Narrative has become the current gold standard for online literary magazines, wading in the fray and dominating the competition in a relatively short time.
Well, watch out. Electric Literature just launched, and it looks like a doozy.
True to the name, EL is distributing electronically, through a host of formats: e-book, Kindle, and iPhone, plus print-on-demand. It seems a smart new path for literary journal distribution. Plus, EL actually provides a business model that might work, as stories are sold for .99, a much better distribution model than wrangling a few copies into independent bookstores, many copies of which are unsold and scrapped.
Every writer NEEDS this book.
It’s a guide to writing the pivotal moments of your novel.
Whether writing your book or revising it, this will be the most helpful book you’ll ever buy.
Might I mention the lineup is as strong as that first issue of Black Clock that took the literary world by storm?
- Michael Cunningham
- Jim Shepard
- T Cooper
- Lydia Millet
- Diana Wagman
As far as money, they say this on their submission page (a backhanded jab at Narrative?):
We pay writers, they don’t pay us. We are proud to support writers who entrust us with their work.
They also pay at a Subtropics rate ($1000 smackers a story). But it’s pretty hilarious that a journal with “Electric” in their name doesn’t accept electronic submissions. [CORRECTION: Though initially confused by the set-up of the submissions page, I have now verified that they do accept electronic submissions.]
Every writer NEEDS this book.
It’s a guide to writing the pivotal moments of your novel.
Whether writing your book or revising it, this will be the most helpful book you’ll ever buy.
Plus, if all that isn’t enough, they have pictures of hot girls doing weird things on their website (But not as explicit as Fence, though).
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I think they do accept electronic submissions. There’s an email sub link at the bottom of the submit page.
Hmmm . . . actually a little confused by that. It says “submissions” but right above it is a pitch for a mailing list.
And then when it’s talking about submitting the site only offers a mailing address and no instructions for emailing (in the body or attached?)
I’ll email them to clarify.
Who are these guys??? No editor names or affiliations anywhere. Great line-up!
The art looks amazing. I’d read it online just for that.
A quick Google search reveals the POD is facilitated through Smashwords and that the editors are: Andy Hunter and Scott Lindenbaum.
I was looking for a good place to buy books this month and I stumbled across this website: http://www.booksonboard.com. They have really reasonable prices and I have come to enjoy the convenience of eBooks and audio books. They carry a ton of titles. I don’t know if they will carry Electric Literature, but it’s worth checking out!
They are going to get blasted by submissions…
Yep. Everyone I know has already sent them one. But I heard they already recruited 10 readers to wade through the slush, so maybe they’re prepared (or as prepared as you can be!)
Yes, the collection is vast and interesting