Submission Guidelines

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Submissions forVistas & Byways - Issue 9 - Spring 2020
Will be Accepted from Feb. 1 to 29, 2020

Submissions to Vistas & Byways are now closed. Thanks to all who contributed to our eighth issue, Fall 2019. We received a great selection of pieces to choose from for our theme section on music and many others for our literary genre sections. We hope you enjoy the read!

​But, get prepared to submit some more of your literary and photography work for the next issue.  

A Call for Submissions on Two Special Themes in the Next Issue

1: FOOD
 
We invite you to focus on food. This can be food as in what you physically eat and everything you do around it: eating it, cooking it, searching for it, getting sick from it, hating it, loving it, going around the world to find it, getting fat from it, starving without it, photographing it, bargaining for it. For example:
•          Your favorite ice cream company just went out of business.
•          What do they eat on Mars?
 
You can also focus on food in the broader sense of what nourishes you, as in food for thought, food for the soul, feeding your head. Or write about going without these non-physical kinds of ‘food’—losing that which sustains you: love, music, happiness, writing; life. 
 
The joys and heartbreaks of food: anything and everything related to food in any way you can chronicle, rhapsodize or imagine.
 
If we don’t accept your submission for the “Food” section, we will still consider it for inclusion in the Spring 2020 issue.
 
2: BAY AREA BYWAYS
 
For this issue we will focus on the Byways part of Vistas & Byways, and call for photographic submissions related to this topic.
 
By “Byways” we refer to a more relaxed and personal side of the Bay Area, including, but not limited to, wall murals, shots of the insides and outsides of restaurants and coffeehouses, landmarks such as decorative steps and buildings, unusual street and store signs, alleyways that seem to lead nowhere, anything that makes you feel you’re meandering along on the way to a quiet or not so quiet adventure.
 
Submit up to 5 photographs (each with a caption of only a few words) for possible inclusion in our Bay Area Stew Section. One of those photos will be chosen for the cover page of the magazine, naturally with plenty of thanks to and recognition of the photographer.

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Submission Guidelines

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General Guidelines

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Vistas & Byways invites members of the OLLI at SF State community to submit original written work for publication. All work received within a submission period will be reviewed by our Editorial Board and considered for publication in the next issue of the magazine. Decisions of the Board are final.
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In order to submit to Vistas & Byways, you must be a current OLLI at SF State member. After we receive your submission(s), you WILL be contacted by an OLLI at SF State staff member if your membership needs to be renewed.
 
Prose and Poetry and Visual Theme:
NOTE: You can submit up to five pieces (in any genre or combination of genres) and up to five photographs to be considered for the Visual Theme (Bay Area Byways) and the Cover.  
Literary Word Limits:

• Fiction: 10,000
• Nonfiction (memoirs, essays and other works of nonfiction): 10,000
• Poetry: no limit
• Drama: 10,000
• Excerpts from longer works of fiction or nonfiction: 10,000
• Accompanying Illustrations: One piece of artwork, photograph or other illustration may be submitted along with each literary submission to illustrate a written work. This illustration must be an original work by the author.

Policy

Copyright Protection:
The contents of Vistas & Byways will NOT be submitted for copyright protection to the U.S. Copyright Office. Contributors who wish to secure copyright protection for their work are responsible for filing for such copyright before submitting their work. Neither the Editorial Board nor Vistas & Byways assume any responsibility for loss or damages to individual authors for copyright infringement of literary or artistic work displayed in the magazine.
 
Editorial Note:
Vistas & Byways is staffed solely by unpaid volunteers who are students and members of the OLLI at SF State program. Since members of the Production Staff are also participants in writing classes at OLLI at SF State, some of their own works may be included in Vistas & Byways.​

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Submission Procedure

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Literary Submissions: 

• Submissions for the Spring 2020 issue of Vistas & Byways will be accepted February 1 through February 29, 2020.
• Submissions received after the deadline will NOT be considered for publication.
• Literary submissions should be single spaced with paragraphs flush left and a single empty line between each paragraph. (no indents on first line of paragraph.)
• Literary submissions must be emailed as MS Word or rtf attachments (no other formats will be accepted).
• If you are submitting more than one piece, attach each one separately.
• Attach accompanying illustrations in jpg or png format; do not embed them in the text. Inform us of any captions. Illustrations will be evaluated separately from literary pieces and may not be accepted, even if the literary piece is.
• Indicate whether you wish your piece(s) to be submitted to our special theme section for this issue. The theme for Issue 9 is Food.  (See above explanation). 

Photography Submissions: 

• Photographs for the Visual Theme of Bay Area Byways must be submitted in jpg or png format.  
• A short caption of a few words is required for each photo.
• Indicate that you wish your photograph (s) to be considered for the visual theme of Bay Area Byways. (See above explanation.) 

If you are a first-time contributor, please include all of the following information:
Name and pen name, if different
Email address
Phone number
Short bio (120-word maximum)
Recent photograph of yourself (jpg or png)
The literary genre (e.g., short story, poetry, memoir, essay, book review) of all literary submissions and the medium (e.g., photography, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal) of all illustration submissions.
 
​If you are a repeat contributor, the bio, picture and contact information on file will be used unless you specify that you want to update them.​

Where to Submit:
Submissions and all other information should be emailed to:
edboardvbreview@gmail.com
 
NOTE: Vistas & Byways accepts simultaneous submissions and previously published works as long as you inform us.
 
If your piece or pieces are accepted, you will be informed by email. In that acceptance email, there will be a link to the following certification statement:
 
I certify that this is an original piece of literary work, and accompanying photography or artwork created by me. I grant the Editorial Board of Vistas & Byways permission to publish my work and agree that I will receive no payment. A modest amount of editing of the work by a member of the Editorial Board is acceptable. I understand that my work will be published in the upcoming issue.

Questions: email edboardvbreview@gmail.com or use our online contact form.

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