The Opportunity

As part of The 2024 Book Worm Book Fest, The Book Worm Bookstore and Lucky Jefferson are excited to produce a collection of reimagined scenes from classic literature with Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee-based writers and schools, Reverie: Classics Made New.

Selected writers and classrooms will be featured in a print and digital publication, available for sale exclusively at The Book Worm Bookstore.

How to Submit as a Writer

Use this curated list to begin your submission:

1. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, by Shauna Robinson

2. Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White

3. The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum 

4. Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie.

5. Old Man & The Sea, by Ernest Hemingway

6. Dracula, by Bram Stoker

7. Death & The King’s Horseman, by Wole Soyinka

8. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

9. Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton

10. The Street, by Ann Petry

How to Submit as a School 🚌

Begin your submission by helping your students choose a classic that best represents their class OR use this curated list:

1. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, by Shauna Robinson

2. Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White

3. The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum 

4. Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie.

5. Old Man & The Sea, by Ernest Hemingway

6. Dracula, by Bram Stoker

7. Death & The King’s Horseman, by Wole Soyinka

8. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

9. Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton

10. The Street, by Ann Petry

11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl

No Fear Submission Guide

For Writers

Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee-based writers are all welcome to submit.
• Send up to five of your best poems. Separate poems by titles or page breaks.
• Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, etc., should not exceed 1500 words (or no more than 2 pages) per submission.
• You will be asked to provide your name, email address, current mailing address, and bio (third-person, 50 words max) in the submission form for writers.
• Simultaneous submissions are discouraged.
• Sorry, no translations or work previously published digitally or in print.

For Schools

Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee-based schools are all welcome to submit.
• Send your classroom’s best poem(s). Separate poems by titles or page breaks.
• Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, etc., should not exceed 2500 words (or no more than 4 pages) per classroom.
• You will be asked to share the name of your school, email address, current mailing address, and bios for each student (third-person, 50 words max) in the submission form for schools.
• Simultaneous submissions are discouraged.
• Sorry, no translations or work previously published digitally or in print.

Avoid This

We will not tolerate any work that promotes harmful stereotypes and perspectives including: racism, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia, xenophobia, antisemitism, ableism.

We also kindly request that you refrain from sending us any sexually explicit pieces, or works highlighting extreme violence.

Representation Matters

Lucky Jefferson and The Book Worm Bookstore are women and people-of-color-led and welcome all to share their words with us.

Black, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, and historically underrepresented writers are encouraged to submit as we continue to prioritize these communities in our ongoing work.

Your Rights

We ask for exclusive first worldwide print and electronic rights for up to three months from the date of publication and non-exclusive rights to include published works in our archive indefinitely.

Basically, we’d like to be the first to publish your submission and after three months, you’re free to redistribute it how you’d like. Nevertheless, it’ll be a part of our collection forever.

Once You’re Accepted

Accepted authors: will receive one complimentary copy of the issue (print or digital) and will be eligible for social media press.

If your work is forthcoming in a manuscript, or published somewhere else (online or print) after publication in Lucky Jefferson, you agree to give credit to your family at Lucky Jefferson and The Book Worm Bookstore.

Accepted schools: will receive complimentary copies of the issue (print or digital) and will be eligible for social media press.

If your work does not find a home in this special publication, we ask that you wait 3 months before submitting new work to us. Spam submissions will not be tolerated.

Submissions Open: February 1, 2023 – March 30, 2024

Accepted Writers Announced: Summer 2024


Learn more about The Book Worm Book Store here.

For more info email: submissions@luckyjefferson.com

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