A Golden Place is currently accepting outside submissions from April 1st, 2009, through August 1st, 2009, for our September 1st issue, themed "The Butterfly Effect". "The Butterfly Effect" can be defined as a seemingly small or inconsequential detail or action that causes a large reaction or extreme result that was unforeseen at the time it was made. An example would be forgetting to buy a lottery ticket with your usual numbers only once in twenty years, but on that day, your numbers came up. All submissions must espouse this theme and be emailed on or before August 1st, 2009. We accept theme related poetry of less than 500 words, creative nonfiction less than 3,000 words, and fiction less than 5,000 words. We also accept book reviews for books published less than a year from the date of our next issue, written about fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry collections and short story collections. These books must be available at major books stores where they are seen by a majority of the public, such as Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Borders. We offer no payment for submissions, but rather exposure to the multitudinous online reading public for your writing. We require exclusive electronic rights for six months, the length of each current issue. We require nonexclusive electronic rights after the six month period is over to maintain complete issues in our archives. Our editors reserve the right to edit submissions for space, grammar, and other errors.
Guidelines for submissions
We are seeking entertaining writing with well developed characters, realistic plots and the use of literary techniques. All writing should be original and new; plagiarism is not tolerated.
All writing should be edited and proofread for errors, including spelling and grammatical errors.
We will not accept the following: sing-song poetry or that of the greeting card type, flash fiction, fan fiction, anything that remotely reads like Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, any writing that is slanderous or defamatory or attempts to incite violence, writing disguised as fiction that attempts to promote a religious or political agenda, gratuitous swearing or erotica, how-to articles, self-help, or previously published writing.
We only accept writing from authors over the age of thirteen.
How to submit
Please submit all writing to: Editors@agoldenplace.com
Your email subject line should state: submission, genre, and title of your writing (ex: Submission, Poetry, "State our current theme").
You may submit more than one entry, but send each in a separate email. Your writing MUST be in the body of the email; we will not accept or open any attachments.
In the body of your email above your actual submission, please state your name, age, a brief bio in 3rd person, where/how you found our site, if the piece has been published elsewhere, and your email address as follows:
"The Butterfly Effect"
Joseph Smith, 49
Joseph Smith has worked as an editor at The Illinois Inquirer for twenty years and has authored three books on fly fishing. He is a Columbia University graduate and lives in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife and three daughters.
I found your site from a Google search. This writing has not been published elsewhere. My email address is jsmith@youremail.com
If we accept your writing, we will publish your short bio as well. We will not give out email addresses. We will respond to your entry within fourteen days.
Become a member of the Hutchinson Island Writers Group
We are currently accepting new members for our online writing group, the Hutchinson Island Writers Group. To apply, please submit one selection of fiction or nonfiction of at least 500 words, or two selections of poetry, along with a brief bio, to Sherri L. Miller, Senior Editor, at editors@agoldenplace.com.
Thank you for choosing A Golden Place!
We will not accept the following: sing-song poetry or that of the greeting card type, flash fiction, fan fiction, anything that remotely reads like Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, any writing that is slanderous or defamatory or attempts to incite violence, writing disguised as fiction that attempts to promote a religious or political agenda, gratuitous swearing or erotica, how-to articles, self-help, or previously published writing.
We only accept writing from authors over the age of thirteen.
Please submit all writing to: Editors@agoldenplace.com
Your email subject line should state: submission, genre, and title of your writing (ex: Submission, Poetry, "State our current theme").
You may submit more than one entry, but send each in a separate email. Your writing MUST be in the body of the email; we will not accept or open any attachments.
In the body of your email above your actual submission, please state your name, age, a brief bio in 3rd person, where/how you found our site, if the piece has been published elsewhere, and your email address as follows:
"The Butterfly Effect"
I found your site from a Google search. This writing has not been published elsewhere. My email address is jsmith@youremail.com
If we accept your writing, we will publish your short bio as well. We will not give out email addresses. We will respond to your entry within fourteen days.
We are currently accepting new members for our online writing group, the Hutchinson Island Writers Group. To apply, please submit one selection of fiction or nonfiction of at least 500 words, or two selections of poetry, along with a brief bio, to Sherri L. Miller, Senior Editor, at editors@agoldenplace.com.
Thank you for choosing A Golden Place!
How to submit
Joseph Smith, 49
Joseph Smith has worked as an editor at The Illinois Inquirer for twenty years and has authored three books on fly fishing. He is a Columbia University graduate and lives in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife and three daughters.
Become a member of the Hutchinson Island Writers Group