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    <description><![CDATA[So, do you want to be published? Then do we have the place for you! 

The Oddville Press is a downloadable electronic non-profit magazine in PDF format dedicated to bringing high quality Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Artwork to the forefront. 

It's staffed by committed volunteers with high standards of excellence whose mission is to promote today's geniuses and tomorrow's giants.

As our name suggests, submissions should lean toward the edgy, absurd, off kilter, the work original, unconventional, powerful, gripping, and above all, memorable. We want the "car in the tree" stuff. We definitely want the "a break from the norm" stuff (norm being the safe, average works you can read pretty much anywhere). Humor is welcome too, as long as it fits into the "oddness" of "Oddville." Give us your weird and wonderful. Give us your "odd."

We are taking submissions now for Issue II, set for release December 2008. Subscribe today and have it delivered direct to your mailbox on publication day - FREE!

Check us out at: www.theoddvillepress.com]]></description>
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      <title>The Oddville Press - Issue 1</title>
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      <title>Volume One, Issue Two !</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Check It Out!

Issue Two is now available - FREE! Go to our nifty download page and get your very own shiny copy today. 


http://www.theoddvillepress.com/html/download.html 
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      <title>Issue 1</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dear Readers,

This is where I'm supposed to welcome you to the first Issue of
The Oddville Press, as well as share the experience of getting
here, my hopes for this magazine's future and, of course, to give
out praises. Ah, but here's a simple truth: few, if any, read the
editor's letter. The exceptions are: those who know the editor
and are curious to see what they'll say; the editor's immediate
family; and those who are looking to sue said editor and are
hoping they'll mess up and include their address and phone
number. Sorry, but you won't find my address or phone number here, the old saying "You can't get blood out of a stone" never
truer than in my case, the last cent long gone toward a new
fridge, stove, and lightly-used Suzuki Volusia (motorcycle). And
no, they aren't up for grabs, either.

Most readers feel, and rightly so, that an editor's letter is a
terrible waste of space, a commercial, if you will. They come to
enjoy the show, not watch some blowhard bow and fawn. They
want to get on with it. Heck, I want to get on with it and I'm the
editor. And I want you to get on with it, too. I hope you enjoy
this issue because a lot of really good people have put their heart
and soul into it. I sincerely hope you will.

I'm going to shut up now. It's time for the curtain to rise. But
before I do, I have a few thank-you's:

To the staff of The Oddville Press, who are the hardest working
and most talented people I know. When something needs to be
done, you do it with passion and pride; when life gets in the way, you support each other. To the authors and artists, who allow us
to share your voices and have a small part in your dreams. And
last but certainly not least, to you, Dear Reader, to whom this
magazine is dedicated. Thank you all.

Eighty-seven pages of pure delight. Wow! 

Patricia Hurst
Managing Editor

To download your free PDF copy of The Oddville Press, please check out:  http://www.theoddvillepress.com/html/download.html

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      <title>Submit/Subscribe - It's Time!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[*** Call For Submissions! ***

We're getting down to it, folks. Our very first Issue will be available September 1st with submissions for that issue closing soon. If you've been planning to submit Fiction, Poetry or Artwork for our first issue, now's the time!

Please send your submissions to: submissions@theoddvillepress.com


*** Subscribe For Free! ***

The Oddville Press (http://www.theoddvillepress.com/) online magazine isn't just for writers and artists, but for readers as well. 

You can now subscribe online and get a nice shiny new copy delivered to your mailbox on the day of publication... for free!

Subscribe Today! at http://www.theoddvillepress.com/html/subscribe.html]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:17:34 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Call For Submissions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Oddville Press is an online non-profit magazine dedicated to bringing high quality Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Artwork to the forefront and whose mission is to promote today's geniuses and tomorrow's giants. The Oddville Press will consider material submitted by any writer, established or not. Our guidelines are simple: submissions must be original, well written, creative and compelling. Serious, thoughtful, yet accessible high-quality fiction, poetry and artwork will constitute the majority of our acceptances, and of course humour is most welcome.

"So, why the name 'The Oddville Press'?" you ask. 

Simply put, the word "odd" is something all writers know very well, the first twinge experienced the first time someone asks us what we do. Yes, writers are odd. We know it. And the looks on the faces of the folks we tell says they know it too. So, why not embrace it? The "ville" part is the sense of community we writers gravitate toward. Writing is very much a solo act, and though being unique is kind of cool in itself, being lonely is a real killer. So we tend to group up on writing forums, writing work shops and creative writing classes, in real life and in internet life, helping ourselves by helping each other. Hence, the name The Oddville Press. 

Ah, but this magazine is unquestionably for you, Dear Reader. We bring quality Fiction, Poetry and Artwork from around the world to the public by respecting the minds of those we are invited into, publishing the professional and the burgeoning--today's geniuses and tomorrow's giants. 

So if you're a writer, poet or artist, why are you still here reading this? Give us your weird and wonderful. Give us something "odd." Get yourself over to The Oddville Press, see the Submission Guidelines, then submit. Your public awaits! 

We look forward to reading you.

www.theoddvillepress.com
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