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Fourth Genre

Explorations in Nonfiction

Michigan State University Press, Journals Division

1405 S. Harrison Road, Ste. 25

East Lansing, MI  48823-5245

Phone: (517) 355-9543, ext. 130 Fax: (517) 432-2611

Business E-mail: journals@msu.edu

Editorial E-mail: genre4 <at> msu.edu

Web: www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg

Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no Reading period: August 15 – November 30 Response time:16 weeks Payment: yes, 2 copies (see website) Contests: yes (see website) ISSN: 1522-3868 Founded: 1999 Issues per year: 2

Average pages: 224 Sample copy (postpaid): $20

Copy Price: $20 Subscription (Individuals): $35 Subscription (Libraries): $50

Send Submissions to: Marcia Aldrich, Editor; Fourth Genre; 201 Morrill Hall; East Lansing, MI 48824-1036. For complete Submission Guidelines, visit:
www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg/index.php?Page=subguide.

Publisher’s Description: Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction is devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction. The title reflects our intention to give nonfiction its due as a literary genre—to provide writers of the fourth genre a showcase for their work and our readers a place to find the liveliest and most creative works in the form.

The journal publishes a variety of writing, from personal essays and memoirs to literary journalism and personal criticism. Works are lyrical, self-interrogative, meditative, and reflective, as well as expository, analytical, exploratory, or whimsical. In short, submissions cover the full spectrum of the fourth genre. The journal encourages a writer-to-reader conversation, exploring the markers and boundaries of literary/creative nonfiction.

In addition, we feature a mix of established and emerging writers, like Richard Rodriguez, Phillip Lopate, Rebecca McClanahan, Scott Russell Sanders, and Kim Barnes; roundtable discussions of topical genre issues; mini-essays by selected photographers and visual artists; and reviews of current books.

Fourth Genre is available at www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg, in both print and electronic form.

Published by Michigan State University Press, Fourth Genre is supported by Michigan State University's College of Arts and Letters and the Department of English.

Editor: Marcia Aldrich