Here at Read This, we seek work that has been crafted and refined through the diligence and commitment of a self-respecting artist. While we acknowledge that there are no hard fast rules to art, we value work that engages life and manages to distinguish itself. Ultimately, what we treasure are pieces that make a statement.
Submission deadlines:
We work on a rolling submission basis, but for your work to appear in the spring/summer 2009 issue (Volume 4 Issue 2), please submit by April 17, 2009.
Please submit your work(s) to:
msureadthis@gmail.com
or
Read This
c/o English Club
MSU English Dpt.
Wilson Hall 2-176
Bozeman, MT 59715
Include with your work:
•Your name as you would like to see it published
•Contact information - preferably a phone number, though an email that is
regularly checked is acceptable.
•A few line bio about yourself
Please see our submission guidelines below by section: General, Poetry, Prose, Image.
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Poetry
Individual artists can send up to four pieces of poetry - each piece not longer than 70 lines.
If an image is to be included with your piece, please see the guidelines for image submissions below.
If submitting electronically:
•Attach each piece in either rich text, Microsoft Word, or PDF format.
•Also include pieces in the body of the email.
•Attach each piece separately. Label each file with the title of the piece
contained therein.
•Please include your name on the work.
•Format the text in the following way:
- Size 12, Times New Roman
- Title: size 12, Times New Roman Bold
- Name: directly below the title, size 12, Times New Roman Italic
- If there is font formatting that is essential to the piece, please include this information in the body of the email so that it is kept consistent in
publication.
If submitting a hard-copy:
•Include a cover letter with your name as you would like it to be published,
contact information, and a short bio about yourself (as stated above).
•Please include your name on the work.
•If submitting more than one piece, please submit each on a separate sheet of paper.
•Format the text in the following way:
- Size 12, Times New Roman
- Title: size 12, Times New Roman Bold
- Name: directly below the title, size 12, Times New Roman Italic
- If there is font formatting that is essential to the piece, please include this
information in the cover letter so that it is kept consistent in publication.
- If there is any reason that these formatting requests cannot be granted,
please note in your cover letter that Read This may change formatting.
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Fiction/Non-fiction/Short Essays/Creative Non-fiction
There is a 3,000-word limit for prose pieces. Individual artists may submit up to two shorter pieces or one longer piece.
If an image is to be included with your piece, please see the guidelines for image submissions below.
If submitting electronically:
•Attach each piece in either rich text, Microsoft Word, or PDF format.
•Also include pieces in the body of the email.
•Attach each piece separately. Label each file with the title of the piece
contained therein.
•Please include your name on the work.
•Format the text in the following way:
- Size 12, Times New Roman
- Title: size 12, Times New Roman Bold
- Name: directly below the title, size 12, Times New Roman Italic
- Double space text
- If there is font formatting that is essential to the piece, please include this
information in the body of the email so that it is kept consistent in
publication.
If submitting a hard-copy:
•Include a cover letter with your name as you would like it to be published,
contact information, and a short bio about yourself (as stated above).
•Please include your name on the work.
•If submitting more than one piece, please submit each on a separate sheet of
paper.
•Format the text in the following way:
- Size 12, Times New Roman
- Title: size 12, Times New Roman Bold
- Name: directly below the title, size 12, Times New Roman Italic
- Double space text
- If there is font formatting that is essential to the piece, please include this
information in the cover letter so that it is kept consistent in publication.
- If there is any reason that these formatting requests cannot be granted,
please note in your cover letter that Read This may change formatting.
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Images
There is no limit to the number of submissions an individual can submit.
Images need to be sent in either CMYK or grayscale. Though we will be working towards color pages in the publication, submitters need to be aware that their work may be modified to grayscale.
If submitting electronically, images need to:
•Be in JPEG or TIFF format
- If it is part of a piece of literature, include the image in the Word file AND
in JPEG or TIFF format. The image will not be considered if it is only
included in the Word file. (And the image does not NEED to be in the
Word file.)
•Have a resolution of 200 dpi or more
•Every image must be labeled with a name, e.g. "trees" or "boy_with_snake." Do
not submit images with file labels like "IMG208" or "DSC_956."
If submitting a hard-copy:
•Include a cover letter with your name as you would like to see it published and
contact information (as stated above).
•Also include titles to the pieces you submit.
•Read This will scan the image and format it according to electronic submissions
above.
•If you would like your pieces returned, please include that request in your cover
letter along with an address to which Read This can mail them too. Otherwise,
the images will not be returned.
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