Would you like to see your work in our Journal? Here is a preview of upcoming issues with submission deadlines. We will occasionally insert special features into forthcoming issues, such as a featured poet or a book review or a report on a special event. As always, we appreciate your emails updating us on publications and other literary events. Electronic submission only to cmw@goshen.edu, include a brief bio that mentions your interest in or connection to Mennonites, and attach the submission as a word document. This is a tentative list, subject to change and adjustment.
January 2010 -- New Fiction.
Short fiction by seven writers: Ryan Ahlgrim, Janice Dick, Dora Dueck, John Liechty, Keith Miller, Tim Stair, Linda Wendling. No longer accepting submissions for this issue.
March 2010 -- Word Work.
Personal essays about work with words and publication: two editors, a bibliographer, and a book conservator reflect on their vocations. Additional submissions welcome. Deadline: February 1, 2010.
Featured Poet: David Wright
May 2010 -- Children's Literature.
New writing for young readers and an essay on illustrating children's books. Additional submissions welcome. Deadline: April 1, 2010 (no joke!)
Featured Poet: Sarah Klassen
July 2010 -- Serial Fiction.
Short fiction by published writers of serial fiction. Additional submissions welcome. Deadline: June 1, 2010. Query first. cmw@goshen.edu
Featured Poet: Jeff Gundy
September 2010 -- In Memoriam: Mennonite Lives in Poetry
This issue will feature poems, interpretive essays, and art work by two writers, Sylvia Gross Bubalo and Christine Wiebe, who made significant creative contributions that were not published during their lifetime.
November 2010 -- Writing for Film
Personal essays on writing for film by Collin Friesen, Sidney King, Don Yost. Additional submissions welcome. Deadline: October 1, 2010. Query first. cmw@goshen.edu
January 2011 -- Drama.
Original scripts and an interview with Vern Thiessen. Additional submissions welcome. Deadline: December 1.
March 2011 -- Words and The Word: Literary Art in Worship
Literary works that engage the subject of worship or that lend themselves to use in a liturgical setting, as well as personal essays on the experience of using a work of literature in a worship setting. Submissions welcome. Deadline for consideration: January 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: February 1, 2011.
May 2011 -- Creative Nonfiction and Memoir. Open submissions. Deadline for consideration: March 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: April 1, 2011.
July 2011 -- New Poetry and Hybrid Literature. Open submissions, not limited to, but encouraging of work that crosses the boundaries of genre. Submissions welcome. Deadline for consideration: May 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: June 1, 2011.
September 2011 -- Literature and the Art of Peace. Dedicated to the memory of 9/11 on its 10th anniversary, this issue focus on literary art as a tool for peacemaking and mutual understanding. Open submissions for poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and memoir. Especially encouraged are submissions by young peacemakers attempting to reinterpret the teachings of historic peace churches for contemporary times. Deadline for consideration: July 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: August 1, 2011.
November 2011 – New Fiction. Open submissions welcome. Deadline for consideration: September 1, 2011. Deadline for finished, accepted work: October 1, 2011.
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