Blog 12 - Rhetorical Analysis of Publication VEnues

Rhetorical Analysis of Publication Venues


1. Analysis of the editorial description of essays accepted

http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/index.htm

Brevity features autobiographical, journalistic and lyrical works of creative non-fiction.

2. Description of several representative essays published in your venue

essays: Jean-Michele Gregory: Enormous
John Calderazzo: Lost on Colfax Avenue
Joel Peckham: Scream
subject matter:
The essays on this site go far beyond inconsistent and dissimilar. One is about a conversation, the other about slipping on ice and another one is about getting lost.
voice:
Clear, concise, vivid prose .
depth of discussion:
Subject can be viewed at from multiple perspectives and dissected into subtopics about simpler, but more meaningful things.
form:
Description, narration, dialog, script.
artistry:
Sustained metaphors, themes, recurring images or phrases, informal dialect, characterization, cynicism.
length:
750 words or less

3. Niche

audience:
Published/unpublished writers who are interested in nonfiction.
purpose:
Publish well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form.

4. Other

• 750 words or less, no exceptions.
• Nonfiction only.
• No more than two submissions per author per calendar year.
• Submit as a Microsoft Word attachment (no indent of paragraphs, single spaced, one extra space between each paragraph).