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I wondered how and why this lit mag came to be, so I asked Editor Alan Humm a few questions to find out. See my interview with Humm and a link to their submission guidelines below.
HOPKINSON: Tell me a little bit about One Hand Clapping.
HUMM: One Hand Clapping is a magazine that I set up in order to give new, unpublished and under-regarded authors a shot; they get to share a platform with more established – often famous – authors, and to be stocked in well-known book shops and literary festivals.
HOPKINSON: How/why was One Hand Clapping originally started?
HUMM: A lot of friends were being rejected for what seemed like terribly tenuous reasons. I wanted to try to make a difference.
HOPKINSON: What type of work are you looking for?
HUMM: Stories and poems. They need to be reasonably literary and, it should go without saying, well written. It needs to be work that’s good enough to share a space with the likes of Colm Toibin, Mark Doty and Les Murray. (These writers are all in the first issue.)
HOPKINSON: What are some of your favorite lit mags/journals?
HUMM: I like the Paris Review and The New York Review of Books. Also The London Review of Books. Anything where the contributors can really write.
HOPKINSON: Where can folks send submissions?
HUMM: This address: alan@theeditor-ohc.co.uk
HUMM: The same address. I’m always happy to answer questions.
Click here to read their submission guidelines
DEADLINE: Always Open
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES:
- Previously published is okay.
- Poem length preferred is no more than 2 pages, prose up to 2,000 words.
- Simultaneous submissions are okay.
PAYMENT: None
FORMS: poetry, stories
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