The message arrived from Sucker Literary Magazine yesterday just as I was leaving work. I checked my e-mail one last time before logging off.
"It is with great pleasure to notify you that we have accepted your piece COMPELLING AND BELIEVABLE for publication in our first edition of SUCKER LITERARY MAGAZINE."
Really? REALLY? My loud woo-hoo brought colleagues scurrying out of their cubicles. I know I was beaming...at least. This will be my first published work.
Compelling and Believable (or What I Learned in Sophomore English) is the story mentioned in my previous post. It was a piece I started in 2007 when I was living in Paris, but I didn't find the heart of the story until I unearthed it a month ago. My agent Erzsi Deak encouraged me to submit it. Voila!
Yes, Virginia. There IS a Santa Claus!
About SUCKER: http://suckerliterarymagazine.wordpress.com/
And here is the Welcome message from the website, from Hannah Goodman, the President and Founder of the magazine:
Hello!
Welcome to Sucker Literary Magazine where raw, undiscovered, talented writers for young adults have the opportunity to strut their stuff. As we are a fledgling outfit, we will be eating the elephant one tiny bite at a time (how’s that for some mixed metaphors?) That is to say, our immediate goal is to collect submissions for our first issue, scheduled to be released by the fall/winter of 2011-2012. Currently, we are seeking FICTION ONLY (no stand alone poetry unless it is a short story or chapter from a novel in verse) and welcome all genres of YA writing. Bring on your skateboarding vampires, angst ridden, nerd-boy who has never been kissed, or girl crushing on her best friend (be it girl or boy).
Welcome to Sucker Literary Magazine where raw, undiscovered, talented writers for young adults have the opportunity to strut their stuff. As we are a fledgling outfit, we will be eating the elephant one tiny bite at a time (how’s that for some mixed metaphors?) That is to say, our immediate goal is to collect submissions for our first issue, scheduled to be released by the fall/winter of 2011-2012. Currently, we are seeking FICTION ONLY (no stand alone poetry unless it is a short story or chapter from a novel in verse) and welcome all genres of YA writing. Bring on your skateboarding vampires, angst ridden, nerd-boy who has never been kissed, or girl crushing on her best friend (be it girl or boy).
A wonderful article about SUCKER in Publishers Weekly:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/47825-new-lit-mag-to-showcase-emerging-ya-writers.html
The first edition is due out at the end of this year or the beginning of 2012.
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