Call for Submissions: Women & Place Anthology 

We are currently looking for submissions from women for a multi-genre anthology (poetry, fiction, and nonfiction) centered on the idea of "place" to be published in October 2013. All (re)interpretations welcome, including -- but not limited to -- the following: 

Call for Submissions:  Sins & Needles: Writers and Tattoos

Tattoos have been in existence for centuries, from the indigenous people of Japan to tribal people of Polynesia, Philippines, and Borneo. They are markers of time, rites of passage, symbols, remembrances, and sometimes, stupid decisions made on a drunken nights. They are everywhere—under the white sleeve of a co-worker, sneakily peaking out of a shirt collar, up and down muscled legs and arms of athletes.  There has been proliferation of reality shows centered set in tattoo parlors. What once was a subculture has now emerged as mainstream.

Yet, in the literary landscape, there has been a conspicuous absence of writing about tattoos. The editors of the tentatively titled anthology, Sins & Needles—Ira Sukrungruang and Jim Miller—are looking for personal nonfiction narratives about the meaning behind the tattoo. Please send 500-3000 word essays in a PDF or Word document file via our submission manager.http://sinsandneedles.submishmash.com/

The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2012. If you have any questions about the anthology, please don’t hesitate to contact, editors (at) sweetlit.com.

Body Electric

In the spirit of Walt Whitman’s “I Sing the Body Electric,” this new anthology celebrates the human body in all of its diversity. We are currently seeking submissions from writers, artists, and photographers whose work is inspired by themes in "The Body Electric" and that captures the energy of the poem, its passions, and its exultation of the body.

Publication Date: January 2013
Deadline for Submissions: June 2012

Submission Deadline: June 1st, 2012

Expected Publication Date: July, 2012

Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, and Photography 

Guest Editors:

• Athena Dixon
• Brett Elizabeth Jenkins
• Diana Salier
• Ashley Bethard

We're pleased to announce Specter's second Special Issue--simply called "Women." We've chosen four guest editors to select work for, about and/or by women of all races, sexuality (Trans writers are welcome), etc. The guest editors have both similar and different backgrounds, creative styles and tastes--what we hope to acheive is create a publication that covers as broad of the spectrum as possible.