I started Super Clod Clod, because after looking at a lot of other blogs, I have to admit that I just don’t get it. Don’t get me wrong, there have been plenty of times that I’ve been impressed with what I’ve read on poetry blogs, but there have also been plenty more times I found poems of very little merit posted. And more often than not, I’d have a poem rejected by that very same blog. Why does this sort of thing occur? I don’t know. It could be a whole bunch of things. It could be that the editors of these blogs just post the stuff that his friends write. Or it could be that their judgement is flawed. Or it could be that I have too high of an opinion of myself and that my stuff just plain sucks. Whatever the case may be, I started Super Clod Clod who’ve had similar experiences. Super Clod Clod is a place for poems and short fiction that can’t find a venue any where else! Super Clod Clod is a place for YOUR poems and short fiction! So Submit! Today!
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Fiction submissions can be anywhere between 50 to 5,000 words. I’m looking for experimental fiction, flash fiction, straight fiction, pulp fiction, historical fiction, horror, mystery, science fiction, or whatever. The only thing I’m not too keen on is romance, but if you’ve got a good love story send it on over.
Poetry submissions: I prefer poetry submissions that are ’aligned-left,’ but if you feel that it is essential have your poem have center alignment or that it be aligned-right, I’ll do my best to oblige. Also, I’m a big fan of poetry that has something meaningful to say, tells a story, communicates some sort transcending thought or experience, and/or introduces me to a new way of thinking about something. If that isn’t clear enough, consider who my favorite poets are: Charles Bukowski, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marianne Moore, Charles Baudelaire, Billy Childish, Robinson Jeffers, T.S. Eliot to name a few.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
To submit your writing, send it as an attachment to superclodclod@yahoo.com (Keep in mind that I’m still operating with Microsoft Word 2003. So if you use Vista, please paste text into body of e-mail). If you already have a wordpress account, I can register you as a user if I have your e-mail, so just let me know if you’d like me to do that for you. I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
