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Box 8747
Metairie LA 70011-8747
Phone: (504)887-1263
Editor: Virginia Howard, editor
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We do not accept e-mailed submissions EXCEPT from authors who live outside the U.S.
Short Stories: All types welcome―both traditional and experimental
What we like: a carefully constructed plot; good character delineation; clever plot twists
What we don't like: bedroom/bathroom profanity. Why?
It's boring! Writers should be more creative than to depend on the same tired and dubious language crutches to express surprise, disdain, shock, bemusement, anger, sadness, and other emotions.
Such profanity, used in excess, often serves as a camouflage for a weak plot. If the plot is good, the story can be told much more effectively in nonscatologic language even though a character in the story may be sleazy.
Stories of lasting quality rarely need it.
Poetry: All types of poetic form welcome. Submit no more than three poems per theme, please. If more than three poems are submitted, we will read only the first three poems in the stack.
What we like: poems that are thoughtfully constructed and carefully distilled.
What we don't like: sexually explicit wording. Subtlety is more creative.
Market Type: Magazine
Contact: Virginia Howard, editor
Accepts: Avant-garde, Free Verse
Web Address: themaliterarysociety.com
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Updated December 3, 2020
