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Submission Guidelines
***SUBMISSIONS BY E-MAIL
ONLY***
Submission Guidelines
Poems: Submit up to 6 poems on any subject of 60
lines or less, or a long poem up to 200 lines plus 2
shorter poems.
Fiction: Submit Short Stories, or Excerpts from
Novels on any subject or theme up to 5,000 words
long.
Essays: Academic essays may be up to 6,000 words
long.
Plays: Up to 5,000 words.
Reviews and Interviews: These may be up to 3000
words long.
All
materials submitted must be in English Language. We
encourage poems written in Nigerian languages as
long as they are sent together with appropriate
translations.
The
name of the author as he/she would like to be
credited must appear on the materials.
VERY
IMPORTANT:
All
submissions should be in Microsoft Word and MUST
attached to an email saved in this format:
Title
of Submission � Authors Name
{Example � �Divisadero � Michael Ondaatje.doc�}
Include
biographical information up to 100 words long in the
body of the e-mail.
Keep
the bio to the point: Your name, where you live, and
your publications. If you have won some awards, feel
free to blow your own horn. There is no need to say
you are a creative person or are heading for writing
mastery. Let your work speak for you.
Try
this format:
Okeke
Alabi was born in Maiduguri in 1965. He studied
African Literature at the University of Ibadan, and
currently teaches Literary Composition at the
University of Lagos. His poems, short fiction and
essays have been published in That Magazine, That
other Magazine, and This Journal. His work is also
forthcoming in Future Mag International. Author of
the Ultimate Nigerian Book (2007), He won the ANA
Prize for Fiction (2004), and the Nigerian Writers
in Nigeria Award 2008.
Please
attach a photograph of yourself in Jpeg, PNG or Gif
format to go on your page. It should be sent as an
attachment file in the same email as your submission
in the format below -
Name of Author
{EG Michael Ondaatje.jpeg or Michael
Ondaatje.jpg}
(Some
people feel uncomfortable sending their photographs
and have sent pictures of their cats or other pets
instead. The editor does not like that and may not
read those submissions. If you don't wish to send a
picture, please don't, but you should send some
picture that illustrates the idea or theme of your
submission.)
Copyright: Once we accept materials for Sentinel
Nigeria, we acquire the copyright until they have
been published. 90 days after publication, the
copyright reverts to the authors.
Simultaneous Submissions: We discourage simultaneous
submissions. The turnaround time is 8 weeks.
Previously Published Work: Generally we discourage
submissions of previously published work. If we feel
strongly about a previously published work we may
solicit it. If your work has been published
elsewhere and you feel it has not been given the
exposure it deserves, and you feel strongly about
it, by all means submit it, but please mention where
and when it was first published.
Important: Please submit only materials that are
your original work. Bear in mind that Sentinel
Nigeria is a magazine and not a blog or discussion
forum. Therefore the form and content of any work
published in the magazine is final and any aspect of
the work, or its authorship, may not be modified
after 7 days of publication. Requests for
modification of content, authorship or deletion will
not be entertained. Copyright reverts to all authors
90 days after publication.
Sentinel Nigeria does not
currently pay for work published. This will change
in the future, and details of honorariums will
appear here.
Submission to Sentinel Nigeria
must be sent to:
richard.ali@sentinelnigeria.org
Sentinel Literary Movement of Nigeria
a
chapter of Sentinel Poetry Movement
International Administration: Unit 136, 113-115
George Lane, London E18 1AB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 7812 755 751
e-mail:
sentinel@sentinelpoetry.org.uk
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