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From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of Lynne Van Luven
Sent: Tue 06/19/2007 9:18 PM
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Subject: Call for Submissions: Essays by men without kids
>Please feel free to circulate amongst
>colleagues. Many thanks. Lynne Van Luven
>A Call for Submissions:
>
>The End of the Line: Men Without Kids
>
>Canadian editors Lynne Van Luven and Bruce
>Gillespie are making a preliminary call for
>submissions for an anthology of personal essays
>written by men who have - for whatever reasons -
>either not become fathers or who have no
>intention of fathering children. Our working
>title for this collection is The End of the
>Line, which we think captures some of the
>anxiety men - and their fathers - feel about the procreation issue.
>
>We envision this new collection as a "brother
>volume" to the highly successful Nobody's
>Mother: Life Without Kids, published by
>TouchWood Editions in 2006 and nominated for the
>2007 B.C. Booksellers Choice Award.
>
>We are looking for essays from men of all ages
>and backgrounds. We want to hear their stories
>about how not being dads has affected their
>lives, how their families and friends have
>reacted to their choices. Essays must follow the
>personal essay style, demonstrating the author's
>voice, factual situation and unique circumstances.
>
>Essays may range in length from 2,000 to 5,000
>words, but sometimes brief is best. Selection
>will be made on quality of writing, and the
>editors will work with each contributor to
>polish and pare his submission as necessary.
>
>We do not wish to promote any sort of agenda in
>The End of the Line. We simply want to hear the
>stories of men who have not fathered children,
>to show readers what this has meant. We invite
>submissions from men who have chosen not to have
>kids or are unable to have kids, as well as from
>non-dads who have some other connection to
>parenting or children (e.g., being a Big
>Brother, an active uncle, a step dad, a sperm
>donor or even unsure if you've procreated). Your
>take can be comic, introspective, rabble-rousing
>or poetic. Mostly, we want you to be honest and
>tell your story in a compelling way.
>
>The editors are in the process of sending their
>book proposal to a small group of selected
>publishers; we are confident we will find a
>house interested in this project. Once we do, we
>will be able to negotiate the fees for authors
>selected for the anthology and negotiate accordingly.
>
>We would like to have half a dozen sample essays
>to show our publisher by the end of August 2007,
>as we are hoping to see this book reach the public by the Fall 2008.
>
>About the Editors
>Lynne Van Luven is the editor of Nobody's Mother
>and also of Going Some Place: Creative
>Non-Fiction Across Canada (Coteau: 2000). She
>teaches in the Department of Writing at the
>University of Victoria and is a freelance writer and editor.
>
>Bruce Gillespie is an award-winning magazine
>writer and editor. He teaches in the School of
>Journalism at Ryerson University.
>
>If you have any questions about this project,
>please contact the editors as follows:
>
>If you live in Western Canada, please contact
>Lynne Van Luven at [log in to unmask]
>
>If you live east of Manitoba, or outside of
>Canada, please contact Bruce Gillespie at [log in to unmask]
>
>
>Thank you for your consideration. Please feel
>free to forward this call for submissions to
>other potentially interested contributors.
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