06/01/2010
The Allegany Arts Council and the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing are pleased to announce a "Call for Entries" for the 2011 edition of the Backbone Mountain Review (BMR).

An annual, literary publication of the Allegany Arts Council and the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing (at Frostburg State University), the BMR is looking for area writers, of all ages and skill levels, who are interested in having work published in the 2011 edition.

The BMR journal will accept submissions from any writers living in Allegany, Garrett, Washington and Frederick counties in Maryland, as well as from Fayette, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Adams, Cambria, and Blair counties in Pennsylvania; Preston, Tucker, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, and Berkeley counties in West Virginia; and Shenandoah and Frederick counties in Virginia.

Poets may submit up to five (5) pages of poetry, and prose writers (including essayists and playwrights) may submit up to eight (8) pages of material. All work must be submitted electronically in either .doc or .rtf file formats to BMR@allconet.org by the June 1, 2010 deadline. For complete submission guidelines, please download this document.

Writers with work selected for the 2011 BMR will be notified via email in September. For questions, please call the Allegany Arts Council at 301-777-ARTS (2787) or the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing at 301-687-4340.