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| Home > Books & Music > Publishing Opportunity: Taproot 3 |
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PUBLISHING
OPPORTUNITY: TAPROOT 3
(October 3, 2003) |
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| Townshippers'
Association As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, Townshippers' Association plans to publish Taproot 3, a third volume featuring poetry, prose and images from the Eastern Townships. This is an open call for submissions. Do you write? Sketch? Photograph? If so, read our guidelines, send us a sample of your work, and it may be chosen to appear in a new book showcasing Townships creativity. We hope to hear from both emerging and established names within the Eastern Townships artistic community. Submission Guidelines 1. Anyone living in the Eastern Townships (full or part-time) is eligible. 2. Entries must be original, unpublished material. Entries must be in English. 3. We will consider: ¨Fast fiction (500 words or less) ¨Anecdotes (500 words or less) ¨Monologues (500 words or less) ¨Creative Nonfiction (2500 words or less) ¨Short Stories (5000 words or less) ¨Poetry (maximum 3 poems, totaling 100 lines or less) ¨Photography, Drawings, Paintings, Caricatures, or Cartoons 4. Prose submissions must be typed, double spaced 8 1/2 x 11-inch white paper. Pages should be numbered and titled. Author's name is NOT to appear on the manuscript. Entries exceeding recommended length will not be considered. 5. Enclose a separate cover sheet with your name, address, telephone number, word count and title(s) of your piece(s). Please indicate whether your submission is fiction or nonfiction. On this cover sheet, please include a short biographical note (3 lines maximum). 6. Photographs and art works chosen to appear in the book will be printed in black and white. If originals are in colour, consider contrast and suitability. One work will also be selected and featured on a 4-colour cover. Submit slides or photos of works, 8 1/2 x 11 inches or smaller. 7. Individuals may submit no more than a total of 2 prose works for consideration or 3 short poems and/or 3 visual works ( photographs, paintings, drawings, caricatures, cartoons). 8. If you wish to have your entry returned, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope of sufficient size and with sufficient postage. 9. Deadline for submission is January 31, 2004. 10. Not all submissions will be published. Entries will be selected by a panel of judges. 11. People with entries chosen for publication will be notified in the spring of 2004. 12. Mail your entries to: Taproot 3, Townshippers' Association, 100-257 Queen, Lennoxville QC J1M 1K7 Questions? Call (819) 566-5717 or toll free 1-866-566-5717 This is an initiative
of the Heritage & Culture Committee of Townshippers' Association.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Townshippers' Research and Cultural
Foundation.
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