IMMEDIATE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
BONSAI: The Big Book of Small Stories
Editors Michelle Elvy, Frankie McMillan and
James Norcliffe are seeking submissions for a comprehensive book of compressed
fiction to be published in 2017. This is an ambitious project, the first of its
kind in New Zealand, and we aim to include the very best small fictions from
around Aotearoa.
The book will be a wide-ranging collection
in three parts: one section will feature the best of previously published work;
one section will feature considerations and essays by noted practitioners on
the short narrative form and its development/ growth in New Zealand; one section
will feature entirely new work, to showcase the fast-changing landscape of New
Zealand small fictions.
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a proposal for an essay or
reflection concerning the compressed form – we are open to ideas and are
presently considering essays on composition and technique, history of the form,
prose poetry and story-telling, teaching flash in the classroom, representation
of Pasifika writing in the short form, music and the rhythm of flash, compressed
story-writing as a tool for all writing, experimentation and play in very short
stories, literary criticism of the compressed form. Note: there are many themes to explore! Please
send an email about your essay proposal by October 28 to discuss with the
editors.
Please include your name and contact
details.
There is no theme for this anthology. We
will include a variety of stories exploring a range of topics and themes – from
humorous to wicked to sublime. We encourage experimental writing, as well as haibun,
prose poetry and stories in te reo (accompanied by an English translation). We
encourage new and experienced writers. We encourage very short flashes of
inspiration or stories that take up the full 300 words. We want to see stories
that light up the page and take readers to unexpected endings. We are looking
for stories that leave us breathless, wanting more. We aim to put New Zealand
flash fiction on the map even further, so give us your shiniest stuff!
Whatever approach you take, make every word
count.
Writers may submit up to three unpublished works for consideration.
Please send a .doc or .docx file with all submissions in the same document; no
pdfs, unless absolutely necessary to demonstrate the layout of specific
formatting.
The editors’ decision will be final and no
correspondence will be entered into. Payment will be in copies of the
anthology.
Deadline for story submissions: November 30,
2016.
Deadline for essay proposals: October 28,
2016.
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