Your Submission Requested: A collection of Creative Writing Titled “Visions and Voices from South Sudan”
A collection of creative writing titled “Visions and Voices from South Sudan” is currently being curated for the McSweeney’s Quarterly, a literary journal edited by the celebrated American writer Dave Eggers, author of critically-acclaimed works such as A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Zeitoun, A Hologram for the King, and closer to South Sudan, What is the What, which told the story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the Lost Boys.
This collection will be edited by Nyuol Tong, South Sudanese writer and founder of SELFSudan who is currently a Reginaldo Howard Memorial scholar at Duke University. Please address your submissions to him (nluethmatioktong@gmail.com).
All South Sudanese creative writers are invited to submit their works.
Our guidelines are direct and simple:
Deadline: July 30, 2012
Form: Fiction, poetry, journalism, comics and essays will all be considered.
Word count: between 2000 and about 6000 words
Multiple submissions: Yes
Published works: Yes
Language: English only
How to submit: email your stories to nluethmatioktong@gmail.com. All submissions must be online.