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The Chattahoochee Review
2101 Womack Road
Dunwoody, Georgia 30338-4497
gpccr@gpc.edu
The Chattahoochee Review
is a literary quarterly sponsored by Georgia Perimeter College
and is a part of The Writer's Institute at GPC. Appearing
regularly since 1981, it appeals to the educated general public
for its readership. Although we enjoy publishing important
writers from our own region such as William Gay, George Singleton,
and Ron Rash, we also publish new and recognized writers from
other regions of the U.S. and other countries such as Brazil,
Mexico, Hungary, and England. Work from The Chattahoochee
Review is regularly featured in nationally published anthologies
and books. It features poetry, fiction, nonfiction,
interviews, reviews, and occasional graphic work.
Method of Selection: The CR is not a refereed or
peer review journal (that is, submissions are not sent to
outside "qualified readers" for consideration.).
Selections are based solely on the choices of the editorial
staff, faculty editors, and student editors of The CR.
Final responsibility for all selections rests with the chief editor.
Submissions should be works PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED IN NORTH
AMERICA that are typed on one side of each page with the author’s
name clearly identified. Please do not send multiple
submissions in the same envelope, and please wait for a response
before submitting another piece. Also, please INCLUDE
AN SASE for return or reply. If you do not include an
SASE, your manuscript will be rejected and we will not notify
you. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Cover letters
are encouraged but not required. Simultaneous submissions
should be announced and will be considered but are discouraged.
Because of the large amount of other editorial and academic
work we handle on e-mail, electronic submissions are not accepted.
Responses take from one week to six months. As with submissions to
any literary magazine, familiarity with our journal will facilitate understanding
the kind of writing we want. Beginning with the Fall 2006 volume,
Sample copies are available for $9.00 each. Subscription prices will rise from $20.00
to $24.00. Please support literary journals. They
exist for you.
Fiction: The CR publishes high quality literary fiction
characterized by interest in language, development of distinctive
settings, and delineation of unique characters in conflict.
We DO NOT consider such genres as fantasy, historical romance,
and science fiction. Fiction should be double spaced
with numbered pages and one-inch margins. Please submit
only one story per envelope. We consider short fiction
up to 6,000 words and will also consider novellas of great
merit.
Poetry: Although we regularly publish the informal
personal narratives that dominate North American poetry currently,
we are also interested in formal poetry that is topic or theme
driven. All verse formats and subjects are considered.
Originality and precision of language are important for us.
We consider English translations of poetry from other languages,
in which case a brief biography of the poet should be included.
Poetry should be single-spaced and include three to five poems
per submission.
Nonfiction: We look for distinctive topical essays
and personal "creative nonfiction" of any kind.
Please keep in mind that our readers are the general public
and topical essays should be written for a general audience.
We are not an academic journal.
Interviews: We publish interviews with writers of all kinds:
literary, academic, journalistic, and popular. Recent
interviews have featured Tony Grooms, Tim Gautreaux, Larry
Brown, Claude Wilkinson, Ferreira Gullar, and Kunal Basu.
Please query us about your proposal for a particular interview.
Reviews and review essays: We review selected current
offerings in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including works
on photography and the visual arts. Several related
works may be reviewed at more length in a review-essay that
engages critical issues not appropriate to a single review.
We are always in search of new reviewers. Please query
us about the possibility of a particular reviews or review-essay,
indicating your credentials for the review.
Visual Arts: By invitation only.
The Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction: A yearly award
of $1,000.00 and publication in The Chattahoochee Review will
be given for the winning essay in the annual Lamar York Prize
for Nonfiction, which honors the founder and former editor
of the Review. Submit essays of up to 5,000 words, double-spaced,
with a $12.00 reading fee per essay, after October 1 and postmarked
by January 31. Please include a cover sheet with name,
address, and phone number.
No theoretical, scholarly, or critical essays will be considered,
but all other approaches and topics are welcome. No
electronic or simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Only
unpublished essays will be considered, no manuscripts will
be returned, and entrants will receive a year’s subscription
beginning with the summer issue. You may include a stamped,
self-addressed postcard for notification that your manuscript
has been received.
Essays should be sent to:
Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction
The Chattahoochee Review
Georgia Perimeter College
2101 Womack Road
Dunwoody, GA 30338-4497
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