Submissions Call: Micro Notes ~ Waking up Abroad

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We want more of your ultra condensed travel writing, or “micro-notes,” which are mini flashes of narrative that can stand alone in three sentences or less.

Micro-Notes, travel stories of extreme brevity. Much like flash fiction, micro-notes tell a complete story in just a few sentences.

This round of submissions we would like notes on Waking up Far from Home. Can you capture the essence greeting the day abroad in three sentences or less?

For inspiration check out our first round of micro notes.

Please have your Notes in by Friday, November 20th. Submission details below.

What We Want

How you convey your story in three sentences is up to you. Keep in mind that we like ‘place.’ The setting of the story should be so concrete and defined as to almost feel like a character.

OTHER SUBMISSIONS

Packing Lists: In this new series we look at people’s actual packing lists as windows into their travel style and the places they’re going.

Journal Pages
: Actual scans from people’s journals as insights into their creative vision and reflections on travel and place.

By the Numbers: Locations and experiences broken down to numbers. An interesting look at people and their interaction with place.

Please submit your micro notes to david [at] matadornetwork.com with “submission: micro-notes” in the subject line. Selected submissions will be published in a compilation here at Matador after the 20th.

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About the Author

Matador ID: joshywashington

Joshua Johnson aka Joshywashington is a soggy Seattle based adventurer with a penchant for misty mountains and black coffee. Read Josh's BLOG, watch his VIDEOS and connect on TWITTER. He and his wife Bridget operate their New Media production company, Confluence Creative Media from Seattle and L.A.

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  • Glenn Charles replied on November 13, 2009

    Your links in the request for submissions are not working. I wanted to see an example of past Micro-Notes before submitting some of my own. Thanks

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  • XtremXpert replied on November 14, 2009

    When I click on ‘last batch of Micro-Notes’ I get an error page “You do not have permission to preview drafts.” why?

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  • Joshywashington replied on November 15, 2009

    Sorry folks, it looks like the links are up and running again.

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    • XtremXpert replied to Joshywashington on November 15, 2009

      Oh, thanks.

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