Call for
Submissions for Prune Juice No. 2, Summer 2009
Journal
of Senryu and Kyoka
You are invited
to submit senryu and/or kyoka for the next issue of
Prune Juice, Summer 2009.
Prune Juice:
Journal of Senryu and Kyoka is a biannual
journal—a print literary journal, an ebook, and a
digital online magazine—dedicated to publishing and
promoting fine English senryu and kyoka. Selection
Criteria: Senryu generally emphasize human foibles and
frailties, usually satirically, ironically, humorously.
Season words are not necessary nor usual in senryu.
Kyoka have a different history than senryu;
nevertheless, for modern kyoka in English, the
definition is similar: a poem in the tanka form but with
the satirical, ironic, humorous aspects of senryu. We
are looking for fresh works, not clichéd poems. Wit is
highly appreciated, as well as insight. We appreciate a
wide range of both genres, from the gently humorous to
the most wicked satire. Our tastes run towards the
wicked end of the scale, but all sorts are welcome, with
these exceptions: No pornographic, gross, scatological,
bigoted, or hateful poems; no personal attacks on
private or public persons. All selection decisions will
be made at the sole discretion of the editor.
Submissions for Prune Juice 2, Summer 2009
are open from now until June 15, 2009. The Summer issue
publishes July 1, 2009. Submissions do not close before
the announced date. The digital issue will be posted
online just before the print and ebook editions go to
press. We publish in the print edition, that is, 4.25" x
6.87" paperback pocket book, in a PDF ebook format, and
in the online digital edition.
NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Please do not submit
anything on offer anywhere else. We are not in the
market for works under consideration for publication
elsewhere.
NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED: We primarily seek to publish
fine senryu and kyoka that have not been previously
published. Each poet is personally responsible for
noting in the submission any previous publication of any
submitted work.
HOW TO SUBMIT FOR PRUNE JUICE. You may submit up to ten
senryu and/or ten kyoka at one time. We may publish as
few as 1 or 2 poems or a larger number. Please do NOT
send us works that are still in work. Please send us
polished works, error-free. Make your submission by
sending your poems in to Prune Juice in the body of an
email. Do NOT send any attachments. Emails with
attachments will be deleted. If you need clarification,
or have a special situation you want to discuss, please
feel free to write to the Editor at
submissions@prunejuicejournal.com
SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO SUBMISSIONS @ PRUNEJUICEJOURNAL.
COM PLEASE DO NOT SEND SUBMISSIONS TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS.
WHAT TO SUBMIT. Prune Juice needs the following
information: 1. Contributor Note: include your full name
and your residential location (city, State/Province, and
country). 2. Your email address (will not be routinely
included in the published Contributor Note). 3. If you
are younger than 16 years of age, tell us so that we may
comply with the U.S.A. Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (the COPPA applies to children under 13;
our minimum age limit is 16 as a matter of editorial
policy - you must be 16 or older to submit anything to
Prune Juice). 4. The submission itself.
THERE IS NO PAYMENT FOR CONTRIBUTORS. No payment will be
made. No contributor copies are furnished free.
CONTRIBUTOR' S RESPONSIBILITIES. If you choose to submit
any work(s) for publication in Prune Juice, please read
and familiarize yourself with the complete Submission
Guidelines available online at:
http://www.shortverse.com/prunejuice/submit.html
Familiarize yourself
as well with our
Copyright, Privacy, and Editorial Policies. By
submitting any work(s) to Prune Juice, you
are representing to Prune Juice and its
editor and publisher that you have the copyright to the
work(s) and you are permitting Prune Juice
copyrights in accordance with Prune Juice's
published Copyright Policy, and that you hold
Prune Juice and its editor and publisher
harmless in all respects from any copyright infringement
caused by your submission.
Please send us your best senryu and kyoka!
Thank you for sharing this call widely.
Sincerely,
Alexis Rotella, Editor
Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka
Email:
submissions@prunejuicejournal.com
http://www.prunejuicejournal.com/
