Here Comes the Sun, Bitches!!!!!
That’s right… Daylight Savings Time is here, it’s queer, and it’s the best day of the year. Get used to it.
Time for some BASKING in the rays of fleeting seasonal depression while you catch up on The Belladonna news from this past week:
LAST WEEK ON THE BELLADONNA
Google is Humbly Asking You To Donate $1.99 During Our “Save Your Drive” Drive by Elizabeth Simone
Please, think of the files.
Daylight Saving Time: APOLOGY VIDEO (Full Transcript) by Sabrina Odigie
I’m back, I’m about to fuck up your circadian rhythm, and I’m sorry.
If We Don’t Get Rescued in the Next Few Days, We’re Gonna Have to Start Eating the Olives by Audrey Clark
In order to survive, we’ll need to do the unthinkable: eat something kinda yucky.
Scouting For New Substitute Teachers At Eastbay Preschool by Clarice Pinkard
No pushing is necessary, there are enough subbing jobs to go around!
How to Write Female Characters: A Guide Written by a Man for Men by Heidi Lux
Who else is going to write female characters? A woman??
To My Friend Who’d Rather Fuck Toad Than Yoshi by Halli Goldman
Our friendship ends today.
EDITORS EXPLAIN: Cover Letters!
Do you have preferred wording for the body of cover letters? Like, I tend to do the same ‘ol “I’m submitting X for your review. Thanks for your time” and since I overthink everything I am always like “Omg do I need to spice up my cover letters?”
— Nat, via our Q&A form
We do not have a preferred wording for the body of email submissions. No need to get fancy if you don’t want. Or, if you like fancy, go for it! As long as you’re following the submissions guidelines, we’re all set to read your work. But here are some especially important submission email guidelines to keep in mind:
- Make sure you’re submitting your piece in a brand new email with the title of your article in the subject line! Replying back to an old submission will mess with our submission process, and makes it harder for us to find and read your piece!
- Always attach a Word document (or exported Google doc) of your piece to the submission email, AND put the body of your article in the email, too. Without that attached Word doc, we won’t see your work, and that would be sad!
- As for the body of the email, we’d love a quick Hi/Hello/My Name Is/etc. If you want to add a few notes about your piece need be, what made you want to submit to us, or a fun fact, that’s fine too! Either way, we’ll be excited to read your piece.
Those are just a few submissions basics! For the full submissions guidelines, visit this link on our site! We especially encourage our first-time submitters to read it in entirety, just so we’re all on the same page!
FINAL THOUGHTS
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Thanks for reading, and keep being your amazing selves!
— The Belladonna Editors
(Brooke, Fiona, Emily, Alice, Heidi, and Kristen)
