I would be pleased if you could circulate the following Call For Submissions. Thank you for your time & consideration, Venera Fazio Call For Submissions: More Sweet Lemons
Co-editors Delia De Santis and Venera Fazio are accepting submissions for a sequel to the anthology Sweet Lemons: Writings with a Sicilian Accent
(Legas, 2004). This second anthology, to be published by Legas, will also celebrate Sicilian culture, writers and immigrant experiences. Manuscripts may
include poetry, short stories, book chapters, essays, memoirs, brief dramas, folklore, and English translations of writings by Sicilian writers. \Both unpublished and previously published material will be considered.
Submissions, in English only, may be e-mailed or sent by regular mail. If e-mailed, file attachment must be in Microsoft Word. By mail, send
single-spaced, hard copy. Please include a SASE for a response. Manuscripts will not be returned unless requested and sufficient postage provided.
Include a cover letter with the following information: name, mailing address, phone number or email address.
Word Count: Maximum of five poems and/or up to 5000 words for fiction/non-fiction/dramas/translations.
Writers of Sicilian origin need not necessarily write about their heritage. Non-Sicilian authors may submit if the content of their work pertains to the objective of the anthology. We are also interested in submissions by writers from South America, Australia, New Zealand, England and Ireland.
Deadline: Dec. 30 2007
More information and submissions: Venera Fazio 2377 Schafer Court, Bright’s Grove, ON Canada N0N 1C0 vfazio@hotmail.com, vfazio5@cogeco.ca
Delia De Santis 2961 Delia Cres. Bright’s Grove, ON Canada NON 1C0 deliadesantis@yahoo.com. Sweet Lemons: Writings with a Sicilian Accent is included on the Best of Sicily book site: http://www.bestofsicily.com/books.html and was chosen by the magazine, Italian America as one of their best picks for summer reading, 2007.