Mind's Eye Publications

GENERAL SUBMISSION AND FORMATTING GUIDELINES

ALL SUBMISSIONS to any project must be sent through the SUBMITTABLE link on this page. There will be no exceptions to this procedure.
Text of all fiction, poetry, or non-fiction must be formatted and saved in Microsoft Word or Open Office in .docx, .rtf, .doc, or .odt
The preferred font is Times New Roman, 12 pt.
Prose should be double-spaced; Poetry should be single-spaced with 1-inch margins all around on 8.5 by 11 standard page size.
Contact information: Name, Address, Email, Phone Number should be included at the top left of the first page of your submission.
For Prose, the total word copy of the document (sans title) should be included at the top right of page one; for Poetry, the line count should be included at the top right.
IMPORTANT: A biographical blurb should be included AFTER THE TEXT of your submission on the last page of your text.
If there are breaks in your text (either prose or poetry) that should be indicated, use three centered asterisks to indicate this * * *

SUBMISSIONS FOR
JOURN-E: The Journal of
Imaginative Literature
vol.1, no.2
Autumnal Equinox
22 September 2022

Will be open from 20 March 2022 to 1 May 2022, and will close on Beltane, 1 May 2022.

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT THROUGH OUR SUBMITTABLE SERVICE.

JOURN-E will be published online on both the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes each year. On those same dates, CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS for the next issue will be made, with the deadlines of Beltane (1 May) and Samhain (31 October), respectively. A "SAMPLER" version of each issue will be freely available to download in PDF format, BUT the full issue will only be available to subscribers or purchasers.

In addition to each online publication, JOURN-E will be available as a print publication released FOR SALE on the same publication dates as the online version.

Each division of the pentapartite journal, representing the genres noted above, will include: at least two original short stories, at least three poems, at least one illustration, and, IDEALLY, at least one scholarly article, at least one scholarly review. All submitted work must be relevant to one of the genres of the high imagination included in JOURN-E Additionally, at least "classic" public domain story, poem, article, or review will be included in each of the five sections: ADVENTURE, DETECTION & MYSTERY, FANTASY, HORROR & THE SUPERNATURAL, and SCIENCE FICTION.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
JOURN-E, vol. 1, no. 2,
Autumnal Equinox 2022
Thursday 22 September
Submissions Close on Beltane Sunday 1 May 2022

PAYRATES
for Accepted Submissions for
JOURN-E, vol. 1, no. 2,
Autumnal Equinox
(Thursday 22 September 2022)
and will be in place until subscription and sales revenue warrant increases.

FICTION: one half cent per word for prose fiction up to a maximum of $25.00 (1000-5000 word optimum range).
NON-FICTION ARTICLES: one half cent per word for nonfiction scholarly articles or critical essays) up to a maximum of $15.00 (1000-5000 word optimum range).
REVIEWS: one half cent per word for reviews of relevant books (including graphic/illustrated publications), movies, or TV shows or series) up to a maximum of $10.00 (500-3000 word optimum range).
POETRY
- from 3-13 lines-a flat rate of $7.50
- from 14-50 lines-flat rate of $10.00
- over 50 lines-$10.00 plus one half cent per line up to a maximum of $15.00 (NOTE: Poems submitted as Free Verse OVER 50 lines AND any work submitted as a "Prose Poem"shall be converted to a line count by the formula of Total Syllable Count divided by 8, thus making them equivalent to lines of iambic tetrameter, with payment based upon the line count result. The "prose poem" writer might want to consider calling their work "prose" to see if the remuneration is larger in that event.)
ILLUSTRATIONS (note: ALL illustration submissions must be in 300 dpi [Full Color CMYK or B&W])
- Accepted as one half page to three quarter page - $15.00
- Accepted as full page - $30.00
- Accepted as a "strip" - $15.00 per page of cells up to a maximum of three (3) pages.
IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL submissions must include a biographical blurb about the submitter AND contact information: AT LEAST name for byline and email address AND, IDEALLY, snail mail address phone number if possible (but the latter two not required).

GENERAL SUBMISSION AND FORMATTING GUIDELINES

SUBMISSIONS FOR JOURN-E: The Journal ofImaginative Literaturevol.1, no.2 Autumnal Equinox 22 September 2022

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS JOURN-E, vol. 1, no. 2, Autumnal Equinox 2022 Thursday 22 September Submissions Close on Beltane Sunday 1 May 2022

SUBMISSIONS FOR
JOURN-E: The Journal of
Imaginative Literature
vol.1, no.2
Autumnal Equinox
22 September 2022

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
JOURN-E, vol. 1, no. 2,
Autumnal Equinox 2022
Thursday 22 September
Submissions Close on Beltane Sunday 1 May 2022