How Well You Walk Through Madness
Now taking Poetry
How Well...
How Well You Walk Through Madness
Now taking Poetry
How Well You Walk Through Madness follows the Beat tradition and is seeking short fiction of no more than 5500 words. We are looking for stories that get capture ordinary madness of life. Send us the last little hope before getting a boot to the face. Send us experimental fiction littered with philosophies on a mission to corrupt us. Essentially, we’re looking for Beat fiction. Fiction that breaks the conventional norms of writing. Be an outsider. Think differently. Get weird and don’t be afraid. This anthology is inspired by the Beat Generation writers, a literary movement from the 1940’s and 1950’s that has been evolving ever since. How Well You Walk Through Madness is a paying anthology. Authors accepted will be paid ½ cent per word. Guidelines are listed below.
“What is Beat?”
Writers from the beat generation wrote some rather inspiring pieces. Most of the art that came out of this literary movement focused around the grungy aspect of the human condition. Beat is pretty much being human in every possible way. Beat is an exploration of people. It analyzes the lovesick, the poor, the insane, etc. Beat is real. It’s not necessarily Slice of Life. Slice of Life sometimes lacks the element of Suffering. Beat hones in on Suffering and makes it art. Beat is rebellious. Beat is where you get torn apart but it doesn’t get you down.
Payment: ½ Cent per word through Paypal, $5 per poem accepted
Deadline: November 4, 2016
Submit using Submittable: https://weaselpress.submittable.com/submit/59677
PLEASE do NOT send us multiple submittable forms. If you have more than one story to submit, upload them in a single submittable form. You can upload up to 3 files.
IF you absolutely cannot use submittable, please email: SYSTMATICWZL@GMAIL.COM
Guidelines for Short Stories:
–Submit a Word Doc (DOC or DOCX only)
–You can submit up to 3 stories.
–5500 words Max
–Double spaced, 1 in margins, Name and Contact info on the document.
–Use Serif fonts only, no Courier or Courier New
–All works submitted must be original. Characters must be owned by the author or their submission will not be reviewed
–Simultaneous submissions accepted. Author must inform editors that their submission has been accepted elsewhere ASAP
–Experimental fiction is accepted
–Submissions through Submittable only
–Previously published material is not accepted. Unpublished works only. This DOES NOT include works posted to your blog/facebook/tumblr/etc.
–If accepted, you are granting us Non-Exclusive rights in print and electronic publishing in perpetuity. Rights revert back to author upon publication.
Guidelines for Poetry:
–Submit a Word Doc (DOC or DOCX only)
–You can submit up to 3 poems. Put all poems in a single document, 1 poem per page. Poems should only be about a page in length. Shorter poems will be reviewed. Anything longer than a page will be rejected.
–Single Spaced, 1 in margins, Name and Contact info on the document. Please also include a Pen Name if you use one.
–Use Serif fonts only, no Courier or Courier New
–All works submitted must be original.
–Simultaneous submissions accepted. Author must inform editors that their submission has been accepted elsewhere ASAP
–Experimental poetry is accepted
–Previously published material is not accepted. Unpublished works only. This DOES NOT include works posted to your blog/facebook/tumblr/etc.
–If accepted, you are granting us Non-Exclusive rights in print and electronic publishing in perpetuity. Rights revert back to author upon publication.
