The Raven Chronicles
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, June 14, 2015
The Raven Chronicles - a journal of art, literature, & the spoken word
SUBMISSIONS WANTED:
Theme: Laugh. Laugh? Laugh!
What makes you laugh? What do you think is funny or absurd? And who? People of all ages and of different cultures respond to humorous situations in different ways. Funhouse mirrors, madhouse laughs, slipping on a banana peel, cartoons satirizing historical, religious or political figures, inside jokes: they’re all part of it, but there’s more. Lucy Tapahanso, Navajo poet, suggests the idea of “Laughter as Welcome, Acceptance, Recognition, Shared Delight." All of it "good medicine.” Laughter transcends race, class, gender, culture, political party. Millions of Americans tune in to watch America's Funniest Home Videos: why? Trickster jokes, Jewish standup comics, Irish storytellers, slapstick comedy (physical) vs. satire (requiring an understanding of social meaning and context). Know any Raven jokes? What’s so funny? Tell me about it….
Wanted: poems, essays, fiction/non-fiction; and cartoons, caricatura política (political cartoons), b/w artwork on this theme. Stories, memories, desires, family legends, half-buried truths, images, your rants and raves, your good experiences and bad, the worst and the best and, above all, send us your dreams, if they’re funny!
Submission Deadlines/Reading Period: April 1 through July 1, 2015 (postmarked)
Publication: Fall, 2015
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Like finding shells on the beach, I love doing market research! And what I find, I love to share! I write in a variety of genres including children's, Christian, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, so these post follow along those lines. Check out my web site: www.sallyclark.info, for more about me.