Submission Guidelines
Submissions are now open for our 1-Hour Holiday Show. Submission Deadline: November 5. Story must relate to the Holiday Season in some way. Submission guidelines below:
1. Writers must currently live in Arkansas or be from Arkansas originally.
2. Stories must be true and told in the first person--recounting things that happened to you, not someone else, and they must be stories--not editorials, poems, top-ten lists, essays, or general statements of personal belief.
3. If accepted, writers must read their own stories and be available to record in front of a live audience at Starving Artist Cafe' in downtown Little Rock.
4. Stories can be 1-15 minutes (approximately 1-10 pages), with stories ranging from 2-6 minutes having the best chance of being accepted..
6. Literary devices and techniques encouraged.
5. Material should be G- or PG-rated. The radio station won't air work with profanity, explicit sexual content, or scatological references. Material that is overtly critical of a particular race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation will not be accepted. The FCC is very strict, and you should take this into consideration when submitting.
6. KUAR/KLRE will acquire the rights for broadcast and simultaneous live audio streaming over the facilities of KUAR/KLRE in perpetuity. You (the writer) retain all publication rights, both hardcopy and electronic. For more information, see the Release Form.
7. Stories will be eligible to be included in yearly collections published by Temenos Publishing, as long as the author owns all copyrights. Authors may choose to not be included in the anthology.
8. We will respond to your submission within 8 weeks. Please do not contact us about the status of your submission until 8 weeks have passed. If you have not yet heard from us by then, feel free to email us.
9. To submit: Send a bio and your true story (pasted in the email: we will not open any attachments) to: Paula Morell, Editor
NEW: We no longer accept mailed submissions. Email submissions only.
Now Available! Tales from the South: Volume I, the collection of the first year of stories. Order on Temenospublishing.com
Tales from the South features true stories told by the people who lived them and showcases Arkansans. Contributors are from all walks of life and include professional writers as well as those who have never been published.
Tales from the South is uniquely southern, in that while we don't require that stories are set in Arkansas or the South (though a majority are), writers must be either originally from Arkansas or live here currently, and the distinct southern art of storytelling rich in language, detail, and voice is alive in all of them.
Topics range from everyday occurences to life-altering tragedies, and upcoming shows will feature Arkansas teachers, students, and professions (such as policemen and firefighters). Tales from the South is also working to feature special shows of oral histories from the Delta.
We welcome submissions from Arkansans.
