I recently had a meeting with the Diet Soap editorial team and I'm very excited.

 

We're officially actively seeking submissions of ALL KINDS: 

Poetry, artwork, essays, rants, manifestos, interviews, fiction, and anything else you think may fit our purview.

 

We're willing to consider all genres, all styles, all lengths.  Editor Doug Lain tends to like self-aware literary or surreal fiction and articles -- political content or social commentary a plus.  We've published the likes of Tim Pratt, Stephanie Burgis, Rachel Swirsky, Katherine Sparrow, and more.

 

Reprints welcome!  Small honorarium ($5) paid for all accepted works!  Beautiful contributor copies! Lightning-quick responses!  Adoration and groupies practically guaranteed!*

 

 

We're not picky about submission format.  Just put the word submission somewhere in the subject line to avoid our spam filtering.

 

I look forward to reading your work!  Feel free to distribute this announcement with wild abandon.  Upcoming themes (loose interpretations welcome) are sabotage and slavery (wage- and otherwise).

 

--Camille Alexa

 

*void where groupies prohibited by law.

 

 

[edited to add]: . . . And I supose this might be useful: http://www.dietsoap.org/

Thank you, John Whalen.

 

Camille, you have no idea how it warms my heart to see people who are more interested in the story/poetry written than in the submission format.

 

I'll see if I've got something that might interest you or Doug.

 

Cheers: Jaq.

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You can read some of my stories here:

Skulkers. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. RAT's. La Carcajou. Jet Bike Boogie...at www.pulpanddagger.com

Swamp Story. Down South. Florida Haze.Wild Justice...

at www.bikernet.com (Plus many of my motorcycle related articles.)

The Covert OP. Chick Prick...at www.milstory.com

 

 

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I'm amazed sometimes what some markets demand in this regard.  Common sense should rule the day in most things, thinks I.

 

Send me more!

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Is that a dare?    

 

Still, what the heck.  The worst that can happen is the stories are rejected and my fragile writer's ego is crushed, right?  I'm assuming you're okay with multiple subs, then?

Think of it more as a challenge than a dare!

 

There are no unresponded-to subs currently in my queue.  There are only a couple from last week that are still being considered by the editorial team.  If you hear of anyone who has not heard a response from us, and their submission was sent more than ten days ago, it means their submission did not get past out spam filters or our response did not get past theirs.  Tell them to query me immediately.

 

Everyone reading this forum post (yes, everyone) has my permission to send me multiple poetry subs (though one per email, please, and my preference for poetry is "pasted into an email", though I'm not picky), but other multi- and sim-subs are not encouraged according to our Duotrope Listing.  I had to go look it up:

 

 

It's my current goal to respond to all incoming subs with either a yea, nay, or hold notice in zero to three days.  Bring it on.

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I chuckle at you, but only as one author to another in this realm of electronic submissions.

 

I've received all three copies of your submission alive and well (Fw:, poetry.org, and douglain.org, since I sort slush) and look forward to reading them it.

 

--Camille

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"I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!" 

 

Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions 

 

I've got a literary piece or two I might be able to send as reprints, but I don't think I have anything that fits the upcoming themes.

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"I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!" 

 

Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions 

 

 

Our response is bouncing off your spam filters.  Could you email or pm me?

 

Thanks.

 

--Camille

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