Ignoring all snow-related worries and thoughts of rampant narcissism, we will be reading at this Thursday night and we are quite jacked about that.

A most cool Sententia 3 call for submissions.

Artistically Declined, in partnership with Guest Editor and TBWCYL, Inc. favorite Shya Scanlon, has opened submissions for Sententia 3 and what they're up to is very cool indeed.

"Issue 3 of Sententia will be themed around the pitch, and therefore against the notion of “self-contained” excerpts. It will be a collection of novel excerpts whose purpose is to leave the reader not with an artificial feeling of completion, but actively wanting more.

We will be considering excerpts of three chapters or ten thousand words—whichever comes first. In addition to an excerpt and bio, authors are required to submit a one-page synopsis of the full work, to be printed along with each excerpt. The novel need not be finished at the time of submission.

Submissions will be read as might an agent or editor looking to publish, and in this spirit, 60 copies of the resulting collection will be sent to presses and agents we consider most likely to use the work therein as a resource during their own search for talent."

As we said, coolness.

2011 AWP conference reading love.

Quite thrilled we are to be reading as part of this stellar lineup at AWP in February. That said, we now need a ride there, a place to stay and some per diem money, so please don't hesitate to offer any or all of these things because they will be warmly embraced and accepted.