Not a Muse Anthology - call for Submissions

Thursday, July 17, 2008

NOT A MUSE ANTHOLOGY

Across the broad continent of a woman’s life falls the shadow of a sword. On one side all is correct, definite, orderly; the paths are strait, the trees regular, the sun shaded; escorted by gentlemen, protected by policemen, wedded and buried by clergy-men, she has only to walk demurely from cradle to grave and no one will touch a hair of her head. But on the other side all is confusion. Nothing follows a regular course. The paths wind between bogs and precipices. The trees roar and rock and fall in ruin.—Virginia Woolf , Collected Essays Volume III.

Virginia Woolf wrote that in 1925; in 2008 are we living in a post-feminist age? How do we define ourselves as women? Are we living our lives honestly, completely true to ourselves? If we choose an unconventional life, what are the costs?

Not a Muse is about our choices.

How we define ourselves as women and poets. How we define freedom.

Male writers and poets throughout the centuries have turned to a feminine muse as a creative catalyst. But there is much more to us than providing a source of inspiration. Now, the Muse is finding her own voice.

Not A Muse is an exciting new anthology of writing by women from around the world, who look within for their inspiration, whether they embrace solitude, or struggle with it, whether they fight to balance children and marriage with writing, or choose another way.
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Deadline: September 2, 2008

Please submit no more than three poems. Acceptance will be subject to the discretion of the editors. Work may be accepted conditional to alterations suggested by the editors.

Not A Muse is looking for fresh and new representations of how women perceive themselves, and the editors would prefer not to use poems that already have a very wide exposure to the reading public. However, previously published poems will be considered for inclusion at the editors’ discretion - please provide details of when and where poems have previously appeared. It is also vital that the authors still hold the copyright on previously published poems.

Payment: Contributors will retain copyright of their works and will receive two complimentary copies of the anthology, as well as a 40% author’s discount for further copies.

Publisher: Haven Books, Hong Kong   http://www.havenbooksonline.com

How to submit:
Please send up to 3 poems and a writer’s biography of no more than 200 words to:
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Further queries: Please email Kate Rogers or Viki Holmes at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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