The Tin House Rules: Purchase Required

 

A crafty new submissions policy from Tin House Books is reminding writers to be readers—and consumers.The book press and quarterly literary magazine's recent call for manuscripts welcomes unsolicited submissions but comes with a caveat: Each submission must include a receipt for a book purchased at a bookstore. As for those who can't afford to buy books or get to a bookstore, Tin House asks for a haiku or under-100-word sentence explaining why. Writers who prefer their words in e-ink can...