RedeemerWrites
Seeking to illuminate our community and faith through the written word.
The first issue of RedeemerWrites is now available! Click here to order online.
Writers - interested in submitting work for our next issue?
See the guidelines below. Contact Maria Fee at maria@redeemer.com for more information.
Submission Guidelines
RedeemerWrites is not currently accepting submissions. Please check back for information on future submission cycles, or join the Arts eNewsletter to receive announcements about this and other Arts Ministry programs.
For those who submitted work for the July deadline: Writers of submissions chosen for publication will be notified by September 12. We ask for your patience while we read through all submissions and regret that we may be unable to respond to submissions not accepted for publication. Submissions that do not follow guidelines will not be read.
General Submission Information
We only accept previously unpublished submissions. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we request that you notify us immediately if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere. If you agree to allow RedeemerWrites to publish your work, we will receive first serial rights. Authors will receive a small compensation at the time of publication.
All writers in the extended Redeemer community are encouraged to submit work to RedeemerWrites. Writers may submit under multiple genres, but if you would like us to consider work in more than one genre, please send each piece in a separate email submission. Submissions must be paginated and clearly labeled with the author’s name and the story/poem title and genre on the title page. All submissions should be sent in MS Word electronically to Maria@Redeemer.com
All submissions are subject to editing at the discretion of the RedeemerWrites staff. Writers will be contacted for approval where appropriate.
Short Story, Graphic Novel or Prose:
Limit one submission per writer
Limit 8,000 words
Double spaced
Poetry:
Limit of two submissions per writer
Limit of 40 lines per poem
All submissions must be ready for publication. This includes but is not limited to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. Please double check your work for typographical errors before submitting it. Submissions that do not meet this basic requirement will not be considered for publication.
Writers are encouraged, but not required, to follow MLA style guidelines. An outline of these guidelines can be found at: http://www.docstyles.com/mlacrib.htm
Questions
Questions regarding the submission process or general information about RedeemerWrites can be emailed to Maria@redeemer.com.
Questions regarding format or the files being sent can be emailed to Blake.dennis@yahoo.com.