ANTHOLOGY DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Red Claw Press Announces an Anthology on SLEEP
in all its Meanings / Associations
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
We invite the submission of works about Sleep in all its meanings, such as: Dreams; Beds (we’re born, procreate and die in them); Naps; Reading in bed; Breakfast in bed; Insomnia; Sleep deprivation as torture; Sleepwalking; Coma; Trying to get a child to sleep; Sleep rituals like bedtime story, glass of water, counting sheep, masturbation, prayer; Bed/sleep as denial/escape/avoidance; Sleep as death ( “If I should die before I wake” ); Sleep/death euphemisms ( “Rest in Peace” ); Sleep icons such as teddy bears, special blankies, a particular pillow; Sex, or anything else you can dream up. When in doubt, query first at editors@redclawpress.com.
FORMATS
We welcome both written and visual art. Written contributions can be in any one or a combination of these forms: short fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction (e.g. memoir, essay, travel piece), graphic essay, or comic. Other formats could be photographs, or photos of paintings, sculptures, collages, or works in glass, ceramics, textiles, metal, wood or jewellery.
LENGTH / SIZE / OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
All works must be previously unpublished in print or electronic form
Poetry: Maximum of five manuscript pages of 32 lines per page or fewer, single-spaced, in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font. Title and stanza breaks count as lines.
Prose: Maximum 1500 words in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, double-spaced.
Artwork: Visuals will be oriented as portrait, rather than landscape. Maximum of five JPEG’s in black and white or colour at 72dpi with a maximum pixel dimension of 2000 x 2000 and a minimum pixel dimension of 500 x 500. If accepted, you must be able to send high resolution images. An artist’s statement, maximum 200 words, linking the art to the theme, should accompany all images.
Multi-media: Maximum of five pages total of illustration and commentary. See above.
HOW TO SUBMIT / DEADLINE
Submit by email. Attach written work as a Word document (.doc). Attach artwork as a JPEG. Include your contact information (email and street addresses), your name as you want it to appear with the work, and a very brief Bio of 50 words.
Forward your submission to editors@redclawpress.com by midnight Wednesday, February 1st, 2012. Publication is set for fall of 2012.
FINAL PRODUCT / PAYMENT
1) A perfect-bound book of 150 pages, with artwork in both colour and black/white, and a dazzling cover. 2) An ePub version available through the usual channels.
Payment will be one copy of the print book.
For an idea of what we are looking for, you can order a copy of our Food Anthology, Crave It: Writers and Artists Do Food
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Click here for information on how to order a copy of Crave It: Writers and Artists Do Food.
Here’s a great review of Crave It.
We’ve sold out of the first print run and are now selling books from the second print run.
Thanks to everyone who came out for the launch of Crave It: Writers and Artists Do Food, and made it such a fun and successful evening!
Special thanks to those who read their work from the anthology. It was wonderful that so many of you could be there to help us celebrate!
A big thank you to Batcher, Wasserman and Associates for their generosity in providing the wine and other drinks!
Thank you, Andrew Macrae, for taking great photos of the launch!
And many thanks to Ruth and Richard Parker and their team of volunteers, Don and Jean Pysklywec and Terry Lohse, who made and served such delicious food!
Red Claw Press dedicated the launch to Barbara Freeze, whose essay, “Silence and Slow Time,” so beautifully captures the spirit of the anthology. Barbara had a stroke this winter and was unable to attend the launch. We send her thanks for her wonderful essay and good wishes for a full and speedy recovery. Here is a video clip of K.D. Miller dedicating the launch to Barbara: