The Petigru Review—2012 Submission Guidelines
The Petigru Review-2012 will feature the best writing of SCWW members in three categories: fiction (including flash fiction), creative nonfiction and poetry. Submissions may be sent no earlier than March 1, 2012 and no later than April 30, 2012.
The competition is open to SCWW members who have paid their dues by April 30, 2012. There is no other entry fee. Please contact Jim McFarlane, treasurer and membership coordinator, at scwwmembership@gmail.com, if you have any questions about your membership status. New members are always welcome.
Each member may submit up to 3000 words of fiction, (a single story cannot be longer than 2500 words), and/or up to 2000 words of nonfiction, and/or 80 lines of poetry. Each member is free to divide up the total word- or line-count in each category among multiple submissions, so long as these length limits are observed when all submissions are added together. Submissions that exceed the length limit in any category or in total will be disqualified.
For example, a hypothetical member might submit two short stories of 1,500 words each, four nonfiction pieces of 500 words each, and eight 10-line poems. But if that same hypothetical member were to exceed the poetry line-count, all of his or her submissions would be disqualified.
With the exception of work previously published in The Quill, only unpublished work is eligible. Simultaneous submissions are permitted as long as the author immediately notifies the editor of The Petigru Review when a piece has been accepted elsewhere.
Authors whose work is selected for publication in The Petigru Review-2012 will receive two contributor’s copies. SCWW retains first-time publication rights until the literary journal is published, at which time publication rights revert to the author. SCWW also solicits authors' non-exclusive first Internet archival rights for online archiving.
SCWW reserves the right to edit submissions at the editor's sole discretion.
Tips: Submit your best efforts. Good writing will get the judges' attention. Judges will consider each submission on its merit. They look for a manuscript that rises above the mundane, that presents the author's truth in an evocative manner and shows the human experience. Grab the reader with your first sentence. Take chances and think beyond the literal and build a world that invites the reader into the story or poem.
Proofreading is important.
Manuscript Formatting:
No paper copies will be accepted. Only electronic submissions are allowed.
All submissions must be formatted as a standard manuscript. Use only 12 point Times New Roman font. Prose entries must be double-spaced. Poetry should be formatted as the poet wishes it to appear in print, including the use of spacing and special fonts.
The title and page number must appear on every page of a submission. The author’s name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript(s), including in the body of the work.
Each submission package must include one cover sheet that may be downloaded here TPR Cover Sheet.
Do not include a SASE because manuscripts will not be returned.
Send a copy of each manuscript as a Microsoft Word attachment (with a “.doc” suffix, not “.docx”) in a separate e-mail to scwwanthology@gmail.com. In the Subject line say TPR 2012. In the body of the e-mail include an author biography of up to 100 words. Please also attach a high resolution color or black and white photo of yourself, preferably a head shot.
All emails with attachments must be sent between March 1, 2012 and April 30, 2012.
Submissions that do not adhere to the guidelines will be disqualified and the entrant notified.
Photographers:
SCWW also seeks digital photographs for inclusion in The Petigru Review. Photos may be taken in South Carolina or Savannah, Georgia—the home of our first out-of-state chapter.
Photos may be submitted only during April: April 1 through April 30. The editor is looking for images of South Carolina and Savannah, and photos of original art work: drawings, paintings, sculpture, or other media. If the subject of the photo is not the photographer's, the creator must supply a release form available via email from the editor. Limit of 10 photos per individual. The editor reserves the right to solicit additional photos from submitters.
Read the March QUILL as the editor will make some specific suggestions for photo topics.
Please submit color photos only as attachments to an email. Include in the subject line TPR 2012 Photo and send to scwwanthology@gmail.com. Photos must be high resolution JPG files, portrait or landscape orientation. Hi-res photos are usually larger than 1 megabyte and can be as high as 10-20 megabytes. Submit only one to three photos per email as most Internet service providers have limits on attachment sizes.
Photos of people whose faces are identifiable will be accepted, providing a model release is included for each individual in the picture. If a model release is required the editor will email one to be filled out and returned via snail mail or email.
The editor reserves the right to crop photos for content. Each photographer will receive a proof copy of his/her submission/s before publication.
Photo submissions are considered outside of the writing competition and will be used on a discretionary basis. No compensation will be paid for photos, except the photographer whose photo is chosen for the cover art will receive two contributor’s copies of the issue in which his/her work appears. All photos used will be credited.
SCWW acquires one time rights and non-exclusive first Internet archival rights for online archiving.
Upon publication all other rights will revert to the photographer.
Please submit photos as JPG attachments to: scwwanthology@gmail.com.