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Annual
Out Loud Anthology
The Out Loud Anthology
is a tribute to Midwest Writing Center's Out
Loud participants, their talents and their
love of writing. Out Loud generally meets
the last Thursday of each month;
click here for more details and a list
of upcoming dates.
**Each participant whose submission is
published in Out Loud Anthology V (along with the "Out
Loud Of the Month" pieces) will be entered into a drawing
for free full tuition to the 2012 David R. Collins
Writers' Conference (a $225 value) which will occur June
28-30, 2012. The drawing will take place at MWC's annual meeting in May, 2012, at the
Deere Wiman House. Participants must be present to win.
Anthology Submission Requirements:
-Anyone who has
participated in Out Loud at any time is invited and encouraged to
submit to this fifth annual anthology
publication.
-Entries will be accepted
between October 1, 2011 and January
21, 2012
via
Submission Manager.
-Each applicant may
submit up to three (3) submissions (poems or
prose). Prose must be limited to 1,000 words
or less.
-All submission content
must be appropriate for all ages.
-Submissions must be
the unpublished and original work of
participants.
-Each submitter must
mail a copy of the
Statement of Authenticity form, located
below, to Midwest Writing Center at 225 E.
2nd St., Ste. 303, Davenport, IA 52801.
Submission Instructions:
1. Create your
submission in a Microsoft Word document. On
page 1 of your document, type in "Out Loud
Anthology Submission", your name
and if you wish, a short biography. Start a
new page (press CTRL-ENTER), type in your
name and title of the piece then type in or
copy and paste your first submission
exactly how you would like it to appear
in the anthology. If you are submitting more
than one piece, start a new page, include
your name, title and the body of the piece
for your second and/or third submissions.
Save the document to a place where you will
remember it on your computer. You will now
have all of your submissions in one document
which you will submit via Submission
Manager.
2. Go to MWC's
Submission Manager webpage at
www.midwestwritingcenter.org/submissions.
3. If you already have
an account, log in; click "submit your work"
and upload your file.
4. If you do not
already have a Submission Manager account,
fill in the required information in the
form, select your submission file to upload
where indicated and click "Submit".
5. Make sure you
receive a message at Submission Manager
indicating your submission was successfully
transmitted.
Submission Benefits and Other Important
Information:
- Individuals whose
work appears in the anthology will receive a
copy at no charge. (If you know of a
potential sponsor who may be willing to help
with publication costs, please let us know.)
- All submissions will
be considered for publication it the
anthology by the Out Loud Anthology
Committee and the Out Loud Anthology
Committee will be responsible for selecting
pieces to include. With permission of the
author, all "Out Loud Of the Month" pieces
will be included in the anthology.
-The anthology will
include an ISBN number.
-Copies of the
anthology will be available for purchase by
Out Loud Participants and the general public
at the Midwest Writing Center and Amazon.com.
-Each participant whose
submission is published in Out Loud
Anthology V (along with the "Out Loud Of the
Month" pieces) will be entered into a
drawing for free full tuition to the 2012
David R. Collins Writers' Conference (a
$200+ value) which will occur June 28-30,
2012. The drawing will take place at MWC's
annual meeting in May, 2012, at the Deere
Wiman House. Participants must be
present to win.
- All participants
whose submissions appear in the anthology
will be invited to read their submissions at
a launch party at a date to be determined in
the spring of 2012.
-Please
proofread your work. Your work
will not be edited and will appear in the
anthology exactly as you submit it. Because
some formatting, spelling errors or
grammatical errors can be intended by the
author and the Out Loud Anthology Committee
has no way of determining that, submissions
are not edited and will appear in the
anthology exactly as submitted.
-The anthology is
partially sponsored by the Riverboat
Development Authority.
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All submitters to the
Out Loud Anthology must submit the signed
Statement of Authenticity below by mailing
it to Midwest Writing Center, 225 E. 2nd
Street, Ste. 303, Davenport, IA, 52801. If
you prefer to download a PDF version of the
Statement,
click
here.
STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY
Name:
___________________________________________________________________________________
Address:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Email Address:
______________________________________________
Phone Number:
(____________) _____________ -
______________________
Please describe your
participation in Out Loud:
I,
______________________________________________,
affirm that the poetry and/or prose pieces I
submitted for consideration for publication
in the Out Loud Anthology V are my original,
unpublished work.
Signature:
_________________________________________________________________
Date:
___________________________________
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