Open Plays/Drama Submissions
Cirque is a literary journal, based in Alaska, publishing the work of writers, poets, photographers and other artists who live in the North Pacific Rim.
We liberally define this region as Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia, Yukon Territory and across the water to the Russian Far East - at least the coastal area. Five years residence in these regions meets our criteria. Cirque was founded to support the writers of this wide region. Cirque publishes twice yearly, summer and winter. We are always open to new submissions. No deadlines.
Submissions between 9/21/2020 and 3/21/2120 will be considered for Issue # 23, which we expect to publish by June 2021.
Cirque is an independent journal, staffed by volunteers, entirely supported by readers and contributors. Your donations help us to thrive and expand as we reach the milestone of 10 years. Cirque is a print journal but it can also be read on line. Check it out here.
In 2018, the journal expanded to become CIRQUE PRESS. Scroll down for info about the press and its publishing criteria.
Plays/drama submissions should be double spaced and no longer than 12 pages in a 12 point font, preferably Times New Roman or Arial.
Bio: 100 words MAX.
About Cirque Press
Cirque Press grew out of Cirque, a literary journal established in 2009 by Michael Burwell, as a vehicle for the publication of writers and artists of a region broadly defined as reaching north from Oregon to the Yukon Territory and south from there through Alaska to Hawaii. Sandra Kleven joined Cirque in 2012 working as a partner with Burwell.
Cirque contributors are widely published in an array of journals. Their writing is significant. It is personal. It is strong. It draws on these regions in ways that add to the culture of places.
The body of work of individual writers could be lost if it remained scattered across the literary landscape. Cirque Press (2017) seeks to gather the work of our contributors into book-form where it can be experienced coherently as statement, observation, and artistry.
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