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The Path to Publication Group publishes the literary publication – The Path.    You are invited to submit short stories, essays, book reviews and poems for inclusion in the semi-annual issues.  

 The theme for Volume 6 No. 1 is ‘Good Vibrations’. For more information, please visit the websites: www.pathtopublication.net and www.thepathmagazine.com . Past contributors will receive a call for submissions by e-mail, automatically.  

1)         Short stories and essays - 2500 to 7000 words

2)           Poetry - 1 page

Please polish your manuscripts to the best of your ability and, of course, have someone else edit your work before sending to Path to Publication.  Do not format your work: no page numbers, no headers or footers, no footnotes, no paragraph indentations (skip a line for paragraph spacing).  Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word or RTF form.  Font: Times New Roman - size 12. All submissions must be submitted electronically, as e-mail attachments, to: mjnickum@thepathmagazine.com .

Deadline for Issue #11 is May 31, 2016

All rights are retained by the author, and there will be no compensation for accepted work at this time*.

*Because we are staffed by volunteers, we can only compensate our writers in exposure to our audience.  Our columnists enjoy great publicity for their own blogs, books, websites, and projects.  Many find great reward in doing something good for the world of literature and literacy. You may also purchase add space to further promote your work.

Writing Sonnets

The Path, a literary magazine

THE PATH volume 5 number 2 is available on Amazon in paper and on Kindle. It is also available at Barnes and Noble on NOOK and at www.thepathmagazine.com. There are 260 pages of reading fun waiting for you!

Try a subscription today. Your subscription is tax-deductible.

Subscriptions to The Path are $18 per year—price of single issues is $9.99 each; SAVING YOU $2.00 and you don’t need to worry about missing an issue.

Book Talk vs. Book Review

A book talk in the broadest terms is what is spoken with the intent to convince someone to read a book. Book talks are traditionally conducted in a classroom setting for students; however, book talks can be performed outside a school setting and with a variety of age groups as well. It is not a book review, a book report, or a book analysis.

The book talker gives the audience a glimpse of the setting, the characters, and/or the major conflict without providing the resolution or denouement. Book talks make listeners care enough about the content of the book to want to read it. A long book talk is usually about five to seven minutes long and a short book talk is generally less than a minute long.

On the other hand, a book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is analyzed based on content, style, and merit. A book review can be a primary source opinion piece, summary review or scholarly review. Books can be reviewed for printed periodicals, magazines and newspapers, as schoolwork, or for book web sites on the Internet. A book review's length may vary from a single paragraph to a substantial essays. Such a review may evaluate the book on the basis of personal taste. Reviewers may use the occasion of a book review for a display of learning or to promulgate their own ideas on the topic of a fiction or non-fiction work.

There are two approaches to book reviewing:

• Descriptive reviews give the essential information about a book. This is done with description and exposition, by stating the perceived aims and purposes of the author, and by quoting striking passages from the text.
• Critical reviews describe and evaluate the book, in terms of accepted literary and historical standards, and supports this evaluation with evidence from the text. The following pointers are meant to be suggestions for writing a critical review.

Rules of Thumb

Submit your work to The Path

You are invited  
 to submit short stories, essays, novellas, book reviews and poems for inclusion in this semi-annual issue
 
All submissions must be submitted electronically, as e-mail attachments, to: mjnickum@thepathmagazine.com



Deadline for Issue #11 is Oct. 31, 2015

You are invited...

Submission Guidelines* for The Path
 
The Path to Publication Group publishes the literary publication – The Path. You are invited to submit short stories, essays, novellas, book reviews and poems for inclusion in the semi-annual issues.
The theme for each issue varies. Please consult our website for the most current information: www.pathtopublication.net and www.thepathmagazine.com. Past contributors will receive a call for submissions by e-mail, automatically.
1) Short stories and essays – over 2500 words
2) Poetry – 1 page
Please polish your manuscripts to the best of your ability and, of course, have someone else edit your work before sending to Path to Publication. Do not format your work: no page numbers, no headers or footers, no footnotes, no paragraph indentations (skip a line for paragraph spacing). Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word or RTF form. Font: Times New Roman – size 12. All submissions must be submitted electronically, as e-mail attachments, to: mjnickum@thepathmagazine.com.
Deadline for Issue #9 is May 31, 2015
All rights are retained by the author, and there will be no compensation for accepted work at this time*.

*Because we are staffed by volunteers, we can only compensate our writers in exposure to our audience. Our columnists enjoy great publicity for their own blogs, books, websites, and projects. Many find great reward in doing something good for the world of literature and literacy. You may also purchase add space to further promote your work.

New Submissions requested

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The Path volume 4 number 2

New issue of The Path is now available in time for Christmas giving!

The Path

The Summer issue of THE PATH is now available in paper and ezine from Amazon and Barnes and Noble (Kindle and Nook).

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The submission period for the fourth issue of THE PATH is open. Please refer to the submission guidelines at www.thepathmagazine.com when developing your manuscript. The theme for this next issue is 'One Fine Night.' 

THE PATH vol.2, number 1

                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS

                             Volume 2, Number 1  Summer, 2012

D. E. Z. Butler	Two Poems	7
Catherine Becker Reynolds Joanne M. Deck Paul Grella Betty Mathews Steven G. Farrell Isadora Dahlen	Michael and the Mother’s Day Present Life Lessons from the Littlest Ones The Marathon Poem The Crimson Druid of Wisconsin Mom, Where are you?	10  17  23  33  35  56
Eva Willis	Two Poems	65
Budd Nelson Steven G. Farrell	The Ancient One Four Irish-American Hellcats!	67  75
Tatjana Debeljački  Chris Wilkensen	Poem Skydiving off Skyscrapers	92  94
Tracy Werth	What a Boy Needs	101
A  Paul Bergen R. J.  Buckley Mary J. Nickum Contributor Bios Submission Guidelines Advertisements	On The Necessity of Being God Jessica Carter Sanford Book Review:  Steve Jobs	108 117 131 142 147

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THE PATH is available electronically for Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, and at Smashwords (www.smashwords.com); in print on Amazon and CreateSpace (www.createspace.com).

THE PATH is a publication of The Path to Publication Group, a 501(c)(3) non-profit literature and writing organization. Dedicated to supporting innovative, cross-genre writing, the press publishes the work of translators, poets, and other writers. We encourage interaction between writers and readers by featuring works that appeal to a wide range of readers in our semi-annual literary journal. By actualizing the potential linguistic, cultural and political benefits of international literary exchange, we aim to ensure the advancement of literacy.

Specifications for Advertising in THE PATH

Full Page:         8”x10” black and white                                              $75.00

                          Any font that is easy to read

½ Page:               8”x5” black and white                                               $50.00

                          Any font that is easy to read

¼ Page:              2” x 2 ½” black and white                                          $35.00

                          Any font that is easy to read.

    Business Card is ok.

All ads must be submitted in .jpeg format and sized to fit. It must be ready to drop into the publication without further editing or resizing.

Orders to:

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The Path to Publication Group

www.thepathmagazine.com

16201 E. Keymar Dr.

Fountain Hills, AZ 85268

The Path

THE PATH is available electronically for Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, and at Smashwords (www.smashwords.com); in print on Amazon and CreateSpace (www.createspace.com).

THE PATH

 THE PATH, a literary magazine issue #2 is available

THE PATH

Issue Number 2 of THE PATH, published by The Path to Publication Group, is now available. Buy a copy through CreateSpace.com and Amazon.com.

THE PATH is a semiannual ebook/ezine magazine featuring essays, short stories, poetry, interviews and book reviews.

This literary magazine is not something written by and for the "elite." It's a down-to-earth vehicle for writers of fiction and non-fiction to express themselves about a given theme. The theme of issue no. 2 is "Urban Gone Wild."

The Path is taken by all writers. The Path to Publication can be long and arduous. This publication is dedicated to straightening and shortening that path. Please enjoy the work of authors who have chosen to take the path to publication.

THE PATH is published with the purpose of providing quality works to the reading public. It is our wish to also provide a venue not only for established authors, but to open another door for new writers to make their entrance into the literary world.

THE PATH is available for US$8.99 (paper) and $3.99 (ezine).

For more information or to place an ad, contact:

Mary Nickum, Editor-in-Chief

mjnickum@cox.net

www.pathtopublication.net

602-309-7670

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The submission period for the third issue of THE PATH is now open. Please refer to the submission guidelines below when developing your manuscript. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2012.

Submission Guidelines*

The Path

The Path to Publication Group is publishing a new literary publication – The Path.    You are invited to submit short stories, essays, book reviews and poems for inclusion in the semi-annual issues.  

 The theme for this issue is ‘Potpourri.’ For more information please visit the websites: www.pathtopublication.net and www.thepathmagazine.com . Past contributors will receive a call for submissions by e-mail automatically.  

1)      Short stories and essays - 2500 to 7000 words

2)             Poetry - 1 page

Please polish your manuscripts to the best of your ability and, of course, have someone else edit your work before sending to Path to Publication.   Do not format your work: no page numbers, no headers or footers, no paragraph indentations (skip a line for paragraph spacing).  Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word or RTF form.  Font: Times New Roman - size 12. All submissions must be submitted electronically, as e-mail attachments, to: mjnickum@cox.net .

Deadline for Issue #3 is April 30, 2012

All rights are retained by the author, and there will be no compensation for accepted work at this time*.

*Because we are staffed by volunteers, we can only compensate our writers in exposure to our audience.  Our columnists enjoy great publicity for their own blogs, books, websites, and projects.  Many find great reward in doing something good for the world of literature and literacy. You may also purchase add space to further promote your work.