Opening to Non-Fiction Submissions

[Shaun]

We've decided to open up SBS to non-fiction stuff. The guidelines are below. We're looking for fun stuff, serious stuff, anything. Book reviews are good, so long as they are good ones, not just "I loved this book, you should too". Opinionated pieces are welcome, as well as stuff about writing, being a young writer, etc. ANYONE can send a non-fiction article, even if you are already in the magazine. This is separate from other submission acceptances.

Non-fiction Guidelines:
--We accept book reviews, articles, etc. Non-fiction must be of interest to the literature community, but don't necessarily have to be literary criticism. We like fun articles too, particularly if you've got something funny to talk about. The only thing we want is for your article to be related to literature somehow.
--We will also accept articles regarding interesting bits of history of current news, so long as they might be of interested to fellow writers or literature enthusiasts (meaning that they don't have to be about literature necessarily; and example would be articles about mythology). We don't want standard articles in this area, however. You should have a distinct voice, but not necessarily an academic voice. Basically, we want stuff that is fun rather than dull and "school" sounding.
--Articles should be no more than 3,000 words long and should conform to the same standard format as fiction.
--Payment is the same as for anything else and rules about violence are loosely applied. Language, however, should be kept PG. If you are opinionated, great, but please don't be opinionated and filfthy.