I'm co-editing the Spring issue of the
Mississippi Review Web. Here's the
call for submissions. Please feel free to forward this to any and all interested parties, and to post wherever appropriate.
24 Words Per Second: The Movies Issue
We are writers who watch a lot of movies. Maybe it's no surprise that the films we see have a way of seeping back into our fiction: plots that echo silent film, narrative gimmicks borrowed from the French New Wave, characters who spend too much time at the multiplex or model their lives after movie stars. For the MRW Spring issue, we are looking for short stories with a cinematic bend. What that means, exactly, is up to you. Perhaps your story references Aki Kaurismäki, moves like a screwball comedy, or features cinemaniacs trying to kick the habit. Maybe it's narrated from the perspective of Natalie Wood's ghost. As long as it's inspired by the movies, we're interested.
The deadline is March 15. Send submissions (3000 words max) to mississippireview.movieissue@gmail.com.