Call For Submissions 2010

Call for submissions: Every Second Sunday 2010
Short fiction and poetry

Seoul Writers Workshop is inviting submissions for the 2010 anthology, to be published October 2010.

Every Second Sunday is the annual English language anthology published by Seoul Writers Workshop; the first anthology was released in December 2008. While as a rule we do not have a ‘theme,’ authors must have lived in Korea at some point during the period October 2009 – October 2010.

Submissions are evaluated by an outside panel of writers and poets, and former Seoul Writers Workshop members no longer living in Korea. While membership in SWW is not mandatory for submissions, we suggest you join the group to receive updates on deadlines, publication and the launch party. You will also be kept up to date on workshops, write-ins and other events which SWW hold in and around Seoul on a regular basis.

If you want your submission to be workshopped by SWW at one of our regular Sunday workshops, please do so before submitting it to the anthology. Again, while this is not mandatory for submission, it may help you in your editing process to receive multiple points of view on your work. While the editorial committee may ask you to make some minor adjustments to your work, we will not allow changes or submissions of new drafts after the deadline.

Writers are welcome to submit multiple pieces into any category, however please be aware that space in the anthology is limited.

Deadlines: The final date for submissions is June 14th 2010.

Submissions Guidelines

Short Fiction
Maximum 7000 words.
Short fiction is defined as a short story or a portion of a longer work which can ‘stand alone.’ Submissions must be in English, however limited use of Korean or any another language is acceptable for artistic purposes. No previously published material; simultaneous submissions accepted.

Poetry
No maximum line limit
Poetry is defined as any variation of traditional, modern or prose poetry
Submissions must be in English, however limited use of Korean or any another language is acceptable for artistic purposes.

Cover Art/Design
If you are interested in submitting cover art for consideration please contact Chris Sanders for information.

Please email all submissions to seoulwriters@gmail.com.  Attach the work as a Word document, text file, or PDF.  Include your name as you want it to appear in print, the title of the piece, location, and whether you have, or intend to, submit the work to another publication before June 14th.   Submissions not meeting these requirements may not be considered.

The Table of Contents

Grey I by Jeeyoon Ahn
Donghae-si by Jerry Alexander
A 3 o’clock existence by Christina Bavone
Hoyt’s Anger Relief Ranch by Michael Chandler
Paper Dream by Joel Cosme, Jr.
Confessions in Chaos (honlan 혼란) by Malia Douglas
Little Saint from D2 at 3PM by Vanessa Falco
general electric moments by Bryan Fox
Those Childish Things byJohn Grimmett
Four-letter Words by Danielle Harms
Bent /  Safe and Clean byJoel Killin
Inwangsan by Jeremy Loveday
Day at the Races by Mark Lyon
Fall by Esperanza Maggay
Miscalculation by Loreta M. Medina
Chingo Chingu by Jorge Miramontes
Nayuk by Eleanor Murchie
Autumn Approaches and the Mechanics of Yangcheon-gu by Dream of Breasts
Walking Home Through Mokdong by James Parr
Superman by Achilles Lakes
When I Die by Elena Sanchez
Esther’s Shadow by Chris Sanders
5 Short Poems by Kelly Shepherd
The Promotion by Tracey Stark
A Warning to All Women / A Warning to All Men by Henry Swanson
Odysseus is Dead by MJ Them
Afraid to have no Seoul by Hahna Yoon

Map to the Party

Every Second Sunday Launch Party

Every Second Sunday 2009

Seoul Writers Workshop has decided to use the name “Every Second Sunday” for the 2009 anthology.  We felt that “Every Second Sunday” is an excellent description of the writers’ community in Seoul, which has for years held their workshops and open mic nights on Sunday.  We plan to continue using this name for our end-of-year anthology.

Directions to Dear Chocolate

If you are coming by subway, you’ll want to go to Apgujeong Station (orange line). To walk, take exit 2, turn around and follow the sidewalk(you’ll cross the street in front of a gas station) until you are across from the Galleria Dept. Store. It’s about a 15-20min walk. When you are across from the Galleria, cross the street (still opposite Galleria) and walk right until you see the first big alley. There it is.
Instead of walking, you can take a bus from Exit 6,in front of the Hyundai Dept. Store. Green buses 4419 and 4318, or blue buses 143 and 472 will take you to the Galleria.
By taxi, tell the driver “Galleria bek-hwa-jom ga-ju-say-yo”.

Going to Print

After an excruciating week of layout changes and proofreading, we have finally sent the book to the printers. Believe it or not, we only discovered at the very last minute that we had an extra two pages! So we were able to squeeze in a couple more poems – making this book chock full of creative goodness!

Can’t wait to see the finished product!

Launch Party

Every Second Sunday

The Seoul Writers Anthology has been a project that has been kicking around for about six months. However it is only in the last six weeks that it has started to feel real. We have sent our for, and received submissions. We have made our selections for pieces. We have argued until we reached a title that ‘pinged’ for us. We are finally, nearly, there!

Our members have worked hard all year to explore and develop their writing, and the anthology is a celebration of just that. It is the creativity of a community, put down in words, printed on paper, bound up in a cover and made into a real thing.

I’m not usually so poetically cliched, however I have just seen the cover mock-up today, and felt it was time to 1. start this blog, and 2. be as proud of our writers as I can be! I cannot wait until next month when we print.