Call for submissions ~~~ Roadkill Zen Journal “RKzJ 3.03 Pax Ab Chao: Peace out of Chaos”
Forge your micro-prose, free verse poetry, and non-fiction essays concerning issues of finding serenity within the avalanche of chaos that is today’s world. Think: human continuance amid catastrophe, inner peace vs. outer disorder, creation from destruction. Send us your visions. Our e-journal is based squarely in the Appalachian Mountains. Though authors need not be native Appalachian, pieces should express an intimate connection with the journal’s emphasis on place, geo/physical roots, environmental connection, and true-to-self early 21st century expressions of mountain culture. No previously online or printed published material. Provide e-mail contact information, a short bio if you’re new to RKzJ (about 100 words), AND a brief explanation concerning your opinions on the submission of choice. Also indicate any objections to Roadkill Zen including your work in any future hard print journals. We intend to alchemically celebrate the personalities and opinions of writers of all sorts: poets, essayists, fictionists, factionists, and every other sort of writer along the strewn road of possibility. Send submissions only in the body of an e-mail to mountainfocusart@gmail.com with “RKzJ / Pax Ab Chao” as the subject line. Deadline is March 15th, 2010.
"Amid confusion..."
Roadkill Zen (n.): The state of emptying oneself through spiritual creativity involving the searching out and usage of the seeming discards and decay of everyday life balanced with cultural overabundance and the ignored beauty of natural circumstances. This involves both opening the mind’s eye and closing at least one of the body’s eyes, searching out the center of sight. Acronymically referred to as “RKz”.
Roadkill Zen (n.): An online occasional journal highlighting contemporary poetry, flash fiction, cultural essays, and creative non-fiction.
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