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WolverinisticTo me, your tears
smell like strawberry oatmeal.
And you're beautiful

When sleepless.

My love changes people.
Like wolverines change small animals.
Like apocalypses change fragile things.

With a graceless blink.

My kisses are serrated talons
And when you get cut,
To me, your blood smells like

Whiskey and vanilla candles.Wolverinistic by ~Schofield-Alan
Publishing Resources ListMake sure you :+fav: the news article!
So you've written something freaking awesome. You've edited a million times (and if you haven't, turn around and go do that. Right now). You think you maybe want to take the leap and try publishing something. But you have no idea where to start.
Well, this is a good place to be.
This the journal where I'll be keeping a running list of all the publishing resources I find, both on and off dA. Most of it will probably be related to literary journals, since that's the stage where I'm at in my literary career, but I'll add things about book publishing as I find them.
If you ever find a great resource, or if you'd like to request something specific, please leave me a note in the comments.
Also this journal is probably going to be super-messy and slightly badly-categorized for the first few weeks, so if anything looks out of place and/or you can think of a better way for me to organize this, pleasePublishing Resources List by *SadisticIceCream
Writing Opportunities (Publishing):new:Last updated 9th May 2013
:new: We would love to hear feedback from people if they are using this! Have you entered something listed here? Have you won something? Are you actively using this? We want to ensure we are giving the community something worthwhile here- and please don't forget to add opportunities you find to the list too- the more people adding things, the better! 
Hello all!
As writers, we always talk about “getting that piece published sometime” or “maybe submitting to a few places”, but how many of us actually eat our words and get on with it?
It was suggested that perhaps we could help nudge you guys by sharing with you the opportunities we know of. Personally, I'm not well explored, but what I do know is that the community is! Therefore this journal is a chance to share the opportunities you find.
How this is going to work?
:star: If you find an opportunity, add a comWriting Opportunities (Publishing) by ^Beccalicious
Sensual Moon: Love Haiku1

winter crescent moon
across my breasts-
he calls me wisteria

2

clouds under the moon-
his touch
yielding winter pears

3

open-air market
selecting ripe persimmons -
warm scent of last night

4

green shoots forced
from the gardener's manure -
we linger, moon watching

5

in bathrobes
on a moonlit garden path
too cold out to be tempted

6 our astrological elements

my air to his fire -
a position for
every phase of the moon

7

tangent moon -
the sounds he makes;
a night creature's song

8

after, my streaming hair
and moonlight
for his head to rest upon

9

outstretched limbs,
the low-slung moon
also in repose

10

moon tides penetrateSensual Moon: Love Haiku by `jade-pandora
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Published Work
Published Work
Poetry
Adoring what you haven't seenUp until now, adoring what you haven't seen,
After today, it'll be as If you have never been,
They will cry for you, assuming sorrow for the loss,
In their hearts they long for you, jaded with anger at the cost.

Speak a soft eulogy, the life spoken about, much harsher,
This life was a cancer to you, And faith, the reason.
Now he has died, with weeping angels does he stay.
I always came across seemingly lost within my way.
A mask to cover So I no longer have to stay,
Fate doesn't decree anything from me:
Living for passion, filling eternity.Adoring what you haven't seen by ~Solilska
Opposable Positions.Opposable Positions.

So if...

Good girls are really bad girls that never got caught

And

Kings and queens are insecure people that hide behind their forts.

Then

Survivors are cowards that run away when they could’ve fought.

Which means

Celebrities are strategists and opportunists that utilise their thoughts

And

Teachers are failures who couldn’t make use of the lessons life taught.

It would seem then you are either one way or the other.

There is fine undefined line between enemies and lovers.

So pick and choose wisely when deciding what side you are on.

Because you can never know the person you one day might become.

Opposable Positions. by *KelaLewis-Morin
Kitchen BluesSunday was chicken and collards with rice.
Yesterday, fried ham and bacon served twice.
But today, no Lord, it's in your hands—
ain't nothin’ shaken on this plate, just the baby grand.

I get tipsy when bread dough’s risin’, like my love.
Good God, I can’t help myself, like my love.
Straight from the stove,
butter meltin’ on slabs o’ warm bread.
I say, I get tipsy when the yeast goes to my head.

Sweet Jesus, I can’t hear you,
you know  what I’m talkin’ about.
Soon as the weather breaks tonight,
she's goin’ out, she won’t be stayin’ in.
She’ll smell BBQ fromKitchen Blues by `jade-pandora
A cliff edgeEvery night I drift into sleep,
The same dream, the same adventure each time.
For my mind is spiraling and trying to find:
What does any of this mean?

And I find myself now, half way through my life,
I've found a cliff edge,
Abyss will you eat me? consume and take my pride?
I have found i'm alone.

I look into this abyss:
With no master I seem to recognize my own face,
With no slave I seem to see my fate,
I wish to become my master,
Time falls like grains of sand,
I think I've found the answer.

The sands come, the gap is my grave.
Right or left no longer open to choice,
For forward is my domain,
A path to Princedom is shown.

As I fall I reA cliff edge by ~Solilska
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Books
Bloodlines (Chrystal Bahl's Twisted Tails ch 1)Bloodlines (Chrystal Bahl's Twisted Tails Series Book 1)
Sample
Chapter 1
Present Day
Berkeley, California

"I thought you said you were finished with that stupid stuff, Dee."
"Oh good grief, Brit," Dee exclaimed irritably, slamming her laptop closed.  "Must you sneak up on me like that?"
"Your poor computer doesn't deserve such rough treatment," Brit reproached, "especially since I already saw what you were doing."
"Aren't you supposed to be at work?"
"Slow lunch shift so somebody had to go home early."
"And you, of course, volunteered to be the martyr."
"You know it, babe.  I'm all about the martyrdom.  Now, quit changing the subBloodlines (Chrystal Bahl's Twisted Tails ch 1) by ~IMDonne
Bloodlines (Chrystal Bahl's Twisted Tails) PrefaceBloodlines (Chrystal Bahl's Twisted Tails Series Book 1)
A contemporary paranormal romance

Preface
Origin of the Werewolf
Part 1
Bealu and Liss

Eons ago, when the earth was but an infant, a woman mourned the death of her stillborn first child.  
During the delivery, the mother of the dead child suffered injuries so severe that thereafter was unable to conceive again.
As the years passed, the woman's desire for a baby overwhelmed her.
Inconsolably grief-stricken, the woman sought remedies from various sources promising fertility.
Still she remained barren.
Her husband, satisfied with their childless life, begged the woman to renounBloodlines (Chrystal Bahl's Twisted Tails) Preface by ~IMDonne
Bloodlines (An Excerpt)Bloodlines (An Excerpt)

"Hey Brit," Dee impatiently knocked on the bathroom door, "hurry it up.  Jay called and said they're already pulling into the parking lot."
"Un-wad your panties, girl," Brit yelled from inside the bathroom.  "I'm almost done.   It's a jungle down there."
"You should shave your legs every day like I do."
Opening the bathroom door, Brit snorted, "Well, Miss I-Have-Nothing-Better-to-do-Than-Shave-My-Legs-Every-Day Britches, some of us have to work for a living."
Dee's eyes widened and she began apologetically, "I'm so sorry…I didn't mean…"
"Oh lighten up, girlie," Brit laughed.  "You know I'm just giving you a hard Bloodlines (An Excerpt) by ~IMDonne
Backstage-Chapter 1-Casting List   The week the casting list went up was when the drama started.  In more ways than one, of course.  This is theatre, it's a little obvious.  This piece of paper, however, would dictate our lives for the next few months.
    Well, the actors' lives anyway.  We were all going to be in the auditorium after school twice a week, but the casting list would change everything for the actors. I'm just a techie, crew.  Just a sound girl, don't even need a name.  Our school puts on a Christmas production every year, so the eyes of the school-nay...the eyes of the town shall be upon us!  Or well, 600 people?  Their eyes won't be on me, judging every move I make.  Their ears will be, but still.
    Even though the casting list didn't really effect me, I still went to the auditorium door after school to see who got which role.  I was curious, so sue me.
    "YES! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" squealed Alice. "I goBackstage-Chapter 1-Casting List by ~GeekGirl11
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Flash Fiction
Forgive MeI'm tired. Why are you coming in so late in the night?
What is it that you want from me, my son? An apology? 
Oh, that's what you want, then? An apology for my actions so many years ago?
There is no way I can apologize for what happened. You were already torn from my arms. You were already stolen off. You were already reared by another. No mere words I speak now will be able to undo that. Nothing I can do will bring you back into my arms.
How could I ever apologize for doing something so egregiously wrong?
I left you behind.
I left you behind!
I didn't mean to. Of course I didn't mean to! You were our boy who would grow into our son. Our precious baby.
Once the Great War started, once the blood of our brothers began to guise our true purpose, my priorities began to shift in the wrong direction. I could not think evenly when our--my--people, those whom I had sworn to protect until my dying breath, were being slaughtered. They became the priority.
I had to evacuate them. YForgive Me by ~redpinkandwhite
deviation in storage by ~DawnArdent
Eternal September
Some animals sacrifice themselves for the good of their group and species. Others do the reverse.
- The Bad Stuff, Dreamer's Handbook

John materialized on top of a tall cliff. It wasn't a teleportation spell - his consciousness could surely handle the in-between places. He sat down on a nearby rock.

Such a tranquil view. The local horizon and the fractally recurring lush vegetation soothed him. John occasionally brought his pupils here; perspective helps with thinking.

Despite the view, he gazed inward. Unlike many who reacted to the height with a love-hate kind of fear, John saw the height as a representation of distance he felt within Eternal September by ~DawnArdent
The Vampire Lord Must Die
Energy has to flow. The chimeric combination of wanting something while fearing it leads to misplaced needs.
- Know Thyself, Dreamer's Handbook

Ashley gently ran the tip of the blade over her fair skin. "You like this, don't you?" She whispered with as much girlish charm and womanly dominance as she could muster.

Infiltrating the manor didn't prove too difficult. Ashley made intricate plans, relying on stealth and the element of surprise to reach her target, but decided to enter through the front gate instead. Pff... men. Revealing clothes, sincere smiles, a few tactical hair-stroking gestures - and the guardsThe Vampire Lord Must Die by ~DawnArdent
Flash Fiction
Prose and Stories
Hopeless romanticAs my eleventh piece i attempted to talk about a word that i think is missed used and has been warped:

This word is thrown around a lot, and seems to be misused, I would call someone a hopeless romantic if they threw themselves into a situation with all of their strength and tried their absolute best even when there was no real chance of a break through or progress, this can be seen as stupidity, but is often the real power of being a human. We force things to work, we make them work, not by brute strength or stupidity, but our willingness and absolute believe in ourselves and whatever it is that we are trying to do.

I mean this in more thaHopeless romantic by ~Solilska
Whovians and Homecoming   School spirit.  Homecoming.  Dress-Up Day. Three things that were happing today.  The first two I could care less about, but the third...I was bristling with excitement.  From the moment I woke up, fifteen minutes before my alarm went off, I was energized and hurrying to get ready.  I threw open my closet doors and pulled my costume off it's hanger.  Grinning, I got dressed and headed off.
    Once I got to school, a million eyes greeted me in the commons.  Well, things were going as expected so far.
    I was wearing a tweed jacket over a off-white dress shirt, with red suspenders and dress pants, with a bow-tie topping it all off.
    I was the Doctor.
    Crossdressing day was on Wednesday, but this was different.  This. Was. Cosplay!
    "Anne!" My best friend, Grace, called to me.  She was wearing a bright pink wig and accompanying bright pink Whovians and Homecoming by ~GeekGirl11
The idea of perfection and self improvementPerfection? -

As my first piece and the one i have shared around the most,
I decided to try and tackle the subject of self improvement and perfection,
This is what I came up with :

"The act of doing something perfectly means that it will most likely go unnoticed or at best go unappreciated.
Perfection is not happiness, we have to experiment and find our way towards progress, if we achieved perfection we would no longer have our happiness or anywhere to go towards.
If we don't strive for perfection we will stagnate and transgress, you decide whether you want to become better or not, no sympathy will be given when you choose not to learn or iThe idea of perfection and self improvement by ~Solilska
Backstage~Ch. 3~Score   "OOO! No, can you find the piano theme from last year's Doctor Who Christmas special?"  Jake asked in a burst of excitement.
    "Clara's theme?  Oh yes, that'd be brilliant!  Maybe for the end?"
    "Or...that scene," Jake added.  The infamous act 3, scene 2 had been semi-jokingly referred to as that scene for the past 3 weeks.  After the initial shock wore off, the scene really didn't seem like that big of a deal.  Alice and Matt have been spending more time together, to get all the awkward out, I guess.  Although, they aren't going out. Alice and Matt both have relationships, and things are going well from what I've heard.  Alice and her boyfriend have been going out for a while, as have Matt and his girlfriend.  Apparently they're cool with the whole onstage kiss thing.  Good for them.
    Anyway, we've been blocking still, but we're almost done with act 2! JaBackstage~Ch. 3~Score by ~GeekGirl11
Prose and Stories
Freewriting and Stream of Conciousness
Race Among Race'sRace Among Race's

Racism will always be a complex and hazardous topic.

It is something that is deeply implanted within our logic.

It may be expressed in the form of a humorous joke.

Or may be intentionally announced in order to provoke.

Because they know that it is guaranteed to get a reaction.

And we impulsively give them that much needed satisfaction.

Somehow we feel the need to defend our specified skin colour.

We fight fire with fire to defend our heritage with misguided honour.

That's why racism can never be vanquished or become extinct.

It is how the world works and even if we don't say it, we will always think

How the colourRace Among Race's by *KelaLewis-Morin
The Racial EquationThe Racial Equation.

We are all born from the same =.

÷ by colour, shade and tone.               

X by the errors of the past.            

Only +'s to the difficulty life today.       

Kela lewis-morinThe Racial Equation by *KelaLewis-Morin
UtopiaUtopia

I raise my head and tilt it towards the skies.
Open my imagination and close my eyes.

Envision a place where I would rather be.
As far away from any judgmental eye that can see.

A place where all my dilemmas become obsolete.
Free from my troubles and the expanding concrete

Confinement that I am forced to exist in.
A place where it doesn't matter if you don't fit in.

A place where nothing but a smile is required.
Where I can think and write to my heart's desire.

A place free from any physical and mental disposition.
Free from the conflicting and persuasive power of religion.

A place where there are adjustable weather conditUtopia by *KelaLewis-Morin
HerstoryHer-story

I can't describe to you how much I love her.
I actually feel nauseous just at the thought of her even thinking of another.
In all my short life I never even thought I would ever discover.
A woman that I would be proud to name as my baby's mother.
I know that if I were to hypothetically loose everything, we would still have each other
And it is my chest only that she will caress under the cover.
Of course we are bound to argue and I will occasionally confront her.
Although I might not say it, I might even imagine her being someone else's lover.
And it's because of my insecurity and paranoia I end up making her suffer.
I'm jHerstory by *KelaLewis-Morin
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List of Literary Magazines taking submissions

These are poetry (and some short stories/prose/etc) magazines that I have submitted work to personally:

NEWLY ADDED:
Glassfire: [link]
The Prose-Poem: [link]
The Bicycle Review: [link]
Hobo Camp Review: [link]
Brevity Poetry Review: [link]
Bong is Bard: [link]
Cascadia Review (Limited to those in the Cascadia Region, USA): [link]

The Neglected Ratio: [link]
Thrush: [link]
Mas Tequila Review: [link]
Los Angeles Review: [link]
ppigpenn: [link]
Wild Goose Poetry: [link]
Your Daily Poem: [link]
News Review: [link]
New Verse News: [link]
The Barefoot Review: [link]
Oragami Poems Project: [link]
This Literary Magazine: [link]
Fried Chicken and Coffee: [link]
Surreal Grotesque: [link]
MiPOesias: [link]
The Junk Lot Review: [link] - Believed to be defunct.
The Legendary: [link]
The Missing Slate: [link]
GR@WL!X: [link] - Believed to be defunct.

Prairie Schooner: [link]
Crazyhorse: [link]
Ploughshares: [link]
New Letters: [link]
Rattle: [link]
Mannequin Envy : [link]
Third Wednesday: [link]
Grasslimb: [link]
The Blue Jew Yorker: [link]
Killpoet: [link]
apocryphaltext: [link]
From East to West: [link]
Empowerment4Women: [link]
Read This: [link]
ditch: [link]
The Susquehanna Review (for undergrads): [link]
The Whitefish Review: [link]
Verandah Literary Journal: [link]

Eclipse: [link]
AGNI: [link]
Alaska Quarterly Review: [link]
American Literary Review: [link]
American Poetry Review: [link]
anderbo: [link]
The Apple Valley Review: [link]
Ascent: [link]

MiPOesias: [link]
The Junk Lot Review: [link]
The Legendary: [link]
The Missing Slate: [link]
Existere: [link]
vox poetica: [link]


List of publishers who accept online submissions: [link]

Poets&Writers Magazine online list of Literary Magazines (you can sign up for it through email or order print copies - it has valuable resources, including conferences, workshops, grants and contests). [link]

Super mini chapbooks - Origami Poems: [link]

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EASTERN POETRY PUBLICATIONS:
Scifaikuest
#: up to 10 scifaiku, senryu, haibun, tanka. SF & horror only.
Paying Market: $1-2 per poem.
Does not accept reprints.
Scifaikuest Guidelines
Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu & Kyoka
#: up to 20 poems.
Submissions may be previously published on non-edited/personal sites.
 A list of Eastern style publications, put together by :iconthe-haiku-club:

And check out our own *SadisticIceCream's journal for more options! [link]

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*lantern-rose Mar 28, 2013  Professional Writer
Thank you for accepting the request to affiliate with #TheBackOfTheBook!:iconthankyouheartsplz:
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Mood: Love ~RhapsodyofMagic Jan 21, 2013
Could I add the first chapter of my self-published novella to the 'Published Work' section?

(If so, how?)

Thank you! :D
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`vespera Jan 23, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
you mean that folder? you'd need to join the group and then just submit :)
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`MagicalJoey Jan 9, 2013   Writer
I don't suppose any of the places on the list above would accept work from South Africa?
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`vespera Jan 10, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Almost EVERY single publication out there accepts international submissions. And almost all of them are electronic, anyways ;) But they will specify if submissions are closed to just a particular group - the one I come across most often is for students/young writers only... but some are ethnic journals, christian, etc. This list should be about 98% usable for anyone.
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`MagicalJoey Jan 11, 2013   Writer
Thanks :)
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~Crimson-Tiger Jul 10, 2012
Hi there! I'm currently trying to figure out how to market a self-published book for a friend. And wondering if anyone here has any advice, or knows about any websites that do reviews or press releases for self-published works? Any help would be appreciated.
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~MeineSehnsucht Sep 19, 2012   Writer
Send them a copy, or make it at least clear there's a book. A reviewer often has to ask for the books he wants to review, but if he doesn't know those books exist, then he can't review them.
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~Schofield-Alan May 5, 2012  Professional Writer
[link] I took your advice and made a group page for Grawlix. Thanks for your support! Let's do this!
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