Submission Do’s and Don’ts
While getting caught up on Wild Violet’s backlog of mailed submissions, I have been keeping a list of do’s and don’ts: DON’T over-package your submission. A submission that arrives in a plastic sleeve, like a junior-high book report, stands out for the wrong reasons. DON’T include extra promotional materials in your submission. Unless you are sending a book for review, and the materials are relevant to that book, sending business cards or promotional cards is simply a waste of your money. DO write polite, brief cover letters. If you’ve been published...
Read MoreFeatured: Week of Sept. 3
In our second weekly installment since we converted from a quarterly format, we feature work from three women. In her triolet, “Your Old & Forever Wedding Patchwork,” poet Patricia Ranzoni weaves a wedding runner in words. In her short story, “Learning to Dance,” writer Barbara Kussow explores the blurry relationship between dance and romance. Photographer Kate LaDew’s “Petra” and “Mount of Olives” capture the beauty and ethereal color of our...
Read MoreFeatured: Week of August 27
Welcome to a new beginning! After years of struggling to maintain the quarterly publishing schedule — with its lengthy, intense periods of design work — we’ve moved towards a publishing model that makes more sense: both for me and for our contributors. Scrapping the “issue” format, each week we’ll publish a small range of pieces that work together. Sometimes it will be poetry, sometimes fiction, humor, essays, reviews, interviews or more. For those interested in how to cite Wild Violet works, now that the publishing format has changed, please...
Read MoreWatch This Space
We’re converting Wild Violet from a quarterly format to a weekly format. As we work on ironing out all the bugs, please be patient. Soon, we’ll be publishing new content on a weekly basis, with featured pieces appearing in a prominent place on the home page. We will also consider new ways to encourage Wild Violet community building. If you have any thoughts about this, please share them.
Read MoreWild Violet Reading Recap
Thank you to everyone who made it to the Wild Violet 10th Anniversary Reading on Saturday, October 1 at MilkBoy Coffee in Ardmore, and special thanks to MilkBoy for hosting the event. We had a good group of participants. Our readers were: Charles Sanft Charles Sanft is originally from Minnesota. He spends most of his time reading, writing, and talking with his wife. He read some short essays, including a humorous essay inspired by ancient Persian decision-making processes. Flash fiction – “Cicadas” (Vol. IX Issue 2 – Summer 2010 – Heat Wave) Kathryn...
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