[Discussion] CfP: Travelers' Tales: 30 Days in the Middle East & 30 Day s in North Africa

[Onur İnal]

Call for Submissions

Travelers' Tales

30 Days in the Middle East & 30 Days in North Africa

Submissions Deadline: March 1, 2006



The editors of Thirty Days in the Middle East and Thirty Days in North
Africa are now accepting submissions for review. We are looking for
firsttperson cultural narratives that involve travel to Middle Eastern or
North African countries, emphasizing interaction with people of the region.
The goal for writers should be to create moving, concise narratives that
motivate and inspire readers to travel to the locales described. Narratives
that present things to do and places to go - atending a wedding in Egypt,
exploring the ruins of Petra, cruising the nightlife in Dubai - are
encouraged. For

the purposes of the collection on the Middle East, we are soliciting
material dealing with the following countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria,
Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen,
Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain. For the North Africa
collection, narratives can be from Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, or
Egypt. Proposals are preferred in lieu of completed stories for North Africa
submissions since this project has a later projected publication date.
Writing samples are still welcome in these cases. Those planning to submit
should visit travelerstales.com or pick up copies of Travelers' Tales books
and read them to learn more about their approach and style. Writers are
encouraged to explore tensions and commonalities that mark relationships
between people of East and West. Stories should move beyond those featured
in the vast majority of mainstream media, going beneath the surface, evoking
a sense of place, and drawing portraits of the people who live in the
region. The audience should not be assumed to have any particular knowledge
of the area; the collection will be edited to reach travelers, students of
the Middle East, and any other curious parties. Topics can be diverse:
sports, adventure travel, urban life, arts, entertainment, family life,
religion, etc. The spirit of the project is to assemble stories that ofer
upliiing and compelling views of life in the Middle East and North Africa.



We ask writers creating original material to imagine how they can describe
their experience most efectively and persuasively to primarily North
American audiences. Priority will be given to original material, but
previously published work will be given consideration. A $100 honorarium
will be provided to writers whose work is selected.

· Approximate word count: 3,000 or less

· Timeliness: Priority will be given to writing from 2000 or later

· Submissions should be fled in ich Text Format .rtff or MSWord formats
.docf.

Questions about the collection should be sent to the following:

Nesreen Khashan at nesreenk@gmail.com or Jim Bowman at
jbowman@email.arizona.edu

Submissions to the collection should be simultaneously sent to the above
addresses and to submit@travelerstales.com. Please do not send queries to
this address. For further information about submiting stories for Travelers'
Tales boooss go to www.travelerstales.commguidelinesm.ha