SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
GENERAL
1. Please send submissions within the body of an E-mail. We design on a Macintosh and have little skill or desire to convert files.
2. The God Particle has no word count limitations; however, we consider the eyes and patience of Internet readers.
3. If you confuse the name of the journal with a thematic restriction, you limit yourself and your submissions. We publish pieces related to science, physics, metaphysics and religion; and we publish work that has little or nothing to do with those areas.
4. As with any publication you submit to, read what we publish to learn what we like. We seek fine literature of any genre, especially work that transcends genre.
5. NOTE: We read submissions four times per year: MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER and DECEMBER. Unsolicited work sent during other months will be ignored; exceptions will be made for those whose work has been solicited.
6. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed. Notify us, though, and please let us know when your work is accepted elsewhere.
7. Multiple submissions are discouraged, except in the cases of poems, photographs and very short prose pieces.
8. Previously published submissions will be welcomed if the work has appeared only in print. We ask that reprints not appear elsewhere on the Internet until six months after publication in The God Particle.
9. Send submissions to the appropriate editor (see below). Include the submission's category and title in your subject line (e.g., FICTION - 'My Brilliant Story'). Submit work no more than once per reading period.
10. Unfortunately, we do not and cannot pay. The God Particle is truly a labor of love.
FICTION
1. Send fiction submissions to this address, replacing "at" with "@" and leaving no spaces: fiction at thegodparticle.com.
2. Experimental, innovative and unconventional stories will be welcomed with open arms, as will excellent examples of more traditional storytelling.
3. Excellent speculative fiction will also be met with open arms, especially if it crosses or transcends genres.
4. We have a fondness for faux documents of any sort.
5. Send only one story per reading period, unless you send short-shorts, flashes and microfictions.
POETRY
1. We love good poems, but good poems are very rare indeed. Send yours to this address, replacing "at" with "@" and leaving no spaces: poetry at thegodparticle.com.
2. Traditional poetic forms have their place, and we have a place for some traditional forms. In most instances, however, we believe a good poem dictates its own form.
3. If your poem rhymes, perhaps someone else will be more likely to publish it.
4. Send no more than five poems per reading period; and if you send more than one, send them together within a single E-mail.
5. If E-mail text limitations ruin your poem's format, query for permission to send an attachment.
NONFICTION
1. Essays, memoirs and creative nonfictions of any length are welcomed. The flash essay can be particularly effective. Send yours to this address, replacing "at" with "@" and leaving no spaces: editor at thegodparticle.com.
2. Academic essays of any sort, especially the undergraduate term paper sort, belong elsewhere.
3. Though we tend to favor personal essays, excellent prose is a crucial element of a good essay.
4. Send no more than one essay per reading period.
5. We long for essays and memoirs (not reviews!) about classic, independent, or foreign film.
PHOTOGRAPHS, MOVIES AND MUSIC1. Before submitting, send a query letter that describes your submission. We are, truly, open to anything--well, not pornography or excessive violence, but most anything else. Send what you have to this address, replacing "at" with "@" and leaving no spaces: editor at thegodparticle.com.
2. The editor has a special fondness for the traditional folk instruments of Europe.
3. Streaming video is something we have not yet hosted, but we hope to do so soon. We also hope you'll know at least as much about it as we do.
4. Photo collections should have some cohesion.
WORK THAT DEFIES CATEGORIZATION
We're interested. Send a query letter, describe your work. If we won't take it, maybe we can recommend another publication that might. Again: send yours to this address, replacing "at" with "@" and leaving no spaces: editor at thegodparticle.com.
A REMINDER
Please, send no attachments. The editor does pretty well with most of the attachments he has formed in his lifetime, but he doesn't want any more. Text E-mails only, please.