Submissions

 

Sirena is a fully refereed journal with a complete editorial board and accepts works in the following areas:

 

Poetry

Poems in any language will be considered, as long as they are accompanied by translations into English and Spanish or, at least, into one of the two base languages of the journal; the editorial board will make every effort possible to procure translations into the second language. It must be kept in mind that this journal is a meeting place for poets of all languages and their translators. Consequently, we prefer poems that are accompanied by translations made by trusted translators chosen by the poet. Poems, if they are submitted through regular mail, must be sent with a disk containing the original and the translations in electronic format, preferably files in TXT, WORD or WORD PERFECT-of all, TXT is preferred. Please, submit a selection of 10 to 15 poems.

 

Essay

Essays, unlike poems, do not need to be translated into English or Spanish, if they were not written in one of these languages. The focus of the essay can be open, as long as it reflects on poetry, translation, art, or commentary on a particular poet or poets. The preferred format for scholarly articles is MLA. The length of the essay is not to exceed 6500 words and, in case graphics or drawings created by a different author are included, they must be accompanied by written permission to publish or reprint. Note: We welcome formal scholarly studies, but our main interest resides in essays where the idea is conveyed artistically and, consequently, is pleasing to all readers interested in art and literature.

 

In addition, Sirena has particular interest in publishing interviews with poets and books reviews of poetry criticism or books of poetry.

 

Engravings/Photographs/Drawings

Black and white art is preferred. The artist may submit as many samples as she/he desires. After accepting the submissions, the editor will contact the artist to determine which ones will be published.

 

Send submissions to:

 

Sirena

Attn: Jorge R. Sagastume, Editor

Dickinson College

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Carlisle , PA ~ 17013

 

If the artist or author wishes to submit works electronically, they must be attached to an Email message, in one of the electronic formats described in the first paragraph, and sent to: sirena@dickinson.edu. If the works submitted are photographs, engravings or drawings, they must be JPEG or .TIF. If the submissions are accepted for publication, the artist will need to send a CD with the artwork in these formats but with a minimum resolution of 400 DPIs.