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Spring 2008

Poetry

VanBuren's picks:

Antonia Clark
Brad Johnson
Dale McLain
Roger Pfingston

John Anderson
Cristina Baptista
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent
Michael Brownstein
Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Alison Eastley
Brent Fisk
David Fraser
Krikor der Hohannesian
Amy MacLennan
Lisa Markowitz
Damon McLaughlin
Micki Myers
Roger Pfingston
Heather Schimel
Rachel Stewart
Lafayette Wattles

Flash Fiction

On Debunking Modern Art

Alex Nodopaka

Pushcart Nominees

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Patrick Carrington

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Submissions:

We will not be publishing a summer issue. If you have already submitted work, we will be more than happy to hold it until the fall. You may also request that we pull your submission and as always, are welcome to submit elsewhere.

Fall reading period:

August 1-September 15

Visual arts, flash fiction, poetry.

There is no shortage of really nice art and literature out there. We do not want “nice.” We want to feel a physical reaction to your work. Nausea. Embarassment. Arousal. Something.

Poets: 2-5 poems

Visual Artists: Send 2-5 samples and if possible, a link to your work.

Fiction: 1-2 short short stories. 100-500 words, no more, no less please.

Bio: Introduce yourself a bit as a writer/artist and as a person. The inclusion of publication credits is acceptable but by no means necessary.

Guidelines:

• Include the word Submission in your subject line.
• Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, as is previously published work (please note original publication credit), though unpublished work is more likely to find a home here.
• Send all of your work in the body of one email.
• One submission per issue.
• We will not publish the same artist more than two issues in any one year.
• We will probably not accept work which is discriminatory, contains nonconsensual sex, underage characters, bestiality, or covert or overt bigotry, sexism or libel. We might but it better be damn good.

By submitting, you agree that you are at least 18 years of age. You also agree that the work is your original creation and does not infringe on any copyrights or copyright laws. If your work has been previously published, please indicate where and when your poem has appeared. Only submit work if you retain the copyright. We are asking for non-exclusive rights during the three to four months in which your work will appear and the right to archive the issues containing your work for as long as the website exists. You also grant the right to publish your work in any print anthology published by Mannequin Envy.

If your work is published elsewhere after being published in Mannequin Envy, we would appreciate the courtesy of a mention.

Payment: We are unable to pay contributors at this time, but if you are ever in the Austin area, Jennifer will be glad to buy you a drink.

Thank you for sending submissions to our fearless volunteer editors:

For email addresses, please replace (at) with @, replace (dot) with .

Poetry: poetry (at) mannequinenvy (dot) com (Patrick Carrington)
Visual Arts: visuals (at) mannequinenvy (dot) com (Alex Nodopaka)
Flash Fiction: flash (at) mannequinenvy (dot) com (Jai Britton)
Questions and comments: editor (at) mannequinenvy(dot)com (Jennifer VanBuren)

What next?

When you submit, you will first receive an annoying request to prove you are human by typing in some code. We apologize, but it is necessary.We will not be reading 1 month before and 1 month after a new issue is published. We will eventually read all submissions sent. If you have not heard from us please write. Crazy things happen to good people and their submissions that are beyond our control…. or maybe within our control, but not outside the overwhelming power of entropy. Just write and ask and we will let you know.

It is a great idea to check out the current issue and back issues to get a feel for what we like.

Best of luck, and thanks for considering Mannequin Envy!

"Swimmer"
by Theresa Pfarr