Mad Hatters' Review Multi-Media Literary Journal

SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES

Our reading period for Issue 10 is 1 -14 March, 2008. Unsolicited submissions received outside this period will be deleted unread.

Mad Hatters Review is currently closed to submissions of short stories, flash fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction, whatnots and wit & whimsy.

Short Fiction
Please send one short story up to 3,000 words. No fewer than 1,500 words.

Flash Fiction
Please send three to five short-shorts, each no longer than 999 words. We do not consider fewer than three. We do not consider more than five.

Poetry
Please send three to six poems up to 2,000 words total. We do not consider fewer than three. We do not consider more than six.

Creative Non-Fiction
Please send an unconventional, language focused, non-commercial “memoir” or an intriguing package of ruminations up to 3,000 words. Subjects dealing with cultural topics and psychosocial issues are welcome. Academic treatises with serious footnotes are not.

Drama
Short one act plays, short scripts or dramatic monologues up to 12 minutes performing time -- no longer than 3,500 words.

Whatnots, Audio Recitations and Wit&Whimsy

“Whatnots” are multi-genre works, including vispo (visual poetry), audio recitations, collages, and texts that defy easy categorization. If you want to submit a bunch of prose poems that some editors would deem fiction and others poems. Other editors would ask, What are these crazy thangs? Well, we call them whatnots. Whatever and why knot? If we love them, we’ll know where they go.

Whatnots and Wit&Whimsy, the word count guidelines for short fiction and flash fiction apply.

For vispo and collage submissions, send three to six JPEGs, low to medium resolution, in one file.

Audio recitations: Three to six audio files, compressed MP3 format, preferably via yousendit.com (FREE!). One file containing all tracks, please!

Email submissions and queries to madhattersreview [at] gmail [dot] com in the following genres are welcome any time:

Art Submissions: If you are interested in doing custom illustrations in any genre of visual art to accompany new literary works, please contact our art director, Tantra Bensko. In almost all cases, artists will be doing visual representations of the written work, but a few select artists may publish previously created images in the magazine for the gallery, cover, or contest. Send links or jpgs as examples of your style. The subject line should say Mad Hatter submission/your last name. Please include a short bio, and a link to a website showing your work, or if that's not available, a few jpgs showing the style you feel is approprite for the absurd yet poignant spirit of the magazine.

None of us are paid, including contributors, but the experience is rewarding, and the exposure excellent. ~ tantra

Guest Columns
We're open to publishing columns. Please query with a short bio (subject line: “Column Query”.) Detail your concept and we'll request more if we're interested.

Musical, Multi-media Presentations and Video
Composers interested in contributing compositions to accompany text, and solo or collaborating multi-media or Video’s should query with a short bio (subject line: “Music Query” or “Multi-media/Video Query”.)

Reviews of books, artists, journals, musicians, and films
Please query with a short bio (subject line: “Review Query”) including two or more published reviews. We’ll send you our guidelines if we’re interested.

Additionally Please Note:

Our focus is on experimentation and exploration, imagery and lyricism. Creations that can’t readily be categorized are what we want. We bear grudging respect for classical forms, but only when they are beautifully crafted and knock our hats off.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Let us know the moment your submission is accepted elsewhere.
We pride ourselves on a speedy response, typically within three weeks.
Submit one submission per reading period in one category only.
No previously published material. That generally includes your blog, as well as websites and journals accessible to the public. Password protected online workshops are fine. We may consider work published in a small circulation print journals or defunct, obscure, un-archived online journals. Be forthright about prior publications and we may be flexible. Publications on blogs must be removed prior to submission, but tell us how long they were accessible. If you aren’t forthright, we will find out – sooner or later.
If you have not read our journal, please do not submit.
If you have not read our disclaimer, or do not agree to the terms, please do not submit.

If Your Submission is Accepted

You will have an option of reciting your work if you can offer a high quality recording, providing your own music as an MP3 file, or requesting that one of our composers create an accompanying audio.
Expect the possibility of minor revisions relative to grammar, word usage and punctuation. Substantive changes will be negotiated.
Future submissions will be welcome after 18 months have elapsed since your work appeared.
Regrettably, we offer no financial compensation. We editors are unpaid working stiffs, but we do have a non-profit sponsor. Donations are always welcome and are tax deductible for American residents and citizens.

DISCLAIMERS
All of the material in Mad Hatters' Review is copyrighted by the author. Unless specifically waived, Mad Hatters' Review retains First North American Serial Rights and First Electronic Rights. Mad Hatters’ Review also retains Electronic Archival Rights and the right to reprint the entire issue in which your work appears either in printed, digital, video, DVD, CD, or electronic format.

All work published will be reviewed for consideration in any written annual or anthology we may publish, and in any gallery exhibition or reading we may organize.

All other rights to works appearing in Mad Hatters' Review revert to authors upon
publication. We ask acknowledgement for works subsequently published elsewhere after initially appearing in Mad Hatters' Review.

By submitting works for consideration, authors acknowledge that the works submitted are their own original works and are products of their own design. The authors also agree that neither Mad Hatters' Review and/or the editors will be held liable for any acts of copyright violation.

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