Deadline Extended for Slope & Basin

Arts and Culture El Dorado has extended the deadline for submissions to Slope & Basin, a new literary journal publishing poetry and prose from writers based in El Dorado County, to Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Slope & Basin is named for the Western Slope of the Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin, reflecting Arts and Culture’s goal of creating cultural connectivity across the Sierra and representing its commitment to writers and readers throughout El Dorado County.

“As a professional, paying publication drawing work from every part of El Dorado County, we believe that this journal will be the first and only of its kind,” says Program Manager Jordan Hyatt-Miller. “We know that there are incredible writers in this County, and we know that we are surrounded by natural wonders that inspire us and move us to write. But, until now, there has not been an outlet of this kind for our local writers. We couldn’t be more excited to launch this publication.”

The submission deadline for the inaugural issue of Slope & Basin is Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 11:59 pm.

Contributors of poems selected for publication will receive $50; contributors of longer-form prose pieces will receive $75.

Submission Guidelines:

-To submit, email your work to [email protected].

-You may submit up to three pieces (poems, prose fiction and non-fiction, or both) for consideration.

-Poems should be no longer than three pages, single-spaced. Prose works should be no longer than ten pages, single-spaced.

-Submissions should be formatted as Word documents or as PDFs, with a 12-point font size.

-In your email, please indicate if your submission has been previously published, and if so, where.

-Please include your name and mailing address in your email. Your mailing address must be within El Dorado County

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