Announcement for 2012 4th Quarter Issue

Deadline: September 17th 2012 @ 21:00


Imagine this if you will...

Humanity, a wild seed, floating through the vastness of the cosmos searching for fertile soil on which to cultivate. At the very least it is a search for knowledge to bring back home. Home happens to sit third from a star they call Sun. For years they have pointed radio transmissions, giant lenses and even sent satellites in all directions looking for others whom they might exchange and engage with. They have yet to find anything. What man is unaware of is that this planet, Earth, isn't their natural home. And on Thursday they will be visited by those they’ve called Gods who have come, to once again, send these seeds toward other potential gardens. Not all wild seeds survive. Those that do rarely then flourish. Old Gods discovered. New Men borne.

Whether inspired by the paranoia themes that soak our collective fears, the monsters that would haunt and make us question our own humanity or the unknown frontiers that we dream to discover, Science has always been a part of our storytelling.
We will find the supernatural and the saintly often times disguised within the two masks of comedy and tragedy. This seems to be our future if only because of our past. Man has built empires and religions on this fiction.

Le Jolie Rouge has become unfroze from an interstellar holiday and is looking to tell the stories of.

In short: the focus of this future press will be more akin to science fiction than any other form.

As like with all past issues of LJR you have total freedom of words and how they convey your work. You are responsible to keep all works submitted original, which is not to say that a signal or homage to the travelers before you cannot be paid.

Be aware of the loss in quality that generations breed when it comes to printing this zine. Meaning, materials used need to be able to translate onto the printed page... pencils are a bad example of a good print, ya dig?
NOTE: we press and bind at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, profile. Submissions should be kept to 6 pages max due to the size constraints. At the deadline we will decide which submissions are published at our discretion, however we are not biased to any form.

Submissions can be sent electronically to lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com
If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement.

We can also be contacted at (313)718-1064 where you can leave a voice message, audio submission or text message sized short story.
If you have any questions, please ask.

The deadline for this issue’s submissions is September 17th 2012 @ 21:00

Submission Deadline Announcement for Volume 2!

Oh hello. It's been a while since we last spoke. How are you? Great to hear. Us? Thanks for asking! We got caught up in the intoxication of summer. We swam in the Great Lakes of Michigan, we bicycled in the Highlands of the North. We fell asleep to the sounds of birds and the glow of the early morning sun. This is the cause of our delay in publishing. Sometimes, for a few glorious warm months, one casts away their responsibilities in order to spend a season care-free. Forgive us though, for with the inevitable demise of summer and the glorious funeral autumn provides for it, we have returned to announce the next issue of le jolie rouge.

The deadline for submissions is October 28th, tentatively. This date may change but it will only be moved later. Submission guidelines are as follows:

The format for submissions is open to you, this meaning all genres of the printed arts are welcome. Submissions should be kept to 4-5 pages at max due to size constraints for the zine. At our deadline, we will decide which submissions are published at our discretion however we are not biased to any form. Submissions can be sent electronically to: lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com. If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement. We can also be contacted at (313) 718-1064 where you can leave a voice message, audio submission or text message sized short story.


Notice: In the past, we have received submissions of pencil on paper, marker scanned and sent through email and images which translate to black and white poorly. We attempted to reproduce these submissions as dutifully as possible however, copy machines do not always comply. Therefore we are advising you to take into consideration the translation from creation to copy. If a submission is to go to print, and the translation is of sub-par quality, we have no choice but to pull it from the final product. All questions and concerns can be addressed to lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com.

Volume Two, Issue One: le jolie rouge, Second Quarter double issue

:JUNE 12th/submission deadline:


To consider the time that has passed since you've last heard from us a loss would be in poor nature. This is the beat that our heart skipped... the pangs, so to speak.
To you, bevy and blush, we thank for patience. It's time to drape our bones in new flesh. Strike hide for new hum.

With this we bring you the announcement of Volume Two, Issue One: le jolie rouge, Second Quarter double issue.
Oh this blossoming sweetness or the drifter's map toward home... this the idea. Let your longing speak true and your heart cry wild.

Submission deadline is June 12th with a print date of June 18th. As always, the work is yours and can be submitted any way you'd like. Consider the printed page and translation of generations three.
At our deadline, we will decide which submissions are published at our discretion however we are not biased to any form. Submissions can be sent electronically to: lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com. If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement. We can also be contacted at (313) 718-1064 where you can leave a voice message, audio submission or text message sized short story.


Here's to getting that storm off your shoulders.

issue four: now available!

PEOPLE OF EARTH:

You think its cold in Michigan, try outer space!

Issue Four of Le Jolie Rouge, the final of our first volume, is now available to the public. If you see us out, ask for one. In a short time, we will notify you where copies can be picked up in the Metro Detroit area. Contributor copies will be mailed next week and a big thanks to this quarter's featured authors and artists.

le jolie rouge.

FEATURING:

SAMUEL CLEMENS: The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mitch Clemens, in memory of Mark Twin. BY THE EDITORS OF LE JOLIE ROUGE

HOROSCOPES BY KURT D. MONETTE

“LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON” BY MICHAEL BONDY

SELECT POETRY FROM TYSON F. SLEETE

“AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT, IN TORRANCE CALIFORNIA FEBURARY 24, 1998” BY DAVID ALLEN

“A LETTER TO SU” BY NATHAN FAUSTYN

SUBMISSION FROM CHRIS SPICER

SUBMISSION FROM LINDSAY FARRIS

LINOCUT FROM ANTHONY WHEELER

“ON THE LUNAR ECLIPSE” BY L.C. COOK

“GOING TO COLLEGE” BY JONATHAN A. BERZ

“JUNKYARD DIGGING//VOICES OF FUTURE ART GHOSTS” BY RACHAEL LESTER

“ROBINSON CRUSOE OR THIS SIDE OF PARABOLA” BY W. TRUFFAUT

Edited by John Marchione and Daniel Davies.

Issue Four. First Quarter 2011

But that's not all! Sorry, off flirtin' with Martian babes. This issue comes with a very special poster inside. Simply remove the cover, turn it over and post it above your bed!

>>>END TRANSMISSION

Le Jolie Rouge Issue 4: Our box is wide open. Deadline January 31, 2011

We sit in our office in the glow of a still erected Christmas tree. It may seem that the weight of the winter has quieted the march but those boots won't be left on the porch any longer. Like cowboys in their underwear, shaking the malaise off our one piece thermals, baked beans ran dry, Hi Ho Silver Motherfuckers.


The conclusion of volume one of le jolie rouge is upon us. Issue 4, First Quarter 2011 submission deadline will be January 31, 2011. The submission guidelines are as follows:


The format for submissions is open to you, this meaning all genres of the printed arts are welcome. Submissions should be kept to 4-5 pages at max due to size constraints for the zine. At our deadline, we will decide which submissions are published at our discretion however we are not biased to any form. Submissions can be sent electronically to: lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com. If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement. We can also be contacted at (313) 718-1064 where you can leave a voice message, audio submission or text message sized short story.


Notice: In the past, we have received submissions of pencil on paper, marker scanned and sent through email and images which translate to black and white poorly. We attempted to reproduce these submissions as dutifully as possible however, copy machines do not always comply. Therefore we are advising you to take into consideration the translation from creation to copy. If a submission is to go to print, and the translation is of sub-par quality, we have no choice but to pull it from the final product. All questions and concerns can be addressed to lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, Kirk.

issue three: table of contents

Today we entered the offices in order to complete issue three of le jolie rouge. What we have come out with is what proceeds. The assembly begins. In a few short hours we will have the fourth quarter complete.

le jolie rouge.

“The Kindness” BY KURAGE KOBAYASHI

“The Twelfth Year” BY TYSON F. SLEETE

“On Anarchy Part Three” BY JOHN MARCHIONE

“The Song” BY A.M. WHEELER

“A Comment From the Temporal Observers” BY E.C. COOK

“Daisies” AND “Youth” BY MICHAEL BONDY

“Experience Not by Chance” AND “Gray” BY W. TRUFFAUT

“Pro Tips” BY SUZETTE SMITH

“Weepy River” BY KERRY TRUSEWICZ

“A Dream of Full Consciousness” BY CHRIS RENER

A SELECTION FROM AN UPCOMING NOVEL BY TIMOTHY PROVENZANO

Untitled Submissions BY CHRIS SPICER, MARILU ANDRACKE, LINDSAY FARRIS

THE CHARLATAN LETTER, A SKETCH TEASER FROM TOM CONRAD

Edited by John Marchione and Daniel Davies

Issue three. Fourth Quarter 2010