If you are submitting more than one piece for a series (eg. 3-5 poems for Everyday Genius), please include only one attachment. Do not send more than one attachment per series. (However, if you're submitting a book manuscript and a few poems for Everyday Genius [for example], it is okay to upload these separately.)
At this point, for all publications, Publishing Genius is particularly interested in something else altogether. What is coherent? Why do we think we understand something while we think something else is nonsense? How can we avoid not knowing what we don't know? How can we make that process fun?The best submissions make us say, "Whoa, how did that get there?" We are less interested in form/content than in effect.
And thanks for considering us with your work.
Everyday Genius
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For Everyday Genius, please send three to five poems or one story of less than 500 words.Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, however, if you are sending a batch of poems and one is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw the entire submission (and feel free to resubmit the others). We can't track emails notifying us that one was selected.
Due to the guest editing structure of Everyday Genius, response times will vary. Queries are completely acceptable after four weeks.
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Young Adult Fiction
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From a PLOUGHSHARES interview: http://word.emerson.edu/ploughshares/2011/08/17/innovators-in-lit-interview-1/#more-3009Laura van den Berg: What would your dream YA project be like?
Adam Robinson: It would have to be serious and complex, but that’s not breaking any molds. There’s a lot of serious and complex YA out there. I’ve been mulling over Maniac Magee for 20 years. One of the things I admire about YA is how well the good books mesh emotional meaning with genuinely accessible stories. In some ways I think it is the purest form of fiction. It’s unadulterated and immediate. My dream project would come from someone like a great, highfalutin poet who put together a plot-driven and sad series of books about a sad kid who discovers a doorway to a parallel universe. This is my call for submissions.
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Non-fiction Series
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We are seeking long-format essays of particular cultural relevance that are novel in their approach. The starting point can be as broad as "Classical Music" or as specific as "The use of percussion in Debussy's 'La Mer'" (though in no way do they have to concern themselves with any sort of music).Manuscripts should be between 10,000-15,000 words. Selected manuscripts will be paired with one other essay and published in split-side volumes of two. The collection will feature six volumes, and will be published in the second half of 2012.
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