Say What?/Call for Poetry

Thought for the Week: Success is the child of audacity.  ~ Benjamin Disraeli

TEEN AND MILLENNIAL SLANG

What the dillio? Need to check on some teen slang for your writing? This teen slang dictionary may help, but keep in mind slang often varies from one region of the country to the next. 

This site gives a brief primer on what millennials are just sayin’.

THE PEDESTAL MAGAZINE

“From August 28-October 13, and again from October 28-December 13, we will only be receiving poetry submissions (no restrictions on theme, length, or style). There is no need to query prior to submitting poetry. Submit up to six (6) poems. Please submit all poems in one (1) file.”

 Pays $40 per poem.

After the release of the December issue, the magazine will go on brief hiatus. The "new" Pedestal will post sometime in Fall 2013 or Spring 2014.

Why "deadline" and Pedestal call for submissions

Thought for the week: The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects the wind to change.  The realist adjusts the sails. ~ William Arthur Ward

Why do we call it “deadline”?

All writers deal with deadlines. If you frequently submit to contests or magazines, you live by those dates. Miss one and you either are disqualified or have an annoyed editor on your hands.

As much as we dread them now, deadlines used to be worse. During the American Civil War, prisoners were kept in wooden stockades. A railing marked the limit of the detention area. If a prisoner crossed the line marked by the railing, his captors assumed he was trying to escape and he was shot on sight. Both the Union and the Confederacy used the term and, as you might suspect, there is disagreement over which side used it first.

PEDESTAL MAGAZINE

http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submitguidelines.php

Deadline: October 14 for October 2011 issue.
Poetry submissions: "open," no restrictions on style, theme, length, or genre.

Fiction submissions: Maximum length=1,500 words. The story must contain the sentence, "Nobody thought that was where it was supposed to go." 

Pays $.05 per word for fiction,  $40 per poem.

The December issue will feature speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, surreal, and experimental. All fiction submitted between October 28 and December 14 should be speculative and not exceed 2,000 words.