Would you like to see your work in our Journal? Here is a preview of upcoming issues with submission deadlines. We will occasionally insert special features into forthcoming issues, such as a featured poet or a book review or a report on a special event. As always, we appreciate your emails updating us on publications and other literary events. Electronic submission only to cmw@goshen.edu, include a brief bio that mentions your interest in or connection to Mennonites, and attach the submission as a word document. This is a tentative list, subject to change and adjustment.
September 2010 -- In Memoriam: Mennonite Lives in Poetry
This issue will feature poems, interpretive essays, and art work by two writers, Sylvia Gross Bubalo and Christine Wiebe, who made significant creative contributions that were not published during their lifetime.
November 2010 -- Writing for Film & Theater
Personal essays on writing for film by Collin Friesen, Sidney King, Don Yost. Original scripts and an interview with Vern Thiessen. Additional submissions welcome. Deadline: October 1, 2010. Query first. cmw@goshen.edu
Featured Poet: Charity Gingerich
January 2011 -- A Writing Group Dialogue. Five accomplished Mennonite writers from Indianapolis share their work.
Reflections from Mennonites engaged in writing groups are welcome. Deadline: December 1. We also welcome queries from established writing groups who would like to contribute to an issue focused on work from their group.
March 2011 -- Words and The Word: Literary Art in Worship
Literary works that engage the subject of worship or that lend themselves to use in a liturgical setting, as well as personal essays on the experience of using a work of literature in a worship setting. Submissions welcome. Deadline for consideration: January 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: February 1, 2011.
May 2011 -- Creative Nonfiction and Memoir. Open submissions. Deadline for consideration: March 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: April 1, 2011.
Featured Poet: Katie Lehman
July 2011 -- New Poetry and Hybrid Literature. Open submissions, not limited to, but encouraging of work that crosses the boundaries of genre. Submissions welcome. Deadline for consideration: May 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: June 1, 2011.
September 2011 -- Literature and the Art of Peace. Dedicated to the memory of 9/11 on its 10th anniversary, this issue focus on literary art as a tool for peacemaking and mutual understanding. Open submissions for poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and memoir. Especially encouraged are submissions by young peacemakers attempting to reinterpret the teachings of historic peace churches for contemporary times. Deadline for consideration: July 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: August 1, 2011.
November 2011 – New Fiction. Open submissions welcome. Deadline for consideration: September 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: October 1, 2011.
January 2012 -- Found in Translation. German scholars reflect on Canadian Mennonite writers. Guest Co-Editors Gerhard Reimer and Ann Hostetler
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