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An electronic literary magazine striving for the very best in
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contemporary fiction, poetry, and essays.
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Contact: WHIRLEDS@delphi.com
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Guidelines for Writers (11/94)
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-- Fiction - We want any non-genre fiction, meaning no sci-fi or horror,
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stories that say something about the present life we live in. We have nothing
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against genre fiction; we just feel that there are enough e-zines out there for
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that market. Good models for our kind of fiction: Anton Chekhov, Raymond
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Carver, John Cheever, Susan Minot, also known as "mainstream" or "literary"
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fiction. Don't let the big names scare you; almost everyone we publish is a
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beginning writer. Submit and let us see the manuscript; at the very worst, we
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won't take it. On the other hand, as we've done countless times before, we'll
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accept it and it will go into print. The only way you will lose is if you just
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let the story gather dust somewhere(real dust or e-dust).
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-- Poetry - We want any non-genre poetry. Poems that have a *story* and
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not mere "life is like a box of chocolates" two-bit-metaphors are strongly
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recommended for submission. We prefer free verse; there's nothing worse than
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forced rhymes, which tend to sound gimmicky and end up as self-parodies(but this
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does not mean you should not submit formal verse; if you think your poems are
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good, go ahead and let us see it). Good models: check out magazines like The
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New Yorker. About 1/4 of those are what we call "story poems."
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-- Essays/nonfiction -- Any subject, as long as it is
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quality writing.
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-- Plays and allied forms are also welcome. Again, no genre pieces.
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-- The nitty-gritty when it comes to submissions:
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1. Please include your name and the approximate word count
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of your work. The manuscript must be in plain ASCII text.
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2. Unless it is obvious, please categorize your submission
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as fiction, poetry, or nonfiction.
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3. Include a short biography with each submission.
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4. Send to: WHIRLEDS@delphi.com.
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5. We will not accept previously published material, whether
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they were published electronically or on paper. Whirlwind will
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accept only new, unpublished works.
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Other Business
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-- Payment
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Since Whirlwind is distributed freely, it does not pay its authors.
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-- Method of Publication
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Whirlwind is published in both ASCII and PostScript formats.
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-- Back Issues
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If you use FTP/Gopher, back issues are available at
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ftp.etext.org in /pub/Zines/Whirlwind.
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-- Rights
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All Whirlwind writers retain the copyright to their story.
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The actual issue of Whirlwind is copyrighted by us, but all
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future rights to your story belongs to you. We only ask that if
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you do get it placed somewhere else that you mention our
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magazine.
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-- First Serial Rights
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Realize that some magazines out there may not accept your
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story after it has been published in Whirlwind. Just because
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this is electronic publishing does not mean it is not a form of
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publication. In many editor's eyes, it is most certainly a valid
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medium of publication. Just a friendly warning.
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-- Subscription
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If you wish to be on the Whirlwind mailing list, all you
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need to do is send a message to WHIRLEDS@delphi.com with the subject
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of the message "SUBSCRIBE WHIRLWIND" and nothing else in the body of
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the message.
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-- Further Questions
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If you have any more questions, you can reach us at
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WHIRLEDS@delphi.com. Thank you for your time.
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*** Realize that without your contributions, Whirlwind cannot survive. ***
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*** SO PLEASE SUBMIT! ***
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