The Collagist

Dear Creative Writing Students and Faculty,

As the editor of The Collagist, a new online literary journal published by Dzanc Books, I would like to invite you to join us first as readers and then also to submit your own work for possible inclusion in our magazine. We strongly believe that much of today's most interesting and innovative literary work is being done in our many creative writing and literature programs, by both students and faculty, and so we genuinely look forward to reading your submissions.

We publish fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and book reviews, and are always reading in all categories.

Following this letter, you'll find some general information about The Collagist, and below that our most recent guidelines.

Thanks again for your time, and good luck with both your writing and the new school year.

Sincerely,

Matt Bell

Editor

The Collagist

editor@thecollagist.com

www.thecollagist.com


ABOUT THE COLLAGIST

The Collagist is a new online journal published monthly by Dzanc Books and edited by Matt Bell, with Matthew Olzmann as Poetry Editor. Continuing the Dzanc tradition of bringing extraordinary writing to a wide audience, the first issue of The Collagist was published on August 15th, 2009, and new issues will appear subsequently each month at www.thecollagist.com.

The Collagist's recently published debut issue includes new fiction by Chris Bachelder, Kevin Wilson, Kim Chinquee, and Matthew Salesses, plus an excerpt from Laird Hunts forthcoming novel Ray of the Star. It also includes poetry by Charles Jensen, Oliver de la Paz, and Christina Kallery, as well two essays: Ander Monson provides an innovative essay in the form of an assembloir, while David McLendons essay relates his personal experiences with the master teacher, editor, and writer Gordon Lish, exploring the impact of Lishs mentorship on both his own writing and his everyday life. Lishs story Im Wide (which originally appeared in his collection What I Know So Far) is also reprinted in this issue, which I hope youll consider first as its own unique piece and then again, in tandem with McLendons essay.


The Collagists first book review section includes coverage of Terry Galloways Mean Little Deaf Queer, Michal Ajvazs The Other City, and Brian Evensons Fugue State (written by Dawn Raffel, John Madera, and Ryan Call, respectively), as well as a video review of Jonathan Baumbachs You, or the Invention of Memory by Anna Clark.


The Collagist also extends beyond its formal pages onto its blog, which provides additional material throughout the month, including interviews with contributors and audio and video readings of work found in the issue, all of which will also be available as a podcast through iTunes. The blog can be found at www.thecollagist.com/wordpress/.


For more information or for general inquiries, please email editor@thecollagist.com.



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES


Fiction:

The Collagist includes four previously unpublished works of fiction in each monthly issue. We will consider all lengths of short fiction, from flash through novella. Send one story or novella or 1-3 flash fictions or short-shorts to fiction@thecollagist.com as a .DOC or .RTF attachment and list The Collagist - Fiction submission in the subject line.


Poetry:

The Collagist includes previously unpublished work from four poets in each monthly issue, publishing between 1 and 3 poems per poet. We will consider all types of poetry. Send to poetry@thecollagist.com as a single .DOC or .RTF attachment and list The Collagist - Poetry submission in the subject line.


Non-Fiction:

The Collagist includes between one and three previously unpublished essays in each monthly issue, on a variety of personal, political, and literary subjects. Please send to nonfiction@thecollagist.com as a .DOC or .RTF attachment and list THE COLLAGIST - Non-fiction submission in the subject line.


Book Reviews:

The Collagist includes several book reviews in each monthly issue. We will arrange for these in advance. If you would like to become a book reviewer for The Collagist, please email Dan Wickett at dan@dzancbooks.org. Include in your email two or three of your past reviews, and if there are any specific books you'd like to review, please include those titles as well.