Call for Submissions
Submission deadline: February 15, 2012
Stephanie
shredded the daisies when she punished me
for being born her brother and we wrestled,
crushing the grass like lovers, till our mother
whipt us apart. Eventually the flowers
were laid less for my grief than for that struggle.
("I Knew the Seasons Ere I Knew the Hours," by Alden Nowlan)
The daisies are shredded in an act that is at once private and public, familial and adversarial, divided and incestuous. The act, then, can reflect the political matrix of all relations. But the daisies also suggest notions of domesticity, cultivation, beauty, and humanity. As such, all that may be categorized under the label "the political" can be represented in the picking and shredding of the daisies.
For its 2012 edition, The Fieldstone Review is pleased to accept submissions that address the theme of politics as 'shredded daisies'. This should be interpreted broadly, so one shouldn't feel constrained to governmental settings or politicians past and present. From the plight of the cat-lady down the street to bickering at the dinner table, politics are all around us. Submit your pique and play in prose or poetry, or write a review with a political angle. The Fieldstone Review welcomes original Canadian work of quality in a wide variety of styles and genres.
General Submission Information
- Electronic submissions are accepted in Word or RTF format only. Please send all submissions as attachments.
- Submit your work to the appropriate section editor's e-mail address.
- Please include the following with your attachment:
- full name
- contact information
- a 50-100 word biography
- the title(s) of the work(s) submitted
- notification if the work is a simultaneous submission.
- An e-mail acknowledging the receipt of the work is sent within a week during the reading period.
- The Fieldstone Review practices blind reviewing. Please do not indicate your name or identifying information anywhere on your attachment.
- Submissions received after the reading period has ended and works that exceed the word and/or page limits listed in the appropriate categories will not be considered.
- Readers for The Fieldstone Review are not eligible to submit to the category for which they are reading.
- The Fieldstone Review accepts simultaneous submissions provided that the entrant discloses this information at the time of submission.
- All submissions must be previously unpublished, including publications on blogs, Internet forums, etc.
- The Fieldstone Review is eclectic in nature and accepts a wide variety of genres and styles.
- No entry fee is required.
Fiction Guidelines
- Send all fiction submissions to the Fiction Editor: fsr.fictioneditor@usask.ca
- Word limit: 2500 words
- Submission limit: one submission per entrant per reading period
Poetry Guidelines
- Send all poetry submissions to the Poetry Editor: fsr.poetryeditor@usask.ca
- Page limit: maximum two pages per poem in 12pt font
- Submission limit: maximum of five poems per submission. Please send them as a single attachment
Creative Nonfiction/Reviews Guidelines
- Send all creative nonfiction and reviews to the Creative Nonfiction and Reviews Editor: fsr.reviewseditor@usask.ca
- Word limit: 2500 words. This is applicable to both creative nonfiction and reviews
- Submission limit: One creative nonfiction piece OR one review per reading period. Please specify the section in the title of your submission e-mail.
- Creative Nonfiction - This is a broad category that includes spans from memoirs to social criticism. Work in this category should not be written from an impersonal perspective, and should include techniques commonly associated with fiction in order to bring to life a factual tale. Hate literature, ranting, and vindictive criticism, however, are emphatically not included.
- Reviews - Should be written in response to recent works of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.