” seeks submissions for its Spring 2006 print issue.

Send your work (preferably by e-mail) by January 1, 2006.

Pay rates (on publication): $20 per poem; “up to $50” per prose piece; up to $50 per image.

Full guidelines available here.