SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Lilith accepts submissions year-round. We welcome high quality, lively writing: reportage, opinion pieces, memoirs, fiction and poetry on subjects of interest to Jewish women.To submit poetry, fiction, or a feature year-round:
Features (1000-2500 words, approximately) can include: autobiography (testimony, letters, journals, memoirs); biographies of women, living or dead; interviews; social analysis; fresh research; oral histories; new rituals; investigative reporting; coverage of local, national, international events and projects; opinion pieces.
Lilith also welcomes: fiction, news briefs on interesting events or people (500 words or less), resource listings for organizations, projects or upcoming events, and poetry.
"Lilith's commitment to publishing poetry is an essential dimension of the magazine's creativity, and shows a recognition that poetry by Jewish women, on Jewish themes, is a burgeoning aspect of American—and Jewish—culture," said poet Alicia Ostriker. "Lilith is uniquely wonderful as a source for Jewish girls and women of all ages."We encourage you to read the magazine to judge whether Lilith is the appropriate venue for your work. We suggest that you obtain a sample copy of the magazine, or look at the table of contents of recent issues on the website.
Editorial Specifications:
- Unsolicited submissions will be considered when sent in hard copy by postal mail. We may subsequently ask you to submit electronically. You will a contract for work we accept for publication.
- Author's bio: one to two sentences, written in the third person, should accompany the manuscript.
- Footnotes: None! Sources should be incorporated into the story, in parentheses if necessary. Longer information should be submitted on separate pages for use as possible companion pieces to the main feature.
- Translations: All non-English (including Hebrew or Yiddish) words or phases must be followed by English translation the first time they are used in a non-fiction piece and should appear in italics.
- Format: Manuscripts should be submitted in hard copy, double spaced, with pages numbered. Please put author's name and contact information on each page of the manuscript. Queries may be sent as Word document attachments by e-mail to info@lilith.org.
- Artwork/photographs accompanying articles should be labeled clearly on reverse.
- Please allow 12-16 weeks for editorial decisions. Enclose a stamped self-addressed postcard if you would like us to let you know that your manuscript has been received. Manuscripts will be returned only if you enclose a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.
You may order a sample copy of the current issue for $7.00 (includes postage).
One-year subscriptions are $25.97. Orders accepted by mail, e-mail, fax or phone.
LILITH WRITING COMPETITIONS
ANNUAL FICTION COMPETITIONLilith Magazine is looking for unpublished original stories with heart, soul and chutzpah illuminating issues in the lives of Jewish women.
FIRST PRIZE: $250 and publication of story in LILITH Magazine.
Submission instructions:
--Manuscripts should be double spaced and should not exceed 3000 words.
--Manuscripts should be mailed in. We will NOT accept electronic submissions.
--Enclose a stamped envelope for return of manuscript.
Deadline: December 15, 2010Send fiction contest submissions to:
Fiction Competition
LILITH MAGAZINE
250 West 57th Street, Suite 2432
New York, NY 10107
POETRY PRIZE AT LILITH
Lilith magazine invites submissions of edgy, exciting poetry touching in any way on Jewish women's experience for The Charlotte Newberger Prize in Jewish Women's Poetry at Lilith. Winning poets will receive a cash award, and publication in the renowned independent Jewish women’s magazine, and the possibility of a public reading.
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For over 30 years, Lilith magazine has been one of the rare publications to feature poetry alongside its investigative reports, scholarship, memoirs and fiction. This first-ever poetry prize at Lilith is named for a woman who has been a longtime supporter of the arts in Chicago and on the national scene.Submission instructions:
--Poets are invited to submit up to three poems, in hard copy only.
--Each poem not to exceed 100 lines in length.
--Include name and contact information, including e-mail and phone numbers, on each page submitted.
--Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for the return of any manuscript.
Deadline: December 15, 2010Send poetry contest submissions to:
Charlotte Newberger Poetry Prize
LILITH MAGAZINE
250 West 57th Street, Suite 2432
New York, NY 10107
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