The Village Pariah: Call for Submissions for Volume II: Winter 2010
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The
Village Pariah, a bi-annual literary journal sponsored by the Mark Twain
Boyhood Home and Museum, is accepting submissions for its second issue.
We publish poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, and other works
inspired by the writings and life of Mark Twain, his hometown of Hannibal,
Missouri, the Mississippi River, the Midwest, and small town or rural life in
America.
Our
theme for this issue is: the juvenile
pariah of YOUR village. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain
creates one of the most classic descriptions in all of literature, and America
is introduced to its first anti-hero, Huckleberry Finn, “the juvenile pariah of
the village” who was “cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the
town because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad,” but adored by the
children of St. Petersburg who wished they could be like him. This topic can be interpreted broadly;
it could be the bad boy your parents forbid you to date, the town bully, or
someone with a deeper heroic vein, such as the rough-around-the-edges
Huckleberry.
Each issue will also include an introductory essay by an established author, poet, artist, songwriter, etc who speaks of Twain’s influence on his or her art or life. We welcome writings from established writers, as well as those who are new and unpublished.
Electronic
submissions only. Please limit poetry to five poems and prose to 3000
words. Entries should be emailed
as an attachment to thevillagepariah@yahoo.com
or thevillagepariah@marktwainmuseum.org. Please include name, contact
information, and a short bio along with your submission. Our reading
period is now open and entries will be accepted until November 1, 2010.
Visit
our website (http://www.marktwainmuseum.org/index.php/community-projects/the-village-pariah)
for more information. All proceeds from the journal go to support the
Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum.
