Anthology Submissions Sought

The Community Writing Group of Grundy County is seeking submissions for an anthology the group hopes to publish this summer.
The writing group is looking to include work from the community and North Central Missouri College students as well as from the group itself. Fiction and non-fiction pieces, along with poetry, will be included in the publication.
According to writing group member Pam Johnston, there will be a 60-page limit for the anthology, which means there will be a word limit for all prose submissions. However, poetry of all lengths and types will be accepted.
Fiction submissions are limited to 500 words. The story should be extremely brief, but still offer characters and plot developments.
Non-fiction pieces may be about any topic, subject or theme, with the writing style being up to the author. Personal essays, memoirs, lyrics and more are welcomed for submission.
General guidelines include:
Prose (fiction, 500-word limit; non-fiction, 1,000-word limit) – items must be single-spaced (no line between paragraphs); first line indent set to .3 (not spaces); no page numbers; no headers or footers; 12 point Times New Roman font; standard document margins of one inch; left justify paragraphs.
Poetry – lines should be single-spaced, with a double-space between verses (a line width in the book is approximately 4.3 inches. If a line is wider than 4.3 inches in a 12 point font, it will be wrapped to the next line and may not appear as expected); 12 point Times New Roman font; each poem on separate pages.
Previously published stories or poems may be submitted, however, writers are asked to include information as to where and when the item was published. Writers are also asked to make sure they have retained the rights to their piece before it is included in the group’s anthology. All rights to work published in this anthology will revert back to the author.
The deadline to submit items for publication is Friday, April 26 for NCMC students and May 31 for all other writers who plan to submit an item. When submitting the work, persons should include on a separate sheet of paper the author’s name, word count, email address, mailing address and telephone number with area code. Persons are asked not to put that information on the submitted manuscript.
The anthology editors (members of the Community Writing Group) reserve the right to edit and make suggestions to entrants on their submissions.
Work is to be submitted by email as a Word document or PDF to [email protected]. Mrs. Johnston can also be contacted for more information at 660-591-5312.