This is a call for submissions for the 2012 Chaos West of the Pecos, the yearly publication of the Texas Mountain Trail Writers.
All paid and current members are invited to submit 4 manuscripts or poems up to 1500 words each in length OR up to 4 submissions with a total word count of all being 6000 words (i.e., you can have some short ones and long ones, but the total of all 4 must not exceed 6000 words). The conference submissions do not count as one of your 4 (non-members may also submit if they attended the 2011 conference). The Christmas writing assignment also does not count as one of the 4 submissions (members only). If the Chaos-in-progress becomes too large, some submissions may need to be skipped.
Please be certain that your name appears on each submission, shown as you would like to have it in the publication. Send your submissions to Marian Frueh (ude.s1329941608axetu1329941608.sa.o1329941608rtsa@1329941608heurf1329941608) or to Marian Frueh, 42665 State Highway 118, Fort Davis, TX 79734. Electronic submissions are preferred (Word, RTF, text, whatever you’ve got), but I’ll take it however you do it (as long as I can read it). I have a Windows PC, not a Mac, so it needs to be some generic format. I can read Open Office/Star Office format and PDF as well as those listed above. Handwritten is okay if it is not too long.
Please also give me a snail mail and/or email address in case I encounter any problems. Some editing may be done to improve grammar, spelling or clarity. Printed submissions should be in at least an 11 point font (12 point preferred), and should be an easily readable font, such as Courier, Arial or New Times Roman. The scanner has great difficulty with small or unusual fonts.
Please note that suitability to our publication, ease of editing (readability) and the number of other submissions will determine what actually gets printed. The better your editing of any piece, the more likely you’ll find it in the Chaos. Any email submission should get back a confirmation of receipt. If you don’t get a confirmation, I didn’t get it! If you would like a list of submissions to date, please email me or check the list of submissions.
Please get your submissions in by March 30. Our conference is scheduled for April 27-29. Sooner is better. I would like to get more of the 2011 conference haikus (from the hike) and the poems submitted to Larry Thomas for critique (if they are not being published elsewhere). Many of you have promised edited versions of the meeting writing opportunities. I want to see them!
Here’s a list of the 2011/2012 writing opportunities if you’d like to submit one that you didn’t turn in at the meeting. Attendance at the meetings is not required for submission, just membership. Remember, submissions need not be just these idea starters.
March 2011 Something Irish
October 2011 The Fruits of Our Labors, Bringing in the Harvest, Dancing in the Moonlight
November 2011 Taking a Chance, Thanksgiving: Past, Present or Whenever, Take a cliché…
December 2011 Christmases I’ve Loved (Or Not!), Winter Solstice, This Has Been a Year Full of _________
January 2012 New Year’s Resolutions, Something Remembered, West Texas Intrigue
February 2012 A Snowy Night, Valentine’s Day, Matters of the Heart
March 2012 TBA
The ChaosWest of the Pecosis anannual publication of the Texas Mountain Trail Writers published each spring. Submissions are accepted from members of the TMTW and attendees at the spring retreat. Only workssubmitted during the retreatas assignments are acceptedfrom non-members. These works will be published in the following year’s Chaos. The editor will announce the number of words and/or works to be accepted each year. In addition, suitability to our publication, ease of editing (readability) and the number of other submissions will determine what actually gets printed. Extremely political opinion essays and explicitly sexual submissions are not appropriate for the Chaos. The editorial committee of Chaos West of the Pecos will make the final determination of what is acceptable for the journal.
Current members of TMTW receive one free copy of the Chaos each year. Non-member attendees at the spring retreat receive that year’s Chaos as part of their registration fee. Additional copies and future issues may be purchased at the regular price.
All rights to the works in the publication belong solely to the authors of those works. The opinions expressed in the journal should be attributed to the writers and not to the editor of Chaos West of the Pecos nor to the membership of the Texas Mountain Trail Writers.
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