Website
Type Of Publisher
Magazine
Genres Published
Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Graphic Novels Comics, Visual Art
Year Established
2022
Address
Nashville, TN
Name
Leigh Anne Couch
Title
Editor
Email
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Nashville is a town of vagabonds and roots, a destination and a homeplace for generations. The act of creation thrums beneath the skin of this city: at any moment, you know a great song is being written or performed, a poem discovered, a story set free. Swing wants to be the home for the emerging writer to the renowned, from the discovered to the too-long neglected. We are looking to build a print magazine with the energy and verve of its home city, where new influences course through the old. We are imagining a collection of literary works both regional and far reaching that embraces contradiction and complication. We like the idea of a magazine lightly built with high ceilings—a space for difference and dialogue. In the same way that a poem can be reborn the second it is read aloud, filling the air with sound, readers of Swing will thrill to the way an essay can flicker with new possibilities alongside a well-selected poem. Suddenly monologue becomes dialogue, friction becomes ignition. If it’s starting to sound like I’m describing a good house party, you’re getting the idea.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
yes
Submission Guidelines URL
Reading Period
Varies
Response Time
4 months
Charges Writers A Submission/Reading Fee
no
Author Payments
cash, copies
Contests
yes
Contest Guidelines
Instagram
Number Of Issues Per Year
2
Subscription Price
$25
Total Subscribers
50
Total Circulation
300
Number Of Books Published Per Year
2
Distributors
Sheridan
Do You Have Any Cover Letter Advice?
Please give us your literary bio in six sentences or less.
What Do You Look For In A Submission?
A distinctive voice in poetry, fiction, essays, and comics, with content that has been questioned, revised and refined. Beauty!
What Advice Do You Have For First-time Submitters?
Please read our guidelines carefully and send us your best work.
Do You Have A Favorite Unsolicited Submission Discovery Or Anecdote?
We are always super excited to publish a writer for their first time in print.
Who Is Your Ideal Reader?
Someone comfortable reading in every genre. Someone who is curious, questioning, open. Someone who wants to engage and speak back to the work.
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