Sunday, September 30, 2012

New Print from Citizens For Decent Literature

CFDL Print Zine #4 - someone stole my sharpie
Contributors: J. Claudius Cloyd, Matthew Pasquarello, Kelsey Hoover, Alan Britt, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Luis Berriozabal, William Doreski, Judy Brekke, Michael Grover, and Catfish McDaris.

if you would like a copy, send your mailing address to admin(at)theliteraryunderground[dot]org

CFDL Print Zine #3 as well as #s 2 and 1 are now available to view as pdf files online. FREE to read, print, and distribute.
http://press.citizensfordecentliterature.com/zine/

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Call for Submissions: Lowlife

Lowlife - Magazine For The Arts

Description
Lowlife is a magazine for the arts focusing on the gritty, mundane, struggling, working-class aspects of life.
The harder the times the greater the arts: Financially, Politically, Socially, Emotionally, Spiritually, Physically.
We want writers and artists who notice the generic qualities of today's films, books, music, paintings, artwork, etc. People who deal with and avoid these things through vices in their artwork and/or vices in drugs and alcohol. Or simply holding your breath until you feel lightheaded. some people enjoy things like that.

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Illustration, Photography, Painting expressing the observations people have about how hard, boring, and struggle-filled life can be.


FOR SUBMISSIONS:
we will not accept fantasy/sci-fi/horror/shit that can't happen in real life unless it can be seen under the influence of drugs.

email: submissionsLowlife@yahoo.com
name, contact info, short bio

attach submission in file
poetry/fiction/nonfiction: .doc or .docx files

illustration/painting/photography: .jpeg or .gif file


POETRY
single document, up to 5 poems of any length.

FICTION
single document, up to 3,000 words.

NONFICTION (Essays)
single document, up to 3,000 words.

ILLUSTRATIONS/PAINTINGS
up to 5 illustrations and/or paintings. can be 5 separate documents. highest quality.

PHOTOGRAPHY
up to 5 photographs. can be 5 separate documents. highest quality.

Message for any further questions regarding submissions or just to ask me things other than that.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Call for Submissions: Grandpa Shit His Pants

Catfish McDaris in partnership with Ben John Smith is starting a heavy duty enterprise in conjunction with Horror Sleaze Trash called Grandpa Shit His Pants (or Pigpen Gets The Blues, you choose)

They're looking for poems or flash that will bring you to your knees grinning. E-mail Catfish at Mcdar3@aol.com.