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PHOEBE
A Journal of Literature and Art
MSN 2D6
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Phone: (703) 993-2915
E-mail: phoebe@gmu.edu
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no Reading period: 9/1-4/15 Response time: 4-6 months Payment: yes (see website) Contests: yes (see website) Founded: 1971 Issues per year: 2 Average pages: 128 Sample copy (postpaid): $4 Copy Price: $6 Subscription (Individuals): $12 Subscription (Libraries): $12
Publisher’s Description: For 33 years, Phoebe has prided itself on supporting up-and-coming writers, whose style, form, voice, and subject matter demonstrate a vigorous appeal to the senses, intellect, and emotions of our readers. We choose our writers because we believe their work succeeds at its goals, whether its goals are to uphold or challenge literary tradition. Phoebe welcomes both experimental and conventional prose and poetry, and we are always especially pleased to discover new voices. Unpublished writers are encouraged to submit their work.
Phoebe sponsors an annual Winter Fiction Contest and the Greg Grummer Poetry Award. Winners receive $1000 and publication. All entrants receive a complimentary issue of Phoebe. Past poetry judges have included Robert Creeley, Charles Wright, and Claudia Keelan. Past fiction judges have included Richard Ford, Tom Franklin, and Sandra Scofield. Entries due Dec. 1. Please visit our website for details.
Current issue:
Fall 2007, Volume 36 Issue 2
The latest issue of Phoebe features an interview with Jonathan Lethem, contest winners selected by Carl Phillips and Nell Freudenberger, poetry Martin Corless-Smith and Julie Wade, fiction by M.D. Baumgartner, and a villanelle about the Three Stooges.