Flash Fiction/Time Capsules/Haibun/Short-Lined Poems/Dispatch Prose (i.e., Writer and/Or Their Book Tributes, Book Reviews, and Rock ’n’ Roll Albums That Changed How I Listen to Music) Submissions
The Vincent Brothers Review editors seek submissions of Flash Fiction, Time Capsules, Haibun, Short-Lined Poems, and Dispatch Prose pieces (up to 2,500 words ) reflecting on the themes of “Rock ’n’ Roll Album that Influenced How I Listened to Music,” “An Elegy For a Writer/Book That Changed My Life,” OR “Immigrants Get The Job Done” for our Substack newsletter—“The Vincent Brothers Review Weekly Reader.” The reading fee is $3.00 per submission and you can include up to three Time Capsules, three Haibun, five to seven Short-Lined Poems, or one Dispatch Prose piece per each submission.
For examples of the work we seek, see our “The Vincent Brothers Review Weekly Reader” here. You will need to sign up for a subscription by email, but subscriptions are FREE for the time being.
Our modest submission fees are used to cover payment to writers, as well as the production and printing costs of both our Substack and hard-copy issues. All rights revert to authors upon publication.
The Vincent Brothers Review is a paying market, and we typically pay $35 per Time Capsule/Haibun we select for publication. We pay for accepted manuscripts UPON PUBLICATION. Our modest submission fees are used to cover payment to writers and staff, as well as the production and printing costs of both our online and hard-copy issues, and our newsletter.
All rights revert to authors upon publication.
This submission portal is on a rolling basis, open all year.
Time Capsules are brainstorms that briefly capture and express specific Times/Places that no longer exist, that WILL exist, or that are eternally fleeting. Imagine you’re filling a Time Capsule to show future recipients what it’s like to be alive RIGHT NOW. Or, what it was like to live long, long ago. The only tools you have to make that reveal are between 500 and 1,500 words. Choose your words wisely.
More specifically, these words illuminate what you want to remember about this time we’re living in, this crossroads for humanity, this stand-up-for-the-humans-right-now time.
Or, 500–1,500 words about what you remember of the Before Times—what it was like before internet, cell phones, or binge watching TV. Each word will need to pull its weight enough to transport your reader to the exact place and time you’re describing.
The haibun form is a combination of prose and haiku. See the links below for samples and more information about the haibun form:
https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/
https://poets.org/text/more-birds-bees-and-trees-closer-look-writing-haibun
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/haibun-poems-poetic-form