A Call for Submissions for “Gongqingyuan”～～

 
Sender: EPR (Xingding), Section: Philo
Subject: About submissions for “Qingqiuan”~~
Posting station: Peking University Weiming Station (Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:59:42), internal message 

Submissions for the 40th issue of “Qingqiuan” have long been solicited in secret, and because of my negligence I never posted an ad… It had originally been planned to put out an issue after the winter break ended, but that now seems rather difficult; still, I will do my best to rush it out, and the plan to publish two issues this year has not changed. The next issue of “Qingqiuan” may be organized around a special topic, but this issue has no fixed theme. Any works in any literary form and on any subject by undergraduates, graduate students, teachers, and alumni of this department may be submitted. 

Although there are not many manuscripts at present, I am not especially anxious, because my idea for this issue is: soliciting submissions rather than commissioning them. Everyone must have ready-made articles accumulated over the past two years, right? If among them there are a few pieces you are particularly proud of, “Qingqiuan” can provide a platform for everyone to share them. If you have written too many articles yourself and do not know which to choose, you can send in several and let our editors help you select; if they are fine pieces already published or made public through some other essay competition or in another magazine, that is also fine—“Qingqiuan” is non-profit, so there is no need to worry about issues such as submitting the same piece to multiple outlets; if you are not quite satisfied with earlier articles, of course you may revise them a little before submitting, and you may also send us a draft first—our editors will proofread it or offer some reference suggestions for you—but there is no need to write something else specially. My logic is very simple: if you already have a manuscript on hand, then why write a new one? But if you do not have a manuscript on hand—meaning that after two years in university you have hardly written even a few complete articles!—then I am afraid your writing has already declined terribly… Of course, as humanities students, we really should be writing more articles in our daily lives; if you truly are willing to write something specially for “Qingqiuan,” then we naturally welcome it wholeheartedly. 

Although there are no specific requirements, we will generally prefer essays, prose, miscellanies, and the like—short pieces of a few thousand characters. If it is fiction, please try to make it very short; if it is an academic paper, it is better to keep it brief rather than too abstruse. Submission does not guarantee publication in this issue, but even if we do not use your piece for now, I will give a reply to every submission. Except for poems and the like, which are too literary for me to appreciate, I will do my best to write back with some thoughts or opinions for discussion and exchange (especially for some reflective essays: from personal experience, a little exchange and interaction, even if it is only two or three sentences of comment and opinion, is quite beneficial), so as to make sure that while submitting costs nothing, submitting will not be in vain either~ 

Please send submissions to gongqingyuan@gmail.com , or to my email: hyl510@sohu.com, or send them through the station’s internal message system. If it is handwritten on paper, you can contact me (8640) and hand it to our editors for entry. My QQ is 398628181. Also, by the way, let me promote my blog for the first time: EPR.yculblog.com . I often check both QQ and the blog. 

I wish everyone a happy holiday and a happy return to school^_^ 

Gu Du   February 14, 2006

Latest comments

• mist

  2006-02-14 18:40:19 

  Since it involves advertising, I also bear some responsibility, and I’d like to apologize. I hope you can forgive me.
  I actually didn’t put it in the previous issue of “Xincai,” even though I had already told Mingzi beforehand that I would insert a call for submissions…
  Later, after I discovered it, I hurriedly carved out some space in the latest issue of “Xincai,” but after I had laid out that issue, I didn’t expect it to end up stillborn—because exams were approaching, so in the end it wasn’t sent to press, and I was depressed for several days…
  Ps, by the way, I’m canceling my blog, because I’m dissatisfied with the site administrator’s behavior of arbitrarily deleting visitors’ replies. I’ve decided not to write there anymore. I haven’t found a new blog yet for the time being; I’ll let you know once I’ve settled on one.
  Also, happy Valentine’s Day to you and your girlfriend~~
  ^_^

  Hehe, it has nothing to do with you; I’ve just kept forgetting to make use of the BBS myself… But if you’re sincerely trying to make up for it, then… hurry and submit something~~^_^

• Míng

  2006-02-15 00:17:15 

  The reason is not “because exams were approaching.”

• mist

  2006-02-16 20:37:39

  Then what is it?

Translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The original text is authoritative.