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Downgo
Sun
is happy to announce the appointment of the new co-editors,
Missi Rasmussen
and Curtis Urness, Sr.
Missi Rasmussen is a writer and an award-winning poet whose work has
been published in numerous literary journals, anthologies, and online
venues.
She was educated at Park University in
Parkville, Missouri and is the Founder and President of the Kansas City
Chapter of the Missouri Poetry Society.
She teaches poetry writing workshops in the Kansas City area where she
lives with her son and daughter.
Curtis was editor when Downgo Sun was “born” and is no stranger to many
of us (see the Downgo
Readings page for more information).
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Literary Arts “Time
for Re-Birth Has Come.”
Submission Guidelines
(CLICK HERE for printable
single page format)
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Important Notice |
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Downgo Sun is now accepting electronic submissions of
prose and poetry year-round. We usually publish 2 or 3
times a year on-line, but that can vary. |
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Fall
2009
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! |
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For a while, it
appeared that Downgo Sun would finally set below the western
horizon. Now, it is ready to once again color the
autumn sky. Send us your best short stories, poems and
essays by September 15th for the Fall 2009 issue.
Publication will be in October. Fall-themed works (Octoberfest,
Halloween, falling leaves, etc.) are welcomed but not
mandatory. Write about what moves you! |
 Downgo
Sun,
an e-zine supported by the Historic Northeast Cultural Arts
Commission in Kansas City, Missouri, is seeking exquisite literary
prose and poetry submissions to satisfy a strong local and widespread
interest in this popular voice in the online literary community.
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Our
editorial board is looking forward to reading the finest short
stories, nonfiction narratives, novel chapters/excerpts, and poems
contemporary writers can offer. We are not interested in footnoted
articles, scholarly articles or genre fiction.
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Submissions must be sent by email. No other forms will be accepted.
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Please
send no more than six poems, one piece of creative nonfiction, or
one short story per submission. A Microsoft Word document attached
to the email is the preferred format, or copy your work into the
body of an e-mail. Prose works should be no
longer than 3,500 words.
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Please
provide a bio of no more than 200 words in which you include your
publication record and any awards or honors your writing has
received.
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Please
email submissions to the appropriate editor (Fiction Editor,
Nonfiction Editor, or Poetry Editor) at:
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We will
accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us immediately if
the work you have sent to us has been accepted for publication
elsewhere.
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We will
not publish previously published work.
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Like
most online literary magazines, our staff is small, and the volume
of submissions is large, so please be patient. Do not query us
until five months have passed.
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Like
some online literary magazines, our budget is nonexistent. We
cannot offer monetary payment for work that we publish online. We
can offer recognition in an online venue. All rights revert to the
writer upon publication.
Thank you for your interest. We
look forward to hearing from you.
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Missi Rasmussen and Curtis
Urness, Sr., co-editors
Downgo Sun |
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downgosun(at)aol(dot)com |
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