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P.O. Box 160406
Sacramento, CA 95816

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• We encourage you to query by email prior to sending manuscripts.
• Please note that our list focuses on poetry, literary fiction, the arts, and memoir; we do not, as a rule, publish trade or genre fiction, popular non-fiction, or how-to books.
• Roan Press's print runs are typically small, and we sell primarily through local distribution channels. Authors with a Northern California connection are particularly encouraged to submit.
• All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced. Please include an email address with your manuscript so that we may respond to your submission more quickly. Should you wish your manuscript to be returned, please include an SASE with adequate postage. Note that we are not responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or artworks.

Call for Submissions

Canuckifornia, an anthology of Canadian poets writing about California, seeks submissions of individual poems or groups of up to 10 poems. Poets should be natives of Canada, former or current Canadian citizens, or former or current permanent residents of Canada. The purpose of this collection is to display a range of Canadian reactions to (and appropriations of) the myths and realities of California, a state where many expatriates have gathered. Canadians have migrated to California to pursue careers in the entertainment industry, Silicon Valley, academia and many other fields, and they have brought their own sensibilities to bear on the so-called Golden State. At the same time, California's laid-back image, individualistic ethos, and new mixture of ethnic influences have forced many Canadians to confront and question their own approach to life, both on the professional and the personal levels. Yet California's high cultural profile in North America means that no Canadian with any degree of interest in life abroad can have failed to form a vivid impression of its influence. Thus contributors need not have resided in (or even visited) California to be considered.

Submissions or questions may be sent via regular mail to Roan Press, P.O. Box 160406, Sacramento, CA 95816 (USA) or via email. Poems received by Jan. 1, 2010, will be considered for inclusion. The collection will be edited by Dr. Bradley Buchanan, Associate Professor of English at California State University, Sacramento, and a native of Windsor, Ontario.