If you would like to receive feedback on a piece rather than to submit, be sure to check out our Donate and Get a Critique! page. Regular submissions are free.
BIENVENIDOS
Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online Magazine invites U.S. American writers, of at least 18 years of age, of Chicano, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Native and/or Hispanic origin, to submit stories, poetry, memoirs, reviews and other work.
Requirements:
All manuscripts must be submitted as a .doc or .docx file. Do not submit a PDF.
Submissions maybe be in English, Spanish, or Spanglish / Ingléspañol
Double spaced and 12 point, Times New Roman font.
Short bio in third person as a separate file. The bio may contain personal/family history; place of birth and current home; background in writing--previous publications or if this is first submission; and any schooling.
Author photo must accompany submission, jpeg format. Please title the file with your name, not "headshot" or "author photo."
Let us know your ethnic background in the email. Submitters must be Native Americans and/or Latino/a/x from or residing in the USA. DREAMERs and others displaced are welcome.
Please allow three months before inquiring on status of your submission.
PUBLICATION DEADLINES Somos en escrito publishes work at least once a week, and takes submissions at any time. Once a feature is approved for publication, it immediately goes onto the Internet.
ABOUT This forum is dedicated to providing an outlet to new and established writers in the various fields of literature: fiction (short stories, novellas, excerpts from novels), essays, poetry (all genre), experimental, and book reviews, written in Spanish and/or English. Its broad purpose is to empower Latino writers to practice their art and give exposure to their works now, through the instantaneous medium of the Internet.
For new writers, Somos is an opportunity to publish for the first time. For established writers, it is a virtual venue for disseminating their ideas, trying out new works, and another way they can help encourage and promote literary efforts among our communities.
The subject matter need not be about Latinos or Hispanic topics. A universal center exists in all of us that impels us to write so we need not be restricted to a particular culture, race, or religious identity. As members of a community with a significant history and connection to values and sensibilities unique to us, of course, we also write about ourselves, our people, and our future.
We gladly welcome illustrations submitted along with their writings by authors as well as stand alone artwork contributed by painters, photographers, and sculptors,
AUTHORS' RIGHTS Contributors retain all rights. Copies of all materials published in the magazine are kept in an archive for future reference; no work can be reprinted or electronically copied without the approval of the author. Views expressed are those of the author. By submitting and being published in Somos en escrito Magazine, you agree for your work to appear in the Magazine and in a semi-annual collection of features to be compiled into a Spring or Winter e-book edition of the Magazine. We will charge a nominal amount for each download with proceeds from the Spring/Winter editions used to fund publications by the Somos en escrito Literary Foundation Press, our publishing unit.
NOTE: This magazine, and all of its content, may at some point in the future become a part of a Digital Archive, typically maintained at a major university library. Authors would still retain all rights and any request to reproduce their works would be directed to the author by the curator of the Digital Archive. Please email somossubmissions@gmail.com with questions or concerns.
*** BIENVENIDOS
Somos en escrito La Revista Latina Literaria en Linea invita a todos escritores de al menos 18 años de edad en los Estados Unidos de origen chicano, mexicano, puertorriqueño, cubano u otra hispanidad, a contribuir sus manuscritos al somossubmissions@gmail.com.
FECHA DE PUBLICAR Somos en escrito se publica por lo menos cada semana y acepta manuscritos continuamente. Al punto que aprueba un texto para publicación, se publica de una vez al Internet.
SOBRE SOMOS EN ESCRITO Se dedica este foro a proveer un medio para escritores establecidos y en potencia en todos géneros de literatura. El propósito general es que escritores Latinos/Latinas toman el poder de practicar su arte para estrenarlos por el medio inmediato del Internet.
Para escritores nuevos, Somos en escrito ofrecerá la primera oportunidad de publicar. Para escritores veteranos, será un lugar virtual para diseminar sus ideas mas ampliamente, ensayar nuevas obras, y otro modo de promover esfuerzos literarios entre la comunidad Latina.
No hay necesidad que los temas traten solamente de materia Latina o hispana. Existe un centro universal que nos impulsa a escribir y sin embargo no está restringido a una cultura, raza, o credo en particular. Como miembros de una comunidad única con su historia, valores y sentimientos, también escribiremos sobre nosotros, nuestra gente y nuestro porvenir.
DERECHOS DEL AUTOR Contribuidores, por supuesto, retienen todos sus derechos. Copias de todos los textos se mantendrán archivados para referencia en el futuro; ninguna materia se podrá copiar impreso o electrónicamente sin la aprobación del autor. Las opiniones expresadas son del autor.
CRITERIOS PARA APROBACIÓN Los editores de Somos esperan que contribuidores de manuscritos expresen un nivel alto de calidad y habilidad en sus obras literarias. Intentamos de promover estándares los mas altos en los manuscritos, en inglés o en español así es que el contenido debe ser gobernado por una sensibilidad clara y fuerte de nuestro interés comunitario y el reconocimiento de la amplitud de lectores que esperemos como público de esas obras. El sentido común y el respeto de nuestros valores comunitarios deben dirigir nuestros esfuerzos para sobresalir en la escritura.
DETALLES DE ENTREGA Se requiere que todos manuscritos al entregar sean escritos en Word, sin espacio y en tipo de letra de 12 puntos, como Times New Roman. Ilustraciones se requieren en formato digital: jpg, gif, o ping, al mínimo de 300 dpi.
