CALL for SUBMISSIONS

 Librarians, Booksellers, and Writers : You know ‘em.
 
The man who shows up at your book signing with no intention of buying your book but to tell you in agonizing detail about how he’s always wanted to write a book about his pet poodles …
 
The so-smelly-she-makes-your-eyes-water woman with one massive (unintentional) dreadlock who manages to repel all other patrons so that she’s the only one traipsing through the library.
 
The Soccer Mom with the sweetest smile who nearly rips your eyes out of their sockets when you inform her that you are sorry but you’re out of stock of the third book in the Twilight series.
 
If you’ve worked at a library or as a bookseller or if you’ve sat behind the table at a book signing, you’re bound to have some stories about crazies of your own (or just the occasional crazy actions of otherwise normal humans), and we want to collect them!
 
We’re calling for submissions of any length, style or format regarding the crazy people you have encountered while in a place of books.  These submissions will be put together in a collection titled IllLiterati: Crazy People In Books. 

You are invited to complain, tell a tear-jerker, recall instances, craft a poem, show it in graphic form, write a full-fledged story.  Perhaps a list of crazies’ quotes, a rant, a tribute, an essay … You might even draw a picture of one of the people you’ve encountered. 

 

  

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for IllLiterati: Crazy People In Books

No limit to the number of submissions.

~2,000 words maximum.  No minimum–you could do a haiku or you can sum it all up in one word!

~Use 12 pt font

~Attach your document to the e-mail (please do not paste it in the body)

~Include your name, address, phone number, e-mail, and 50-word bio in the e-mail

~Accepting submissions NOW on a rolling basis.

~Submit via e-mail: illliteraticrazypeopleinbooks@gmail.com.

You can find more information throughout this site!

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Thanks!

Looking forward to reading about your crazies,

Jessie Tierney
editor, IllLiterati: Crazy People In Books
illliteraticrazypeopleinbooks@gmail.com