Call for Submissions
Deadline is Monday, August 1
The local, independent Mock Turtle Zine is accepting submissions for its upcoming issue. The publication will run in conjunction with Urban Nights on Friday, September 16. Submissions must be received by Monday, August 1, for consideration.
Mock Turtle Zine is an independent publishing effort undertaken to give artists and authors in Dayton, Ohio, and surrounding areas a vehicle for sharing their work. The zine accepts poetry, song lyrics, fiction and nonfiction as well as black-and-white visual art.
Check the submissions guidelines on the zine’s website, http://mockturtlezine.weebly.com, for specifics about formatting and line/word counts. Please, no previously published work or simultaneous submissions, unless indicated.
Send electronic submissions to mockturtlepress@gmail.com by end of day August 1.
SPECIAL CONTEST: Mock Turtle is partnering with Antioch Writers Workshop to conduct a special poetry contest this summer. The deadline for contest entries is also Monday, August 1. We will be accepting up to two poetry submissions per entrant in an adult category and in a teen category. Email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com with scholarship questions. Poetry should be 50 lines or fewer. Two awards will be made in each category and one Best in Show award will be made. Send contest entries to mockturtlepress@gmail.com, with subject line AWW/Mock Turtle Poetry Contest, or to the following address:
AWW/Mock Turtle Poetry Contest
c/o Antioch University Midwest
900 Dayton Street
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387
For additional information about the zine, please contact Christina Dendy or Matt Birdsall at mockturtlepress@gmail.com.
