Ten Questions for Paul Lisicky
“Work that’s good, that’s itself, eventually gets seen.” —Paul Lisicky, author of Later
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books including Cleanness by Garth Greenwell and Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu.
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Wood Coin Magazine: Art & Lit
Year Founded:
2008
Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:
Greater than 50
Issues per Year:
Varies.
Circulation:
5,000 to 10,000
Subscription Price:
Online.
Issue Price:
Free.
The issues are cohesive; the whole of the magazine is comprehensive.
Submit anything, from new to almost-forgotten, previously published if noted in an email, or rejected for whatever reason from other venues. I do work with talented writers if a theme or plot or character can be drawn out and refined for publication in Wood Coin. The magazine is uncensored as of January 2018, yet extreme literary or artistic stunts need to coincide with US obscenity laws.
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Short Memoir Prize
Fish Publishing
Entry Fee:
$19
Deadline:
January 31, 2020
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,100) and publication in the Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a short memoir. David Shields will judge. Submit a memoir of up to 4,000 words with a €17 (approximately $19) entry fee for online entries or €19 (approximately $21) for postal entries by January 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Grand Union by Zadie Smith and Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout.
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5 Over 50: 2019
In our fourth annual installment of this series, five debut authors over the age of fifty—Julie Langsdorf, Valencia Robin, Timothy Brandoff, Margaret Renkl, and Peter Kaldheim—share excerpts from their first books.
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Ten Questions for Adrienne Brodeur
“Read like your work depends on it. It does.” —Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game
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Ten Questions for Saeed Jones
“The process of writing a memoir can swallow you whole if you aren’t careful.” —Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight For Our Lives.
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Dream House as Interview: Q&A with Carmen Maria Machado
In her new book, In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado reimagines the memoir form by examining her personal story of domestic abuse using different tropes and shines new light on the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships.
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Ten Questions for Anne Boyer
“I had made a bargain with myself that if I lived, I would give a book of what I learned back to the world in return—an act of gratitude and sometimes vengeance—and I made it.” —Anne Boyer, author of The Undying
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