The Chippewa Valley Writers Guild is committed to supporting writers in the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin, the upper midwest, and beyond. It is the parent organization of the journal Barstow & Grand.
If you wish to submit to Barstow & Grand, please follow the directions under the genre you would like us to consider.
Thank you, and happy writing.
Barstow & Grand invites poetry submissions of up to 5 poems in one document. For poetry submissions, please adhere to the following guidelines.
- Use standard margins and font.
- As submissions will be read blind, please remove your name and other identifying information from the document.
- Authors wishing to submit both poetry and prose may do so. Each submission must be made separately.
Technical Requirements
Barstow & Grand accepts simultaneous submissions, but PLEASE withdraw your piece in Submittable if it is accepted elsewhere. Only submit original work that has not previously been published in any print or electronic form, including personal websites and blogs. We are able to accommodate .DOC, .DOCX, .RTF, .TXT, and .PDF file formats.
We request that authors provide a traditional, 3rd person author bio. This will also accompany work selected for publication.
The selection team will wait until submissions close before making their final decisions. Authors can expect to hear back sometime in July or August of 2024.
Submission Fees: The survival of our organization requires us to charge a small submission fee. That fee will be waived for any submitter purchasing a copy of our journal at the time of submission (represented here as the $7.00 journal add-on plus the $3.00 fee, equalling the regular $10.00 cost of the journal.)
If the submission fee prevents you from submitting for any financial or philosophical reason, please email us at barstowandgrand@gmail.com. We are able to offer a limited number of free submissions in order to accommodate as many writers as we can.
Barstow & Grand will consider prose pieces, including fiction, nonfiction, and everything in between, of up to 4000 words. All genres are welcome and will receive full consideration. For prose submissions, please adhere to the following guidelines.
- Use standard margins and a standard font.
- Double-space your work.
- As submissions will be read blind, please remove your name and other identifying information from the document.
- Barstow & Grand will consider up to TWO pieces from each author per submission period. Each piece must be submitted separately.
Technical Requirements
Barstow & Grand accepts simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw your piece in Submittable if it is accepted elsewhere. Only submit original work that has not previously been published in any print or electronic form, including personal websites and blogs. We are able to accommodate .DOC, .DOCX, .RTF, .TXT, and .PDF file formats.
We request that authors provide a traditional, 3rd person author bio. This will also accompany work selected for publication.
The selection team will wait until submissions close before making their final decisions. Authors can expect to hear back sometime in July or August of 2024.
Submission Fees: The survival of our organization requires us to charge a small submission fee. That fee will be waived for any submitter purchasing a copy of our journal at the time of submission (represented here as the $7.00 journal add-on plus the $3.00 fee, equalling the regular $10.00 cost of the journal.)
If the submission fee prevents you from submitting for any financial or philosophical reason, please email us at barstowandgrand@gmail.com. We are able to offer a limited number of free submissions in order to accommodate as many writers as we can.