Deadline: 1 May 2012 (Aids in Africa issue), 1 June 2012 (Aids in Translation issue)
(Note: This is a paying market. See their 2011 rates here. For updated pay rate schedule, e-mail the literary editor at aumaglit@gmail.com)
As a national, nonprofit HIV/AIDS magazine, A&U is interested in publishing original literature, art, opinion, and reportage relating in any way to the AIDS pandemic. With any submission, please include a brief personal biography (no longer than 25 words).
Submissions may be mailed to: A&U Magazine, Att: Submissions, 25 Monroe St. Suite 205, Albany, NY 12210. Literary electronic submissions, as Word attachments, may be mailed to Brent Calderwood, Literary Editor, at aumaglit [at] gmail [dot] com. Pay rate schedule available upon request. Be sure to include your address, phone number, and e-mail address!
Fiction/Drama:
- Submit work no longer than 1,000 words. Excerpts of longer works may be accepted; please include full work as well as excerpt.
- Submit unpublished work only
- If plays have been performed, please include any important performance information.
- Include biography.
Poetry:
- Any length/style is accepted, shorter works preferred.
- Include biography.
Note from the Literary Editor:
A&U accepts original unpublished literature in English and translation throughout the year. Our Literary Issue is published each summer.
We encourage all topics related to HIV/AIDS, including international perpectives, personal accounts, historical perspectives, and personal responses to HIV-related art or artists. We also welcome English translations of work that is unpublished or previously published in a language other than English. In addition, we encourage HIV/AIDS-related responses to the following themes:
- June: AIDS in Africa (Deadline: May 1)
- July: AIDS in Translation (Deadline: Jun. 1)
- October: LGBT History Month/National Coming Out Day (Deadline: Sep. 1)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries/ submissions: aumaglit@gmail.com
Website: http://aumag.org