I care about you.Īssistant Regional Funny Women Sarah Garfinkel & Jennie Egerdie read submissions before I do, which has transformed the submission process. Response time varies-between two minutes and eight months. Please understand I receive hundreds of submissions and have a day job. I have anxiety dreams and lifelong guilt that I don’t get back to you when you think I should. (You'll get a little money, but keep your expectations low. Send original pieces-not archived blog entries.Ĭonfirmation that you have in some way changed the world’s mind about who’s funny. Please! Even if you've never been published (and who cares if you haven't), you can still reveal the city where you live and if you have any pets. Title of submission, your name, email address, website (if you have one), and favorite piece of writing by someone who is not a straightwhitecisman. No tricked-out formatting that tells me something about your soul. (You should know it's 10x harder to pass on your submission if your cover letter is super nice and exudes confidence + evidence you've read/loved the column.) Not necessary, but why not tell me a little about yourself and throw some compliments the column's way? The Rumpus aims to create a community of writers, and that means getting to know each other. My favorite submissions are literary and feminist at the same time. Note: "short conceptual humor" is different than "short fiction." Please, no short stories. Send evergreen over timely pieces (holiday themes, weather, politics, etc.) because it often takes months to read a submission after you've written, revised, and submitted it.Īlso, no pop culture (celebrities, TV shows, top 40, etc.), as much as I enjoy it. While humor is grounded in truth, we do not accept personal essays/stories/anecdotes. The ideal piece is finished/polished, revised at least 3x, and between 650 and 1,000 words. Out of all decisions, this is the best one you can make.ĭirect your entry below. “The best way to submit to us is via Submittable.” And according to Alysia, they’re in the process of adding to their poetry reading team.” Interested parties should email Alysia with “AVL Today” in the subject line for more info.So, you’ve decided you’re a woman or non-binary writer and would like to submit to Funny Women. Interested in working with The Rumpus? “We regularly have open reading periods for all genres,” says Alyson. What most excites Alyson about our local literary scene is “our independent booksellers, including Malaprop’s (which is helping sell books at the event), Firestorm, and Hub City down in Spartanburg.” She’s also pumped “about the reading series happening around town like Punch Bucket Lit and spaces like Story Parlor which bring the literary community together.” The event marks the duo’s first in-person event in their new hometown and features authors Morgan Thomas and Alysia Sawchyn reading from their debut story and essay collections, respectively.Ĭurious how these literary luminaries wound up here? Alyson grew up visiting the Asheville as a kid, and shares that she moved here “most recently from Minneapolis to be closer to family and nature.” She continues, “It felt time to come back to a part of the South that I love the most.” As for Alysia, she says her move “was a moment of perfect synchronicity: A year after Aly arrived, I accepted a job teaching at Warren Wilson College.” at Story Parlor (227 Haywood Rd.) with The Rumpus IRL. Publisher Alyson Sinclair and Editor in Chief Alysia Sawchyn have relocated to the mountains and plan to introduce themselves to the local literary community Wednesday, Feb. Lovers of literature may recognize the name “ The Rumpus.” Founded in San Francisco in 2009, it’s one of the country’s longest-running indie online literary + culture magazines - and it’s now based right here in Asheville.
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