Literary Landscapes Guidelines

Literary Landscapes is the official literary publication of The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society. The GLAWS publication has a literary flavor, emphasizing members' works such as short stories, novel excerpts and poetry. It also features relevant articles on writing and publishing, and other juicy stuff.

Currently, the publication is released quarterly, then, once our gears are oiled and running, bimonthly. We are looking for:

• Short stories
• Book excerpts
• Poems
• Articles / Reviews

We aim to entertain, enlighten and educate. More than just a place to strut one's writerly stuff, as works and opinions are shared it will also make us more connected as a society, and provide a tangible tool for networking and guidance in your goals and growth as a writer.

It's a great opportunity for you to get your writing published and receive public recognition.

There is NO reading fee. Only members in good standing may submit.

Please note: Even though we're a writing family here at GLAWS, realistically we can't publish everything. And since we'd rather not get bogged down in major editing, the work should be well-polished before submission, meaning it's several drafts old and/or has been critiqued by several of your peers. We recommend you run each MS through the appropriate GLAWS critique group before submission. Polish, polish, polish.

Guidelines:

• We have no strict word limit policy. 500 to 3,000 preferred.  

• We don't discriminate against any genre, but we will be looking for material that resonates on a broad base.

• It may be in the areas of:
  • The Craft of Writing
  • Fiction
  • Non-fiction
  • Biographical
  • Science Fiction / Fantasy
  • Travel
  • Journalistic
  • Related to a screen or stage plays
  • Educational
  • Young Adult
  • Self-improvement or motivational
  • Self-help
  • Romance
  • Memoir
  • Or...surprise our editors with something creative!

• Open to most subjects, except:
  • Topics that might offend readers (think “uplifting” or “encouraging”)
  • Nothing overly-erotic or political (this is not a soap-box)
  • Nothing excessively self-promotional