October 24, 2011

Dear Friends of BLOOM,

Our fall submission period is now open until November 15, 2011.

Thank you for your patience, and here's to a creative and healthy autumn,

Charles Flowers, Editor

EDITORIAL POLICY
BLOOM does not discriminate against the imagination. Gardeners must identify as Queer (LGBT), but the flora of their labor need not serve any pre-conceived notion of beauty. Peonies, sweet williams, ragweed, and gladiolas--every shade & shape of blossom--are all welcome. Let the garden grow.

SUBMISSION POLICY
BLOOM publishes poetry, fiction, memoir, essay, travelogue, and any other piece of writing that dazzles us. We are also pleased to present artwork that offers a fresh, sexy, startling, and/or original view of the world.

Poetry: Send 3-5 poems, no more than 10 pages.
Prose: Send manuscripts of 25 or fewer pages--double-spaced, of course.
Art: Send a jpegs to queerarts@gmail.com.

We try to respond within four months of receipt of your material. We're sorry. We're really slow. Okay?

NOW ACCEPTING ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS:
Send work to queerarts@gmail.com.

PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT SEND DOCX FILES - we are operating with 2004 Microsoft products . . .

With all submissions, please include a SASE if you would like us to return your materials. We read submissions on a rolling basis--send us your work when it's ready.

Bloom
5482 Wilshire Blvd, #1616
Los Angeles, CA 90036

PLEASE NOTE
Bloom does not currently review books because there are two very good sources for queer book reviews:

The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide--formerly the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, this bimonthly out of Boston offers extensive review coverage of LGBT books, poems, and essays

Lambda Book Report--a publication of the Lambda Literary Foundation, Lambda Book Report is a quarterly publication devoted to reviewing books, interviewing authors, and following the trends in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender publishing

Please support these publications--they are important to LGBT writers and audiences.