Inspiration to Action: A Tribute to Jill Eichhorn, Professor

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OPENS MAY 16, 2023

Thorncraft Publishing is pleased to announce an open reading period for a book dedicated to Jill Eichhorn: INSPIRATION TO ACTION: A TRIBUTE TO JILL EICHHORN, PROFESSOR, ACTIVIST, PEACEKEEPER (Forthcoming October 2023)

We are hoping to release this book in honor of the anniversary of Jill's death in order to contribute toward an endowment in her name. If you were a friend, a student, a colleague, an admirer, a fellow activist to Jill and/or with Jill, we are asking you to contribute your stories about/inspired by Jill so that we have a collection that honors her and contributes regularly toward her endowment.

NO ENTRY OR READING FEES

Beginning writers and artists are welcome. Open to all writers and artists with work dedicated to Jill Eichhorn. 

Free to submit your work.

Open Call for Writing/Artwork: Submissions are officially open on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. 

Please, follow the guidelines below. 

This is a creative writing journal of nonfiction and poetry dedicated to and about Jill Eichhorn. A limited amount of artwork and fiction will be considered/accepted.

Guidelines for Email Process:

1. Email period: We are currently accepting submissions. Submissions open at midnight CST on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.  Submission period closes at 11:59 p.m. CST on Monday, July 17, 2023.

2. For poetry, please submit no more than three poems. 

For nonfiction, no more than two pieces (5,000 words maximum total). 

For fiction inspired by Jill, please query and explain the story with a synopsis and how and why the story relates to Jill. (Query instructions below).

For artwork inspired by Jill, please query and explain the medium and type of artwork, why and how it relates to Jill. (Query instructions below).

You can submit in every category and may email them in one email. Nonfiction may be part of a longer work, but must be able to stand alone.

Please, make no more than two submissions per category. If we want additional writings from you, we will request them.

​3. Work should focus on writings about and inspired by Jill Eichhorn. Work should be Creative, Not Instructional.

4. If you wrote a dedication to Jill on Facebook and/or another social media platform, we were inspired by those writings and would like to receive them as submissions. 

5. Email your entry in the body of an email or as a word document only (.doc and .docx) to jilleichhornbook[at]gmail.com between May 16, 2023, and 11:59 p.m. CST July 17, 2023, to be eligible for consideration. 

6. Email instructions: In the subject line of your email, include Jill Eichhorn: Poetry, Nonfiction, and/or Fiction Query, Artwork Query (as appropriate).

Include a title page or the following information in the body of your email: your name/pen name, email address, title of work(s), genre(s) and word count(s), contact information of an email address and/or phone number where we may notify you if you are chosen as a contributor. 

Attach your creative writing to the email or paste into the body of the email. 

7. To submit, you should be at least eighteen-years-old, as we do need your permission to distribute your story worldwide. 

Confidentiality: Your personal information will never be shared with third parties.

Notifications: We will notify you without delay, as soon as we have made a decision. For queries about fiction and artwork, you will hear from us within one week. For all other submissions, please allow up to two weeks after the close of the submission period. Please, do not email us any questions about the submission process or ask about the status of your submission(s). We will contact you as soon as possible. 

Thorncraft Publishing will accept simultaneous submissions, but please in this instance notify us immediately if your work has been accepted by another publication. Contributors whose work is selected for the journal will be notified and asked for a biography (contributors can opt not to include a biography). All contributors' biographies will be printed in the book and their names (and/or pen names) will be listed on all platforms and websites that allow for full length listings. Their names or pen names and biographies may be posted on the website: http://www.thorncraftpublishing.com

RIGHTS and Permissions: If your work is chosen for inclusion in the journal, Thorncraft Publishing acquires first North American publication rights, which means that after publication, the rights of your work revert back to you. As a courtesy, we ask that you wait one year before seeking subsequent publication of the same work and that you include a credit to "Thorncraft Publishing" and "INSPIRATION TO ACTION: A TRIBUTE TO JILL EICHHORN"  if your work from this journal is included in subsequent publications. In our permissions, we require the option to share and promote selections from the work you have contributed on our social media and website. After all, if we like your work, we want to share it. If your work is chosen, we will mail one complimentary copy of the book to you upon publication. If chosen, we will offer you a discounted rate to purchase up to 20 copies from the publisher. All specificities will be listed in the contracts to the chosen contributors.

PROFITS: Eighty percent of all profits from this book will be dedicated to the Jill Eichhorn Endowment. The remaining percentage covers future bookkeeping costs, website maintenance, and other book-related annual costs.

We are truly honored to read your work and that you would want to share your stories about Jill. Thank you for allowing us to read your words and stories.