The Bronx Council on the Arts is pleased to announce the launching of Cross Bronx, the new digital literary journal. The online publication will encompass the best writing and digital art with a primary focus on Bronx writers and artists. The journal will be published three times per year, beginning in April, and feature BCA’s award-winning artists alongside commissioned works. Submissions from both emerging and established writers and artists are encouraged. The deadline has been extended to Monday, March 3, 2008. The premiere issue will be available Monday, March 31, 2008.

This new venture follows the success of BCA’s Digital Matrix program which provides an online exhibition space for artists working with new media and continues BCA’s ongoing commitment to the exploration of digital arts.

Sonya Chung is a 2007 Bronx Writers' Center Literary Fellow. Sonyaï’s short fiction and essays have appeared in The Threepenny Review, Crab Orchard Review, Sonora Review, Cream City Review, and BOMB Magazine, among others. She is also the recipient of the Charles Johnson Fiction Award, a Pushcart Prize Nomination, and a Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Finalist award. She has recently completed her first novel and is at work on a second.

Helen Dano is a 2007 Bronx Writers' Center Literary Fellow, and the author of the Hawaiian childrens' book, The Little Makana (Bess Press, Honolulu). She was born in Hawaii and grew up in Kalihi, a western suburb of Honolulu, and then moved further west to what was then the sugarcane town of Waipahu, the subject of her work-in-progress, 'Aina: Waipahu, a narrative poem.

BCA is seeking electronic submissions of previously unpublished short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and digital photography/art. Preference will be given to Bronx artists. Submitted work must adhere to the following guidelines:

For Fiction & Creative Non-Fiction

• Submissions can be no more than 8,500 words or approximately 20 double-spaced pages.
• Send prose submissions/proposals to: prosesubmit@bronxarts.org.

For Poetry

• Submissions of up to three (3) poems per author.
• Send poetry submissions to: poetrysubmit@bronxarts.org.

For Original Digital Art/Photography

• Up to three (3) submissions per artist, with a maximum file size of 100 megabytes.
• Send digital art/photography submissions to: artphotosubmit@bronxarts.org.

For Criticism or Artist interviews

• Submit a short proposal, 250 words or less, for consideration before submitting the actual work.
• Criticism or artist interviews to: sonya@bronxarts.org.

Submissions will be accepted by e-mail only. Include full name, mailing address, and e-mail address in the body of your e-mail. All text pages must be titled and numbered with one-inch margins, double-spaced and typed in 12-point font.

Send questions relating to submissions to Sonya@bronxarts.org

Unfortunately, we are only able to respond to authors whose work is selected for publication.

This program is supported with funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Greater New York Arts Development Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York Times Foundation, and the Scherman Foundation.