The Paumanok Review is pleased to announce a call for submissions to its first special edition, "A Collection of Years." The edition, due for publication in early winter, will feature essays and stories concerning significant historical events of the fading century.

The mission of this edition is to preserve in electronic format first-person narratives of people who shaped and shielded the world. This includes, but is not limited to, military or government service, political movements, major industrial changes, domestic transformations, and interesting or unusual occupations or anecdotes. Essays, fiction, nonfiction, art, and photographs will be considered. If demand is sufficient, a post office box will be opened to meet the needs of those unable to access a computer.

If you feel you have a story to tell, please do not hesitate to contact the editor with questions or comments. If you do not have a contribution but would like to help this cause, please encourage your friends, family members, and community veterans to participate. Too often we look for the stories which fascinate, only to find that the storytellers are gone. Breath fades. But thanks to technology pioneered by some of the people we seek to honor, the voices can can be kept alive for generations to come.

 

Word limit: 8,000

Categories: Historical Fiction (query first), Nonfiction, Art (including photo-essay)

Deadline: November 5, 2000

Contact: Editor

Sample topics: World War II, Fall of the Berlin Wall, U.S. civil rights movement, first female president of a large corporation, etc.