Submissions
In the interest of fostering the development of a community of nature writers in the Mormon culture, Wilderness Interface Zone provides space for its permabloggers and guests to do what they love—write about the natural world. But it is also WIZ’s objective to encourage other Mormon nature writers to display their work and to provide feedback opportunities for nature writers of all ages, faiths, persuasions, and experience levels.
What to submit: WIZ is about the human-nature story. If you are a Mormon nature writer, consider submitting your short creative nonfiction essay, criticism essay, lyrical science essay, novel or long poem excerpt, poem of 50 lines or less in length, hybrid literary form, review, commentary, etc. to WIZ. All submissions remain the exclusive copyright and intellectual property of the contributors.
We also welcome submissions from nature writers who are not Mormon but feel comfortable interfacing with Mormons in this environment.
How to submit: E-mail submissions to wilderness@motleyvision.org. In general, submissions should be sent as attachments in standard media formats.
Editing: If needed, WIZ editors will work with authors prior to publication to improve their submissions. Not all works will be published, but because we want to encourage submissions and develop a community of nature writers and artists, we will generally publish a work requiring editing once it meets minimum standards. Authors/artists should be open to reader/audience response.
Content: The content of all works published on Wilderness Interface Zone should be appropriate for a Mormon audience. Of course, Mormons vary widely in their ideas of what’s appropriate, but generally speaking, works should neither be didactic nor offensive.
Guest bloggers: WIZ invites guests to its campfire. If you would like to guest post at WIZ, e-mail us at wilderness@motleyvision.org.