Slope & Basin is a regional literary journal publishing poetry and prose from writers based in El Dorado County. The journal's name embraces both the Western Slope of the Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin, reflecting our commitment to writers and readers in every corner of our County. We believe that the works collected in Slope & Basin will make our community more legible to itself.

We are accepting submissions for the inaugural issue of Slope & Basin until October 1, 2024.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

• To submit, email your work to [email protected].
• You may submit up to three pieces (poems, prose fiction and non-fiction, or both) for consideration.
• Poems should be no longer than three pages, single-spaced. Prose works should be no longer than ten pages, single-spaced.
• Submissions should be formatted as Word documents or as PDFs, with a 12-point font size.
• In your email, please indicate if your submission has been previously published, and if so, where.
• Please include your name and mailing address in your email. Your mailing address must be within El Dorado County.

We compensate writers. Contributors of poems selected for publication will receive $50; contributors of longer-form prose pieces will receive $75.

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