The Writers Post
LITERATURE & LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
..ISSN 1527-5469
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A NOTE ON SUBMISSIONS
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THE WRITERS POST
WELCOMES YOUR SUBMISSIONS.

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BEFORE SUBMITTING PLEASE READ:

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

A.- General

The Writers Post publishes selected literary pieces in a variety of genres: fiction (short stories, short shorts), poetry (rhymed poems, free verse), translations, reviews, and essays on literature and art. Submissions are considered on their own merits, and no author's publishing background is particularly advantageous to the work. Please note that literature of escape, narrative poems, pattern poetry, and genre fiction may not fit The Writers Post; any essay, review containing libel, invasion of privacy, obscenity, substantial disruption will not be accepted. Fiction length: 1,000 words minimum; 10,000 words maximum. The Writers Post doesn't publish short-shorts translation (under 1,500 words). Send disposable copy of your complete manuscript by conventional mail to The Writers Post at:
 P.O Box 832464 Miami, Florida 33283 USA.
No queries. No simultaneous submissions. Poetry may be submitted via e-mail, into which the entire submission is pasted. No attachments. Reports in 4-6 weeks. Publishes ms in the next issue after acceptance.

B. - Submitting to the English Literature Section.

The work submitted to The Writers Post/ English Literature Section is an unpublished literary material on which the sender owns the copyright. Submission must be sent by conventional mail, in the form of a 3'1/2 floppy disk, in document format, accompanied by the printout, and a short cover letter with a brief bio and publications list (if applicable). On the first page of the printout, in the upper right corner, please write: Submit to The Writers Post, and sign the author's real name. No reprint submissions. As always, translations and poems will not be edited. The author should check the work for typos and grammatical errors before submitting.

C. - Submitting to the Vietnamese Literature Translation Section.

Submissions of Vietnamese Literature translations could either be unpublished or published literary pieces. Published translations submitted to the magazine by the author/ translator are posted in the PrintPubs. section. They could be short stories, poems, and essays extracted from print publications: books, journals, and magazines. To be republished in The Writers Post the author/ translator is responsible for obtaining the permission(s) of the copyright-holder(s). By submitting the work that has already been published the author/ translator affirms that the permission(s) is obtained, and gives the editor the right to republish the work in The Writers Post, to archive and make it permanently available for the online reader. Translations will not be edited. The author/ translator must check the translation for typos errors before submitting. In case errors appear in the current issue, The Writers Post, if requested, will make the correction in the following issue. The Writers Post cannot make any change in the current issue. The translator should bear in mind that unauthorized translations violate the copyright law. Translation submissions should be accompanied by a copy of the original work.

D. - Terms:

The Writers Post is non-profit. By submitting the work the sender gives the editor the right to publish it in The Writers Post, to archive and make it permanently available for the online reader. Works published in The Writers Post may be simultaneously published in the printed Wordbridge (ISSN: 1540-1723), which is published in association with The Writers Post. As a work may be or may be not considered for publication in both magazines, submissions intended for the Wordbridge should not be addressed to The Writers Post or vice versa. On the work(s) published in The Writers Post the author/ translator owns the copyright. Book publishers, anthologists may contact the author/ translator. When the author/ translator sells his/ her work(s) to a publisher for print publication The Writers Post should be acknowledged as the magazine that first published the work(s).

E. - Contact

N. Saomai, Editor, The Writers Post.
PO. Box 832464 Miami, Florida 33283 USA
Phone: (area code 305) 412-2384
or E-mail at: songvan@msn.com

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The Writers Post, based in the USA, established on July 1999.