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| WRITERS GUIDELINES:
Lilith welcomes high quality, lively writing: reportage, opinion pieces,
memoirs, fiction and poetry on subjects of interest to Jewish women. |
Recent Writing:
You may have seen the winner of the recent Charlotte Newberger Poetry Competition in our recent issue, but judge Alicia Ostriker was so
taken with the poetry submitted that she couldn't help creating honorable mentions as well. So here they are, available to you only on our website! Click on the links to read Aliza Cohen's poem,
"Miriam Alone", Laura Silver's "Yiddish Lesson", "Woman in Black" by Sue Stern, and Ricky Rapoport Friesem's "Rachel".
Enjoy, and keep reading to find out how you can submit your work to Lilith!
Content:
Features (1000-2000 words approximately) can include: Autobiography (testimony,
letters, journals, memoirs); biographies of women, living or dead; interviews;
social analysis; fresh research; oral histories; new rituals; investigative
reporting; coverage of local, national, international conferences and
grassroots projects; opinion pieces.
We encourage you to read the magazine to judge whether Lilith is the appropriate
vehicle for your work. We suggest that you obtain a sample copy of the
magazine, if you're unfamiliar with Lilith, or look at the table of contents
of recent issues on the website.
Lilith welcomes: Letters to the Editor, news briefs on interesting
events or people (500 words or less), and resource listings for new organizations,
projects or upcoming events.
Editorial Specifications:
- Unsolicited submissions will be considered when sent in hard copy
by postal mail. We will ask for an electronic version and send an author's
contract for work we accept for publication.
- Author's bio: one to two sentences, written in the third person,
should accompany the manuscript.
- Footnotes: None! Sources should be incorporated into the story, in
parentheses if necessary. Longer information should be submitted on
separate pages for use as possible companion pieces to the main feature.
- Translations: All non-English (including Hebrew or Yiddish) words
or phases must be followed by English translation the first time they
are used in a non-fiction piece and should appear in italics.
- Format: Manuscripts should be submitted in hard copy, double spaced,
with pages numbered. Please put author's name and contact information
on each page of the manuscript. Queries may be sent as Word document attachments by e-mail to info@lilith.org.
- Artwork/photographs accompanying articles should be labeled clearly
on reverse.
- Letters to the Editor cannot be acknowledged or returned, and must
include the writer's name, address and daytime phone number, though
name can be withheld from publication at the writer's request.
- Please allow 12-16 weeks for editorial decisions. Enclose a stamped
self-addressed postcard if you would like us to let you know that your
manuscript has been received. Manuscripts will be returned only if you
enclose a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.
- Lilith reserves the right to edit letters for space considerations.
You may order a sample copy of the current issue for $7.00 (includes
postage).
One-year subscriptions are $25.97. Orders accepted by mail, e-mail, fax
or phone.
| SIXTH ANNUAL FICTION COMPETITION |
LILITH Magazine is looking for unpublished
original stories with heart, soul and chutzpah illuminating issues in
the lives of Jewish women.
FIRST PRIZE: $250 and publication of story in LILITH
Magazine.
Submission instructions:
--Manuscripts should be double spaced and should not exceed 3000 words.
--Manuscripts should be mailed in. We will NOT accept electronic submissions.
--Enclose sealed and stamped envelope for return of manuscript.
--Deadline: November 1, 2008.
Please mail to:
LILITH MAGAZINE
250 West 57th Street, Suite 2432
New York, NY 10107
Lilith magazine invites submissions of
edgy, exciting poetry touching in any way on Jewish women's experience
for the second annual The Charlotte Newberger Prize in Jewish Women's
Poetry at Lilith. Winning poets will receive a cash award, publication
in the renowned independent Jewish women’s magazine, and the possibility
of a public reading.
For 29 years, Lilith magazine has been one of the rare publications to
feature poetry alongside its investigative reports, scholarship, memoirs
and fiction. This first-ever poetry prize at Lilith is named for a woman
who has been a longtime supporter of the arts in Chicago and on the national
scene.
"LILITH'S commitment to publishing poetry is an essential dimension
of the magazine's creativity, and shows a recognition that poetry by Jewish
women, on Jewish themes, is a burgeoning aspect of American—and
Jewish--culture," said poet Alicia Ostriker. "Lilith is uniquely
wonderful as a source for Jewish girls and women of all ages."
Submission instructions:
--Poets are invited to submit up to three poems, in hard copy only.
--Each poem not to exceed 100 lines in length.
--Include name and contact information, including e-mail and phone numbers,
on each page submitted.
--Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for the return of any manuscript.
--Entires must be postmarked by November
30, 2008.
Send poetry submissions to:
Charlotte Newberger Poetry Prize Competition
LILITH MAGAZINE
250 West 57th Street, Suite 2432
New York, NY 10107
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