White Enso is seeking short fiction, essays, creative non-fiction and artwork that encapsulates the Japan experience. Send us work that you are excited about-- an essay that encapsulates you, a short story that is engaging, artwork that you are proud of, writing that doesn't fit a genre but is screaming to be read. There are no boxes to check or criteria to fill. Be creative. Explore the possibilities that your mind offers. Say yes to experimentation with your creativity. All we ask is that your work relates to Japan. Yeah, that's vague, purposefully so. Your unique interpretation of "the Japan experience" is what we're looking for.
Submissions to White Enso are closed.
Thank you to everyone who submitted to White Enso, Issue 7.
The Kaidankai podcast of ghost and supernatural stories IS open for submissions. Click here for guidelines.
Thank you to everyone who submitted to White Enso, Issue 7.
The Kaidankai podcast of ghost and supernatural stories IS open for submissions. Click here for guidelines.
Here we are again. Another year ending, another beginning; the crickets have resumed their raucous music and a new neighbor has moved into the house where the elderly man who gifted me persimmon every year lived until the age of 93. A little truck filled with drums is driving through the neighborhood for our annual festival, and their repetitive beat bounces off our windows and shakes our old house so I have to repeatedly straighten the photos hanging on the walls. The concept of "Again" is vast. I can't wait to see how you interpret it. Of course, your submission has to be inspired by Japan, too.
One work from each of the categories listed below will receive the White Enso award. That selection will receive a small honorarium. Other works selected for the journal are--sadly--unpaid.
Categories:
Fiction
Non-fiction
Poetry
Japanese-style poetry (haiku, haibun, rengay, waka, etc.)
Visual Art
- We encourage submissions from writers of all backgrounds.
- Submissions (up to 10,000 words) must be in English.
- White Enso will accept reprints.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please withdraw your work if it is accepted elsewhere.
- Please do not include any personal information or bio links in your submission. Acceptance will be on the strength of your work. If accepted, White Enso will ask for a bio.
- White Enso will not publish work featuring hate toward any group or individual, including animals. Gratuitous sex and violence is unacceptable.
- By submitting, you give permission to White Enso to promote and print your work with first electronic publishing rights for three months. After that, the rights revert to the author/artist. We ask that if your piece is subsequently published elsewhere, you credit White Enso for first publication.
- By submitting, you are automatically added to the White Enso mailing list.
- Submissions are considered as soon as possible; response time varies. Please wait two months to inquire, though you should receive a message much earlier.
- Haiku is accepted, but it is more likely to be accepted if it is part of a series. Haiga and haibun are more likely to be accepted.
Ok, there are a few things we are not looking for: promotional materials and academic writing.
Click here to see videos explaining the selection process and offering suggestions to improve your chance of being selected.
Ready to submit? Please use the checklist below
Send your submission by email to whiteenso@gmail.com
1) Subject line of your email: your name, the title of your work, type of submission (choose one of the following: fiction, non-fiction, visual art, Haiga, haiku, rengay, haibun, poetry, other)
Ex: Linda Gould, Setsubun, Fiction
2) In the body of the email, include:
a) A short statement about your work, including why/how you think it relates to the theme of "Again." The statement should be about 100 words or fewer.
b) The estimated number of words for all submissions except haiku, rengay, and haiga
c) Whether your submission is an unpublished original or a reprint.
3) Check your prose document for formatting. It should follow the style of the below paragraphs (space between paragraphs, single spaced, no paragraph indents.)
Ex.
I once stood before Rothko’s Orange and Red on Red in awe of the painting’s simplicity and spellbound by its blistering intensity. Its warm tones wrapped me in promises of comfort while simultaneously exciting the passions raging through my 18-year-old self.
The object of those intense passions stood at the center of a group of fellow high school classmates and said, “Why is this even here? I could paint that.” He waved his hand in the air as if holding a brush and joked, “red, red, red, orange.” My fellow classmates laughed aloud at his antics.
4) Attach a link to your visual art or include the art submission in the email as an attachment. Please title your submission as follows: Title of submission, type of submission (photograph, painting, digital art, quilting, the sky's the limit!).
If you are submitting poetry or prose, attach a word file titled as follows: Title of submission, type of submission (fiction, non-fiction, visual art, Haiga, haiku, rengay, haibun, poetry, other), word count. Please do not include the text of your submission in the email
Do not include any identifying information in your submission document.
Ok. That's it. Ellen and I are looking forward to reading your work.