SUBMISSIONS SCHEDULE
Prune Juice 2, Summer 2009—Open January 1 to June 15, 2009. Publishes July 1, 2009.
Prune Juice 3, Winter 2010—Open July 1 to December 15, 2009. Publishes January 1, 2010.

Submissions do not close before the announced date. The HTML digital issue will be posted online just before the print and PDF digital editions go to press. This procedure will give everyone the same opportunity to submit poems to Prune Juice and have their submissions considered for the current issue. We publish in the print edition, that is, 4.25" x 6.87" paperback pocket book, and in the digital edition, both HTML and PDF ebook formats.

EDITORIAL POLICY Please read carefully.
Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka is a biannual journal—a print literary journal with digital editions—dedicated to publishing and promoting fine English senryu and kyoka.

Prune Juice’s Selection Criteria:

Senryu generally emphasize human foibles and frailties, usually satirically, ironically, humorously. Season words are not necessary nor usual in senryu. Kyoka have a different history than senryu; nevertheless, for modern kyoka in English, the definition is similar: a poem in the tanka form but with the satirical, ironic, humorous aspects of senryu. We are looking for fresh works, not clichéd poems. Wit is highly appreciated, as well as insight. We appreciate a wide range of both genres, from the gently humorous to the most wicked satire. Our tastes run towards the wicked end of the scale, but all sorts are welcome, with these exceptions: No pornographic, gross, scatological, bigoted, or hateful poems; no personal attacks on private or public persons. All selection decisions will be made at the sole discretion of the editor.

NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Please do not submit anything on offer anywhere else. We are not in the market for works under consideration for publication elsewhere. Please, also, do not re-submit any work that Prune Juice has turned down previously.

NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED: We primarily seek to publish fine senryu and kyoka that have not been previously published. Each poet is personally responsible for noting in the submission any previous publication of any submitted work. We, of course, reserve the discretion to select previously published work of extraordinary merit, from time to time.

PLEASE NOTE: This is an edited review. We DO NOT publish everything that is submitted to us. We reserve the right to exercise editorial discretion in ALL cases. If, for any reason, you cannot cope with rejection, better not to make submissions. We use only a portion of the submissions that we receive. There are plenty of other websites which are unedited and where you can post your poems with no editorial interference if that is what you seek. We do occasionally publish poets who have previously been published in Prune Juice; that does not mean that anyone has carte blanche to be published here. When we do reject a poem or poems, we generally will not notify you individually. The issue is posted online just before the print publication; those submissions published are accepted and those that are not published were not accepted. Occasionally, we may want to offer some editorial comment, assistance, guidance, etc., in which case, we will respond to your submission before publication.

HOW TO SUBMIT FOR PRUNE JUICE
You may submit up to ten senryu and/or ten kyoka at one time. We may publish as few as 1 or 2 poems or a larger number. Please do NOT send us works that are still in work. Please send us polished works, error-free. Make your submission by sending your poems in to Prune Juice in the body of an email. Do NOT send any attachments. Emails with attachments will be deleted. If you need clarification, or have a special situation you want to discuss, please feel free to write to the Editor at rengagirl@yahoo.com.

SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO RENGAGIRL@YAHOO.COM.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND SUBMISSIONS TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS.

WHAT TO SUBMIT
Prune Juice needs the following information: 1. Contributor Note: include your full name and your residential location (city, State/Province, and country). 2. Your email address (will not be routinely included in the published Contributor Note). 3. If you are younger than 16 years of age, tell us so that we may comply with the U.S.A. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (the COPPA applies to children under 13; our minimum age limit is 16 as a matter of editorial policy). 4. The submission itself.

NOTE: You must be 16 or older to submit anything to
          Prune Juice. If you are under 16, EXIT NOW !

EMAIL POLICY: We will not include any email address with your Contributor Note unless you specifically request it. If you want your email address to be published online and in the print and ebook editions, please say so in your submission email. No live links will be included in any case.

THERE IS NO PAYMENT FOR CONTRIBUTORS
No payment will be made. No contributor copies are furnished free. There will be no payment of any kind for accepted submissions for any issue of Prune Juice.

READ OUR COPYRIGHT POLICY & OUR PRIVACY POLICY
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CONTRIBUTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES
If you choose to submit any work(s) for publication in Prune Juice, please read and familiarize yourself with these Submission Guidelines, as well as our Copyright, Privacy, and Editorial Policies. By submitting any work(s) to Prune Juice, you are representing to Prune Juice and its editor and its publisher that you have the copyright to the work(s) and you are permitting Prune Juice copyrights in accordance with Prune Juice’s published Copyright Policy, and that you hold Prune Juice and its editor and its publisher harmless in all respects from any copyright infringement caused by your submission.

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Include this personal information with your email submission:

SUBJECT LINE: "Prune Juice submission - [Your Name]"

BODY OF EMAIL:
1. Contributor Note: your full name and residential location (city, State/Province, and country).
2. Email Address.
3. Age—check this box IF YOU ARE UNDER 16: [ ]—Younger than 16.
4. Submission: 1 to 10 senryu and/or 1 to 10 kyoka.

Feel free to copy and paste the above list to your email, for convenience's sake. Just highlight the list, then hit EDIT and COPY; then send in an email to the SUBMISSIONS email address, rengagirl@yahoo.com, and, in the body of your email, hit EDIT and PASTE, and you will have the list to fill in. Add your poetry submission after your personal information WITHIN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL.