after several hectic weeks, ranging from office break-ins and server collapses to possum infestations
and the perfection of home-made tofurkey recipes, the dust has finally settled, gps co-ordinates have
been plotted, the sci-fi show fringe has returned from hiatus, we've finished binge viewing the bad girls
club, and now (ta-da!) starship mythium is once again on course.
this is where james t. kirk points abstractly in front of him and says with
machismo'd charm "take us... somewhere in that direction."
- the gps lady throws a fit, ordering chekov to "bust a legal U" the first chance he gets.
and though we (as creatives in general and specifically as editors) make a living giving in to
flights of fancy, this is indeed our labor of love... a very serious endeavor. we strive to continually
out-do our previous issue, bringing the best creative effort our contributors have to offer.
our goal is for this to be a labor of love for everybody. we're idealists who work hard to bring
daydreams into fruition. we do so for the benefit of the creatives entrusting us with their craft
(and also because we just love reading great literature!)
the carnival cruise has just turned into a hijacking. forgive us, we are literary pirates; you shouldn't
have been blinging your precious, shiny manuscripts so openly. (all your base ares belong to us!)
mythium issue #3 has just entered warp speed...
next stop, wait... is that a tribble?!?!
- hang on!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
social media
or individually:
(be warned: catching our attention via myspace these days is often a long-shot!)
Monday, September 6, 2010
reading period for issue #3 has closed...
september 1st was the cut-off;
any submissions received after that date will be considered for issue #4 spring/summer 2011.
reading period for that issue will not begin until late november at the earliest so it may not be until march of next year before all submissions are fully read-through, accepted or rejected.
if you've submitted work to us prior to Sept. 1st for issue #3 and have not received a response from us
as of October 1st, then please inquire at that time, particularly for fiction and creative non-fiction: we are a small crew and to fully absorb several dozen submissions of 20 pages or so requires an honest, thoughtful amount of time.
we would like to take this time to thank each and every writer who is currently participating in this process awaiting our responses.
- us, the editors.
any submissions received after that date will be considered for issue #4 spring/summer 2011.
reading period for that issue will not begin until late november at the earliest so it may not be until march of next year before all submissions are fully read-through, accepted or rejected.
if you've submitted work to us prior to Sept. 1st for issue #3 and have not received a response from us
as of October 1st, then please inquire at that time, particularly for fiction and creative non-fiction: we are a small crew and to fully absorb several dozen submissions of 20 pages or so requires an honest, thoughtful amount of time.
we would like to take this time to thank each and every writer who is currently participating in this process awaiting our responses.
- us, the editors.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
call for submissions!
whether you write seriously well or you feel serious about your writing, then you should submit to us...
nothing under the sun is new, but if you've developed an original perspective for your literary narratives, then we'd like to see. be nuanced. add insight. deconstruct your dilemmas and/or what you day-dream about, reconstruct it through words and pull us deeply within them.
or just ball it up and throw it at us as hard as you can... we'll catch, duck or knock it down.
(takes about 3 months)
send 3-5 of your best poems to poetry@mythiumlitmag.com
send fiction and creative nonfiction limited to 5,000 words to fiction@mythiumlitmag.com
send physical manuscripts with s.a.s.e. respectively to -
attn: poetry OR attn: fiction
mythium literary journal
1428 north forbes rd
lexington, ky 40511
see our website for full guidelines.
subscription payments are accepted via paypal using editor@mythiumlitmag.com as the account name.
nothing under the sun is new, but if you've developed an original perspective for your literary narratives, then we'd like to see. be nuanced. add insight. deconstruct your dilemmas and/or what you day-dream about, reconstruct it through words and pull us deeply within them.
or just ball it up and throw it at us as hard as you can... we'll catch, duck or knock it down.
(takes about 3 months)
send 3-5 of your best poems to poetry@mythiumlitmag.com
send fiction and creative nonfiction limited to 5,000 words to fiction@mythiumlitmag.com
NOTE:
send all emailed submissions as ATTACHED FILES ONLY!
submissions that are included as part of the body of your emails will automatically be rejected.send physical manuscripts with s.a.s.e. respectively to -
attn: poetry OR attn: fiction
mythium literary journal
1428 north forbes rd
lexington, ky 40511
see our website for full guidelines.
subscription payments are accepted via paypal using editor@mythiumlitmag.com as the account name.
issue 1.2 spring/summer
featuring the works of:
POETS
Nikky Finney, Bettina Judd, Ian Williams, Kimberly Alidio, Marcus Wicker, Sergio Ortiz, Octavio Quintanilla, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Derold Sligh, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Yalonda JD Green, Michelle Peñaloza, Kevin Vaughn, Carrza DuBose, Cynthia Parker-Ohene, Niki Escobar, Adrian Potter, Makalani Bandele, Alison Roh Park, M. Ayodele Heath, Radames Ortiz, Aisha Sharif, Stephanie Pruitt, F. Geoffrey Johnson, Sheila Smith McKoy, Kelli Stevens Kane, CB Strand, Melanie Henderson, Phillip B. Williams, L. Lamar Wilson, Mira Martin-Parker, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, and Ebony Golden
FICTION
Juyanne James, Jacinda Townsend, Sanderia Faye Smith, Tony Robles, and Makuchi
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Kalamu ya Salaam, Tara L. Masih, and Randall Horton
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
the mission...
point blank, mythium is here to serve the needs of writers who are traditionally locked out of the mainstream outlets, meaning colored writers of various ethnic backgrounds and cultures who often are required to conform their narratives to 'universal standards' in order to be considered contemporary or relevant.
we just want you to be good at what you do, regardless of how you go about it.
bring us your oldwive's tales, your folklore, your mythologies, your memoirs, your literary endeavors, your out-right lies and outrageous truths and untruths... if you have a story to tell and come from a long line of long lines, then submit your stories and poems to us.
we can keep your secrets... (if 'keeping' means publishing your every word in a quality rag for the whole world to access, then yeah, that's what we mean!)
we just want you to be good at what you do, regardless of how you go about it.
bring us your oldwive's tales, your folklore, your mythologies, your memoirs, your literary endeavors, your out-right lies and outrageous truths and untruths... if you have a story to tell and come from a long line of long lines, then submit your stories and poems to us.
we can keep your secrets... (if 'keeping' means publishing your every word in a quality rag for the whole world to access, then yeah, that's what we mean!)
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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