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"Established in cooperation with the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation in 2000, The Awakenings Review is one of the nation's leading literary reviews entirely committed to publishing the works of artists, writers, and poets with mental illness."
"Established in cooperation with the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation in 2000, The Awakenings Review is one of the nation's leading literary reviews entirely committed to publishing the works of artists, writers, and poets with mental illness."
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Fee
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Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
Yes
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
Yes: 1 contributor copy, additional copies available at a discount
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
No
Accepted genres
6 genres
Fiction
Max words: 5000
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
creative nonfiction, book chapters, or essays
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
3-5 poems
Interview
Max words: 5000
topics about mental illnesses
Photography
Max pieces: 8
looks for color photos, landscape orientation, for cover art
Play
short: dramatic scenes, 10-minute plays
Fiction
Max words: 5000
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
creative nonfiction, book chapters, or essays
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
3-5 poems
Interview
Max words: 5000
topics about mental illnesses
Photography
Max pieces: 8
looks for color photos, landscape orientation, for cover art
Play
short: dramatic scenes, 10-minute plays
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How to submit
Process
Email submissions should be in a .doc or .docx format attached to an email sent to AR@AwakeningsProject.org and include the word "submission" in the subject line. We only accept submissions by email.
Cover letters
Authors should include a cover letter describing their relationship with mental illness: either self, family member, or friend of someone who struggles with mental illness. While this information is voluntary and its absence will not preclude your work from being considered, if your work is accepted for publication you will be asked to submit a short biography where we would like you to supply this information. Upon acceptance, we request that a writer or poet submit a biography of no more than 150 words to us. We ask that they at least mention their relationship with mental illness.
Eligibility
Creators w/ disabilities
Formatting
Pages should be numbered, and the writer's name, address, phone, and email address should appear at the top of the first page of each piece submitted.
Rights for published work
Writers, poets, and artists retain the copyright to their material. By submitting work, they agree to assign to The AR one-time rights for publication.
Additional info
The AR looks for submissions from writers and poets who have a distinct relationship to mental illness-either self, family member, or friend. A writer for The Awakenings Review (The AR) need not have a mental illness—we are open to submissions from family members and friends of people with mental illnesses. We do prefer that a writer have a mental illness of some type, and be willing to write about it, but that does not have to be the focus of the writings. Initial response within 7 days, if shortlisted then a final response within 60 days.
About the Magazine
Founded in 2000 | United States
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ARE WRITERS, MUSICIANS, PLAYWRIGHTS, AND ARTISTS. SECONDLY, WE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW MENTAL ILLNESS FIRSTHAND. The Awakenings Project serves a distinctive population. Only a handful of organizations other than The Awakenings Project curate art shows of this kind at national or local venues. Moreover, there exists only a few literary magazines, other than The Awakenings Review, that are committed as we are to editors, artists, writers and poets with mental illnesses. Begun in cooperation with the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation in 2000, The Awakenings Review has been published approximately annually since the first issue, Summer 2000. The Review has been acclaimed internationally and draws writers from all over the United States and from several other countries including Israel, South Africa, Australia, Finland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Robert Lundin
Editor-in-Chief
Audrey Sher-Walton
Associate Editor
Hope Andersen
Assistant Editor
Sandra Jo Mazurek
Art Editor
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