Submissions

GUIDELINES

General

Creative Non-Fiction Editor’s Statement

In relation to the natural world …

Ragazine’s creative non-fiction section brings together the kind of writing I like most:  grounded, compelling first-person narration set in a concrete time and place that reflects thematically some way on the human relation to the natural world and the ways we’ve transformed that world, and in the process, transformed ourselves.  Creative non-fiction is an expansive genre that spans narrative history, literary journalism, narrative non-fiction, the personal essay, memoir, and probably many other sub-categories I’m forgetting, but the kind of writing I welcome you to submit to Ragazine should focus on the previously mentioned themes in some broad sense — what is the meaning of contemporary lives and, although they might seem to be detached from nature in our highly mediated, technologically-driven world of the hyperreal, how are they nontheless grounded in that material reality that surrounds, supports, and enables us?

Submissions and Questions:  leslie.heywood@gmail.com.

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Poetry:

Guidelines for poetry submissions:

1. Except in special cases (determined by the editor) Ragazine.cc does not accept previously published submissions.
2. All submissions must be sent to the poetry editor, Emily Vogel, evogel1@binghamton.edu (if this e-mail link doesn’t work, type it into the TO: line in your message) and in the body of the e-mail. Subject line to read: Poetry Submission. Attachments are frowned upon.
3. The poet ought to include a brief biography, no more than three to four sentences.
4. If the poem is over three pages in length, it may be sent in an attachment: only then.
5. No more than three poems per submission.
6. No more than 4 submissions per year.
7. Reviews of 1 to 2 pages are welcomed. These can be sent in an attachment.
8. Ragazine is especially interested in translations. In such cases, the poem in its original language also should be included.
9. No websites. Ragazine will not accept poems from websites.

Poetry Editor’s note:

Poems accepted for Ragazine will appear over the next two to three issues, as the editor has received much good work that she wants to publish, but has room only for five or six poems per issue. If you receive an acceptance, know the poem may appear in an issue three months to four months after the editor has accepted your work. It is not always for the very next issue. Do not think she has forgotten her promise to publish the poem. We update every six to eight weeks.

Fiction

Submissions welcome!

The Fiction Editors at Ragazine welcome your prose and will work diligently and honestly in reading (and sometimes offering critique of) your work.

Please note that we take the title “editor” seriously, and will sometimes make editorial suggestions to your work prior to accepting it. We are open to various fiction styles, including, but not limited to, flash/micro/sudden/genre-blurring fiction. We’re looking for work that will sit well on the screen (take a moment, please, to decide for yourselves what this means. We can say, for example, that we’d like work to “pop”, to be imaginative”, “sharp”, “tight”, etc., but we’d be limiting the variety of work that we’d love to publish on Ragazine.).

Guidelines:

• Submit no more than 2 pieces at a time; each submission should be (in total, except in rare cases) no more than 2500 words;
• include your name, e-mail address, word count, and page numbers on every page;
• simultaneous submissions are okay, but please indicate this in your cover. Of course, let us know a piece is accepted elsewhere.
• “paste” your cover letter in the body of your email;
• attach your email as a Word document (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) only;
• please do not submit more than once per reading period; and please do not submit every reading period unless you’re encouraged to do so.
• Unfortunately, at this time, we are unable to take work via postal mail.

Send Fiction and Fiction queries to: ragfiction@gmail.com.  Subject line to read: Fiction Submission.

Politics

We enjoy a combative atmosphere of political and socio-economic discourse. Address your queries to  jmspalombo@yahoo.com, for consideration. Most material is solicited, but thoughtful, relevant analysis is always a nice surprise, so fire away.

COPYRIGHT:

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