Come celebrate the launch of inaugural issue of Aunt Chloe: A Journal of Artful Candor on April 16, at 6:30 pm in the Cosby Auditorium at Spelman College. Co-founders of Cave Canem, Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady will read and discuss the inception of their foundation. Poets Kevin Vaughn and Allison Joseph will also read from their work.
Free and open to the public.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Submission Guidelines
Aunt Chloe welcomes submissions for its 2010 issue. We accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction (essays, articles, reviews, memoir), interviews and conversations, and visual art. We like work that tackles issues of the political, personal, mundane and earth-shattering in artful and candid ways, with the intent of illuminating the overlooked and the disregarded.
Aunt Chloe will open for submissions August 31, 2009. The deadline for submission January 15, 2010.
Poetry: 1-3 poems
Fiction: max. 2000 words
Essays, Articles, Reviews: max. 1000 words
Personal essay/memoir: max. 1500 words
Interview/conversation: Before embarking on any type of interview or conversation, please query.
Art: Please give us details about the format of the artwork before sending it.
Aunt Chloe only accepts electronic submissions.
Please include a cover letter in the body of an email with your name, mailing address, email address, phone number, and the titles of each piece. Also include a brief biographical statement in the third person. Please state within the letter how you heard of Aunt Chloe. All files should be in Microsoft Word .doc format only. Submit multiple poems as one file.
Send all submissions to auntchloe@gmail.com.
Simultaneous submissions are fine, but we must be notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
Please expect a decision by March 2010.
Payment for publication is in the form of two copies per contributor. Authors retain all rights to their work.
Any questions can be directed to auntchloe@gmail.com.
Aunt Chloe will open for submissions August 31, 2009. The deadline for submission January 15, 2010.
Poetry: 1-3 poems
Fiction: max. 2000 words
Essays, Articles, Reviews: max. 1000 words
Personal essay/memoir: max. 1500 words
Interview/conversation: Before embarking on any type of interview or conversation, please query.
Art: Please give us details about the format of the artwork before sending it.
Aunt Chloe only accepts electronic submissions.
Please include a cover letter in the body of an email with your name, mailing address, email address, phone number, and the titles of each piece. Also include a brief biographical statement in the third person. Please state within the letter how you heard of Aunt Chloe. All files should be in Microsoft Word .doc format only. Submit multiple poems as one file.
Send all submissions to auntchloe@gmail.com.
Simultaneous submissions are fine, but we must be notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
Please expect a decision by March 2010.
Payment for publication is in the form of two copies per contributor. Authors retain all rights to their work.
Any questions can be directed to auntchloe@gmail.com.
About the Journal's Name
The Journal’s name comes from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s poem “Aunt Chloe’s Politics.” The poem begins, “Of course, I don’t know very much / About these politics, / But I think that some who run ’em / Do mighty ugly tricks.” She is a woman with no formal education, but plenty of sense. Similarly, there is the woman now known as Toni Morrison, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, a woman accomplished in both “book learning” and sensibleness. These women represent two distinct, yet united perspectives. To each, truth—in the way of factuality and candor—is of the utmost importance. Toni Morrison has said that she would rather die than betray her humanity. Aunt Chloe, a close ancestor, would surely agree.
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