www.ideologylit.com
ONE MONTH UNTIL SUBMISSIONS CLOSE EDITION
Ideology is accepting submissions for #001 Heat until December 15th!
We have a US$500 prize for the best story or poem that features the issue's theme of "Heat." We also accept rolling submissions for general prose and poetry.
>What is this?
Ideology is a new quarterly literary journal that publishes in January, April, July, and October. Check out our proof-of-concept issue, #000 Genesis: www.ideologylit.com/genesis
>How can I submit?
There are two ways to submit. You can e-mail us at [email protected] or you can use the anonymous submissions form on our website. We will respond to all submissions by January 15th, 2016.
>What's accepted?
All unpublished poetry and prose is accepted on a rolling basis. We only accept English submissions and/or translations.
>What about the money?
Each issue also has a sort of "competition" centered around the theme. The submission that is picked to headline the issue will receive a US$50 prize (most likely through PayPal). Submissions for "Heat" will close December 15th. You can read more about the guidelines on our website.
>Is this the first literary journal from /lit/?
No. There's been others in the past, perhaps most notably TAR: The April Reader.
>How can I subscribe or receive updates?
You can sign-up for our newsletter through our website or by emailing [email protected]. You can also follow us on twitter, facebook, or Google + (links on our website)
>I'm not interested / stop spamming / this isn't /lit/-related
We're sorry to hear that. All threads on /lit/ will be started under this name, so please add that to your filter and you won't see us anymore.
>>7377837
Just some quick feedback: issue #00 was pretentious garbage with zero submissions of even mediocre quality. I'll still stick around to see what garbage you spit out this time for a laugh.
Also, why would you pick "Heat" as a theme for a winter issue? Are you all a bunch of southern hemisphere plebs?
$500 my ass.
>>7377890
If it's $500, I'm sure I can pull something mediocre out of my ass and claim it.
>>7377849
How to make it better?
>>7377890
>>7377911
>We have a US$500 prize for the best story or poem that features the issue's theme of "Heat."
>The submission that is picked to headline the issue will receive a US$50 prize
I think they meant $50.00
>>7377927
It's $500!
>>7377837
Picked one poem to read at random and it was hot garbage
>>7377919
Either get better submissions or lose the pretentious attitude. Having this grand presentation is just silly when you don't have the content to support it.
Maybe that cash prize will help but is that really sustainable? If you're funding that with your personal money I wonder how long you can keep it up.
>>7377927
Rats.
Why bother anymore.
>>7377948
yes it's your audience's fault
I have an old short story that matches this theme. I'll make it pretty and submit. I know you guys can do better than you did w/ #000.
>tfw Why did the chicken cross the road?
>tfw That’s me.
>tfw I am the chicken.
—"When I Died" Jim Borneo 2015
>>7377959
We rejected you, previously, I think?
>>7377955
How to improve the audience?
>>7377969
paid subscriptions, of course
>>7377975
How much to charge?
>>7377980
$500USD/mo
>>7377930
Oh damn
Well I'll definitely be doing this then
>>7377980
$12 digital copies, $22 for a nice full color print.
>>7377988
but the audience you gain will 'get' you
>>7377989
They do already.
When do we find out if we've been accepted? I submitted to you fellows a few weeks ago.
>>7378008
Oh shit, never mind, just saw your announcement.
Anyway, I hope you like my story. It would mean a lot for my first publication to be in a /lit/-related zine.
>>7378011
It is which?
>>7378007
You have trouble understanding the selections?
>>7378013
"In the Sun"
>>7378016
no, your audience does
>>7378024
it would explain a lot
>>7378017
You did not receive rejection?
>>7378021
You were the one with trouble I thought? Pretentious?
>>7378029
No, never saw it.
>>7378032
if I think your publication is pretentious then I'm clearly not your target audience
>>7378033
We are not for you. Sorry.
>>7378037
Maybe you are pretend-tious?
>>7378038
That's fine, I guess. Thanks for letting me know.
>>7378046
would that make you feel better about your own pretend-tiousness?
>>7378058
Our elitism come from quality. Your pretentiousness come from insecurity.
>>7378068
>Our elitism come from QUALITY. Your pretend-tiousness come from boredom.
desu
Is this /lit/'s journal, and if I get published here will it forever ruin my reputation?
>>7378080
A pen name?
READ THE SITE it's $50 not $500
this is just some le trole ;)
>>7378080
no one reads it and you will probably never be published anywhere else but if it's such a big deal just use a pen name
>>7378083
It is $500, now.
All these stories are autismal.
>>7378049
Actually, on second thought, I'm not satisfied. What didn't you like about my story?
>>7378098
Can you prove your assertion?
>>7377948
Lol I did not. The poem was so obvious and clumsy I suspected it was pulled from a 10th grade kid's diary. It was the Robert Cross one
>>7378110
It came off as insecure and did not fit with our image of quality.
>>7378125
That is from our youngest poet. You sensed the youthful clumsiness?
>>7378096
Can you update the website to show that then?
>>7378127
Is there time to submit another story? I have several others that might work.
>>7378151
I would not take any anons at any value without proof
>>7378151
It is your dream, then?
Do you prefer serious or wacky stories?
>>7377969
kek
you're an okay guy
>>7378173
me personally? I prefer wacky stories if the writing is going to be bad anyway, as long as it's still sincere
>>7378173
Quality.
Now, it says 500 for both poetry and prose, does that mean someone can write a real diamond cutter titty piece of prose but I could just come and suck it off with an extra juicy piece of poetry?
>>7378164
My dream is to write fiction, and to get that fiction published. That's what I love more than anything else in the world. I've never been able to get any fiction published, and no poetry, either, and at this point it's something I want more than anything.
>>7378190
>poetry
>beating prose
lol I'd like to see you try
>>7378213
/lit/ is a slow board, friend. No need to spaz out if it falls to page 2.
>>7378215
bump
>>7378269
bump
>>7378189
Well it's going to be well-written and a funny piece. There were no comedic pieces in your last issue, so I hope that this doesn't lessen my chances of being included.
>>7378134
Not really an excuse. It still got selected
>>7378281
We do not accept comedic pieces.
>>7378289
Oh, you fucker. I already wrote 500 words. Whatever.
>>7378288
It is quality.
>>7378291
Perhaps somewhere else?
content fucking s u c k s
go shill your shit somewhere else
>>7378308
Where is best?
>>7378316
reddit.com
I've heard it described by some people as the front page of the whole internet.
>>7378320
Reddit is insult?
>>7378324
I'm sure if you have to ask that you'd be more comfortable there.
>>7378316
why the fuck would i know let alone bother telling you? you're trying to prop up a dying/outdated/inefficient medium for literature. do something better with your time and money
>>7378328
Together we will forge a reddit-4chan literary alliance?
>No comedic pieces
Fucking why?
Your zine is boring as fuck, dude. I think it has potential, and I don't wanna see it fail, but 4chan isn't good for anything other than cheap keks.
At least make your (dumb) criteria obvious in the OP and on your website.
>>7378335
>this is going to be the next TAR
oh, that's good?
>>7378335
TAR was an embarrassing failure for all involved, it seems?
>>7378342
yeah I'm pretty sure op is le meme trolling ;)
>>7378342
Plebeian tears are patrician вoдкa.
>>7378348
op?
>>7378335
this is how we deal, not by accepting slinging shit around but by throwing it back.
lit magazines are useless, and this one especially.
>>7378365
ie the anon who started this thread doesnt have anything to do with ideology or any other literary journal
>>7378366
>lit magazines are useless
That's just, like, your gay ass opinion.
>>7378368
>>7378369
>gay
>2015
not cool bro. also saged
>>7378366
Use? Ulysses has use? This board is dedicated to paper covered in lies, right? Made up lies?
>>7378196
I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean, so I'll just take it as an invitation to keep submitting.
>>7378384goo gl SaQB4y
>>7378381
deep bro. deep
>paper covered in lies
shiiiiiit. that's some real true detective type shit right there
>Made up lies?
mind
b l o w n
>>7378392
I think you missed the point?
>>7377837
Did you get mine? I submitted it through your web page but never got an answer.
>"There Will Be Heat"
>>7378404
Maybe it was too bad for response? I check...
>>7378404
>>7378408
Hmm if it's bad, or you have a Jew name, we just delete. Please do not submit again, if it was such poor quality we delete.
>>7378296
I sent you the 500 word excerpt on the site. Tell me what you think.
>>7378428
>Hmm if it's bad, or you have a Jew name, we just delete. Please do not submit again, if it was such poor quality we delete.
To write you read? You don't read well?
>>7377837
is this a fake thread?
>it's 500$ we swear, we just can't update it on the site
>>7378442
You're trolling me. What was the story's title? I honestly doubt the legitimacy of you being affiliated with this magazine.
>>7378424
>Jew name
Well, at least now I know what your ideology is.
>>7378446
The site says 500?
>>7378447
Yes we are trolling. You are a great writer, quality of the best. In no way would we reject, in reality, something you wrote, after taking the time to read? Truly.
>>7378456
No it doesn't, it still says $50.
>>7378458
You won't tell me the title. Fraud.
This guy has been wasting everyone's time.
>>7378461
Yes, we are a fraud. And the prize is $500 on the site?
watching this whole thing unfold is getting pretty hilarious. at least you tried op
would make a good short story tbhwyf
still saged though
>>7378461
eh, at least I found out that /lit/ had a journal and I'm gna submit for the $50 prize
if the website updates to $500 (which I doubt desu) then all the better
>>7378474
How old are you ?
>>7378474
The April Reader is the /lit/ journal, kiddo.
>>7378477
13/f/cali
why?
>>7378487
That fgt frog poster certainly does sound that way.
Hold my Reddit, I'm going in!
:^) prize is mine ya goofs, I'm gonna buy me some gold wittit
>>7378490I already got paid
Not even kidding.
>>7378495
The Pinecone rises, brother.
I just want to say, to the Pinecone 00000 guy, if he's lurking.
There seems to be some kind of leftover bookmark information on your pdf. Stuff about World Kidney Day, Cytochrome P450 2C19 polymorphism, and Reduction in C-reactive protein and LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular event rates.
Maybe stuff from a file you overwrote idk. Just fyi.
>>7378826
Embarrassing tbqhwy
>>7378826
"Leftover"
>>7378293
:( I'm sorry robby I shouldn't have poked fun. Maybe you should consider reading more poetry. Did you know that line breaks actually have a purpose in good poetry? It's not just random. Take care, buddy, I hope you improve to a more adult level :)
Not contributing. You'll steal my work and I'll be the Aemelia Bassano of the twenty-first century.
>>7379625
The line breaks follow the Lucas sequence / the of emulsion of light in water which coincides with visual construction of images in the reader's mind's eye. I think it is over your head?
>>7379891
Nice try Rob lmao
>>7378486
Is The April Reader even still operating? Their website hasn't updated since 2013?
By the way, the website for Ideology still says $50. The OP should fix that, assuming they're not a fake.
So should I not have submitted or what
>>7380554
when you submit something to a dodgy journal make sure you email it to yourself first so you have dated and timestamped proof of your copyright
>>7380338
>Is The April Reader even still operating?
no, the swedish guy disappeared.
>>7380624
Shinola got mixed with shit and it was all just shitty Shinola.
>>7380609
You do understand what a sent messages folder is, right?
>>7380609
Yes, they could make big bucks off your hard work.
>>7380609
You think having it on Google Drive is proof enough? Wouldn't they have the date of creation in the system somewhere?
>>7380554
Obviously they have closed shop.
>>7380686
Why would't you just improvise something new? Something you could part with?
>>7380681
I have a copyright folder. Do not steal that idea.
Actually, has anyone heard from Ideology, one way or the other?
The guy in the thread, who I'll assume was the OP, asked multiple people if they had 'received their rejection letters.' I was one of them, but not only have I not received a rejection email, I didn't receive a confirmation of submission, either. I also haven't received an answer to a question I asked earlier in the week.
So has anyone heard from them?
>>7380805
iirc in the first thread that #000 came out the guy said their server had crapped out and lost the email addresses/contact details
and there was another call for submissions thread a few days ago, but who knows if that was a fake too?
anyways, the site still says Dec 15th so I'm going to submit again and win a easy $50 ~shrug~
Submitted, you cunts better be grateful that someone just graciously upped the average quality of this thing considerably
>>7380905
You sound like a really good writer.
>>7380905
Why did you waste your time? This journal is shit, full of memeing fucks, and you'll only make $50 for all your hard work and effort.
>>7380875
>>7380805
They sure lurk here a ton... And are completely competent.
>>7380905
>>7380927
I was already paid by them for my poem.
>>7380939
Post it.
>>7381083
You let in th' words
No one reads—
And th' words rotted your empire
Is it blacker? th' black ladder?
And you yourselves out-spoke the words—
I have been riven in my literary right
Is there a blacker ink or was it merely mine—
I crave audience
writing
Th' for of th' tragic autobiography is dead
Shall we look for it deeper?
Th' words have rotted all they have wormed into
Goodbye written word cried th' cock
This thread is such a trollwreck
I don't ever like you, guy, but well done.
>>7381083
He wasn't me, you'll see my piece in the next volume, you'll know which one it is
>>7381155
who is it? the pinkcoon goy?
>>7381173
*had
>>7381173
We can't believe anyone in this thread is who they say they are. Prove you work for the magazine.
>>7381323
Will putting a shoe on my head help?
>>7381323
ethan and emmet are frauds
>>7381173
OK this is getting sad now
>>7381325
Timestamp pls
inb4 OP submits some of these stories for his grade 11 English class and gets aC+
So did I get rused into submitting my Nebula award contenderhopefulshort story or is the website legit but this thread is hot trolling garbage?
>>7381421
Yeah this thread is some kind of false flag by a rival /lit/ journal. Nevertheless, Ideology is total shit, and you should retract your submission as soon as possible.
>>7381421
Hi this is Ethan from Ideology. This thread seems to have caused some minor confusion. The thread is basically legit, I'm the guy in charge of advertising for submissions and the post says what we always put—except the $500—which we at Ideology have been emailing about, so it looks legit but I'm not exactly sure.
So this probably isn't a troll... But no one is answering me.
>>7381472
If you want to retract just email us. The prize is basically decided already. Your submission would have to be pretty mind expanding. There are a ton of smart fuckers browsing here, but this one is beyond.
>>7381497
>mfw ethan and emmet award the 50 dollars to themselves
Yo Emmit?
>mfw there are 3 total posters in this thread
>>7381528
>mfw the three posters are you, Ethan, and Emmet
>>7381485
Why didn't I receive an email confirming my submission?
If I was rejected, why didn't I receive a rejection email?
>>7381588
We responded to all submissions. Check your spam.
>>7381485
HI this Emmet from Ideology apparently Ethan only knows how to communicate via 4chan threads oh and btw the prize pool is actual $5000 xd
>>7381596
Hi this is Ethan from Ideology.
How are you posting on 4chan if I'm staring at you right now?
The pool is only $5
>>7381592
What's your response window? I sent my story in 15 days ago. Is that too soon?
Hi this is Ethan from Ideology.
Did the staff ever use trips when they first posted here?
If they didnt now they know why they should.
Any recs from Genesis? I don't have time ( I do but that time is set-aside from shitposting) to read everything.
>tfw found clear-as-day grammar mistakes in the very first story
>>7381734
I noticed those too. It's infuriating. I'm not sure I can trust this magazine at all.
Does anyone who was rejected want to post their stuff here? I want to see what isn't 'good' enough for Ideology.
>>7381734
Ice Cream Trucks is like a literary creepypasta, apparently.
>>7381777
They're basically a vanity press. You pay them to get published. Where do you think the 50$ came from? Do you really think they'd set up this domain name and shell out 50$ every issue just to display a piece of shit no one reads? Welcome to the real world.
>>7381792
That's... not at all true
>>7381792
Is that really how it works? Fuck, I'll pay $50 to get published, that's chump change for a little artsy prestige.
>>7381173
>Emmet
is this a REFERENCE TO INFINITE JEST
.
DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
>>7382194
I suggest you get a trip, Ethan. Also, please post some kind of proof that you own the website and that you're willing to pay $500 as well. I'm sure you understand anybody who's bored and depressed could impersonate you in order to trick the budding writers that lurk /lit/. http://www.4chan.org/faq#trip - I submit anything to your publication until I have some reassurance, but if it is really you, thanks providing people here with a motivation to stop shitposting and start writing.
>>7382200
Hi this is Ethan, again.
There is no way to prove that I know of. You can write me: [email protected]. I see no reason to impersonate me.
>>7382252
Get a secure trip then put it up on the website.
>>7382252
>I see no reason to impersonate me
So you heard of /lit/ from one of your academia buddies and decided to exploit the unanimous, quality-obsessed user base for next to free work? I can't see how someone who's browsed /lit/, even 4chan in general would assume that someone wouldn't want to fuck w/ people. Do this> >>7382256 or I'm pretty sure 80% of the people who could potentially submit quality work to your publications won't trust you. Put the tripcode on some obscure url in the ideology URL and I'll believe you.
I'm sorry for being so cynical. Browsing this site does that to you. Maybe i'm the only one who feels like I'm being trolled. Just know doing the aforementioned tripcode-thing will put my mind at ease. Thanks again.
>>7382378
Hi again, this is Ethan. The post you are replying to isn't me, but I will consider it.
>>7380681
you submit stuff with the website's submission form not with email friendo
>>7381126
why do you use th' everywhere homie
it's only for before a vowel. th'infinite -- see? that way it's one less syllable.
aka your pretentious ass is not winning that 50 bucks
>>7377837
>oh I remember what this is all about now…i saw this as a child, perhaps ten or twelve... on a children's television channel... every week THE CAPTAIN leading his undead 'firate' crew on their mission to capture a young orphan girl, tonibell.... the 'firates' always called her THE BOY... they wanted her... why? something to do with the moon... i don't know.... it would start on their ship each time as THE CAPTAIN gave a grandiose speech to the crew, the first mate giggling and making moronic remarks, the worm who lived in THE CAPTAIN's eye socket would sometimes interject, breaking the fourth wall, cracking wise to the viewer at the 'firates' expense... THE CAPTAIN would finish and they would all cheer, chanting “cheese! cheese! cheese!”... always the same animation, a cheap cut-and paste job, cutlasses and flintlocks raised to the night sky - then off on their latest scheme... one week in disguise as merchants, covering their bodies with expensive clothes they tried to lure THE BOY into a trap from the marketplace... another week they kidnapped her faithful pet pug emmie from her bedside, planning to capture her at the ransom spot... another time dressed as women who ran a bath house, a prospective adoptive family... always the schemes would be foiled, THE BOY always too smart, lucky, elusive... it troubled me only emmie could see through the 'firates' disguises.... no wig or costume could plausibly cover the flayed rat skulls they had for heads, their bony eyeless faces, green flesh, the bodies perpetually aflame... cartoon logic... he frightened me though I admired THE CAPTAIN - he had style... a smooth purring voice, aristocratic, gentlemanly... such clever wicked schemes... so smartly dressed, his flame was handsome and bright... beside the short and round first mate... a 'smee', always stupid, bumbling, preoccupied with food... his incompetence often led to THE BOY escaping... in the end THE BOY would get safely to shelter at one of her kindly uncle' s homes... she seemed to have endless uncles, each one with a different idiosyncrasy, played for laughs....
Would somebody kindly explain what the fuck I just read?
>>7382400
Maybe he is trying to emphasise the weak pronounciation, thuh rather than thee.
>>7382194
Checked my spam folder, still nothing from you all.
>>7383442
Sounds like Peter Pan t b h
>>7383442
Hello, this is Ethan from Ideology.
What the "f" you just read is a selection from AS Arthur's "Ice-Cream Trucks" © Ideology 2015. Ms. Arthur also works as our chief typographist.
>>7383183
You don't accept comedy stories, right? I sent you a 500-word excerpt of a story I was working on before some anonymous source told me it wasn't acceptable. Checking to verify if you're the real deal: What was the story's title?
>>7383481
Hello, this is Ethan from Ideology.
All official Ideology communication will be under the secure tripcode "ideologylit##ideologylit".
I just realized there are 30+ submissions in our spam folder.
Our apologies.
>>7383492
We don't accept "comedy stories". Whoever said that was correct, but was also incidentally "trolling".
>>7383509
I'm gay desu
this thread is a disaster
>>7383521
I'm highly amused, honestly.
Hi guys, please submit only the finest of gay erotica such that I can cajole my rock stiff semen rod. Thanks for allowing me to plagiarize your submissions in advance. Oh, and submit a peen pic with your comedies, nothing below six incher flaccid is accepted.
>>7383516
What?
>>7382400
You let in th' orwords
No one reads—
And th' orwords rotted your empire
Is it blacker? th' orblack ladder?
And you yourselves out-spoke the words—
I have been riven in my literary right
Is there a blacker ink or was it merely mine—
I crave audience
Whitening
Th' orfor of the tragic autobiography is dead
Shall we look for it deeper?
Th' orwords have rotted all they have wormed into
Goodbye written orword wrote th' orcook
Ok... My name is Emmet and I run Ideology... There is no 'Ethan'.
Let me repeat that: There is no 'Ethan'.
This whole thread is fake. The prize is $50... not $500... We do NOT email rejections... we have received over 100 submission, so please understand. Also, please do NOT resubmit... our inbox gets hammered everytime there is a thread.
The email address and web address are accurate. I do NOT understand what has happened here.
I am Spartacus.
There have been at least 3 entirely separate trolls riffing off each other in here, and I'm not even sure about this guy >>7383609 ! Beautiful. Who else /contributed/?
>mfw if was emmet all along
what a twist
>>7383760
What the fuck, I got an entirely different email.
>Hello,
>As per our website, the prize for the best submission with the theme
of "Heat" is $50.
>Warm regards,
>Ideology
>>7383915
Mine says $500...
Is Emmet here still?
>>7383935
He didn't provide pic proof so he's probably lying.
>>7383915
This person is trolling >>7383915
We will be watching this thread going forward.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
>>7383970
I have a question. Why do you do this?
best of /lit/
i hope someone saves screepcaps of this disaster
>>7383985
It is a student project for portfolio work.
>>7383970
>trolling
Nope.
IDEOLOGY IS RUN BY JEWS TRYING TO SWINDLE POOR WRITERS WITH PROMISES OF THEM MAKING A PAYCHECK WHEN IN REALITY THEYRE DOING THIS FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL CORPORATE GAIN
>>7384039
MS Paint. Why bother? Not that it matters... $50 is enough, but $500 will get you all off your butts.
>>7384054
We are predominantly Jewish. There is no reason to bring antisemitism here.
>>7377837
TAR was shit.
They published one of my poems once, people claimed it was the most beautiful thing that shit journal had ever published.
For months afterward they kept hounding me, begging for more poems or stories.
I told them to go fuck themselves.
It was embarrassing being associated with fucking bottom-of-the-barrel trash like that.
Honestly, if my work ends up being hailed as the best thing about a publication, you know its got to be utter trash.
>>7384112
We only publish the best of the best.
>>7384039
>covered the "From" field
lol nice try
>>7384122
We'll see.
>>7384209
You can already seen. Our website's content was curated over a number of months.
OK OP here's your test:
Would you publish this poem as it?
How to Start a Love
Strike and
Strike again for a spark.
On your hands and knees,
Blow into the ashes,
Trying not to get a mouthful of dust.
If you’ve built it right, the spark will spring into flame.
Now keep the fire burning warm and bright,
Feed it flowers-
Petals and
Thorny stems.
You never want to feel that lonely, creeping cold which comes
Once the embers go out.
this thread is a hoot
ideology is doomed
>tfw haven't been e-mailed and it's been over 24 hours
Do the editors at Ideology actually have a literary background, or are they a bunch of talentless nobodies just getting a boner over judging the shit /v/ consistently produces?
>>7384250
>>7383558
If you would like to submit, please do.
Although >>7383558 appears to be a rather pretty barb at us.
>>7384260
We have a backlog of submissions.
>>7384268
I think Genesis speaks to our background and, dare I say, talent.
>>7384268
they're middle school age iirc
>>7384268
It sounds like you know the answer
>>7384278
haha jesus fucking christ
Ah, man, that Genesis issue was really poorly edited.
The quality of submissions is just terrible.
Not only the content, but I mean there are grammar mistakes left and right.
It's clear that the authors and the editors are lacking even basic educations.
Gad damn, no. I don't want to be a part of this and I hope everyone else who has even the slightest sense of pride is smart enough to stay away as well.
>>7384313
There are no mistakes that we are aware of. Please do not make baseless accusations. "Basic educations"?
TAR is gone.
We offer prestige for quality prose and poetry.
Ideology isn't perfect but the quality of the chosen submissions is better than TAR's was. It does seem to me like the "Pinecone" people may be trying to fuck with them.
>>7384337
A.S. Arthur doesn't know how to use the capital letter "I" when beginning a sentence.
Ethan Gathy doesn't know how to use commas.
Frederic Jacques-Clay doesn't know how to form complete sentences and also doesn't understand proper comma usage.
Lauris Veips can't understand verb tense agreement.
Aric G. Diamond
>Once upon a time
fucking seriously?
Trash, all of it.
If you actually hope to one day produce something of worth, then stay in school and pay attention to your teachers.
>>7384363
We have not received anything quite as good as what we've seen in TAR. But we chose the most outstanding pieces, a number of which were contributed by our own staff.
Pynchon fan's may not like our taste, but from what we understand, his books are messy gibberish. There is no real issue, we have received another 20 or so submissions.
>>7384378
>Pynchon fan's may not like our taste, but from what we understand, his books are messy gibberish.
>can't even understand basic po-mo
>claims to be an aesthete with enough authority to curate a literary journal
>>7384378
your neighbourhoods friendly reminder that this trip still hasn't offered any proof
>>7384396
>>can't even understand basic po-mo
This thread is "PoMo". The whole thing appears to be an evisceration of identity or, to highlight it, "identity". There were some shenanigans with an "Ethan". I got a laugh out of it.
>>curate a literary journal
My taste in Blake speaks volumes, I think.
>>7384499
If you need further verification on any facts, email us: [email protected].
>>7384534
I did and the reply said that they did not post in this thread at all
I'm even willing to bet that fan's of Pynchon can't even identify a Blake painting as a Bake painting, let alone the book in this painting.
As our pal Ludwig pointed to: "Substance is what subsists independently of what is the
case."
>>7384555
And you obviously deleted that email already...
>>7384370
>conflating stylistic choices with mistakes
Full retard.
Am I going to get a rejection email or not?
>>7384738You have no discernible reading comprehension.
>>7384801
I've read every post in this thread, I just don't have any faith in any of it. I'm confused and don't know if anyone in this thread is legitimate. It's a really bad look for a literary journal. I don't expect 4chan behavior from someone in the business of publishing stories.
>>7384808
>business
What business? You pay them $20 if they select you and that goes towards the winner's payout.
>>7384559
>mfw
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