Submission Guidelines:
Spillway will now be published twice a year in June and December.
The new editor is Susan Terris.
Most of the issues will be themed; so check the web site for present and future themes.
Reading periods:
July 1 to September 1—Decisions made in September for early December publication.
February 1 to April 1—Decisions made in April for early June publication.
Theme for June 2012 issue: "Games People Play"
Our next theme is "Games People Play.." Submissions are open February & March. Are we talking about literal games? Only partly. Think about all the interpersonal negotiations used to get through any day. How do you answer the question, Does this make me look fat? What happens when you don’t like the person your son or daughter is seeing? What about your assorted loved ones? The inlaws? Your boss? Your professor? Your neighbor? Do you play games with them? How about the secrets you protect? How do you win at tennis, at parties, at the office, at life? How do you lose? Surprise us.
To Submit:
Please (online submission only) send your work to:
In the subject line, list your last name, your first name, and whether the submission is poetry or an interview, a review, an article.
In the body of the email, please provide a short cover letter including your contact information and a brief bio. Your submission should be in a single document. Don’t send separate emails for each poem. Please only make one submission per reading period.
Send your work as an attachment in Word or Adobe formats (.doc or .pdf).
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
Spillway acquires only the first serial publication rights of accepted work.
Copyright is asserted on behalf of the author; all reprint rights revert to the author upon publication, but we ask that you mention Spillway as first publication appearance.
Genre Submission Details:
Poetry: 3-5 poems
Interviews, articles, & reviews: we’re happy to consider these, but please query first.
Subscriptions:
Consider ordering a subscription to Spillway to take a look at the kinds of poems we like to publish.
- For a one-year subscription, send a check for $19.00 (includes shipping and handling).
- For a two-year subscription, send a check for $34.00 (includes shipping and handling).
- Single Copy $9 plus $3.50 shipping and handling.
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If you prefer to pay by check, checks should be made out to Tebot Bach with Spillway on the subject line and mailed to:
Spillway/Tebot Bach
PO Box 7887
Huntington Beach, CA 92615-7887.
Susan Terris' poetry books include THE HOMELESSNESS OF SELF, CONTRARIWISE, NATURAL DEFENSES, and FIRE IS FAVORABLE TO THE DREAMER. Her work has appeared in many publications, including The Iowa Review, Field, The Journal, Colorado Review, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, Denver Quarterly, and Ploughshares. She had a poem from Field published in PUSHCART PRIZE XXXI. Check out her web site at: http://www.susanterris.com.
For 7 years, with CB Follett, she edited RUNES, A Review Of Poetry. Now she is the new editor of Spillway. In addition, she is a poetry editor for two online publications: Pedestal Magazine and In Posse Review. Ms. Terris does private editing of manuscripts. She also teaches workshops on the making and marketing of chapbooks. In addition, with CB Follett, she runs a series of weekend workshops taught by USC professor & poet David St. John.