<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0in;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Good afternoon, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0in;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">My name is Lauren Jo and I'm currently serving as the nonfiction editor of </span><i style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://drunkenboat.com/" title="https://drunkenboat.com/" id="m_5907311547450979120OWA6d56d890-ec96-607c-a9d0-04c10fd231c7" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:blue">Drunken Boat</span></a></span></i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">, one of the world's oldest electronic journals of the arts. I wanted to let you know that w</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">e are currently accepting submissions </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">in a variety of genres (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, reviews, film) </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">for our next issue and the relaunch of the magazine. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">It would be greatly appreciated if you could share this call for submissions and the link below with students and </span><span style="border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">fellow faculty members in your department. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Currently, we are considering work on any subject but will be including a thematic package in our upcoming issue focused on the theme of </span><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Bodies</i></span><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">–interpreted widely, from aging bodies to celestial bodies</span><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">. As we are planning to relaunch in December 2023,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>g</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>enre deadlines range November 3rd to November 11th. More information and submission details can be found at the link below: <span style="border:1pt windowtext;font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0in"><a href="https://drunkenboat.submittable.com/submit" id="m_5907311547450979120OWAca240892-db24-3177-51ce-fbb72f6ce42a" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:blue">https://drunkenboat.submittable.com/submit</span></a></span><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:11.5pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span></span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none;border-color:windowtext;padding:0in">Please feel free to reach out with any questions - t</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">hank you!</span></p></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div dir="ltr" id="m_5907311547450979120x_x_divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black"><br></span></div></div></div><div id="m_5907311547450979120Signature"><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px">--</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px"><b>Lauren Jo Alicandro, MA </b><span style="margin:0px">(s</span><span style="margin:0px">he/her)</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px">Graduate Program Assistant</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px">Department of English, <span style="margin:0px">Tufts University</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px">210 East Hall, Medford, MA 02155</div><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px">Ph: 617-627-2403</span><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"><a href="https://as.tufts.edu/english/" id="m_5907311547450979120OWA537f0469-7a31-3988-d176-ff06414c870b" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(12,100,192)">as.tufts.edu/english</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(12,100,192)">/</span></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, </i></font><i style="font-family:georgia,serif">Distinguished Professor of </i><i style="font-family:georgia,serif">Creative Writing</i></div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif">**She/her & </font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Surname is Hedge Coke, no hyphen**</span></div></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1"><i><br></i></font></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><i>     Weird Times, Be Kind</i></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/allisonh" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Allison Adelle Hedge Coke</a></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Director, </span><a href="http://writersweek.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Writers Week 2021, 2022</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">, Co-Director in Spring 2023 </span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Director, Medical Health and Humanities DE, UCR School of Medicine</div></i></font><div><i style="font-family:georgia,serif">Director, </i><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Along the Chaparral, Sandhill Crane Fest</i></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity (SEHE), affiliated faculty</i></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><i>author/editor of 18 books<br></i></font></div><font face="georgia, serif"><div><i><font color="#222222">Most recent release, National Book Award Finalist, winner Emory Elliot Book Award, Finalist for the Firecracker Award and ASLE Book Award</font></i> </div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://coffeehousepress.org/collections/shop/products/look-at-this-blue" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Look at This Blue </a></i></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="tel:(951)+827-5421" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">(951) 827-5421</a> department staff<br></div></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif">(909) 848-3803 messages - VM/text</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>