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MAGNITUDE is an online quarterly comprised of poetry, fiction and nonfiction by members of the Litquake, and Lit Crawl communities. Every piece offers the reader an intimate, unique perspective of what it’s like to be behind the scenes of the largest literary festival on the West Coast, as well as the burgeoning Lit Crawls in New York and Austin, TX, and soon, Seattle and London.
Have you ever written a poem about standing in a crowded pub, or bookstore, or laundromat in the Mission, listening to an author read during Lit Crawl? Or maybe you’ve written about going on a wild quest for more ice after the keys for the famous Litvan were tossed to you by an anxious producer? What about a weird conversation you had with Frank Chu at a zine-publishing panel at the Chrome Bags Store in SoMa? Or a fiction piece about being one of the graffiti artists in Clarion Alley in the middle of all the Lit Crawl mayhem? Or perhaps you danced with Stephen Elliott at the after party and he gave you some writerly advice?
It would be a shame to keep these wonderful words to yourself, don’t you think? We want to read them! Send your poems, stories, creative nonfiction and art/photography about or inspired by your Litquake experiences to magnitudereview@gmail.com.
MAGNITUDE IS SEEKING A DESIGN INTERN!!! Our wonderful-yet-overworked art director is in search of a reliable, enthusiastic, part-time creative. You must have a passion for the arts, deep respect for the written word (naturally!), and an unhealthy obsession with precision. Adobe CS4 skills, open email and phone communication channels, and a whatever-it-takes-to-meet-the-deadline attitude are also required. Carrots: the opportunity to pair striking visuals with literary expression, realization of your aesthetic input in digital print, a shout-out in the credits, and the sweet, sweet knowledge that thousands of Litquake fans will view and appreciate all your hard work. Please email a cover letter and CV to magnitudereview@gmail.com.
Submission Guidelines:
- 3-5 poems
- 1-3 pieces of flash fiction (each piece 1000 words max)
- 1 piece of short fiction (3000 words max)
- 1 piece of creative nonfiction (3000 words max)
- 3 photographs or art pieces (digital, mixed media, paintings, drawings, and more are all acceptable as long as they can be submitted electronically)
- Writers/Artists/Photographers may submit once per submission period.
- Submissions must be sent to magnitudereview@gmail.com in one document: a .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt format…basically something we’ll be able to open and copy and paste. For image files, please make they are “high quality.” Please put your name, contact info and a bio under 35 words in the body of the email, and be sure to mention the year(s) you helped out as a Litquake/Lit Crawl volunteer or participated in/read at a Litquake/Lit Crawl event.
- The email subject line should look like this: Author name, type of submission, title; i.e. Joe Litquake, flash fiction, This is My Title
- The document name should look like this: Last name_first name_title.doc (or .docx, etc); i.e. Litquake_Joe_This_is_My_Title.doc (If you’re submitting more than one piece, just use the title of your first piece in the document.)
All submissions received by Thursday, June 1st will be considered for MAGNITUDE 1.4, scheduled for July. Submissions received after will be filed and considered for MAGNITUDE 2.1, scheduled for October.
For further information or if you have any questions, please contact Melissa da Silveira Serpa, Magnitude Editor and Litquake Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@litquake.org
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