fictionandfeeling: Fiction & Feeling is very happy to announce submissions are open for our
fictionandfeeling: Fiction & Feeling is very happy to announce submissions are open for our newest book, SPLIT: true stories about the end of marriage and what happens next. This will be a collection of essays about divorce by divorced writers. Submit your proposal to submissions@fictionandfeeling.com by 8 January 2017. The Concept: Marriage is difficult, and divorce can be even harder. Vows were made to love until death, but for many people, that’s unrealistic bullshit, and can end up being a harmful ideal to try to live up to. However, it doesn’t stop there being something inherently shameful about divorce that evokes pity and probably a bit of disdain in those who’ve never been through it. But divorce can also mean a type of freedom to let go and jump, despite not knowing where you’ll land. And sometimes out of the charred remains of a marriage emerges a unique type of friendship built on broken promises and vulnerability that’s already proved it can make it through the worst of whatever’s to come after love. The book intends to act as literary exorcism, therapeutic conjuring, hopeful tribute, exploratory ritual, both for writers and readers. At Fiction & Feeling, we strongly believe in the power of sharing personal stories, both to get them out so they’re not mucking about inside of us, and also so others can recognize a shared connection, or realize a different reality. If you are divorced and would like to share your story, what you learned, how you survived, what it was like then, how life is now and you also happen to write beautiful, well-crafted prose, then we are very interested in hearing from you.* Want to be in the book?: We are accepting proposals that must include the following: a short (can be a few lines) outline of what you plan to write about and the angle you plan to explore. a sample of 2-3 pieces of writing (these don’t have to be published, they can be blog posts, that’s fine!) Please keep the following in mind when submitting: Tone – Divorce can be a difficult and heavy subject. The tone of your essay should reflect your personality and your situation; you don’t need to write a cautionary tale, and you don’t have to put on rose-tinted glasses. Just be honest. If your story includes any sort of abuse*, please let us know in your proposal. Audience – The intended audience for this book is anyone, really. Those who are divorced will probably benefit from it the most. But we believe it will be of interest to anyone who has likes to know more about how humans relate and react to one another. Rating – You can be as explicit in your writing as you want. You are an excellent writer, you know what will work best for the story you’re trying to tell and the feelings you want to get across to your reader. Length – 2000-3000 words. As of right now, we intend this to be a smaller sized book and will probably include 10 authors. Submit your proposal to submissions@fictionandfeeling.com by 8 January 2017. Timeline: 8 January 2016: Deadline for proposal submissions 31 February 2017: Deadline for essay submissions March 2017: Book goes to print (exact date depends on how long edits take) April 2017: Contributor copies sent out and book is on sale to public Payment: This is the first book Fiction & Feeling has put together so we’re not able to offer immense monetary compensation. However, if more books sell, you will make more money. Right now we can pay £200 to each contributor. Submit your proposal to submissions@fictionandfeeling.com by 8 January 2017. *READ THIS IF YOU INTEND TO SUBMIT This essay is not an opportunity to decide who’s fault your divorce was. If you want to heap abuse and blame onto your former spouse, this is not the venue for you. If your essay exploits your ex in a way we deem hurtful, abusive, unfair, or possibly damaging to them in any way, it will not be published. This is an opportunity to write about YOU and not to throw your ex under a bus. If your story includes abuse, it will be evaluated carefully and we’ll discuss it with you to make sure everyone involved stays safe. -- source link
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