The Petigru Review Guidelines

The South Carolina Writers Workshop is pleased to announce the opening of the competition for inclusion in the fourth issue of its literary journal. The Petigru Review will feature the best writing of SCWW members in three categories: fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

The competition is open to SCWW members who have paid their dues by April 30, 2010. There is no other entry fee. Please feel free to contact Jim McFarlane, membership coordinator, at jimmcfarlane@juno.com, if you have any questions about your membership status. New members are always welcome.

Each member may submit up to 4,000 words of fiction, and/or up to 2,000 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 such submissions are added together. Submissions that exceed the length limit in any category will be disqualified.

For example, a hypothetical member might submit two short stories of 2,000 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 by submitting an extra poem, 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With the exception of work previously published in The Quill, only unpublished work is eligible.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 editors of The Petigru Review when a particular piece has been accepted elsewhere.

Formatting:

1. All submissions must be typed on one side of 8.5-inch x 11-inch white paper. Pages should not be stapled or bound. They should, however, be secured, and copies separated, with binder clips, paperclips, or rubber bands.

2. All entries should be formatted with one-inch margins on all four sides of the page. All text must be black, and the font must be 12 point Courier or 12 point Times New Roman. Prose entries must be double-spaced. Poetry should be formatted as the poet wishes it to appear in print.

3. 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.

4. Four paper copies of each manuscript must be submitted. Each submission must include a cover sheet containing the following information: author’s name, address, telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), title of manuscript, category, and word count for prose or line count for poetry. Download cover sheet here. (72 KB DOC file)

5. Do not include a SASE because manuscripts will not be returned. Results will be announced electronically (see our Web site: http://www.myscww.org).

6. Please mail four paper copies of each manuscript with cover sheets flat, in a manila or other large-sized envelope, to: Trilby Plants, The Petigru Review, 4305 Lotus Ct Unit D, Murrells Inlet SC 29576.

7. Send a copy of each manuscript as a Microsoft Word attachment (with a “.doc” suffix, not “.docx”) in a separate e-mail to TrilbyMPlants@gmail.com. In the body of the e-mail include an author biography of up to 100 words.

8. All envelopes must be postmarked and all e-mails with attachments must be sent no later than April 30, 2010.

9. Submissions that do not adhere to the guidelines will be disqualified and the entrant notified.

All authors whose writing is selected for publication in The Petigru Review will receive two contributor’s copies of the issue in which their work appears. SCWW retains first-time publication rights until the literary journal is published, at which time rights revert to the author. Naturally, SCWW reserves the right to edit submissions at the editors’ sole discretion.

Photographers:

SCWW seeks black-and-white photographs—taken in either South Carolina or Savannah, Georgia (the home of our first out-of-state chapter)—for inclusion in The Petigru Review. Such photos will be considered by the editors 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.

SCWW also wants color photos for the cover. They should adhere to the same resolution guidelines as black-and-white. These photos may be portrait or landscape orientation.

Please submit no more than 10 photos as .jpg attachments (one photo per e-mail, please) to TrilbyMPlants@gmail.com. Your photos must be original size and have a resolution of 300 dots per inch or better.

Good luck to all.