Pantarbica, the webzine of Pantarbe.com™ is returning in 2008!

For the 2008 series of Pantarbica I am looking for lots of new poetry, some short fiction and several non-fiction articles -- all according to these guidelines. I also welcome visual art images, audio clips or even multimedia presentations (video clips, flash, etc). Please submit now for consideration in next year's issues.

Thank you,
Benjamin A Miller
Editor.

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Guidelines 2006-2007

URL: http://www.pantarbe.com.
Telephone: (206) 283-8090 (please use voice box 1)
Editor and Domain Administrator: Benjamin A Miller
Online Contact: Initially, Please Use This Page
Subject: Creativity in Life and The Arts, Multimedia and Writing

Mission: Pantarbe.com™ is ultimately about living as a creative person in an ever-changing world. This site seeks creative works that explore deep human issues, particularly one's struggle with change and that evoke images and themes that are culturally mythic and personally meaningful. Targeting everyone participating or with an interest in the creative arts (visual art, writing, music, performance, other) andall those interested in developing their creative potential, Pantarbe.com™ facilitates opportunities for multimedia alliances and professional growth. Pantarbica is the site's webzine for sharing our works and insights.

Frequency: Bimonthly
Format: Web magazine/zine, Online directory.
Est.: 1999/September.
New Issues Starting: 2007/January
Circ.: 10000 hits/month.
Freelance written: 90%
Pays: on acceptance.
Accepts: simultaneous submissions and previously published material

"When I accept your work, I pay you for the right to publish it at this web site. First your work will be featured in a 2-month issue, then accessible in an Archives section indefinitely. If you've published the work before or are planning to present it elsewhere at the same time or in the future, that is okay with me -- provided it is acceptable with the other editors, publishers, curators or producers involved."
-- Benjamin A Miller, Editor

Submit seasonal material: 6 months in advance.
Queries: post, e-mail/web, phone.
Reports on queries: within 6 weeks
Reports on mss: within 3 months.
Lead time: within 6 months.
Sample: A new sample for 2007 will be posted by this fall. This will include works from past issues.
Guidelines: www.pantarbe.com/info/submit/

POETRY

Avant-garde, Haiku, Free verse, Light verse, Traditional.
Pays: $10.
Mss bought/yr: 60.
Maximum poems per submission: 5.
Line length: no minimum; maximum = 20 double-spaced pages with size 10 font; 50 kilobyte file of unformatted ASCII text -- however, most poems will fall well below this.
Other tips: "I look for poems with good use of figurative language and imagery, and that explore human issues meaningful to the poet and his/her culture -- or personal mythology."
- Editor

FICTION

Adventure, confession, erotica, ethnic, experimental, fantasy, historical, horror, humorous, mainstream, mystery, novel excerpts, religious, romance, science fiction, slice-of-life vignettes, suspense, western.
Pays: $25.
Mss bought/yr: 12.
Length: minimum = none; maximum = 20 double-spaced pages with size 10 font or a 50 kilobyte file of unformatted ASCII text.
How to submit: query.
Other tips: "I will accept any and all types of fiction providing they in some way explore deep, human issues, especially conflicts and drama from changes that occur in life. Light and funny stories accepted if they convey the ironies of such changes in life. Stories with erotica must be tasteful and reflect the deep, mythic sort of ruminations sought by this site, as possibly expressed through the erotic, which afterall is part of life. Look -- this web zine is not the place for explicit sexual content (there're enough adult sites on the net for that!). Pantarbica however invites creative reflections on one of the most fundamental biological processes and the way societies and each of us approach sex and each other through it or around it."
- Editor

NON-FICTION

Book excerpts, essays, expose, historical/nostalgic, how-to, humor, inspirational, interview/profile, new product, opinion, personal experience, photo feature, technical.
Pays: $25.
Mss bought/yr: 12.
Length: minimum = none; maximum = 20 double-spaced pages with size 10 font or a 50 kilobyte file of unformatted ASCII text.
How to submit: query.
Other tips: For a bit more focus... THE ARTS: Reviews, news, articles about what's happening in the creative arts; CREATIVE PROCESSES: How-tos, articles about procedures, processes, forms, techniques, and methods; MYTHIC IMAGES: Essays, reviews, articles about cultural motifs, forms, content (subject matter), explorations of character(ization), story (plot and themes), patterns, conflict and resolution, imagery, metaphor, and symbolism; MYTHOPOESIS: Essays, reviews, how-tos, articles concerning change, development, evolution, growth, progress, civilization, history, personal transformations, and the creation of new mythic images; HEALTH: Essays, reviews, news, how-tos, articles focusing on the interaction of the creative arts with life, living, fitness, health and healing - physiologically, psychologically, socioculturally, and spiritually; PROSPERITY: Essays, reviews, news, how-tos, articles on the business apects of professionals involved in the creative arts.

FILLERS

In most cases, fillers will be supplied by the editor, but queries will be considered: Anecdotes, Facts, Gags to be illustrated by cartoonist [Note: I have a cartoonist available...], Newsbreaks, Short humor.
Pays: $5-15.
Mss bought/yr: 60.
Length: no minimum; maximum = 4 double-spaced pages with size 10 font, 10 kilobyte file of unformatted ASCII text -- however, most fillers may fall well below this.

ADDITIONAL TIPS

Pantarbica seeks pieces focusing on the historical and sociocultural aspects of the creative arts -- any and all -- and of change, especially how people deal with change with, or using, the creative arts. Also welcome are pieces covering the interaction of the creative arts with the social sciences and humanities, espcially psychology, mythology and anthropology. Finally, any pieces on the business and professional applications and concerns of the creative arts. Again, creative arts includes visual art, writing and journalism, music and its composition, performing art whether stage or screen, and any creative computer media, including web design to game design.

Pantarbica also accept scripts for stage, screen, or radio. Short one-act plays or self-contained excerpts from larger scripts. Looking for exploration of human issues through character interaction and development, and the drama from change with creative resolutions. Will buy 12 per year. Max 20 dbl-spaced pages, size 10 font or 50k file. $25 per script. Please check back here or query the editor concerning additional future possibilities for music scores, audio clips, midi files, video and AV clips, online tutorials, and more.

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