971 MENU reads year-round, and we are pleased to consider well-crafted, unpublished work submitted by any author (if it was posted to a blog, it is considered to have been published). We put out a maximum of five selections each month.
Surprise and delight. If it isn't
interesting, it isn't anything.
Be serious, funny, real, clear, sharp, smooth. Don't go on and on. Remember that Chris Rock bit about words that cost $5,000 apiece. He said bullets--pretend he said words.
Tension. Character. Intelligent
and sensitive. Reveal, causing readers to
vibrate with thoughts and
feelings. Stories resonate
with
readers. Ding.
Send us a
story. We love stories. We
eat
them
up. We accept all sizes and shapes. They
can be fiction or nonfiction.
We occasionally publish things which are not stories, but not on purpose. These things are painstakingly-wrought and interesting.
Email your original work to: 971menu@gmail.comWe try to respond within three weeks. If it has been two months since you submitted, please send a follow-up.
We
can’t pay you. Sorry (seriously).
971 MENU asks for exclusive electronic rights to your work for one month, and everlasting, non-exclusive electronic rights for inclusion in our archive.
Your work belongs to you. After it has run on the site, feel free to publish it elsewhere, but please mention the fact that it was first published here.
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