Call for Submissions to

Voices Heard Anthology Series

Book Description

Building on the wild success of the first volume, 28 Voices, we are calling for participation in the second volume of the Voices Anthology Series. This is a collection of non-fiction essays and stories by members of the YMCA of Central NY's Writers Voice (used to be called Downtown Writer's Center). We give priority to those Writers' Voice writers who have not participated in the previous volume. Each writer is limited to one piece. Given the short time from submission to publishing, we favor polished, reviewed, or revised pieces over newly written ones.

The co-editors of this anthology are Apple An and Georgia Popoff. The book will be published by Voices Heard Publishing, LLC, an independent publisher established by Dr. Ping Zhang, a professor at Syracuse University.

We consider non-fiction prose of any style in, but not limited to, the following themes:

Childhood and growing up
A life-changing moment
Childbirth experience
Love and relationship
Parenthood
Parenthood & Career
First-time grandma/grandpa
Life as an immigrant
Adapting to a new environment/culture
The aging process
Coping with illness/loss/death
Living in the snowiest region in the U.S. (that is Central NY!)
Adventurous eating
Traveling to an unfamiliar country/place

Submissions are to be 2,000 words maximum.

Acceptance of a submission is subject to editorial reviews and revision suggestions.

If accepted and published, the copy right will revert to the author.

Time Table (subject to change)

2025.01.25 - submit intention at this submission intention link
2025.02.15 - submit a manuscript to editors (see Submission Instructions below)
2025.03.31 - acceptance decision to authors
2025.06.15 - revision feedback to authors
2025.07.01 - final revisions to editors
2025.08.15 - final proofread by authors
2025.08.31 - book formatted and sent for printing/production
2025.10 - book launch

Submission Instruction

(Submissions are due February 15, 2025)

Please follow these carefully to ensure efficient processing, thus saving everyone time.

Content Preparation

Please include the following:

Theme

See the list of themes. If yours is not on the list, please indicate the best theme for your piece.

The editors may reassign a theme to your piece after reading all submissions.

Title
Author's name (as you want it to appear in print).
Number of words of the story (excluding all other elements, such as theme, title, author’s name, and references)
The essay/story text.
List of references/bibliographies, if any.

File Preparation

Please name your file as Lastname-Title and format your document double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pts, 1” margin around, and indented paragraphs (not block style).

To allow us to easily add context-sensitive comments and annotations, submit the work in Microsoft Word format. To save from Pages: click on File/Export To for the dropdown menu and select Word. If you have trouble with this, please email Georgia or Apple An.

File Submission

Send an email titled “Anthology Submission” with the document as an attachment to Apple@AppleAnBooks.com.

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