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— The Definitive Review —

Letters to the Editor

You are most welcome to submit a letter to the editor regarding any of the articles that appear. Your letter will be posted provided that the following have been satisfied.

  • You must provide your real name and valid email address. Your name will be used as the author of the letter, but your email address will not appear in the post. It will be used only if we need to clarify any points mentioned in your letter.
  • The editor or an assistant editor will attach their response below your letter when posting.
  • Letters cannot be abusive in any way, and your language must be appropriate and polite even though you may be critical of some aspect or article. Your comments must be specific and concerning the article. If your letter is rejected, you will be contacted about any concerns.
  • Your letter should be at least 300 words to justify posting.

Poetry, Snippets and Major Article Submissions

If you wish for a review of your own poetry:

  • You must provide your real name and valid email address. Your name will be used as the author of the poem or article, but your email address will not appear in the post.
  • There are to be no images.
  • Your poem should be less than 30 lines to enable a full review.
  • Poems can be sent as plain text, Markdown, Word (DOCX) or PDF.
  • Only submit one poem. Others may be submitted after the review has been posted.
  • Our review will be emailed to you for perusal prior to posting.
  • If your poem is from a collection or book that has been copyrighted or is for sale, please include a link to where the collection or book may be obtained. We do not collect any monies for this.
  • The editor or assistant editors reserve the right to reject your poem and will email you with any concerns.

Snippets are shorter articles on any literary subject, perhaps a poem or book. They are not meant to be in-depth articles.

  • Snippets must be between 500 and 1000 words.
  • They may be sent as plain text, Markdown, Word (DOCX) or PDF.
  • Only submit one Snippet. Others may be submitted after your Snippet has been posted.
  • Formatting of your Snippet will be done on our side to maintain uniformity.
  • The editor or assistant editors reserve the right to reject your Snippet and will email you with any concerns.

If you wish to become a contribute a major article, email your article to us and we will get back to you.

  • Articles can be sent as plain text, Markdown, Word (DOCX) or PDF.
  • Articles need to be in the range of 1500 to 5000 words.
  • Only submit one article. Others may be submitted after your article has been posted.
  • Formatting of your article will be done on our side to maintain uniformity.
  • The editor or assistant editors reserve the right to reject your article and will email you with any concerns.

All letters, poems, snippets and major articles are to be sent to:

editor(at)xivlines(dot)com

At this time, we can only accept letters, poems, snippets and articles in English.