Call for Submissions to Voices Heard Anthology Series
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Book Description
This is a collection of non-fiction essays and stories by members of the Downtown Writers Center prose writers. We will name the title of the book later.
The co-editors of this anthology are Apple An and Georgia Popoff. The book will be designed by Susan Keeter and published by Voices Heard Publishing, LLC, an independent publisher established by Dr. Ping Zhang, a professor at Syracuse University.
We include any prose 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
The expected length of each piece is about 2,000 words.
Authors will keep the copyright of their pieces after the book’s publishing.
Time Table
2023.12.01: submit intention to send work for consideration
2024.01.15: submit a manuscript ready to be proof-read by editors
2024.02.28: feedback returned to authors for revision
2024.03.15: final revisions returned to editors
2024.04.30: the book is formatted and sent for printing/production
2024.06: book launch
Initial Submission Instruction
(Submissions are due January 15, 2024)
The next step is to submit your piece. This instruction will guide you and facilitate efficient processing, thus saving everyone time.
Content Preparation
Please include the following:
Theme
See the following 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 story itself.
List of references/bibliographies, if any.
Please refrain from using endnotes or footnotes.
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.
Any Questions?
Contact us at Apple@AppleAnBooks.com or gappoetsyr@gmail.com.