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if&when is accepting entries in poetry, short fiction, short creative nonfiction and literary lines.
Visit our site for full submission guidelines.
if&when issue 2 now available!
We had a very momentous week!
Our editor-in-chief Victoria Billings graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo this past Saturday. My first son Flint Thomas Lawless was born this last Tuesday, June 11.
Last but not least, the second issue of if&when is out and ready for order at http://ifwhen.us!
Victoria and I are very proud of this issue. We couldn't have done this without each and every one of you. Thanks from the bottom of our inkwells.
We're also selling subscriptions via our website. For $48 (+$16 shipping & handling), we'll send you four issues. You'll save $4 per issue.
If you're interested, please follow us as @ifwhenmag on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ifwhenmag) or on Tumblr (http://ifandwhenmag.tumblr.com/).
A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.
Albert Camus (via writingquotes)
Giving critique can be just as daunting as receiving critique, but learning how to give feedback teaches writers how to read critically and identify issues and state them poignantly. This helps us look at our own stuff with a more critical eye and become better writers.
Contributors have been emailed, submissions for the June issue are finalized,
and I am so unbelievably excited for this next issue!
-Victoria
Victoria Billings and Benjamin Daniel Lawless at Atascadero's Third Thursday reading in March, celebrating the launch of if&when's inaugural issue.
I'm just delighted and surprised by the number and quality of submissions for our second issue.
Writers, you've done it again. Our June issue is going to be great.
-Victoria
We're accepting short fiction, short creative nonfiction, poetry and literary lines.
Don't miss your chance to be published in our June issue!
We're welcoming submissions in short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and literary lines (your best one or two sentences that you simply adore but can't seem to fit into a poem/story).
Contributors receive a free copy of the volume.
Click the link for submissions guidelines and to see a preview of Vol. 1.
I’ve never known a writer who didn’t feel ill at ease in the world. … We all feel unhoused in some sense. That’s part of why we write. We feel we don’t fit in, that this world is not our world, that though we may move in it, we’re not of it. … You don’t need to write a novel if you feel at home in the world.
Andrea Barrett (via ilivetowriteandinspire)
if&when contributor Nixson Borah will be reading at the Whitman-Stein Poetry Festival.
Whitman-Stein celebrates LGBTQ poets and writers, and we couldn't be more excited for a talented writer! If you're in Santa Barbara on April 20, be sure to check it out.
Call for Submissions!
if&when volume 1 was a success, and submissions are now open for if&when volume 2, out in June. Submissions close April 21.
For more info, visit our site.