The Queer South: Essays and Poems
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Sibling Rivalry Press seeks poetry and creative nonfiction submissions for The Queer South, an anthology scheduled for publication in September 2014. The anthology, edited by Douglas Ray, will be the first-ever to explore and celebrate Dixie’s queer culture in essays and poetry. Whether your roots are in the South, you spent some time there, you had an unforgettable encounter at a Mardi Gras ball in the Reagan Era, or you staged an impromptu drag show in Talladega after a NASCAR race, your submissions are welcome. This anthology will build on the shoulders of Capote, McCullers, and Williams (among others) and show that queer culture has, does, and will flourish in the red states south of the Mason-Dixon.
Submit up to four previously unpublished poems or one essay of no more than 5000 words at thequeersouth.submittable.com.
Author should identify as LGBTIQ. Poems / essays should have some relationship to the American South. Payment will be in the form of a contributor’s copy. Direct questions to thequeersouth@gmail.com. UPDATED TIMELINE: The submission period ends July 31st, with decisions for inclusion made by or before early September.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
A native Mississippian, Douglas Ray is author of He Will Laugh (Lethe Press, 2012), which explores the relationship of two young men from first meeting to the aftermath of one man’s suicide. A former Lambda Literary Foundation Poetry Fellow, he earned his B.A. in classics and English and M.F.A. in poetry from The University of Mississippi, where he edited The Yalobusha Review. He is Writer-in-Residence at Indian Springs School, an independent boarding and day school in Birmingham, Alabama. Visit him at sdouglasray.com.
ABOUT THE PRESS
Founded in 2010, Sibling Rivalry Press is an independent publishing house based just outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the small town of Alexander. Our mission is to promote new, emerging, and established literary talent, particularly those writers who don’t fit into the mainstream. Sibling Rivalry Press is proud to be the home of Assaracus, the world’s only print journal of gay male poetry and one of Library Journal‘s “Best New Magazines.” Several Sibling Rivalry Press titles have been honored by the American Library Association through its “Over the Rainbow” list of recommended LGBT reading, including Ocean Vuong’s Burnings, Kevin Simmonds’ Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets and Faith, Religion & Spirituality, and Bryan Borland’s My Life as Adam. While we champion our LGBTIQ authors and artists, we are an inclusive publishing house and welcome all authors, artists, and readers regardless of sexual orientation or identity.