PN – Parabola’s Call for Submissions. Theme: “Belonging”

Articles

Parabola welcomes original essays. We look for lively, penetrating material unencumbered by jargon or academic argument. We prefer well-researched, objective, and unsentimental pieces that are grounded in one or more religious or cultural tradition; articles that focus on dreams, visions, or other very personal experiences are unlikely to be accepted.

Send your submission to the email or physical address listed below, along with a brief autobiography (2-3 sentences). Emails should include the article attached as a .doc, .txt, or .rtf file.

All articles must be directly related to the theme.

Entries that do not follow submission guidelines cannot be considered.

Poetry

Poetry must be submitted as email attachments in the following file formats:

.doc (MS word),
.txt (standard text file) or
.rtf (formatted text file).

Submissions in other formats will not be considered.

Submissions are limited to a maximum of five (5) poems per author.  No line limits
The file must be transmitted under the author’s last name, with all poems in a single file, separated by page breaks. Each page must have the author’s name on it.

Submissions should be sent by email to poetry@parabola.org

Note: Parabola rarely accepts original fiction.

Submission Guidelines

Length

• Articles: 1000-3000 words
• Retellings of traditional stories: 500-1500 words

Biographical Information

Please include a brief (2-3 sentence) biography with your subscription. Fit the description to the subject matter of the article, e.g., for an article on Tibetan Buddhism, “Smith spent three years travelling in Tibet.” Or, a publication credit: “Smith is the author of Pilgrimage in Tibet (W. W. Norton, 1987).” Always include your publisher.

Rights

Parabola purchases the right to use an article in all substantially complete versions (including non-print versions) of a single issue of our journal. We also request the right to use the piece in the promotion of Parabola, and to authorize single-copy reproductions for academic purposes. All other rights are retained by the author.