Important!
NEW EMAIL ADDRESS:
Our previous email address (talesfromthesouth@hotmail.com)
was compromised on June 30, 2011, and we are no longer able to access emails at that email address. If you sent us an email on or after that date, we did not receive it, even if you did not receive an error message. Please resend to our NEW email address:
Submissions are now open for themed and non-themed shows. Please read the guidelines below carefully.
THEMED AND SPECIAL SHOWS
(If submitting to a themed show, please indicate this in your subject line, along with the required information (title, word count, name).
Arkansas Literary Festival Telling Tales Contest:
Deadline March 04, 2012
Annual Mothers' Show
Deadline March 31, 2012
Annual Fathers' Show
Deadline April 30, 2012
Reconnect with the power of a story
Share your true tale.
Submission Guidelines
For ALL submissions (themed and open) unless otherwise specified:
1. Writers must currently live in the South (defined as "the Confederate South": Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida) or be from the South originally.
2. Stories must be true and told in the first person--recounting things that happened to you, not someone else, and they must be stories--not editorials, poems, top-ten lists, essays, or general statements of personal belief. There must be a clear narrative structure (not just chronologies: something must happen). We're looking for rising action building to a climax/epiphany. Literary memoir, not personal essay, is what we are looking for. For an example, click here.
3. If accepted, writers must read their own stories and be available to record in front of a live audience at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Lodging provided for writers outside of the Central Arkansas area.
4. Stories MUST BE between 500-1500 words.
5. Open to any topic or theme, and tones can vary widely. Listen to our archived shows HERE.
6. Literary devices and techniques highly encouraged.
5. Material should be G- or PG-rated. The radio station won't air work with profanity, explicit sexual content, or scatological references. Material that is overtly critical of a particular race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation will not be accepted. The FCC is very strict, and you should take this into consideration when submitting.
6. KUAR/KLRE will acquire the rights for broadcast and simultaneous live audio streaming over the facilities of KUAR/KLRE in perpetuity. Archived shows are broadcast on ITunes, the NPR website, the KUAR website, and rebroadcasted on WRN Internet and Satellite Radio. We are currently negotiating additional broadcast stations nationwide, as well as additional Internet and Satelite stations, and the Release Form will reflect any changes. You (the writer) retain all publication rights, both hardcopy and electronic.
7. Stories will be eligible to be included in yearly collections published by Temenos Publishing, as long as the author owns all copyrights. Anthology stories will be chosen by the Editor and a panel as the "year's best." Authors may choose to not be included in the anthology.
8. We will respond to your submission within 12 weeks. Please do not contact us about the status of your submission until 12 weeks have passed. If you have not yet heard from us by then, feel free to email us.
9. To submit: 1) In the subject line, put the name of your story, the word count, and your name: EX: "Mockingbird" 780 words by Paula Morell, 2) Paste your submission into the body of your email (we will not open any attachments), 3)Include a brief bio, and 4) email to: talesfromthesouth@gmail.com
10. We do not accept mailed submissions. Email submissions only.
Thank you, and we look forward to hearing your story on Tales from the South!
