Spot Lit Mag
Spot Literary Magazine is a biannual journal published by Spot Write Literary Corporation, a California public benefit corporation with federal tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) charity. Address subscription and administrative correspondence to Spot Write Literary Corporation, 4729 E. Sunrise Dr., Box 254, Tucson, AZ 85718-4535. Sustaining subscriptions are $25 US per year, which includes priority mailing costs, or $15.00 per single issue or back issue, which includes mailing, or $10 in person. Checks are payable to “Spot Write Literary Corporation.”
SLM accepts submissions via email only, from August 15 through September 15 for fall issues, and from January 15 through February 15 for spring issues. Texts must be sent as Microsoft Word files, in simple TIMES (or in Times New Roman if you do not have the simple TIMES) font. Send black and white photos and artwork in grayscale JPEG file format.
Due to the configuration of this blogspot, email addresses cannot be displayed; however, the link to Susan Hansell’s website can be found at the lower left of this page, wherein you will find her email address under the heading “bio, blog, contact, links.” You will also find more specifics re: SLM under the heading “spot lit magazine” at that site.
A web page dedicated to Spot Literary Magazine can be found at www.spotlitmagazine.net. Link to the site by clicking on the link provided under blogroll at the lower left column of this blog’s page. For the most up-to-date information on SLM, click on the “Upcoming” page at the SLM site. For complete submission guidelines, click on the “Subscribe/Submit” page.
The SLM Spring (5.1) 2011 (unthemed) issue features cartooning by Gerald Uyeno; drawing by Denny Marshall; fiction by Brad Bisio, Michael Buckley, and John G. Rodwan, Jr,; memoir by Chance C. Fraser and Lorene V. Garrett; photography by a. paul cartier and Christopher Woods; poetry by Jeffrey C. Alfier, Tobi Cogswell, Shelagh Davis, Estrella del Valle, Andrew Hilbert, Eileen Aronson Ireland, Oriana Ivy, Tamara Madison, Ricki Mandeville, Phyllis Mass, Neila Mezynski, Michael Miller, Bill Mohr, Vincent Joseph Noto, Carl Palmer, Luisa Peña, Jonathan Rapp, Joan Jobe Smith, J. J. Steinfeld, Fred Voss; and translation by Toshiya Kamei.
The SLM Fall (4.2) 2010 “philosophies” issue features cartooning by Gerald Uyeno; drawing by Jennifer Woo; essays by Bill Mohr and John G. Rodwan, Jr.; fiction by Brad Bisio, Michael Buckley, Lisa Manning, and J. J. Steinfeld; mixed media by Hazzel Yen; photography by a. paul cartier, Kyle Moreno, and Jennifer Woo; poetry by Jeffrey C. Alfier, Anna Badua, Laurel Ann Bogen, John F. Buckley, Tobi Cogswell, Shelagh Davis, Isolda Dosamantes, Magdalene Fry, Lorene V. Garrett, Stephen Ira, Oriana Ivy, David Jordan, Lori Lubeski, Lisa Manning, Clint Margrave, Bill Mohr, Eric Morago, Sergio Ortiz, Carl Palmer, J. R. Pearson, Anna Press, Luisa Peña, Jonathan Rapp, Brooks Roddan, Joan Jobe Smith, J. J. Steinfeld, Fred Voss, and Hazzel Yen; and translation by Toshiya Kamei.
The SLM Spring (4.1) 2010 (unthemed) issue features cartooning by Gerald Uyeno; drawing by Jennifer Woo; essays by John G. Rodwan, Jr. and Christy Wise; fiction by Michael Buckley, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, and Mike Guardabascio; mixed media by Hazzel Yen; photography by a. paul cartier and Kyle Moreno; and poetry by Jeffrey C. Alfier, Suzanne Allen, Brad Bisio, Tobi Cogswell, Shelagh Davis, Lorene V. Garrett, Andrew Hilbert, Stephen Ira, Curt Last, Lori Lubeski, Lisa Manning, Bill Mohr, Eric Morago, Luisa Peña, Jonathan Rapp, Brooks Roddan, Luke Salazar, Joan Jobe Smith, and Fred Voss.
The SLM Fall (3.2) 2009 “Families” issue features cartooning by Gerald Uyeno; drawing by Jennifer Woo; an essay by John G. Rodwan, Jr.; fiction by Brad Bisio, Michael Buckley, Werner Low, Christian Hanz Lozada, Greggory Moore, and Christa Westaway; mixed media by Hazzel Yen; photography by Alireza Taheri Araghi and a. paul cartier; poetry by Jeffrey Alfier, Steven Carey, Tobi Cogswell, Shelagh Davis, Dennis Duncan, Michael Estabrook, Lorene V. Garrett, Christian Hanz Lozada, Donal Mahoney, Lisa Manning, Clint Margrave, Stephen Mead, Bill Mohr, Kyle Moreno, Christopher Mulroooney, Luisa Pena, Katrina Prow, Joseph Reich, Brooks Roddan, Joan Jobe Smith, Suejin Suh, Macrae Sutherland, and Fred Voss; and a short play by Susan Hansell.
The SLM Spring (3.1) 2009 (unthemed) issue features cartooning by Gerald Uyeno; drawings by Jennifer Woo; an essay by Lisa Manning; fiction by Michael Buckley, Jade Hidle, and Greggory Moore; mixed media by Hazzel Yen; photography by Kyle Moreno and Robert L. Wells; and poetry by Jeffrey Alfier, Laurel Ann Bogen, Steven Carey, Tobi Cogswell, Michael Lee Johnson, Rick Kilpatrick, Donal Mahoney, Stephen Mead, Bill Mohr, Kyle Moreno, Milos Petrovic, Jonathan Rapp, Joseph Reich, Brooks Roddan, Joan Jobe Smith, and Fred Voss.
The SLM Fall (2.2) 2008 “World/s” issue features fiction by Michael Buckley, Anne Finger, Christian Lozada and Lisa Maning; photography by Elizabeth Fenimore and others; poetry by Jeffrey C. Alfier, Tobi Cogswell, Steve De France, Elizabeth Iannaci, Matthew Karver, Curtis Last, Jennifer Lester, Lori Lubeski, Lisa Manning, Bill Mohr, Luke Salazar, Suejin Suh, and Gerald Uyeno; prose by Greggory Moore and John G. Rodwan, Jr.; and short plays by both Susan Hansell and Jonathan Rapp.
The SLM Spring (2.1) 2008 (unthemed) issue features work by Jeffrey Alfier, Suzanne Allen, David Barnes, Tobi Cogswell, Steve De France, Elizabeth Fenimore, Mark Gurarie, Susan Hansell, David E. Howerton, Elizabeth Iannaci, Michelle Lauren Kay, Matthew Karver, Hari Bhajan Khalsa, Curtis Last, Jennifer Lester, Greggory Moore, Christopher Mulrooney, Jonathan Rapp, John G. Rodwan, Jr., Neal Storrs, Gerald Uyeno, and Robert L. Wells.
The second ‘07 SLM issue (1.2) “the All-Holiday-Themed Review” features work by Suzanne Allen, Tobi Cogswell, Brendan Constantine, Steve De France, Lainee Frizzo, Elizabeth Fenimore, Mark Gurarie, Natalie Hurter, Susan Hansell, Elizabeth Iannaci, Lori Lubeski, Jennifer Lester, Julianna McCarthy, Bill Mohr, Greggory Moore, Joshua Peralta, Connie Pham, John G. Rodwan Jr., Jonathan Rapp, Neal Storrs, Gerald Uyeno, and Robert L. Wells.
The first ‘07 issue of SLM (1.1), the unthemed inaugural issue, features work by Suzanne Allen, Brendan Constantine, Elizabeth Fenimore, Grim, Susan Hansell, Chris Jara, Jennifer Lester, Lori Lubeski, Rachel Maize, Bill Mohr, Joshua Peralta, Connie Pham, Jonathan Rapp, Mallory Reeves, Neal Storrs, and Gerald Uyeno.
Published authors and artists receive one free hard-copy of SPOTLIT and limited internet publication (with the subsequent issue’s publication as the take-down time of each issue’s publication).