Her Circle Ezine

Her Circle Ezine is dedicated to exploring the feminine experience in the world community through intelligent works of writing, art, and photography from women around the globe.

Guidelines

Her Circle accepts works of Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Personal Essay, and Poetry for consideration in one of four departments. All work is evaluated on its relevance to departmental themes and its ability to connect with the reader while providing immediacy.

Explores life outside of traditional cultural and religious beliefs, may focus on decision to experience alternative cultures or on individuality as a standard

Focuses on traditional culture and religious practices, defines a sense of place and its people

Features work that explores the role of women in war and other violence against women

Work that strives to imagine life beyond barriers of culture and religion, fosters the idea of a world community

When submitting to departments, the following guidelines should be followed

• Fiction & Creative Non-fiction (including Memoir) - 5,000 word maximum: Well written short stories with strong characters.
  
• Personal Essay - 3,000 word maximum: Thoughtful inquiries in the narrative style
  
• Poetry - 2 - 3 pages per poem. Prose poems of exceptional quality can take liberty, but should be no longer than 10 pages.
  

Each issue of Her Circle Ezine features the work of one or more artists and photographers studying culture and the feminine experience.

Submissions must include a minimum of four images and up to a maximum of ten images, or a link to an online portfolio. In addition, an artist's statement or essay discussing the work must accompany the submission.

As with other startup publications, we have a limited budget. However, it is very important to us that we do all we can to support the efforts of our contributors.

Successful literary submissions will receive $25 USD for each published piece, payable upon publication. In addition, we will publish a short biography and provide a link to your personal website in an effort to help you promote your work.

Featured artists and photographers receive $50 for a portfolio of at least four images and an artist's statement or essay.

Authors and visual artists grant Her Circle Ezine limited and non-exclusive rights to distribute their work in electronic media. Once published on the site, work remains available through an online archive.

Submissions are accepted throughout the year for quarterly publication. There are no limits to the number of submissions you can make, and you can choose to contribute to multiple departments.

Submissions are via email.

Updated: 10/14/05