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March 15, 2005 | Showcase Your Work

This month at Absolute Blank, TC Editor Stephanie Lenz (Baker) shows you how to create an online writing portfolio.

Be sure to also check out A Pen In Each Hand for a portfolio template and template for creating your own artist's statement.

Posted by The Editors at 11:16 PM in Articles | Comments (0)

March 13, 2005 | Thank you!

Thank you to Barry and Matthew for their recent donations to Toasted Cheese. Your support is much appreciated.

Barry particularly enjoyed Ann Dowd's poem "Broken Spine."

All donations TC receives go toward contest prizes and site fees.

Posted by The Editors at 12:48 PM in Community , Support | Comments (0)

March 10, 2005 | Clear Your Calendars!

Next weekend (March 18-20) is the 2005 Spring Three Cheers & A Tiger Contest, so clear your schedules--i.e. get all those family & work obligations out of the way this weekend--and get ready for a wild 48 hours of writing.

For the uninitiated, the 3 Cheers contests challenge you to write a complete story in just 48 hours. The topic & word range will be posted at Just the Place for a Snark at 5pm ET on Friday March 18 and entries must be emailed to the contest address by 5pm ET on Sunday. Full contest rules here.

PRIZES! Winners will receive Amazon gift certificates: gold = $20, silver = $15, and bronze = $10.

Posted by The Editors at 03:23 PM in Contests | Comments (0)

Submissions Update

Starting with the current submission period, we've instituted a "rounds" system of vetting submissions.

Each month, two of the editors will look over the subs that have come in. At the end of this preliminary round, we'll send out notifications to all who have submitted during that month. The notification will tell you one of three things:

1. We're not interested.


2. Your submission has been disqualified for some reason (e.g. you submitted it as an attachment). If you receive this notice, we ask that you wait to resubmit until the next sub period.


3. Your submission is "on to the next round" i.e. it will be read by the full panel of editors during our regular reading period. (Note that this isn't an acceptance.)

Final decisions will be sent out as per usual during the week prior to the new issue going up.

We've instituted this new system to reduce our workload during our reading periods, but we hope that writers will find the earlier notifications of benefit as well. The first round of preliminary notifications went out last week.

Speaking of which... one writer withdrew a submission after receiving his preliminary notification because the story had been accepted elsewhere. He asked if he would be penalized for doing so, noting that he submitted prior to our change in policy re simultaneous submissions. The answer is no. Only submissions from March 1st onward are subject to the new policy.

Posted by The Editors at 03:22 PM in Literary Journal | Comments (0)

March 01, 2005 | Simultaneous Submissions - Policy Change

Toasted Cheese has changed its policy with respect to simultaneous submissions.

As of March 1st, 2005, TC no longer accepts simultaneous submissions.

For more about the reasons behind this change, read Beaver's editorial.

Posted by The Editors at 08:23 PM in Literary Journal | Comments (0)

New Issue of Toasted Cheese

The March issue of Toasted Cheese is now online, featuring some new and some returning authors.

If you particularly enjoy a story or poem, please take a moment to tell the author either via email or at the forums. Thank you!

Posted by The Editors at 08:18 PM in Literary Journal | Comments (0)