*Kudzu* Writers Guidelines
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*Kudzu* is a digital quarterly magazine dedicated to bringing you the best
in fiction, poetry, and essays. We strive to present fresh and original
works that challenge us and our readers to think about the world, each
other, and ourselves.
Kudzu is electronically published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter)
in three formats (access info is below):
Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Webzine (WWW HTML format)
ACSII text-only
Kudzu issue #1 is available NOW at <
http://www.etext.org/Zines/Kudzu/>
What we're looking for...
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First of all, in whatever genre, we look for good, solid, professional
writing. That you've published a kazillion poems and short stories---or
never submitted your work for publication---matters not; what matters is
that you've written it well. *Kudzu* accepts submissions from anyone and
does not discriminate on any basis other than an admittedly subjective
review of the work, not the author.
FICTION: short fiction (we do plan to publish some longer works, but we're
primarily interested in 5,000 to 7,500 words or less) that is written well
and tells a good story. As far as subject matter goes, we're pretty open,
we just want to see solid, compelling stories. We're also interested in
Hyperfiction, but for the web version only, it's hard to implement in the
other two versions (Acrobat PDF and ASCII text-only) without compromising
the story. We cannot publish works that use copyrighted characters or
material ("fan fiction," it's usually called).
POETRY: It's said that more people write poetry than read it. Show us
that you read and know and love poetry as well as write. Though we gladly
accept free verse, we're particularly fond of good poetry written in
traditional forms, though subject matter is completely open.
ESSAYS: With essays, we're primarily looking for strong writing that makes
us (and our readers) think about the subject. Personal essays, travelogues,
humor, cultural or social commentary, as long as it's good. We discourage
religious or political essays.
How to submit
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Submissions to *Kudzu* should be sent to the magazine via Internet email.
Files should be either plain ASCII sent in the body of the email message.
Macintosh users may send submissions as binhexed Macintosh word processor
files.
For long pieces (over 7500 words or so), send a quick query with an outline
or description and some sample paragraphs (so we can get an idea of the
style) before sending the entire piece.
Mail all submissions and other correspondence to: <<
[email protected]>>
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